Cancer

Christine Daniel, Who Hawked Phony Cancer Cure on TBN, Gets 14 Years, $1.2 Million Fine

An ex-doctor and minister who hawked a miracle cancer cure via a program on the Costa Mesa-based Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison because her "brown sludge'' was actually made of suntan lotion and beef flavoring. Besides TBN, Christine Daniel, 58, ... More >>

Last Shot: Photographing Coachella is Like Running an Ultramarathon

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer and fellow Weekling Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for us on top of other freelance work and holding a day job at a hospital, of all places. As ... More >>

Last Shot: Time Is Running Out

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer and fellow Weekling Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for us on top of other freelance work and holding a day job at a hospital, of all places. As ... More >>

Last Shot: A Concert Photographer's Battle With Cancer

[Editor's Note:Longtime concert photographer and fellow Weekling Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time he's continued to shoot tons of music events for us, on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places. This ... More >>

Local Skateboarder John Sirmon Loses Longtime Battle With Cancer

The Weekly is sad to report that local skateboarder John Sirmon passed away on Saturday after a long battle with colon cancer. After being diagnosed in October of 2011, a large portion of OC's skateboarding community rallied around Sirmon, hosting benefit concerts and silent auctions to help fund h ... More >>

Mike Atta's Battle With Cancer Inspires Action in the OC Punk Community

Legendary local acts band together to raise support for the Middle Class guitarist

Kevin Griffith Battles Rare Cancer With a Little Help From His Online Friends

Kevin Griffith was diagnosed with a rare cancer (Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma) in February, and the Aliso Viejo 29-year-old's family discovered he would require multiple international surgeries.So, they've turned to the Internet for help.

Walt Disney Company Wins Employment Disability Lawsuit Filed in Orange County

Walt Disney Company officials fired employee Garrick Pietro for three times failing to alert them in advance that he wasn't going to work before his 5 a.m. shifts in 2008.Though prior notice was clearly required by company rules--rules that also state three violations would result in termination, ... More >>

TONIGHT: Bootlegger's Brewery Hosts 'Beer For Boobs' Charity Event--With Pink(ish) Beer!

We love boobs. We love beer. Hey, look at this. Bootlegger's Brewery is promoting both tonight with a cool charity event. To celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Fullerton brewery hosts a "Beer For Boobs" night, where they'll be releasing a blond ale brewed with hibiscus flowers created ... More >>

Orange County Doctor Gets Hit with Two Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

​March hasn't been a great month for Dr. Minch K. Fong.The Mission Viejo physician and surgeon is now also a defendant in Orange County Superior Court where two unrelated medical malpractice lawsuits have been filed against him.In one case, the family of a dead man claims that Fong caused the fata ... More >>

Fight Club

Regency South Coast Village

Merle Haggard

City National Grove

Robi Draco Rosa Diagnosed With Cancer

​ Terrible news to report today: Latin pop star and producer Robi Draco Rosa has just been diagnosed with cancer.

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 >>

California Considers Banning Teens From Tanning Beds

​Teens who want that dark, leathery glow may soon have to get it the old-fashioned way--with a bottle of Crisco and some aluminum foil.  Twelve U.S. states have bills pending that would put age restrictions on commercial tanning salons, reports The Huffington Post. California is among them.&n ... More >>

OC Planned Parenthood Funding in Crisis

​On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget resolution that eliminates Title X, a program that gives low-income women access to family-planning services. Taking the biggest hit is Planned Parenthood--the nation's largest reproductive health services provider--which would lose a ... More >>

In Memoriam: Bassist Mick Karn Dead at 52

Myspace.com​Mick 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 >>

Nicki Minaj and Komen for the Cure Turn Black Friday Pink

​Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast cancer awareness organization responsible for the all-pink-everything "Passionately Pink for the Cure" campaign, might have found their newest spokesperson in Nicki Minaj. It only makes sense--the break-out femcee has an unrelenting obsession with the color ... More >>

Orange County Interwebs Double Entendre

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[UPDATED:] Carly Fiorina, Cancer Survivor, Hospitalized

​UPDATE: She'll apparently be back on the campaign trail tomorrow (see end of post) . . . The Carly for California campaign issued a statement Wednesday morning indicating cancer survivor Carly Fiorina was hospitalized due to an infection tied to her past reconstructive breast surgery.While Fiorin ... More >>

Sheryl Crow to Hold Free Concert on Nov. 16 for Breast Cancer Awareness

sherylcrow.com​Well, 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 >>

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 >>

Andrew McMahon to Perform with Something Corporate AND Jack's Mannequin on the SAME Night at Dear Jack Foundation Benefit

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Andrew McMahon's Dear Jack Foundation just announced their first annual benefit--and it's a pretty powerhouse cast. The show will feature BOTH Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate playing on the same night--the first time McMahon, the frontman for both ... More >>

Serpentine to Avoid Flying Serpentine!

​When state Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) recently proposed legislation that would de-list serpentine as the state rock on grounds the mineral "contains asbestos, a known carcinogen," it raised hackles from the left and right.For instance, the New York Times editorial board opined, "To our m ... More >>

Andrew McMahon's Foundation Teams Up With Warped Tour

www.myspace.com/jacksmannequin​Jack'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 >>

UPDATED: Daryn Peterson, Fake Doctor Boosted in Register Story, Sentenced to Jail and Probation

​Daryn Peterson, who was convicted in December of posing as a doctor and claiming to heal serious or incurable diseases including cancer and AIDS, was sentenced today to 270 days in jail and five years probation, and is prohibited from working in any medical field or selling any vitamins or pharma ... More >>

Clippers Commentator Allegedly Stole $735,000 From Retiree With Inoperable Brain Tumor

NBA.comMike Smith​With seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Clippers are pulling off an improbable victory over the Los Angeles Lakers--and Mike Smith is helping to call the action alongside Ralph Lawler on Fox Sports West.Nice work if you can get it--especially when you are facing ... More >>

Rep. John Campbell to Get Christmas Visit From the Ghost of Pharmaceutical Plunder Present

Rep. John Campbell to host carolers.​Like Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future, Rep. John Campbell (R-Newport Beach) is about to host some seasonal visitors.Singing traditional Christmas carols set to new lyrics, members of UC Irvine's chapter of Universities Allied for E ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Knit One, Cure Too

The holidays are supposed to be about sharing good will (and a boozy eggnog or two) with others - and it's always nice when you can use your crafty talents to help a great holiday cause as well! This Friday from 4-7pm, Spa Gregorie's and Mainplace Mall in Santa Ana are proud to host the second annua ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 >>

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 ne ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 d ... More >>

Meditation Workshop

Bowers Museum

A Gift From the Heart

A Gift From the Heart

Knit One Cure Two

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 ... More >>

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'

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 ... More >>

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 l ... More >>

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, figh ... More >>

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 >>

Staying Alive

The Red 7s are cancer-killers

Addison Glines

1981 - 2001

Letters

Wank

A Clockwork Orange

Cancer Politics

Radiation is good for youjust ask a scientist!

Ode to Sneaky Pete

Nuclear industry exposes ex-governor's Ward Valley lie