Standup for the Cure held its second annual stand-up paddleboard event at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach on Saturday, May 4. Over one thousand paddlers registered for the event and several thousand more spectators attended the festival, which is allied with the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer awareness, diagnosis, treatment, and rese
The annual Orange County-Inland Empire Walk for Wishes took place at the Great Park in Irvine on Saturday, April 27. Over 1,400 walkers raised more than $170,000 for Make-A-Wish Orange County-Inland Empire. Established in 1983, the organization has provided wish fulfillment for more than 3,000 children with life-threatening illnesses. This year
Walking: an action that, quite literally, keeps us moving. The task of walking seems quite simple: just put one foot in front of the other, thus becoming mobile. The ability to do so is taken for granted by most. That is, until that ability isn't so simple.It's what happened to Newport Beach resident Anthony Purcell. On a visit to Fl
Imagine your child is diagnosed with a disease for which there is no cure, and very little hope. And if it’s one of hundreds of “orphan diseases” that don’t garner the research dollars that bigger-name conditions do, hope for a breakthrough in treatment coming in time to help your kid dwindles.That’s wha