Sports | Billy Witz | March 28, 2009
Imagine skating with the puck through the neutral zone and realizing a hulking defenseman with a bad attitude is drawing a bead on you. Instead of calculating what a collision might feel like -- let's see, force = mass x acceleration -- a more primal urge takes over: Look out! Now, imagine sitting in science class as your teacher stands at the chalkboard and begins diagramming Newton's second law of motion.
California | Local | Paloma Esquivel | January 12, 2009
In the secluded courtyard of a weathered condominium complex, at the dead end of a graffiti-marred Santa Ana street, the Cham are busy preparing a feast.
California | Local | My-thuan Tran | January 10, 2009
It's an image rarely seen in Little Saigon: the red flag of Vietnam. The last time the communist flag was displayed prominently in Orange County's Vietnamese enclave -- when a merchant displayed the banner -- it ignited 53 days of angry street protests.
Business | Peter Y. Hong >>> | November 18, 2008
Angelica Maciel used to drive through the oak-shaded streets of Santa Ana wondering if she'd ever be able to buy one of the charming little bungalows she so admired.
Entertainment | Rachel B. Levin | November 4, 2008
With historic buildings, an arts district and a lively street scene reflecting its thriving Latino population, Santa Ana has grown into the slogan it adopted in 2006: "Downtown Orange County.
California | Local | H.G. Reza | October 18, 2008
A task force of local police and federal agents has dealt a serious blow to a Santa Ana street gang that ran a drug business from a poor, densely populated neighborhood, officials said Friday.
California | Local | Tony Barboza | October 9, 2008
On the first day of class, Chris Marx asks his fifth-grade students how they get to school and what they encounter along the way. Even though most students at Garfield Elementary in Santa Ana walk only a few blocks to class, they often trudge over broken sidewalks and through littered alleyways, rub up against graffiti-covered walls and step over rubble from construction sites.
