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In Brief... The SAUSD School Board is expected to vote on laying off 546 certificated stafff, including 340 teachers and 94 counselors, amid a $187 million deficit. These layoffs come after several combining factors led to the District having to make this decision. Due to years of declining enrollment, variability
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In Brief... * The SAUSD school board voted 4-1 to lay off—at minimum—351 employees, including 169 teachers and 57 counselors in order to avoid budget deficits that would render the Board irresponsible and taken over by the County or State. The District could not say what the max amount
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📰This story is part of our Recap Series. CITY HALL — The Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to table taking action on Item 32, a proposal that, if approved, would amend ordinances to update regulations concerning unhoused individuals on public property. Councilmember Benjamin Vazquez was the sole dissenting vote. The one
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📰This story is part of our Recap Series. CITY HALL — A home in the Floral Park neighborhood was the center of attention Tuesday after divided residents voiced their opinions, some with racial undertones, on whether or not to uphold the Planning Commission's decision in approving a conditional use
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📰This story is part of our Recap Series. CITY HALL — The Council threw jabs at eachother Tuesday while discussing to give direction to City staff to draft a resolution apologizing to the family of Edgar Vargas-Azarte. In brief, Vargas was falsely accused of attacking Santa Ana police officers during an
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — Councilmember Jessie Lopez has agendized an item that will prohibit city officials from allowing their immediate family members to be involved or partake in a contract with the city. This comes as disgraced Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do plead guilty to misusing COVID funds for personal gain
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⚠️The Santanero has not received or obtained a final report of the investigations and will not revise this or future articles to relieve parties involved in the investigations until the final report has been obtained and reviewed by The Santanero. SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Santa Ana City Council will hold
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SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and the City community-link sector announced Tuesday that each will hold its own forum with candidates for mayor and city council. The first of two forums will be hosted by the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and is scheduled to be
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IRVINE, Calif. — Over a dozen law enforcement agencies, including Santa Ana Police, responded to a mutual aid request by UC Irvine administration shortly before 3:00 PM Wednesday after reports of a Palestinian solidarity group occupying the Physical Science Lecture Hall, a campus building. Sources close to the UCI encampment
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In a rare sight, the Santa Ana City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose the establishment of a needle-exchange program initiated and run by Harm Reduction Institute. The Council wasn’t alone in rejecting the proposal. Dozens of residents voiced their concerns during public comments and submitted a few petitions
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BRISTOL/WARNER VILLAGE — Mark J. Miller, the CEO of Pic ‘N Save Bargain and ex-President of Big Lots, is aiming to rescue 143 local 99 Cents Only Stores following the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and the announcement of liquidation for all its stores on Thursday. In a
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99 Cents Only Stores operators have decided to file bankruptcy and liquidate all 371 locations starting Friday. The move comes after persistent challenges that remained well after the coronavirus pandemic. “This was an extremely difficult decision and is not the outcome we expected or hoped to achieve,” interim company CEO