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Dwayne Shipp, 51, is a lifelong Santa Ana resident who has lived in the city since 1975. He attended Lincoln Elementary, Carr Intermediate and Valley High School and has worked as a caregiver in Santa Ana for more than 10 years. Shipp is the youngest of 10 children of Helen
Hector Bustos, 27, is a Santa Ana native who was born and raised in the city. He was raised alongside two brothers by a single immigrant mother from Jalisco, Mexico, in a working-class household that relied on programs including CalFresh and after-school services. The grandson of hotel workers,
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Benjamin Vazquez, 55, is a Santa Ana educator and Ward 2 Councilmember who was first elected to the Santa Ana City Council in 2022. Vazquez grew up in Santa Ana in a union household with six children. His family did not have much money for sports and other activities, so
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Sandra De Anda, 33, is a lifelong Santa Ana resident, born and raised in the city. She is the eldest of seven siblings and grew up in a working-class immigrant family with parents from Sinaloa, Mexico. De Anda spent much of her childhood in Section 8 housing in Santa
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Daniel Shimell, 40, is an attorney who has lived in Santa Ana since 2020. Originally from El Cajon, Shimell grew up as an only child with a father who worked in sales and technical writing and a mother who was a registered nurse before leaving the workforce after he was
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Alejandra Rodriguez, 40, is a lifelong Santa Ana resident, born and raised in the city. She grew up in a family of four with hardworking parents and one sibling, and credits her mother’s involvement in her education—from chaperoning field trips to attending school events—with influencing her own
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Isuri S. Ramos, 33, is a lifelong Santa Ana resident, born and raised in the city. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Ramos grew up on Minnie Street in a family that relied on public transportation and city services and, at one point, lost its home. Ramos says Santa Ana’s
Only the top-two will advance in state and federal races, while nonpartisan candidates with 50% plus one win outright.
The Santa Ana City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a new ordinance regulating self-checkout operations in retail drug stores, marking a major shift in how stores like CVS and Walgreens may operate self-service kiosks in the city. The ordinance, considered during Tuesday’s council meeting in
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The Santa Ana City Council is considering a proposed ordinance that would establish staffing and operational requirements for self-checkout systems in grocery and drug retail stores. According to the staff report, the measure is intended to address concerns related to retail theft, employee workload, and access to staffed checkout
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[reporting: The Santanero Newsroom] The deadline for The Santanero’s Candidate Questionnaire has been extended through Sunday, October 4. Candidates were notified of the extension last Friday by email or direct message to their campaigns. The questionnaire was sent to candidates in the following races: * Mayoral and City Council Wards
Santa Ana’s new ordinance would apply to all city employees, while a statewide restriction on peace officers awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Arte Moreno era with the Los Angeles Angels is nearing its end. Moreno, who has owned the Angels since 2003, has agreed to sell a controlling interest in the franchise to Stan Kroenke, owner of the Los Angeles Rams, the organizations announced Tuesday morning. The blockbuster transaction
Two Santa Ana police officers involved in the fatal 2024 shooting of Noe Rodriguez Martinez will not face criminal charges, the California Department of Justice found.
Police confirmed an alleged vandalism citation but not the underlying conduct. ICE watchers say it involved sidewalk chalk, calling the arrest an overreach intended to discourage community members from monitoring ICE activity.
Sandra De Anda, an immigration advocate and one of the directors of the Orange County Rapid Response Network, announced her campaign for Santa Ana City Council's Ward 4 seat in a Thursday social media post. "Santa Ana deserves leadership that will stand up for its people, not
From spending of office spaces for city services to asking voters on Measure X's future, here's what happened at Tuesday's city council meeting.
What began as a routine appointment quickly evolved into a debate over ethics, elections and public service.
A step-by-step (unofficial) guide on running for office in Santa Ana.
Fans took over Downtown and Bristol well into Tuesday evening.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Barbara was decided by a 5-4 vote. We regret the error and have since corrected the article. WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the most consequential constitutional decisions