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Easter Sunrise Service set for April 16 at the Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary

The Power of Easter: Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary to Host 23rd Annual Easter Service

Join Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary for its 23rd annual Easter Sunrise Service titled “The Power of Easter” on Sunday, April 16. Families and community members will unite to hear inspirational Easter messages and music by The Praise Symphony Orchestra and The Calvary Church Celebration Choir.

Special guests will include Nelson Cook of Christian Business Men’s Connection, Pastor Ric Olsen from the Beacon Church of Orange and Pastor Drew Smithson of Orange County First Assembly. Continue reading→

Pimp from Bakersfield facing charges of pimping over 20 women in Orange County

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Costa Mesa, Crime, OCDA, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

March 29, 2017

Case # 17CF0535, 16NF2060

FELON FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR PANDERING OVER 20 WOMEN WHILE INCARCERATED ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PIMPING CHARGES

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon is facing additional charges for human trafficking, pimping, pandering, and assault. Deunta Patterson, 26, Bakersfield, was arraigned yesterday, March 28, 2017, with 22 felony counts of pandering by promise, threat, or violence to become a prostitute, four felony counts each of pimping and pandering a minor over 16 years old by procuring, two felony counts each of human trafficking, human trafficking of a minor, and attempted pimping, and one felony count each of pimping a minor, pandering, and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury. Patterson also faces sentencing enhancements for human trafficking of a minor by force and/or fear and a prior strike conviction for residential burglary in 2013 in Kern County. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison. Patterson is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on April 26, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-57, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Missing Santa Ana 16-year old has been located and returned to her family

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Anaheim, Public Safety, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Esli Samaria Vasquez, the 16-year old Santa Ana resident who police said was missing has been located and reunited with her family, according to the SAPD.

Vasquez was spotted on Tuesday arguing with an unknown man in Anaheim, outside Sami’s Liquor at 1845 W. Katella Ave. in Anaheim, according to the O.C. Register. Then, the pair walked away from the store – southbound. Continue reading→

Santa Ana teenager missing since yesterday afternoon

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Public Safety, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Missing Person Detectives Asking For Assistance in Locating Missing 16 Year-Old Female
Missing Person: Esli Samaria Vasquez (16)

Description: Female, Hispanic, 5’04”, 135 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, wearing unknown clothing.

Location: Esli Samaria Vasquez was last seen on 3/28/17 at about 1:25 p.m. at Sami’s Liquor located at 1845 W. Katella, Anaheim, CA.

Synopsis: On 02/14/17 Esli Samaria Vasquez ran away from a group home. VASQUEZ has been in communication with her father via telephone only advising that she is safe. On 3/28/17 at 1:25 p.m., VASQUEZ called her father from Anaheim. She told her father that she could not go home because someone was threatening her. VASQUEZ hung up before her father could get further information. An employee at the liquor store confirmed that VASQUEZ was seen arguing with a male outside the store. They were last seen walking south from the liquor store. No further details. VASQUEZ has run away several times in the past and currently has a child protective custody warrant. Continue reading→

The family of slain TKO boxer Isaac Gonzalez is hosting a Kermes and car wash on 4/2

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Charities, Crime, Santa Ana 6 Comments

The family and friends of Isaac Gonzalez, a 15-year old TKO boxer who was shot and murdered by gangbangers in Santa Ana on March 25, is hosting a Kermes and Car Wash to help pay for his funeral expenses on April 2, 2017, starting at 7 a.m., at 2023 S. Susan St., in Santa Ana.

A Kermes is a what a Catholic religious bazaar is called in Spanish. It’s usually a fundraiser, often held at a church, where rides, games, music, dancing and food are available. In Santa Ana Kermes are often used to help local families to pay for funeral expenses and also to help to pay medical bills when someone becomes very ill. Continue reading→

Local business and community leaders to act as Principals for the day at SAUSD schools on Friday

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Education, Santa Ana, Youth Activities Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2017

Contact: Deidra Powell, Chief Communications Officer, (714) 558-5555 office, (714) 673-4995 mobile

56 OC Business and Community Leaders to Experience a Day in the life of a Principal during SAUSD’s Principal for a Day Program

The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) will host “Principal for a Day” to provide members of the community an opportunity to experience the daily operation of a school. Each of the district’s 56 schools will have a guest principal from the community on campus. Following their morning assignments at their specified schools, the guest principals will join all the principals in the SAUSD for a luncheon and program at McFadden Intermediate School, where they will share their experiences as Principals for a Day. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man charged with molesting two girls, including one younger than 10

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Joseph Margo, a 48-year-old man was charged Monday with sexually assaulting two girls, including one who was 10 or younger, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

Margo is facing numerous felony charges including two counts each of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 or younger, committing a lewd or lascivious act with a minor younger than 14, oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 or younger, and lewd acts on a child aged 14 or 15. Continue reading→

KPMG employees will read books to the kids at Taft Elementary School on Wed.

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Charities, Education, Literacy, Literature, Santa Ana, SAUSD Leave a comment

KPMG’s Nationwide “Read to Succeed” Initiative comes to Taft Elementary School in Santa Ana on March 29, 2017

KPMG volunteers will read to students; 1,000 new books to be distributed to children

As part of KPMG’s nationwide “Read to Succeed” initiative, its 100+ offices throughout the United States are conducting events in the coming weeks at schools and organizations in low-income communities at which KPMG people, spouses, family members, and alumni, will volunteer their time to get more than 150,000 new books into the hands of children who need them most.

In Santa Ana, KPMG volunteers will be reading to Taft’s K-6 general education, special education, deaf, and hard of hearing students and providing each of them with books. Continue reading→

Free O.C. Small Business Property Tax Workshop set for 4/7 in Santa Ana

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Orange County, Santa Ana, Taxes Leave a comment

AUDITOR-CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT SELECTED AS FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX WORKSHOP

California Community Colleges Event will educate attendees on Business Property Tax

March 28, 2017 – The County of Orange Auditor-Controller’s office is proud to announce that Toni Smart, Director of Internal Audit, and Frank Davies, Property Tax Manager, have been selected as featured keynote speakers for the California Community Colleges Small Business Property Tax Workshop, to be held Friday, April 7, 2017 at 11:30 AM.

The event will focus on how small businesses can navigate the complex world of business taxes. At the seminar, speakers will focus on the tax assessment process, tax rates and collection, and where all the hard-earned taxpayer dollars go. Continue reading→

Tutor at Santa Ana’s Think Together arrested for distributing child porn

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Education, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Anthony Robert Chau, a 28-year-old Rowland Heights man who worked with students in Orange County, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of distributing child pornography by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to the O.C. Register.

Chau came to the attention of detectives during an operation that was not specifically targeting him but targeting people who trade child pornography online, Wegener said. It did not appear that Chau manufactured any of the footage he distributed, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Continue reading→

Councilman Tinajero wants to increase your local sales tax, since his position on the ICE contract will cost the City $8-$9 million!

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana, Taxes 7 Comments

Finally had a chance to see last week’s City Council meeting. Wow, what a meeting! Long discussion about the ICE contract and city jobs that may be lost and bunch of other stuff. Unfortunately, Councilmembers Sal Tinajero, Vincente Sarmiento and David Benavides did not vote for continuing the ICE contract as Councilman Jose Solorio wanted.

So that means that the city will have $8-$9 million dollars less for the general fund every year now and could lose 20 to 30 part time and full time city jobs at the jail. Continue reading→

A Santa Ana motorcyclist died in a traffic collision in Fountain Valley

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana Leave a comment

PRESS RELEASE/ FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

On March 25, 2017 at approximately 7:15 p.m., the Fountain Valley Police Department responded to the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Heil Avenue, next to Mile Square Park, regarding a traffic collision involving a Lexus SUV and a motorcyclist.

Officers arrived and found a male motorcyclist with traumatic injuries. Paramedics were summoned to the scene. The paramedics pronounced the motorcyclist, identified as 20 year old Armando Vega Andrade from Santa Ana, deceased at the scene. Continue reading→

A 15-year old Santa Ana boy has died after being shot on Saturday night

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Sal Tinajero, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Isaac Gonzalez RIP

Isaac Gonzalez, a 15-year-old boy, died at a local hospital Sunday, March 26, after being shot multiple times Saturday night, according to the O.C. Register.

On Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 11:51 p.m., Santa Ana Police Department Communications received a call of a male down and bleeding in the area of 2302 W. St. Gertrude. Santa Ana Police Officers and Orange County Fire Authority personnel arrived on the scene and found the 15 year old male victim, Gonzalez, suffering from several gunshot wounds. Fire department personnel transported Gonzalez to an area hospital where he ultimately died. Continue reading→

Two men were shot and seriously injured in Santa Ana on Sunday night

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, David Benavides, Santa Ana 3 Comments

Two men were in critical condition Monday morning after being shot in the 2500 block of South Bristol Street around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the O.C. Register.

One of the men was shot in his upper torso. The other man was shot in his lower torso then he fell into the street and was struck by a vehicle, according to the SAPD. The driver of that vehicle stopped at the scene and cooperated with the police. Continue reading→

Santa Ana hit and run suspect and his wife placed under arrest

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

UPDATE – Wanted Suspect Luis Eduardo Distancia In Custody. Suspect turned himself in to the SAPD Jail staff.

Suspect Distancia was booked on Felony Hit & Run – Causing Great Bodily Injury/Death.

Additional – Traffic Investigators arrested Distancia’s wife – Alma Rosa Nave (47) for CPC 32 -Accessory After the Fact

– ORIGINAL MESSAGE – Continue reading→