The Santa Ana City Council has approved Orange County’s first citywide project labor agreement, establishing local hire requirements for construction projects funded by Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register. This is a completely ridiculous action by our City Council – they have essentially decided to prevent non union contractors from bidding on city multi-trade construction…
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 14, 2017 OCDA INVESTIGATOR KEVIN RUIZ RECEIVES “GOLDEN RULE AWARD” FOR BEING A NON-PROFIT LEADER AND KEEPING YOUTH OUT OF GANGS SANTA ANA, Calif. – Investigator Kevin Ruiz of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) was honored with the “Golden Rule Award” for his…
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case # 16CF1494 MAN CONVICTED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PIMPING, AND PANDERING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN ORANGE COUNTY *Victim in this case is the youngest filed victim since the HEAT Unit’s establishment in 2013 SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a 13-year-old girl…
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community: City of Santa Ana Cracks Down on Illegal Activities at California Lodge Motel SANTA ANA, Calif. — On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, the Santa Ana City Council authorized the City Attorney’s Office to initiate an action under the Drug Den Abatement Act against the Santa Ana California…
The OCFA, SAPD and Orange County Sheriff’s Department have responded to the Villa Del Sol apartments at the 800 block of South Fairview Street where one person has died, according to the Fountain Valley Patch.
One victim died at the scene and two others were taken to a local hospital according to the OCFA. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Missing 55 Year Old Male Located
Missing 55 year old male has been located and reunited with his family. Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
ARMED MALE ROBS LOCAL MCDONALD’S
Incident/DR#:17-009893
COSTA MESA, Calif. – On the evening of 07-25-17, at approximately 4:21 p.m., police responded to a McDonald’s restaurant on the 3000 block of Bristol Street in Costa Mesa regarding the report of an armed robbery which had just occurred. Continue reading
An unidentified man reportedly ran from SAPD police officers, after a car crash, and jumped over several fences while holding a baby in his arms, before he abandoned the baby and hid in a house, according to the O.C. Register.
The car crash happened at 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, at the intersection of Bristol Street and Warner Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
On Monday, July 24, 2017, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the suspect enters the Jack in the Box located at 820 N. Harbor Blvd., brandishes a handgun, and hands a note to the employee demanding money. The victim handed the suspect cash. The suspect was last seen running from the location.
Jack in the Box is the third robbery of fast food restaurants in the last seven days that occurred on Harbor Blvd (1st – 101 S. Harbor Blvd. – El Pollo Loco and 2nd – 666 S. Harbor Blvd. – McDonald’s). The suspect is believed to be the same suspect in robberies throughout Orange County. Continue reading
The SAPD is investigating the suspicious death of an unidentified homeless man in his 60s whose dead body was found on Tuesday, July 25, at around 7:35 a.m., on a sidewalk in downtown Santa Ana, near the 4th Street Market and Playground restaurant, at the 400 block of North Bush Street, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim had sustained a head wound. The police do not yet know if he fell or was pushed from a nearby parking structure or if he was attacked. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Missing Person Detectives Asking For Assistance in Locating 55 Year-Old Male
On 07/13/17 Salvador Ortiz Plascencia, a 55-year old male, was involved in a verbal argument with his adult son at their residence located in the area of 1600 N. Parton Street in Santa Ana. Plascencia walked out of the residence and was last seen walking north on Parton Street. He has not been seen or heard from since that day. Plascencia does not have a cellular phone or any form of identification on his person. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Missing 16 Year Old Female Located
– UPDATE –
Missing 16 year old female, McKenna Leigh Berry, has been located and reunited with her family. Continue reading
In a major disaster or emergency case, learn how to take care of yourself, your family, and your neighbors until help arrives at The City of Santa Ana – Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program:
Saturdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, from August 19 to September 2, 2017 .
At the Public Safety Training Center Of Centennial Park, located at 3006 Centennial Road, behind Godínez High School. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA, CA – The community is invited to attend the upcoming City Council on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, where the City’s jail reuse consultant, Vanir Construction Management, Inc., will provide an update on the current jail reuse study. In addition, the consultant will provide an opportunity for community members to provide their input regarding possible reuse options for the facility. Continue reading
At approximately 2:20 a.m., the Irvine Police Department and Orange County Fire Authority responded to the scene of a collision on northbound Jamboree Road between Main Street and Kelvin Avenue. Upon their arrival, officers discovered two female occupants of a Chevrolet Corvette deceased. The remaining occupant, a male, was critically injured and transported to a local hospital. Continue reading
An effort to legalize residential beekeeping in Santa Ana is underway, on Facebook. Here is what the organizers have to say about their campaign:
Santa Ana is the home of the highest number of community gardens, school gardens, microfarms, and home gardens in the whole county. We need bees to help in the pollination of these gardens but are currently restricted from beekeeping in the city. Help us inspire the City Planning Department to initiate an ordinance that would allow Santa Ana residents (with proper guidance) to raise their own honeybees, a practice that helps boost struggling honeybee populations and ensures local food security.
Fill out this city-developed survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/78RZTWL Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 14NF3221
Date: July 21, 2017
MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ON 91 FREEWAY
SANTA ANA – A man was sentenced today to five years in state prison for shooting at a man in another car on the 91 Freeway.
Defendant: Jerry Valentin, 35, Scottsdale, Arizona
Pleaded guilty on April 12, 2017, to: Continue reading
Juan Rodriguez, a 43-year-old man from Costa Mesa, was killed and his 9-year-old daughter was critically injured in Santa Ana when their car crashed during a police pursuit this Sunday, July 23, according to the O.C. Register.
SAPD police officers responded when they got a call about a man pointing a gun at a security guard during a fight at Mariscos Hector #2, located at 1208 E. McFadden, at Standard Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
McKenna Leigh Berry (16) was last seen on 07/18/17 at 7:51 p.m. when she voluntarily walked away from 2800 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, CA.
Berry is a white, female, 5’6″, 190 lbs., with brown short curly hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, black and white shirt, and converse shoes. She has a five-inch scar on her left forearm. Continue reading