The SAPD is searching for a man who violently stole a purse from a woman
https://youtu.be/N7RKyNJbamw On 05/11/2023, at approximately 1:36 PM, a female victim was walking on the sidewalk off the 2000 block of South Grand Avenue when a suspect grabbed her purse off…
A CHP officer was helped by witnesses as he scuffled with a suspect in Santa Ana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ21Pr0Flww Everardo Navarro saw a CHP officer tussling with a man on a freeway overpass and stepped in to help the beleaguered officer. Navarro was driving on Friday afternoon in…
Homeless man gets 30 years to life in prison for killing another transient in Anaheim
Alvaro Mendoza Sahagun, a 59-year-old homeless man, was sentenced last Friday to 30 years to life in prison for killing another transient in a Salvation Army shelter in Anaheim. Sahagun…
Transient arrested for the fatal shooting of a man in Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Anaheim homicide detectives have arrested Paul Perez, a 36-year-old transient man, for the fatal shooting of Juan Leon. On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at about 4:40 p.m.,…
CalOptima Health and a vendor launch an O.C. street medicine program for the homeless
https://youtu.be/q4H_YvI9OQc ORANGE, Calif. (April 4, 2023) — CalOptima Health, in partnership with the City of Garden Grove and Healthcare in Action, launched Orange County’s first street medicine program on April…
Cold weather advisory issued for Orange County through April 6
(Santa Ana, CA) - The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecasted cold overnight temperatures throughout inland, coastal and south Orange County cities beginning Tuesday, April through Thursday, April 6. Overnight…
CalOptima Health awards $29.9M in grants to boost services for Orange County’s homeless
ORANGE, Calif. (March 9, 2023) — Reflecting CalOptima Health’s commitment to Orange County’s vulnerable population of people experiencing homelessness, the Board of Directors approved awarding $29.9 million in grants to…
Santa Ana declares victory after their own federal lawsuit against a developer is dismissed
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the City of Santa Ana against the developer of a new homeless shelter after the City successfully…
The City of Santa Ana lost a federal lawsuit against a homeless shelter developer
A federal lawsuit filed by the City of Santa Ana on March 21, 2022, against Dyer 18, LLC, the owner of theCarnegie Homeless Shelter, was dismissed in its entirety last…
Orange County’s first Homeless Death Review Committee issues inaugural report
SANTA ANA, Ca. (Feb. 27, 2023): Orange County’s first Homeless Death Review Committee issued its inaugural report today, reviewing deaths of people experiencing homelessness in 2021. The report’s findings show…
Country singer Steven Cade will give guitars to the homeless and perform for them in Santa Ana
https://youtu.be/iubkwdKRRrk Can music help the homeless in Orange County to get back on their feet? Steven Cade, a Nashville-based modern country artist thinks so - and he has put that…
New homeless center opening in Garden Grove to serve Central O.C.
Supervisor Andrew Do supports the development of a homeless navigation center in Garden Grove, which has partnered with Westminster, Fountain Valley, and the County of Orange to open a multi-million-dollar…
The Garden Grove police arrested a homeless porch pirate who was on probation
Garden Grove police detectives were investigating a series of package thefts and recently identified a suspect, Michael Biel, a 23-years old transient. The porch pirate was following delivery drivers, while…