Lopez Arrest
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.
Local Eye
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.
Local Eye
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.
ElectioNite
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.
ICE Watcher Arrests
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.
ICE Watcher Arrests
At a Thursday press conference, elected officials, relatives and community organizers questioned SAPD's cooperation with federal agents and called for an investigation.
ICE Watcher Arrests
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.
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