TONY RACKAUCKAS, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: August 9, 2011
Susan Kang Schroeder, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Chief of Staff Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
Case # 09HF1875: MAN CONVICTED OF HATE CRIME ARSON FOR SETTING CHURCH PROPERTY ON FIRE AFTER BECOMING DISGRUNTLED WITH ITS TEACHINGS AGAINST MASTURBATION
SANTA ANA – A man has been convicted [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fire’
Irvine man convicted after burning church over masturbation disagreement
Posted by Admin on August 9th, 2011
Posted in Churches and Religion, Courts, Crime, Fires, Public Safety, Santa Ana 
Tags: church, fire, huntington beach, irvine, izad chavoshan, masturbation 
7 Comments »Fundraiser today to help Santa Ana High School alum whose home burned down
Posted by Admin on July 31st, 2011
[ July 31, 2011; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Santa Ana High School grad Brenda Coronado and her family lost their home to a fire on July 22. Click here to read about that in the O.C. Register. Coronado and her three kids lost everything. They are having a fundraiser today and are asking for donations of clothes in particular.
Here are the details, from [...]
Posted in Charities, Entertainment, Fires, Santa Ana Tags: brenda coronado, donatiions, fire, santa ana high school No Comments »The O.C. Great Park presents a “Community Safety Expo”
Posted by Admin on March 21st, 2011
[ March 26, 2011; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 21, 2011
CONTACT: JENN STARNES, 949-724-6574
The Great Park Presents “Community Safety Expo”
Event offers fun, free activities and safety tips for the whole family
IRVINE – Orange County’s finest public safety officers will be joined by Smokey Bear, Urban Search and Rescue dogs, and advanced fire and police vehicles at the Great Park on [...]
Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center rises from the ashes
Posted by Admin on January 30th, 2011
Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center suffered a terrible fire last year, losing holiday food and gifts for the poor. Their structure had to be totally demolished.
Nine months later the Center has risen from the ashes, according to community activist Alan H. Woo, who posted the pictures in this post on his Facebook page.
You can help [...]
Posted in Charities, Civic Affairs, homeless, Santa Ana, working families Tags: fire, food, homeless, needy, poor, Santa Ana, shelter, southwest community center No Comments »Huge fire guts Santa Ana’s Saddleback Inn
Posted by Admin on January 24th, 2011
The Saddleback Inn is burning to the ground tonight. The fire is incredible. It is being reported live on Channel 11 News, at this link.
The owner of the Saddleback Inn issued eviction notices to his residents in July of last year, as we reported here.
The City of Santa Ana encouraged the owner of the Saddleback [...]
Posted in Business, Civic Affairs, Fires, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: fire, saddleback inn, Santa Ana 7 Comments »Remembering Santa Ana’s Chinatown
Posted by Admin on July 14th, 2010
Picture Courtesy of the Orange Coast Voice
Did you know that Santa Ana used to have a Chinatown? There is no evidence of it today, because the Santa Ana City Council, way back in 1906, ordered it to be burned down.
Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Here is how the L.A. Times reported it:
Before the permit-only parking lot [...]
Posted in Chinese, Civic Affairs, Civil Rights, culture, immigration, Orange County, Santa Ana Tags: 3rd st., chinatown, fire, leprosy, Santa Ana 1 Comment »Fire at Santa Ana soup kitchen damages donated food and holiday gifts
Posted by Admin on December 15th, 2009
The volunteers at Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center are in mourning today, after “A late-night fire damaged their Santa Ana soup kitchen and destroyed $50,000 in food and holiday gifts that were to be distributed to needy families this weekend,” according to the L.A. Times.
The Times also reported that “the center serves breakfast and lunch [...]
Are Santa Ana high school chemistry classes dangerously overcrowded?
Posted by Admin on October 3rd, 2009
SAUSD Science Teacher Gary Reynolds speaks out about dangerous overcrowding in chemistry classes at School Board meeting on Sep. 8
“A Santa Ana High School science teacher is claiming chemistry classes at the campus are crowded beyond state regulations, causing unsafe conditions for students,” according to the O.C. Register.
Gary Reynolds, who has taught physics, chemistry and [...]
