ElectioNite
With Assembly District 68 now called for Lopez, The Santanero has completed its election projections as Santa Ana prepares for a new mayor, City Council members and school board trustees.
Amezcua congratulates Shimell and incoming councilmembers in a farewell statement, hours after The Santanero projected his victory.
The Santanero obtained some City officials' text messages and a mayoral interview, while police footage and other records concerning the June 12th incident remain outstanding.
Local Eye
The new court order limits when immigration agents can detain people on streets, at workplaces and during vehicle stops. Enforcement can continue as the federal government appeals.
Media Literacy
After months of traffic delays, orange cones, and detours, Bristol Street drivers may finally have something to celebrate. An unverified proposal circulating online suggests that construction along Bristol Street could temporarily come to a halt to make room for a massive block party celebrating Santa Ana's 157th birthday.
Local Eye
The new grocery store replaces a longtime 99 Cents Only Store, bringing a different shopping experience to the Santanero community.
Local Eye
The landmark library, which first opened in 1960, welcomed residents back Saturday with restored architecture, modern learning and children spaces.
Newly obtained police records identify two officers linked to previous serious use-of-force incidents among dozens of personnel who responded to the Oct. 1 arrest of Florentino Lopez.
The technical disruption left some Orange County bus riders unable to access their digital fare cards. Some were charged multiple times in attempts to pay fare.
District police responded to a report of a suspicious item inside a classroom and determined it was a replica toy gun; lockdown lifted as normal school activities resumed.
A candidate forum hosted by Resilience OC, Esperanza Union de Inquillnxs Santa Ana and Latino Health Access was held at the Delhi Center in Ward 6.
Mayor Valerie Amezcua's response follows a similar two-day interval after federal immigration raids began in June 2025, while SAPD maintains the latest arrests were unrelated to immigration enforcement.
At a Thursday press conference, elected officials, relatives and community organizers questioned SAPD's cooperation with federal agents and called for an investigation.
Following the 2025 ICE protest crackdown, allegations of police brutality and previous arrests of immigration observers, the latest arrests raise renewed questions about police accountability and cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
A record-breaking late start, a postponed police policy contract, new restrictions on city employees working for ICE and questions about how residents are notified of development projects marked Santa Ana's latest City Council meeting.
A cellphone recording captures Santa Ana police officers repeatedly striking and restraining Lopez. The footage does not show how the encounter began.
A cellphone video showing Santa Ana police repeatedly striking Florentino Lopez has prompted two investigations into the officers’ conduct.
Expect a jam-packed meeting, or at least a longer one.
We’re less than a month away from Election Day, and The Santanero’s candidate questionnaire period is now over. Over the last few weeks, I tried my best to get the questionnaire to every candidate we reached out to and give them a fair chance to respond. That included