Civil Rights

Time to let Santa Ana Parks and Rec Chair Tish Leon know how we feel about her bullying If you are as upset as I am at the bullying behavior…

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Naui Huitzilopochtli is famous today for his video showing Lupe Moreno and her Minutemen taking over this year's Independence Day event.  But my favorite Naui video is the one above.…

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Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission Chair Tish Leon Another scandal is erupting - and like the Benavides Hatergate fiasco it involves Councilman David Benavides. I found out this week…

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Gustavo Arellano wrote a great post over at the O.C. Weekly's Navel Gazing blog wondering what Republican Santa Ana mayoral candidate Charles Hart meant when he stated in his press…

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The Usual Suspects One of my readers, named Cook, asked me yesterday to explain who Santa Ana's Usual Suspects are.  He wondered if the term was meant to be racist.…

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Councilman David Benavides has been desperately trying to quell the firestorm that erupted when we broke the story that he honored a group of Minutemen and extremist Republicans who were recruited by…

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The Benavides Hatergate scandal blew up again today as Minuteman Lupe Moreno began a libelous jihad against Mexican civil rights activist Naui Huitzilopochtli.  Moreno forwarded a letter asking her hater…

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It has become the scandal that won't go away.  This time the Orange County Register piled on the David Benavides Hatergate scandal with a new article that is very illuminating.…

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R. Scott Moxley, of the OC Weekly, attended last night's Santa Ana City Council meeting.  Now the OC Weekly has piled on Councilman David Benavides too.  Here are a few…

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The Progressive Interfaith Alliance OC has tentatively scheduled an event called "Fairness for all Families" on July 31, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Sasscer Park, located at 502 W. Santa Ana…

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Lupe Moreno supporter Anne Menaldo(center) and David Benavides(right) Councilman David Benavides chose to ignore common sense and the advice of his fellow elected officials and honored a group of folks…

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Santa Ana City Councilman David Benavides has chosen to give common sense and decency, not to mention his fellow councilmembers and the residents of the city, the middle finger.  The…

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Picture Courtesy of the Orange Coast Voice Did you know that Santa Ana used to have a Chinatown?  There is no evidence of it today, because the Santa Ana City…

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The 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game arrives with much fanfare today in Anaheim, where Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby yesterday. I expect…

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Konnie Krislock, who has been teaching journalism and yearbook at the Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana for the past four years, was dismissed in June…

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