{"id":220521,"date":"2026-03-15T07:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T07:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T07:32:08","slug":"stewart-lorton-named-as-woman-and-man-of-year-orange-county-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220521\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart, Lorton named as woman and man of year \u2013 ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangecountytribune.com\/category\/across-the-area\/\" class=\"post-lead-category\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Across the Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Men-and-woman-of-year.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80467\" data-attachment-id=\"80467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/orangecountytribune.com\/2026\/03\/13\/stewart-lorton-named-as-women-and-man-of-year\/men-and-woman-of-year\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Men-and-woman-of-year.png?fit=736%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,396\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Men and woman of year\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MAN and woman of the year, Damien Lorton and Jennifer Stewart, named by the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce (Chamber photo).&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Men-and-woman-of-year.png?fit=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Men-and-woman-of-year.png?fit=639%2C344&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-80467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Men-and-woman-of-year.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"344\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-80467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAN and woman of the year, Damien Lorton and Jennifer Stewart, named by the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce (Chamber photo).<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Stewart and Damien Lorton have been named \u201cWoman and Man of the Year\u201d by the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart is owner of the Azteca Mexican Restaurant on Main Street. She\u2019s also an artist and currently chair of the city\u2019s Downtown Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Lorton is founder and artistic director of One More Productions, which brings musical theater to the historic Gem Theatre in Garden Grove. They will be honored at the annual Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce Gala Dinner and Awards on Friday, April 17 at the Anaheim Marriott Suites in Garden Grove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/OCT-Trib-cutoff-promo.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/orangecountytribune.com\/2021\/10\/18\/1-5-million-for-mendez-project\/oct-trib-cutoff-promo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/OCT-Trib-cutoff-promo.jpg?fit=1968%2C262&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1968,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OCT Trib cutoff promo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/OCT-Trib-cutoff-promo.jpg?fit=300%2C40&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orangecountytribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/OCT-Trib-cutoff-promo.jpg?fit=639%2C85&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-37348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/OCT-Trib-cutoff-promo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"85\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tLike this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Across the Area MAN and woman of the year, Damien Lorton and Jennifer Stewart, named by the Garden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-220521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}