The empty bus terminal in Downtown Santa Ana may be used to help the homeless
Many community activists in Santa Ana have openly wondered why the vacated OCTA bus terminal, at 405 W. 5th St., has not been used to provide temporary shelter for the…
Angelica Amezcua
Civic Affairs
David Benavides
Erika Carranza
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Council Members Sarmiento, Amezcua, Tinajero and Reyna approve a pay increase for top city executives
Santa Ana City Council members Angie Amezcua, Roman Reyna, Vince Sarmiento and Sal Tinajero voted on Tuesday evening this week to approv a 2.5 percent salary increase this fiscal year…
Mayor Pro Tem Sarmiento attends a meeting in DC with Obama officials
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community: Mayor Pro Tem Sarmiento among White House Policy Leaders / Vice-Alcalde Vince Sarmiento Entre Líderes en la Casa Blanca On Friday, November 13th,…
Man with no gang ties shot while standing on his porch, on South Minnie St.
The situation in some parts of Santa Ana is getting so bad that you are not safe even when you are at home. Consider what just happened on Wednesday night. An unidentified…
Good Samaritan tracks down a DUI hit and run driver who killed a pedestrian near Madison Park
[caption id="attachment_56685" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Ramon Horta-Jaime[/caption] Marcello Bisarello, a 24-year-old resident of Santa Ana, has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car on Tuesday, according to…
Sarmiento honored for creating an affordable housing ordinance that prevents new housing
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Vincent Sarmiento was selected today as one of the fourteen politicians to join something called the NewDEAL, which is "a national network that is committed to…
Man attacked by four men who tried rob him a few blocks from the SAUSD’s HQ
A man was attacked and beaten up by four men during an attempted robbery at the 1600 block of East 4th Street at 8:50 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.…
Andrew Do
Angelica Amezcua
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Cecilia Iglesias
David Benavides
Jose Solorio
Karina Onofre
Loretta Sanchez
Lou Correa
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Roman Reyna
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Vince Sarmiento
Our local politicians showed up for the Fiestas Patrias parade today
[caption id="attachment_55409" align="aligncenter" width="400"] David Benavides at the 2015 Fiestas Patrias Parade[/caption] I stopped by today's Fiestas Patrias parade in Downtown Santa Ana - mostly to take pictures of the…
Two adults and two kids hurt in a hit and run car accident at Lyon and McFadden
Two adults and two children in a Toyota Corolla were injured in a two-vehicle collision Thursday night, at 8:25 p.m. at Lyon Street and McFadden Avenue, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C.…
Shirtless man on meth arrested after trying to break into the monkey pens at the Santa Ana Zoo
[caption id="attachment_54519" align="aligncenter" width="182"] John William Rodenborn[/caption] If you need yet another reason to stay away from meth consider the fate of 37-year-old John William Rodenborn, a man who was…
Gang member shot and wounded while walking south of Madison Park
An admitted gang member was shot on Friday afternoon at about 1 pm, while walking on in Santa Ana, near Halladay Street and St. Andrews Place, according to the O.C. Register.…
Two armed robberies and a home burglary happened in Santa Ana today
It was a hot and muggy day today in Santa Ana - and the criminals were more active than usual. A man robbed another man at gunpoint this morning at…
Men stabbed and bitten when a fight broke out at a party at a Santa Ana home
Apparently a group of men were getting their drunk on in the backyard of a home in the 3200 block of South Olive Street, across the street from Douglas MacArthur Fundamental…
Mayor Pro Tem Sarmiento used almost a million gallons of water last year
[caption id="attachment_52516" align="aligncenter" width="260"] Vince Sarmiento's Estate. Picture Courtesy of Google Maps.[/caption] In these times of drought we are all trying to cut back on water usage. But a recent…
Suspected car thief barricaded himself in a home near Madison Park for six hours
The SAPD SWAT team took action when a suspected car thief locked himself up in a home near the 1800 block of South Cedar Street, in Santa Ana, today at noon,…