Category Archives: Health
Give Blood, Receive Movie Tickets
An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held at the Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283, 15247 La Cruz Drive, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31. Donors can sign up to give blood – about...
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Fighting Fentanyl Through Prop. 36
When Proposition 47 passed in 2014 in California, possession of any drug, including heroin and opiates, became a misdemeanor. Then, fentanyl was basically unknown unknown on the streets. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection made its first bust of 22...
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Maggie Gilbert Aquatic Center Offers Public Swim
Swimming at the Maggie Gilbert Aquatic Center at Palisades High School just got cheaper on Sundays. Aquatics Director Brooke King has announced a special deal for families on Sundays. “Enjoy a special $16 flat rate for a family of...
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You’re Never Too Old to Donate
(Editor’s note: This story ran in the Martin County Booster weekly paper on July 10.) It’s true. You’re never too old to donate blood. While donors must be at least 16 years of age, there is no upper age limit....
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Equinox Gutting and Replacing Interior of Existing Structure
Equinox, which has 107 clubs worldwide, will now add another when the Pacific Palisades Equinox opens near the end of 2024. Membership Advisor Jordan Eisleben spoke to this editor at the site of the club at 17383 Sunset Boulevard, located...
I Tested Positive for the Cancer-Causing BRCA Mutation. Now What?
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in October 2018 and is reprinted with permission.) By LAURA OSMAN Curiosity about my ancestry spurred me to order an at-home genetic testing kit by mail earlier this year....
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Ferrer Says Drug Users Are in Public Spaces Because of Lack of Housing
The reason that Los Angeles has so many drug users living on the street, according to L.A. Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer, “If you don’t have a house, you’ll do your drugs in a public space.” At...
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Santa Monica Residents Demand End To Needle Distribution Program in Public Parks
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on April 17 and is reprinted with permission.) By SANDRA CLARK Residents of Santa Monica rallied at Reed Park Tuesday morning to protest a controversial needle distribution program, arguing that...
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Looksmaxxing and Body Dysmorphia Are Prevalent with Teens
By CHAZ PLAGER Trends are hard to keep up with, and especially teenage ones. To many, the YMCA hosting a Teen Only Lift Night on March 28 might have seemed random, but it’s really not. Teens are coming out to...
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MĀVVEN Mercantile, Combines Curation and Community
By ALISON BURMEISTER In the ever-changing world of retail, where more people are abandoning brick and mortar storefronts to shop on-line, it takes a unique space like MĀVVEN Mercantile at 15326 Antioch, to welcome customers through the door, again and...
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