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Do you like how Downtown Santa Ana is doing?

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Omar Ávalos Gallegos asks a very good question in his latest post over at the Santa Ana Sentinel – How is Downtown Santa Ana doing?

Here are a few excerpts from his post followed by my own comments:

What’s good about Downtown Santa Ana? Original brands. This is one area where the downtown sets itself apart from others. First of a kind restaurants and store brands make the area unique and that is a strength. Some city dwellers don’t want the downtown to lose that uniqueness by coupling more recognizable franchised brands with those newer, unique ones. Continue reading→

The Chivas return to the Santa Ana area?

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Chivas USA Returns to Market in the Santa Ana Area

Posted in The Santa Ana Sentinel by Omar Ávalos Gallegos on April 22, 2013

And just on the heels of the Galaxy’s marketing efforts in Santa Ana, Chivas USA returns to the Santa Ana area to market this weekend’s game against the San Jose Earthquakes.

Edgar Mejía, who is on loan this season from Chivas de Guadalajara, and Anaheim native Carlos Borja will be in person at the Super A’s restaurant at 2949 Fairview Rd in Costa Mesa this Thursday April, 25th. The players will be there from 6 to 7:30 pm signing autographs, handing out jerseys, and giving out tickets to this weekend’s game to the first 50 people in attendance. Continue reading→

The L.A. Galaxy soccer club is marketing heavily in Santa Ana

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LA Galaxy Trying to Make Inroads in Santa Ana

by Omar Ávalos Gallegos, Santa Ana Sentinel

Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy has made a significant marketing blitz in Santa Ana in the last month. They bought at least two billboards, one on Harbor and 17th streets and another on Bristol and Alton, and they bought adds on Santa Ana Blvd and other OCTA bus routes.

Adding to that is the connection made with the Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activities League, which took a group of kids to see the Galaxy play Sporting Kansas City this last weekend at the Home Depot Center. It is unclear if the SAPAAL reach out to the Galaxy or vice versa. Continue reading→

Santa Ana: In Need of a Real Renaissance

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Santa Ana: In Need of a Real Renaissance

By Omar Ávalos Gallegos, The Santa Ana Sentinel, on April 11, 2013

In a city that is overwhelmingly Latino (upwards of over 80 percent) it becomes necessary for the majority to be reflected in the city’s decision making. Santa Ana is in need of a true organic growth from within, and not from unmeasured transplantation from without.

One area where Latinos are grossly under-represented is in business. We Latinos in Santa Ana have the numbers. We are a numeric and political majority, but we are not an economic majority. Continue reading→

Could the Chivas USA soccer team still be headed to Santa Ana?

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Omar Ávalos Gallegos, the publisher of the Santa Ana Sentinel Blog, is joining the SoccerNewsday.com team to cover all things Chivas USA in a column called Chivas Nation.  You may also keep up with real time game updates at Twitter or Facebook.

Gallegos also dropped a hint that the proposed move of the Chivas USA team to Santa Ana may not be dead after all, “Psst, remember when Chivas was testing the possibility of moving to Santa Ana? Well that is, in fact, NOT off the table.” Continue reading→

Reviewing Mayor Miguel Pulido’s accomplishments

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It seems like many of our readers have forgotten how much Santa Ana has improved under Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s leadership.  Rather than try to make the point myself, I am excerpting a recent article from the Santa Ana Sentinel, by Omar Avalos Gallegos:

 Editor’s Desk: Why I’m Voting for Pulido

It’s apparent that some people need more detailed explanations as to why Pulido should remain mayor.

People need to either A) be informed of what this mayor has done over time or B) be reminded of what this mayor has done over time. Continue reading→