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Santa Ana’s playgrounds, volleyball courts and tennis courts to close
March 31, 2020 - Civic Affairs, Disease, Emergencies, Parks and Recreation, Public Safety, Santa Ana, Sports, Youth Activities - No Comments

The City of Santa Ana is closing its playgrounds, volleyball courts and tennis courts beginning Wednesday, April 1, in order to prevent gatherings and protect the public from COVID-19. The City has already shuttered its enclosed parks, recreation and other facilities and canceled all programs and classes except the take-out senior meals program. Those include:…

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The County of Orange has launched an Economic & Business Recovery Call Center
March 31, 2020 - Business, Disease, Emergencies, Orange County, Santa Ana - No Comments

Effective March 30, Orange County Community Services has implemented a call center to meet the needs of businesses impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Economic & Business Recovery Call Center will offer information and resources to help Orange County businesses navigate the current economic climate. These resources will support businesses with challenges such…

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Santa Ana businesses can get help from a Small Business Incentive Grant
March 31, 2020 - Business, Civic Affairs, Emergencies, Santa Ana - No Comments

The City of Santa Ana is offering a grant of $2,500 to $5,000 for Santa Ana-based microenterprises through the Santa Ana Small Business Incentive Program. Applicants must qualify for the Small Business Incentive Grant. Details are available at www.santa-ana.org/SBIP. Eligibility Qualifications The program provides a reimbursement grant for eligible businesses on a first-come, first-served basis. Grant…

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Understanding Santa Ana’s moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures
March 31, 2020 - Business, Disease, Emergencies, Housing, Real Estate, Santa Ana - No Comments

The City of Santa Ana has created webpages in English, Spanish and Vietnamese to help residential and commercial tenants understand the City and State moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webpages include frequently asked questions, a sample letter that renters can use to advise their landlord of their inability to pay…

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Segerstrom High School coach arrested for an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship with a student

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Arrests Segerstrom High School Coach For Inappropriate Sexual Relationship With Student/Athlete

Arrested: Tracey Stephan Fulford, (52) Santa Ana

On 7/08/17, at about 10:30pm, a 19-year old female victim came to the Santa Ana Police Department accompanied by her parents. She reported to officers that while she was 16 years old and a student at Segerstrom High School, she became involved in an inappropriate relationship with her male basketball coach, who she identified as 52-year old Tracey Stephan Fulford of Santa Ana. The victim reported that during private basketball lessons she willingly followed Fulford into a storage room and other locations in the school gymnasium and they would engage in inappropriate sexual acts. The relationship continued past her 18th birthday at which time they engaged in consensual sex away from the school. Continue reading→

A Tustin man was shot and killed in a possibly gang-related shooting on Sunday

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Israel Corpus and a Friend, from his Facebook page

The Tustin Police Department is investigating a shooting which resulted in homicide, on Sunday, July 9. The incident occurred on Mitchell St. between Red Hill and Browning, at about 3:56 p.m., according to the Tustin Police Department.

The deceased man has been identified as 23-year-old Israel Corpus of Tustin, according to the O.C. Coroner. Corpus died at the Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Job Fair set for July 12 at the Santa Ana WORK Center

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The Santa Ana Work Center’s next job fair will take place this week on Wednesday, July 12th from 2-4 p.m. at 1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 220, in Santa Ana.

Employers that will be participating at this job fair include the Westin South Coast Plaza, Nelson Staffing Services, Durham School Services, Empower Culinary Staffing and Rapid Manufacturing. Continue reading→

Get paid while you learn a trade at Santa Ana’s Taller San Jose Hope Builders program

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Santa Ana’s Taller San Jose Hope Builders has training spots open now! They pay youth $1,600 ($100 per week) to train in either Business Applications, Construction, Healthcare or Information Technology.

In addition to 16 weeks of hard skills training, Hope Builders provides:

  • 28 months of life skills and mentoring
  • Help to resolve criminal or legal issues
  • Childcare and transportation assistance, if eligible
  • On-going job coaching & placement assistance
  • Links to ongoing education and training
  • Various life skills and career building workshops

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Santa Ana man convicted of a hit and run crash that killed a 12-year old girl in Westminster

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Aleksandar Apostolovic, 29, of Santa Ana, a convicted felon who fled from police in an SUV and then crashed into another vehicle, killing a 12-year-old Westminster girl, has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison, according to the O.C. Register.

Apostolovic’s accepted charges of second-degree murder and evading a police officer causing death in his plea deal on June 30. Continue reading→

Full Spectrum to play at the Santa Ana Zoo’s After Hours Summer Concert Series tonight

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Zoo “After Hours” Summer Concert Series

Sundays, July 9, and July 23 at 5:30 – 7:30 pm

  • Summer, Outdoor Concert Series featuring popular local bands.
  • Zoo After Hours… visit the animals in this rare after-hours experience as they prepare for their nighttime activities.
  • Members save close to 50% on after-hours admission & close to 20% on rides!
  • Pack your own picnic dinner OR purchase BBQ & dessert.
  • Cool decorations by RWB Party Props, animal encounters, kids crafts, train & carousel rides, and a silent auction. Bring your camera for some great photo opportunities!
  • Local craft breweries “beer tasting” for an additional $15 donation for adults 21 and over raising funds to help the Zoo!

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Free outdoor screening of The Sandlot at Fairhaven Memorial Park set for July 15

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Enjoy a free screening of “The Sandlot” on Saturday, July 15 at 8:00 p.m. at Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary Santa Ana, located at 1702 E Fairhaven Ave., in Santa Ana.

Whether it’s your first time seeing this classic, or your tenth, pack a picnic, a blanket, and enjoy a movie under the stars in front of our Historic Mausoleum. The event area will open at 7:30 p.m. Continue reading→

Former SAUSD Trustee Nadia Davis Lockyer arrested for battering her 76-year old husband

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The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office Thursday arrested Nadia Davis Lockyer, 46, of Long Beach, a former SAUSD School Board Member and a former Alameda County supervisor, who is the wife of Bill Lockyer, a 76-year old former California attorney general, at a Twain Harte vacation home on suspicion of battery on a spouse, according to the Union Democrat.

The Sheriff’s Office received a call from inside a home on Fireside Drive near Twain Harte Lake at about 10:55 a.m. The caller said an intoxicated woman was yelling and throwing things. That woman turned out to be Nadia. Continue reading→

Free Santa Ana Media Summit set for July 12 in DTSA

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City of Santa Ana

Community: Santa Ana Media Summit / Cumbre de Medios de Comunicación de Santa Ana

The Santa Ana Media Summit is a day of free media training for us to learn how to get our stories out there with the help of the press, social media, PR and community engagement.

The Santa Ana Media Summit will bring together voices in journalism, social media, and media relations who will help equip you with tools and strategies to tell interesting stories and communicate who you are and what you do in the world. Continue reading→

The SAPD is looking for three suspects who robbed a jewelry store in a mercado

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Asking For Media & Public’s Assistance in Identifying Suspects In Jewelry Store Smash & Grab Robbery

On Sunday June 18, 2017, at approximately 2:13 p.m., three suspects, who appear to be male Hispanics in their early twenties, walked into the Superior Market (1710 S. Main St., Santa Ana) wearing dark clothing and covering their faces with skull printed bandanas.

The three suspects approached the independent jewelry counter of Queen Jewelry and suspect one smashed the jewelry display case with a hammer. Continue reading→

The SAPD is conducting a DUI and Drivers License checkpoint this Saturday night

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Sat., July 8th, 2017, 9:30PM to 2:30AM, 500 W. Warner Street

SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT

The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Saturday July 8th, 2017. It will begin at 9:30 PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:30 AM. It will be conducted in the area of 500 West Warner Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man heading to prison due to a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme

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Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 6, 2017

California Payment Processing Company President and Part-Owner Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme

A Santa Ana, California man was sentenced today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his role in processing unauthorized withdrawals of millions of dollars from consumer bank accounts, the Justice Department announced.

Neil Godfrey, 79, was sentenced to serve 15 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release by Judge Eduardo Robreno in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Robreno also ordered Godfrey to pay a $50,000 fine and entered a $100,000 forfeiture money judgment against the defendant. Godfrey pleaded guilty in July 2015 to a one-count Information charging him with wire fraud. The Information described how Godfrey, working as a payment processor, knowingly enabled fraudulent merchants to withdraw money from consumers’ bank accounts without the consumers’ knowledge or consent. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man charged with stabbing and trying to murder four Anaheim residents on the 4th of July

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Gino Liam Fuentes, a 20-year-old Santa Ana man, was charged on Thursday, July 6, with four counts of attempted murder for allegedly going on a Fourth of July stabbing rampage, injuring four family members, before being subdued by a Good Samaritan, according to the O.C. Register.

Fuentes could be looking at a mandatory life sentence if convicted as he is facing a sentence-enhancing allegation of premeditated attempted murder. He is also charged with inflicting injury on an elder adult and criminal threats, both felonies, and additional sentence-enhancing allegations of the personal use of a deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury. Fuentes is set to be arraigned on July 21.  Continue reading→

Santa Ana man who accidentally shot and killed a teen facing more charges

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Do you remember Matthew Jacob Granados, the 22-year-old Santa Ana man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of a teenage boy and was sentenced to nearly a year in jail, or time already served behind bars, and five years of formal probation?

Well Granados has only a few months out of jail for involuntary manslaughter, but he is already in trouble again, this time for a conflict with the SAPD two years ago and for allegedly attacking a stranger with a baseball bat last month, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

The SAPD is looking for an armed and dangerous kidnapping, robbery and carjacking suspect

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Pedro Vazquez Espinoza

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Request Assistance In Locating Armed and Dangerous Suspect For Kidnapping/Robbery/Carjacking

On 6/10/2017, Suspects Pedro Vazquez Espinoza and Graciela Campos (currently in custody for this crime) committed an armed kidnap for robbery. Both suspects ordered the victim to drive them to Anaheim, where they then carjacked her vehicle and fled.

Campos was later arrested in the victim’s vehicle with one of the two firearms used in the original crime. Suspect Vazquez Espinoza is believed to still be armed and dangerous. There is currently a $200,000.00 warrant out for his arrest in this case. Continue reading→