Santa Ana NewsLocal news for Santa Ana, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Just 6 illegal immigrants sign up for self-deportation in 1st week- August 15, 2008 Just six illegal immigrants volunteered to leave the United States in the first week of a pilot program inviting nearly a half-million people to self-deport, federal officials said.http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/just-6-illegal-immigrants-sign-up-for-self-... Bustamante says he should be a oejudged on results pure and simplea- August 14, 2008 Poor Carlos Bustamante. He has done it again. This time he wrote in his candidate's statement for Ward 3 that he believes "a candidate should be judged on results pure and simple," according to the O.C. Register. So what exactly has Bustamante "achieved" in the past four years Let's take a look: He backed raising our property taxes at a time that Santa Ana is leading the County of Orange in foreclosures, when he endorsed Measure G this year. Measure G was so fraudulent that even progressive...http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/bustamante-says-he-should-be-a-oejudged-on-... Is the Santa Ana street car proposal about serving transportation needs, or about development- August 14, 2008 Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido proposed a few months ago building a street car system that would connect our train depot to downtown Garden Grove. Is this a worthwhile transportation project - will it improve the lives of the residents of our city Admittedly the idea of a street car system, albeit one that appears to go to nowhere, is charming. But will it really solve any of our transportation problems Have any empirical studies been conducted to find out: Click here to read the rest of this..http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/is-the-santa-ana-street-car-proposal-about-... SAUSD to rehire fired employees- August 14, 2008 The insanity that is SAUSD is again rearing its ugly head. After laying off hundreds of part-time classified employees, mostly classroom instructional aides, SAUSD will rehire them along with 26 full-time clerks, library technicians, health aides and other classified employees according to a SAUSD press release issued today. SAUSD has said that the part-time employees will regain full medical benefits. District staff and the classified employees union worked on a plan to save nearly $2 million..http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/sausd-to-rehire-fired-employees?fromrss=1 Immigration enforcement just plain silly- August 14, 2008 SAN DIEGO - Have you ever seen a giant surrender It's pretty pathetic. That's the word that comes to mind when a gargantuan government agency with more than 16,000 employees and a $5 billion annual budget ...http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/immigration-enforcement-just-plain-silly?fr... Santa Ana neighborhood preserves and relocates vintage homes- August 13, 2008 French Park, a residential neighborhood northeast of downtown Santa Ana, is an architectural wonderland -- a place where historic homes are spared the wrecking ball or given a safe haven.http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/santa-ana-neighborhood-preserves-and-reloca... Cold case murder suspect extradited from Mexico- August 13, 2008 A tag cloud is a visual list of key terms associated with a piece of content. Larger and bolder tags are more relevant to the content.http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/cold-case-murder-suspect-extradited-from-me... Battle over soccer fields goes to the Santa Ana school board- August 13, 2008 SANTA ANA The California Youth Soccer League is taking its feud with the Boy Scouts to the Santa Ana Unified School District Board meeting tonight.http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/battle-over-soccer-fields-goes-to-the-santa... Pickup Driver Found Fatally Shot Behind Wheel In Santa Ana- August 13, 2008 A motorists was shot to death in Santa Ana on Tuesday morning, police said. The shooting was discovered around 4:25 a.m. when a Santa Ana police motorcycle officer headed southbound on Harbor Boulevard at 11th ...http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/pickup-driver-found-fatally-shot-behind-whe... Is Ware Disposal planning to leave the Logan barrio- August 12, 2008 Word just in from a credible source that Ware Disposal is planning to leave the Logan barrio in Santa Ana within the next two months. So the obvious question is, why did Santa Ana City Manager Dave Ream have dozens of signs installed in the Logan area banning 3 ton trucks I am told that the neighbors in this area wanted the truck ban in order to put a crimp on Ware Disposal - however if it is true that Ware is leaving then this ban only hurts the other businesses in that area - most of which...http://www.topix.net/city/santa-ana-ca/2008/08/is-ware-disposal-planning-to-leave-the-loga... |