Is it too late to save Santa Ana?
When I started this blog back in 2009 I was hopeful that Santa Ana was at last heading in the right direction. Now, in 2017, things seem darker than ever.…
Suspect in stabbing death at Underground DTSA arrested by the SAPD
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: UPDATE - SAPD Detectives Investigating A Stabbing Death Suspect arrested; Juan Angel Rivera (21) Santa Ana - no booking photo at this time, will update…
Man stabbed to death at a Top Acid Thursday punk rock show at Underground DTSA
It has happened again. A young man, Nathan Joe Alfaro, of Westminster, was murdered in Downtown Santa Ana, this time at a concert venue called Underground DTSA, on Thursday night,…
Women accused in death of Kim Pham found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
Candace Brito and Vanesa Zavala have been found not guilty of the second-degree murder of Kim Pham, who died outside a nightclub in Santa Ana earlier this year. The two…
Kim Pham murder trial to start with jury selection on Monday
The Kim Pham murder trail is finally set to begin next week. You may recall that Kim Pham was the young lady who was literally kicked to death by female…
Defense lawyer claims Kim Pham was part of an Asian gang
The fatal beating of Kim Pham outside The Crosby in Santa Ana was gang-related, according to attorney Michael Molfetta, who represents Candace Marie Brito, one of two suspects on trial…
Judge rules that Pham’s alleged killers must stand trial on murder charges
A judge has ruled that two women will stand trial on murder charges in connection with the death of a 23-year-old woman left unconscious and fatally injured after a fight…
Details about the vicious murder of Kim Pham emerge at preliminary hearing
Candace Brito, 27, and Vanesa Zavala, 25, appeared at a preliminary hearing as Pham’s family member wore buttons with the victim’s likeness. Both women had pleaded not guilty to murder,…
Why was the trial of Kim Pham’s alleged murderers moved to Westminster?
I am trying to figure out why the trial of Vanesa Tapia Zavala, 25, and Candace Marie Brito, 27, who have both been charged with the brutal murder of 23-year…
More bad news for DTSA – Westwood never recovered after a gang shooting in 1988
[caption id="attachment_42465" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Westwood isn't what it used to be (Photo: Saul Gonzalez)[/caption] On Jan. 30, Karen Toshima was one of thousands of people who went to Westwood Village…
Prosecutor says what matters is Pham’s death not who started the fight
Contrary to reports that bystanders did nothing as a 23-year-old woman was fatally beaten outside a Santa Ana nightclub, an Orange County prosecutor said that as many as 15 people…
Candace Marie Brito charged with Kim Pham’s murder at The Crosby
A second Santa Ana woman, Candace Marie Brito, 27, has been charged with murder in the beating death of 23-year-old Annie Kim Pham outside the Crosby nightclub, and is scheduled to…
Does another club fight signal the start of a race war in Orange County?
Police are searching for up to six suspects who attacked a group inside Sutra nightclub in Costa Mesa, this past Friday morning, and beat two victims so severely they required…
Pham’s Vietnamese friends are afraid to talk to SAPD investigators
As Santa Ana police detectives try to make sense of the melee that led to Kim Pham's death, the investigation is running into a wall of silence. Pham's friends have…
The SAPD arrests another woman in the hate crime killing of Kim Pham
A 27-year-old woman was arrested Friday morning and a third woman was being sought in connection with a violent beating outside a Santa Ana nightclub that left Kim Pham, a…
