JCP Beauty is now open at the MainPlace Mall
JCP Beauty is opening at MainPlace! This new concept features inclusive beauty brands where 90% of their products are from Black and Brown owned and founded companies. Help us welcome…
Santa Ana ceremonial street sign toppers honor Black history
Today the City of Santa Ana unveiled their first ceremonial street sign toppers as part of the new ceremonial street naming program created by the City Council. These first toppers…
Man facing felony charges for pimping a young woman in Anaheim
Antonio Romello Mann, a 28-year-old man, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of pimping a 17-year-old girl in Anaheim. Mann was charged way back in September of 2020…
O.C. woman who crashed into parked cars, endangered pedestrians and fled from police facing a slew of felony charges
Aria Alexandra Martin, a 33-year-old Orange County woman, was charged on Tuesday after she flipped out while behind the wheel in a parking lot in Mission Viejo and crashed into…
Permitted events and street closures in Santa Ana for the week of Feb. 17-25, 2023
Here are the locations of permitted Santa Ana events and road closures for construction or other activities Feb. 17-25 in Santa Ana so you can plan accordingly. Friday, February 17…
Santa Ana restaurant busted after serving alcohol to minors who got into a fatal crash
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has indefinitely suspended the license of Culichitown in Santa Ana after an employee furnished alcohol to a group of six underage persons…
The OC Sheriff is trying to identify who fatally shot a Santa Ana man in Stanton
The O.C. Sheriff's Department is searching for three suspects involved in a shooting that occured on June 28, 2022. A Santa Ana man was killed in that incident. The shooting…
An armed robber stole shoes from WSS in Santa Ana
On February 11, 2023, at approximately 9:40 a.m., the wanted suspect entered the WWS (formerly known as Warehouse Shoe Sale) store and selected two pairs of shoes. The suspect attempted…
Uber driver sentenced for assaulting a woman in Santa Ana
Jason Humberto Rodas, a 32-year-old Uber driver, admitted on Tuesday to sexually assaulting a woman in Santa Ana and was immediately sentenced to more than nine years in prison. Rodas…
Landlords sue to overturn the City of Santa Ana’s rent control and eviction ordinance
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA - The Apartment Association of Orange County (AAOC) has filed a lawsuit against the city of Santa Ana challenging the municipality’s rent stabilization and just cause eviction…
Costa Mesa drug dealer sentenced for selling Fentanyl that killed an O.C. woman
Matthew Benjamin Hurley, a Virginia man, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after he admitted to selling a bag of fentanyl out of a Costa Mesa motel,…
Irvine man’s accomplice sentenced for over $1M in fraudulent COVID-19 loans
LOS ANGELES – A Ventura County man who schemed with an Orange County man to illegally acquire disaster relief funds was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison for…
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The City of Santa Ana Black History Month with the honorary renaming of two streets
The City of Santa Ana is kicking off a new program created by the City Council with two streets honoring Santa Ana’s African-American heritage during Black History Month. Willits Street…
A thief targeted customers of a Santa Ana Public Storage facility
A heartless thief has ruined the lives of several customers of a Public Storage facility in Santa Ana. That company has at least three Santa Ana locations but the SAPD…
Orange K9 officer Danto helped to seize two guns from suspects
Yesterday, in the early morning hours, residents or Orange called the police to report a suspicious car in their neighborhood and people who were checking mailboxes. After Orange police officers…