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• With rain coming, armories in Santa Ana and Tustin extend hours to homeless - OCRegister

  21-03-2017 23:53
  
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  With rain coming, armories in Santa Ana and Tustin extend hours to homeless
  OCRegister
  James Anderson settles in on his mat to read the newspaper at the National Guard Armory in Santa Ana on the first night it opened to the homeless for the winter in December, 2015. (Photo by Ana Venegas, Orange County Register/SCNG) ,. By THERESA ...
  
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• Two more shootings reported in Santa Ana this week

  21-03-2017 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Monday, March 20 at about 7:30 p.m., SAPD police officers were dispatched to 627 E. Pine Street reference calls of a shooting and multiple shots being heard. When police officers arrived they found a male suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. A witness reported seeing the suspect(s) flee in a vehicle, according to SAPD Case # 17-07497.
  This shooting happened just northwest of Roosevelt Elementary School. in Santa Ana’s Ward 2, which is represented by Mayor Pro Tem Michele Martinez.
  
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• Luis Eduardo Distancia identified as a suspect in a fatal Santa Ana hit and run collision

  21-03-2017 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Santa Ana Police Department
  Advisory: SAPD Traffic Investigation Asking For Media And Public Assistance Locating A Suspect Wanted In A Fatal Hit & Run Collision
  Subject: Luis Eduardo Distancia (45), Male, Hispanic, 5-10, 160 lbs., Brown, Brown, Warrant – $50,000.00
  Suspect Vehicle: White, 2006, Ford, Econoline van, (IN CUSTODY)
  UPDATE – New Photo of the Suspect Released:
  New Photo of Luis Eduardo DistanciaSynopsis: On 03/17/17 @ 4:47 p.m., officers responded to a vehicl
  
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• O.C. man used social media to contact minors and commit lewd acts on them

  21-03-2017 06:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
  Case # 14WF2704
  Date: March 20, 2017
  MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONTACT MINORS TO COMMIT LEWD ACTS
  SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 12 years in state prison today for contacting underage victims through social media with the intent of committing lewd acts. Michael Theodore Mordaunt, 47, Cypress, pleaded guilty on Feb. 9, 2017, to 19 felony counts of contacting a child with the intent to commit a
  
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• Santa Ana based nonprofit offering free childbirth preparation classes

  21-03-2017 05:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MOMS ORANGE COUNTY PARTNERS WITH COSTA MESA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER TO OFFER FREE SPANISH-LANGUAGE CHILDBIRTH PREPARATION AND MOMMY & ME CLASSES
  Nonprofit’s Programs Help Underserved, Pregnant Women and their Families to Have Healthy Babies
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (March 20, 2017) – Santa Ana-based nonprofit MOMS Orange County is now offering free Spanish-language childbirth preparation classes, as well as free Spanish-language “Mommy and Me” classes for parents-to-be a
  
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• There are currently 591 registered sex offenders living in Santa Ana

  21-03-2017 05:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Registered Sex Offenders in Santa Ana
  Per the Megan’s Law website, there are currently 591 Registered Sex Offenders residing in the city of Santa Ana. There are approximately 3,500 registered Sex Offenders in all of Orange County – so why are so many in Santa Ana?
  It may have to do with the large homeless community in Santa Ana. Of those 591 in Santa Ana, there are 197 Registered Sex Offenders who are transients meaning they have no permanent address or cannot be located. This is a
  
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• Man gets 5 years for bank robbery spree in Fountain Valley, Santa Ana

  21-03-2017 05:24
  SANTA ANA A man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for committing two bank robberies and two attempted stickups in Santa Ana and Fountain Valley in a three-day period. Joseph Anthony Perez was out of custody for about two weeks when he began the bank-robbing spree.
  
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• CHP is switching from SUV-style patrol cars to sleek Dodge Chargers

  21-03-2017 05:24
  California Highway Patrol officer Florentino Olivera stands in front of all three cars being used in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, March 20, 2017. The former mainstay is the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor by Ford Motor Co., left, The new Dodge Charger Pursuit and a Ford Explorer Explorer Police Interceptor.
  
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• CHP is switching from SUV-style patrol cars to sleek Chargers

  21-03-2017 05:24
  California Highway Patrol officer Florentino Olivera stands in front of all three cars being used in Santa Ana on Monday, March 20. The former mainstay is the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor by Ford Motor Co., the new Dodge Charger Pursuit, and a Ford Explorer Explorer Police Interceptor, from left. The California Highway Patrol Santa Ana office has their first new patrol car, a 2016 Dodge Charger Pursuit.
  
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• Oxford Prep lawsuit accuses founder of money laundering

  21-03-2017 03:20
  Andrew Crowe, left, interim managing director of Oxford Preparatory Academy, and Denise Pascoe, interim executive director, meet with parents at the Saddleback Valley school to update them on recent changes in the school in Lake Forest on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Andrew Crowe, left, interim managing director of Oxford Preparatory Academy, and Denise Pascoe, interim executive director, meet with parents at the Saddleback Valley school to update them on recent changes in the school in Lake Forest o
  
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• Widow of father killed in Santa Ana hit-run pleads for driver to come forward - KABC-TV

  21-03-2017 01:13
  
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  Widow of father killed in Santa Ana hit-run pleads for driver to come forward
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  Angela de la Riva is shown in a photo with her husband and family alongside another image of her speaking out on Monday, March 20, 2017, after her husband's death. (KABC). KABC. Monday, March 20, 2017 05:11PM. SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) --.
  
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