North Santa Ana’s Hometown Buffet is celebrating their Re-opening today, Jan. 12, at 12 noon. They are located at 1008 E. 17th Street, in Santa Ana.
There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony, by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, and fun activities including: Continue reading
The Return of Thomas Gordon?
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero thought he was being rather clever when he moved community activist Thomas Gordon out of his ward, when the City Council changed the Council ward map before the general election in November. But now I am hearing that Gordon has moved back into Ward 6 – and he will be ready to take on Tinajero in 2014.
Gordon tried to run against Tinajero in 2010, when a Vietnamese American and a Latina also filed to run against Tinajero. There was evidence that appeared to indicate that Gordon was involved in their campaigns, which made sense as this would have been the ultimate vote split. But the Santa Ana City Clerk tossed out Gordon’s signatures, including his own, and he waited too long to turn in his signatures, so there wasn’t time to get more. Continue reading
CONTACT: Ron Neal/Evan Pondel, PondelWilkinson Inc., (310) 279-5980, rneal@pondel.com, epondel@pondel.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Everest College – Santa Ana Announces New Business and Criminal Justice Programs
Programs Prepare Students for Job Market
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – January 11, 2013 — Everest College – Santa Ana today announced it will add Business Office Administration, Business Sales and Customer Service, Criminal Justice – Social and Youth Services, and Criminal Justice – Private and Homeland Security programs to its course offerings next week. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Police conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on January 11th, 7:30PM to 1:30AM, in the area of 400 S. Fairview Street
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, January 11th, 2013. It will begin at 7:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 400 S. Fairview Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
Santa Ana College Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2013
Contact: Judy Iannaccone , Director, Communications , Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
Santa Ana College Sees Improvements Supported by Measure E Dollars
*Road closures, traffic detours affect vehicle circulation*
(Santa Ana)—Beginning in late December, some vehicle circulation, parking, and pedestrian pathways changes became evident on the Santa Ana College (SAC) campus. These traffic modifications are part of a three-phase construction project that will be completed by May 2013.
Included in the first phase that runs until January 28, are the following traffic flow changes on and near the SAC campus: Continue reading
So it begins. I am told, on good authority, that a Santa Ana businesswoman and resident named Cherie Kerr allegedly went to City Hall today to begin the process of recalling Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez. This is, no doubt, fallout from Martinez’ attack on Mayor Miguel Pulido and City Manager Paul Walters. Martinez, and the Council Majority, have recently declared war on Walters, even though he has done a fine job as our City Manager and previously as our Chief of Police.
I have been saying for awhile that eventually the Council’s ridiculous behavior would end up in a recall and here we are. Remember that Pulido and his supporters previously recalled former SAUSD Trustee Nativo Lopez, who at the time was allied with current Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Sal Tinajero – who previously served on the SAUSD School Board. Continue reading
Gross…and $16!
I came across an interesting article over in the OC Weekly today, about Santa Ana’s “The Playground” restaurant. Apparently one of the OC Weekly’s readers visited The Playground and he asked for a slice of orange for his drink. He was refused. The policy at this pricey restaurant is to refuse any food or drink modification requests by customers. The upset customer apparently told the server that he would write a bad review on Yelp and that was it. He was tossed out!
He may have been lucky. Go over to Yelp and you will see that many folks have had awful experiences at The Playground. Click here and see for yourself! The complaints are legion. The Yelpers often complain about the service; the huge amounts of salt on the food; the under-cooked meat; the small portions; the strange food pairings; the noise; the lack of tables, etc.
Several Yelpers complained about the dirty bathrooms. The Orange County Health Care Agency inspected The Playground on November 8, last year. They found dirty bathrooms too – and more: Continue reading
“Amid swirling rumors that members of the Santa Ana City Council majority have asked City Manager Paul Walters to resign by Friday, the city’s chief bureaucrat declared Thursday that he plans to remain in the top slot for five to six years,” according to Adam Elmahrek, over at the Voice of OC.
Now you might be wondering about those rumors – who exactly is spreading this B.S.? Could it be the SAME Council Members who recently had a cow because Mayor Miguel Pulido allegedly acted as a community organizer by calling a few folks and asked them to show up at the last Santa Ana Council Meeting, in support of Walters? Continue reading
“Schools will be the big winner in the governor’s new spending plan, receiving $56.2 billion in state funds, an increase by $2.7 billion over the last year. That funding is set to jump to more than $66 billion by 2016,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
“School districts would receive a 35 percent increase in per-student funding for each of their English language learners and economically disadvantaged students, and districts where more than half of students fall into those categories would automatically receive an a second 35 percent bump in per-student funding, according to the governor’s plan,” according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
On February 2, 2013, Heroes Elementary will be having an Electronic Waste Recycling Event as a fundraiser for the school. Those who wish to help can bring by old computers, printers, monitors, cell phones, televisions, small appliances, or other electronics. Anything that plugs into a wall or runs on batteries will be accepted, and the more is collected, the more the school makes.
Those who wish to drop off material only need to load it into their car and drive through the school parking lot. All Green Recycling employees will remove the material from the car for them and get them quickly on their way. Continue reading
GRAND CENTRAL ART CENTER, A Unit of California State University, Fullerton, College of the Arts
Please join us on Thursday, January 17th for a DUTCH TREAT DINNER @ IZALCO SALVADORIAN CUISINE
Meet current GCAC Artists in Residence HEATHER LAYTON and BRIAN BAILEY (information about the artists below)
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A DUTCH TREAT DINNER Thursday, January 17 – 7PM @ IZALCO SALVADORIAN CUISINE, located at 300 W. 5th Street, in Downtown Santa Ana, CA 92701(SW corner of 5th and Broadway). Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: January 9, 2013
County DA Office: PODIATRIST TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR POSSESSING OVER 1,000 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES ON OFFICE COMPUTER, Case # 12CF3546
SANTA ANA – A podiatrist is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography on his office computer. Pete Thomas, 58, Long Beach, is charged with one felony count of possession and control of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration. Thomas is out of custody on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, Jan. 10, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Advisory:
Santa Ana Supporting all Businesses in Partnership with other Orange County Cities
SANTA ANA, CA (January 8, 2012) – Collaboration brings together OC Cities, chambers and media to Concordia University on January 19, 2013.
The City of Santa Ana is proud to support businesses throughout Orange County on January 19, 2013 in an event hosted and sponsored by Concordia University called “Helping 100 Businesses for 100 Days.” This innovative 13-week program has been offered in partnership with several cities throughout Southern California since 2010, including Santa Ana on two separate occasions and is now expanding to help the entire County business community. Continue reading
The lame Santa Ana City Council Majority want us to believe that Mayor Miguel Pulido forced them to hire current City Manager Paul Walters, but they were all there at the City Council meeting on May 21, according to the meeting minutes, when they discussed the appointment of Paul Walters, who at the time was the Acting City Manager, in closed session. It should be noted that three Council Members were late to that meeting – Vince Sarmiento, David Benavides and Michele Martinez.
Those Council Members are now accusing Mayor Miguel Pulido of violating the Brown Act, but what were they doing arriving late to that May meeting – and walking in together to boot? Did they have an illegal “pre-meeting?” Continue reading
Our readers have spoken and their choice for the 2012 Santa Ana Woman of the Year is the inimitable Alicia Rojas, the President of the United Artists of Santa Ana, an “organization committed to nurturing the growth and preservation of the Arts in Santa Ana by empowering the local arts community through initiatives focusing on economic partnerships, professional development and networking.” Congratulations Ms. Rojas!
Ms. Rojas was also very actively involved with Santa Ana Occupy in 2012 and she helped stop the sale of the historic Santora Arts Building to Santa Ana Council Member David Benavides’ church, Newsong of Irvine.
Here are the vote results for the 2012 Woman of the Year: Continue reading