ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority invites bicyclists of all ages to improve their health, help the environment and cut the cost of driving by celebrating Bike Month at their annual bike rally at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 12.
Get your free bike month T-shirt and join OCTA on the slow-paced group ride through Old Towne Orange and the Santiago Creek Trail. The ride will begin at Orange Metrolink Station and end at OCTA’s headquarters. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
The City of Santa Ana, through an Office of Traffic Safety grant, is offering free Confident Cycling Classes to any interested residents this spring and summer. The classes, taught by instructors certified through the League of American Bicyclists, will teach participants how to ride safely and with confidence along streets with vehicle traffic.
Sessions will take place at various locations on several weekends, beginning on April 16th at the Santa Ana Red Cross center. A limited number of classes will be taught completely in Spanish, and there will be a pair of class sessions exclusively for local teens. All class participants will receive a FREE bicycle helmet and set of bike lights.
More information about the classes and the registration form are online at www.santa-ana.org/bike-safety.
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CLASES PARA ANDAR EN CICICLETA CON SEGURIDAS GRATIS
Esta primavera y verano, Ia Ciudad de Santa Ana ofrece de manera gratuita clases para andar en bicicleta con seguridad para ciclistas principiantes y experimentados. Además de aprender habilidades para andar en bicicleta de manera segura. Todos los participantes recibirán un casco y un par de luces gratis.
Para conocer las fechas, horarios y registrarse, por favor visite www.santa-ana.org/bike-safety. Algunas de las clases se ofrecerán completamente en español.
Ricardo Martinez, a 44-year-old has been identified as the bicyclist who was killed at the 1400 block of West Warner Ave., just east of the South Pacific Avenue intersection, at about 5 a.m. on Saturday morning, by the driver of an SUV who sped away after the accident, according to the O.C. Register.
Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
Witnesses did not provide the police with a description of the SUV’s driver. However the SUV was reported to have traveled eastbound on Warner after the fatal crash. Continue reading
Operation Warm Wishes Presents: Extreme Safety Days and Community Potluck- Helmet and Book Giveaway, on Saturday, March 19th 2016, from Noon- 4:00 p.m.
Join us for an Extreme day of serving and making a difference in the community. Helping our homeless, students and families in need. We are ready to make a difference in a super extreme way. Continue reading
SAPD Investigating Auto vs Bicyclist Fatal Collision – Deceased Identified
Deceased: Thuc Van Nguyen (77)
On 1/25/16, officers responded to the scene of a traffic collision involving a bicyclist and a pick-up truck on 17th Street at the intersection with LaBonita Avenue.
At approximately 6:07pm, a bicyclist was riding from south to north on LaBonita Avenue at the intersection with 17th Street. While crossing 17th Street, he was struck by a Toyota T-100 pick-up truck. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
Second Annual Open Street Event – Ciclovia in Santa Ana: Celebrating the Day of the Dead
The City of Santa Ana is proud to host its second annual Ciclovia – an open streets event where the streets will be closed to cars and opened to bikers, walkers and runners. SOMOS or “Sunday On Main Open Streets” is scheduled for Sunday, November 8, 2015 from 9 am to 2 pm.
In celebration of Día de los Muertos, the event will feature decorations associated with this annual cultural festivity. The public is encouraged to come dressed in the spirit of the Day of the Dead celebration and decorate their bikes, skateboards or strollers! Share with the community that you honor the spirits and value alternative, safe and fun transportation by participating in this automobile-free event. All walkers, runners, and bikers are welcome to have fun and connect with others in a fun and fit way. Continue reading
An unidentified man in his 30s was badly injured on Monday night, at 7:45 p.m., when he was struck by a car while he was riding a bicycle on West 17th St. somewhere between North Fairview and North King Streets, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
The car’s male driver stayed at the scene of the accident and told police investigators that the bicyclist “came out of nowhere.” The bicyclist was apparently not in a bike lane when the accident occurred. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Santa Ana will receive more than $11.5 million in state active transportation funds to help build three major bikeway projects, a major step forward in the city’s efforts to improve bicycle safety. Protected bicycle lanes at Santa Ana Boulevard and 5th Street ($5.4 million) and on Endinger Avenue ($2.37 million), as well as the Civic Center Bike Boulevard ($3.7 million), are among 34 active transportation projects in Southern California that were approved for funding today by the California Transportation Commission.
The 34 projects, totaling $83.9 million over the next three years, represents nearly half of the $180 million in funding approved statewide.“This isn’t about building bike lanes. It’s all about safety,” said Michele Martinez, a Santa Ana Council Member and First Vice President of SCAG. “I’ve experienced myself the challenges that bike riders have – riding on sidewalks and sometimes against traffic. It’s how more and more people get to work and it’s unsafe. These three projects will go a long way toward establishing Santa Ana not as a ‘bike city,’ but as the region’s premier ‘bike-safe city.’” Continue reading
A man said he was shot in the leg Friday night while he was riding his bicycle on the Santa Ana River Trail bikepath near Edna Park. The man said that he heard up to five gunshots come from behind him, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim was shot in the leg but somehow he was able to pedal his bike for almost a mile, to a liquor store at North King and West 17th streets. The SAPD found him there at about 9:30 p.m. when someone who saw him bleeding near the store called the police. Continue reading
The Santa Ana Police Department is hosting the 2015 National Night Out and Traffic Safety Fair on Tuesday, August 4th from 4 p.m.- 7 p.m. at Jerome Park, located at 726 S. Center Street, in Santa Ana.
This event includes: Continue reading
The family and friends of Priscilla Vallejo, the 13-year-old who was killed this week when she was hit by an SAUSD truck while she was riding her bike, are hosting a car wash today, Saturday, July 18, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to help raise funds to pay for her funeral expenses. The car wash is being held at Templo Calvario Church located at 2617 W. 5th St., which is near Fairview, in Santa Ana.
Supporters are asked to donate at least $5 and wear blue, her favorite color. Yesterday by the way would have been Priscilla’s 14th birthday. Her Facebook page notes that studied at Mendez Fundamental School, in Santa Ana. Continue reading
A Santa Ana Unified School District employee driving a work box truck struck and killed a 13-year-old bicyclist named Priscilla Vallejo, on Monday morning, before 7:50 a.m., as she was in a crosswalk on the West Edinger Avenue and South Center Street intersection, causing officials to close a major street for at least six hours, according to the O.C. Register.
Police officers and OCFA paramedics performed CPR on the victim, but they were not successful. She died at the accident location due to “severe injuries to the head and chest.” Continue reading
Tustin Police Department Press Release
Commercial Burglary Arrest
Today at approximately 8:04 a.m., the Tustin Police Department received an alarm call at Don’s Cyclery, located at 121 N. Prospect Ave. At the same time as the alarm call, the Tustin Police Department receveived a phone call that provided information of a possible suspect seen leaving the location on a tricycle.
Officers arrived on the scene at Don’s Cyclery and found a glass door was smashed. Within minutes of the original call a Tustin officer located Jose Manuel Elias (D.O.B. 7/8/81) in the area of First St. and Lyon Ave. in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Community: Santa Ana Announces First Bike Huts in Orange County
At the start of Bike to Work Week, the City of Santa Ana announced earlier today that it is the first city in Orange County to install integrated modular bike huts. The Santa Ana Bike Huts offer enclosed, secure bike parking where monthly and annual members can store their bikes for the day or for a short duration. Each unit is accessible via a card reader or key code, and is equipped with vertical tracks to support/lock 12 bicycles. They are solar powered, have security lighting, and video surveillance.
Four bike huts have been installed throughout the City – two in Downtown, one in the Civic Center, and one at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC). The bike huts are part the City’s bicycle master plan and overall effort to improve bicycle infrastructure and increase bicycle use throughout the City. Continue reading
A 62-year old named Robert Horton was killed while riding a bicycle, in Santa Ana, near the on-ramp to northbound I-5, on Monday night, at around 5:25 pm, according to the O.C. Register.
Horton’s residence was not revealed by the Orange County Coroner’s office, which identified his remains. Continue reading
