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Gunshots rang out early Sunday in the 2900 block of West Garry Avenue. When Santa Ana Police Department officers arrived on scene shortly after 3:09 a.m. they found Miguel Lopez, 18, lying on the pavement with ...

It was your typical warm Saturday in November for LA: horrible air quality, the orange glow in the distance from the hillside fires, endless traffic from closed off freeways, and a multitude of ...

The homeless lady made famous by a picture that showed her holding up a sign saying she would kick Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante's ass for food needs our help. The City of Santa Ana seized her personal cart today. Here is what one of our readers had to say about this:

Aloha's personal cart, the one in the picture was taken by the city. Her cart is not a store cart, but one given to her by the Catholic Charities.

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Alonso Manuel Gonzalez, a teachers aide at Saddleback High School, was arrested on November 17th on charges of a "lewd act with dependent adult by caretaker". Gonzalez works with disabled and special needs students at the south Santa Ana high school. I had been approached about this story earlier in the week via email and was looking into it, however Gustavo Arrellano of the OC Weekly broke it first.

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SANTA ANA, Calif.- A Southern California commuter train that sideswiped a freight train this week had run a red signal, an investigator said Friday, and officials are looking at brake problems or human error as ...

A 16-year-old boy was shot and injured during a possible gang-related attack in a residential neighborhood Wednesday night.

A state appeals court says a California ballot measure that prevents sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park amounts to an additional punishment for the original crime.

Police have arrested a 31-year-old Santa Ana resident in connection with at least 13 residential burglaries reported in the north end of the city.

I could not make it to Al Amezcua's farewell party the other day, when he was recognized for his time on the Rancho Santiago Community College Board of Education. But a pajarito reported with a bird's eye view on the proceedings.

As one might imagine, there were a lot of folks there - including a representative from Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez' office, and a representative from Assemblyman Jose Solorio's office. And Supervisor Janet Nguyen and SAUSD Superintendent Jane Russo also showed up in person to say adios to Al. Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream showed up too - and then the comic relief began.

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The fires in Southern California are hitting close to home for the families of many people in Northern California.

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A wind-blasted wildfire slashed through the city's northern foothills Saturday, sending thousands of residents fleeing in the dark, forcing evacuation of a hospital and destroying an untold number of homes.

The fire broke out late Friday in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest and quickly spread across 2,600 acres _ more than 4 square miles _ as it was driven by Santa Ana wind gusting as high as 76 mph.

Dozens of homes were destroyed, officials said, and aerial footage from television helicopters showed rows of houses gutted in just in one subdivision.

Calmer wind in Southern California is giving some relief to firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee.

The National Weather Service said Sunday that the Santa Ana wind was gusting up to 39 mph in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles, much lower than the roughly 80 mph gusts that had fanned a huge wildfire there on Saturday.

The wind has slowed to 25 mph in Orange and Riverside counties, allowing firefighters there to set backfires to prevent flames from moving into more neighborhoods.

A city's home page says a lot. The City of Santa Ana's website clearly states "our government is closed to you." Travel south to the City of Costa Mesa and their website shouts "we want you involved in our local government."

For one thing, Santa Ana's website does not offer information in Spanish. That is alarming in a city that is 76% Latino, as per 2000 U.S. Census data. The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where less than 40% of the population is Latino, has figured out a way to translate their website for free, using Google's Language Tools. (See the graphic below). Why can't Santa Ana do the same thing? We could even offer translations in Vietnamese! Of course the City of Costa Mesa offers a translation link on their home page too, which uses Yahoo's free Babel Fish translator.

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Another day, another violent murder in Santa Ana, the town described by our Mayor, Miguel Pulido, as one of the "safest cities in Orange County. "Gunshots rang out early Sunday in the 2900 block of West Garry Avenue. When Santa Ana Police Department officers arrived on scene shortly after 3:09 a.m. they found Miguel Lopez, 18, lying on the pavement with gunshot wounds," according to the O.C. Register.

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The "Usual Suspects" spent the last few weeks trying to destroy Santa Ana Councilwoman Michele Martinez, who dared to run against their boy Miguel Pulido. Now they are turning their sights on Councilman Sal Tinajero. The lies they are spreading about him are truly unbelievable. In two years they hope to take him out with one of their own, but guess what? That is not going to happen.

Just look at what happened to Jim Walker this year. Sure he got 17,000 votes - but Councilman Vince Sarmiento got over 29,000 votes. Game, set and match! You cannot defeat anyone allied with Team Pulido, unless you are independently wealthy. If any of the "Usual Suspects" were wealthy they would already be living in Irvine.

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Koos is back in Santa Ana and tonight you can enjoy their first concert production, "soundDowntown 2008," which "is a one-day music festival on Saturday, November 15, featuring a lineup of over 50 locally and nationally recognized bands, DJ's and performing artists at various venues throughout the Artist's Village of downtown Santa Ana," according to their website.

The billing is impressive: Bearded Baby - Blank Blue - Bobby Soul - " Busdriver - Cheap Date - DJ Dan Oh - DJ Dan Sena - " DJ J Hall - DJ Nobody - DJ Pubes - Faded Tequila Wormz - Flying Saucers - Free Moral Agents - Free the Robots - ...

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During the recent City Council campaign here in Santa Ana, our Mayor, Miguel Pulido, and his Team of henchmen kept sending out mailers telling voters that Santa Ana is one of the "safest cities in Orange County." Well, now we have a new meaning for "dine and dash," here in this allegedly safe town.

A fellow robbed a local restaurant - but first he sat down and ate their food! The "robber walked into the restaurant, ordered food and ate it. Once he finished eating, he walked up to the resister as if he was going to pay, but instead pointed a handgun at the cashier and demanded money from the register," according to the O.C. Register.

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Santa Ana wind gusts knocked down three power lines in the north end of San Bernardino, igniting a small brush fire near a home Friday.

When I spoke at the Santa Ana Planning Commission meeting this week, no less than four of the "Usual Suspects" showed up. And not one of them spoke out against the odious Bisno Tower. Instead they sat there smirking while I was the only resident to get up and speak out. Then they all filed out behind their leader, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Julie Stroud, and they went to dinner, where they no doubt took great pleasure in feeling smarter - and better - than the rest of us.

Why did Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides appoint Stroud to the Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Commission? This is a decision we have never scrutinized, but now that I am hearing that Stroud and company are once again gunning to have my fellow blogger Sean Mill removed from the Santa Ana Planning Commission, I think it is high time to consider what in the Hell Benavides was thinking when he appointed a bitter Republican to a commission that makes decisions about parks. Should a neighborhood metiche with a long record of immigrant bashing in any way be involved in a commission that has anything whatsoever to do with the children of our city - many of them immigrants or children of immigrants?

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