September 15, 2011 RSS feed / Health & Wellness

Classes o'er help to quit smoking

Ventura County Public Health Tobacco Education, Prevention, Policy and Cessation program will offer a free eight-week stop-smoking class and free 10 weeks worth of nicotine replacement therapy products such as patches, gum or lozenges. More...

Documentary on ‘The Future of Food’ will be shown

Volunteers affiliated with the Institute for Responsible Technology will show Deborah Koons Garcia’s awardwinning documentary “The Future of Food” at 7 p. m. Thurs., Sept. 22 at the Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. More...

The secret

When everyone and everything in life fails, as it will, your dedication and commitment to loving your partner will sustain you

In a grove near my home stand two oak trees. They are huge, towering 40 feet up and nearly that broad. One is a black oak, and the other is a coast live oak. The interesting part is that, at the base, they have grown completely together. More...