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The SAPD is looking for a critical missing person
July 4, 2020 - Public Safety, Santa Ana, SAPD - No Comments

Officers responded to the Advanced Rehabilitation Center regarding a missing patient. Officers discovered the 55 year-old patient, Tach Van Truong, had climbed out of his room window and left the facility in an unknown direction. Truong has the mental capacity of a child and had recently arrived at the facility in the last few days…

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A peaceful protest for Vanessa Guillen set for July 5 in Santa Ana
July 4, 2020 - Civil Rights, Military, Santa Ana, Women - No Comments

A peaceful protest for Vanessa Guillen, the army soldier who was killed in Texas, most likely by a fellow soldier, will be held on July 5, at 5 p/m. at S. Bristol and McFadden, in Santa Ana. The event organizers are encouraging those who come to the protest to bring their friends and family and…

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Suspects arrested in Huntington Beach with meth and items stolen in Santa Ana
July 4, 2020 - Crime, Drugs, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana - No Comments

On 6/20/20 at about 9:30am, a garage burglary was reported from the 18000 block of Applewood Circle in Huntington Beach. The victim discovered his garage had been forced open and numerous items were stolen. Officers on scene located video which showed the crime to include the suspect vehicle and vehicle license plate. The video also…

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The SAPD arrested a suspect in a fatal hit and run accident that happened this morning
July 4, 2020 - Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana, SAPD - 4 Comments

On Saturday, July 4th, 2020, at approximately 1:20 AM, the Santa Ana Police Department received several calls of a male down in the roadway in the 2400 block of South Fairview Street. Officers responded to the area and found an adult male down in the roadway suffering major injuries. Orange County Fire Authority personnel responded…

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Hispanic Colleges Association now accepting applications for internships

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The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is now accepting applications for their National Internship Program

Program dates: June 3 through August 13 – or June 21 through August 28

PROGRAM BENEFITS

Pay: $450 (freshman, sophomore, junior), $480 (senior), $550 (master’s, PhD, law students)

Other Benefits: Free airfare, housing arrangements made by HACU, college credit (optional)

INTERNSHIP LOCATIONS

Locations: Internships take places all over the country, primarily Washington, DC, but locations also include Boston, Denver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, and more.

Sponsors: Students work with a variety of corporations and federal agencies, including Lockheed Martin, Deloitte, National Science Foundation, USDA, and over 30 more organizations (see full list on our website).

APPLICATION

Application Process: Application is online and requires a resume and essay. Click here to access. All majors should apply.
Deadline to apply: February 25, 2011

Sandra Ramirez
Assistant Director, Recruitment │ HACU National Internship Program
915 L Street │Suite 1425 │ Sacramento, CA 95814
(p) 916.442.0392 | (f) 916.446.4028
sramirez@hacu.net | http://www.hacu.net/hnip

Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido to serve once more on the OCTA’s Board of Directors

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Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has retained his seat on the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors, according to the O.C. Register.

This is good news for the residents of the City of Santa Ana, who often rely on public transportation to get to work and/or school.

The appointments is for a two-year term from January 2011 to December 2012.  Pulido has served on the OCTA Board since 1997.

Board members get paid $100 per meeting, with a maximum $500 per month. Compensation includes mileage.

The OCTA is currently working on a Transit System Study.  The goal of the study is to find new, affordable ways to provide cost-effective bus services to meet the county’s diverse transportation needs by making the best use of OCTA’s limited financial resources. The study will focus on efficiently integrating and sustaining services in the short, intermediate, and long term periods. It is planned to be completed in June 2011.

Click here to participate in the study.

2010 LULAC O.C. Hispanic Women Recognition Awards on Nov. 20

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We are pleased to announce the 2010 Orange County Hispanic Women Recognition Awards program.  The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Santa Ana Council #147 has announced the selection of seven women as the recipients of the Orange County Hispanic Women Recognition Awards of the Year.

Honorees will be recognized at an awards banquet on Saturday, November 20, 2010.

Recipients are chosen based on their meaningful voluntary community efforts, personal accomplishments, and their involvement in civic affairs. Please join us in recognizing these outstanding community leaders! Please mark your calendar accordingly.

This year’s honorees include:

BERTHA BENAVIDES, EDUCATOR, COMMUNITY DAY ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

FRANCES CADENAS, POLICY ADVISOR, ORANGE COUNTY SUPERVISOR JANET NGUYEN

YVONNE GONZALEZ DUNCAN, PRESIDENT, ANAHEIM LULAC COUNCIL #2848

NANCY LOPEZ, DIRECTOR, CATHOLIC DEAF COMMUNITY

VANESSA RAMIREZ, STUDENT, THERAPY BEHAVIORAL

ALBA H-RAMIRO, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CATHOLIC CHARITIES

SANDRA SAGARNAGA, 2010 DOCTORATE DEGREE CANDIDATE, CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Honorees will be recognized at an awards banquet on:

Date/Time: Saturday, November 20, 2010; 6:00 pm
Place: The Ebell Club, 625 No. French St., Santa Ana
Tickets: $50.00 per person
RSVP/INFO: Carole Vargas at 714-241-7527, c.vargas@prodigy.net

Santa Ana LULAC has renewed this popular and noteworthy event to acknowledge Orange County’s Hispanic women for their accomplishments and to fundraise for its local educational scholarship fund for young Santa Ana students pursuing post-secondary studies.

Contributions and sponsorships are welcomed and will help to assist Santa Ana LULAC #147 to support young students in their pursuit of higher education.

The mission and objectives of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is to advance the economic development, educational advancement, public policy outcomes, housing opportunities, health awareness, and general civil rights protection of Latinos in the United States and Puerto Rico through community-based programs and services through more than 700 local LULAC councils nationwide.

Established in 1946, Santa Ana LULAC Council #147 is the oldest LULAC council in California and is an affiliate of Orange County LULAC District#1 and the LULAC National network. LULAC National was founded in 1929, and is a Texas non-profit corporation with its primary national office in Washington, D.C.

Geisha House CSI-Tuesdays to debut on Nov. 16, with drink specials and 50% off food

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Santa Ana’s Geisha House is debuting their new CSI (College Student Industry) Night next Tuesday, Nov. 16, from 8 pm to 2 am, featuring beautiful Go-Go’s Amanda Nicole and Pam Rodriguez.

Drink specials include:

  • $3 CSI Shots
  • $3 Beers and Wells
  • $4 Sake Bombs
  • $5 Jager Bombs
  • $100 Pre RSVP Bottles

And get this – 50% off all food ordered before 9 pm!  And try the new “For Cravers Only” menu after 9 pm.

There will be weekly guest DJ’s playing all the hits.  Trendy fashionable attire a must!

Free screening of film about U.S. military mapping of Mexican indigenous communities

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Santa Ana Film Screening…

The Demarest Factor: US Military Mapping of Indigenous Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico

Hosted By Hec One & Illoheem

This film and workshop presentation discusses a recent investigation into US military mapping of communally owned indigenous land in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Kansas University geography professors presented the mapping project to indigenous communities as a participatory research project intended to benefit the communities ability to manage their resources and territory.

The involvement of the US Army’s Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) based out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and a US Army School of the America’s graduate, Lt. Col. Geoffrey B. Demarest, raised serious suspicions about the true nature of the mapping project known as “The Bowman Expeditions” or “Mexico Indigena”.

This film will discuss parallels between US political and economic interests within the North American Free Trade Agreement, and a US military strategy to secure those very interests.

Presented by Simon Sedillo.

Simón Sedillo is a community rights defense organizer and film maker. He has spent the last 8 years documenting, producing and teaching community based video documentation in Mexico and the US.

Sedillo is also an active member of the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the America’s, at Fort Benning, in Columbus, GA. You can find him at the gates of the U.S. Army base every November along with the folks from The School of the America’s Watch at www.soaw.org.

OPEN MIC AFTER! COME SHARE YOUR POETRY!

Time: Saturday, November 13 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: El Centro Cultural De Mexico ~ Santa Ana

Take some Extra Dollars for Pan Dulce (Mexican Sweet Bread)
and Champurrado (good)

Copies of the DVD’s will be available for Purchase.

Reminder: Sunday! Youth Community Defense Workshop. 11am @ El Centro Cultural De Mexico.

Buy a Christmas tree, help a Santa Ana student buy his water polo equipment

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Are you buying a Christmas tree this holiday?  You can do so this year and help Jonathan Rojas, a student at Santa Ana’s Godinez Fundamental High School, who is trying to raise money to buy aquatic gear for water polo.

To buy a Christmas tree and help Jonathan, go to this website, by Nov. 14, and place your order.

  • Click on “Order Now”
  • For Group Code, enter “Godinez”
  • It will read in bold on top of the page, Godinez Aquatics
  • Before you are done, please enter Jonathan Rojas, as the “Salesperson.”  You will find this entry at the bottom of the order page, above your personal information.

Jonathan’s mom, Sandra, thanks you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to view this fundraiser.  She asks that you contact her if you decide to buy a tree, for her records, at 714.805.2778 / mrsrojas72@aol.com / 714.953.1313.

Mrs. Rojas is also offering to bring you your tree in person if you like.  She thanks our community for the support.

Order Kiwanis tamales for Christmas and help low income Santa Ana College students

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UPDATE: Click here to read about all the places you can buy tamales in and around Santa Ana.

Tamales for families during the Christmas festivities is a tradition in the Santa Ana Community. We take pride to bring you our hand made delicious spicy, mouth watering tamales.

The Kiwanis of Santa Ana is fundraising for Book Awards and Tuition for low income SAC students. Tamales will be available for pick-up on the first week and second week of December. we are offering homemade tamales through pre-order only. Pork with Red Sauce, Chicken with Green Sauce and Jalapenos & Cheese.

So, why not have tamales as a nice addition for the Christmas holidays?

Order your tamales today!

Half-Dozen Tamales $10.00

One Dozen Tamales $20.00

Thanks in advance.

Luisa

Click here to download the tamale order form.

Please fill out and return order form by the following:  Mail your orders to Santa Ana Kiwanis, P.O. Box 1256, Santa Ana, CA or
or E-mail to Luisa Ruiz at ruiz_luisa@sac.edu.

Please Submit payment of cash or check made out to Kiwanis Club of Santa Ana Foundation when placing order. If you cannot make the pick-up time, call for other arrangements and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

Kiwanis Of Santa Ana: PO BOX 1256 Santa Ana CA 92702. www.santaanakiwanis.org.

UPDATE: Click here to read about all the places you can buy tamales in and around Santa Ana.

Jesus is coming to the Santa Ana Artists Village tonight

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According to our sources, Jesus is coming to the Santa Ana Artist Village tonight, Nov. 13, at approximately 6:30 pm. It is all described in MATTHEW 11:12 and 11:13.  He will allegedly be revealing the truth, sharing his grace and showing the light to all believers on the Artists Village Promenade.

You might think, that “he is going to be pissed,” but reportedly he is going to be too busy looking pretty- possibly in an unusual outfit.

The folks at the Artists Village invite you to come meet him, as they counter-protest the gay-bashing church group (Westboro Baptist Church) that has picked their quaint little village to raise a stink about “The Laramie Project”, a gay-rights themed play that is performing at the Grand Central Playhouse.  Click here to read more about that.

The counter-protesters hope to see you there and invite you to pass the news along to your friends and family.  Sinners and non-sinners are welcome.

Anti-gay protesters target the Laramie Project, which is playing in Santa Ana

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For Immediate Release – November 11, 2010

CSU Fullerton Students to Hate Group: “The Show Must Go On!”

Santa Ana, CA –  When Nick Rocz heard that an anti-gay group was planning to protest an upcoming performance of The Laramie Project, he had one thought: the show MUST go on.  “The Laramie Project tells the story of a young man killed because he was gay.  The idea that we would let a small group of anti-gay protestors stop us from telling that story is just unthinkable,” said Rocz, a senior at CSU Fullerton and performer in CSU Fullerton’s production of The Laramie Project.  The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has announced plans to protest this Saturday’s performance through their website.

The Laramie Project is a performance piece based on interviews conducted in Laramie, Wyoming in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepard.  Shepard’s murder in 1998 became one of the most well-known cases of anti-gay violence in the US.  “The Laramie Project is a story of prejudice and fear that results in inconceivable violence. It is also a story of love and hope,” explains Assistant Professor Karyl Ketchum, a faculty member in the Women and Gender Studies Department at CSU Fullerton.  “In a time when hatred seems increasingly tolerated on the political stage and in our schools, it becomes critical that we listen to the lessons that stories such as The Laramie Project have to teach us.”  CSU Fullerton’s production concludes its run with performances every night at 8 PM from Thursday, November 11 through Saturday, November 13 at the Grand Central Art Theater in downtown Santa Ana.

“Given the content of the performance and the recent suicides among gay youth, (WBC)’s decision to protest this event is simply despicable,” said Katie Claburn, president of CSU Fullerton’s Queer Straight Alliance.  The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas, is known for its anti-gay protests, including protests held at the funerals of US soldiers.  The WBC is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and is actively monitored by the Anti-Defamation League.

“We’re planning a peaceful demonstration to counter their messages of hate with messages of love and acceptance,” said Claburn.  CSU Fullerton’s Queer Straight Alliance is organizing students to gather in support of The Laramie Project.  They will gather outside the Grand Central Art Theater starting at 6:30 PM on Saturday, November 13.  “Our gathering will be a peaceful demonstration of support for the performers and attendees.  And we want to show any gay youth out there that love is stronger than hate.”

Tickets for the remaining performances will be available at the door.  More details can be found at the Facebook event page:  http://tinyurl.com/TheLaramieProject. More information on The Laramie Project can be found at www.laramieproject.org.

CSU Fullerton’s Queer Straight Alliance invites community members to join in their peaceful show of support.  More details on the demonstration can be found at the Facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/PeacefulDemonstration and the Meetup event page: http://www.meetup.com/ocequality/calendar/15388007.

Press Contact:

Nick Rocz

nickrocz@csu.fullerton.edu

P: (714) 232-5228

Will the O.C. Supervisors dump Santa Ana and move the County seat to Irvine?

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Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach has a plan to move the Orange County seat out of Santa Ana – to a 100 acre parcel the County owns next to the O.C. Great Park, on what used to be the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, according to the Voice of OC blog.

The scary thing, for those of us who live in Santa Ana, is that Moorlach might be able to pull this off.  I would expect Supervisor Janet Nguyen to oppose the move, as her district includes Santa Ana.  But the rest of the Supervisors have no reason to oppose Moorlach’s scheme, except maybe for Supervisor Shawn Nelson who does have a law office located in Santa Ana.

Moorlach could however team up with Supervisor Bill Campbell, who has nothing to lose as he will term out in two years, and Supervisor Pat Bates, who represents south Orange County, to make this happen.  If they believe the County will save money by doing this, they will act to dump Santa Ana.  As it currently stands, there are a number of big County leases coming up for renewal in Santa Ana.  Now might be an interesting time for them to try to get out from under those leases.

Moorlach ticked off the property’s advantages: freeway and train accessibility and ability to feed off of the Great Park development. “If the Great Park is ever developed, it would be an incredible location,” he said, in the Voice of OC article.

This would of course be a huge blow to the City of Santa Ana.  The County government provides a lot of good-paying jobs and leases a lot of space in our downtown.  The flip side is that, with the development of the One Broadway Tower and the proposed light rail system, the City of Santa Ana might find itself able to lease out all that space, but that is only assuming that our economy picks up.  It is hard to believe that will happen in the next two years.

Former State Senator Joe Dunn previously tried to move the Federal Court of Appeals to Irvine, but he was punked by Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, who succeeded in keeping the Court of Appeals in Santa Ana.  Dunn is now the Chairman of the Board at the Voice of OC blog.

Pulido will now have to roll up his sleeves and take on Moorlach, who remains a very popular Republican politician here in the O.C.  Pulido is an ally of Irvine Mayor Larry Agran, and Pulido serves on the O.C. Great Park’s Board of Directors.  These connections should help him fend off Moorlach, but there is no assurance that Agran won’t go all in with the plan to move the County Seat to Irvine.

I wonder if the folks in Irvine realize that taking our County seat will also mean accepting hundreds of homeless people?

“Gone ’till November Tour” in store performance tonight at GCS in Santa Ana

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Free live in-store performance tonight at GCS, in Santa Ana, at 8 pm, featuring JFK aka Ninja Face (Grayskul, Oldominion) along with The Insects (Camobear, Taxidermy recs) and Black Mask.

Free to all.. starts at 8pm…

GCS is located at 209 N Broadway, in downtown Santa Ana.

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

Dream Act Rally in Santa Ana on Friday, Nov. 12

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The Dream Act is going to be put up for a vote during the lame duck session, sometime in th next two months. Dreamers around the nation are organizing events in their states and communities in order to unify our efforts to ensure Dream Act passes this congressional year.

Orange County invites you to “Step Out of the Shadows” and come together and inspire thousands of other Dreamers to do the same. We must not be afraid but rather empowered and unafraid. Join us this Monday to kick of the national action week.  Dream Act Now!!!!!!!

The event will consist of Dreamer sharing their narratives in a public space, poetry, music and an open space for anyone to take the microphone and speak their mind. Come and support!!

Time: Friday, November 12 · 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Sasscer Park, at 502 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

State Senator Lou Correa hosts college application workshop on Friday, Nov. 12

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California State Senator Lou Correa, Santa Ana College, Fullerton College, UCI Early Academic Outreach Program, Gear up Fullerton, and CSUF Talent Search Program invite you to attend a UC & CSU Application Workshop

HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS APPLYING TO UC & CSU!

November 12, 2010

5:00pm | Registration

5:30-7:30pm | Break-Out Sessions

At: RSCCD Boardroom at 2323 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana

Attention Orange County High School Seniors!

IMPORTANT Reminder:

The deadline to turn in UC & CSU applications is November 30th.

Academic Advisors will be on-hand to help you:

  • Fill out your UC or CSU application
  • Highlight the Most Common Application Mistakes
  • Advice on how to write an Admissions-Ready
  • Personal Statement
  • Answer your General Application Questions
  • Review your Application and Personal Essays

Come prepared with:

  • Copy of your UC or CSU application
  • Copies of your Personal Essays
  • List of Questions for Academic Advisors
  • Pen and Paper

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Senator Lou Correa’s office (714) 558-4400 or email Claudia.Ornelas@sen.ca.gov.

Santa Ana receives $7.9 million for new parks, from a state fund

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California’s voters created a fund, in 2006, to support water-quality improvements, conservation, pollution-control efforts and parks, according to the O.C. Register.

Yesterday the first grant recipients were announced – and Santa Ana struck gold.

The city of Santa Ana won $4.4 million to replace the grass fields at Willard Intermediate School with tougher synthetic turf and a rubberized track. The project also includes a playground, outdoor exercise equipment and restrooms.

Latino Health Access received more than $3.5 million for a second park project in Santa Ana. It plans to build a community center, playground, open space and half basketball court on an empty lot near downtown, located at 602 E. 4th St.

Kudos to Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Director Gerardo Mouet and to Assemblyman Jose Solorio, State Senator Lou Correa, and Mayor Miguel Pulido and our City Council for making this happen!

Santa Ana area Veterans Day activities and events

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The City of Santa Ana’s offices will be closed on Veterans Day, which falls on Nov. 11 this week.  However there are a lot of events in the area that you can enjoy while we all stop to honor our Veterans:

Poker Run Ride on Nov. 13

Are you looking for something special to participate in this Veteran’s Day?

Two Wheels One Heart, a non-profit organization dedicated to motorcycling and making a difference, will be hosting a Poker Run Ride. The proceeds will benefit Santa Ana’s own Veterans First charity, which provides services to our local homeless and disabled Veterans.

Veterans First specifically offers employment services, transitional/ permanent housing, and life skill development training, according to the Examiner.

To learn more about what Veterans First is doing to make a difference in our community, please visit their website.

The Poker Fun Ride will be on Saturday, November 13th, 8:30am, at Veterans First, located at 1540 East Edinger Ave, in Santa Ana.

Bower’s Veteran’s Day Patriotic storytelling and activities

The Bowers Museum is hosting a Veterans’ Day event on Nov. 11, from 10 AM- 4 PM.

Please join us at Kidseum this Veteran`s Day for patriotic storytelling, art & activites!

Free with paid admission/$6/ Free for children under 3

Click here for more info.

Remembering the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station

Join the Orange County Historical Society on Veterans Day for “Reflections from the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project.” The meeting will be held Thurs., Nov. 11, 2010, 7:30 to 9pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2400 N. Canal St., Orange.

Click here for more info.

Student Veterans Group Annual 5K Veterans Day Run to honor all those who have served.

Start: Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 8:00 AM

Orange Coast College, at 2701 Fairview Rd. Costa Mesa, CA

Registration Closing Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 6:00 AM

Click here for more info.

Salute to the Military at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda

The Nixon Presidential Library & Museum will offer free admission on Thursday. At 11 a.m., there will be a program saluting the military in the East Room. At 1 p.m., a lecture and book signing with David and Julie Eisenhower takes place, followed by a 3 p.m. concert by the 90-piece Placentia Symphonic Band.

The museum features exhibitions, exhibit galleries, the helicopter President Nixon used as he was flown away from the White House after resigning in 1974, as well as commemorative artifacts from his birthplace. In the Hall of Leaders, patrons can take photographs with life-size bronze statues of world leaders with whom Nixon shared the world stage during his tenure.

MORE INFORMATION: 714-993-3393 or nixonlibrary.gov

WWI documentary to air on KOCE on Veterans Day

“Voices Of A Never Ending Dawn,” is the Emmy-nominated documentary by Orange County filmmaker Pamela Peak, tells the story of a little-known part of World War I, the unfortunate sage of the Polar Bears, soldiers sent to northern Russia during the last gasps of that war.

“Voices Of A Never Ending Dawn” brings to light this all-but-forgotten part of WWI’s history. It airs at 9 p.m. Thursday on KOCE-TV.

Click here for more info.