Santa Ana Community Emergency Response Team training starts on 2/20
City of Santa Ana Community Alert: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Starts Next Saturday In the event of a major disaster or a more common emergency, learn how to…
18-yea-old homicide suspect who beat up a grandfather turns himself in to the SAPD
Samuel Elijah Alvarez, an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with the beating of a 72-year-old grandfather with a baseball bat, walked into the Santa Ana Police Department’s lobby and surrendered…
The SAPD is looking for an 18-year-old who beat up a grandfather with a baseball bat
Samuel Elijah Alvarez, an 18-year-old man, is wanted in connection with the severe beating of a 72-year-old great-grandfather with an aluminum baseball bat in Santa Ana last week, according to…
President Obama proposes to contribute $125M to the OC Streetcar project
The proposed OC Streetcar is one milestone closer to becoming the county’s first modern light-rail system, after President Barack Obama included $125 million for it in his proposed federal budget…
New O.C. charter school offers a path to graduation and much more
OCDE’s College and Career Preparatory Academy offers a path to graduation and much more Kirstie Suarez’s family moved several times when she was in high school, bouncing between California, North…
Santa Ana woman dies after being thrown from a car on the 5 Freeway
An unidentified 23-year-old woman from Santa Ana died after she was thrown from a late-night collision on the I-5 freeway when a driver rear ended a big rig, according to the…
Toxic chemical detected in indoor air samples at a Santa Ana business
For Immediate Release: February 8, 2016 Contact: Tricia Landquist, tlandquist@ochca.com, (714) 834-2178 Trichloroethylene Detected in Indoor Air Samples at Santa Ana Site (Santa Ana) – Information provided by the California…
Car thieves arrested near Willard Elementary School with the help of a K-9
What started out as yet another Santa Ana car theft quickly escalated this afternoon, after several suspects in a stolen car took off when police tried to conduct a traffic…
Speeding car caused a fatal crash this morning that closed the N. Bristol and W. First St. intersection
A high-speed crash left one person dead and two others sought by police in Santa Ana Monday morning, according to KTLA News. The accident happened this morning just after 2…
Arrested taggers suspected in several robberies in Santa Ana and Garden Grove
A group of half-a-dozen losers were arrested today in Garden Grove after police officers spotted a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle connected to a tagging incident on…
Santa Ana apartment complex could be converted into a 60 unit drug rehab center
There is an effort underway by Rock Solid Recovery to convert the Mauna Loa Garden Apartments in Santa Ana to a 60 unit residential development to a behavioral health facility - essentially…
Local Boy Scouts to host two pancake breakfasts in Santa Ana this month
Support your local boy scouts! Santa Ana's historic Troop 28 is hosting two pancake breakfast fundraisers this month and our boys really need your support. Show up and have a…
Santa Ana man sentenced to three years in prison after fatal DUI crash
Ulises Mendoza, a Santa Ana man who crashed while driving under the influence, leaving a passenger dead and three others seriously injured, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison,…
Free O.C. blood pressure screenings on Love Your Heart Day, 2/11
For Immediate Release: February 8, 2016 Contact: (714) 834-2178 FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS ON “LOVE YOUR HEART DAY,” FEBRUARY 11, 2016 (Santa Ana) – With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, many of…
The Old OC Courthouse will host Valentine’s Day Marriage Ceremonies
HUGH NGUYEN, CLERK-RECORDER For Immediate Release: February 03, 2016 Contact: David Cabrera, Phone: (714) 834-2083, david.cabrera@rec.ocgov.com Clerk-Recorder to Offer Valentine’s Day Marriage Ceremonies For those looking to tie the knot on Valentine’s Day, look…