Costa Mesa High School Students Who Aspire to Be Fashion Designers Donate Blankets to Drug Babies At Child Abuse Prevention Center. SANTA ANA -- Drug babies who are suffering through withdrawals in the first weeks of their lives will especially find comfort in the donations of 10 Costa Mesa High School students. Tiny newborn addicts shake violently while trying to cleanse their bodies of impurities, and one of the only comforts available to them is a nice, tightly wrapped warm blanket, said Kathy McCarrell, director of Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center. [continues 351 words]
Counts Added After Additional Cocaine-Based Drugs Are Found. BURBANK -- Aaron Sorkin, the creator of NBC-TV's drama the "West Wing," was charged Monday with two felony counts of illegal drug possession. The Los Angeles County District Atty.'s office also filed a misdemeanor count of possession of marijuana, spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. Sorkin, 39, of Studio City, will be arraigned today in Burbank Superior Court. The writer originally faced a possible misdemeanor after police allegedly found hallucinogenic mushrooms in his carry-on bag at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport April 15. [continues 64 words]
