Subject: UCI Medical Center

• Mea Culpa, We Fuck-Uppa

  There were two HUUUUGE mistakes in the virtual droolings below. First, in KEN CALVERT'S MOD SQUAD, we reported that OC Blog has always been behind state Senator John Campbell (R-Richy Richland) from the beginning of his quest for the 48th Congressional District seat. A close follower of Clockwork and OC Blog informed us that OC Blog first supported Assemblyman Dick Ackerman (R-Notso Welloffville), going so far as to brand Campbell as something of a Calvertesque Commie up until Ackerman dropped o

  November 21, 2005

• Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: Moxley called it

  Moxley called it: Last night, the Los Angeles Times reported that OC Sheriff Mike Carona had been indicted on federal corruption charges. If you haven't already, read R.Scott Moxley's post on the subject, with links to his ballsy coverage of the official over the years. Note: The indictment is under seal but could be revealed later today. Santiago Fire update: Still 65 percent contained, but cooler weather is making a difference for firefighters. They are "battling the clock to smother the stub

  October 30, 2007

• Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Killed in Fullerton Crash

  *Moved up by Gustavo, because dumb-ass trolls have hijacked a tragedy to go on and rail about Mexicans. Give 'em hell, gentle readers...Nick Adenhart, the Angels starter who pitched six scoreless innings in last night's 6-4 loss to the A's, was one of three people killed in a collision involving three cars just past midnight in Fullerton. A passenger riding in a silver Mitsubishi driven by an unidentifed woman, 22-year-old Adenhart apparently died shortly after being rus

  April 10, 2009

• A Stray Bullet Set Anaheim's Jose Lopez On a Path Toward Becoming a Sought-After Tattoo Artist

  March 12, 2009

• Preventing Care

  May 25, 2000

• The Case of the Traveling Semen

  A defendant tries to explain how his sperm landed inside a stranger

  June 21, 2007

• 'We Love Hunting Wetbacks'

  Costa Mesa Latino alleges Bizarre beatdown by OC Sheriffs Deputies

  February 22, 2007

• 'You Can't Call 911 When You're Dead'

  County officials tell a mother they can help her troubled kidbut only after he kills her

  November 23, 2006

• Das Booty

  August 24, 2006

• Unreal Estate

  January 26, 2006

• Environment and Sports

  January 12, 2006

• Environment & Sports

  January 12, 2006

• Dirty Money

  January 5, 2006

• A Perfect Crime

  December 15, 2005

• REQUIEM FOR A DREAMGIRL

  December 1, 2005

• What The Devil Told Joe Parker

  February 10, 2005

• From Scrubs to Trunks

  July 24, 2003

• Cops and Clobbered

  June 28, 2001

• The Talking Drug

  June 24, 1999

• April-June

  January 7, 1999

• Give It the Old College Guide*

  September 10, 1998

• Two Local Hospitals To Be Fined For Violations

  marosh / Flickr / Creative CommonsThis might sting a little.St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton and UCI Medical Center in Irvine will both face administrative fines from the California Department of Public Health, the department announced today. Each fine is $25,000, and comes as a result of "a determination that the facilities' noncompliance with licensing requirements has caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients."A total of 13 hospitals in California will be penaliz

  May 20, 2009

• Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game

  Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Police Officers Association, and deputies Gary Lewellyn and Richard Olszynski near home plate an Angel Stadium. Why? 1)  Lewellyn and Olszynski were honored before June 12's Angels-Padres game for t

  June 16, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: John Doe in Anaheim

  View Larger Map Police responding to a call of a man down in an alley near South Olive Street and East Valencia Avenue in Anaheim around 9 p.m. Friday found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest. The unidentified man was taken to UCI Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m.About the same time all this was going on, police received reports about men pointing a gun from a white Cadillac Escalade nearby. Police stopped a car fitting that description in the 800 block

  June 29, 2009

• UC Irvine To Fire Whistleblower Nurse?

  Paul SchultzThis is not Ethel Mark, but isn't she so cute?A cardiac care nurse at UC Irvine who raised questions about faulty narcotics pumps, proper nurse rotations and mandatory breaks was notified by management that she could expect to fired in early July, according to the California Nurses Association. Ethel Mark, who's worked at UCI Medical Center for seven years, and a nurse's committee at the hospital have been pushing their managers to curb unsafe "floating" conditions, (nurses who aren'

  June 30, 2009

• Crime Time: Hey, Mister in the Miniskirt Looking at Porn!

  Very early Tuesday in Tustin. Not the real crime but an amazing facsimile. Once again, it's the Weekly's weekly round-up of Orange County police calls...MONDAY, JUNE 22Breaking Up the Boredom of a Bank Line: Shortly after noon, a man clutching a backpack threatened to blow up the Bank of America branch near Westcliff Drive and Irvine Avenue in Newport Beach, tossed a bag inside and walked away. Employees and customers evacuated the building and the Orange County Sheriff Department's bomb squad k

  June 30, 2009

• Crime Time: Spot This Week's Celebrity Victim!

  Hey, juvies, it's our weekly Weekly round-up of Orange County police calls . . .MONDAY, JUNE 29 The pre-vandalized Scott BorasAnyone Fitting the Description of a Major League Baseball Team Owner Spotted Outside Before the Crime? The windows of super-agent Scott Boras' Land Rover were vandalized while he was inside Bandera restaurant in Corona del Mar this evening. The vehicle reportedly sustained damage totalling $2,000--equal to about what Manny Ramirez earns every time he inhales. TUESDAY, JUN

  July 7, 2009

• Crime Time: Stabbings, Curfews, Drunk Marines, Drunk Councilman and Van's a-Rockin'

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more stabbings and [alleged] drunken-driving politicians . . . Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentKnew those Trader Joe's bags were good for something . . .​MONDAY, JULY 27Cash and Carry A man walked up with a Trader Joe's bag in hand to a teller at the Wells Fargo branch near Alicia Parkway and Charlinda Drive in Mission Viejo around 12:45 p.m. He asked for and received cash before walking out. Surveillance cameras reve

  August 4, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: Renato Gaitan [UPDATED]

  View Larger Map UPDATED WITH ARRESTS IN CASE.Suspected gang members were hanging out near an apartment complex in the 2100 block of West Alameda Avenue in Anaheim some time before 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, when a shot rang out. Police arrived to find Renato Gaitan, 29, of Anaheim, lying near the complex's carports, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center. Police arrested two men and a male teen at their Anaheim homes in connection with wha

  August 27, 2009

• Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

  Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $700 from a Mission Viejo Wells Fargo on July 27. Bottom left and right: Surveillance photos from armed robbery that occurred around 9:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Orange Olive Mini Market in Orange. ​It'

  August 18, 2009

• Crime Time: Boozy Mom, Asshole Cop, Thieving Aliens, Fast-Acting Pharmacist and Lotsa Stabbers

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more boozy moms, asshole cops, fast-acting pharmacists, apartments full of thieving aliens and loads of stabbings!Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police DepartmentCraig Anthony McVay, 48, of Garden Grove, was in the midst of three years probation on a 2007 drug conviction when Costa Mesa Police was notified that he was selling one of the department's old SWAT uniforms on Craigslist.com. McVay then sweetened the offer to undercover officers

  September 9, 2009

• Crime Time: Girlie Pee-ers, Girlie Knife Fighters, Un-Tartared Waters, Bullhorn Pranksters and Dogs Victimized, Sniffing Pot, Nabbing Suspects

  UPDATED WITH A CORRECTION . . . It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more girlie knife fights, un-tartared waters, pranksters with bullhorns, real-looking fake-gun scares and dogs stolen, smashed, smelling marijuana and taking bites out of crime Probably not the drunk pee girl from the third item below, but you never know.​MONDAY, SEPT. 28 Everything But the Clothes Off His Back A man in the middle of a transaction at the Bank of America ATM in the 500 block

  October 6, 2009

• Crime Time: An Especially San Clemente/ Huntington Beach Edition

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with an especially heavy emphasis on San Clemente and Huntington Beach. MONDAY, OCT. 5 He died for your remote. Who's the Patron Saint of Stupidity Again? A 50-inch Viso plasma TV was stolen out of the beer tent erected for the weekend Fall Festival at Sts. Simon & Jude Catholic Church, 20444 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach, some time before 3:30 a.m. What's more disturbing: the crime, leaving a plasma unattended in a tent overnig

  October 13, 2009

• UPDATED WITH SUSPECT SHOT DEAD: Just Another Orange County (Double) Murder: Heather Courtney Sorensen and Stephen Rene Serna

  UPDATED WITH POLICE KILLING OF MURDER SUSPECT, ID's OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS, CORRECTION . . . View Larger MapCourtesy of Anaheim Police DepartmentDouble murder suspect Anthony Castillo was shot by police Wednesday evening and declared dead later that night.​Anthony Castillo, the 31-year-old man wanted for allegedly taking his 5-year-old son after killing the boy's mother and boyfriend in Anaheim early Wednesday, was shot and killed by police that same night.Undercover officers traced Castillo t

  October 1, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: Mary Bowman

  View Larger MapThe 40-year-old daughter of Mary Bowman, 75, called 9-1-1 about 8 p.m. Wednesday to say her mother was not feeling well. Paramedics at Bowman's condominium at 1700 West Cerritos Avenue in Anaheim to discover she was suffering from a major head injury. She was rushed to UCI Medical Center where she was treated for brain swelling and induced into a coma before dying.

  September 22, 2009

• Hold Your Mother of the Year Ballots: Here's the Woman Who Allegedly Stabbed Her Little Girls

  Courtesy of Westminster Police DepartmentThuy Le's booking photo.​This photo was taken today of Thuy Le, 38, of Garden Grove, after she was booked for allegedly trying to stab to death her 3- and 5-year-old daughters before turning the knife on herself in Westminster Wednesday morning.

  September 17, 2009

• Crime Time: Late Octogenarian Lesbian Sex Edition

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local crimes and police calls--now with more . . . um . . . you'll see. (Not that you'll want to.) TUESDAY, NOV. 10 ​ ​ Nothing to See Here Folks. . . . Seriously, You Don't Want to Look This call came in around 1:10 p.m. concerning activities near the corner of Aliso Creek Road and Enterprise in Aliso Viejo: Two women in their late 80s (!) making out in a black convertible and lifting their shirts. And that's when the heavy

  November 17, 2009