Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center rises from the ashes
Santa Ana's Southwest Community Center suffered a terrible fire last year, losing holiday food and gifts for the poor. Their structure had to be totally demolished. Nine months later the…
Santa Ana’s Nicholas Academic Center gets a visit from a Nobel Laureate
Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith of Chapman University to Speak at Nicholas Academic Centers’ “Visiting Scholar Series” Nobel laureate Vernon L. Smith, Ph.D., and his colleague, Bart Wilson, Ph.D., of…
A blogger no more, call me Commissioner Mill
I have decided to stop blogging altogether and dedicate the time I have away from my job to being the best Planning Commissioner I can be. The citizens of Santa…
Oakland stops impounding cars at DUI checkpoints – what about Santa Ana?
Oakland is now abstaining from impounding unlicensed drivers’ cars – and from the hundreds of thousands of dollars the controversial seizures generate a year, according to California Watch. An investigation…
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Amezcua’s coalition tries to take credit for the changes at Santa Ana’s City Hall
Failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua's coalition of people who don't live in Santa Ana, the so-called Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government, today tried to take credit for…
SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo is retiring at the end of the school year
Jane Russo, the Superintendent of the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is retiring at the end of this school year, according to a district announcement regarding Russo's pending retirement: Angela…
The SAPD explains what happened at the Caravana Mobile Home Park melee
The Santa Ana Police Department has drafted an Executive Summary regarding the melee that broke out this Saturday night, at a party at the Caravana Mobile Home Park. You have…
Huge fire guts Santa Ana’s Saddleback Inn
The Saddleback Inn is burning to the ground tonight. The fire is incredible. It is being reported live on Channel 11 News, at this link. The owner of the Saddleback…
Fracas breaks out at Santa Ana mobile home park when police try to stop a party
The talk of the town this weekend was a melee that broke out at a mobile home park, in Santa Ana, when police officers showed up, for the second time…
Mayor Pro Tem Alvarez to speak at Com Link meeting about graffiti on Jan. 27
The Santa Ana Communication Linkage Forum (Com Link) is hosting a meeting on Thursday, January 27th at 7 p.m. with an agenda focusing on: Graffiti Abatement and Code Enforcement Issues…
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Santa Ana graffiti targeting Gov. Brown underscores hate problem in the O.C.
George Collins, a videographer who lives in south Santa Ana, and who ran for Mayor last year, was on the scene yesterday when graffiti was discovered on two walls in…
Pulido and Sarmiento visit the Santa Ana Soccer and Business Association
The Santa Ana Soccer and Business Association held its first board meeting on January 11, at the offices of Edgar Seb Vazquez, their President. Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and…
Shouldn’t those who attend Santa Ana City Council meetings be scanned for weapons?
In the wake of the horrific shooting in Tucson, that took six lives and left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords terribly wounded, shouldn't the Santa Ana City Council adopt additional security measures,…
Do you have what it takes to be a Santa Ana City Commissioner?
There has been some talk this week, in the local blogosphere, about whether or not someone might be qualified to be a City Commissioner. That is a good subject to…
How badly will Gov. Brown slash the Santa Ana Public Library’s budget?
New California Gov. Jerry Brown, facing tremendous budget problems, has proposed a statewide budget that eliminates state spending on public libraries entirely. Those cuts amount to around $30 million, according…