Kim Pham

Is it too late to save Santa Ana?

When I started this blog back in 2009 I was hopeful that Santa Ana was at last heading in the…

8 years ago

Suspect in stabbing death at Underground DTSA arrested by the SAPD

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: UPDATE - SAPD Detectives Investigating A Stabbing Death Suspect arrested; Juan Angel Rivera (21) Santa…

9 years ago

Man stabbed to death at a Top Acid Thursday punk rock show at Underground DTSA

It has happened again. A young man, Nathan Joe Alfaro, of Westminster, was murdered in Downtown Santa Ana, this time…

9 years ago

Women accused in death of Kim Pham found guilty of voluntary manslaughter

Candace Brito and Vanesa Zavala have been found not guilty of the second-degree murder of Kim Pham, who died outside…

10 years ago

Kim Pham murder trial to start with jury selection on Monday

The Kim Pham murder trail is finally set to begin next week.  You may recall that Kim Pham was the…

10 years ago

Defense lawyer claims Kim Pham was part of an Asian gang

The fatal beating of Kim Pham outside The Crosby in Santa Ana was gang-related, according to attorney Michael Molfetta, who…

11 years ago

Judge rules that Pham’s alleged killers must stand trial on murder charges

A judge has ruled that two women will stand trial on murder charges in connection with the death of a…

11 years ago

Details about the vicious murder of Kim Pham emerge at preliminary hearing

Candace Brito, 27, and Vanesa Zavala, 25, appeared at a preliminary hearing as  Pham’s family member wore buttons with the…

11 years ago

Why was the trial of Kim Pham’s alleged murderers moved to Westminster?

I am trying to figure out why the trial of Vanesa Tapia Zavala, 25, and Candace Marie Brito, 27, who…

11 years ago

More bad news for DTSA – Westwood never recovered after a gang shooting in 1988

On Jan. 30, Karen Toshima was one of thousands of people who went to Westwood Village to have an enjoyable…

11 years ago

Prosecutor says what matters is Pham’s death not who started the fight

Contrary to reports that bystanders did nothing as a 23-year-old woman was fatally beaten outside a Santa Ana nightclub, an…

11 years ago

Candace Marie Brito charged with Kim Pham’s murder at The Crosby

A second Santa Ana woman, Candace Marie Brito, 27, has been charged with murder in the beating death of 23-year-old…

11 years ago

Does another club fight signal the start of a race war in Orange County?

Police are searching for up to six suspects who attacked a group inside Sutra nightclub in Costa Mesa, this past…

11 years ago

Pham’s Vietnamese friends are afraid to talk to SAPD investigators

As Santa Ana police detectives try to make sense of the melee that led to Kim Pham's death, the investigation…

11 years ago

The SAPD arrests another woman in the hate crime killing of Kim Pham

A 27-year-old woman was arrested Friday morning and a third woman was being sought in connection with a violent beating…

11 years ago

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