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Children's Health

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Jonny Loquasto Is Bringing the Laughs All in The Name of Charity.

    Comedian Jonny Loquasto always keeps it funny and also seems to keep all sorts of irons in the fire. From hosting a weekly wrestling show (yeah, seriously) and stand-up comedy, thePennsylvania native is a confessed sports fanatic with a master's degree in Physical Therapy. On May 30th, Loquatso will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Western Medical Center Anaheim to Shut Down Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; Nurses, Premature Babies Outraged

    ​Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc. is no stranger to our pages, mostly because of its cutthroat business operations and corrupt management. In November, 2011 a Santa Ana-based law firm sued a majority stakeholder in IHHI, Kali P. Chaudhuri, for engaging in fraud and racketeering on Riverside Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    [UPDATED: USDA Caves] 'Pink Slime': Too Disgusting For McDonald's But Good Enough For Schoolkids

    ​UPDATE: After the Pink Slime Uproar of 2012, the USDA will give school administrators the option of not feeding the stuff to children. The agency has confirmed that due to "customer demand," it will give schools in the National School Lunch Program a choice to order products with or without "Lean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    McDonald's Giving Out Books Instead Of Toys in UK Happy Meals

    Amazon.com​Ronald McDonald: champion for literacy? Well at least in the UK, he is. From now until February 7th, the fast-food giant long-criticized for being purveyors of unhealthiness and ruiner of children's nutrition is promoting one good habit even as it continues to peddle a bad one: It's giv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Kids Hate Healthy School Lunches, Black Market for Junk Food Emerges in LA

    Flickr user woodleywonderworks​This year, the Los Angeles Unified School District changed the unchangeable. It made cafeteria lunches (gasp!) healthy. Out went chocolate milk, corn dogs, chicken nuggets and nachos. In came vegetarian curry, lentil and brown rice cutlets, quinoa and pad Thai.   ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    USDA Pushing for School Districts to Buy Food from Local Farmers

    Photo by Das UbergeekFrom the Irvine Farmers' Market: Will Organic Pears Make it into SanTana Unified?​Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama, take note: the United States Department of Agriculture has just announced that it's implementing a rule that is "encouraging" school districts to buy from local f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Irvine Resident Charged With $2.4 Million Childhood Obesity Scam

    Kids are going to have to lose weight the old-fashion way.​True, childhood obesity is certainly a problem, but Charles Davis, despite what he may have told potential investors, does not have the answer. He was more than willing, however, to take $2.4 million from those who believed he did.On Monda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    OC's Broken School Lunches

    Flickr user bookgrlAs sad as this is, it's better than CUSD's high school lunch.​Earlier this year, the Conseil régional de Bourgogne (Regional Council of Burgundy, France) released a four-year charter called "Qualité de la restauration scolaire"--the quality of school food. It states that at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Nursing Mother Asked To Leave Arizona McDonald's

    Flickr user myjuly​According to ABC15 in Phoenix, Clarissa Bradford was asked to leave a Glendale, Ariz. McDonald's after breastfeeding her 6-month-old son. Clearly, the manager of this McDonald's has never heard of mombloggers, or this would never have happened.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    Timeless Melodies: Bob Hope

    Bowers Museum

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Todd Rocks Benefit

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Free Pancakes at IHOP on Feb. 23

    marriageequality @ flickr.com CC BY 2.0Marie wants you to eat pancakes!​Mark your calendars, everyone: February 23 is National Pancake Day at IHOPs nationwide.Guests at IHOP on that day can ask for a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes. Donations will be accepted for the Children's Miracle Net ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Melamine Found in Edible Sex Accessories

    Melamine-tainted baby formula: tragic and scary. Melamine-tainted pet food: sad. Now a New York Times story reports that melamine has also been detected in edible adult sex accessories sold in England. It's still disturbing, of course, but somehow, this time, you can't help but chuckle a litt ... More >>

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