UC Irvine Study Finds Children of Incarcerated Parents Suffer More Health, Behavioral Woes

The children of parents who are incarcerated in the U.S. suffer significant health and behavioral problems, and in some cases these problems are worse than those experienced by kids dealing with divorce or a parent's death, according to a new UC Irvine study. ] The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with …

Frida Cinema Launches Monthly Rocky Horror Picture Show Screenings This Friday

Just a couple of months ago, I wrote about The Rocky Horror Picture Show getting the cemetery screening treatment for Long Beach's Sunnyside Cemetery film series, and about my deep love for the movie's cult following. I said it once, and in honor of the film's upcoming screening this week at Frida Cinema, I'll say …

Woman Dead After a Possible Overdose at HARD Summer Identified as Emily Tran of Anaheim

The woman who died Monday morning after attending this year's HARD Summer has been identified as Emily Tran, 19, of Anaheim. An autopsy was pending for Tran, who died at an El Monte hospital after attending the electronic music festival at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office …

Veterinarians Found Ringling Bros. Elephant Wounds “Insignificant,” Animals Well Cared For

See the update at the end of this post on the conclusions of veterinarians who inspected Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants when they were bound for Anaheim. ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 4, 10:25 A.M.: The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus left Anaheim Sunday but not without a complaint from People for …

Mark LeVine, Provocative UC Irvine Professor, Proposes “Parallel” Israeli-Palestinian States

Longtime readers will remember Mark LeVine from stories he wrote and stories written about him in OC Weekly, on topics ranging from spring breaking in Falluja and tracking underground rock music in the Middle East to surviving The O-Reilly Factor and being named one of the 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America. Now the UC …

Kaiser Anaheim Medical Center Slapped with $50,000 State Fine over Patient's Death

The Kaiser Anaheim Medical Center reached a milestone last week, although it's unlikely to be announced on the Lakeview Avenue facility's home page: It received its first administrative penalty from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). ] Though the $50,000 penalty was announced last week, the infractions are based on the results of a …