Santa Ana’s artists have only themselves to blame for their problems
Joining the Occupy movement was a very bad idea for Santa Ana's artists "A core group who've been in the Santora for years are growing increasingly worried that building owner…
Updated: Usual Suspects punked by Appellate Court – the OBP Tower is back on!
Mike Harrah can start building his One Broadway Plaza Tower now! "The 4th District Court of Appeal last week reversed an Orange County Superior Court ruling that had put a…
Usual Suspects use the courts to force a new One Broadway Plaza election
A Superior court judge has sided with Santa Ana's Usual Suspects, derailing the One Broadway Project development and forcing its developer, Mike Harrah, to return to the ballot box, according…
Video of Grrl Fair protest at the Santa Ana Artists Village
The Grrl Fair Collective held their misguided protest this Saturday, May 6, at the Santa Ana Artists Village Art Walk. The protest was spurred by allegations that an artist in…
Santa Ana reactionaries’ OBP tower lawsuit to be heard on May 12
The same reactionaries who sued Santa Ana over the Station District development, costing our taxpayers thousands of dollars in the process, are at it again - this time calling themselves…
Grrl Fair collective planning a misguided protest at the next Art Walk
UPDATE: Andy Verostek, an artist at the Santora, has written a post about the allegations by the Grrl Fair collective that an artist at the Santora harassed a number of them…
Cantera, at the Santora Building, to close at the end of this month
Cantera has announced, via an email newsletter, that they are going to be going out of business at the end of the month. Cantera is in the Santa Ana Artists…
Artists and arts organizations networked at the Santa Ana Arts Forum on Jan. 12
There was a very good turnout at this evening's meeting of the Santa Ana Arts Forum. There were representatives there from the California Arts Alliance; El Sol (an arts charter…
Downtown, Inc. to hold a town hall meeting at the Artists Village on Jan. 6
There has been a lot of dissent in the Santa Ana Artists Village of late, which has been fanned by the local media. The good news is that the folks…
Can the artists thrive in Santa Ana’s Artists Village?
When I first heard that an Artists Village was going to be created in downtown Santa Ana, I had my doubts. I had never heard of such a place being…
Santa Ana Masonic building bought by Church of Scientology still empty, after four years
A reader asked me recently for information about the purchase of the old Masonic temple in downtown Santa Ana, by the Church of Scientology. I did not know much about…
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Santa Ana City Council approves most of the amendments to the OBP developer agreement
Mike Harrah's victory was a victory for Santa Ana's working families Mike Harrah sat quietly with his friend Gil Marrero as the Santa Ana City Council began their One Broadway…
Public hearing about One Broadway Plaza this Monday at Santa Ana Council meeting
The Santa Ana City Council will be conducting a Public Hearing on Monday, at the end of their Council meeting, regarding the proposed amendments to the developer agreement with Mike…
Orange County High School for the Arts buys the OC Pavilion, in Santa Ana
The Orange County High School of the Arts (OCHSA) has finalized an agreement with developer Mike Harrah to buy the OC Pavilion, Harrah's Santa Ana restaurant and entertainment complex, for…
Santa Ana resident speaks out on proposed changes to the One Broadway Plaza developer agreement
The City of Santa Ana has not yet posted the minutes from the Santa Ana Planning Commission meeting where the changes proposed by developer Mike Harrah to his One Broadway Plaza…
