Subject: Cancer

• Good Timing, Bad Air

  The Orange County Register reports this morning that the Irvine-based Beckman Foundation has donated $20 million to the City of Hope in Duarte, to help finance cancer research. The Foundation has an excellent sense of timing– because, as every other newspaper in the state is reporting this morning: Californians breathe the second-dirtiest air in the nation, with residents of Los Angeles and Orange counties exposed to a cancer risk that's about double the national average, according to a ne

  March 22, 2006

• F-Bombing Cancer

  At this year's Newport Beach Film Festival, FUCK: A Fuckumentary won both the Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Documentary and the ticking heart of our favorite shock-resistant timepiece. Now, the fuckumentarians behind the film have found yet another use for the already very useful word, fighting cancer. FUCK co-producer Christine Pechera has Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is conducting an urgent search for a matching bone marrow donor (details here). To help defray the cost of the search&nd

  May 4, 2006

• A Little Bit Pregnant

  Whoever said you can't be a little bit pregnant never reckoned with the can-do spirit of the Bush administration. As the Washington Post reports: New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves -- and to be treated by the health care system -- as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon. Among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from

  May 17, 2006

• Tongue tied (sort of)

  A dispatch arrives from the cutting edge of science, where the wonders never cease: Tongue made from buttocks A Polish man who had his tongue removed has had a new one made using tissue taken from his buttocks. Jarislav Ernst, 23, from Gliwice, now has a functioning tongue made from his backside after surgery at the Oncology Clinic in Gliwice's General Hospital. Head doctor Stanislaw Poltorek said: "The new tongue is alive and well-supplied with blood, and the patient is doing well." Mr Erns

  August 25, 2006

• Running with Rockers

  The Cold War Kids are playing a very special Orange County show on Sept. 24, and anyone can go. Anyone, that is, who's willing to walk five kilometers for tickets. The 24th is also the day of the Orange County Race for the Cure - namely the cure for breast cancer. The Race, held at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, is part of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's vicious paramilitary action against malignant mammaries. The Kids are encouraging friends and fans to join them on the day,

  August 28, 2006

• Bad Medicine

  Fullerton is certainly full of something these days. Last month the Fullerton Planning Commission approved a resolution to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in their city. In fact, all the resolution woul accomplish is a violation of California law; that and a major buzz-kill to Jay's Paradise, the dispensary whose business license application inspired the last-minute "urgency ordinance". In 1996 California passed Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, which orders cities to set up a "plan

  September 12, 2006

• Rocco's Modern Life

  It's possible that, by censuring trustee Steve Rocco, the Orange Unified School District may be hastening the Second Coming. Not of Jesus, mind you, but of Andy Kaufman. The Weekly recently received the following graphic from a reader. At first we were puzzled—the first picture is clearly Steve Rocco, but the second? The bastard offspring of a Belushi and the guy from Counting Crows, maybe? Actually it's Kaufman; the image is taken from his Elvis impersonation on the cover of his 1983

  December 10, 2006

• The Quality of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Fuck

  Two films that played in Orange County in March and April to wide critical acclaim--if by "wide critical acclaim" you mean "received positive reviews from OC Weekly"--will screen up the road in that little berg that natives call Los Angeles in the days ahead. Of Quality of Life, a drama about the lives of San Francisco graffitti writers that showed at Edwards University in Irvine, we wrote: "this li'l pic packs authentic street grittiness, a kicking soundtrack (featuring the likes of Modest Mou

  May 17, 2006

• Lit Drummer Diagnosed With Brain Tumor

  Allen Shellenberger, drummer for Orange County’s Platinum rock band Lit, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor earlier this month. After biopsy, it was discovered that Shellenberger’s cancer is malignant glioma ‑ a type of primary central nervous system tumor that usually occurs in the brain. At only 38 years old, he is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments with world-renowned neurosurgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. This is t

  May 23, 2008

• Ode to Sneaky Pete

  March 25, 1999

• Bad Dirt!

  January 27, 2000

• Russians, Rockets and the Santa Ana River

  May 25, 2000

• Wank

  September 14, 2000

• Letters

  March 22, 2001

• Bitter Harvest

  March 25, 2004

• Merle Haggard Show at the Grove Canceled

  Merle Haggard's concert at the Grove of Anaheim, scheduled for Dec. 4, has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. The official line is the show was scrapped due to "health issues;" the beloved country legend had surgery this Monday to remove a cancerous growth from his right lung. All the best to the Hag.

  November 7, 2008

• Try on a Bra, Fight Breast Cancer

  You--not you, sir--can help fight breast cancer while receiving a complimentary bra fitting at various local locations over the next few weeks.For every woman who tries on a Wacoal or b.tempt'd bra with a fit specialist and signs up to receive monthly reminders to do self-breast exams, Wacoal will donate $2 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure for breast cancer research and community health programs. Wacoal will also donate an additional $2 for every Wacoal bra, shapewear piece or b.tempt'd bra purcha

  April 13, 2009

• Meditation Workshop

  January 8, 2009

• A Gift From the Heart

  December 4, 2008

• Knit One Cure Two

  November 27, 2008

• Grape Expectations

  July 17, 2008

• Monster In a Box

  September 2, 1999

• Takin' Care

  Cruisin’ For A Cure

  September 20, 2007

• A Clockwork Orange

  June 15, 2000

• Saving the Boobs

  Breast Cancer Benefit at Alexs Bar

  July 19, 2007

• Letters

  'You reduce yourselves to the blogs of housewives with a useless degree in art or literature when you write such cleverly worded nothingness. Fuck you'

  May 3, 2007

• Dr. Z, Sun God

  June 22, 2006

• Preemptive Strikes We Like

  March 9, 2006

• The Wind Cries Yablonka!

  March 3, 2005

• Crude Attitude

  January 29, 2004

• Staying Alive

  December 19, 2002

• Dying to Know

  September 5, 2002

• Pulling Out the Roots

  May 23, 2002

• A Prayer for the Dying

  May 9, 2002

• Addison Glines

  November 15, 2001

• Anti-Nuclear War

  August 2, 2001

• Cancer Politics

  December 30, 1999

• Third Grader's Book Details Mom's Battle With Cancer

  The authorCan you remember anything you were doing at age 7 that did not involve potty jokes, running after the ice cream truck or putting a finger where it did not belong? Taylor Rice, a Lake Forest 8-year-old, can look way back to last year when she wrote what's claimed to be the first children's book of its kind. My Cancer Mommy, which is now available for purchase, presents a kid's perspective on a mother's battle with the disease, from diagnosis to recovery. Taylor was seven months old

  April 22, 2009

• Stop the Dying of African American Women from Breast Cancer

  May 28, 2009

• My Man MCA's Got a Beard Like a Billygoat...

  ...and a form of cancer. According to a press release, the man born Adam Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left parotid gland. This means the Beastie Boy's latest record, Hot Sauce Committee, will be pushed back and all current shows have been cancelled. But more importantly, this news means we gotta send lots of positive vibes toward MCA's way. He's been a champion of the Free Tibet movement for years and is one of the most underrated bassists of our time. Mr. Yauch, you probabl

  July 21, 2009

• PETA Tee Prefers Breasts Over Animal Testing

  PETACatalog.org​ We all know PETA is no stranger to using "edgy" marketing campaigns, showcasing naked (and half-naked) women to trumpet their cause--see our recent slightly NSFW Ringling Bros. protest slideshow here--but some think their priorities are a little misaligned, worthy cause or not.Check out PETA's latest offering from their catalog: The "Breasts Not Animal Tests" tank, $24. The product description reads:"You probably already know that peta2 loves animals. But did you know that we

  July 28, 2009

• Lit Drummer Allen Shellenberger Dead at 39

  ​Early this morning, news broke that Allen Shellenberger, drummer and founding member of Orange County band Lit, died yesterday at the age of 39. Shellenberger was diagnosed with brain cancer in May of last year. A tribute video to Shellenberger was produced and played before Lit's show at the House of Blues Anaheim last month:Full text of the press release from Ken Phillips Publicity Group announcing Shellenberger's passing after the jump.

  August 14, 2009

• Health Care Agency Blocks Planned Parenthood's Final Attempt to Secure County Funding

  ​After thirty years of working closely with the county and swooping in to absorb patients the county's shoddy public health care system could no longer treat, Planned Parenthood was forced to give up the county grant it has received for the past nine years. In a scathing letter written to the county Health Care Agency, CEO Jon Dunn ripped into the agency, and the board of supervisors, for blatantly erecting a series of barriers that have made it virtually impossible for the organization to rec

  July 31, 2009

• The Story Continues: Bone Marrow Donation Facts, Statistics, and Other Stuff

  Courtesy of HelpTami.Org​ Before I wrote this week's news article, "A Bone Marrow to Pick," about Matthew Nguyen and bone marrow donation, my assumption of the whole process came from watching Grey's Anatomy. It was the third season and Izzy Stevens (Katherine Heigl) had to donate bone marrow for her daughter. In a scene rife with melodrama, there was an abnormally large needle, and enough pain to ensure that she could not even stand afterward. Then after I found out more about the

  August 27, 2009

• Local Leukemia Patients Struggle with the Shortage of Asian Bone-Marrow Donors

  August 27, 2009

• MCA...Getting Better

  ​MCA, one third of my favorite band of all time, Beastie Boys, posted a message on the group's mailing list announcing his status. In case you didn't know, the man born Adam Yauch was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid salivary gland. He had surgery, kicked it with the Dalai Lama and is getting better. That's good news for B Boys nerds like me. Seriously, without the Beastie Boys, who the hell knows what sorta nerd I would have turned into.

  October 9, 2009

• Doctor-Minister Arrested for Fake Cancer Cure Has OC Ties

  ​Another health practitioner with Orange County ties has been arrested on suspicion of prescribing phony cancer cures.WSJ.com​Licensed physician and ordained Pentecostal minister Christine Daniel of Mission Hills was arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles for allegedly taking $1.1 million from 55 families over three years for an herbal cancer "treatment" that resulted in at least six patient deaths in a six-month period.(The only image Clockwork could find of the 55-year-old was this line dr

  October 9, 2009

• "Natural Doctor" featured in OC Register Charged With Being a Fake

  Daryn Peterson Daryn Peterson must have been flying pretty high on June 10, when he opened the Orange County Register and read Courtney Perkes' feature story on him, "A Rejection of Western Medicine." Today, the 37-year-old Las Vegas resident was arrested and charged with unauthorized practice of medicine, operating a health care service plan without a license, treating cancer without a license, offering an unapproved drug for cancer treatment, and misrepresenting

  September 24, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Local Surfers Host 11th Annual Costa Mesa Wood Racquet Classic

  For a decade now, the Costa Mesa Wood Racquet Classic has been a local staple, bringing together local elements ranging from local surfers to Hollywood producers to cancer researchers. Players compete using vintage wooden racquets and old-school white balls in a setting reminiscent of an earlier era of Orange County--sprawling, well-kept backyards shaded by old-growth trees, a wooden crow's nest for announcers and officials, an exclusive players' cocktail lounge and more. The adjoining "backyar

  September 4, 2009

• Gettin' Made: For a Good Cause

  On October 29, The Vintage Emporium in Long Beach will be hosting a Crafty Thursday class to benefit breast cancer research. Class size is limited, so you breast sign up quick! Denise Hahn of In My Blue Room teaches a Mini-book workshop on October 29 to benefit breast cancer research.​ After the jump, more info on this fundraiser and the folks behind it.

  October 21, 2009