Pedroza to run for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education
I decided today to pull papers for Area One of the Orange County Board of Education. The only candidate who has thus far qualified for the ballot is Ken Nguyen, who is…
Hammond enters the race for the O.C. Board of Education’s First Area
As reported in an earlier post today, Republican Robert Hammond has withdrawn from the race for the 69th Assembly District, according to the OC Political Blog. He is running instead for the Orange County…
SAUSD’s unionized school bus drivers still driving, but for how long?
I don't know why unionized school bus drivers are allowed to go on strike - all that does is hurt working families and kids. But the good news is that…
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Santa Ana Parks Commissioner Nguyen running for the OC Board of Education
I wrote a post recently bemoaning the lack of Latino candidates for the Orange County's Board of Education, in the Latino-dominated First District, which is currently represented by Republican Long Pham. Now…
Forty-one year old Irvine mom charged with sexually assaulting 14-year old
This has been a bad week in Orange County, with two Santa Ana public school teachers arrested and facing sex charges with high school students at Godinez High and the…
SAPD arrests another public school teacher, at OCHSA, for sexual comments
Unbelievable. Another Santa Ana public school teacher has been arrested for making sexually suggestive comments to students, the day after a wrestling coach and biology teacher, Joseph Manuel Orduna, was arrested…
Was the SAUSD prepared for the arrest of a Godinez teacher, on sex charges?
UPDATE: The OC Register's online article about this has some interesting comments, here. Joseph Manuel Orduna, an Irvine resident and wrestling coach/teacher at the Santa Ana Unified School District's (SAUSD) Godinez…
CA Dept. of Education considers the SAUSD to be in financial jeopardy
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) is one of nine Orange County school districts that "have filed preliminary spending plans indicating they might not be able to meet their…
Disaster strikes as the SAUSD has apparently lost their QEIA funding
What will SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana do now? Update: Fresno Unified is losing their QEIA funding too, due to low test scores, and San Bernardino Unified is losing 7…
Updated: Our readers came through for Jonathan Espinoza!
UPDATED: Our readers did it! Jonathan Espinoza received over $300 in donations and then my friend David Boyd, who is an Orange County Board of Education Trustee (and who is…
CA teachers’ union supports higher taxes, child molesters and Julio Perez
Julio Perez - the choice of union hacks Sixty three year-old LAUSD teacher Mark Berndt has been charged with 23 counts of lewd acts on children. Berndt allegedly regularly told children…
Solorio trying to fund college scholarships by ending corporate tax loophole
For Immediate Release: February 9, 2012 For More Information Contact: Carol Chamberlain - office: (916) 319-2069, mobile: (916) 804-5355 State Assemblyman Solorio Helps Unveil Middle Class Scholarship Program Legislation will end unfair burden on…
U.S. Dept. of Labor awards $4.9 million for job training in Santa Ana
Community: THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS THE SANTA ANA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD $4.9 MILLION TO FUND ITS BRIDGE ENGINEERING PROGRAM SANTA ANA, CA (February 9, 2012) – In May 2011,…
SAUSD student Espinoza interviewed by NBC, about his law firm internship
View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com. Segerstrom High School senior Jonathan Espinoza has done it again - even as he struggles to collect enough donations to pay for his registration fee…
Check out the Bowers Museum’s free Asian New Year family festival today
The Bowers Museum is hosting a free Asian New Year Family Festival today, Feb. 5, from noon until 3:30 pm. What a great way to entertain yourself before today's Superbowl!…