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Monthly Archives: May 2013

Bike and hike the Santiago Creek bike path on June 9

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Bicycle Tree

The Bicycle Tree is teaming up with Naturalist for You to bring together two of our favorite things – biking and hiking, on Sunday, June 9th at 9:00 am.  We will meet up in the plaza outside Mother’s Market Santa Ana. Join us for an easy-paced 8 mile ride (16 miles round trip), mostly on the Santiago Creek bike path, which will take us to Santiago Oaks Regional Park, where a wise naturalist from Naturalist for You will lead us on an easy-paced guided tour of the park.

Learn about native plants, geology, and wildlife, even a little local history, while enjoying the beauty of Santiago Oaks park! The overall physical challenge of the trip is moderate. Be sure to pack water and snacks. A Bicycle Tree volunteer will stay with the bikes as a precaution during the hike. We will leave the park at around noon to return by 1:00 pm. Continue reading→

New affordable apartment homes to open in Santa Ana on 6/3

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Triada Court

Santa Ana Community Alert:

Related California and City of Santa Ana Celebrate Grand Opening of Triada

New Residential Community Offers 114 New Affordable Homes in Santa Ana Station District

SANTA ANA, CA (May 31, 2013) – Related California, the City of Santa Ana and community members celebrate the grand opening of Triada Court, Triada Gardens and Triada Village, which together form a new community of affordable apartment homes in the Lacy Neighborhood of the Santa Ana Station District. Continue reading→

Updated: Occulus VR founder killed during high speed chase

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The pedestrian who was struck and killed during a police chase in Santa Ana was identified Friday as 33-year-old Andrew Scott Reisse. Coworkers described him as a “brilliant mind.”  Reisse, a Santa Ana resident, was walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed at the end of a police chase Thursday, according to ABC News.

Reisse, the 33-year-old co-founder and lead engineer at Oculus VR in Irvine, Calif., ” was a brilliant computer graphics engineer, an avid photographer and hiker who loved nature, a true loyal friend, and a founding member of our close-knit Oculus family,” the company said in a statement, according to CNET. Continue reading→

Santa Ana is #3 on America’s 10 Best Cities for Women list

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Loretta Sanchez with students from Godinez H.S.

The Movoto Blog has put together a list of the top 10 cities in America which are ‘best’ for women. They weighed job factors, availability of single men, women’s health care and of course, retail. Surprise!  Santa Ana was 3rd and Anaheim was 4th (out of 100 metros in the country).

Here is their top 10 list: Continue reading→

Onofre to host a free employment seminar on May 29

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Karina Onofre

Karina Onofre, a former Santa Ana City Council candidate and current representative of State Senator Bob Huff hosted a seminar about immigration reform at her office this Wednesday evening.  Over 50 people attended, including SAUSD Trustee Ceci Iglesias , who is also a District Representative for Senator Mimi Walters, Sergio Picchio, a District Representative for Assemblyman Don Wagner, Teresa Hernandez, owner of Cielito Lindo Restaurant and a member of the Orange County Lincoln Club’s Board of Directors, who spoke about the Lincoln Club’s 3 point common sense immigration reform, OC Board of Education Trustee Robert Hammond, former Anaheim Council candidate Bill Dalati, and Santa Ana businessman Mike Dalati, who is running for the SAUSD School Board in 2014.

Onofre is hosting a free employment seminar on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at 7 pm . There will be a speaker from the City of Santa Ana as well as one from CAL Works.  The meeting will be at Onofre’s office, located at 726 S. Main St., in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Indie pop band Bad Veins @ the Constellation Room on 6/12

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The noted indie pop band Bad Veins will be performing at the Constellation Room, in Santa Ana, on June 12, 2013.  They’ve previously played in Santa Ana (with Two Door Cinema Club).

Doors open at 8 pm and the show starts at 9 pm.  This show is open to all ages and costs only $10.00 per ticket.  Tickets are sold online through Ticketweb. You can also place orders through the phone with Ticketweb at 1-866-777-8932. Continue reading→

Anti-war protesters to hand out fliers at Santa Ana High School on 5/30

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Peace activists will be providing information to students the military won’t provide – How to get out if you join, stats on jobs, giving up your rights, and more, at Santa Ana High School on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 6:30 am, according to a Facebook event page.

The event organizers are asking their followers to “be polite and don’t walk on school property, and please don’t block sidewalks.”  And apparently they will have fliers in Spanish for parents, too. Continue reading→

U.S. Marshals assist SAPD with capture of wanted murder suspect

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Christian Medina

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: U.S Marshals assist Santa Ana Homicide Detectives in capture of wanted murder suspect

Synopsis

On 2/20/2009 at approximately 1224 hours, officers responded to a shots fired call at 100 W. Memory Lane with one victim down. Upon arrival, they found the victim, identified as 18 year old Julio Cesar Zavala lying on the ground in the Main Place Mall parking lot. He was suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Witnesses stated a second victim, who was in the vehicle, fled the scene on foot into the mall. Santa Ana Fire Department Paramedics responded to the scene and transported the victim to UCI Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries. Continue reading→

Reminder – City budget forum set for May 29

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Community: SANTA ANA RISING TO THE CHALLENGE – TOGETHER Please Join the City of Santa Ana at an Upcoming Community Budget Forum

SANTA ANA, CA (May 28, 2013) – The City of Santa Ana is on the road to economic recovery and everyone is invited to participate in shaping the City’s vision through the budget process. Attendees will receive insightful information on the City’s fiscal health that they can share with their neighbors. Don’t miss this important opportunity to participate in the City’s budget process.

When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Continue reading→

O.C. Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony set for 5/29, in Tustin

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SHERIFF-CORONER DEPARTMENT, COUNTY OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA
MEDIA ADVISORY, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Jim Amormino, (714) 647-7042, Gail Krause, (714) 647-1840

Orange County Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony
Law enforcement officers representing 40 Orange County agencies pay tribute to our fallen officers.

TUSTIN, CA – (May 24, 2013) – Charged with protecting those they serve, police officers put themselves in harm’s way to enforce the law. Unfortunately, some officers pay the ultimate price, laying down their own life in valiant service of others. In honor of these fallen heroes, the Sheriff’s Advisory Council and the Orange County Chiefs’ of Police and Sheriff’s Association (OCCPSA) have constructed a new Orange County Peace Officer’s Memorial Monument at the Regional Training Facility in Tustin. Continue reading→

Memorial Day restaurant specials in Santa Ana

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Today is a day to honor the memory of those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, but it is also a holiday and many of our local restaurants are offering brunch, lunch and dinner specials, as follows:

  • Half of Buffet Lunch! The Green Parrot Villa is offering a free buffet lunch today, from 111 am to 2 pm, with purchase of a buffet lunch and two drinks (reg. price $9.95).  Their buffet lunch usually includes a taco bar, with handmade tortillas, their delicious enchiladas, freshly made salads and fruit, and many other dishes.  At $9.95 it is a great bargain!  They are also offering half off any of their gourmet dinners with purchase of a dinner at regular price and two drinks , from 4pm to 8pm today.  The Green Parrot Villa is located at 2035 N. Main St, across the street from the Bowers Museum, in Santa Ana.  There is a free public parking lot on Main St., just south of the 5 Freeway, and a smaller free public parking lot just south of the Green Parrot Villa. Continue reading→

Will the next City Manager be Public Works Director Raul Godinez II?

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Raul Godinez

I am hearing that the Santa Ana City Council has settled on their next City Manager and despite a supposed national search and calls for transparency they are going with the Santa Ana Public Works director, Raul Godinez II, who was designated in September as a Public Works Leadership Fellow by the American Public Works Associate. Godinez lives in Orange with his wife Deidra Simon de Godinez and their kids.

This really should not come as a surprise to anyone.  Godinez left the Public Works Director position in Oakland, where he oversaw over 800 employees, to come to Santa Ana where he has been leading less than two hundred Public Works employees.  You don’t make a move like that unless there is a good shot to move up at some point. Continue reading→

Correa seeks nominations for the 2013 Seniors Making a Difference Award

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Senator Correa and members of the Legislature

STATE SENATOR LOU SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2013 SENIORS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AWARD RECOGNITION BREAKFAST

Senator Lou Correa’s Senate Concurrent Resolution recognizes May as Senior Volunteer Month. In an effort to highlight the contributions of local senior citizens, Senator Lou Correa and Acacia Adult Day Health Services partner to honor community senior volunteers at the 2013 Seniors Making a Difference Awards Recognition Breakfast. The 2013 call for nominations is now open until the deadline of May 31, 2013 at 5:00 pm.  Continue reading→

Ride Metrolink to watch the Dodgers vs. the Angels for only $7

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Ride to the rivalry games, May 27 & 28, for only $7 round trip.

Nobody likes fighting freeway traffic. Take Metrolink to the rivalry game, instead, for only $7 round trip—including riding the Dodger Stadium Express shuttle to Dodger Stadium and back. That’s cheaper than paying for parking. Metrolink will offer special train service from Oceanside to L.A. Union Station for the May 27 and 28 Angels versus Dodgers baseball games at Dodger Stadium.

Trains will return 45 minutes after the game ends. This special train service is made possible by support from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee. Continue reading→