Next Wednesday, May 5th, you can enjoy some tasty specials at McCormick & Schmick’s, in honor of Cinco de Mayor.
Happy Hour specials include baja-style fish tacos for $1 each, oysters on the half shell for $1 each, peel and eat shrimp for only $3.95, and many other popular items for only $1.95.
There will also be Mexican beer and Tequila specials!
And there will be live music and entertainment, as well as prizes and giveaways. Continue reading
The haters will tell you that Mexicans cannot amount to anything – the truth is that our young people are just as capable as anyone else.
In the video above, you will meet Gloria Montiel, a graduate of Santa Ana High School. She was accepted into Harvard – and she finished an undergraduate degree. Now she wants to go to Harvard’s graduate university, to get a Master’s degree in education, but the cost is $50,000. Because Gloria is undocumented, she cannot avail herself of the student loans that the rest of us take for granted.
But Gloria isn’t giving up! Her friends are helping her raise $39,000 so she can finish school and get her Master’s degree. You can help out by clicking here and printing out the event flier, and going to La Casa Garcia tomorrow, Wednesday, May 5, anytime from 10 am to 10 pm, to enjoy a $10 plate of Turkey Mole, with the works, including rice, beans and tortillas. La Casa Garcia is located at 531 W. Chapman Ave., in Anaheim. Continue reading
How did Pulido not know this guy was in town on April 23?
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido deserves kudos for leading the Santa Ana City Council tonight in passing a motion calling for immigration reform, and slamming the racial profiling bill passed in Arizona recently.
That said, during the meeting Pulido allegedly said he did not know that his pal Mike Harrah hosted Bill Hunt and racist, corrupt Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, at Harrah’s restaurant, Original Mike’s, on April 23.
The Santa Ana Police Department conducted a DUI checkpoint right down the street from Original Mike’s the same evening. Continue reading
I visited Santa Ana’s Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on Saturday, May 1, and took the pictures embedded above. The event was held on Santa Ana’s historic Calle Cuatro, or 4th Street.
The event was typically commercialized. I did not see much in the way of historical exhibits, with the exception of a tent with exhibits about the Mexican State of Michoacan.
And as we reported earlier, the biggest story was Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido forcing his opponent’s supporters to take down their “Al Amezcua for Mayor” banners off the booth they paid for. Read about that by clicking here.
Assemblyman Jose Solorio spoke at yesterday’s LULAC May Day Rally, at the Plaza of the Flags, in Santa Ana. You can hear his comments in the video above.
Mars Media Family “Cinco de Mayo” event celebration in Santa Ana
Orange County’s largest Cinco de Mayo celebration will be on 5/1 & 5/2 from 11am – 11pm on historic 4th Street in downtown Santa Ana.
Featuring free, family oriented festivities, live entertainment and music, carnival rides and games, authentic Mexican food and several vendor booths. 150,000+ in attendance. Continue reading
Has Mayor Pulido finally remembered his raza?
Can you believe it? Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is standing up against the racial profiling bill in Arizona!
Pulido, along with Council Members Claudia Alvarez and Vince Sarmiento, has put an item on the agenda for Monday night’s City Council meeting in opposition to Arizona’s SB 1070. I am told that the City Council will also direct the City administration to not do business with any companies from Arizona.
The motion also asks the federal government for comprehensive immigration reform. Click here to download the City Council meeting agenda. Continue reading
Numerous Santa Ana residents drove south to Costa Mesa on Saturday morning, to a restaurant called “Sutra” to protest yet another appearance by corrupt, racist Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was in town to raise money for Republican Bill Hunt, who is running for Orange County Sheriff.
Bloggers Vern Nelson and Francisco Barraga got into the event with press passes and will be writing about it later at our sister blog, the Orange Juice. Continue reading
The Orange County High School of the Arts presents a Ballet Folklorico Conservatory Concert, called Recuerdos de Mexico, on May 1, at 7:30 p.m., at Segerstrom High School, located at 2301 W. MacArthur Boulevard, in Santa Ana.
Tickets are available at this link. The cost is $16 for an adult ticket and $12 for a children’s ticket. Continue reading
Dia del Niño/Children’s Day, is a tradition celebrated in Mexico and in many parts of the world-a day when communities honor their children.
Dia del Niño/Children’s Day will be held in Santa Ana on April 18, from 11 am to 5 p,. at 3rd and Bush, in downtown Santa Ana. Call 714-277-7183 if you have any questions, or send an email toa elcentro.events@gmail.com.
We, at El Centro Cultural de Mexico, would like to extend this special day to all children, families, cultural groups, community resources and businesses in and around Santa Ana, in an effort to bring together communities of diverse cultures, promoting global understanding and celebrating our multicultural nation through play, the arts, and literacy. Continue reading
There was a big hulabulloo recently in regards to the Mexican Independence Day celebration in downtown Santa Ana that was scheduled to take place on September 11th of this year. The Orange County Register used its platform to stir the pot and throw red meat to the scores of bigots and racists that make up a good chunk of their readership by questioning whether or not the event should take place on the 9th annivesary of the terrorist attacks.
My question is: Where were the folks at the Register and the others so steadfastly opposed to this event being held on that day back in 2004, when it was held on September 11th of that year?
I think that it is quite clear that the Register and company are just jumping on to the bandwagon of hate and anger that we are seeing in our country. They are simply trying to seize upon this climate that we have seen created by right-wing extremists and their friends in the media like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh.
With this constant nasty vitriol being aimed at healthcare reform, immigration reform and anything President Obama supports it doesn’t take much to stir these folks up. Just knowing that a Black man is in the White House is usually enough to many of these folks blood boiling. Continue reading
Courtesy of our friends at Don Palabraz:
In Southern Cali, last week’s Easter earthquake was a slow and easy roller. But to our hermanos in Mexicali where the epicenter of the 7.2 tremor was, the devastation took much more of a toll. Locally, SolArt and Calacas culture and clothing store will be collection donations to take down across the border this weekend. If you are in and around the Santa Ana area, you can drop off things like bottled water and toilet paper at Calacas during their operating hours all day Sunday. The store is located at 324 W. 4th Street in Santa Ana. Or you could drop an email those provided to the flyer above and arrange for a drop off with SolArt volunteers who will actually be taking the donated supplies down to Mexicali on Sunday.
Photo by Jorge Rivera Reyes
Reports are starting to come in from Mexicali, which was hit by a massive 7.2 earthquake today.
“Emergency services in both the U.S. and Mexico scrambled to assess the extent of casualties and damage, including fallen buildings, buckled roads, cracked water canals, fires and telephone and electrical outages. It appeared that most of the damage was in the twin border cities of Calexico, Calif., and Mexicali, Mexico, where at least one person was reported killed and several injured,” according to the L.A. Times.
This earthquake was as strong as the one that hit Haiti. Continue reading
A 6.9 earthquake struck Mexicali, Mexico, a few minutes ago. We felt it here in Santa Ana for what seemed an entirety. It felt like a series of rolls here. Reports indicate that it was a lot stronger in Mexico and my relatives in Riverside said it felt much stronger there as well.
A 4.4 earthquake also just hit Sacramento moments ago, according to this source.
A number of aftershocks are being reported both in Northern and Southern California.
A lot of our residents here in Santa Ana have relatives in Mexico and are no doubt worried about them. If you cannot reach them by phone try sending them a text message with your cell phone. Continue reading
“A downtown celebration honoring Mexico’s bicentennial that was initially set to kick off Sept. 11 and sparked a firestorm of protests has been moved to the following weekend. The date change came at the request of the festivities’ promoters, Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream said Thursday,” according to the O.C. Register.
Ream and his administrators were the ones who chose this date in the first place. Alejandra Garcia Williams, who currently serves as the Consul of Mexico in Santa Ana, asked Ream to change the date.
Kudos to Garcia Williams for defusing the ridiculous racist protest against this event. Why Ream chose Sept. 11 for this event in the first place is a real mystery.
This year’s Fiestas Patrias is going to be very special as the entire country of Mexico is currently celebrating 200 years of independence (200 años de independencia). Click here for more information. Continue reading
