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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency welcomes 2024 winter/spring CULTURA magazine with a statewide award

Posted on January 26, 2024

The first CULTURA: A Community Connection Guide of 2024 is out now and welcomes the new year with a statewide award of excellence for marketing and communications. The latest issue covers programming provided by Recreation, the Library, and the Zoo from February 2024 through May 2024. The City of Santa Ana first introduced the CULTURA...

Santa Ana Celebrates Earth Day with a new event

Posted on January 25, 2024

Join Santa Ana's Parks & Recreation and Public Works Agencies to spruce up Santa Ana parks. The City of Santa Ana thrives on creating open spaces where the community can gather to recreate and engage in positive wellness activities. Parks are the perfect example of outdoor settings that promote healthy lifestyles. With parks playing such...

Street closures and permitted events January 18-24

Street closures and permitted events for January 18-24

Posted on January 18, 2024

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Jan. 19-21 Closures of Edinger Ave. on-ramp and McFadden Ave. off-ramp on NB SR-55 for retaining wall construction. 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily Directional closures on...

Street closures and permitted events for January 11-17

Posted on January 12, 2024

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Saturday, January 13 2nd St. Promenade Event hours: 5- 10 p.m. Sunday, January 14 Plaza Calle Cuatro Event hours: 1-5 p.m. January 15-23 OC Streetcar crews will...

Santa Ana Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival 2024 branded image with dragon

Santa Ana introduces first annual Tết Lunar New Year Festival at Centennial Park

Posted on January 9, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The City of Santa Ana is introducing a new city-wide community event to celebrate the Lunar New Year on Saturday, February 3, 2024. The Tết Lunar New Year Festival will commemorate our community’s Asian and Vietnamese cultures and will become a new large-scale event on the City’s calendar. Santa Ana’s Tết...

Santa Ana introduces the CommuniTEAM

Posted on January 3, 2024

Santa Ana welcomes its new community services mascots: the CommuniTEAM The City of Santa Ana voted to name the new mascots and the results are in! New year, new mascots! Introduced in late November of 2023, the Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency presented three mascots to the community: a red-crowned amazon parrot,...

Street closures and permitted events for December 21-January 3

Posted on December 21, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Friday, December 22 SB lane reductions on Red Hill Ave. between Edinger Ave. and Dyer Rd. for construction activity 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Through December 29...

Street closures and permitted events for December 14-20

Posted on December 14, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Thursday, December 14 Closure on EB and WB traffic across Bristol St. and Santa Ana Blvd. intersections 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Friday, December 15 Intersection closures on...

Street closures and permitted events for December 7-13

Posted on December 7, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. December 8-11 Intersection closure at Santiago St. and Santa Ana Blvd. for paving activity 24 hours Saturday, December 9 Jerome Park Event Hours: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m....

Street closures and permitted events for November 30-December 6

Posted on November 30, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. November 30 - December 1 Closure on SB Grand Ave. between Hotel Terrace and SB 55 freeway exit at Dyer Road for water service repair 10 p.m.-...

Santa Ana Winter Village returns to the heart of O.C., bringing outdoor ice skating and holiday festivities

Posted on November 22, 2023

The City of Santa Ana will offer a public outdoor ice-skating rink during a month-long family-friendly event with holiday light shows, entertainment, food trucks and more. Local residents and visitors will soon be able to enjoy a surprising winter activity in famously warm and sunny Southern California: outdoor ice skating in a winter wonderland. Starting...

Name the new Parks and Recreation mascots

Posted on November 21, 2023

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The City of Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency is excited to introduce three new mascots who were selected to represent the agency, and is asking for your help to name them. Over the next few weeks, a community poll will be conducted to select the names of the...

Street closures and permitted events for November 9-15

Posted on November 9, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Several large events are planned in downtown Santa Ana on Saturday. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Thursday, November 9 Closure on Bush St. between 5th St. and Santa Ana Blvd for roadwork...

Celebrate Native American Heritage month at Thornton Park on Nov. 12

Posted on November 3, 2023

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Come together and celebrate indigenous cultures at the City of Santa Ana’s Native American Heritage Festival on Sunday, November 12, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Thornton Park. Visitors will enjoy Native American and Indigenous music, crafts, traditional song and dance, storytelling, and interactive experiences. This family-friendly festival will...

City of Santa Ana to host Plaza Navideña and downtown tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 18

Posted on November 3, 2023

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The City of Santa Ana will kick off the holiday season by hosting the Plaza Navideña event on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, from 5 to 8 p.m. The traditional event will be held downtown at Plaza Calle Cuatro where the community can look forward to a decorated 30-foot natural fir tree,...

Street closures and permitted events for November 2 – 8

Posted on November 2, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Several large events are planned in downtown Santa Ana on Saturday. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Friday, November 3 Memorial Park Event Hours: 2-3 p.m. Lane Reductions on Main St. between 4th...

Street closures and permitted events for October 26 – November 1

Posted on October 26, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Thursday, October 26 Birch Park Birch Park Movie Series; Event hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, October 27 Film Permit Santa Ana Train Station; Filming hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m....

Street closures and permitted events for October 19-25

Posted on October 19, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Thursday, October 19 Birch Park Birch Park Movie Series; Event hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, October 20 Cesar Chavez Park Santa Ana Zoo Park Pop Up; Event hours:...

Ed Caruthers Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 10/17/23

Ed Caruthers Park now open!

Posted on October 18, 2023

The City of Santa Ana's Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of Ed Caruthers Park, a vibrant addition to the community. The new park, located in Ward 5 on the corner of Raitt Street and Myrtle Street, is named in honor of Edward Julius Caruthers Jr., a...

Street closures and permitted events for October 12-18

Posted on October 12, 2023

Here are the locations of upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. Thursday, October 12 Birch Park Movie Series Birch Park; Event hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, October 13 Santa Ana Zoo Park Pop-Up Adams Park; Event hours: 2-3 p.m....