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News Stories & Publicity of Note 2023:

Orange County News – Photos from the 2023 Festival

Orange County Register – Garden Grove Strawberry Festival promises a berry good time over Memorial Day weekend

LA Times – Sweet history: Garden Grove celebrates community, kindness and strawberries

KFI AM 640, Gary & Shannon Show – Small Business Shoutout

See California – Visit the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

Orange County Insiders – Top 10 Things to Do in Garden Grove

KCAL/CBS Broadcast

• Featured event for the Shameless Weekend Weather Plug segment
  • KCAL News Thursday 8 pm – Featured as the Shameless Weekend Weather Plug event
• Highlighted throughout the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday News
  • KCAL News Friday 10 am – Highlighted festival on the morning news
  • KCAL News Friday 12 pm – Highlighted festival on the midday news
  • KCAL News Saturday Morning – Previewed in “coming up” segments
  • KCAL News Saturday Morning 8 am – Highlighted festival on the morning news
  • KCAL News on CBS Sunday 5 pm – Featured the festival on the evening news
  • KCAL News Sunday 8 pm – Covered the festival on the night news
  • KCAL News Monday 8 am – Final day reminder about the festival
• 2 website articles posted of videos aired
  • KCAL News Online – Weekend Weather Plug video posted to the CBS website
  • CBS News Online – KCAL/CBS segment covering 63^rd annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival posted to website

NBC Los Angeles

• 2 articles featuring the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
  • NBCLA Online – Included festival in Memorial Weekend events article
  • NBCLA Online – Article covering the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

ABC7 News

• Wrap-up coverage of Garden Grove Strawberry Festival featured on Monday at 6 am

Ron Siegel Radio

• Featured in the “On the Town” segment as the major event of the week

LA Parent

• Included Garden Grove Strawberry Festival on the events calendar

SoCal Pulse

• Included in weekend events round-up

ParentingOC

• Included in things to do events calendar

MomsLA

• Listed in summer events for kids and family

HoopLA

• Included in a blog post about things to do Memorial Weekend

Newsbreak

• Reposted blog post from HoopLA, including Garden Grove Strawberry Festival

News Stories & Publicity of Note 2022:

July 2022

KTLA 5 Story: Vera Jimenez, My Very Own Story. On Saturday, May 28, 2022 KTLA5’s Meterologist, Vera Jimenez attended the 62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Currently KTLA5 is celebrating their 75h Anniversary. As such, the television station asked all their talent what their favorite childhood memory was. For Vera Jimenez, the answer was attending the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. So to kick off the Series of My Very Own Story, Vera Jimenez’s story about her memories of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival https://ktla.com/morning-news/vera-jimenezs-garden-grove-upbringing/

Garden Grove TV3’s coverage of the 2022 Festival:
Parade – https://youtu.be/kaYmWttOkfU
Story – https://youtu.be/gg4iBq2_n2o

June 2022

Orange County News – A Fantastic Festival

Westminster Herald Journal – Strawberry Festival Draws Thousands

https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/06/11/following-up-on-ggs-festival/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Winners-Announced-For-62nd-Annual-Garden-Grove-Strawberry-Festival-Contests-20220607

May 2022

CBS2 and KCAL9: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNiuyrxHw8

ABC7: https://abc7.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-things-to-do-in-orange-county-location-family-fun-events/11902033/

KTLA5: https://ktla.com/morning-news/a-preview-of-the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival/

https://patch.com/california/orange-county/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-after-two-year-hiatus

https://ggcity.org/events/strawberry-festival-back-2022

https://www.festhund.com/events/2022-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-listing-27345-115173.aspx

https://dailytitan.com/lifestyle/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-in-person/article_6f53a30c-e1f9-11ec-aec7-4ba279b8b6b1.html

https://curated.tncontentexchange.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-after-2-year-hiatus/video_fb93902c-54b0-5b63-8608-ab09aaa31170.html

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/29/having-a-berry-good-time/

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2618185082322/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-after-2-year-hiatus-due-to-covid

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2618123267791/let-them-eat-strawberry-cake

https://lasentinel.net/olympians-rosalyn-and-breanna-clark-featured-at-strawberry-festival.html

https://lasentinel.net/tag/rosalyn-bryant-clark

https://ourweekly.com/news/2022/05/26/local-olympians-featured-in-memorial-day-event/

https://www.theepochtimes.com/62nd-annual-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-coming-this-weekend_4494518.html

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/23/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-memorial-day-weekend/

https://mommypoppins.com/lakids/garden-grove-strawberry-festival

https://10times.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/05/23/garden-grove-strawberry-festival-returns-memorial-day-weekend/

https://www.tasteatlas.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival

http://www.seecalifornia.com/festivals/garden-grove-strawberry-festival.html

https://www.oc-breeze.com/2022/05/17/213276_heavy-traffic-and-road-closures-during-garden-grove-strawberry-festival/

https://localanchor.com/events/garden-grove-strawberry-festival/https://10times.com/garden-grove-strawberry-festival

https://www.fairsandfestivals.net/events/details/2022-garden-grove-strawberry-festival

Story in Not Born Yesterday on Kathy Garver

Gabbin Cabin – Kathy Garver – Listen to the part 10:28 to 11:19 of note: https://youtu.be/TljmpmHrbc4

April 2022

Story on Neile Adams McQueen in Not Born Yesterday

Story in The Country Journal in Arizona

Cover Story on Neile Adams McQueen in Jaguar Journal

Story in AAA Westways magazine

K-WAVE 107.9 FM, The Update Program with Michael David, with Special Guest Kathy Garver talking about the 62nd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival: https://youtu.be/oxHsSH_eBi4

March 2022

https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/03/12/essential-workers-celebrated/

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2540266410455/essential-workers-celebrated

https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/855ed0b6604f011a1a45ad99e282d362-The-Garden-Grove-Strawberry-Festival-is-back-from-May-2730

Orange County News, Volume 114, Number 11, Thursday, March 16, 2022, Pages 1 and 2 – click to view

https://newsantaana.com/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30/

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2543879922893/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30?s=oldSite&ss=dmg_local_email_bucket_3.web2_fromweb

https://newsantaana.com/the-garden-grove-strawberry-festival-is-back-from-may-27-30/

Valley Scene Magazine, March 18-21, 2022, Volume 23, Number 6, spring Festivals Are Back by Barbara Beckley, Page 8

https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/03/24/cissy-is-parade-grand-marshal/

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2551368262961/cissy-is-parade-grand-marshal