City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
The City of Santa Ana has made sandbags available to City residents and businesses during winter storms or rain events. Up to ten (10) sandbags are available per Santa Ana residence location or Santa Ana business location.
The self-service sandbag station is available at: Continue reading
A police chase ended in the Tustin area with the driver and passenger in custody. Two children were also found in the car, according to KABC News.
The CHP pulled over the suspect in the San Juan Capistrano area today but the driver of the vehicle took off after initially stopping. Continue reading
I-405 Set to Close Overnight Saturday in Westminster
A full freeway closure is planned in both direction from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Dec. 1 near Bolsa Chica Road/Valley View Street
ORANGE – I-405 through Westminster is scheduled to fully close from approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, to 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, as part of the I-405 Improvement Project.
The full freeway closure, along with an overnight closure of the Bolsa Chica Road bridge, is necessary to demolish half of the bridge over I-405. The bridge will be demolished and reconstructed in two stages, allowing it to remain open to traffic during construction. Continue reading
Santa Ana Suspect
Santa Ana Police Department
Location of Occurrence: Cabrillo Park, 1820 E Fruit St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Suspect Description: Male Hispanic, 5’06”-5’08”, 160-170 lbs., short black hair, brown eyes, short beard, wearing white button-up shirt, blue/gray shorts, black belt w/ silver buckle. *** The suspect did not appear to be transient and only spoke Spanish.*** Continue reading
Mayra Berenice Gallo
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Update: Detectives Arrest Female Wanted In McDonald’s Assault Case,
Arrested: Mayra Berenice Gallo (24) Santa Ana
On 10-13-2018 SAPD released information/video requesting the media and community’s assistance in identifying a female suspect wanted in an assault that occurred on 10/27/18 at approximately 11:00 PM, at the McDonalds located in the 1500 Block of North Bristol Street.
After doing the story with numerous media outlets, Detectives received numerous tips leading them to the identity and location of the suspect wanted in this assault. Based on the information provided Detectives were able to obtain a $15,000 arrest warrant for suspect, Mayra Berenice Gallo (24) of Santa Ana. Continue reading
Roman Reyna supports free drug needles
Court Stops Needle Giveaway in Orange County
Santa Ana, California – The Superior Court ruled in favor of Orange County to stop the state-approved needle giveaway.
The Court found the harm of the needle giveaway to the public outweighed the social effectiveness of the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP), enjoining the California Department of Public Health and OCNEP from operating the needle exchange program in Orange County. Continue reading
Claudia Cruz Hernandez
Claudia Hernandez, 35, pleaded guilty Monday and was immediately sentenced to four years in prison for trying to kidnap Amy Martinez, a 12-year-old girl, as she was walking to school in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
Hernandez, who was previously identified as Claudia Hernandez-Diaz, pleaded guilty to two felony charges – attempted kidnapping of a child younger than 14 and child stealing. Continue reading
Santa Ana Ward Map C2
Santa Ana City officials have finally selected the new boundaries for the city’s six wards, which will kick off Santa Ana’s transition to by-district voting in two years, according to the O.C. Register.
Santa Ana’s voters passed a Ward Specific City Council measure in the recent General Election. The measure was put on the ballot after the City of Santa Ana was sued by an organization that was seeking to level the playing field for the city’s Asian-American voters. You can read more about the ward-specific measure and proceedings here. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
The City of Santa Ana Workforce Development Board is requesting Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) Proposals for Youth Service Providers to join the Youth Service Provider Network and provide one or all fourteen WIOA youth elements to youth ages 16-24 years old.
The goal is to provide a stronger and cohesive delivery system within the Santa Ana community, based on The All Youth One System/No Wrong Door Concept. The system focuses on academic improvement, workforce preparation, and collectively offering the 14 program elements of WIOA in a creative and interactive manner to youth participants. Continue reading
You may have heard a commotion early this morning, just past midnight, at the intersection of Evergreen Street and Warner Ave., just northeast of Delhi Park, as a gunman opened fire on a Hispanic man, according to KTLA.
The victim was found to have multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital. Continue reading
Santa Ana’s baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. I just missed that time period – marking me as a member of Gen X. The baby boomers love to point fingers at the up and coming Millennials but a new book suggests that it is the boomers who are to blame for many of today’s societal problems.
Bruce Gibney argues in his new book “A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America,” that the boomers have committed “generational plunder,” pillaging the nation’s economy, repeatedly cutting their own taxes, financing two wars with deficits, ignoring climate change, presiding over the death of America’s manufacturing core, and leaving future generations to clean up the mess they created. Continue reading
Red GMC pick-up that crashed in Santa Ana
Santa Ana Police Department
On Friday, November 23rd, 2018 at approximately 9:41pm., the Santa Ana, Tustin and Irvine Police Departments responded to the area of Red Hill Avenue and Dyer Road because of a reported traffic collision. An Irvine Police Officer was in the immediate area and assisted by checking on the involved parties of both vehicles. He, along with other good Samaritans, were able to remove four occupants from an involved vehicle before it burst into flames.
Unfortunately, an elderly female in the back seat was pinned by the collision and died in the fire. Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) personnel responded and extinguished the vehicle fire and pronounced the female passenger deceased. The other four occupants of the vehicle, two adults and two juveniles, and the involved driver were transported to local hospitals with moderate to major injuries. The collision occurred in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
One of our readers asked us recently what the financial benefits of the proposed 2525 Main St. Residential development would be to the people of Santa Ana.
We carefully reviewed the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and the recent memo by the City of Santa Ana’s Planning staff to determine the benefits to our city’s residents, which partially include: Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
On Friday, November 23rd, 2018 at approximately 9:41 pm., the Santa Ana, Tustin and Irvine Police Departments responded to the area of Red Hill Avenue and Dyer Road because of a reported traffic collision.
An Irvine Police Officer was in the immediate area and assisted by checking on the involved parties of both vehicles. He, along with other good Samaritans, were able to remove four occupants from an involved vehicle before it burst into flames. Continue reading
Shopping at the MainPlace Mall is pretty sad now as they have so many vacancies. I was thrilled yesterday to see that See’s Candies is back, at least as a limited time kiosk, but the mall is now replete with discount retailers who sell shoddy clothing, for the most part.
But help is on the way. The new owners of the MainPlace Mall are going to develop their parking lots and their plans include: Continue reading