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Santa Ana Unified School District

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2012

    The Five Stupidest Things Nativo Lopez Ever Said

    All of Orange County engaged in a simultaneous shrug of indifference when longtime Aztlanista Nativo Lopez announced earlier this week he was retiring from public life and becoming a mere private citizen...where he would continue to agitate for the hot Mexican cause of the month. Huh? It was a fitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    [UPDATED with District Reaction:] Alex Bassinne, Ex-Santa Ana Teacher, Accused of Molesting Teen Girls, Possessing Child Porn

    UPDATE, MAY 4, 12:39 P.M.: The Santa Ana Unified School District has released a statement regarding the charges pending against former district math teacher Alex Bassinne for alleged child pornography possession and, while working at Santa Ana High School and Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Santa Ana Charter School Principal's Recent Leave of Absence Leaves Parents Concerned

    ​Concerned parents of students at a Santa Ana charter school received few answers about the principal's recent leave of absence when they met with school officials for two hours Monday afternoon.Kitty Fortner was placed on administrative leave from Edward B. Cole, Sr. Academy about three weeks ago ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Nadia Maria Davis Lockyer Tied Up in Sex-Drugs-Cheatin'-Beatin'-Pornin' Scandal

    ​The Bay Area has its own political Falcon Crest soap opera going on presently involving a former Santa Ana Unified School District board member-turned-Alameda County supervisor, who is also the daughter of a renowned immigrant-rights lawyer in Orange County. She's Nadia Lockyer, California Trea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    [UPDATED with SAUSD Responses:] Joseph Manuel Orduna, Former Pro Football Player-Turned-High School Teacher, Allegedly Touched Girl Students Inappropriately

    ​UPDATE, FEB. 29, 10:31 A.M.: The Santa Ana Unified School District has posted on its website a response to the arrest of Joseph Manuel Orduna, who is now referred to as a "former teacher" in the headline, although the body copy mentions the Irvine 63-year-old was placed on administrative leave.Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    John Rodriguez, Serial Penis Flasher, Gets Year in Jail, 5 Years Probation, Lifetime Sex Offender Rap

    ​John Rodriguez, tried for stroking his penis at girls walking to school and grabbing one of them, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges today and was sentenced to a year in jail, five years of probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender.The 6-foot-1, 350-pound, 20-year-old dental assist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    [UPDATED with 5th Victim:] John Rodriguez Accused of Being Serial Flasher of Penis to Schoolgirls

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 8, 10:55 A.M.: Due to media coverage of the indecent exposure charges against John Rodriguez, a fifth female has come forward to accuse the 20-year-old Santa Ana dental assistant of flashing his penis at her as she walked to school, prosecutors say.Rodriguez, who is scheduled to be ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    El Centro Cultural de Someplace Else

    The nonprofit community center got a last-minute extension, but its supporters are still crying 'gentrification'

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    When is Exposing a Disabled Student's Breasts not Exposing a Disabled Student's Breasts?

    Saddleback High​When Alonso Manuel Gonzalez says so.You'll remember Gonzalez as the former special-education assistant at Saddleback High in SanTana who pleaded guilty to abusing a 17-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy and with the mental capacity of a seven-year-old, abuse his former emp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Santa Ana Teacher Begs Congress for Her Job

    ​Teachers were on Capitol Hill Wednesday and Thursday reminding members of Congress who are yammering about creating jobs not to forget endangered public education positions.Among them was Clarissa Barragan, a native Santa Anan who attended schools there, became the first member of her family to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Santa Ana Unified School District Blames Disabled Student for Her Molestation by School Worker, Demands She Pay Their Legal Bills!

    Saddleback High​Remember the Alonso Manuel Gonzalez case? The teacher's aide at Saddleback High School in SanTana who molested a special-ed student in late 2008, a molestation that administrators tried to cover up? The pervert who pleaded guilty to child abuse and endangerment in 2009? Turns out t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Bottom 10 OC Public Middle Schools*

    ​* based on state rankingsEarlier today, we ranked the top 10 public middle schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings.Since Santa Ana Unified School District schools took up the bottom four rungs on the list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    [UPDATED:] 3 MORE Santa Ana Schools Among California's Worst

    UPDATE: Three more Santa Ana schools have been added the list of the worst of the worst schools in California (details below) . . . Valley High School blogFreshmen engineering students at Valley High School put the pieces together.​Valley High, Century High and Willard Intermediate schools, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Santa Ana Teachers Protest Funding Shift in State Budget

    ​Teachers from the Santa Ana Unified School District are among educators from 13 low-income school systems protesting at the Capitol in Sacramento right now over funding that may be lost with the enactment of the 2009-2010 state budget.The Quality Education and Investment Act was established in 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    SAUSD's Lowered Expect-tay-ay-tions...

    At the top of the Santa Ana Unified School District home page:Welcome to SAUSDFAILURE IS UNACCEPTABLE! SUCCESS IS THE STANDARD...IT'S UP TO US ALL!Mission:The Santa Ana Unified School District is dedicated to high academic achievement, in a scholarly and supportive environment, ensuring that all stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    No Need To Hide, SAUSD

    Thank God for screen grabs. Without them, and without Orange Juice Blog's muckraking, we wouldn't be able to share the (tricky) little hide-and-seek game Santa Ana Unified School District played with its constituents yesterday. Art Pedroza, over at Orange Juice, caught the district in hideout mode w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Santa Ana Unified School District Offers a Lesson in How to Upgrade and Downsize at the Same Time

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 21, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    Does Santa Ana Unified School District Have the Money to Save the Hundreds of Jobs It Cut?

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • News

    July 3, 2008

    Santa Ana School Employees Steaming at Sneaky District Turning Full-Time Jobs Into Part-Time Ones

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    The Renaissance Blob

    A guide to Santa Ana's ambitious, conflict-of-interest-y downtown-redevelopment plan

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    A Critique of a Critique Criticizing My Bishop Brown Critique

    Google is great, really: a couple of random searches, and voila! You have a media critique. At least that's how Dave Pierre, author of The Media Report and a contributor to NewsBusters, operates with my recent LA Times opinion piece bashing Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown. Under the h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines

    More immigrants than ever: Bilingual folks ain't so special anymore. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language other than English. The number of immigrants in the country is at an all time high at 37.5 million, according to 2006 data ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines

    Rove's Tricked-Out Ride: Some folks at the White House apparently have a sense of humor. Karl Rove made the mistake of leaving his Jaguar on the private driveway next to the West Wing when he took off for Texas with le President. Now his car's covered in plastic wrap, post-it notes, stuffed animals ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 25, 2006

    Letters

    'Im over 40 and I look pretty damn good. Ill dress the way I want to. Bite me.'

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Embrace the Mexican

    Four ways to make Santa Ana the capital of Latino USA

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Wrong Side of the Tracks

    State investigates Placentia case that
    OC grand jury said was legal

  • Unknown

    April 7, 2005

    Chuck Not Amuck

    Register ignores Assemblyman DeVores payola scandal, trashes Nativo for his four years later

  • Film

    March 10, 2005

    Now With Less Edward James Olmos!

    Independent Latino filmmakers invade Surf City

  • Features

    November 25, 2004

    Scoring the Quiz

    Independent Latino filmmakers invade Surf City

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    The Breakfast Club

    Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools

  • Columns

    April 15, 2004

    Letters

    Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    Schools Out Forever

    A Year in the Banana Republic of Santa Ana

  • Columns

    December 18, 2003

    Who Stole Christmas?

    Grinch and bear it

  • News

    August 7, 2003

    Notes from the Banana Republic of Santa Ana

    Grinch and bear it

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Abstain From This

    Brainwashing Santa Ana schoolkids is part of the Game Plan

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    The Liberator of Santa Ana Unified

    Tim Whitacre speaks of victory, urges vigilance in the face of the Nativo Menace

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Chicken Scratcher

    School trustees illegible campaign reports raise questions

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Old School Politics

    In Santa Ana, school construction takes a backseat to aggressive campaign fund-raising

  • Columns

    January 9, 2003

    Letters

    In Santa Ana, school construction takes a backseat to aggressive campaign fund-raising

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    El Dia de Nuestro Senor Nativo

    The faithful worship Lopez

  • Columns

    October 17, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    The faithful worship Lopez

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    One Gigante Mess

    How a multibillion-dollar corporation played the victim and got its liquor license

  • Features

    September 27, 2001

    Tustin

    Not full of hot air

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Yo Quiero Contract

    Campaign to organize janitors kicks off in Irvine

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Labors New Face

    Linda Sanchez becomes first Latina to head OC labor movement

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    Loathe Thy Enemy

    County school board trustee Ken Williams joins the Reverend Lou Sheldon for good, old-fashioned gay-baiting

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