There was another shooting on Monday, August 15, 2016, shortly after 7:30 p.m. at 2000 West 1st, in Santa Ana, near N. Raitt St. A 23-year-old male Hispanic was walking in the area when an unknown vehicle approached from behind and a male suspect exited the car. The suspect fired several times at the victim.
A 31-year-old man was shot in the leg while trying to break up a fight outside a Santa Ana bar early Friday, according to the O.C. Register. The victim was leaving the El Coral Bar at 1:44 a.m., at the 1900 block of South Standard Ave., when his friends got into an argument with others who
There is an effort underway by Rock Solid Recovery to convert the Mauna Loa Garden Apartments in Santa Ana to a 60 unit residential development to a behavioral health facility – essentially a drug rehab center, at 1311 Washington Place, in Santa Ana, just south of the Target store located at N. Grand Ave. and 17th. St. This
It is hard to fathom how much crime happens in Santa Ana on a regular basis. There were 538 crimes reported in our city this week, from Monday, January 25, 2016 through today, by CrimeMapping. The crimes included 12 Assaults with Deadly Weapons and Shootings at Occupied Dwellings: Assault/Deadly Weapon – 600 BLOCK N MAIN ST
It was another bad week in Santa Ana, from January 18 through today as 622 crimes were committed, according to CrimeMapping, compared to 573 crimes in the previous week. The crimes committed this week included 36 weapons charges ranging from Assaults with Deadly Weapons to Shootings at Occupied Dwellings. There were 55 weapons charges committed in
It was another bloody week in Santa Ana with 31 crimes involving weapons, from January 11 to January 15, 2016, according to CrimeMapping. Nine of these crimes involved “Assaults with a Deadly Weapon” and six were “Disturbing the Peace/Fight” incidents involving weapons. Here is a complete breakdown of these crimes, including the locations and dates/times:
There have been 12 Weapons Reports, Assaults with a Deadly Weapon and Armed Disturbing the Peace Reports incidents in Santa Ana since yesterday, January 11, 2016, according to CrimeMapping. None of these have been reported to the local media by the SAPD. There were also four DUI arrests in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 11,
Friday was another bloody day in Santa Ana as yet another shooting took place. This time a man in his 20’s was shot in the face, at the 3300 block of South Bristol St., according to the O.C. Register. The victim was found at South Bristol St. and and West MacArthur Blvd. He ended up
When Lizbeth Mateo, a 16-year-old from Seattle, WA who was visiting family in Santa Ana, disappeared from El Festival Hall Nightclub, in Downtown Santa Ana, after celebrating New Year’s Day there, many of our readers wondered why a teenager was allowed to party at a nightclub that is supposed to be for those 21 years and
There are two gas stations at the corner of Grand Ave. and Santa Clara, in Santa Ana. One of them was robbed early Saturday morning, at 3:16 a.m., according to the O.C. Register. The SAPD received a call after a man walked into the gas station mini-mart with a handgun and demanded cash from the
The City of Santa Ana has been named #10 on the “Top 10 National Burglary Safezones” list by a national home security company, Protect America. Santa Ana made their Top 10 List for small cities. Protect America’s research team divided all US cities into categories based on size (small, medium, large) Santa Ana fell into the “small cities
Have you noticed that the City of Santa Ana is no longer responding quickly to graffiti? The situation has worsened in the past few weeks – it is now common to see crossed out graffiti as gangs try to take the upper hand. The graffiti is also becoming more intricate. It is completely dismaying to
A riot apparently broke out at the OC Pride Festival event that was held this Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Downtown Santa Ana. Details are sketchy but I did receive a number of pictures and the video above from an anonymous source who said that the trouble started late and the Santa Ana Police were
Armando Antunez, a defendant in the Gang Injunction in Santa Ana’s Townsend Neighborhood has been shot by the SAPD, according to Santa Ana community activist Igmar Rodas. The shooting has now been corroborated by the O.C. Register, which reported that “at about 6:15 p.m. Santa Ana police fired at a suspect in the 800 block of South
The Santa Ana City Council members keep saying crime is under control but just look at what happened in our city during Christmas week this year. It was a very bloody week indeed. Two 13-year-old boys were shot at around 2 p.m. Christmas Day along the 1600 block of S. Evergreen Street. The incident may