OC Labor Day event at the Santa Ana Zoo, and other weekend events
Labor Day is coming up fast. If you are looking for things to do in and around Santa Ana, on Labor Day weekend, here you go: O.C. Labor Day Celebration…
Flash mob and protest to start at El Centro Cultural de Mexico at 4 pm
May Day Coalition is organizing a Flash Mob today at 4 pm, to march through Downtown Santa Ana in protest of "being uprooted." They are meeting at El Centro Cultural…
The Register labeled Santa Ana gentrification “ethnic cleansing” in 2004
Did you know that the O.C. Register started using the term "Ethnic Cleansing" with regard to the gentrification of Downtown Santa Ana way back in 2004? Santa Ana Planning Commissioner…
Santa Ana Political Chismes – will Daly announce his 69th A.D. campaign today?
Daly and his fellow overpaid government worker pals... I just got a tip that O.C. Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly is going to be announcing his campaign for the 69th Assembly District…
The First Saturday Santa Ana Art Walk on 9/3 will be epic!
This Saturday's Santa Ana Art Walk is going to be amazing - with more entertainment and events than ever before. For starters, how about some lucha libre? Luchpaloozawill be starting…
Santa Ana woman convicted of killing husband with a knife
SAPD Photo TONY RACKAUCKAS, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: September 2, 2011 Susan Kang Schroeder, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718 Chief of Staff Farrah Emami, Spokesperson,…
Free screening of film about Mendez vs. Westminster on 9/3 at Old Courthouse
THE MUSEUM OF TEACHING AND LEARNING (MOTAL) IN CONCERT WITH OCPARKS- THE OLD COUNTY COURTHOUSE PRESENTS A CLASS ACTION EXHIBIT - BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 AND RUNS THROUGH JUNE…
Nursing assistant charged with touching three Santa Ana ROP students
Contact: Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, Public Information Officer, Santa Ana Police Department, 714-245-8029, Cell: 714-709-2043 Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Orange County District Attorney, 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami, Spokesperson,…
Santa Ana man charged with murdering nephew in Irvine DUI
TONY RACKAUCKAS, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: September 1, 2011 Susan Kang Schroeder, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718 Chief of Staff Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405,…
New SAUSD textbook policy straining students’ backs and hurting learning
SAUSD students and parents, as well as teachers and administrators are in an uproar over an ill-advised cost-cutting measure adapted by the SAUSD, apparently on the sly. As of this…
DPOC Chairman Barbaro rips Alvarez, but he once compared Bush to the Nazis
Frank Barbaro, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC) attacked Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez today, in a statement released to the media. Barbaro wrote…
City of Santa Ana intern to be arraigned for videotaping guys in the restroom
TONY RACKAUCKAS, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: August 31, 2011 Susan Kang Schroeder, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718 Chief of Staff Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell:…
SB 791 will raise gas taxes to allow local communities to fix transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Graham Brownstein, TransForm, (916) 441-0204 x 302, graham@transformca.org Ahmad Chapman, TransForm, (916) 441-0204 x 301, achapman@transformca.org Noah Finneburgh, Next Generation, (510) 289-0908, noah@nextgeneration.org Warner Chabot, California…
The SAUSD’s 2011 API scores released – how did your school measure up?
The new California Academic Performance Index (API) scores are out. These are the cornerstone of California's Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999. They measure the academic performance and growth of…
Could toxic attacks on Alvarez lead to terrorism?
If you've ever visited the the Santa Ana Public Library in the Civic Center you probably have noticed a statue of a man holding a dove in front of the main entrance…