There were 15 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
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Lions Club offering a free vision check and glasses at Valley High on 9/21
The Santa Ana Host Lions Club is hosting a Community Vision Fair on Saturday, Sep. 21, 2013, at 8 am, at Santa Ana Valley High School, located at 1801 S Greenville, in Santa Ana.
This free event is open to all ages regardless of income. Come get a free vision screening and free glasses that day if needed! Continue reading
Laundry Love Santa Ana is celebrating their 4 year anniversary on 9/19
Imagine if you had to gather up your dirty laundry and most likely walk or take the bus to the nearest laundromat, once a week? That is the reality for hundreds if not thousands of Santa Ana’s residents. For them a handful of quarters is the difference between having clean clothes – or not.
The folks at Laundry Love know this and for several years they have been randomly visiting laundromats in town and helping people who are struggling financially by assisting them with doing their laundry. Relationships are built this way, and they hope to become a small community of common concern in which participants find that they receive assistance and benefit with other areas of their lives as well. Continue reading
Night Gallery announces a Santa Ana Day of the Dead group art show
Press Release, For Immediate Release:
NIGHT GALLERY, Ceramics & Fine Art presents “DAY OF THE DEAD” A GROUP ART SHOW. Opening Reception with the artists set for Saturday Nov. 2nd 2013, from 7 pm-11pm.
Occurring during the annual down town Santa Ana “Dia De Los Muertos” festival and in coordination with the Santa Ana Art Walk, NIght Gallery Ceramics and Fine Art is proud to bring the theme of “Day of the dead”” back to its walls. Continue reading
Updated: Power partially restored at Santa Ana’s Civic Center
Will inmates break out with no power at the Santa Ana jail?
UPDATED: Two circuits were damaged. The first circuit was restored — 681 customers initially. One customer remains off. There were 1,082 customers impacted by the loss of the second circuit. All customers remain off.. Restoration at approx 9pm. A car hit a pole causing the power lines to come down.
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Power outage in Civic Center area
The Police Department has experienced a power outage. Apparently, the power outage also encompasses the city hall complex, the jail and the neighborhoods in the vicinity of Civic Center and Bristol, Main and Civic Center, First and Main, and Washington and Bristol. Continue reading
SAPD nabs robbers who stole over $200K in cash and jewelry from a Mini Mall
Jesus Garfias, 28, and Pedro Lugo, 43, were taken into custody Tuesday and booked on suspicion of commercial burglary of more than $200,000 worth of cash and jewelry from three Orange County businesses at the Santa Ana Mini Mall, according to the O.C. Register.
Garfias was busted during a routine traffic stop in the 3400 block of West 17th Street around 4 a.m. Officers said his pockets were stuffed full of jewelry and he had a business card for the swap mall. A few minutes later, police said they discovered Lugo, along with several duffel bags full of additional valuables, according to CBS News. Continue reading
Car accident in Santa Ana, on Tuesday, resulted in one death and four injuries
One person was killed and four others were injured after two cars crashed in Santa Ana on Tuesday, as we reported yesterday.
The accident happened at 1st and Sullivan streets at about 9 a.m. Authorities say it appears the driver of a Nissan Altima, a 65-year-old man, ran a red light at Sullivan Street, slamming into a Nissan Infiniti. The Altima then crashed into a light pole and a tree, according to ABC News. Continue reading
There were 28 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sep. 17
There were 28 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
Supervisor Janet Nguyen endangered her child during the Fiestas Patrias Parade
UPDATED: Ruh roh! http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2013/09/janet_nguyen_supervisor_car_se.php
When I saw Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen motor through the Fiestas Patrias Parade this past Sunday, in Downtown Santa Ana, I was taken by her bleating “Viva Mexico” and missed something else that I should have caught.
Nguyen endanger her child and broke the law. Look at the picture above – she was holding one of her boys in her lap, with no seat belt, no safety seat and with only one arm to secure the toddler.
Here is what the State of California has to say about this: Continue reading
H.B. parolee goes to jail again for molesting a 4-year old female relative
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 11WF1947: September 16, 2013
PAROLEE SENTENCED TO 55 YEARS TO LIFE FOR MOLESTING 4-YEAR-OLD FEMALE RELATIVE WHILE BABYSITTING
SANTA ANA – A parolee was sentenced Friday to 55 years to life in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old female relative while he was babysitting her and solely responsible for her care. Gordon Ray Bodkin, 47, Huntington Beach, was found guilty July 23, 2013, by a jury of one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 10, and one felony count of sexual penetration of a child under 10. He has a prior strike conviction for residential burglary in 2009. Continue reading
AZ mom who killed her kids at a Santa Ana hotel facing felony murder charges
Orange County District Attorney Media Advisory
For Immediate Release, Case # TBA: September 16, 2013
WHO: Marilyn Kay Edge, 42, Scottsdale, Arizona
WHAT: Has been charged today with two felony counts of special circumstances murder. The special circumstances sentencing enhancements include committing multiple murders and murder by poisoning. She faces a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole if convicted. The People will be requesting the defendant be held without bail at her arraignment. Edge is accused of murdering her two children, 13-year-old Jaelen E. and 10-year-old Faith E. on Sept. 14, 2013. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Santa Ana Police Department. Continue reading
O.C. Sheriff’s attempt to identify Stanton suspect who murdered an Anaheim man
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, (714) 904-7042/Gail Krause, (714) 647-1840
Attempt to Identify Homicide Suspect
STANTON, CA – (September 17, 2013) – On Sunday, September 15, 2013, an altercation occurred in front of the Oasis Bar which led to the fatal shooting of Francisco Salgado Torres, 48 years old of Anaheim. The suspect fatally shot Torres multiple times and fled the scene on foot. Continue reading
There were 26 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Monday, Sep. 16
There were 26 crimes reported in Santa ana on Monday, September 16, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
SAPD Alert – 1st St. at Fairview and Sullivan closed due to fatal car accident
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Fatal Traffic Collision
There has been a faatal traffic collision with one dead at the scene and four others injured and being transferred to Western Medical Center.
There is a Sig Alert at 1st Street, which is closed at Fairview on the west side and Sullivan on the east. Continue reading
Will anyone challenge Council Members Benavides, Martinez and Tinajero in 2014?
Several Santa Ana Council Members are going to have to run for re-election in 2014, including David Benavides, Michele Martinez and Sal Tinajero.
It may well be that by then a court will have already invalidated Measure D, which would mean these Council Members would be termed out, but that is by no means guaranteed.
So will anyone challenge these Council Members? Continue reading