Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Benavides and Bustamante thwarted by the Santa Ana City Council
The Santa Ana City Council just voted on the 85 A item that was put on the agenda tonight, by Council Members Carlos Bustamante and David Benavides. They said they…
There were red flags about Kinde Durkee, but Solorio hired her anyway
Details are now coming out about "Prominent Democratic campaign treasurer Kindee Durkee" who was finally arrested by the FBI this weekend -- more than four years after the Chronicle reported complaints that she…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Live blogging – Alvarez vs. Bustamante and Benavides at the Council meeting
I am covering tonight's Santa Ana City Council meeting - which figures to be an epic confrontation between Republican Council Member Carlos Bustamante and his sidekick, David Benavides vs. Mayor…
Sikh children report harassment to OC Human Relations Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2011 For More Information: Rusty Kennedy, CEO 714-567-7465 Commissioner Carol Turpen 714-290-3165 Commissioner Nadia Saad Bettendorf 562-691-3428 Board Member Gurpreet Singh Ahuja 714-478-4008 Sikh Children…
John Wayne Airport announces art installations to celebrate new terminal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2011 Contact: Jenny Wedge, (949) 252-5182 (office) JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT ANNOUNCES ART INSTALLATIONS TO CELEBRATE NEW TERMINAL C SANTA ANA, Calif. - John Wayne Airport (JWA) will…
Santa Ana KFC to host a cook-off on 9/7 to find the best chicken cook
MEDIA ALERT for September 7 Santa Ana KFC Hosts Cook-Off WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7 to Determine OC’s Best Chicken Cook KFC SoCal holds competition in search of best chicken preparers in the…
AT&T upgrades service in Orange County
ORANGE ENJOYS IMPROVED WIRELESS SERVICE THROUGH MAJOR AT&T UPGRADES AT&T UPGRADES SERVICE IN ORANGE MAJOR AT&T NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS IN ORANGE What may look like a parking garage to the average…
Amezcua’s PAC to protest Alvarez and the PBID at the Council meeting on 9/6
Failed Santa Ana mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua's Political Action Committee, which he calls the "Santa Ana Coalition for Better Government," (SACBG) has sent out a bizarre email asking its members…
Courts
Crime
Democratic Party
Jose Solorio
Loretta Sanchez
Lou Correa
Michele Martinez
Politics
Santa Ana
Treasurer who worked with Correa, Sanchez and Solorio arrested by the FBI
Kindee Durkee photo by Henry V Kinde Durkee of Burbank-based Durkee and Associates, a prominent Democratic campaign treasurer who works for federal, state and O.C. lawmakers including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.…
Benavides and Bustamante to attack Alvarez at the 9/6 City Council meeting
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez has faced a withering attack this week, even though she has already apologized for her ill-chosen analogy, comparing developer and landlord Irv Chase,…
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…