Don’t miss tonight’s DTSA First Saturday Art Walk
Santa Ana’s acclaimed nonprofit Frida Cinema has taken over management of the Santa Ana ArtWalk. Held on the first Saturday of each month, the free event features multiple exhibitions and…
O.C. man gets three life terms for killing his girlfriend and their two little boys
Arlet Hernandez Conteras SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 42-year-old man was sentenced today to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for stabbing one of his girlfriends to…
Celebration of life for Elliot Blair, the O.C. Public Defender killed in Mexico, set for Feb. 11 in Garden Grove
The friends and family of the O.C. Public Defender who died tragically in Mexico, Elliot Blair, are going to host a public celebration of life on Feb. 11, at the…
Compton man arrested for stealing construction tools from Orange County vehicles
Over the last several weeks, Property Crime Detectives were conducting an ongoing investigation into numerous vehicle burglaries that appeared to specifically target construction workers’ vehicles. After an intensive search, the…
Long Beach Man charged with murder for hitting an O.C. bicyclist then fatally stabbing him
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 39-year-old Long Beach man has been charged with murder for hitting a cyclist in Dana Point Wednesday afternoon and then stabbing him to death while…
Man convicted of kidnapping and repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Santa Ana
Ismael Salgado Jose Andres Plascencia, 42, was found guilty on Thursday of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl off a Santa Ana street and repeatedly raping her, more than two decades ago.…
Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris endorses Kim Bernice Nguyen for the U.S. Congress
GARDEN GROVE, CA Just 2 days after announcing the endorsement of popular Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva and coming on the heels of a successful campaign rollout, Garden Grove City Councilwoman Kim…
The Anaheim Police arrested a gang member for the fatal shooting of Jonathan Romero
Anaheim homicide detectives have arrested Miguel Rodriguez, a 20-year-old Anaheim man, for the fatal shooting of Jonathan Romero. On November 25, 2021, at about 5:33 p.m., Anaheim PD officers responded…
The SAPD has reduced response time and officer-involved shootings over the past year
https://youtu.be/-y9MSfaR2w4 Our 2019-2024 Strategic Plan frames our goals, priorities, and objectives and efforts necessary to succeed as a Police Department. As the Santa Ana Police Department prepares to publish the 2022 Year End Review,…
Permitted Santa Ana events and road closures through Feb. 11
Here are the locations of the City of Santa Ana's permitted events and road closures for construction or other activities Feb. 2-11 so you can plan accordingly. Thursday, February 2…
New homeless center opening in Garden Grove to serve Central O.C.
Supervisor Andrew Do supports the development of a homeless navigation center in Garden Grove, which has partnered with Westminster, Fountain Valley, and the County of Orange to open a multi-million-dollar…
Long Beach man arrested after running into an O.C. cyclist then stabbing him to death
DANA POINT, Ca. (Feb. 2, 2023): At 3:02 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2023, Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Crown Valley Parkway…
Man wanted for stealing a tablet from an Irvine business
The Irvine Police have released surveillance pictures of a man suspected of stealing a tablet from a business in the area of Von Karman and McGaw on December 16, 2022.…
Garden Grove sex offender sentenced for grabbing a woman’s buttocks
Jerry Matilde, a 25-year-old registered sex offender from Garden Grove, has been sentenced to six months in jail to violating post-release community supervision for a sexual battery on a woman…
The Westminster Police are investigating an attempted homicide
WESTMINSTER, Calif. - On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at approximately 1:13 AM, Westminster Police Dispatch received numerous calls reporting what sounded like gunshots being fired in the 7700 block of…