The teacher’s union blames a Trustee for the mess they created!
By: SAUSD Trustee Cecilia Iglesias
Just want to share on what is happening in SAUSD as I was rudely stopped from sharing during today’s Board meeting.
Confronting a financial DISASTER they helped create, teachers union leaders did today what they’ve done for years: They blamed someone else. And of course they blamed me. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
March 7, 2017
Case # 17CF0540
FELON CHARGED WITH PIMPING AND PANDERING WOMAN WHILE OUT ON BAIL
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon was charged yesterday with pimping and pandering a woman while out on bail for another pimping-related crime. Christopher Clayton Rico, 29, Carson, is charged with one felony count each of pimping and pandering by procuring with sentencing enhancements for crime-bail-crime and prior strike convictions for first degree burglary in 2007 in Orange County. If convicted, Rico faces a maximum of 15 years in state prison.
Circumstances of the Case Continue reading
Santa Ana Prostitutes
Santa Ana Police Department
During the evening hours of Saturday, March 04, 2017, Detectives with the Santa Ana Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Unit conducted an operation on Harbor Boulevard to target the level of street prostitution in that area.
A total of 20 females were arrested for prostitution related offenses. Continue reading
As we predicted the Santa Ana City Council is having a conniption after President Donald Trump ordered ICE to prematurely cancel their contract with the Santa Ana Jail. This went down after our lame City Council decided to vote to become a Sanctuary City and announced they were going to curtail the ICE contract in a few years.
Trump’s move to cancel the ICE contract in 90 days left the city in the lurch to the tune of $3 million dollars in annual jail-related debt payments.
Now the Santa Ana City Council is actually considering unwinding what they did. Councilman Jose Solorio on Friday placed an item on Tuesday’s Council agenda for “discussion and possible action(s) as they relate to the city’s contract with immigration and customs enforcement (ICE),” according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
On Friday, March 3 at about 10 p.m. several residents called in reports of a shooting in the area of 1200 West Brook Street. When officers arrived they located evidence of a shooting but all involved were gone, according to SAPD Case # 17-05818.
This shooting happened northeast of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Santa Ana’s Ward 4, which is represented by Councilman David Benavides. Continue reading
Fire at the 1000 block of W. Washington Avenue in Santa Ana
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 17CF0551
Date: March 6, 2017
MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR SETTING FAMILY’S HOUSE ON FIRE AFTER DISPUTE
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for setting his family’s house on fire after a dispute with the other occupants. Jose Luis Martinez Jr., 34, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of arson of an inhabited property and one felony count of unlawfully causing fire to an inhabited structure. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of nine years in state prison. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned today, March 6, 2017, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 09CF3083
Date: March 6, 2017
GANG MEMBER LINKED TO ROBBERY THROUGH DNA ON CAR WINDOW CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY
*A third-striker co-defendant was also convicted and sentenced in this case
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Santa Ana criminal street gang member was convicted today of robbing a couple at gunpoint outside of their home to steal their car after being linked to the crime through DNA using the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) local DNA database. Francisco Alberto Rodriguez, 27, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count each of attempted murder, second degree robbery, second degree vehicle burglary, possession of a firearm by a felon, and street terrorism. Sentencing enhancements for criminal street gang activity, personal use of a firearm, and gang member vicarious use of a firearm were also found to be true. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of 29 years to life in state prison at his sentencing on April 28, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-29, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
Tustin Robbery Suspect
Tustin police have asked for the public’s help tracking down an unidentified man who robbed a Metro PCS store at 14460 Newport Ave. last Sunday at about 6 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.
The robbery suspect did not show the store employee a weapon but he threatened to shoot a clerk as he demanded cash, according to the Tustin Police. Continue reading
Matthew Jacob Granados, a 22-year-old Santa Ana man, copped a plea on Friday to involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of 16-year-old Alex Adrian Ramirez and was sentenced to nearly a year in jail, or time already served behind bars, and five years of formal probation, according to the O.C. Register.
The plea deal got Granados off the hook for a sentencing enhancement for being armed with a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the OCDA’s office. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
March 1, 2017
Case # 16NF1713
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Washington felon was convicted yesterday of trafficking a woman and pimping her by using a firearm to force her to solicit commercial sex. Timogen Anthony Simpson, 27, Kent, Washington, was found guilty by a jury of two felony counts each of pimping and pandering; one felony count each of human trafficking, criminal threats, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, possession of a firearm by felon, convicted felon having a concealed firearm in a vehicle, and felon carrying a loaded firearm in public, one misdemeanor count of false imprisonment, and a sentencing enhancement for being armed with a firearm while committing criminal threats. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of over 40 years in state prison. The court will hear a bifurcated trial on Simpson’s prior felony strike convictions for second degree robbery in 2009 in King County, Washington, and a prior prison conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon in 2012 from the United States District Court, Western Division, in Washingtonat his sentencing on June 9, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-30, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
Shooting at W. Richland and S. Raitt Streets in Santa Ana
A male was parked near the corner of W. Richland and S. Raitt Streets, in Santa Ana, early this morning, just past midnight, when two male suspects walked up to him and a confrontation occurred where the suspects asked about gang affiliation and then proceed to assault the victim, according to SAPD Case number 17-5725.
The suspects fled in a vehicle and the victim followed. One of the suspects exited their car and shot at the victim striking the car only. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
Community Alert: Investing in the Artists Grant Opportunity Open Now!
The City of Santa Ana is now accepting applications for the Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity 2017!
The Santa Ana Arts and Culture Commission supports projects that will enrich and invigorate the Santa Ana arts and culture landscape. The grant intends to assist emerging and established artists who live and create work in Santa Ana or create work that is for the enrichment of the Santa Ana arts community. Individual artists, and arts and culture nonprofit organizations are invited to apply. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
Community Alert: The City of Santa Ana Considers New Food Vending Vehicle Ordinance
SANTA ANA – Last month, the Santa Ana City Council was presented with a new food vending vehicle ordinance that provides fair, legal and enforceable guidelines for mobile food vendors. The proposed ordinance, which adheres to all applicable state and local laws, is not intended to be punitive, but to protect the health and safety of residents.
The issue of regulating food vending vehicles had initially come before the City Council and staff when the City had received complaints from the public, primarily from secondary impacts to food vending vehicles. And while the City had previously enacted food vending vehicle regulations, those ordinances were legally challenged. The City was ordered by a Superior Court judge not to enforce provisions of the existing food vending vehicle regulations. The proposed ordinance, which does not conflict with state or local laws, was prepared based on health and safety findings. Further, to ensure an effective approach to regulating food vending vehicles, the City took into consideration input from the community, including both residents and stakeholders. Continue reading
Fire at the 1000 block of W. Washington Avenue in Santa Ana
Jose Luis Martinez, 34, was arrested and booked on two counts of arson after the SAPD alleged that he set his own two-story house on fire last night, at the 1000 block of Washington Avenue on fire, at around 8 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.
The house was a total loss, according to the OCFA. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
Community Alert: Community Park Outreach Meeting / Junta de Enlace para Parque Comunitario
SANTA ANA, CA – The public is invited to participate in the upcoming Community Outreach Meeting on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of Raitt and Myrtle Streets. This meeting is being held to inform the public of the opportunity for a parcel in the area to be developed into a community park.
Topics to be covered include:
• Brief History of the project
• Overview of the area
• Park concept plan input Continue reading