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...

Beach Cities Health District kicked off its summer free fitness series with mindful yoga on the beach on Monday, July 10. BCHD will host mindful yoga on the Manhattan Beach pier every Monday at 6:30 p.m. during the month of July. The fitness series...

by David Mendez, Easy Reader

More than 200 people from across the Beach Cities met south of the Manhattan Beach Pier on Monday for Mindful Yoga, a mix of light yoga and mindful meditation at the end of the day, arranged by the Beach Cities...

KABC TV’s Lori Corbin visited Beach Cities Health District’s Center for Health & Fitness to learn more about how the low-cost community gym is helping older adults – like 96-year-old member Bob Lonsdale – stay physically...

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