The SAUSD food safety scandal widens as salmonella enters the picture
The OC Weekly has posted a very disturbing new post about the widening food safety scandal at the Santa Ana Unified School District. This time an insider at the SAUSD…
2012 Elections
2014 Elections
Claudia Alvarez
Culture
David Benavides
Elections
Eric Alderete
Immigrants and Immigration
Latinos
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
Santa Ana’s voters should reject East L.A. style candidates
As the stumbling "Santa Ana Spring" movement continues to unimpress, it is becoming obvious that David Benavides, the bogus revolution's candidate for Mayor of Santa Ana, is going to lose on…
Updated: Why is the SAUSD letting hundreds of pounds of food rot?
[caption id="attachment_30283" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Picture courtesy of the OC Weekly[/caption] NEW UPDATE: SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana just sent me an email indicating that: “The Santa Ana Unified…
2012 Elections
Churches and Religion
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Elections
Karina Onofre
Little Saigon
Miguel Pulido
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
Vietnamese
Why did Benavides blow off the ribbon cutting at the Bao Quang Temple?
"After a long time, through many difficulties, under the enthusiastic help of effort and money from donors and Buddhists in many places, especially Council Member Santa Ana, Bao Quang Temple…
2012 Elections
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Eric Alderete
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Taxes
Vicente Sarmiento
Will high gas prices doom Team Benavides as they call for tax increases?
"As early voting begins, Californians are dealing with a new cost crisis as gasoline prices explode upward all over the state. The five-dollar a gallon figure was crossed at a…
2012 Elections
Brett Franklin
Charles Hart
David Benavides
Elections
Eric Alderete
Karina Onofre
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
A look at the Santa Ana Council candidates campaign finance reports
The Santa Ana City Clerk, Mary Huizar, sent me the Santa Ana Council and Mayoral candidates' new campaign finance reports today. You can read them all by clicking here. …
Has Roman Reyna been missing in action at the SAUSD School Board?
A friend of mine recently spoke to two members of the SAUSD School Board - and what they had to say about their colleague, Roman Reyna, was interesting. Apparently Reyna…
No sunshine for Reyna as he blows off Santa Ana business owners
It's bad enough that Santa Ana City Council Ward 5 candidate Roman Reyna is supporting every single tax increase measure on the November ballot. But yesterday he actually was the…
2012 Elections
Business
David Benavides
Elections
Entertainment
Eric Alderete
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
2012 Candidates Forum to be held tonight at the Delhi Center
Don't miss the 2012 Candidates Forum that will be hosted today,.from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, at the Delhi Center, which is located…
2012 Elections
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Eric Alderete
Politics
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
Team Benavides supports every tax increase on the Nov. ballot
[caption id="attachment_27601" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Let's raise taxes![/caption] A curious thing happened at the Santa Ana City Council Candidates Forum hosted by Com Link last night. The event moderator asked the…
2012 Elections
Charles Hart
David Benavides
Elections
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vicente Sarmiento
The new Santa Ana Council majority will crumble after the election
If there is one thing I can guarantee going into the November elections, it is that the current Santa Ana City Council is destined to crumble. Already the coalition that…
2012 Elections
Alfredo Amezcua
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Eric Alderete
John Palacio
Miguel Pulido
Myriam Tinajero
Politics
Roman Reyna
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Valerie Amezcua
Vicente Sarmiento
Palacio and Amezcua are driving the so-called “Santa Ana Spring”
It has become increasingly obvious that the so-called "Santa Ana Spring" is actually a collection of Santa Ana politicians with different axes to grind, who have come together as their…
Solorio to host Capitol in Your Corner, with Reyna, on 8/17
Capitol in Your Corner with Santa Ana Unified School Board Member Roman Reyna State Assemblyman Jose Solorio, along with Santa Ana Unified School Board Member Roman Reyna, invite you to…
2012 Elections
Art Pedroza
Cecilia Iglesias
Education
John Palacio
Myriam Tinajero
Politics
Santa Ana
SAUSD
Sergio Verino
Valerie Amezcua
Update: Verino drops out of the SAUSD School Board race
Santa Ana code enforcement officer Sergio Verino has dropped out of the race for the SAUSD School Board. Remaining candidates include the two incumbents, Jose A. Hernandez and Rob Richardson,…
2012 Elections
Carlos Bustamante
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Karina Onofre
Roman Reyna
Santa Ana
Zeke Hernandez
Zeke Hernandez to run against Reyna and Onofre in Ward 5
[caption id="attachment_393" align="aligncenter" width="403"] Zeke Hernandez is pictured on the right[/caption] It looks like SAUSD Trustee Roman Reyna won't be winning easily after all, in his campaign for the Santa…