Notice of Public Information Meeting: Santa Ana Boulevard Grade Separation Project
Meeting date and time: December 18, 2013 from 6pm to 8 pm
The City of Santa Ana (City), in coordination with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) proposes to update the existing Santa Ana Boulevard/Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Metrolink railroad crossing. This City project would: Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: December 9, 2013
29 MEN CONVICTED OF LOITERING, SOLICITING, OR AGREEING TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION IN NOVEMBER
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) convicted 29 men of loitering, soliciting, or agreeing to engage in prostitution in November 2013. The defendants in these cases approached a woman, whom they believed to be a prostitute, in areas known for prostitution in Orange County. They agreed to engage in commercial sex, loitered with intent to commit prostitution, or solicited another to engage in prostitution with a woman or an undercover officer and were subsequently arrested by law enforcement.
Garden Grove Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and Santa Ana Police Department investigated these cases. Deputy District Attorney Michael Bardeen of the HEAT Unit prosecuted these cases. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 9, 2013
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Ted Nguyen (714) 560-5334/Eric Carpenter (714) 560-5697
OCTA Board Selects One Lane in Each Direction for I-405
To speed up delivery of freeway improvements, high-occupancy toll lanes no longer under consideration as part of the Measure M project
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority board voted today to construct one general-purpose lane in each direction between Costa Mesa and the county line in Seal Beach as part of the I-405 Improvement Project.
The board’s vote means that high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes will not be a part of the I-405 project, which is being funded through Measure M, the half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2013
Contact: Saulo Londono, (714) 227-4009
MEDIA ADVISORY: ASM. MANSOOR PRESS CONFERENCE
Assemblyman Allan Mansoor To Introduce Legislation
Will hold press conference prior to Monday’s OCTA Board Meeting To Stop Toll Lanes On 405 Freeway
Costa Mesa – Assemblyman Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) announces that he will be holding a press conference on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. outside of the OCTA headquarters in Orange, announcing his intention to introduce legislation to stop toll lanes on the 405 freeway. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Santa Ana Police Detectives suspicious death investigation
On 12-8-2013 at 243am CHP received a 911 call from a driver northbound I-5 at the 22 freeway “gore point” of a possible body. CHP arrived, located the deceased identified as Martha Rodezo (51) Los Angeles. CHP started their investigation, Coroner was then called to the scene and preliminary review of the injuries believed that her death was not conducive to a high speed vehicle/Ped traffic collision; Coroner requested a joint investigation between CHP & Santa Ana PD Homicide Detectives. Continue reading
Christmas Morning, December 25th 2013, Operation Warm Wishes, with the help of the community will host and serve a delicious pancake breakfast and give presents, toys and Christmas Dinner food bags to struggling families living in a local motels, abused children, the homeless and all those in need from 8 a.m to 10 a.m. at the Sunland Motel in Santa Ana. (2111 E First St, Santa Ana)
This Holiday Season, share the Gift of Giving! Christmas is a time to be with family, it’s a time of celebration, its a time of giving, and be thankful for what you have been given. Christmas is also a time to remember those less fortunate, the needy, the forgotten, the homeless. Most of all, Christmas is a time to remember what our Savor Jesus Christ did for us, and in return share that same Love! Continue reading
Newsong Church of Irvine and Santa Ana’s First Baptist Church are still in escrow, as I understand it, but already there are plans for Newsong Santa Ana to join the congregation at First Baptist as of the service on Dec. 19, and the entire Irvine Newsong congregation will be coming to Santa Ana for a joint service on January 12, 2014.
First Baptist is a historic congregation in that this was the first Protestant church in Santa Ana, originally operating on land donated by the founder of this city, William Spurgeon. Over the years the congregation dwindled as folks moved away and began to pass away. Pastor Andy Quient reached out to Newsong’s Pastor Dave Gibbons when Newsong’s attempt to purchase the Santora Building, in Downtown Santa Ana, was rebuffed by the artists in DTSA. Continue reading
Well it’s raining but the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk is set for tonight, so bring a poncho. Here is what is going on:
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: December 6, 2013
OCDA RECEIVES $386,060 STATE GRANT TO INCREASE FIGHT AGAINST DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) has received a $386,060 state grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to address the problem of driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs in Orange County. This is the fourth OTS grant awarded to OCDA in an effort to improve detection and prosecution of alcohol and drug-related DUI cases. The OTS grant is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Between 2005 and 2012, the OCDA received over $1.3 million in OTS grants to facilitate the prosecution of DUI alcohol and drug cases by allowing deputy district attorneys and clerical support staff to focus exclusively on DUI cases. Continue reading
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED STATEWIDE AT THE REQUEST OF THE WASHINGTON STATE POLICE
Elizabeth Romero was abducted on Dec. 4, 2013, from Kennewick, WA and her suspected abductor, Eduardo Flores-Rosales, a 19-year old Hispanic male who stands 5′ 9″ tall and weighs 200 pounds, may be headed for Mexico, according to authorities.
Romero stands 5′ 3″ tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a white tank top, dark pants, a backpack and a pink purse. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 13CF2824: December 5, 2013
MAN CONVICTED OF PIMPING AND PANDERING WOMAN
FULLERTON – A man was convicted yesterday of pimping and pandering a woman in Santa Ana. Damion Henri Soul, 39, Pomona, was convicted by a jury yesterday, Dec. 4, 2013, of one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering.
The defendant faces sentencing enhancements for two prior strike convictions from 1993 in Los Angeles County for armed robbery, assault with a firearm, and prior prison felony convictions in 1998 for forgery, and possession of a controlled substance in 2003 and 2006. He faces a maximum sentence of 16 years in state prison on Dec. 16, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-6, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading
Mother’s Market in Santa Ana and the American Diabetes Association are hosting a Free Diabetes Seminar on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
An American Diabetes Association survey says 40% of high-risk individuals thought they were not at risk of developing diabetes or prediabetes, while 30% of those with modifiable risk factors believed they had an increased risk of the condition. Health providers said 25% of at-risk patients were very well-informed about their higher diabetes and heart disease risk.
The Santa Ana location is located at 151 E Memory Ln., at the CityPlace shopping center [map]. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community: CITY ANNOUNCES SANTA ANA SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM
SANTA ANA, CA (December 5, 2013) – If you are a new business (in business a year or less), have 5 or less employees and are located in a commercial storefront, your business could be eligible to receive a $5,000 reimbursement for start-up business costs that you have incurred during your start-up phase.
Examples of Start-up costs can be, but not limited to: Continue reading
Santa Ana resident and community activist Alex Flores is hosting a Business Launch Party for his enterprise, Unum Sunglasses, on Thursday, December 12th, from 6:30pm – 9pm, at 207 N. Main St., in Santa Ana.
The event will feature music by Dj Tytonix. To RSVP email aflores@unumsunglasses.com or call 714-474-8768. Continue reading
There were 250 crimes reported in Santa Ana for the week ending on Dec. 1, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.
The most common crime reported was Assaults, with 64 incidents. Here is the entire weekly report: Continue reading