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Unum Sunglasses finishes 1st year by donating to Santa Ana Wrestling team

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Alex Flores, Business, Charities, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Unum Sunglasses Celebrates First Year By Giving Back To The Community

Company contributes portion of sales to Santa Ana Wrestling team

January 10, 2015 (Santa Ana, CA) – Unum Sunglasses is celebrating its first anniversary with the accomplishment of its goal to give back a portion of its sales to the community.

The company behind the Aviator and Wayfarer sunglasses recently donated $1,500 to the Santa Ana Athletic Foundation that will help support the students on the Santa Ana Wrestling Team. The donation is part of Unum’s goal to foster a new generation of leaders who understand the power of community engagement. Continue reading→

Santa Ana’s Unum Sunglasses releases their new polarized aviator style collection

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Alex Flores, Business, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Unum Sunglasses Releases New Polarized Aviator Style Collection

Popular fashion eyewear available in two colors and suits varying ages and tastes

November 24, 2014

(Santa Ana CA) – Unum Sunglasses announces the release of a new Aviator Style collection to join its brand of fashionable eyewear. The new collection is the second product released by the company which launched with its Wayfarer style sunglasses in the summer of 2013.

Aviator sunglasses are popular with the military and on university campuses, and are known for the signature curve of the lens that slightly wraps the temple of the face. Suitable for both younger and older crowds, Aviator sunglasses offer customers two color options, ‘Nocte’ – a classic black lens, and a midnight blue shade called ‘Frigus.’ Continue reading→

Time to rally behind Alex Padilla for Ward 4 on the Santa Ana City Council

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Alex Flores, Alex Padilla, Politics, Santa Ana 8 Comments

Alex Padilla and Mayor Miguel Pulido

Alex Padilla Urges Santa Ana Residents To Support His Bid For City Council

Candidate will work to attract investment and jobs, tackle education and crime

September 26, 2014 (Santa Ana, CA) – With only 39 days left before Election Day, city council candidate Alex Padilla is urging Santa Ana residents to support his bid to represent the community. Padilla, who was born and raised in Santa Ana and has a degree in paralegal studies, says the city council needs fresh eyes who will seek solutions that are outside the box, and will attract investment and create jobs for residents.

“I’m running for city council because I love this city and its residents. I was born and raised in Santa Ana and have seen it grow, but we need more. I want to help reduce crime in our city, bring transparency to city hall, increase neighborhood safety, push for youth programs and protect services that our citizens rely on,” Padilla says, adding that the city can no longer afford council members who are single issue leaders. Continue reading→

Can Alex Padilla beat Councilman David Benavides in the November election?

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2014 Elections, Alex Flores, Alex Padilla, David Benavides, Elections, Politics, Santa Ana 9 Comments

Alex Padilla for City Council

Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides got a free ride when he ran for reelection in 2010. No one ran against him. He got just over 34,000 votes according to Smart Voter. There were about 43,000 votes cast in that year’s Santa Ana Mayoral contest, according to Smart Voter. That means that over 9,000 voters chose not to vote for Benavides in 2010, even though his was the only name on the ballot in Ward 4.

Benavides ran for Santa Ana Mayor in 2012. His campaign was very ill-advised. He ended up with 14,995 votes, according to Smart Voter. The incumbent, Mayor Miguel Pulido, got 27,092 votes. The rest of the vote was split among three gadfly candidates. Benavides raised a ton of money in that campaign but it was for naught.

Perhaps Benavides was distracted as his marriage was reportedly falling apart during his mayoral campaign. He is supposedly divorced now. Ironically he came to town with his wife years ago and took advantage of a program that allowed his wife, a teacher, to buy a home in Santa Ana at a low interest rate. I believe that Benavides is still living in that home. He has since scrubbed his official city bio of any mention of his wife and kids. Continue reading→

Local sunglasses business launch party set for 12/12 in Santa Ana

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Alex Flores, Business, Education, Entertainment, Santa Ana 7 Comments

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→