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179 stories from Santa Ana. City hall, the mayor’s race, DTSA nightlife and the artists coming out of the 714’s capital.
Santa Ana · Politics
Mayor Valerie Amezcua's election-night lead has shrunk to 140 votes over challenger Dan Shimell, and Orange County is still counting ballots.
Santa Ana · Politics
Mayor Valerie Amezcua opened with just over 50% in the first ballot drop, but later tallies showed challenger Dan Shimell closing the gap and moving ahead. The count is not final.
Santa Ana · Community Partner
Catalyst is picking one local artist, 21 or older, to paint a space or galaxy mural on a blank wall inside its Santa Ana store.
Santa Ana · Culture
WAXX Brandz teamed up with TheseFoos for a prison-themed Halloween party in Santa Ana, and Shoreline Mafia co-founder OhGeesy came out for a special performance.
Santa Ana · Music
The masked Santa Ana rapper put out his debut video just ahead of Halloween, and Juice Unlocked is asking readers whether he has potential.
Santa Ana · Politics
A council debate over police became a shouting match about 911 calls, family and police union money, as a viral arrest keeps the Santa Ana Police Department under scrutiny.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Thieves took two pallets of graded trading cards from a FedEx truck outside PSA's Santa Ana office on Oct. 13. Police put the loss at $963,000, and no arrests had been reported as of Oct. 21.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Omar Flores Sanchez, 35, was shot on a West Myrtle Street sidewalk Oct. 17. Santa Ana police say officers found a truck matching witness descriptions within minutes, and a later search turned up the gun they believe was used.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Prosecutors dropped the case from the Oct. 1 arrest of Florentino Lopez, 28, but are now pursuing a probation violation against him. Santa Ana police have opened an internal investigation into the officers' actions.
Santa Ana · Politics
Jackie Cordova, a 54-year-old U.S. citizen, says she was monitoring immigration activity before dawn Thursday when agents chased her down, sprayed her and arrested her. DHS has not explained what happened.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
A video of Santa Ana officers taking Florentino Lopez to the ground outside his family's home set off a police review. Prosecutors later dropped the case from that arrest and are pursuing an alleged probation violation instead.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police say license plate readers led them to the minivan seen in a Sept. 8 surveillance video of a pit bull mix puppy being lured with food and run over near West Park Lane. The woman now faces felony counts in Orange County and a federal animal crushing charge.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police asked the public to help find the driver they say ran over a 9-month-old pit bull mix on West Park Lane. License plate readers led them to her a day later, and she now faces state and federal charges.
Santa Ana · Breaking
A man who reported a deadly African viper in his Santa Ana backyard admitted the photo was AI-generated, police say, after officers and reptile experts searched the neighborhood and found nothing.
Santa Ana · Community Partner
The Loyalty Day jersey giveaway at Planet Catalyst drew a line hours before the 8 a.m. start, and the jerseys went fast.
Santa Ana · Community Partner
Partner content: Juice Unlocked and Catalyst teamed up on an Angels-style "Catalyst 420" jersey giveaway at the Santa Ana store for the chain's Loyalty Day on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Santa Ana · Culture
After two years at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, OC Pride's free parade and festival returns to Third Street with five performance areas and headliners Charo, Mama Duke and Chris Conde.
Santa Ana · Politics
In a sit-down with Juice Unlocked, the mayor said critics who felt she moved too slowly on ICE are right. She also pushed back on officials who claim they got ICE out of Santa Ana.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police say two men used an electric cutting tool to free the statue from its base at Christ Our Savior Catholic Church, then dragged it toward Segerstrom High School. No arrests have been announced.
Santa Ana · Politics
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Santa Ana's mayor said she has nothing bad to say about Bass, but she did not let a comment about her city slide.
Santa Ana · Politics
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Santa Ana's mayor pushed back on critics who say her public safety approach comes down to arrests, saying residents simply want to feel safe at home, at school and at the store.
Santa Ana · Sports
The Santa Ana native picked up a win over former world champion Jose Ramirez at T-Mobile Arena, another big-stage result for one of OC's own.
Santa Ana · Politics
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Amezcua said she takes more heat than the mayors before her, including over her hair and makeup. Two months later, she is trailing in a tight reelection race.
Santa Ana · Politics
Santa Ana's mayor sat down in the Juice Unlocked studio for a wide-ranging interview on her childhood, the city's future, immigration enforcement and her bid for another term. The full conversation runs about 74 minutes on YouTube.
Santa Ana · Politics
In an interview clip, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pushed back on Santa Ana's offer-help-or-arrest approach to homelessness, saying L.A.'s jails have no room and are already full of people with mental illness.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Police say a man abandoned his car, hid in a pickup truck bed and allegedly tossed a gun as officers closed in, and at least one shot was fired. He was taken to a hospital, and it was not clear where the shot came from.
Santa Ana · Culture
Leo "Dandy" Sandoval, the man behind Dandy Hats, sat down with Juice Unlocked to tell his story and talk about the brand's Summer 2.0 collection, which the post says sold out in under five minutes.
Santa Ana · Community Partner · The Injury Firm
Partner content: The Injury Firm, an Orange County accident law firm, says it secured a $350,000 settlement for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in Santa Ana.
Santa Ana · Culture
The Dandy Hats founder told the Juice Unlocked podcast that a lot of people have tried to start hat brands and only about five made it. His list started with his own.
Santa Ana · Culture
Juice Unlocked streamed live on YouTube from its Santa Ana studio with Dandy, the founder of Dandy Hats, and pitched the episode to anyone running a hat or clothing brand.
Santa Ana · Music
Rapper Rich Rabbit, known for "closing the trunk" on music he doesn't like, put Santa Ana-raised Drexthejoint's new song in the toilet instead, according to a Juice Unlocked post.
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
The downtown Santa Ana hat shop released a limited Sad Boyz x Rude Awakening hat collab on Aug. 27, 2026, sold exclusively through Supercap and supercap.shop.
Santa Ana · Politics
Santa Ana Councilman Johnathan Hernandez criticized mayoral candidate Dwayne Shipp's "The only ICE I support" graphic, saying people's lives are not a joke and asking what Shipp would actually do about ICE.
Santa Ana · Politics
Dwayne Shipp, a city commissioner running for Santa Ana mayor, says he was turned away from the backstage area at the city's Chicano Heritage Festival because he was wearing campaign gear.
Santa Ana · Music
The “Suga Suga” rapper ran through his classics for a packed crowd at Santa Ana's Chicano Heritage Festival, the city's yearly celebration of Chicano culture.
Santa Ana · Community Partner · Catalyst
Fans were lined up from 4 a.m. for the jersey drop at Planet Catalyst in Santa Ana. When the 100 jerseys ran out, Juice took the one off his own back and handed it over.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked spotlighted Santa Ana rapper Lil Sneek on Aug. 21, 2026, and asked readers whether he could be OC's next breakout rapper.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway · Catalyst
Partner content: Juice Unlocked and Catalyst promised Catalyst Angels jerseys to the first 100 people through the door at Planet Catalyst in Santa Ana on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026.
Santa Ana · Music
A scuffle broke out in the crowd in the Yost's upstairs Paradise Room during rapper Diamond Ortiz's set on Aug. 15, 2026, and Juice Unlocked caught it on camera.
Santa Ana · Music
A performance by Santa Ana rapper Drexthejoint ended early after shots reportedly rang out, Juice Unlocked reported in August 2026. No police account of the incident has been found.
Santa Ana · Music Promo
Out Da House Productions brought CNG, Diamond Ortiz and Halo Leek to the Yost Theater on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, for Droops' birthday, with Juice Unlocked's Matt Allenn hosting.
Santa Ana · Politics
Asked on a Juice Unlocked livestream whether he would run, the Santa Ana councilman said he was "absolutely running for mayor," then said police are running the city and criticized Mayor Valerie Amezcua.
Santa Ana · Community
A pop-up backpack and school supply giveaway drew a crowd to downtown Santa Ana ahead of Santa Ana Unified's Aug. 10 first day of school. Organizers say they posted the address just 30 minutes before they arrived.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway
Juice Unlocked's livestream from the Aug. 7 back-to-school giveaway in downtown Santa Ana shows crowds lining up on a street corner for free backpacks, school supplies, shirts and hats.
Santa Ana · Community
On the evening of the Aug. 7, 2026, back-to-school giveaway, Juice Unlocked posted a quick clip of kids dancing for the camera while a crowd lined the sidewalk.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway
Juice Unlocked called families to downtown Santa Ana on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, for a free back-to-school giveaway of backpacks and school supplies powered by WAXX Brandz.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway
Two days before the Aug. 7 back-to-school giveaway, Juice Unlocked said @flaminhotmitts was still coming to Santa Ana with backpacks and school supplies, with the location held back until about an hour before.
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
The new chicken-and-waffles spot on Westminster Avenue in Santa Ana scheduled a launch party for July 31, 2026, with Juice Unlocked as special guest host and streamers and influencers invited to pull up.
Santa Ana · Culture
A vlogger in a Spider-Man suit filmed himself watching over downtown Santa Ana after dark. Juice Unlocked asked followers whether a web-slinger could make a difference in a city where crime stays a hot topic.
Santa Ana · Culture
In a podcast clip Juice Unlocked posted July 27, 2026, @lilsneek4thepaper advised people visiting Orange County to stay out of residential areas. The post drew more than 1,200 comments.
Santa Ana · Community
At the Los Boyz charity soccer match, Flames said he is planning a major community event in Santa Ana with a possible car giveaway, and he is waiting on the mayor to help set a date.
Santa Ana · Music
Asked to rap for the camera in a Santa Ana parking lot, an 11-year-old who goes by LC from the OC said he had something ready, then delivered it on the spot.
Santa Ana · Culture
Stopped by a Juice Unlocked mic in Santa Ana on 714 Day, Crip Mac gave Orange County a new nickname. His reason: OC is a bit of a snooze.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway
For 714 Day on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Packs OC in Santa Ana said it would pay one person's rent, with the winner picked from Instagram comments and announced live at its event, which included a meet and greet with Peysoh, Bravo the Bagchaser and Crip Mac.
Santa Ana · Music Promo
Juice Unlocked went live on Instagram with @bighomiesharky on July 13, 2026, asking Orange County artists to send in their music for one of five spots on Back On Figg.
Santa Ana · Culture
Food creator Big Homie Sharky brought Matt Allenn of Juice Unlocked into the kitchen at IN2 Wings for a taste test that asked whether these are the best wings in Orange County.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked spotlighted Santa Ana rapper Lil Sneek's new release "Blood Sweat & Tears" and asked followers whether he is next up out of OC.
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
Out Da House announced a 21-and-over birthday show for Droops in the Yost Theater's Paradise Room in downtown Santa Ana, hosted by Matt Allenn of Juice Unlocked and billed as Haloleek's first headlining show.
Santa Ana · Culture Partner · WAXX Brandz
WAXX Brandz posted a 13-slide photo recap of a packed party, geotagged in Santa Ana, thanking everyone who came out and promising it was "only the beginning."
Santa Ana · Music
Kevin Parx, whom Juice Unlocked called a Santa Ana rap veteran, is back with new music and has a show coming up with Drexthejoint.
Santa Ana · Music
A Juice Unlocked reel paired clips of Santa Ana rapper Glo Floccin with the line "Streets are saying he's next up out of Santa Ana" and asked OC for a yes or no.
Santa Ana · Community Giveaway · Catalyst
Partner content: On the morning of Saturday, June 20, 2026, Juice Unlocked, @catalyst_ceo2 and @la_baseballhead gave away 50 Angels-style and 50 Dodgers-style Catalyst jerseys, first come, first served, at Planet Catalyst in Santa Ana.
Santa Ana · Community
The landmark tower glowed in Pride colors in June 2026, and Juice Unlocked asked readers whether public landmarks should take part.
Santa Ana · Music
A June 2026 collab post spotlighted the artist behind @lilhectorg_ and asked followers a simple question: yes or no?
Santa Ana · Culture
A clip Juice Unlocked posted June 15 shows a scuffle at a video shoot involving Orange County streamers JBAU and Flames, two months after the pair's tense face-off at a ballfield.
Santa Ana · Culture
A Juice Unlocked reel from June 2026 showed people in Santa Ana spinning a hand-lettered dare wheel on camera, with one woman walking away with $10.
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
Juice Unlocked told followers to catch Cisco & Juice in Downtown Santa Ana on a Saturday night in June 2026, with a wheel to spin for a chance at $500.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked resurfaced 'S.A. Tales' by Santa Ana rapper E-Da Dog and asked followers two things: is it still in rotation, and should he return to the rap game?
Santa Ana · Culture
A 30-second clip posted May 3, 2026, from outside a Supercap storefront in Santa Ana announced that Lalo the Giant has a podcast with Juice Unlocked on the way.
Santa Ana · Culture
In a Juice Unlocked podcast clip, a debate over which neighboring city is better for raising kids ended with a split answer: Santa Ana for himself, something calmer for his son.
Santa Ana · Culture
A podcast clip shared by Juice Unlocked and Foo Community has Compa Raider floating the idea that Santa Ana is safe because of Disneyland, and getting pushback at the table.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked shared a clip of Santa Ana rapper Kapri's version of a Big Tymers song on April 23, 2026, and asked followers whether it beats the original.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked spotlighted rapper @514kero_pst with a performance clip and asked fans whether he is "the new trophy of Santa Ana."
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
In a promotional collab post, Juice Unlocked spotlighted Santa Ana's Levels and its F1 Special Edition drop, offered in four master boxes styled after racing team gear.
Santa Ana · Culture
Santa Ana-raised director Lalo the Giant, who says his work reached Netflix's Top 10, stars in and narrates a new commercial for the apparel brand Sweet Felons.
Santa Ana · Culture
Juice Unlocked, which calls the rapper the "Face of SA," showed off his new chest piece in April 2026: the city's name in tall lettering across his upper chest.
Santa Ana · Culture
A clip Juice Unlocked posted in April shows Flames and Jbau, a popular TikToker from Santa Ana, arguing face-to-face through a fence at a lit ballfield at night.
Santa Ana · Sports
In a sit-down at the Juice Unlocked studio, the Santa Ana boxer named the champions in his way and said a Twitter jab from Golden Boy fighter Arnold Barboza left a sour taste.
Santa Ana · Culture
A nighttime clip shared by Juice Unlocked shows a man the post identifies as Santa Ana's self-styled Burpee King doing burpees with two police officers outside an apartment building.
Santa Ana · Sports
In a studio interview clip posted by Juice Unlocked, the Santa Ana boxer traced his path from Team USA tournaments overseas to Golden Boy at 18, and the starstruck moment he first saw Oscar De La Hoya in person.
Santa Ana · Sports
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, boxer Alexis Rocha recalled team runs in Santa Ana being cut short by gunfire, with fighters ducking inside the gym until police cleared them to leave.
Santa Ana · Sports
Weeks after beating JoJo Diaz Jr. at the Honda Center, the Santa Ana welterweight warmed up Juice Unlocked's April 9, 2026, YouTube live by testing the host's midsection. On the stream he called out Ryan Garcia and named Arnold Barboza as a fight that makes sense.
Santa Ana · Sports Promo
Juice Unlocked's Matt Allenn promoted a 7:30 p.m. live interview with Santa Ana welterweight Alexis Rocha, less than a month after Rocha beat Joseph Diaz at Honda Center.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
A woman on her way to work in Santa Ana fought back and escaped after a man tried to force her into the back of a van. Police were searching for a man in a dark blue van with white lettering.
Santa Ana · Music
In a podcast clip, South Central's Prime God called Santa Ana rapper Glo Floccin "whack" and his lingo outdated. Juice Unlocked asked OC whether he was hating or keeping it real.
Santa Ana · Culture
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Orange-born comedian George Perez said he got jumped in three Santa Ana neighborhoods just visiting the mothers of his kids, and called the city in that era "active, like radioactivity."
Santa Ana · Community
A Santa Ana mother who had been missing since March 2026 was found in Mexico, and police said she left her 4-year-old daughter behind voluntarily, Juice Unlocked reported April 1, 2026.
Santa Ana · Music
In a clip Juice Unlocked shared before the Anaheim rapper's date at The Observatory in Santa Ana, a fan said he needed time off to heal after one of Kxllswxtch's shows.
Santa Ana · Music
Matt Allenn dropped behind-the-scenes footage from his Juice Unlocked sit-down with rapper OC Chris (@oc_chris3xx), a session that included a guest appearance by @jcures and a Pokémon pack battle. The full interview is on YouTube.
Santa Ana · Music
Rapper @oc_chris3xx pulled up to Matt Allenn's podcast and left with a new name. Allenn says the full interview is out now.
Santa Ana · Music Promo
Juice Unlocked booked rapper OC Chris (@oc_chris3xx), whom it billed as the hottest Latino rapper in the game, for a live YouTube interview on Thursday, March 26, at 8:30 p.m.
Santa Ana · Music
Signing-table photos and a studio interview hinted at a new deal for the Santa Ana rapper. He said planned work with 16th MGMT did not pan out and that a tape was coming soon.
Santa Ana · Music
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, rapper P Killa said she ran an OnlyFans page for about a month, made around $10,000 and deleted it because she did not want to go that route.
Santa Ana · Culture Partner · Sweet Felons
The streetwear brand's new ad, filmed in Santa Ana, follows a street vendor in its Mexico Mundial jersey through a story about immigrant life and family.
Santa Ana · Culture Promo
Suavecito's monthly morning car meet welcomes everything from hot rods and lowriders to off-road builds, and Juice Unlocked told families to pull up Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 7 a.m.
Santa Ana · Music
In a clip shared by Foo Community, Juice Unlocked CEO Matt Allenn compared Santa Ana's Rebel (@slangerways) to MoneySign Suede, and the chat got a poll.
Santa Ana · Sports
Santa Ana welterweight Alexis Rocha beat former world champion Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. at Honda Center in Anaheim, then used his post-fight interview to say he wants Ryan Garcia next.
Santa Ana · Culture
In a nighttime stream clip with @flaminhotmitts, Juice Unlocked gets told off. The outlet posted the clip in March 2026 and asked followers whether it was clout chasing or real smoke.
Santa Ana · Community Promo
Catalyst held the grand opening of its newest Santa Ana store, Planet Catalyst, on Saturday, March 7, with brand pop-ups, music and "hookups" promised for the day.
Santa Ana · Culture
Santa Ana skit creator Tuff Gym said rapper GB Drako didn't earn his face tattoos. The CEO of FOO Community answered in a podcast-style interview, calling it shooting down a young artist.
Santa Ana · Music
Juice Unlocked spotlighted Santa Ana artist Kapri's new song "Temperature" on March 4, 2026, and asked followers whether he has a hit on his hands.
Santa Ana · Community Promo
In a promotional post, Juice Unlocked spotlighted the planned grand opening of Catalyst's newest Santa Ana store, billed as the largest of its kind in Orange County, with a 9 a.m. ribbon cutting on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
Santa Ana · Music
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Clave Ali argued that Santa Ana's Lalo the Giant brought a rap-video look to the corrido scene, and that people don't know it.
Santa Ana · Sports
Santa Ana's Alexis Rocha announced his return to the ring after what he called a challenging start to the year, with a March 14 date against Joseph Diaz Jr. at Anaheim's Honda Center.
Santa Ana · Culture
Santa Ana's Clave Ali (@ahhlicks_) told Juice Unlocked the OC Day Party started as free COVID-era house parties for friends, then grew into a Sunday event once things reopened.
Santa Ana · Culture
The full Juice Unlocked conversation with Santa Ana's Clave Ali (@ahhlicks_) is on YouTube. He covers how Junior H came to write a corrido about his life, how the OC Day Party started and how he went from his first jobs to selling more than a million T-shirts at Zumiez.
Santa Ana · Music
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, @ahhlicks_ explained for the first time how Junior H came to write a corrido about his life, and why he credits Santa Ana for the song's staying power.
Santa Ana · Culture
On the Juice Unlocked podcast, Clave Ali recalled two men shooting at each other in broad daylight outside his childhood home in Santa Ana, and said that image shouldn't be the only picture of the city.
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