How can we revive Santa Ana’s downtown?
Santa Ana's downtown is a ghost town at night, but should it be? Have you visited downtown Brea, Fullerton or Huntington Beach recently? All three of those areas are absolutely…
Visit Bowers Museum and Heritage Museum for free today!
Santa Ana residents get to visit a couple local museums for FREE today! Get out and go to the Bowers Museum and the Heritage Museum of Orange County TODAY. Don't…
Afro-Mexican photo exhibit at Calacas the highlight of the Santa Ana “Art Walk”
The highlight of Saturday night's "Art Walk" didn't even take place within the Artist Village. Hands down the highlight of the evening was Sal Rojas' Afro-Mexican photography exhibit held at…
Rocky Horror Picture Show playing at Santa Ana’s Yost Theater tonight!
Let's do the time warp again - in Santa Ana! The original Rocky Horror Picture Show movie is playing TONIGHT at Santa Ana's Yost Theater, at 12 midnight. The Yost…
O.C. Labor Federation celebrates Labor Day at the Santa Ana Zoo
Local politicians lined up to greet those at today's Labor Day celebration at the Santa Ana Zoo My son Jacob and I visited the Orange County Labor Federation's special Labor…
Santa Ana’s Buccaneer Pizza as good as promised
I read about Santa Ana's new Buccaneer Pizza this week over at the OC Weekly and decided to try them out on Friday night. I found a postcard they sent…
Sean Mill resigns from the Santa Ana Planning Commission
Sean Mill has resigned from the Planning Commission, effective today. Mill says he is going to focus his energies on building the New Santa Ana blog and on helping Santa…
SAPD To Receive Secretary of Defense Freedom Award for 2009
Myself and all of us at the New Santa Ana blog would like to pass along a hearty congratulations to Chief Paul Walters and the Santa Ana Police Department on…
Who are your favorite Santa Ana City Council Members of all time?
My favorite Santa Ana Council Member of all time is John Acosta When I first came to Santa Ana, I recall that the City Council included Lisa Mills, Tom Lutz,…
Things to do & places to go in Santa Ana, Part Two
Here are a few more fun places to go and things to do here in Santa Ana: The Heritage Museum of Orange County 3101 West Harvard Street, Santa Ana, CA…
Afro-Mexican photo exhibit coming to Santa Ana on Saturday, Sep. 5
BrownPride.com Presents "The Third Root | La Tercera Raiz" A Photographic Exhibition That Captures the Life of Afro-Mexicans and their Communities by Salvador Rojas CALACAS 324 W. 4th Street No.…
Alfredo Amezcua pulls together a coalition to help guide Santa Ana redevelopment
Alfredo Amezcua pulled together an amazing coalition at tonight's community meeting I attended a community meeting tonight at the Santa Ana Public Law Center. The meeting was moderated by Alfredo…
Things to do and places to go in Santa Ana
If you live in Santa Ana, you can visit the Bowers Museum for FREE this Sunday! Bored? You don't have to leave Santa Ana to have a good time! Here…
Check Out Lola Gaspar
After our last Planning Commission meeting myself and a couple of my fellow commissioners wanted to grab a bite to eat. Selecting a restaurant is always a task considering our…
Should we allow more garage sales in Santa Ana?
One of my readers suggested recently that we need to take a second look at the City of Santa Ana's garage sale policy. As he pointed out, we went from…
