By William Kim, MD, Chief Medical Advisor, Beach Cities Health District
Six months after our Beach Cities schools closed their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have become accustomed to wearing face coverings to prevent the...
By Ali Steward, MPH, Director of Youth Services Beach Cities Health District
The anticipation of the first day of school – on par with the first crack of a bat on Opening Day, and the final minutes of the year before the ball drops into the...
Childhood Obesity Decline in Redondo Beach
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in Partnership with Beach Cities Health District....
Student Mental Health Provider Task Force member Monica Fyfe, LMFT, shares a 2-part series on staying well while at home. Part one addresses how to deal with ruptures and communications, and part two addresses how to repair and re-connect following...
By Rani Crosby, RUHS Class of 2023 and BCHD Youth Advisory Council Member
Take Care
On a normal, pre-"Safer at Home" weekday afternoon, I would be in 5th period desperately struggling to figure out the answers to my bio worksheet, and...
COVID-19 Leads to Creativity, New Rituals for this year's Senior Class
By Kerianne Lawson, Chief Programs Officer, Beach Cities Health District
Dear Class of 2020,
Spring has always been an optimistic time for high school seniors...
Beach Cities Health District’s Youth Advisory Council has dedicated much of its efforts this year on preventing teen vaping. The experiences of people from the Youth Advisory Council (Council) have provided useful insight into this epidemic. Most...
Beach Cities Health District, in partnership with our Student Mental Health Provider Task Force, hosts the virtual “Talk About It” Small-Group Parent Workshop Series. This series supports families at home as they navigate distance learning and help...
“Ding! Ding! Ding!” rings my phone as I wake up. It’s 8:15 in the morning and my phone is flooded with notifications. I’m receiving numerous texts, google classroom notifications, reminders, messages and emails from my teachers, friends, family and...
At first, I didn’t treat this Coronavirus business with due respect. It seemed as if people were making a lot of fuss about a virus which was said to be less deadly than the yearly flu. The flu is no picnic, but since most of us have been through it...
