Children's Hospital of Orange County

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OC Weekly and the kind folks at the Silver Trumpet restaurant  at the Wyndham Hotel in Costa Mesa have teamed up to raise money for the Children's Hospital of Orange County. For every new like OC Weekly gets on Facebook, the Silver Trumpet will donate $1 to CHOC. The fundraiser ends o ... More >>

[UPDATED with Insanity Plea:] A Tale of Two Sonias: One Mom Welcomes OC's 1st Baby of 2013, Other Allegedly Murdered Boy

See the update at the end of this post on Sonia Hermosillo's insanity plea today.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 2, 9:38 A.M.: Two Orange County mothers named Sonia enter 2013 in very different places. At 12:03 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, at Western Medical Center Anaheim, Sonia Gonzalez delivered Pamela Cristal Belt ... More >>

[UPDATED with Arraignment:] Malik Perez, OC Homicide No. 47: Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono Held in Murder of Baby with Bite Marks, Bruises

See the update at the end of this post about today's scheduled arraignment of Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono on murder and child assault charges.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 4, 7:01 A.M.: When, according to the Buena Park Police Department, Cheyenne Mateo Fuimaono admitted to officers he had inflicted injuries to a ... More >>

10 Really Bad Orange County Boyfriends eHarmonizers and Match.commers Must Avoid

Today's arraignment of Cheyene Fuimaono for allegedly murdering his girlfriend's toddler son reminded me that I wanted to slap together a list of 10 Orange Countians who proved to be really bad boyfriends in 2012. Match.comming eHarmonizers take note of the results after the jump . . .

U.S. Innovation, Chinese Start-Up Money and Death by China Mix at UC Irvine

UC Irvine Economics Professor Peter Navarro famously authored with Greg Autry the book Death by China, which argues the People's Republic's "ruthless and corrupt" Communist government threatens global economic stability. (Navarro also appears prominently in the recent documentary based on and with t ... More >>

Mom and Son Sue Kaiser and CHOC for "Botched" Delivery Where His Twin Died

An infant who survived his delivery with brain damage but whose twin died is suing Kaiser Permanente and Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) for negligence and medical malpractice from "botched" prenatal, labor, delivery and post-natal care.A dollar amount is not specified in the complaint ... More >>

Robot Doctors Infiltrate OC Hospitals, Just Like the Mayans Said They Would

If you thought your doctor had cold hands when he or she asked you to turn and cough, wait until RP-VITA gets you in its grasp.Developed by the makers of the Roomba, the Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant that just got a test drive at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach does for ... More >>

Alfonso Bustamante, Psychologist Brother of Santa Ana Pervert Councilman Carlos, Facing Ethics Lawsuit For Alleged Affair with Female Patient

The twin brother of an embattled Santa Ana councilman arrested earlier this month on multiple sexual battery charges is facing his own messy ethics scandal.A lawsuit filed this week in Orange County Superior Court accuses Alfonso Bustamante of repeatedly abusing his position as a licensed psychologi ... More >>

Artwalking on Water: Are Prophets Healing People in Downtown Santa Ana?

A revival could be breaking out in downtown Santa Ana, and we're not talking a Mexi-mullet comeback.Nope, the good folks at Blessed International Fellowship in Anaheim are heralding the gospel and healing in the name of Jesus during the monthly Artwalk. Don't believe us? Check out the testimony ... More >>

John Marshall is Latest to Die at Bottom of Children's Hospital Parking Structure

Perhaps it's time to consider a flying trapeze safety net under the Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) parking structure.On Monday, a 68-year-old man leaped to his death from the fifth level of the parking structure in Orange.One level down, a mother allegedly tossed her baby boy to his dea ... More >>

Gabriela Mariana Morales Gets 25 Years to Life for Beating Murder of 4 y.o. Son

Gabriela Mariana Morales, a Santa Ana 29-year-old convicted by a jury last month of murdering her 4-year-old son by repeatedly hitting the boy's head, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison.That's the same sentence that was handed down in January 2011 to her former live-in boyfriend ... More >>

Gabriela Mariana Morales Found Guilty at Second Trial in 4-year-old Son's Beating Death

A year ago, a lone juror prevented Gabriela Mariana Morales from being convicted in the beating death of her 4-year-old son back in May 2008.The Santa Ana 30-year-old did not get so lucky this week, when a jury that deliberated for day found her guilty of second-degree murder, assault on a child lik ... More >>

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 >>

Sonia Hermosillo Ruled Competent to Stand Trial for Allegedly Tossing Baby to His Death

​After a third brain doctor failed to determine which colleague was right--the one who found Sonia Hermosillo mentally competent to stand trial for tossing her 7-month-old son to his death off the fourth level of a Children's Hospital of Orange County parking structure, or a second who believed th ... More >>

[UPDATED with 3rd Mental Check Due:] Sonia Hermosillo, Accused of Tossing Baby to Death at CHOC, Has Competency Hearing

​UPDATE, FEB. 3, 4:17 P.M.: Superior Court Commissioner Vickie Hix today ordered a third evaluation of Sonia Hermosillo to determine if the mother accused of tossing her 7-month-old son off a parking structure to his death is mentally competent to stand trial for murder. Two psychologists reached ... More >>

11 Ucked Fup OC Murder Incidents from 2011

​The body count is piling up in Orange County this last month of 2011, with some slayings so awful they made the following compilation of the 11 most ucked fup murder scenes of the year.Please note that this will also be my last list of 2011 that includes the Salon Meritage massacre. As much as I ... More >>

Sardar Fauja Singh, the "Turbaned Tornado," Brings Ageless Message to OC Students and Teachers

​Orange County, prepare yourself for the "Turbaned Tornado." That's the nickname of Sardar Fauja Singh, the keynote speaker at the Orange County Human Relations Commission's 23rd annual "Walk in my Shoes" leadership conference Thursday at Cal State Fullerton.At age 100, Singh has worn out many sho ... More >>

Farrell's to Host Ice-Cream Eating Challenge as Charity Event Next Month

​Oh, Farrell's! Massive, glorious, gluttonous, grandiose Farrell'!. Its take on ice-cream culture is to add as many scoops as possible, then add a bucket of more and an oil drum of butterscotch and chocolate--and that's the kid's size. So it only makes sense that to give back to the community, Far ... More >>

[UPDATED with Mistrial:] Gabriela Mariana Morales, Accused in Beating Death of 4-Year-Old Son, Saved by Lone Juror (For Now)

​UPDATE, MAY 20, 10:08 A.M.: After a mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of Gabriela Mariana Morales, who stood accused of murder in the beating death of her 4-year-old son, prosecutors announced they will retry the case. A lone juror was unwilling to convict the 28-year-old Santa Ana woma ... More >>

BlizzCon Ticket Info Announced! (They're $25 More This Year)

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyOne of Blizzcon 2010's hottest babes ​When BlizzCon comes back to Anaheim in October, it will be to the tune of $175 a ticket. Tickets to this Blizzard Entertainment Con are already hard to get. Now they're even more expensive. Tickets for the October 21-22 conventi ... More >>

[UPDATED] Alberto Solis Guzman Gets 25 Years to Life in Prison for Killing Girlfriend's 4-year-Old Son

​UPDATE, JAN. 28, 1:36 P.M.: 29-year-old Alberto Solis Guzman was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for assaulting, battering, endangering and causing the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son.The mother of Brandon Morales, who died on May 30, 2008, still faces trial later this year ... More >>

California Hospitals Must Now Report Infection Rates, Thanks To One Mother's Crusade

Carole MossNile Moss, who died in 2006 from a hospital-acquired infection​In 2006, 15-year-old Nile Moss went in for an annual series of tests at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. A few days later, he complained of a headache and fever, and his condition quickly worsened. His parents ... More >>

Two Truck Events, Two Days, Two Charities

  Photo by Christopher Victorio​Food truck gatherings happen practically every day, but few usually benefit charities. Those happening today and tomorrow do. Today, a so-called "Gourmet on the Go Food Drive Event" is happening at the OCEA (Orange County Employees Association) office in ... More >>

Alberto Solis Guzman Convicted in 4-Year-Old's Death; His Girlfriend Up on Murder of Her Son

​Alberto Solis Guzman has been convicted of assaulting his girlfriend's 4-year-old son with great bodily injury to the child's head resulting in his death, but the 30-year-old's lover faces not only that charge but a murder rap and other felony counts at her trial.Like Guzman, who is scheduled t ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Leaves Children's Hospital of OC Without Anyone Trying to Kill Him

​American Idol, E News Daily and KISS-FM host Ryan Seacrest returned to Children's Hospital of Orange County on Monday to brighten the days of young patients, broadcast his radio show live and seek $5 donations to CHOC from listeners.The teeny broadcaster, who also visited CHOC in September 2009, ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Twilight Star Taylor Lautner Challenged to Pushup Contest to Resolve Lawsuit

​UPDATE: Taylor Lautner responds to the pushup challenge (see end of post) . . . We just told you about Taylor Lautner suing an Irvine motorhome company over the late delivery of a $300,000 trailer the Twilight star wanted on the set of his latest movie.Brent McMahon, the 47-year-old owner of McM ... More >>

No Doubt Auctions Their Things For Charity

Andrew YoussefNo Doubt at one of the four sold-out shows at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre last summer. ​So No Doubt just finished their tour, and are now recording a new album. What's next? Why, raise money for charity. The band is auctioning costumes and band memorablia on Ebay from June 1-11. Af ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Stalker in Court Today

Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>

Services Private for Angels Broadcaster Rory Markas

Rory Markas (right) with Mark Gubicza.​Memorial services this week for Angels play-by-play announcer Rory Markas will be private.

Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>

Crime Time: Ho' Attacker, Hammer Head, Bushman Packing Heat, Monkey Off the Market and Ryan Seacrest

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more ho' attackers, hammer heads, short robbers, skateboarding nazis, bloody bandagers, bushmen packing heat, baseball bat-wielding robbers, monkeys that are not for sale and Ryan Seacrest.Center photo by Melinda Nagy/Dreamstime.comBE ... More >>

It's a Quick Read 37

Orange County Register: County officials have agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Fernando Ramirez, 24, an undocumented immigrant who was beaten by Orange County jail inmates in 2006. . . . A woman jumped to her death from the Children's Hospital of Orange County p ... More >>

Wednesday's Headlines

City pays hookers: to leave. La Habra plans to buy itself a strip club, reports the LAT. After trying to shut down the Taboo Gentlemen's Club for almost a decade, they've decided to put $5.2 million down to get the guy in charge and his gals to 'git. Boom Boom Room Doom? The co-owners of the iconic ... More >>

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Italian-American Serenata: Main Street Pizza Pasta

Soul

OCDCs vibrant county art survey outperforms the big-pants museum shows

Coffee. Talk.

No. 9: Kean Coffee keeps it real in this mixed-up, crazy corporate world

Eight Days

Cant Handle Your Shit?

Stay out of the pit

Best of OC 2004: Part 3

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

Charlotte Never

Good smart things for you!

Diary of a Mad County

Pulling Out the Roots

ROCK for CHOC benefit

Unanswered Questions

Why isnt the Busstop Hurricanes Twisty Lemons a whole lot more famous?

Letter from Coachella

OCN Fire Sale

Adelphia to OC: Adios!