A Mega March for immigration reform, hosted by Los 32 de Mexico, is set for this Thursday, May 1, at 2 pm, at the Plaza Santa Ana, located at French and 4th St. in Downtown Santa Ana.
There are currently two immigrants on the Santa Ana City Council – Mayor Miguel Pulido and Councilman Vincent Sarmiento. The SAUSD School Board also features two immigrants – Ceci Iglesias and Jose Alfredo Hernandez. Continue reading
The Democratic Leaders of Southern California is hosting a fundraiser for Democratic candidate for OC Auditor-Controller Mike Dalati on May 1st, 2014 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Knowlwood Restaurant, located at 2107 East 17th St., in Santa Ana.
Tickets are being sold for $50. Call 714-561-5520 or click here to message on Facebook. Continue reading
The Southern California Martial Arts Championship Kick-Off will launch with a martial arts seminar this Sunday, May 4, 2014, at the Wiseplace in Santa Ana, at 1411 North Broadway. There will be referee instructions for the current World Karate Federation tournament rules and regulations.
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This event is open to the public and all are invited to attend and participate. Continue reading
The Santa Ana 2014 May Day March is set for May 1, 2013 with registration at 2 pm at the corner of 4th St. and Ross St., with the March starting at 3 pm, at Sasscer Park, located at 500 West Santa Ana Blvd., in Santa Ana.
May Day in Orange County!
Families Without Borders: Human Rights Not Broken Ties
SANTA ANA – The movement for social justice in Orange County will once again demonstrate its growing strength and diversity Thursday, May 1 in downtown Santa Ana. Hundreds of community members and allies will convene on this International Workers’ Rights Day to demand national and local solutions that expand human rights for all regardless of immigration status. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2014
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Joel Zlotnik (714) 560-5713, Eric Carpenter (714) 560-5697
OCTA Seeks Help Planning For Transportation Future
Draft Long Range Transportation Plan looks at mobility for the next 20 years in Orange County with public meeting planned for May 7
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is seeking public input to help plan for the county’s transportation needs for the next 20 years.
A draft copy of the Long Range Transportation Plan, called Outlook 2035, was presented to the OCTA board at a recent meeting and is now up for public review and comment on the website at: www.octa.net/lrtpdraftplan.
A review period will follow with an open house to solicit more input on the plan scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. on May 7 at OCTA Headquarters, 550 S. Main Street in Orange. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
SANTA ANA, CA – The City of Santa Ana’s 15th Annual Downtown Cinco de Mayo Festival kicks off Friday, May 2 with carnival rides starting at 6 p.m. The street fair continues all weekend in Santa Ana’s beautiful historic downtown on Fourth Street on Saturday, May 3, from Noon to 9 p.m. and Sunday May 4, from Noon to 8 p.m. This year, the Festival will feature fifteen great performances on the main stage in addition to the great food, games, arts and crafts, and opportunities to shop and get information about art, activities, events and programs.
On Saturday, May 3, the highly popular Los Horoscopos de Durango will be performing on the main stage. A key treat for the community and the region is a special appearance by the Coach for the All Star Soccer team from Mexico that will be competing at the World Cup next month in Brazil. Coach Miguel Herrera, also known as “El Piojo,” will be taking questions from youth soccer players on the main stage on Sunday, May 4. Twenty youth soccer players will be selected to ask “El Piojo” a question in front of a huge audience of soccer loving fans. Continue reading
HireLive Sales, Retail & Management Professional Hiring Career Fair set for May 6 in Santa Ana
HireLive, a national career service company specializing in sales, retail and management career fairs, will be hosting a Career Fair in Santa Ana on May 6, 2014, from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the Embassy Suites – OC Airport, located at 1325 East Dyer Road.
HireLive has more than a decade of experience in connecting job seekers with industry leading companies that are currently hiring, and is the largest sales specific career fair company on the west coast. Our process is a very professional one that offers job-seekers a unique opportunity to meet with over 15 of the nation’s leading companies in a private, professional setting. Continue reading
Join Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary as they share “The Story of Our Flag” at its 22nd Annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 26 at 10:30 a.m.
More than 3,500 Orange County residents are expected to attend the event, which will feature vivid representations of our flag’s most moving moments in history, inspiring speeches by military veterans, a “Parade of Flags” by The Tustin Young Marines, the Boy Scouts of America and the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and an aerial fly-over of World War II-era planes. The event will kick off with a special performance of the National Anthem by the “Star Spangled Singer” contest winner and conclude with an extraordinary surprise together with the Tustin Community Choir and the Tustin High School Glee Club. Continue reading
Next SAUSD Board Meeting: Protect Our Youth
Chican@s Unidos will be at the next SAUSD meeting, on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 5:30 pm, to demand action regarding the blatant abuse by school police on one of our Santa Ana youth. Please join us and speak out. Do not let this go and demand they drop charges on the youth.
How many time are these incidents not recorded? What are parents told? Why did his mother have to pick him up from juvenile hall and in an ankle bracelet? Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
In promoting the City being named “Tree City USA” for the 15th consecutive year and to celebrate Earth Week, Santa Ana Public Works will host a Community Beautification and Arbor Day. Participants will plant trees, remove graffiti, learn about water conservation and keeping storm drains clear to the ocean. Free compost will also be provided by Waste Management along with a tree giveaway to the first 100 pre-registered participants. The Beautification and Arbor Day program will be held at Delhi Community Center and will proceed throughout the Delhi Park and surrounding neighborhoods. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
1,500 children expected to attend Santa Ana Public Library’s Dia de los ninos/Dia de los libros
The Santa Ana Public Library celebrates Children’s Day/Book Day
SANTA ANA, CA – An estimated 1,500 children from across Orange County will descend upon Santa Ana, as the Santa Ana Public Library will join hundreds of libraries across the country in celebration of Día de los niños/Día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day). The celebration will take place at the Main Library on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event will include a variety of fun-filled activities and services for children and their families. Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2014
Contact: Deidra Powell, Chief Communications, Officer, (714) 558-5555 Office, (714) 673-4995 Mobile
Media Advisory: Santa Ana School Police Officers Partner with Safe School United States of America to Help Students Succeed in School with backpack donations
What: Helping students succeed one pencil at a time, a successful partnership has prospered between the Santa Ana School Police Department and Friends of Safe School United States of America (FOSSUSA) for their annual backpack donation to needy students in low income areas. Continue reading
Media Contact: Megan MacDonald, Outreach Director
(949)824-8976, artsoutreach@uci.edu
IRVINE, Calif., (April 1, 2014) – “We are going to adopt you all,” UC Irvine Symphony Maestro Stephen Tucker said matter-of-factly to Santa Ana High School (SAHS) Band and Orchestra teachers Victor de los Santos and Joseph Kaye last November. On the heels of a small collaboration between the two orchestras during the 2012-13 school year, Maestro Tucker sought to deepen the relationship between the symphonies at the two schools. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County
Santa Ana, CA (April 10, 2014) – With the national jobless rate for workers ages 16 to 19 above 20 percent since October 2008, the Santa Ana WORK Center is committed to helping Santa Ana’s youth get jobs . On Saturday, April 26 from 9:30 am to 12 noon, the Center will hold its annual Summer Youth Job Fair, giving people of all ages the opportunity to meet and interview with over forty employers in a single location.
The event will be held at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) and will feature sought out employers such as the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Knott’s Berry Farm and local employers including Von’s/Safeway, the Santa Ana Public Library, LA Fitness and Taller San Jose. Continue reading