Is crime in Downtown Santa Ana being under-reported?
A friend of mine runs a small business in Downtown Santa Ana, over at what they now call the East End Promenade. The other day he saw a drug dealer…
A Long Beach film programmer will be taking over Santa Ana’s Fiesta Teatro
Cinematheque will be taking over all programming at Downtown Santa Ana's Fiesta Twin Theatre/Fiesta Teatro this coming September, according to the Long Beach Post. Cinematheque is "a new film programmer coming…
2012 Elections
Costa Mesa
David Benavides
Elections
Eric Alderete
Gangs
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Santa Ana
Outside interests launch cowardly attack on Mayor Pulido’s family
[caption id="attachment_30704" align="aligncenter" width="123"] Mayor Pulido's cowardly opponents have targeted his children[/caption] By now you have probably seen the horrible anonymous mailers that have been attacking Santa Ana Mayor Miguel…
PBID to be reconsidered by the Santa Ana City Council in May
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez tried her best to stop the PBID (a property tax in Downtown Santa Ana that is used largely to promote bars and restaurants…
Irv Chase’s promoter blames the “dirty Mexicans” in Downtown Santa Ana
Irv Chase's promoter, Archer Altstaetter, told NBC yesterday that the Chase family is “upgrading and investing in their buildings, without any malice toward anyone.” ”It’s no different than the Irvine…
Exclusive: Chases among those invited to Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum
Irv and Ryan Chase A few out of town bloggers appear to be having a fit because they weren't invited to Thursday's Santa Ana Latino Jewish Forum. It is sad…
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…
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…
Could toxic attacks on Alvarez lead to terrorism?
If you've ever visited the the Santa Ana Public Library in the Civic Center you probably have noticed a statue of a man holding a dove in front of the main entrance…
Santa Ana artist Theo Hirsch explains why Alvarez was right about Chase
Santa Ana artist and musician Theo Hirsch unloaded on the Republicans and fake liberals who have been attacking Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez this week, in a hard…
How can Alvarez be anti-Semitic when her ancestors faced a Holocaust too?
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…
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Development
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Santa Ana
Claudia Alvarez apologizes for comparing Irv Chase to Hitler
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 Yost Theater opens in grand style but Gustavo can’t let go of the past
The historic Yost Theater finally reopened for business last night, an hour late, to a large crowd that patiently lined up outside while getting their I.D. bracelets. I stopped by…
Is Downtown Santa Ana losing its Latino culture?
Don Cribb? Santa Ana's Nimby Usual Suspects are quick to scream that something is historical whenever their institutions are threatened. And then they sue. They did that when dilapidated housing…
Some Latino shop owners at the Fiesta Marketplace back Irv Chase
For weeks now I have been reading that all of the Latino business owners at the Fiesta Marketplace are mad at their landlord, Irv Chase. But when I went to…