Santa Ana resident accosted for speaking in Spanish at Council meeting
What language did Ben use when he approached these very young ladies, at a No Doubt concert? The Amezcua campaign was out in full force at last night's Santa Ana…
Santa Ana City Council tosses Tish Leon
The Santa Ana City Council voted 6-1 to remove Tish Leon from the city's Recreation and Parks Board. Only Ward 4 Councilmember David Benavides voted against the motion brought forth…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Amezcua campaign mimes, then retreats, at the Yost Theater
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…
Amezcua wants free speech, but not when it comes to student commissioners
Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua is screeching about free speech on his Facebook account. He is upset that his uncouth supporter, Albert Castillo, was silenced at the last Santa…
Residents can say rude things at City Council meetings, but should they?
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…
Rogue bully commissioner set to be removed for terrorizing 16 year old student rep
The Santa Ana City Council looks to be ready to take swift and decisive action Monday night against one of the two Park's and Recreation Commission members responsible for bullying the…
O.C. Register quizzes SAUSD School Board candidates
I received a candidate questionnaire today from the Orange County Register. Here is a sneak preview at what they asked and how I answered: THREE QUESTIONS Responses may be up…
Cecilia Iglesias makes it onto the ballot against Loretta Sanchez
What a surprise! Independent Cecilia Iglesias turned in over 11,000 signatures to the O.C. Voter Registrar - and she will be on the ballot in November as a candidate for…
One of Rosie Avila’s pastors is running for the SAUSD School Board
Jeffrey K. Morris, a pastor and teacher at Calvary Chapel's Bible College Extension Campus, in Costa Mesa, apparently filed late on Friday to run for the Santa Ana Unified School District's…
Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustees to run unopposed in November
Running for Community College Districts in Orange County can cost a fortune For whatever reason, the Rancho Santiago Community College District's (RSCCD) Trustees are running unopposed this November. What that…
Why does Audrey Yamagata-Noji keep running for the SAUSD School Board, after 20 years?
"Dr. Audrey Yamagata-Noji was first elected to the Santa Ana Unified School District in 1987," according to the SAUSD website. In total, she has been in office for twenty years!…
How will Amezcua surpass the votes Martinez got in 2008?
Will Team Martinez be sufficient to elect Alfredo Amezcua? For Alfredo Amezcua to become the next Mayor of Santa Ana, he would have to surpass the number of votes that…
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Republican Party
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Mayor Miguel Pulido may have already won
In a stunner, four challengers qualified today to run for Mayor of Santa Ana, perhaps dooming the campaign of Alfredo Amezcua, the former Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee who was the…
How did we go from 9 SAUSD School Board candidates in 2008 to only three candidates today?
The deadline for candidates to file for the two open seats on the Santa Ana Unified School District's Board of Education is today, at close of business over at the Orange…
SAUSD Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji suspended a college student for Tweeting
Santa Ana Unified School District Trustee Audrey Yamagata-Noji works at Mt. San Antonio College, as Vice President of Student Services. She made headlines in June, in the online Mt. SAC Student Newspaper,…