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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population has become the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone. The city council in Garden Grove, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles, passed a resolution on Tuesday saying it "does not welcome, or sanction high-profile visits, drive-bys or stopovers by members or officials of the Vietnamese Communist government." The resolution, passed to cheers from a crowd of about 200 Vietnamese residents, also urged city officials to refrain from "initiating engagements with or facilitating" visits by Vietnamese Communists. Garden...

NEVER FORGET From Los Angeles Times Staff Writer: DAVID HALDANE 'To Vietnamese Communists, From Garden Grove: Stay Away To the delight of observing crowds, council members easily pass a resolution voicing opposition to visits by Hanoi delegations' Link to follow below. (Speaking before the Garden Grove City Council last night I read my letter in support of their Resolution saying "NO" to Communism in their City that appeared in Sunday's Los Angeles Times. It was a response to an Editorial calling such a Resolution a .."Rights Lapse in Little Saigon"..!) QUOTE: THOSE WHO'VE LEARNED THE LESSONS of FREEDOM May 9,...

LOS ANGELES -- Three 12-year-old girls were arrested at their schools for allegedly giving false statements to police that led to the arrest and eight-month incarceration of a homeless man, authorities said. The girls were arrested on a felony charge of conspiring to falsely accuse 36-year-old Eric Nordmark, police said. One girl also was charged with one count of perjury. All three were taken Monday to Orange County Juvenile Hall. "She was scared and started shaking," said Veronica Mendez Ochoa, the mother of one of two girls arrested at James Irvine Intermediate School in Garden Grove, Calif. "She's a little...

Eight months after he was locked up when three girls accused him of attacking them in a park, a homeless man was freed after the girls admitted making up the story so one of them wouldn't be punished for being late to school. Eric Nordmark, 36, a self-described nomad who hitchhikes around the country, had stopped in Orange County last spring when the three 11-year-olds told police they were stalked and attacked by a transient in Woodbury Park in Garden Grove. Nordmark was jailed on assault and child molestation charges. On Monday, one of Nordmark's accusers admitted she and her...

<p>GARDEN GROVE now challenges the Rest of the Country to ..FOLLOW IT's LEAD.. on behalf of all Freedom-Loving Vietnamese-Americans nationwide.</p>

Here is PART ONE of an EXTRAORDINARY FReep report from FR's own (sort of) Starr reporter: CODE NAME:MERCURIADispatches from the activist front line.  BORDER DISORDERCalifornia Coalition for Immigration Reform meetingSpecial Guest Speaker: Michelle MalkinGarden Grove, CaliforniaNovember 27, 2002 I'm not given a good reason very often for braving the dubious charm and non-existent relaxation of the L.A.cious freeway system unless absolutely necessary. I'm even less inclined to indulge in the Rush To Road Rage the night before Thanksgiving, America's Biggest Getaway Day. Usually I'm giving praise to the Lord in advance for sparing me the necessity of enduring yet another ride through...