‘Paisa’, an affective term used between Mexicans, and, sometimes to tease details surrounding one’s origin, is now also in vogue at the Santa Ana Downtown location of #ElIndioBotanasYCervezas since it opened in 2017.Initially, bar owners in the surrounding area questioned the viability of even one #Cumbia and 1980’s Mexican music night. While this doubt betrays a monolithic view of […]
Month: June 2019
SAWEEKLY — Planet 13 has set its sights on a Santa Ana, California location to set up the largest weed retailer in the state. The company announced via a letter of intent to purchase a cannabis license for the ambitious project, causing analysts to raise the buy prospect for company shares: “Planet 13 Holdings (Planet […]
The so-far unexplained death of an inmate at an Orange County jail 12 days ago is drawing interest from two county supervisors, in response to the man’s mother publicly asking for answers. Anthony Aceves, 37, was found unresponsive in his bed the morning of May 23 at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, according to […]
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a newborn in Santa Ana while posting as a social worker, police said Saturday. A woman being sought after allegedly posing as a social work in a kidnapping attempt in Santa Ana is seen in a still from a video released by Santa Ana […]
SANTA ANA — A wrong-way driver suspected of DUI plowed head-on into another car on the 5 Freeway early Saturday, leaving five people injured, the California Highway Patrol said. The car that caused the crash was traveling southbound in the northbound carpool lane near First Street around 1:32 a.m., CHP Sgt. Hope Maxson said. Four […]
Mexico Wearies of U.S. Approach
By José de Córdoba MEXICO CITY — President Trump made Mexico a political piñata from the first day of his presidential campaign. Now, the historically fraught relationship has suffered another major blow. A last-minute deal on Friday stopped Mr. Trump from imposing tariffs that would have devastated Mexico’s economy. But his attacks have changed the […]
Jan. 05–Orange County sheriff’s supervisors linked to the misuse of jailhouse informants during a scandal that rocked the county’s justice system more than four years ago were recently promoted to the upper echelons of the department. Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders, who uncovered the civil rights violations at the jail in 2014, said in court […]

June 09– Jun. 9–SANTA ANA — A 53-year-old man was found fatally shot in the driveway of a home in Santa Ana early Sunday, police said. Officers sent to the scene at 3:45 a.m. found the man lying in the driveway in the 1000 Block of South Austin Street with a gunshot wound to the […]