Dick Allen

A year ago, my editor at this paper was nice enough to let me write about the five-year anniversary of one of my four sons being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Writing about a devastating diagnosis was cathartic, and now I have a positive update....

Chances are you know someone who has diabetes or your life is affected by it. Thankfully, researchers and scientists are dedicating their lives to finding a cure. From 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 3, join award-winning documentary filmmakers Lisa Hepner and Guy...

Maybe it was because Hank Adler goofed on the number of national championships the University of Houston men's golf team won while Steve Elkington played for the Cougars. Or maybe it was simply because Adler opened his interview with Elkington with an...

NEWPORT BEACH — Dustin Bushnell has played his guitar and sang with "The Dirty Heads," on the Jimmy Kimmel Show and in front of large crowds. But that doesn't compare to the pressure Bushnell admits to feeling when he participated in the inaugural...

Steve Finley, Matt Leinart, Garrett Anderson and Champions Tour players John Cook, Esteban Toledo, Curtis Strange and Fuzzy Zoeller will participate in a special Toshiba Classic charity event Tuesday morning at Newport Beach Country Club. Matt "Money"...

Past Toshiba Classic champions, and the top 30 players on the Champions Tour, amassing hundreds of wins combined, will tee it up at the 19th annual tournament, set to tee off March 11-17 at Newport Beach Country Club, the Toshiba Classic announced...

When its parishioners first began meeting, St. Mark Presbyterian Church lacked a house of worship. The 60 or so congregants moved eight times in the span of two years, starting out at what is now the Oasis Senior Center. They worshiped in the Little...

In what he hopes will provide closure to the situation, White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson has left an apologetic telephone message for umpire Mark Wegner, whom he criticized harshly on the air Wednesday. Sources said Harrelson did it on his own,...

It was a night of heartfelt giving at Newport's Balboa Bay Club & Resort. The American Heart Assn.sponsored the 2012 Heart and Stroke Ball, and the crowd of some 400 guests gave and did so generously, as more than $550,000 was raised. The black tie...

A key aspect to the Toshiba Classic is money raised for charity. That is certainly the case during the 18th annual Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club this week. The charity hits home for Michael Allen, who has had a nice start this year on the...

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County transformed the Samueli Theater into a New York supper club for a very special "Night of Broadway." Two of the Orange Coast's most dynamic women, Marsha Anderson and Marta Bhathal, co-chaired the Irvine-based...

The CHOC Follies recently wrapped up its 15th annual production, "Christina and the Crystal Ball: A Cinderella Story for the Social Net Set." It was a four-show run that played to some 2,300 cheering fans at Orange Coast College's Robert B. Moore...