Partners In Position presents…
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS” IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
MARCH 22-23, 2014 12-5 PM AT THE SANTORA ARTS BUILDING AT 207 N. BROADWAY SUITE A&B (TOP FLOOR) SANTA ANA, CA
Performance Schedule: Continue reading
The Anaheim-Santa Ana area is among the top places in the world for taking “selfies,” none other than the esteemed Time magazine claims. Sandwiched between No. 3 Miami, Florida, and No. 5 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, is where you’ll find Anaheim-Santa Ana at No. 4 in the Time rankings, according to the OC Weekly.
The Anaheim-Santa Ana area, which is home to Disneyland and several resorts, had 147 takers per 100,000 people, according to CBS News. Continue reading
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Legislative Leaders Unveil Truancy Legislation
Monday, March 10, 2014
Contact: (415) 703-5837
SACRAMENTO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a package of legislation to help local school districts and communities address California’s elementary school truancy crisis. Each year, an estimated one million elementary school students are truant and 250,000 elementary school students miss 18 or more school days at a cost of $1.4 billion in lost funds to California school districts. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 14HF0931: March 11, 2014
SANTA ANA – A man was charged today with attempted murder for shooting a victim and attempting to flee from law enforcement with a stolen vehicle. Julian St. John, 49, Orange, is charged with two felony counts of attempted murder, two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two felony counts of assault with a firearm, one felony count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, one felony count of attempted false imprisonment by violence or deceit, one felony count of unlawful taking of vehicle, one felony count of evading while driving recklessly with sentencing enhancements for the personal discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, personal discharge of a firearm, personal use of a firearm, and great bodily injury. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 52 years to life in state prison. He is being held on $2 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OC Human Relations’ Legacy Awards to Honor Orange County’s Civil Rights Heroes on May 8
*Commemorating 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act*
(Santa Ana)— In 1966, Dorothy Mulkey, an African American Orange County resident, challenged Proposition 14 after a Santa Ana landlord refused to rent a vacant apartment to her family. Three years earlier, in 1963, the California State Legislature had passed the Rumford Act, also known as the “fair housing act,” which declared that racial discrimination in housing rental or sales was against the law. In response, the California Association of Realtors sponsored Proposition 14 to overthrow the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Proposition 14 passed in a vote of 3 to 1 in Orange County. The ACLU and the Orange County Fair Housing Council took her case all the way to the Supreme Court, and in 1967 the court declared Prop 14 unconstitutional. Landlords no longer could refuse to rent to people because of their skin color, religion or ethnicity. Continue reading
Correa is backing Solorio, not Nguyen, to replace him in the State Senate
For Immediate Release: March 10, 2014
For More Information Contact: Maricela Taylor – mobile: (714) 794-8431
SENATOR CORREA BACKS SOLORIO TO REPLACE HIM IN THE 34th SENATE DISTRICT
Santa Ana, CA – State Senator Lou Correa has formally endorsed Jose Solorio as the candidate to replace him in the 34th Senate District. Correa’s endorsement comes as the race for the seat is becoming among the most watched and hotly-contested in California. Continue reading
The folks who are promoting a medical marijuana dispensary initiative in Santa Ana have turned their signatures into the Santa Ana City Clerk, according to the OC Weekly.
Interestingly the medical marijuana proponents are selling their measure as being more conservative than the statewide marijuana measure that voters will be considering in November.
Here are a few excerpts from the OC Weekly: Continue reading
SAUSD Trustee Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias will kick off her campaign for the 69th Assembly District on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm, at Santa Ana’s Mexicanismo Restaurant, located at 2323 W. First St. Appetizers will be provided.
The 69th Assembly District includes portions of the cities of: Santa Ana, Anaheim, Orange and Garden Grove. The 69th is Orange County’s most Hispanic legislative district but it is currently represented by career politician Tom Daly. Continue reading
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A driver of a vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit and run Saturday evening turned himself in to authorities several hours after a hit-and-run incident took place around 6:45 p.m. on Grand Avenue just north of Warner Avenue, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
That is a busy intersection with a red light camera. There is a Taco Bell on the northwest corner of the intersection. There are also three bus stops on the intersection, located north, south and east of the intersection. Continue reading
We will know by Monday who it is that signed Sherry Walker’s nomination papers to put her on the ballot for the 69th Assembly District. A friend of mine is going to retrieve the nomination signatures from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Walker, an unknown Republican, came out of nowhere to challenge for the seat that is currently held by Tom Daly, a career politician, and Democrat, who has previously serves as the Mayor of Anaheim and the O.C. Clerk-Recorder. Wherever he has gone he as reveled in political favors, nepotism and the wanton waste of taxpayer money. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community: Community Spring Kickoff Event and Best Bakery in Town Contest
SANTA ANA, CA (March 7, 2014) – The City of Santa Ana is proud to announce the First Annual “Plaza Primavera” event, Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Plaza Santa Ana (Corner of Fourth and French Street). This spring Plaza event will offer free to the public, Mariachi, dance performance, singing, arts and crafts, and the conclusion of the City’s first Best Bakery (Panaderia) contest. Continue reading
Potential Public Exposure to Measles
Five Confirmed Measles Cases in Orange County
(Santa Ana) – The Orange County Health Care Agency has confirmed five cases of measles in Orange County in the last nine weeks, which is consistent with an increase seen throughout California. These cases raise the possibility that Orange County residents may be exposed to measles. The most recent case spent time in public locations in Orange County while contagious.
Staff at the Health Care Agency has been working with these locations to contact people who may have had a prolonged exposure to this case. The risk of developing infection after brief encounters with persons with measles is low, but as a precaution, people who were in the below locations around the same time as the individual with measles should: Continue reading
Advisory: Police conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint Saturday, March 8th 9:00PM – 3:00AM area of 2400 W. 5th
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, March 8th, 2014. It will begin at 9:00PM and is scheduled to conclude at 3:00AM. It will be conducted in the area of 2400 W. 5th Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
A water main break at the 700 block of Pomona Street near South Parton Street sent water gushing down the streets in a Santa Ana neighborhood early Friday morning around 1:40 a.m., according to ABC News.
Santa Ana police and Orange County Fire responded to the scene, but were initially unable to shut off the broken main. Public Works officials were eventually able to turn the water off at 2 a.m., leaving soaked and muddy streets, according to CBS News. Continue reading
A 29-year-old man was found dead in a Santa Ana neighborhood Thursday afternoon after apparently crashing his truck into a freeway median, then getting out and running away, the California Highway Patrol said, according to the OC Register.
UPDATE: The dead man has been identified by the Orange County Coroner as Rigoberto Gomez, 29, of Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
CHP spokesman Todd Kovaletz said witnesses saw the man driving recklessly in a 1992 Chevrolet 1500 pickup on southbound I-5 about 3:40 p.m. He lost control and hit a center-median wall before the truck came to rest in the right lane near Seventeenth Street. Continue reading