Learn about the Fall of Tenochtitlan this Saturday at El Centro Cultural de Mexico
Join us for four lectures about the Fall of the Aztec Capitol, Tenochtitlan, this Saturday August 14, 2010 from 2 PM to 3:30 pm in Spanish, and from 3:30 pm…
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Gran Baile y Cena to benefit the Orange County DREAM!
Gran Baile y Cena to benefit the Orange County DREAM! August 21 · 6:30pm - 11:30pm, at the Elk's Lodge, located at 212 South Elk Lane, in Santa Ana. Do you like to…
Donations needed to make Las Soldaderas costumes for the Fiestas Patrias parade
A community volunteer named BaoLauren Vinh is seeking our help with the Santa Ana Fiestas Parade that is coming up in September. She is currently working at the Santa Ana Library…
El Centro Cultural de Mexico Open House Celebration this Saturday
El Centro Cultural de Mexico is hosting an Open House Celebration on Saturday, August 7. They are located at the corner of Broadway and Fifth Street (above the El Curtido Salvadorian Restaurant).…
Rogue bully Commissioners Leon and Stroud put in their place by a fellow Commissioner
Commissioner Tish Leon, feeling a disturbance in the force... I was able to attend the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission meeting tonight. Our reader, Rob Cook, showed up too.…
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Santa Ana Parks and Rec Commission to honor Minuteman Lupe Moreno again on Wednesday
Time to let Santa Ana Parks and Rec Chair Tish Leon know how we feel about her bullying If you are as upset as I am at the bullying behavior…
When Mexican kindergarten students punked the Minutemen, in Santa Ana
Naui Huitzilopochtli is famous today for his video showing Lupe Moreno and her Minutemen taking over this year's Independence Day event. But my favorite Naui video is the one above.…
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Who are Santa Ana’s Usual Suspects?
The Usual Suspects One of my readers, named Cook, asked me yesterday to explain who Santa Ana's Usual Suspects are. He wondered if the term was meant to be racist.…
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Lupe Moreno declares jihad on Mexican civil rights activist
The Benavides Hatergate scandal blew up again today as Minuteman Lupe Moreno began a libelous jihad against Mexican civil rights activist Naui Huitzilopochtli. Moreno forwarded a letter asking her hater…
Benavides Hatergate: The missing Independence Day video emerges
I met last night with Naui Huitzilopochtli and he graciously allowed me to borrow his video clips of the footage he shot at the Santa Ana Independence Day event on…
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The O.C. Register piles on the Benavides Hatergate scandal
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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Protest next year’s MLB All Star Game in Arizona, today at the Anaheim Stadium
The 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game arrives with much fanfare today in Anaheim, where Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby yesterday. I expect…
Get a free torta sandwich at Santa Ana’s El Pollo Norteno!
Have you ever enjoyed a torta before? Tortas are Mexican sandwiches, and in my humble opinion they are better than any other sandwiches I have ever had. They are better…
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Santa Ana 8 released without bail, and with no charges!
Here is an update on the brave students, known as the "Santa Ana Eight," who protested the Arizona racial profiling law, S.B. 1070, here in Santa Ana, at the federal…
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Assemblyman Solorio comes out against legalizing and taxing cannabis
Say it ain't so Jose! I came across an item on Facebook tonight, which you can see in the graphic above, indicating that our favorite Assemblyman, Jose Solorio, is supporting…