I got a phone call tonight, on my cell phone, from a young lady who said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez should "learn English" and "go back…

Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez apologized today, in a phone call to the L.A. Times,  for making statements that could be construed to be anti-Semitic. “What I said was inappropriate,…

The Santa Ana City Council is holding a special meeting on Wednesday, August 24, at 5 pm.  The biggest item on the agenda is a public hearing regarding the controversial…

The impounding of cars driven by immigrants, by the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), is on the agenda for the Santa Ana City Council's Public Safety Committee meeting scheduled for…

The City of Santa Ana spent hundreds of thousands starting up the Artists Village.  Then they made tattoo shops, hookah bars and massage parlors illegal in the Downtown area.  Now…

Can't let a rainy day go by without a new edition of Santa Ana Political Chismes, can we?  Church doesn't start for another hour, so here goes... The Voice of…

I was going to wait a week for the next Santa Ana Political Chismes column, but I have some more Chismes and they need to get posted now, so here…

The Santa Ana City Council's Public Safety Committee is meeting on Tuesday, July 26, and the meeting promises to be an interesting one.  The topics on the agenda, which is…

State Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-69) has reportedly convinced Santa Ana City Councilman Vincent Sarmiento to run for the 69th Assembly District in 2012, when Solorio will term out. Sarmiento was…

It is beginning to look like a free-for-all for Assemblyman Jose Solorio's 69th Assembly District seat, which includes most of Santa Ana and parts of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Tustin and…

Our reader, Cook, has often said that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez is eligible to run for two more terms.  The thinking is that Measure D, which extended…

A few folks in Santa Ana have been mighty perplexed about the current City Council majority.  I would definitely include failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua in that number,…

The Santa Ana Communication Linkage Forum (Com Link) is hosting a meeting on Thursday, January 27th at 7 p.m. with an agenda focusing on: Graffiti Abatement and Code Enforcement Issues…

The Santa Ana City Council majority has about had it with City Manager Dave Ream and his staff.  One Council Member I spoke to this week said that it was…

I attended the Los Amigos press conference today, which was held in their usual meeting place - a German restaurant in Anaheim.  As I expected, it was a giant waste…