Claudia Alvarez

UPDATE: Voting will close on Friday, Jan. 7, at 10 am This poll is now closed.  Find out who won at this link. [poll id="2"] As we start the New…

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We started a new decade this year - and a lot of political change came to Santa Ana in the previous ten years.  We now have an all-Latino City Council.…

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Last evenings city council installation ceremony was great success that had a very upbeat vibe about it...Despite a small gathering of protesters organized by the failed Amezcua campaign the evening…

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Assemblyman Jose Solorio won reelection easily in November, as he always has.  But he is going to term out of his seat in the 69th Assembly District in 2012.  It…

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Read the local blogs or the pseudo-media and you will see an incredible fascination, some might say obsession, with our great city and our elected officials. Whether they live in…

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This year's Santa Ana City Council elections were a mixed bag.  On the one hand, mayoral challenger Alfredo Amezcua proved he could run a serious campaign - but he lost…

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When Jerry Brown came to Santa Ana, to speak at the O.C. Labor Day event, he first stopped to visit at Mayor Miguel Pulido's home.  Now that both Brown and…

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Underscoring the importance of an Orange County congressional seat in the battle for control of the House of Representatives, former President Clinton urged Democrats at a Santa Ana rally Friday afternoon…

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Yesterday's Fiestas Patrias parade, in Santa Ana, was perhaps the best one yet.  A huge crowd lined Main St., many in folding chairs.  Kids blew on horns and waved Mexican…

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Click here to see our exclusive videos taken at the Santa Ana Fiestas Patrias Parade. The Fiestas Patrias Parade in Santa Ana today was a huge success.  Massive crowds lined…

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Mayor Miguel Pulido, with Angels owner Arte Moreno, and Council Members Vince Sarmiento and Michele Martinez I have spent years fighting the folks at Santa Ana's City Hall, and have…

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Debbie McEwen practices her free speech, at tonight's Council meeting The Alfredo Amezcua campaign spent a week screaming on Facebook about free speech, but at tonight's Santa Ana City Council…

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Certain behavior can be legal, yet also be uncouth.  That is the conundrum that the Santa Ana City Council is struggling with. Chris Prevatt, a Long Beach resident and employee…

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Tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting blew up again as a few of the haters that Councilman David Benavides honored at the last meeting showed up to cry about the…

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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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