By  Dianne Anderson

Thanks to a merry alliance between Southwest Community Center and Second Baptist Church in Santa Ana, the elves worked overtime this past week to bring Christmas to many needy local kids.

Andre Jones, 17, a long-time volunteer at the Southwest Community Center,

By Jacqueline Johnson

The week and holiday began and ended with fun, food and funerals. We enjoyed the Santa Ana Black Historical Society’s annual Xmas party, held this year at South West Center instead of South West Senior Center, so of course I went to

By  Dianne Anderson

Homeowners dealing with wrongful foreclosures or improper paper handling by banks can receive up to $125,000 compensation in a program that has gone far under the radar, especially for Black and Brown communities that took the brunt of the nation’s economic crisis.

So far, the Greenlining Institute reports that only 6%, roughly about 260,000 of the 4.4 million Read more...

By Eliz Dowdy

The Orange County National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is in full swing as they put the finishing touches on the annual Kwanzaa celebration. The event will be held at WISEPlace this year at 1411 N. Broadway in Santa Ana. The theme chosen for 2012 is “Coming Home: Our Journey Continues.”