The Anti-Mall: People b4 Profit Marketplace is coming to Santa Ana on Saturday, October 13, 2012, from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, at El Centro Cultural de Mexico, located at 313 N. Birch Street, in Santa Ana.
Awesome Hand-made goodies/gifts/
Category Archives: Santa Ana
Sanchez and Correa endorse Tinajero for the SAUSD School Board
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and State Senator Lou Correa are proud to join other local leaders in supporting Myriam Tinajero for the Santa Ana Unified School District School Board. Sanchez and Correa, longtime advocates for Santa Ana schools and students, understand that in order for our schools to thrive we need the best and brightest people leading the way. That is why they support Myriam Tinajero.
Along with Sanchez and Correa, Myriam has garnered the endorsements of the following community leaders and organizations: Continue reading
Downtown Inc. steps in it again with Farmer’s Market idea
“A community forum Oct. 7, from 2 to 4 pm, in Santa Ana’s eclectic Artists Village could be an important litmus test for whether the controversial booster organization Downtown Inc. can mend fences with a group of artists and nonprofit organizations that have grown increasingly bitter about the agency,” according to the Voice of OC.
Once again Downtown, Inc. has stepped in it. They proposed a Farmer’s Market to be held at night, during the monthly Art Walk, for Chefs, and disregarded advice from Lara Montagne, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Santa Ana Certified Farmers’ Market. Here is what she had to say about this latest DTI marketing disaster: Continue reading
Fights, arts, crafts, reptiles and holiday fun at the OC Fair Center
Fall Events at the OC Fair & Event Center Features Competitive Fights, Arts, Crafts, Reptiles and Holiday Celebrations
The OC Fair & Event Center (OCFEC) will have a busy Fall season with four nights of Fight Club OC, 14 days of arts and crafts, a new reptile show and more. Here is the full Fall event calendar: Continue reading
Town Hall on jobs and the economy at Santa Ana College on 10/10
Santa Ana College Invites Public to a Critical Conversation on October 10
Town Hall Meeting Focuses on Bridging the Skills Gap and Spurring Job Creation
WHAT Santa Ana College (SAC) and Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) are hosting a Critical Conversation about “Doing What Matters” for jobs and the economy. This “conversation” is one of 11 “critical conversations” spearheaded statewide by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The town hall meeting will focus on how the system’s limited resources can be used to bridge the skills gap and spur job creation by aligning community college workforce training programs with the state’s regional economies. Continue reading
Why aren’t there more women elected in Santa Ana?
It is hard to believe that the Santa Ana Unified School District’s Board of Education, which consists of five Trustees, includes only one woman – longtime Trustee Audrey Noji. Or that the Santa Ana City Council only has two women – Mayor Pro Tem Claudia Alvarez and Council Member Michele Martinez. After November that number will be down to one, as Alvarez is termed out. There are five men on the Santa Ana City Council.
What is up with that? Figure that over half of our electorate must be made up of women. Are they voting? Are they voting for men? Are there not enough women running for office in Santa Ana? Continue reading
Sarmiento stiffs Santa Ana’s businesses and votes for red tape and more taxes
Santa Ana City Council candidate Roman Reyna was not the only candidate that skipped out on the recent Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum. It turns out that Council Member Vincent Sarmiento also had better things to do than meet with the city’s business owners, according to the Voice of OC. Even though Sarmiento posted about the forum on his own Facebook page!
To be fair, his opponent, Estela Amezcua, was absent too, but she is not really running much of a campaign. Sarmiento, on the other hand, just sent voters a four page glossy mailer about himself. Continue reading
No sunshine for Reyna as he blows off Santa Ana business owners
It’s bad enough that Santa Ana City Council Ward 5 candidate Roman Reyna is supporting every single tax increase measure on the November ballot. But yesterday he actually was the only City Council candidate to blow off and skip the Candidates Forum hosted by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, at the Delhi Center. And to make matters worse, I am told that he was a no show because he feels he has the election in the bag and he doesn’t need to “waste his time” showing up to meet business owners and voters.
Wow. This from a guy who has never held a job in the private sector, as far as I can tell. His last job was at the Santa Ana YMCA and before that he worked at the Santa Ana Boys and Girls Club. Both are non-profits. Continue reading
Solorio Scholars Program seeks applicants for class of 2013
For Immediate Release: October 4, 2012
For More Information Contact: Carol Chamberlain – office: (916) 319-2069, mobile: (916) 804-5355
Solorio Scholars Program Seeks Applicants for Class of 2013
Central Orange County high school seniors from Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana
encouraged to apply for college application help and fees
SANTA ANA, CA — The Orange County Leadership Fund announced that this year’s application deadline to become a “Solorio Scholar,” a program created to inspire more high school students from central Orange County to apply for college, is October 31, 2012. Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Sanchez to keynote at Career College of CA graduation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONGRESSWOMAN LORETTA SANCHEZ TO GIVE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT CAREER COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA GRADUATION OCTOBER 5TH
More Than 300 Guests Will Celebrate at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana
Santa Ana, California – October 3, 2012 – Career College of California is holding its fall 2012 commencement exercises at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana on Friday, October 5th at 7:00 PM. The keynote speaker will be Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, currently serving her eighth term representing Santa Ana, Anaheim and Garden Grove in the U.S. House of Representatives. More than 300 guests are expected to attend the graduation ceremony to celebrate 40 graduates from the following programs: Business Office Administration, Medical Assistant, Medical Front Office with Billing and Coding and Paralegal. Continue reading
¡Adelante! program reducing dropout rate at Santa Ana College
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 4, 2012
Contact: Judy Iannaccone , Director, Communications , Phone: (714) 480-7503, e-mail: iannaccone_judy@rsccd.edu
Santa Ana ¡Adelante! Reaps Benefits for Local Students
Lumina Foundation Investment in Latino Student Success Key to Our Economic Future
(Santa Ana)—In its second year, the Santa Ana ¡Adelante! program is showing signs of significantly enhancing student success at Santa Ana College (SAC). In fall 2011, 1,094 Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) graduates entered SAC as the first cohort of students to benefit from this effort to boost student success and graduation rates. Of these students, 754 students have persisted and remain enrolled in their third semester of classes this fall. This represents 68.9 percent of the original cohort. Continue reading
Feds award $250K to Santa Ana College to help veterans
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representing California’s 47th Congressional District
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 28, 2012
MEDIA CONTACT: Adrienne Watson, 202-309-0825
SANCHEZ ANNOUNCES $250,000 GRANT TO SANTA ANA COLLEGE FOR VETERANS UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47) announced today that Santa Ana College has been awarded $250,000.00 in grant funds for the Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program. The funds will help military veterans receive the skills they need to successfully continue their educations beyond a high school diploma or GED. Continue reading
OC Labor Fed failed to review Benavides’ and Sarmiento’s outsourcing history
The OC Labor Federation says it’s highly opposed to elected officials contracting-out city services to private companies. It’s a top principle of theirs and for example drives the OC Employees Association’s political campaign against the City of Costa Mesa’s current city council.
But — the OC Labor Federation endorsed both Santa Ana Councilmember Benavides for Mayor and Councilmember Sarmiento for re-election. Hello — don’t they know this Council has been privatizing like crazy! Not just graffiti and landscaping services a couple of years ago, but this year alone they contracted out parking management services and street sweeping services. Hundreds of thousands of dollars and dozens of employees jobs given away to for-profit companies. This may not be all bad, but labor leaders claim it is. Continue reading
Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk set for this Saturday, Oct. 6
It is time once more for the First Saturday of the Month Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk, this Saturday, Oct. 6, starting at about 7 pm.
Arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Artists Village – Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & the Santiago Arts Colony (Santa Ana Blvd. & Poinsettia)
There is always something new to see ! Downtown Inc. encourages artists of all medias to participate in this event. For more information or to list your event, contact: claudia@downtown-inc.com, (714) 547 – 6100 ext. 205.
Here are a few highlights of this Saturday’s events and happenings: Continue reading
Themgoods blading goods grand opening set for 10/5
Themgoods Distribution, a retailer of blades and related supplies, is celebrating their Grand Opening on Friday, October 5, 2012, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., at 305 East 4th St. #103, in Santa Ana.
The Grand Opening takes place right before the Strange Creatures Premiere at the Yost Theater. Continue reading