The Santa Ana City Council firmly opposes a proposed drug needle distribution program
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday, April 16, unanimously approved a resolution announcing its “strenuous opposition” to a proposed needle distribution program that would threaten…
Firefighters stopped a storage unit fire in Santa Ana from spreading to other units
Santa Ana - Firefighters responded to the 2700 block of S. Fairview St. for a fire in a self storage business. The call came in shortly before 6 p.m, according…
Man facing felony DUI charges after rear-ending and killing a motorcyclist in Santa Ana
Mario Celestino Torres, 29-years-old, was charged this Monday with killing Flor Mecon Granados 44-years-old, of Santa Ana, when he rear-ended the motorcycle driven by Granados just before 3 a.m. last…
The OC Streetcar’s costs and delays continue to spiral
Although California High-Speed Rail is unlikely to ever reach Anaheim’s overbuilt ARTIC station, Orange County nonetheless has its own rail boondoggle: the OC Streetcar. Like high-speed rail, the streetcar is…
Apply now for the Republic Services Summer Internship Program
The City of Santa Ana’s trash and recycling pickup contractor, Republic Services, is working with the City to help high school and college-aged (18 or older) students who are Santa…
Godinez H.S. grad receives the Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Santa Ana, Calif. (April 12, 2024) – Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento is thrilled to announce that Diego A. Sarmiento, a resident of Santa Ana and County of Orange intern,…
A man died after being bitten by a K9 dog but the OCDA cleared the SAPD officers
The Orange County District Attorney's Office's has concluded their investigation into the custodial death of 73-year-old Miguel Chavez, in an incident involving his September 13, 2022, arrest and subsequent death…
Santa Ana property owners get the shaft as short term rentals get banned by the City Council
The Santa Ana City Council passed a rent control ordinance back in 2021 and then forced landlords to enter all their data in a rent registry in 2023. This week…
A Santa Ana family is mourning a motorcyclist that died in a collision this week
A family is in mourning after a motorcyclist, Erik Herrera, who was killed in Santa Ana this week. According to the man's family, the crash happened on Tuesday near Bristol…
Road rage shooter who killed a little boy on the 55 Freeway gets 40 years to life in prison
Marcus Anthony Eriz, a Costa Mesa man, was sentenced today for the fatal shooting and killing of Aiden Leos, a 6-year-old, during a road rage incident on the 55 Freeway.…
The SAPD arrested a woman who stole a purse and a vehicle at a local Wal Mart
Police officers have arrested a woman who was featured in the SAPD's Wanted Wednesday Facebook post that was posted on Thursday, April 11, 2024. She was arrested on March 13,…
The Irvine Police are searching for five suspects who stole business checks and cashed them
A business mailed out several business checks that were intercepted, according to the Irvine Police Department. Five men are suspected of cashing the stolen checks, which were altered, resulting in…
Santa Ana won a $1M grant to remove diseased trees
The of City of Santa Ana’s Public Works Maintenance Services Division has recently been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service program through…