OC NEWS

Daryn Wayne Peterson claimed he could heal cancer and AIDS with vitamins and other natural treatment.  Now, he’s going to jail after pleading guilty to “unauthorized practice of medicine, operating an HMO plan without a license, offering an unapproved drug for cancer treatment and selling misbranded food.”  Peterson has also been banned from working in medicine, or selling vitamins and drugs for five years.  WHOLE STORY

Esperanza High School in Yorba Linda has established a magnet dance program in order to bring dance to students without the intensity of a performing arts high school curriculum.  There are now two high schools in the area, but because the new program has a magnet designation, students from all over the district are eligible to participate.  WHOLE STORY

The line at the Hallmark is long today and there really aren’t any good cards left anyway.  How about a homemade gift?  OCFamily has a few ideas for creative gifts to show Valentine love.  WHOLE STORY

Valentine’s Day is here, like it or not …move past the fact that it’s a holiday created for card and chocolate companies  (well, that and Feb. 14 is the date of an ancient pagan fertility celebration and when medieval Europeans believed birds began to mate. OCReg) and take the opportunity to show some love to friends and family.  Here are some ideas.  WHOLE STORY

WEEKEND PICKS

A trip to the California Science Center in Los Angeles will transport you to Tahiti for a beautiful IMAX and 3D adventure in the ocean.  “The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D” features nine-time surfing champion Kelly Slater and introduces some of the culture of Tahiti, as well as the science behind one of the most famous waves in the world.  WHOLE STORY and HOW TO GO

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.  With four performances left at Irvine’s Great Park, KOOZA could transport you to a world of fantasy and crazy contortion!  MORE INFORMATION

From the award-winning creator of RENT comes the autobiographical musical masterpiece about the courage required to follow your dreams through life’s most difficult challenges.  The Empire Theater in Santa Ana through February 20.  MORE INFORMATION