Articles by Jennifer Mena

519 articles since 1999

Santa Ana Says Image Is at Stake in Court Fight

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | March 1, 2005
When Santa Ana’s reputation is attacked because of a high crime rate, when its image is tarnished by its congested apartments, and when it is disparagingly called a haven for low-income immigrants, city officials have been secure in the knowledge that the city enjoys a county seat’s prestige. Read more
 

It’s the Quickest Route to City Hall

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | February 13, 2005
At his home in Santa Ana, Dave Lopez regularly fields calls from residents complaining about prostitutes walking Harbor Boulevard, commercial auto repair in private home garages and illegal home additions. Read more
 

Preserving L.A.’s past in Angelino Heights

Real Estate | By Jennifer Mena | February 13, 2005
Sunsets in Angelino Heights offer a spectacular view of modern Los Angeles as well as a look at the city’s past. Read more
 

Museum’s Look at the Past Is Hands-On

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 31, 2005
The Centennial Heritage Museum in Santa Ana is facing economic hardship, but you’d never know it by the hundreds of schoolchildren who traipse through its late 19th century homes each week. Read more
 

Santa Ana Reopens Street-Barrier Issue

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 30, 2005
Three months after Santa Ana removed traffic barriers separating two mostly working-class communities from the more stately French Park neighborhood, the city is moving to reinstall them. Read more
 

Counting Homeless a Tough Task

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 27, 2005
Dozens of volunteers armed with flashlights and gifts of bus passes and warm socks fanned out to Orange County’s shelters, parks, underpasses and trash bins Wednesday night to find the homeless. Read more
 

Newport Man Wins $81-Million Lottery

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 19, 2005
A 25-year-old Newport Beach man was identified Tuesday as the sole winner of last Wednesday’s $81-million lottery jackpot. Read more
 

O.C. Blacks Use Events as Rallying Points to Honor History, Culture

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 17, 2005
When Tony Faulkner joined the Orange County chapter of 100 Black Men, his first question was the same as so many others who learn of the national service organization. Read more
 

Lawn Bowlers See Their Grass as Always Greener

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 17, 2005
Eighty-year-old Bill Dietrich doesn’t just walk the land his ancestors did. Read more
 

Santa Ana Homeless Shelter Aims to Be Neighborly

California | Local | By Jennifer Mena | January 16, 2005
Operators of an embattled Santa Ana homeless shelter have shifted tactics in their efforts to soothe relations with critics. Read more
 
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