The Westfield MainPlace Mall is hosting a Lunar New Year Celebration to ring in the year of the Goat on Sunday, Feb 15 from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm.
1:00pm-3:00pm, Macy’s and Nordstrom Courts:
Enjoy LNY activities including a Lucky Wishing Tree, Children’s Games & Crafts, Calligraphy Painting, Asian Dough Art, Red Envelope Distribution, and interactive Zodiac Display.
3:00 pm-5:00 pm, Macy’s Court: Continue reading
Clerk-Recorder to Offer Expanded Saturday Hours for Upcoming Valentine’s Day
Orange County Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen is making it easier for couples to get married this Valentine’s Day. The Old County Courthouse in Santa Ana and the department’s branch offices in Fullerton and Laguna Hills will be open to the public from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 14, 2015.
Appointments are filling up fast for couples wishing to be married on Valentine’s Day at the Clerk Recorder’s offices. Couples are encouraged to make an appointment for a civil wedding ceremony due to the popularity of this day. Appointments can be made by visiting our website at www.ocrecorder.com and using the online appointment system. Walk-ins will be accommodated based on availability of ceremony rooms. Continue reading
First District Special Election Recount Ends
No change in original certification as recount officially ends
February 13, 2015 – SANTA ANA – Former Senator Lou Correa has ended the recount in the Board of Supervisors’ First District Special Election contest. The recount began Monday, February 9, 2015. Mr. Correa made the original request following the certification of the election. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Investigators Seek Additional Victims of Robbery Suspects
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTBx20c3lHE
SANTA ANA, Calif. – (February 13, 2015) –On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Sandy Cacero, 24, La Palma and Christopher Herrera, 27, Bell Gardens, were arrested in connection with robbery that occurred in the city of Dana Point. Cacero and Herrera were arrested in the city of La Palma following an investigation immediately following the incident.
On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at approximately 12:30 a.m., Orange County Sheriff’s investigators began investigating a robbery at the Best Western Hotel located at 34280 Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Dana Point. Investigators suspect Herrera and Cacero arrived at the hotel to meet the victim after corresponding on the website Backpages.com. During the contact at the hotel, Herrera and Cacera physically assaulted, peppered sprayed and robbed the victim of his cash, cellular phone and tablet. They were last seen leaving the hotel in a white, 2013 Nissan Maxima, CA license plate #6XCC446 (photo attached). Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Robbery Detectives request assistance in identifying masked robbers
Location: 3535 S. Fairview Street – Arthur’s Liquor
Suspect #1 – Male, 20 – 30 years old, 5’9” – 6’0” tall, 175-220 lbs, heavy build. Armed with a revolver.
Suspect #2 – Male, 18 – 25 years old, 5’10” – 6’1’ tall, 180 – 220 lbs, medium build.
Synopsis: On 2/9/2015 at 1925 hours, Suspect #1 and Suspect #2 entered Arthur’s Liquor Store wearing masks and robbed the store at gunpoint. Suspect #1 was wearing a wrestling mask and Suspect #2 was wearing a black bandana and baseball cap. Continue reading
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org
Phone Scams Use Names of OCSD Personnel to Solicit Money
SANTA ANA, Calif. (February 13, 2015) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department advises the public to be aware of phone scams involving subjects pretending to be law enforcement personnel. Several instances of this type of fraud continue to occur throughout Orange County.
Suspects fraudulently identifying themselves as law enforcement officers, call victims claiming they have a warrant for their arrest. The reasons for the warrant vary; the most recent being failing to appear for jury duty or unpaid tickets. The victim is then told they can resolve the issue by obtaining a pre-paid money card and calling back with the card number. Once the number is obtained, the funds can be accessed anywhere in the world. The scammers are using names of actual Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel; have voicemails using the officers’ names and “spoof” caller identification so the numbers of actual law enforcement agencies will appear on the victim’s phone. Continue reading
A Santa Ana resident, Juan Hernandez, 28-years old, was arrested today after seven hours of searching by Orange County Deputy Sheriffs. He is suspected of trying to carjack a woman in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Yorba Linda, at the Country Club Shopping Center located at 19655 Yorba Linda Blvd., according to the O.C. Register.
Hernandez approached a woman as she left the grocery store – he opened her driver’s-side door then he demanded that she turn over her purse and her car keys. Then he pushed her into the car and started to choke her before attempting to turn on the car. Continue reading
Santa Ana Animal Services officers rescued 61 rabbits living in terrible, overcrowded conditions on Wednesday at a one-car garage located at the 400 block of S. Broadway Street in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
Santa Ana Police Officers were at that location on a different matter when they discovered dozens of rabbits that lived four or five to a cage, including nine pregnant bunnies.
The City of Santa Ana has an ordinance about pet rabbits. It allows a maximum of only four rabbits per home. Here is the ordinance: Continue reading
A Santa Ana woman named Alicia Badillo, 53, who was hit by a car at 7:30 am, on Tuesday, in Tustin, near the intersection of Bryan and Newport Avenues, has died at the Western Medical Center in Santa Ana., according to the O.C. Register.
Badiollo was walking with another woman who was also injured when they were struck by a Honda. Both women suffered head injuries. The driver of the car did not appear to be intoxicated and he stayed at the scene of the accident. He has not yet been identified by the police. The driver was not arrested. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA (February 12, 2015) – A leaking irrigation service beneath the street has ruptured causing damage to the asphalt and inhibiting the flow of traffic near 2200 E. Edinger.
Two lanes in each direction have been shut down while crews work on repairs. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 14HF1716
Date: February 11, 2015
DRUNKEN DRIVER SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN JAIL FOR KILLING JOGGER AFTER SWERVING INTO BIKE LANE
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was sentenced yesterday to one year in jail and five years of formal probation for killing a jogger after swerving into the bike lane and hitting the victim. Robert John Greaney, 23, Costa Mesa, pleaded guilty to the court to one felony count each of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs with injury, and an infraction for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana by a driver with sentencing enhancement allegations for inflicting great bodily harm. The People objected to the court offer, stating that the defendant deserved a state prison sentence based on Greaney’s blood alcohol content being at .15 percent at the time of the collision and that he also had two other intoxicating substances in his system.
At approximately 9:28 p.m. on June 12, 2014, Greaney was driving a Ford F-150 truck while intoxicated and traveling westbound on Pacific Coast Highway, west of Morning Canyon Drive in Newport Beach. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 11CF3436
Date: February 10, 2015
MAN FORMERLY ON SAPD’S MOST WANTED LIST TO FACE TRIAL FOR MURDERING EMPLOYER IN 2009
SANTA ANA – A man who was on the Santa Ana Police Department’s (SAPD) most wanted list is scheduled to face trial tomorrow for murdering his employer. Gerald Guy Byrne, 54, is charged with one felony count of murder. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 60 years to life in state prison. Opening statements are scheduled to begin tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at 9:15 a.m. in Department C-41, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
At the time of the crime, Byrne was working for 69-year-old Charles Samo. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # TBA
Date: February 11, 2015
SANTA ANA – A former deputy juvenile correctional officer was charged today with child abuse for rubbing the shoes of three minors in urine while the minors were in her care. Tamie Marie Bieker, 38, Santa Ana, is charged with three misdemeanor counts of child abuse. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of three years in Orange County Jail. The defendant is expected to be arraigned March 17, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.
At the time of the crimes, Bieker was a deputy juvenile correctional officer at the Juvenile Hall in Orange. The defendant was terminated by the Orange County Probation Department (OCPD) on Dec. 20, 2014. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 10, 2015
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joel Zlotnik, OCTA (714) 560-5713, Yvonne Washington, Caltrans (949) 724-2644
NEWS ADVISORY: Dedication Ceremony Planned for $297 Million West County Connectors Project
WHAT: Transportation officials from the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans will join with partners from the federal, state and local levels to mark the completion of the West County Connectors project, which directly connects the carpool lanes between the I-405, I-605 and SR-22 freeways and adds six miles of carpool lane.
The event will mark the completion of the four-year $297 million project that runs through the cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Long Beach and the community of Rossmoor.
WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Location: RA Food Store, 2225 South Main Street
Occurred: Monday 02/02/2015 at 10 p.m.
Suspect: Male Hispanic, 28-32 years old, 6ft to 6’-7”, 170 to 180 lbs., medium build with brown hair and eyes, goatee, medium brown complexion. Suspect was wearing a red long sleeve button up shirt, gray beanie, black denim pants, black sneakers and was armed with a black semi-automatic handgun. Continue reading