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Meet Santa Ana City Council Ward 1 candidate Jessica B. Cha on 9/28

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2016 Elections, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

Jessica B. Cha, our endorsed candidate for the Santa Ana City Council’s Ward 1, is hosting a campaign meet and greet and fundraiser on Wed., September 23, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at Robbins Nest Wine Bar & Bistro, located at 207 W 2nd Street, in Santa Ana. RSVP to (626) 422-0183 or email martin@presidiosc.com. You can also contribute online here.

Cha is a successful family law attorney with a law practice located in Santa Ana. Her father Walter owns a number of properties in our city. I had a chance to hear her in action at this week’s Com Link candidates’ forum. She knows the issues and is a good communicator. Continue reading→

Jessica B. Cha is our choice for the Santa Ana City Council’s Ward 1

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2016 Elections, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Lawyers, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

It is very difficult to beat incumbents in Santa Ana however local family law attorney Jessica B. Cha is giving it a go. She has filed to run against Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Vince Sarmiento in the upcoming November General Election, in Santa Ana’s Ward 1.

Cha’s parents came to the U.S. from South Korea in 1975. They have very little to their name and, like many Santa Ana residents, had to learn English. Cha’s mother eventually worked full-time as a registered nurse. Cha remembers fondly that her mom always picked her up from school and never missed any of her school functions. Her mom also took care not only of Cha and her sister but also their grandfather, who lived with them. Continue reading→

Council Members Martinez and Sarmiento to host a joint Campaign Office Kick-Off on 9/11

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Democratic Party, Michele Martinez, Orange County, Politics, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

Santa Ana Council Members Michele Martinez and Vince Sarmiento are hosting a joint Campaign Office Kick-Off on Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 414 W. 4th St., in Santa Ana, on Sunday, Sep. 11, 2016, at 10 a.m.

Martinez is running for the First Supervisorial District and Sarmiento is running for re-election in Ward 1. Continue reading→

A Santa Ana City Council Member called 911 today to report an assault and robbery in front of his office

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 4 Comments

At about 11 o’clock this morning a Santa Ana City Council Member called 911 to report witnessing a strong arm robbery in front of their office, near 1600 E. 4th Street, according to the SAPD. (Note that Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Vince Sarmiento’s office is located at 1617 E. 4th St., according to the California State Bar).

The City Council Member witnessed the victim being tackled to the ground and the suspect then took his bicycle. Continue reading→

Bullets flew past a little girl tonight while the City Council said crime is going down

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 6 Comments

The entire Santa Ana City Council took turns lying tonight about how crime in our city is going down, during their televised City Council meeting. But the bad guys apparently weren’t watching the City Council meeting as yet another shooting happened even as the Council Members were blowing hot wind at their meeting.

This latest shooting happened at 1810 S. Evergreen, tonight at 6:45 p.m., which is to say when the sun was still up! When the SAPD police officers arrived they found a male adult shooting victim and his 2-year-old little girl. Continue reading→

Divorce attorney Jessica Cha is challenging Vince Sarmiento in Ward 1 this November

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in 2016 Elections, Jessica Byulnim Cha, Politics, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

It looks like Santa Ana City Councilman Vince Sarmiento won’t be getting a free pass in November after all, as he has drawn an General Election challenger – Jessica Byulnim Cha, a divorce attorney who lives in Santa Ana and also has a law practice on 1851 East First Street.

Cha has an undergraduate degree from U.C. San Diego and a law degree from Syracuse University, according to the California State Bar Association. Unlike Sarmiento she actually practices law and is pretty good – she has a “Superb” rating from AVVO. Sarmiento has a much lower AVVO rating. Continue reading→

Another shooting reported today at Broadway and Pine, in Santa Ana

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Michele Martinez, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 4 Comments

One of our readers has reported a shooting today, just after 1 p.m., at Broadway and Pine in Santa Ana. That area is just east of Santa Ana High School. There are several SAPD units there apparently looking for suspects as seen in the picture below.

Another shooting was reported late last night at McFadden and Standard, just west of Kennedy Elementary School. A truck was reportedly hit by the bullets. The media did not report that shooting or the one today at Broadway and Pine.

The New Year is off to a very bloody start in Santa Ana. So far we have posted five articles in 2016 about gang incidents (two of the articles were about the same incident, where a 19-year-old from Garden Grove died after being shot in the head near Centennial Park). Continue reading→

Two men in Santa Ana shot while the rest of us rang in the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, David Benavides, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento Leave a comment

It’s a New Year today but last year’s violence in Santa Ana has continued as two men were shot on New Year’s Eve and early on New Year’s Day, according to the O.C. Register.

SAPD police officers responded on Thursday night, at about 9:50 p.m., to a shooting call at the 1000 block of South Sullivan Street, just west of Jerome Park, where they found that a male homeless person had been shot from behind by an unknown attacker.

The homeless victim was shot in the lower calf and ended up at a local hospital with a wound that did not appear to be life-threatening. Continue reading→

Man with no gang ties shot while standing on his porch, on South Minnie St.

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 4 Comments

The situation in some parts of Santa Ana is getting so bad that you are not safe even when you are at home. Consider what just happened on Wednesday night. An unidentified 22-year-old man who was shot while he was standing in front of his home, at the 900 block of South Minnie Street, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

The incident happened at about 7:20 p.m. The SAPD police officers who responded to the incident found the victim on his porch, with a gunshot to his upper body. Apparently he had been standing on his porch, facing the street, when an unidentified male fired one gunshot from the sidewalk and then fled on foot. Continue reading→

Good Samaritan tracks down a DUI hit and run driver who killed a pedestrian near Madison Park

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Alcohol, Crime, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento Leave a comment

Ramon Horta-Jaime

Marcello Bisarello, a 24-year-old resident of Santa Ana, has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a car on Tuesday, according to the O.C. Register.

Bisarello was sitting on a curb just before 1:10 p.m. at the 800 block of East McFadden Avenue when he was fatally struck by Ramon Horta-Jaime (aka Jaime Ramon Horta), 55, who was driving a Ford Windstar van eastbound on the street before swerving, police said.

A witness, Cesar Guzman of Santa Ana, was driving behind Horta-Jaime’s minivan when he saw the vehicle swerve up onto the curb and make a loud bang. Then Guzman said that he “saw something rolling over under the car and when it came out it was … a person,” according to KTLA. Continue reading→

Man attacked by four men who tried rob him a few blocks from the SAUSD’s HQ

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento Leave a comment

A man was attacked and beaten up by four men during an attempted robbery at the 1600 block of East 4th Street at 8:50 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.

The man was walking home when he was surrounded by the four men, who demanded cash. The victim told them he had no money and they reacted by striking him from behind with what might have been a baseball bat. Then they set upon him, punching him repeatedly before they ran off west on 4th St. Continue reading→

Shirtless man on meth arrested after trying to break into the monkey pens at the Santa Ana Zoo

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Drugs, homeless, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 10 Comments

John William Rodenborn

If you need yet another reason to stay away from meth consider the fate of 37-year-old John William Rodenborn, a man who was arrested today at around 10:30 a.m., at the Santa Ana Zoo while he was shirtless and covered with mud, claiming to be Tarzan and was swinging from the trees and trying to break into a monkey pen, according to the O.C. Register.

Rodenborn, a local transient, was found to be under the influence of meth and in possession of meth as well. He apparently jumped over a safety fence that is supposed to keep the public out of the monkey exhibits. He tried to escape when the cops showed up but they were able to detain him. Continue reading→

Three men were shot on South Minnie Street early on Saturday morning

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Santa Ana 2 Comments

Santa Ana shooting

It was another bloody Saturday in Santa Ana as three men were shot in the early morning, at around 4 a.m., near the 800 block of South Minnie Street, a few blocks from Villa Fundamental Intermediate School, according to the O.C. Register.

When SAPD officers arrived, they found two adult men struck by gunfire, both hit in the upper torso area. The victims were taken to a local hospital. A third victim, age 16, later came into the hospital with a gunshot wound in one of his legs. All of the victims are expected to survive. The teenager was treated and released to his parents. Continue reading→

Gang member shot and wounded while walking south of Madison Park

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Gangs, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 5 Comments

An admitted gang member was shot on Friday afternoon at about 1 pm, while walking on in Santa Ana, near Halladay Street and St. Andrews Place, according to the O.C. Register. The incident happened just south of Madison Park.

A black Chevrolet SUV with three males inside pulled up beside the victim and he was fired at by one of the male occupants of the vehicle, when the victim began running from them. He was injured in his left ankle by bullet fragments. Continue reading→

Two armed robberies and a home burglary happened in Santa Ana today

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, David Benavides, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento 1 Comment

It was a hot and muggy day today in Santa Ana – and the criminals were more active than usual. A man robbed another man at gunpoint this morning at the Chevron located at 3301 South Bristol St., which is just west of Saddleback High School, and another robber robbed a 7-Eleven store at 1700 East Dyer, after brandishing a knife, according to the O.C. Register.

The robber at the Chevron gas station made off with an unknown amount of cash but he was eventually arrested. The robber at the 7-Eleven got away with an unknown amount of money. Continue reading→