Today at 10:21 am, millions of people practiced ”Drop, Cover and Hold On” in the 2010 California ShakeOut drill! Here in Santa Ana, many of our residents were contacted during the drill by the Orange County AlertOC program, which was coordinated with the City of Santa Ana, according to Councilman Sal Tinajero’s blog.
Sure enough, a 6.9 earthquake struck [...]
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Family History Presentation and Research
Saturday, November 6, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Orange Family History Center, 674 S. Yorba Street, Orange, CA.
A free presentation on how to trace family histories in Central Mexico. The seminar, presented by John P. Schmal, is sponsored by the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR). The seminar will include a [...]
2010 Mexican Bicentennial Events in Santa Ana
September 16, 2010 will mark the 200th anniversary of Father Hidalgo’s call (El Grito) for Mexico’s independence from Spain.
The Fourth Street Mexican Independence Day Festivities has been a positive community event supported by the downtown businesses and the community for the past 21 years.
Given the significance of the Bicentennial [...]
Remember when Republican Assemblyman Van Tran flew a bunch of his Mexican-bashing Trannies to San Diego, to attack and ridicule Mexicans at the border? I do.
You can read about it by clicking here, where I have translated an article that appeared in a Viet newspaper.
To make matters worse, these haters used a U.S. military plane [...]
Posted in Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, elections, immigration, Latinos, mexico, Politics, Santa Ana, vietnamese Tags: border, immigration, loretta sanchez, mexico, trannies, van tran 3 Comments »
Join us for four lectures about the Fall of the Aztec Capitol, Tenochtitlan, this Saturday August 14, 2010 from 2 PM to 3:30 pm in Spanish, and from 3:30 pm to 6 PM in English, at El Centro Cultural De Mexico, located at 310 W 5th Street, in Santa Ana.
When the Spanish conquistadors got their first look [...]
A Spanish army defeats British soldiers in the Battle of Pensacola in 1781. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris returns all of Florida to Spain for the return of the Bahamas.
The entire Southwestern U.S. was stolen from Mexico by the U.S., yet Mexican Americans, and a fair amount of Mexican immigrants, love celebrating the 4th [...]
Posted in culture, Education, Independence, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: 4th of july, american patriots, british, freedom, french, independence, independence day, mexico, pensacola, spain 3 Comments »A new Facebook group has formed in support of making Santa Ana a Sanctuary City. The group’s page states that “In Santa Ana we have the numbers to make Santa Ana a Sanctuary city but we act like a minority . We must fight back!”
An effort to do this died in 2008, after Council Member Michele [...]
Dia del Niño/Children’s Day, is a tradition celebrated in Mexico and in many parts of the world-a day when communities honor their children.
Dia del Niño/Children’s Day will be held in Santa Ana on April 18, from 11 am to 5 p,. at 3rd and Bush, in downtown Santa Ana. Call 714-277-7183 if you have any [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Civic Affairs, culture, Latinos, mexico, Orange County, Santa Ana, working families, Youth Tags: Dia del Niño/Children's Day, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana No Comments »There was a big hulabulloo recently in regards to the Mexican Independence Day celebration in downtown Santa Ana that was scheduled to take place on September 11th of this year. The Orange County Register used its platform to stir the pot and throw red meat to the scores of bigots and racists that make up [...]
Posted in Civic Affairs, culture, immigration, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: hypocrisy, immigration, mexico, racism, SA City Council, Santa Ana, usual suspects No Comments »Photo by Jorge Rivera Reyes
Reports are starting to come in from Mexicali, which was hit by a massive 7.2 earthquake today.
“Emergency services in both the U.S. and Mexico scrambled to assess the extent of casualties and damage, including fallen buildings, buckled roads, cracked water canals, fires and telephone and electrical outages. It appeared that most [...]
Posted in Earthquakes, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: 7.2, calexico, donations, earthquake, easter, mexicali, mexico, red cross No Comments »A 6.9 earthquake struck Mexicali, Mexico, a few minutes ago. We felt it here in Santa Ana for what seemed an entirety. It felt like a series of rolls here. Reports indicate that it was a lot stronger in Mexico and my relatives in Riverside said it felt much stronger there as well.
A 4.4 earthquake [...]
Posted in california, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: 4.4, 6.9, earthquake, easter, mexicali, mexico, sacramento 3 Comments »“A downtown celebration honoring Mexico’s bicentennial that was initially set to kick off Sept. 11 and sparked a firestorm of protests has been moved to the following weekend. The date change came at the request of the festivities’ promoters, Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream said Thursday,” according to the O.C. Register.
Ream and his administrators [...]
Apparently there was a celebration recently in Santa Ana in honor of Benito Juarez, the famed Mexican President who was indigenous. He was born on March 21, 1806.
In the picture above, which is courtesy of Miniondas, you can see some of the folks who were at the event, including Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua, [...]
Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is allegedly denying that ICE immigration raids are occuring in Santa Ana
A local insider has indicated that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is getting ready to issue a press release denying that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are going on in Santa Ana. This despite numerous eyewitness accounts to the [...]
The Bowers Museum continues their Latin American Feature Film Series at this Thursday, January 7th, from 2:00pm – 5:00pm, with a showing of the film El Principio (1972). This is a movie about a small village struggling to survive as Mexican Revolutionaries and Federales struggle to dominate the countryside.
There is no cost to attend!
The film will [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Latinos, mexico, Santa Ana Tags: Bowers Museum, El Principio, latin american film series, Latinos, mexican consulate, mexico, Santa Ana 1 Comment »
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