We at the Garden Grove Journal just might know Garden Grove better than anyone around. In addition to attending local schools, they've worked in Garden Grove, own property in Garden Grove and both their families live here. The People High school sports are an important part of the Garden Grove scene. Bob Becker's Pacifica High basketball team won the CIF title in 1994.
Garden Grove is a suburban community with a small-town feel that nevertheless is a fairly big city.
Its population is now close to 160,000, which makes it larger than many state capitals. Originally a farming community, it's gone through many changes, and is still growing and developing. It's about half Anglo, and quarter Asian and a quarter Hispanic. Blacks represent less than 2 percent of the population. Garden Grove has seen a large influx of Asians in the last 20 years, principally from Korea and Vietnam.