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Santa Ana Voters Reject Measure Allowing Noncitizen Voting

Santa Ana voters reject Measure DD, reflecting a conservative shift in Latino community views on immigration.

Top News · Nov 12, 2024

In Rush to Redevelop, a California City Tramples Property Rights

Urban renewal efforts should recognize that existing businesses and new residents can coexist.

Reason · Oct 18, 2024

Native American tribe is on a preservation mission as it celebrates trust status for ancestral lands

A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024

Controversial police-led recall vote wins key ruling in California

Attempts to oust progressive lawmakers across state continue, as police union targets council member who voted against pay raises

The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2023

We asked AI to plan a day trip in Huntington Beach. Here’s how it went

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Can AI plan a day trip in Huntington Beach?

The Orange County Register · Jul 17, 2023

Judge throws out sexual assault charges against Newport Beach surgeon and girlfriend

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Newport Beach, California, surgeon and his girlfriend who drew international headlines after local prosecutors accused them of drugging and raping seven women will not face trial on any sexual assault-related charges, a judge ruled on Friday, July 7, effectively gutting a case that had already…

The Orange County Register · Jul 7, 2023

Marine and accused accomplice charged with firebombing Southern California Planned Parenthood clinic

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A U.S. Marine and a suspected accomplice accused of using a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa were arrested on Wednesday, June 14, and are facing federal charges.

The Orange County Register · Jun 14, 2023

Prosecutors worry ex-California police chief could turn his Jan. 6 trial into a ‘circus’

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are raising concerns that a former Orange County, California, police chief’s court filing, with dozens of pages of seemingly rhetorical conspiracy-oriented questions, could signal he plans to turn his Jan. 6 insurrection trial into a “circus.”

The Orange County Register · May 24, 2023

City Threatens Christian Group With Fines, Prosecution for Giving the Homeless Muffins, Coffee

The Department of Justice is now intervening on behalf of the Orange County, California, group's right to distribute food at its resource center in Santa Ana.

Reason · May 11, 2023

Santa Ana police unit not operating as illegal police gang, independent probe concludes

SANTA ANA, Calif. — An independent probe commissioned by Santa Ana police Chief David Valentin has concluded that an elite team of officers sharing skull tattoos and implicated in an off-duty assault allegation is not operating as an illegal police gang.

The Orange County Register · Apr 6, 2023