Our next podcast will feature Ward one candidate Cynthia Contreras, on Friday night

Tune in to our next live podcast this Friday night, Sep. 18, at 5:30 p.m. as we will be interviewing Cynthia Contreras, a candidate for Ward One of the Santa Ana City Council. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Cynthia has lived in Santa Ana for over 25 years. Her four children attended Jefferson Elementary, El Sol, OCEAA, MacArthur Intermediate, McFadden Intermediate, Mater Dei and Segerstrom High School.

Cynthia is an O.C. probation office coordinator and she has a long history of participating in community organizations. Read her full bio here.

Here is her Candidate Statement.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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