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By Carolanne Hunt The Ladera Health Watch Team What Happened in Ladera Ranch? Ladera Ranch has been going viral this summer for a cluster of a very rare cancer called Ewing Sarcoma that has impacted families in this community. The story has been featured in many major news outlets such as LA Times, NBCLA, and Voice of OC. This cancer typically only sees a few hundred cases across the US per year, but in Ladera Ranch at least 6 cases have been noted. The families' affected ca

By: Carolanne Hunt Creek Team founders: Bethany Nelms: Far Left, Robert Bear: Second to Left, Brent Linas: Far Right When people hear the words Orange County, there is an idea that comes from the name. Orange County has a certain reputation. There’s highly publicized tourist destinations, the US Surfing Open at Huntington Beach every year, Balboa Island, and beautiful walking trails that lead right to incredible coves. When people hear Orange County they think of coastal beac

By Carolanne Hunt This area has been sprayed with toxic herbicides and pesticides 8 times since the guerilla gardeners have started caring for this location. Southern California is going viral in the mainstream media as the general public is outraged by the state and individual counties’ current toxic herbicides and pesticide dumping practices. The Ladera Ranch controversy of children getting a very rare form of cancer called “Ewing Sarcoma” among other very rare cancers that