An e-Waste Collection Event In Support of the Church of the Foothills, is set for Sunday, October 28th 2012, from 8:00am – 1:00pm, at 19211 Dodge Avenue at Newport, in Santa Ana. The Church of the Foothills will accept functioning and non functioning: TVs, Computer Monitors, Laptops, Big Screen TVs, Computer Towers, Cell Phones, inkjet/toner cartridges etc. Continue reading
Video Link: Girl loses her leg and parents, but not her spirit
Hazard Elementary School’s fifth-grade student Jackie Angeles, a cancer survivor, lost her leg to cancer after her mother died of melanoma six years ago and her father suddenly died in his sleep Sunday, according to CBS News.
“When Principal Nanci Cole first met her, Jackie was a first-grade student being treated for bone cancer at Children’s Hospital Orange County. Jackie’s right leg had to be amputated, but her father Alberto was by her side every step of the way,” according to CBS News. Continue reading
Santa Ana residents have been voting via absentee ballots for about a week. During that time Assemblyman Jose Solorio has mailed a letter to all the voters in support of Mayor Miguel Pulido. And Santa Ana’s Firemen and Paramedics have also been featured in a mailer in support of Mayor Pulido.
Santa Ana Council Ward 3 Candidate Eric Alderete sent out a nice mailer the other day. So did Councilman Vince Sarmiento and Ward 5 candidate Roman Reyna (the infamous mailer that featured Reyna wearing a clip on tie). Continue reading
Announcement: Santa Ana Youth & Government presents:
Announcement: Santa Ana Youth & Government presents: FORUM FOR SANTA ANA SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES for Rancho Santiago College Community District & Santa Ana Unified School District Board Candidates. Thurs., Oct.18, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm at 1532 E Chestnut St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 (Across the street from the SAUSD office). Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Gang Homicide Detectives arrest four suspects in shooting of 15 year old female
Location: Thornton Park (Park), 1801 W. Segerstrom
Arrested:
1. Daniel Villanueva (20) – shooter
2. Alexandra Jaimez (21) Continue reading
“Dr. Al Mijares has stepped into his new role as Orange County’s new Superintendent of Schools. On Wednesday, Marian Bergeson, retired California legislator and former California secretary of education, administered the oath of office to Dr. Mijares, who was selected by the Orange County Board of Education,” according to OC Metro Magazine.
I emailed Dr. Mijares today and asked him to please consider adding a translator tool to the O.C. Department of Education’s website. His predecessor, Bill Habermehl, blew me off when I made the same suggestion to him. But Mijares came through! Continue reading
Picture courtesy of the OC Weekly
NEW UPDATE: SAUSD Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana just sent me an email indicating that:
“The Santa Ana Unified School District is looking into programs that will allow us to donate excessive food that we are not able to use because of over ordering or food that was not used in production. We are in communication with other districts such as Los Angeles Unified that have similar donation programs.”
The District is committed to continuing best practices that ensure that the investments made to our schools are utilized in an efficient and effective manner that best serves our students.” Continue reading
Overheard: “Is this guy the Colonel from KFC?”
One of the funniest campaign mailers I have ever seen arrived in my mail box today, from Mark McLoughlin, a Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee who is running for re-election in Area 3. He went full raza!
The flier is in Spanish and it erroneously states that McLoughlin is an educator. no he isn’t! His opponent, Dave Chapel, actually is an educator. McLoughlin is just a suit with zero experience as an educator. Continue reading
Dear Friend,
As you make end-of-year decisions for worthy non-profit organizations to support, I hope you’ll consider the Orange County Leadership Fund. Your support would not only help our Solorio Scholars cause, but also provide you with an eligible tax deduction.
The Orange County Leadership Fund supports leadership workshops, innovative education initiatives, neighborhood clean-up projects, and programs addressing local and state policy issues. Continue reading
Roxy Barragan (left) & Anthony Jianuzzi (right) Santa Ana College Veteran Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2012
Contact: Judy Iannaccone, Director, Communications, Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
November 8th Soldiers to Scholars Reception Benefits Veterans Programs at Santa Ana College
(Santa Ana)—It’s an uphill battle for returning veterans as they transition to civilian life. For many Santa Ana College veteran students who are utilizing their veteran benefits to access higher education, the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) is the first place they turn. Last year, there were 502 veterans enrolled in classes at Santa Ana College. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2012
Contacts: Judy Iannaccone , Director, Communications, Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
Orange Education Center Hosts Free Fall Job Fair on October 19
*Fair Features More Than 20 Employers with Job Openings*
(Orange)— Santiago Canyon College’s Orange Education Center (OEC) invites the community to attend its annual fall job fair. The event is scheduled on Friday, October 19, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Orange Education Center, 1465 N. Batavia St., Orange, CA 92867. Entrance and parking are free. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community: The City of Santa Ana Announces the Grand Opening of Three New Santa Ana River Parks
SANTA ANA, CA (October 16, 2012) – The City of Santa Ana, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency proudly announces the opening of three new parks along the Santa Ana River Trail: 17th Street Triangle (.66 acres), Fairview Triangle (.30 acres) and McFadden Triangle (.78 acres). On Saturday, October 20, 2012 the city will officially open the three parks with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at each site. Continue reading
There are a lot of concerns today about youth football – in fact the coach of a Pop Warner team here in Orange County has allegedly been paying kids to hurt other kids – and he was allegedly doing this before the NFL’s New Orleans Saints got busted for the same thing. And many are growing concerned about head injuries incurred while playing football.
So the time is right for a new youth football league that involves flag football, not contact football. The Action Flag Football league is now forming youth teams in Orange County. Click here to check out their website. . Continue reading
Mike Moodian, a candidate for South Orange County Community College District board of trustees in Area 7, where he is running against disgraced former public administrator John Williams, has written a new report, which exposes Orange County’s community college trustees’ wasteful spending (all four districts).
Moodian’s report is based on extensive research of documents gained through public records requests. The report is posted here.
Moodian’s key findings and recommendations are: Continue reading
“After a long time, through many difficulties, under the enthusiastic help of effort and money from donors and Buddhists in many places, especially Council Member Santa Ana, Bao Quang Temple was officially inaugurated on Sunday morning, with the spacious, majesty and the splendor, before hundreds of religious clergy, visitors and community members,” according to Nguoi Viet.
Mayor Miguel Pulido was there. So was Ward 5 Council candidate Karina Onofre. They were joined by Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez, a candidate for the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Area 3, and Santa Ana Council Member Vince Sarmiento. But mayoral challenger David Benavides and his clip-on tie wearing sidekick, Ward 5 challenger Roman Reyna, were missing in action. Continue reading