The SAPD captured two gangbangers who shot a young woman in Ward 3
A 19-year-old Santa Ana woman was shot in the leg this Thursday night, at around 8 pm, while she was hanging out with two friends in her driveway, at the 1700 block of…
Angelica Amezcua
Cecilia Aguinaga
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Water
The Santa Ana City Council members make new commission appointments
The Santa Ana City Council members appointed themselves to various commissions at their meeting tonight. There was a struggle behind the scenes in recent weeks as Councilman Roman Reyna, who…
Man stabbed in Santa Ana’s Ward 3
A man was stabbed Friday afternoon in Santa Ana, police said. at Fairview and Seventeenth streets in Santa Ana. When the police arrived, they found a man stabbed several times in…
Man with shotgun threatens women at the 1200 block of N. Harbor Bl.
A man was reportedly running around at around 7 pm, with a shotgun in the 1200 block of North Harbor Boulevard, in Santa Ana, on Thursday, threatening at least two…
Two men shot in Councilwoman Amezcua’s Ward 3, at 800 N. Jackson St.
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD Homicide Detectives investigate shooting death On Friday, 12-12-14, at approximately 7:11 PM officers responded to the area of 800 N. Jackson (in Ward 3,…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
David Cavazos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
The new City Council majority won’t include Reyna and Benavides
While none of the Santa Ana City Council incumbents lost in the November General Election there is still major change coming to our City Council. You might recall that former…
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll – Who should be Santa Ana’s next Mayor Pro Tem?
Is Councilman Benavides capable of running a Santa Ana City Council meeting? Apparently our current Mayor Pro Tem, Sal Tinajero, is going to vacate the position and allow one of the other…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Phil Bacerra
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
It’s time for a new City Council majority
Transparency really matters to Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero. It is why he split from Councilman David Benavides' "Team Santa Ana" in the recent City Council election. Benavides…
2014 Elections
Alfredo Amezcua
Angelica Amezcua
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Mirna Velasquez
Orange County
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Councilwoman Martinez says she won’t mind if she isn’t reelected in November
Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez, told NBC News this week that she "will not mind if she isn’t reelected in November." She was interviewed after this week's City Council meeting had to…
2014 Elections
Alex Padilla
Angelica Amezcua
Gangs
John Palacio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Mirna Velasquez
Planning
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Valerie Amezcua
Team Santa Ana falls apart as Benavides declares war on Tinajero
Team Santa Ana appears to be finished as Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides posted a snarky picture of the Team Santa Ana walk piece with Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero's…
Why would two Planning Commissioners vote against transparency?
[caption id="attachment_46196" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Santa Ana Planning Commissioner Phil Bacerra[/caption] Why would two Santa Ana Planning Commissioners vote against transparency? That is what happened at tonight's Santa Ana Planning Commission…
2014 Elections
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
Crime
David Benavides
Drugs
Marijuana
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Three Council Members seek to ban medical marijuana collectives
Three Santa Ana City Council Members, including Michele Martinez, David Benavides and Angie Amezcua have placed an 85A item on the agenda for this Tuesday's City Council meeting, regarding medical…
Updated: Bruce Bauer nominated to the Santa Ana Planning Commission
Update: The Santa Ana City Council voted tonight to approve the appointment of Bruce T. Bauer to the Santa Ana Planning Commission. We know he will do a great job!…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Poll – Who is the worst Santa Ana City Council Member?
[cardoza_wp_poll id=10] We recently took a look at the official City Calendars of each of our Santa Ana City Council Members. Now it is time to vote! Which one of…
Councilwoman Martinez has not forgotten to represent her own Ward
We have been scrutinizing the public calendars of the Santa Ana City Council Members this week. We already looked at Councilman David Benavides' calendar, and that of Councilwoman Angie Amezcua. …