There were 31 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Sunday, September 1, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping. These crimes included four DUIs.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
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There were 26 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Sat., 8/31, including 6 DUIs
There were 26 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, August 31, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping. These crimes included an astounding six DUIs – and none of them appeared to be located near the DUI checkpoint that took place on Saturday night, over on South Fairview.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
Rethinking Think Together
Randy Barth, the Think Together CEO, pictured on the right
The Santa Ana Unified School District’s best public schools are those that operate as “fundamental schools.” The parents of kids at these schools promise to be involved with their kids and to make sure they study and do their homework. The kids have a strict dress code and they typically perform better than kids at other SAUSD schools – most of which are not doing well and in fact have not done well for some time. Only 13 out of 56 SAUSD schools have met the state’s API minimum in the past year.
There are a few negatives with regard to fundamental schools. They don’t bus kids in or out. And they don’t offer much in the way of after school care. That is a problem since these typically are not neighborhood schools so kids cannot really be expected to walk home after school.
There is a non-profit called Think Together that operates after school programs at several SAUSD schools. The YMCA used to offer similar programs but I don’t think they are active at many if any Santa Ana schools now. My wife says they were very expensive. Continue reading
Familias Corazones Verdes Park & Community Center fundraiser set for today
This is your chance to check out Latino Health Access’ new Familias Corazones Verdes Park & Community Center! A fundraiser is set for today, Saturday, August 31, 2013 from 3 pm until 8 pm.
Join them for an afternoon of delicious food, great raffle prizes (including tickets to see live theatre at South Coast Repertory) and a fantastic show, featuring students of: Continue reading
There were 27 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Friday, Aug. 30
There were 27 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Friday, August 30, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping. These crimes included one DUI and one robbery of a person at East 3rd St. and North Bush.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report:
This is not Santa Ana’s September garage sale weekend
The City of Santa Ana restricts when we can hold garage sales. Their garage sale ordinance specifies that we can hold garage sales for residential properties “on the first full weekend of March, June, September, and December each year.” As today, Saturday, is still part of August we cannot hold garage sales until next weekend, on September 7 and 8.
Of course you have to figure that the Santa Ana Code Enforcement officers are not working today, although the cops are. Please note that the City’s ordinance states that “Persons conducting sales on any unauthorized weekend or violating any of the above regulations will be subject to an Administrative Fine or a misdemeanor citation.” Some NIMBY’s are already going nuts about this on Facebook. And the gentrifiers at Downtown Inc. are having a cow too.
Applications available now for Correa’s Young Senators Program
YOUNG SENATORS PROGRAM APPLICATION AVAILABLE-APPLY NOW!
August 26, 2013
(SANTA ANA, CA) – State Senator Lou Correa invites high school students in the 34th Senate District to join his Young Senators Program to learn and actively engage in California’s legislative process.
“I have always been committed to helping our young people set goals and reach their dreams,” states Senator Correa. “The Young Senators Program gives high school students an opportunity to learn from community leaders, elected officials, and their peers.” Continue reading
Rotary Club’s 5th Annual Discover the Taste Fundraiser set for 9/14
The Heritage Museum of Orange County is hosting the Discover the Taste fundraiser, to benefit Think Together, on Saturday, September 14, 2013, from 5 pm to 8 pm.
Join them for a tasteful evening, with friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. Treat your taste buds to everything our local restaurants, wineries, and breweries have to offer and help make a difference!
Half of the net proceeds will be donated to THINK Together. The other half supports other not for profit organizations in the community. Continue reading
Support grows for the OCDA’s Anti-Prostitution Rally and Concert
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: August 30, 2013
ONE WEEK TO GO AS SUPPORT KEEPS GROWING FOR “KEEP CALM AND BEAT H.E.A.T. ROCKING & RALLY”
SANTA ANA – Just over one week to go and the support keeps growing as new sponsors sign on to stand up against human exploitation and trafficking for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) “Keep Calm and Beat H.E.A.T. Rocking & Rally.” The event will be held Sept. 9, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Twila Reid Park, 3100 West Orange Avenue, Anaheim. There will be police patrol cars, informational booths, food trucks, free frozen yogurt, and a rock concert. Continue reading
SAUSD Police Department launches “OC Campus Crime Stoppers”
Santa Ana Unified School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MEDIA ADVISORY
SAUSD Police Department Launches “OC Campus Crime Stoppers”
SANTA ANA, CA – August 30, 2013 – The Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department continues to be a leader in school safety by becoming the only school district in Orange County to join a cadre of other police departments as part of a new component of the Orange County Crime Stoppers, an organization aimed to promote community safety through awareness and an anonymous public crime tip line. In partnership and collaboration with OC Crime Stoppers and Crime Survivors Inc., the Santa Ana School Police Department has launched “Orange County CAMPUS Crime Stoppers” within the school district that serves over 57,000 students, the largest in Orange County. Continue reading
Two Grand Thefts among 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Thursday, 8/29
There were 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Thursday, August 29, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping. These included two acts of Grand Theft, at the 2700 block of West Edinger and at the 600 block of West 17th St.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading
Santa Ana robbers savagely beat two men, using wrenches as weapons
Every time we post articles about the crime in Santa Ana we get negative comments – some of these anonymous comments are so awful that I have to delete them, from folks who are upset that we are “making Santa Ana look bad.”
So what are we to make of this latest report from the Santa Ana Police Department? They are looking for a group of suspects who brutally attacked and robbed two men in separate attacks in Santa Ana last week. Detectives said in the first assault, which happened before dawn Aug. 18 at West 5th and Forest, four robbers nearly killed a man over $26 in his pocket, according to CBS News. Continue reading
Yes, we paid to send three Councilmen to Portland to look at streetcars
Can you believe it? Our city is broke but on August 28, 2013, “officials from Santa Ana conducted a one-day site visit to learn more about the highly successful transit and streetcar system in Portland, Oregon.”
That’s right. We paid to send a bunch of Council Members and city staffers to Portland, Oregon, to look at their light rail system. Now why in the world would our city leaders do this? Well, they allege that “Out of the 15 systems currently operating and the 40 under design or construction throughout the country, Portland’s has been seen as a model that reflects the Transit Vision for Santa Ana’s proposed streetcar system.”
But is that true? Does Portland really have anything in common with Santa Ana? Continue reading
Two Kidnapping Attempts and a Shooting among 24 crimes reported on 8/28
There were 24 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping. These included a shotoing at the 500 block of East Chestnut and two Kidnap Attempts.
Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime report: Continue reading
Four SAUSD High Schools to compete to increase breakfast participation
GOT MILK? BREAKFAST CHALLENGE
Santa Ana High Schools Battle It Out For $3,000
THE EVENT: GOT MILK? KICKS OFF BREAKFAST COMPETITION AMONG FOUR SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS
Just in time for the new school year, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) – the creator of GOT MILK? – is partnering with the Santa Ana Unified School District to challenge high school students to start the day off right with a nutritious breakfast with dairy milk for better academic performance and overall health. Continue reading