It’s that time of year!!! The Cambodian Family Youth Program is hosting a toy drive! We are short some toys this year. If you would like to donate to our program, drop by our Youth Program. This year’s Goal: 70 toys,
Here’s what we’re looking for: Continue reading
Stop by Calacas tomorrow and say hi to Rudy and Jackie!
President Barack Obama is urging Americans to shop at local businesses this Saturday, which is the annual Small Business Saturday. So which Santa Ana small businesses do you plan to shop at?
Here are a few ideas:
Growing up we were all taught that Thanksgiving was about peaceful Pilgrims and Native Americans feasting together. Well, they did – once – but even before that the English were enslaving and killing the original settlers of this land. And afterwards? It turned into a real bloodbath. Between small pox and guns, the Natives didn’t stand a chance.
We all have a lot to be thankful for today – but make no mistake about it. This nation was founded on the backs of the Natives and the African American slaves brought here by the Euros. Continue reading
The Salvation Army of Orange County is hosting a Community Thanksgiving Dinner at 11 AM today, Nov. 24, at their Santa Ana Temple, located at 1710 W. Edinger, in Santa Ana. Call 714.545.2937 if you have any questions.
Click here to sign up to volunteer with the Salvation Army of Orange County.
Click here to join the Salvation Army Santa Ana Temple Facebook Group. Continue reading
Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center is hosting a free Thanksgiving Day Dinner Dinner for the needy on Nov. 24. It will be served from 11:00 am – 3:00pm. Volunteer Hours run from 8:00am—5:00pm. Set-Up runs from 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Dinner Service will run from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. And clean up will run from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The mission of the Southwest Community Center is to provide food, clothing, shelter, guidance, health, and referral services to economically disadvantaged individuals and families, and assist and encourage those whom they serve to achieve self-sufficiency. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SANTA ANA – On Thanksgiving November 24, 2011, TyRon Jackson (Mr. Gay OC) is once again taking over Hometown Buffet in Santa CA, and will host & serve Thanksgiving dinner, with all the trimmings to over 100 troubled teens & their families, Men & Women with HIV/AIDS, and other people in need, For FREE from 12:00pm-3:30pm. This is going to be an amazing event with guest speakers, entertainment, & much more! Continue reading
SANTA ANA POLICE TO STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, November 26th, 2011. It will begin at 7:30 PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 2100 S. Main Street. Continue reading
State Assemblyman Jose Solorio cordially invites you to attend the Assembly District’s 5th Annual Holiday Party, on Saturday, December 10, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Delhi Center, located at 505 E. Central Avenue, in Santa Ana.
Join us in celebrating our fifth successful year in the Legislature and discuss ideas for 2012! Also, scholarship winners of the Solorio Scholars Program will be recognized and awarded.
Refreshments and appetizers will be provided. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Jessica Gutierrez by email at Jessica.Gutierrez@asm.ca.gov or at (714) 939-8469.
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 47th Congressional District
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2011
MEDIA CONTACT: Adrienne Watson 202-309-0825
SANCHEZ STATEMENT ON SUPER COMMITTEE FAILURE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and member of the Joint Economic Committee, released the following statementtoday after the Super Committee’s announcement it will not be able to reach a bipartisan deficit reduction agreement before the November 23 deadline. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
OCDA TONY RACKAUCKAS RECEIVES ‘2011 HEROES OF THE PROFESSION’ AWARD FOR HIS EFFORT IN PASSING ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas was awarded today, along with California State Senator Lou Correa and the California Massage Therapy Council, the 2011 Heroes of the Profession award by Massage Today for their support and effort in passing California Senate Bill (SB) 285, the anti-human trafficking legislation that makes it a misdemeanor to sell fraudulent and false massage school transcripts. Continue reading
November 21, 2011
Cofiroute USA Launches Consulting Division To Assist Public Agencies, Contractors, Others In Developing New Toll Roads, Converting HOV Lanes
State, Federal budget constraints resulting in more plans involving public-private partnerships to spur construction, relieve congestion
(IRVINE, Calif.) – Cofiroute USA, which first revolutionized the automation of toll roads in the United States with the 91 Express Lanes in Orange County, California, has launched a new consulting division to work with public agencies, contractors and others in developing plans for new toll roads or converting existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes to high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. Continue reading
The Santiago Creek bike trail ends in the Fisher Park Neighborhood
A possible creekside bike trail proposed by some residents in north Santa Ana is generating controversy in an adjacent neighborhood, with neighbors arguing over whether the trail would create more crime and safety hazards in the area, according to the Voice of OC.
The irony is that the path is currently a major safety hazard – there are plenty of areas for miscreants to lie in wait. If it was a bike path it would be clear, clean and would attract decent people trying to get exercise – instead of the gang bangers who litter the area with trash and graffiti.
If you take the Santiago Creek bike trail from Santiago Park, under the tunnel that takes you below Main St., towards the Discovery Center, it winds first west then north, then it jogs west again, below the 5 Freeway. It ends right as the trail gets interesting – with a chain there to keep folks out and a foreboding trail ahead that is full of huge rocks. You can hike the trail, but it is impossible to bike through it – and on your left, there is eventually a sheer drop of at least 18 feet, to the rocky Santiago Creek bed below. On your right, as you walk through the trail, are homes of folks who don’t want you to be there. Continue reading
Check out the baby anteater at the Santa Ana Zoo, for free this Sunday!
This Sunday, November 20, is the third Sunday of the month and you know what that means… Free Santa Ana Resident’s Day at the Santa Ana Zoo, at Prentice Park. Click here for directions. Click here to visit the Zoo’s Facebook page.
If you live in the city of Santa Ana, get free admission to the Zoo on Sunday, November 20.
The third Sunday of each month is a free day for residents, and one of the perks of living in the city. Come and see what’s new at the Zoo! (Up to 4 per household, proof of address required). Continue reading
Santa’s glittering train, the Metrolink Holiday Toy Express, is once again preparing to travel from city to city to entertain families and help to collect toys for the less fortunate. This year’s 32-city tour, which passes through six counties (San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego counties) brings a brightly packaged gift – a 450-ton train decorated with holiday displays, a musical performance and 50,000 twinkling lights – and of course, Santa!
Families who come to the station to enjoy this special holiday treat are encouraged to bring new unwrapped toys. The Holiday Toy Express is stopping in Santa Ana today, at 6 pm, at the Santa Ana Train Station. Continue reading
Mrs. Jerbal is back!
Chisme has it that O.C. Supervisor Bill Campbell has hired a new Chief of Staff – gay basher Laura Cunningham! You may remember that she was the “Hispanic Outreach Director” for the Yes on Prop. 8 campaign – the ballot measure that made gay marriage illegal here in California.
We know now that Prop. 8 was cynically designed by Republican consultants so as to create votes for their presidential candidate at the time, John McCain. Well, it was an epic fail. Blacks and Latinos voted for Prop. 8 – but they voted for Obama, not McCain. Continue reading