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March 21, 2012
Glen Justice, OC Cancer Doctor Who Devised $1 Million Insurance Fraud Scam, 'Couldn't Say No' To Patients
A doctor charged with submitting bills for up to $1 million worth of cancer medications--medications that were never provided to patients--will be suspended for a year after he gets out of jail, then placed on 10 years of probation, the California Medical Board has announced. Glen Justice r ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Merle Haggard
City National Grove
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Etta James Dies at 73 of Leukemia Complications; Five Essential Recordings
CNN reports that Etta James has died from leukemia complications in Riverside. She was 73. The singer, known for her definitive rendition of "At Last," was diagnosed with leukemia in 2010. She had been battling Alzheimer's disease for a few years, and also had hepatitis C. Her husband, Art ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
'Hot Coffee'
Huntington Beach Library
Blogs
January 6, 2012
Beachwood BBQ To Raffle Off 130 Pints of Pliny The Younger
We just got news that'll leave beer geeks salivating. Beachwood BBQ has Pliny The Younger--130 pints of it--and they're raffling it all away. To honor the memory of Tony Carbone, a friend of the restaurant who died of cancer, Beachwood is hosting a charity raffle at its Seal Beach and ... More >>
Film
September 29, 2011
Knocked Down In '50/50'
Cancer memoir meets Seth Rogen comedy in this slightly uncomfortable film
Blogs
April 20, 2011
TV on the Radio Bassist Gerard Smith Dies
Our sister publication the Village Voice reports that TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith passed away this morning after a battle with lung cancer. The band's web site says, "We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight ag ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
In Memoriam: Bassist Mick Karn Dead at 52
Myspace.comMick Karn, long-time bassist for Japan and then Dalis Car, has lost his battle with cancer. Karn was born Andonis Michaelides to Greek Cypriot parents in Nicosia, Cyprus. His family moved to London, England when he was a young boy. He met the other members of what would become Japan as ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Sheryl Crow to Hold Free Concert on Nov. 16 for Breast Cancer Awareness
sherylcrow.comWell, kind of free, anyway. Sheryl Crow is performing a free concert at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday, Nov. 16 in support of breast cancer awareness in exchange for a Yoplait yogurt lid. All you have to do is bring the Yoplait yogurt lid ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Jack Marshall Shimko, Cancer Survivor Paddles So Others May Live
Perhaps you've seen stand-up paddlers on boards at local harbors and beaches. Jack Marshall Shimko prefers to use his hands to paddle while kneeling or lying prone on his board. In fact, starting tomorrow, he'll use this method to paddle 150 miles, from Santa Barbara to his native Newport Beach. ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Fundraiser for Amber Pangan
OC Chili's Restaurants
Blogs
July 9, 2010
[UPDATED:] The 88! Auctioning A Guitar Lesson For Leukemia Fundraiser
Update: We just found out that Adam Merrin, also from the 88!, is auctioning off a piano lesson for the same charity as well. Bid on that here.Aw, sweet. Keith Slettedahl, guitarist/vocalist for the Los Angeles-based rock group, The 88!, is auctioning off a one-hour guitar lesson. What will you ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Bartender Again Gives Up Her Butt for Boobs
Serena Stewart is once again giving up her butt for boobs--that is, the nanny, bartender and motorcyclist is enduring the pain to her backside from riding a motorcycle for more than 9,000 miles to raise money for breast cancer survivors.Stewart pushed off on her '06 Harley Davidson Road King in S ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Andrew McMahon's Foundation Teams Up With Warped Tour
www.myspace.com/jacksmannequinJack's Mannequin/Something Corporate singer/songwriter Andrew McMahon is pretty busy this summer, what with finishing a new Jack's Mannequin album and going on a reunion tour with Something Corporate. But he's not too busy to devote time to his foundation, Dear Jack ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
LLS Benefit with Jo Koy
Irvine Improv
Blogs
April 2, 2010
Local Surfer Jodie Nelson Makes a Friend on Her Marathon Paddle
Courtesy of Paddle With PurposeLast weekend, co-founder of the SUP Spot and highly respected ambassador of stand-up paddling, Jodie Nelson, set out for an intense 39.8 mile paddle from Catalina Island to Dana Point during the Ohana Ocean Catalina Challenge, becoming the first woman ever to comple ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Local Surfer Jodie Nelson Paddles For Breast Cancer Awareness
This weekend, co-founder of the SUP Spot and highly respected ambassador of stand-up paddling, Jodie Nelson, prepares for a historic challenge of being the first woman ever to paddle a grueling 39.8 miles from Catalina Island to Dana Point.
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January 28, 2010
Todd Rocks Benefit
House of Blues
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December 4, 2009
Researchers: Cell Phones and Brain Tumors Are a Bad Connection
Keep those Blackberries pushed up tightly against your heads, Christmas shoppers: a very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia shows no link between cell-phone use and brain tumors.Reuters has the skinny.The findings validate what UC Irvine medical researchers have been sayin ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
BreastFest
The Crosby
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October 21, 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. ... More >>
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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.comLicensed physician and ordained Pentecostal minister Christine Daniel of Mission Hills was arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles for allegedly taking $1.1 million from 5 ... More >>
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September 24, 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 unauth ... More >>
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September 4, 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 er ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 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 ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Local Leukemia Patients Struggle with the Shortage of Asian Bone-Marrow Donors
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 ... More >>
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August 14, 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 Hou ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 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 coun ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 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.Che ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Stop the Dying of African American Women from Breast Cancer
Faith Deliverance Apostolic Church
Calendar
July 17, 2008
Grape Expectations
Ambrosia Wine Fest
Blogs
May 23, 2008
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 ... More >>
News
September 20, 2007
Takin' Care
Cruisin’ For A Cure
News
July 19, 2007
Saving the Boobs
Breast Cancer Benefit at Alexs Bar
Blogs
August 28, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 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 a ... More >>
Features
June 22, 2006
Dr. Z, Sun God
UCI's Dr. Christopher Zachary gives the sun what-for
Blogs
May 17, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2006
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 mor ... More >>
News
March 9, 2006
Preemptive Strikes We Like
Free Mammogram Screenings
Features
March 25, 2004
Bitter Harvest
Four Huntington Beach kids have died of a rare disease. Officials say theres no pattern. The parents say the answer could be underground
News
January 29, 2004
Crude Attitude
Residents pressure city to test for contamination at former Chevron site
Music
May 23, 2002
Pulling Out the Roots
ROCK for CHOC benefit
Supplement
May 9, 2002
A Prayer for the Dying
ROCK for CHOC benefit
Culture
November 15, 2001
Addison Glines
1981 - 2001
News
August 2, 2001
Anti-Nuclear War
Linda McLandrich says she lost her husband to San Onofre but swears she wont lose again
Features
September 14, 2000
Wank
Linda McLandrich says she lost her husband to San Onofre but swears she wont lose again
News
May 25, 2000
Russians, Rockets and the Santa Ana River
A closed weapons plant in the Chino Hills may be leaking hazardous chemicals into the Santa Ana River
Columns
January 27, 2000
Bad Dirt!
Are we inventing our own demise?
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