DIARY OF A TRAINER: A PANDEMIC PATH
By Lisa Vonnegut, CSCS Sunday, March 15, I received a message from two of my long-term clients saying they wanted to discuss how to manage…
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Masks are required
Keep a mask with you at all times. Contra Costa County requires anyone working at or visiting an essential business, such as a grocery store…
Is it a cold, the flu, or the Coronavirus?
COVID-19, struck in the middle of cold and flu season, leading people uncertain as to what their respiratory ailments indicate. If you think you have…
Regional shelter-in-place orders extended as some rules ease
The seven Bay Area Public Health Officers have extended the shelter-in-place orders through May 31 while some restrictions are eased and tools to strengthen containment…
Laundry and Other Activities Contribute Microplastics into Our Food Supply
Steps You Can Take to Protect Rivers, Oceans by Jill Hedgecock Haunting images of gulls and seals with their necks trapped in plastic six-pack rings…
Wild Mushroom Warning
by Dave Mason, East Bay Regional Parks Each year, mushrooms come out after the first fall rains, which we had November 20. Mushrooms are ecologically…
Maris Makes a Movie
Maris Degener, Concord, is not an ordinary 20-year-old. At 13 she was hospitalized with life-threatening anorexia. Today, she is a sensation who has grabbed the…
WASH Project Concord Rotary Tackles Honduras School Sanitation
When schools have no water or sustainable infrastructure and poor sanitation behavior, students suffer. UNICEF has identified Haiti and Honduras as the two most needy…
DEA Removes Some CBD off Schedule 1
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has taken some cannabidiol off the most restrictive class of controlled substances, a move that allows the sale of the…
5 Ways The Elderly Can Reduce Risk of Injury
As the body ages, it’s more important than ever to avoid injury. As a child, it’s easy to bounce back from a little slip…
Let Shame Go and Live Your Life Fully in 2018
by Dr. Dan Peters It is the time of year when we choose a “resolution,” usually consisting of something to work on such as…
YOGA SAVED MY LIFE – Recovering from Anorexia
At 13 and a freshman at Clayton Valley Charter, Maris Degener was hospitalized for three weeks. For anyone that asked why, she would make something up…
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