Aging and Muscle Loss To those who know me, this article from the VA is near and dear to me. Aging can come with some great benefits, like wisdom, experiences and memories. But one challenge can include muscle loss, also known as sarcopenia. Losing strength as you age can make daily tasks harder and cause […]
GLENDALE KIWANIS The Kiwanis Club of Glendale meets on Fridays at noon. On May 26, the Club will be dark in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The cost to attend Friday meetings, which includes lunch and program, is $20. All are welcome. The Club meets Friday afternoons at the Elks Lodge, 120 E. Colorado […]
T-Mobile Won’t Honor Its Promotions. What Can I Do? When T-Mobile mysteriously unenrolls Kierra Knox from three promotions, he tries to reinstate the offers. Then T-Mobile blocks him on social media. What’s going on? Q: T-Mobile has refused to reinstate three service promotions that were mysteriously unenrolled from my account. When I inquired about my […]
By Charly SHELTON This is going to sound weird, but there is a small sect of the theme park community that is super into collecting things that the parks lend to guests. These things aren’t to keep, but just to use and return – for example, the 3D glasses from shows and rides, bits […]
In the foothills and surrounding communities several events are planned for Memorial Day. By Mary O’KEEFE “When you are in a war zone, you don’t have a chance to grieve when you lose people,” veteran Mike Baldwin said in an earlier interview with CVW. “That is the one thing I noticed when I came home. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday, May 21, community members might have seen a group of Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. (LASD) personnel running down Angeles Crest Highway, then west across Foothill Boulevard to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station on Briggs Avenue. The participants of this particular leg of the Memorial Torch Relay were members of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale City Council meeting on Tuesday began with recognition of the Glendale Public Works Dept. as part of National Public Works Week. GPW focuses on preservation of the City’s infrastructure including maintaining the roads, potholes, sewer system and storm drains. Community member Mike Mohill added his praise to public works recounting […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Have you ever heard something that you knew you knew – but forgot you knew it? This seems to happen to me more frequently as I age but nonetheless it is still a bit off-putting. The other day I was scrolling through Instagram and stopped on Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and author, […]
Work in Progress As we finish mental health month, I want to tell you about a luncheon and workshop I attended earlier this week. It was the Glendale Healthy Community Coalition and held at the Crescenta-Cañada Y. There were some interesting speakers, including a GPD officer who partnered with a Dept. of Mental Health worker. […]
By Lynn SHER The Healing Arts Fair SFV [San Fernando Valley] hosted A Day of Healing Metaphysical and Artisans Fair at the Center for Spiritual Healing in La Crescenta on Saturday, May 20. It’s the second time the Center has held the event. Vendors specializing in the healing arts from across Southern California gathered to […]