Michele Martinez

As the stumbling "Santa Ana Spring" movement continues to unimpress, it is becoming obvious that David Benavides, the bogus revolution's candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana, is going to lose on…

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It is a rite of passage in just about every Western culture.  You watch your dad put on ties, perhaps on Sunday while getting dressed for Church.  One day, perhaps…

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I posted a press release a few weeks ago from the City of Santa Ana touting a discount drug program that the Benavides City Council majority had crafted with a…

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It is hard to believe that the Santa Ana Unified School District's Board of Education, which consists of five Trustees,  includes only one woman - longtime Trustee Audrey Noji.  Or…

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It looks like we are going to be stuck with Tom Daly as our Assemblyman in the 69th Assembly District, with the news we broke today that his opponent, Jose…

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Santa Ana Council Member David Benavides is finally holding a fundraiser for his fading Mayoral campaign, on Thursday, September 20, 2012, from 5:30pm - 7:30pm, at Chapter One Restaurant, located at…

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Until last night I had never attended the "El Grito" event at Santa Ana's annual Fiestas Patrias.  Who knew I was missing out on an unbelievable spectacle? Thousands of Mexican…

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If there is one thing I can guarantee going into the November elections, it is that the current Santa Ana City Council is destined to crumble.  Already the coalition that…

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[caption id="attachment_29005" align="aligncenter" width="386"] Robert Hammond, promoting the GOP[/caption] Orange County's Democrats are generally clueless, but this past June they were particularly out of sorts.  They inexplicably gave Orange County…

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community: Santa Ana City Council Announces Improvement in Acres of Recreational Space SANTA ANA, CA (August 20, 2012) – For the last twenty years,…

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Santa Ana Ward 3 candidate Eric Alderete's campaign held a fundraiser tonight at Chapter One: the Modern Local, in Downtown Santa Ana.  There were at least 80 attendees including quite…

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UPDATE: A four member city council voted tonight to unanimously put to the voters a four term limit of 2 years each for the office of Mayor. I can understand…

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UPDATE: Council Member Sal Tinajero has pulled papers to run against Mayor Pulido this November.  Chisme has it that Benavides will be pressured to get out of the race ASAP.…

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Sources at City Hall are telling me that Mayor Miguel Pulido is working overtime to stop an attempt by the Santa Ana City Council to draft a term limit measure…

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Tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting, which was held at the SAPD's Community Room, was, as predicted, a real zoo.  Media vans and news crews were everywhere and residents and…

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