INDUSTRIES
City of Hope has received a historic $150-million gift from entrepreneurs and philanthropists A. Emmet Stephenson Jr. and his daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand to immediately fund pancreatic cancer research.
Sept. 18, 2024
Business
Entrepreneur Emmet Stephenson and his daughter are giving $150 million to City of Hope to fund an award for innovation research in pancreatic cancer. It’s the largest single gift the center has received.
Sept. 17, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Screen icon Jane Fonda revealed last week that she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was beginning chemotherapy.
Sept. 7, 2022
Jane Fonda revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and has started chemotherapy. But she’s not letting that get in the way of her ambitions.
Sept. 2, 2022
Music
Blink-182 singer and bassist Mark Hoppus gave fans a positive update on his health after announcing he’s been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.
July 20, 2021
Movies
‘This cancer thing is bringing on feelings of preciousness, and gratitude, and good old fashion love,’ actor Jeff Bridges wrote in an update Thursday.
Oct. 30, 2020
Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who worked with directors Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville and Michelangelo Antonioni, has died at age 88.
Aug. 18, 2024
California
The dog, now named Argon, was found on July 3 about 250 feet down the side of the road near the 500 block of North Malibu Canyon Road — roughly four miles away from the coast.
July 18, 2024
Books
Francine Pascal, the writer who guided the prolific “Sweet Valley High” series of books, has died at 92. Her concept? It was ‘Dallas’ for young people.
Aug. 1, 2024
The reward for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for abusing a German shepherd has tripled. The dog, dubbed Argon, may have cancer.
July 10, 2024