Multiple strokes, diabetes, a heart attack – even Lupus – aren’t enough to keep the 63-year-old CHF member from her goals.

Life has been dealing Ana Maria Maresca tough cards for most of her adult life –...

For 75-year-old Center for Health & Fitness (CHF) member Bob Caplan, hip arthritis threatened to derail two important life goals: adventure travel and hiking with friends and family. To get back on the trail, Bob followed medical recommendations...

Although she was born and raised in Minnesota, Marcie Dean made Manhattan Beach her home in the early 1960s. Working as a stewardess for United Airlines at the time, she asked for a transfer to be close to her then boyfriend, Ed Dean, who later became...

South Bay native Rick Rasnick, once one of the most promising young coaches in college football, is now struggling with the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

 

When you meet Rick Rasnick, 58, the first...

Seventy-year-old Richard Lawson has the heart of a 21-year-old.

A 45-year resident of Manhattan Beach, Lawson developed congestive heart failure and ventricular fibrillation in 2016 and his heart was quickly failing. He needed a heart...

KCAL - Channel 9 interviewed Jackie Berling, BCHD Chief Wellness Officer, for BCHD's “Free Fitness Weekends,” a community health initiative that gives the public an opportunity to take free exercise classes in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and...

During his time as a Division 1 college football player and coach, Rick Rasnick built a career on besting the competition; now he's  squaring off with a much different opponent: early-onset Alzheimer's.

Center for...

There may still be no cure for Alzheimer’s but, with the right advice, we can be mentally active for longer, reverse the debilitating symptoms of the disease and ultimately add more happy, healthy years to our lives. Here’s how you can start....

Center for Health & Fitness member Corey Newman stays in top physical condition to better assist her special needs son in daily life

It’s that fleeting time of year when Americans resolve to spend more time at the gym and eat...

KCAL TV visited Beach Cities Health District's Center for Health & Fitness (CHF) to learn more about how CHF is helping community members maintain and improve their health by offering FREE health assessments, lectures, and fitness classes as part...

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