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It's time to move.

Chepa Park

Just a few minutes away from the Santiago Street Lofts lies the small neighborhood park known as Logan Park. This weekend beginning at noon, the park will host its fourth annual celebration and honor the community activist "Chepa" Andrade for whom the park will later be renamed after.

More information available here.

The Water Tower

If you haven't noticed, the Santa Ana water tower is back, better than ever and just in time to celebrate its eightieth birthday next year.

Built in 1928, the water tower served as the primary source of water and pressure for the city of Santa Ana.

Standing tall at 153 feet, the tower can hold about a million gallons of water, but is only filled to about 80% due to recent regulations that came into effect with the retrofitting in 2000. This was also the time when the Tower became a historical landmark, but the exact date is still uncertain (to me that is).

The Santa Ana Water Tower is property of the School District, but the City holds a multi-year lease on the Tower that runs until 2016.

As you know, the tower recently received a face-lift with a price tag of just over a million dollars. The majority of the cost went towards tenting of the tower to prevent over-spray from falling down to the kiddies in the school right below it.

2005 Was A Violently Better Year

A Monday can't go by without an article in the OC Register about some kid getting shot over the weekend in Santa Ana. With very little to do in this town, it's no wonder that many kids get involved with gangs and Santa Ana becomes one of the most dangerous places to live in Orange County.

This article from the Register  highlights the FBI's 2006 report of Crime in Orange County. Sad to say, our town isn't making anyone proud. Police Chief Paul Walters is quoted saying that “We are on track to have an eight to ten percent decrease in violent crimes for 2007”; even though violent crimes were up about eight percent in 2006 from 2005.

So in other words, he is proud to maintain the status quo.
"The status quo? Ay karumba!"

GIC Makes His Debut

Sunday around noon, another one of Santa Ana's aspiring "artists" decided to make his way down Santa Ana Boulevard leaving his "artwork" for all to see. Luckily, this type of graffiti is the best type that can happen to our community for it is easily cleaned.


Immediate cleaning of graffiti is imperative being that taggers are like male dogs–Once they find another male dog's area, another is soon to cover it with their own markings.

As in every urban community, graffiti is ubiquitous. Unfortunately, the majority of graffiti in Santa Ana is garbage and broadcasts no messages other than screw you.

Other cities are lucky to host talented graffiti artists like Mear One, Banksy and of course Shepard Fairey. We get GIC's and Panik's.

KidWorks

KidWorks is a great local program focused on restoring at-risk neighborhoods. If you are interested in volunteering, give them a ring.

Sexy Fire and Safety Training

Tuesday, October 2nd at 6:30PM, John and Betsy of 906 E. Santa Ana Blvd. as well as the Santa Ana Fire Department will be hosting a free Fire and Safety training customized for our unique build.

The sexy training is expected to last only an hour.

Please email Betsy at betslewis@gmail.com by September 30th if you plan to attend so the Fire Marshall can bring enough sexy handouts for everyone.

After the training, stay for drinks and appetizers. Please feel free to bring your favorite drinks and appetizers to share.

The above photo is just a taste of what could happen if we get the sexy Firemen really drunk.

"Hot stuff, coming through!"

No serious people, let's learn how to not to die.