Amezcua pushed back, saying she wouldn’t support taking funding from law enforcement and that Hernandez’s proposal was reckless. Council calls for ICE, military to leave ...

Mayor Valerie Amezcua originally proposed cancelling eight major community events for the 2025-26 fiscal year to allocate the $1 million budgeted for the events to Santa Ana families affected by ...

The Santa Ana City Council meeting this evening is shaping up to be a contentious one. Immigrant rights groups and activists are urging residents to show up and speak during the public comment ...

“What we are seeing in Santa Ana right now is pure violence and destruction of our city and businesses,” Mayor Valerie Amezcua wrote in a statement late Monday night.

SANTA ANA, CA — An Orange County rapper returned an acknowledgment from his hometown of Santa Ana following Mayor Valerie Amezcua's response to anti-ICE protests in the city.

Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua could not be reached for comment. A spokesperson for the Border Patrol confirmed their agents were the ones who apprehended Barranco, but declined to comment further.

Activists and Santa Ana resident Joese Hernandez criticized Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua's leadership and response to the recent immigration sweeps reported in the city.

Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua couldn’t be reached for comment. A Border Patrol spokesperson confirmed their agents made the arrest but declined to give more details.

Reunited owners of dachshund Valerie share stunning update Valerie the dachshund captured the world’s attention after spending 529 days lost on Kangaroo Island. She’s finally returned home ...

Valerie Schultz is a freelance writer, a columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and the author of Till the Moon Be No More: The Grit and Grace of Growing Older. She lives on the Oregon Coast.

Valerie Bonk started working at WTOP in 2016 and has lived in Howard County, Maryland, her entire life. She's thrilled to be a reporter for WTOP telling stories on air. She works as both a ...