SANTA ANA (CNS)—Felony charges were filed today against a 39-year-old school bus driver in Santa Ana who’s accused of sexually assaulting two young girls over a period of several years, starting when they were seven and eight years old. Nery Rodriguez Gonzalez of Upland is facing two counts each of continuous sexual abuse of a […]

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A man suspected of driving while impaired crashed into a parked Santa Ana Police Department vehicle in Santa Ana, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2020. (Courtesy of the Santa Ana Police Department) SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—A 27-year-old man was charged Nov. 24 with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for a crash that killed a passenger in […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do on Sept. 1 berated as a “political stunt” the city of Santa Ana’s filing of an amended complaint in federal court alleging the county breached its settlement agreement regarding sheltering of the county’s homeless. The city filed the amended complaint Aug. 31, alleging that since the settlement […]

Irvine is the safest city in Orange County, California, according to a recently-released study. The same report names Santa Ana as the county’s most dangerous city. The study, conducted by financial website MoneyGeek, reached its findings by analyzing FBI crime statistics, and ranked cities based on the cost of crime per resident. Not all U.S. […]

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Firefighters responding to a reported brush fire along the Santa Ana riverbed trail discovered a burnt body beneath the flames—and police are investigating the incident as a possible homicide. The partially burned body of a man was found when Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) firefighters were putting out the small shrubbery fire in Santa Ana, […]

A 94-year-old street vendor from Santa Ana, California, was brought to tears by the kindness of a Good Samaritan who raised more than $84,000 to help him. Jose Villa Ochoa, also known as “Don Joel,” said he cried because he felt appreciated. The first surprise gift was a few bucks and a torta. Don Joel […]

Alleged appalling living conditions and persistent abuse at three Orange County, California, emergency homeless shelters have sparked a lawsuit.  Eight plaintiffs allege relentless sexual harassment, invasive body searches, unchecked groping, and lewd propositions from staff members and residents.  The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 10 in Orange County’s Superior Court by the American Civil Liberties Union […]

A historic 1960s office building in downtown Santa Ana, California, will be transformed into a 148-unit housing development after its recent sale for $54 million to a real estate investment firm. The 10-story 888 Tower, located on Main Street in the city’s central business district, will be the first office building converted into multi-family housing […]

Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is making some major changes to his department, including restructuring executive positions within his staff and implementing new COVID-19 restrictions to reduce potential exposure for deputies and the public. The restructuring of the department was discussed and approved at the county Board of Supervisors meeting Dec. 8 in Santa Ana, […]

For the second time in two months, workers digging in Santa Ana, California, have discovered interred bones believed to be of Native American origin. Staff members of the Santa Ana Public Works Department were digging beneath a sidewalk when they discovered the bones buried in the ground about 4 feet deep, according to the Santa […]