Hollywood, Los Angeles County rank 28 in California health survey

Community health

Big names like Hollywood and Los Angeles are what people think when they are talking about California. However, big cities like these are not the best places in California when it comes to health issues.

A recent health report ranked the Los Angeles County, home to Hollywood, 28^th, among 56 ranked counties. This was behind San Diego county (18) and San Franciso county (24). The first place went to Marin County in northern California. The report, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps for 2012 summarizes the state of health nationwide.

Los Angeles Marathon, March 18, 2012

Los Angeles marathon took place today. It was cold, windy with occasional sunny periods but it did not rain.

More pictures available at:

LA MARATHON

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Miller, Honest Real Estate and Mortgage Broker, Los Angeles

Mark Miller, Real Estate and Mortgage Broker

A picture is worth a thousand words but a picture of words is definitely worth a lot more.

This post qualifies for a blog on sports, health and wellness. The banner shown in the picture was found at a Children’s baseball field in Westwood, West Los Angeles. The field is where West LA Little League (www.wlalittleleague.org) plays baseball.

The picture tells the whole story of honest real estate and mortgage broker, Mark Miller:

"If your mother, father,

Brother, sister, aunt,

Uncle, niece, nephew,

Cousin, grandparent or

Friend isn’t a real estate

or mortgage broker,

call me

Barcode Properties

Mark Miller – 310 860 7595"

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Also check out West LA Little League
www.wlalittleleague.org

Porn industry in Los Angeles faces tough choice with condom law

Condom Law Los Angeles

Los Angeles is known for Hollywood, the home for billions of dollar in movie production. Lesser know is the fact that Los Angeles area is also the top producer of pornographic movies.   

Most of the adult film business is located in San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles county and rivals regular movie business in revenue. Pornographic film business in Los Angeles is estimated to generate over $4 billion a year and employs over 20,000 people.

The US Adult movie business is unhappy with the new condom law

Rhode Island sees health benefits of smoking ban

no smoking

A number of states prohibit smoking in public places. In the city of Los Angeles, California, even outdoor parks are designated as no smoking zones. 

In Rhode Island (RI) similar smoking ban took place under “Smoke-Free Public Places and Workplaces Act” in 2005. The good news is RI is seeing health and financial benefit from such smoking ban.

A new study from the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) has announced that Rhode Island hospitalization rates for heart attack, and associated costs have been declining since the smoking ban took place in 2005.

Los Angeles Beaches will allow Football and Frisbee play

Los Angeles beach play

Los Angeles beaches are visited by 50-70 million people per year. You can enjoy the beaches but a 40 year old law banned throwing balls and playing sports on the beach. The original ordinance was intended to prevent injuries to bystanders from playing objects.

On January 31, 2012, Los Angeles County has revised that ordinance. The revised Ordinance does not ban footballs, soccer balls, or Frisbees. Instead, it provides a set of guidelines for safe ball playing at the beach.

Los Angeles opens a new 2.2 mile path for bicycles

Los Angeles bike lane

Recently, the city of Los Angeles opened a new 2.2-mile bicycle path along 7th Street from Catalina Avenue in Koreatown to Figueroa Street downtown.

An entire lane for cars was eliminated to make lane for cyclists even though there is a lot of traffic in the city. By doing so, the city officials confirmed that, they, as a city, look at bicycles, as not only a recreational vehicle but as a legitimate form of public transportation. Cycling enthusiasts also cheered city’s action as a step toward intended goal of introducing more paths and making the city bike friendly.

It is estimated that some 27,000 residents of Los Angeles ride a bicycle daily. This number pales in comparison to places like Copenhagen, Denmark, in Europe where about 35% of the residents use bicycles as a mean of transportation.

Los Angles Department of Transportation's (LADOT) Bikeway Engineering Group is responsible for the design and oversight of new bike path and bike lane projects throughout the City of Los Angeles. Their bike plan calls for more than 200 miles of new routes every five years. According to LADOT officials the state vehicle code makes it illegal for drivers to use lanes designated for cyclists.

The LADOT Bike Program needs your bike photos for their website, blog and bicycle related reports. Public is invited to submit photos of people using L.A’s bicycling facilities. Facilities include bike lanes, bike paths, sharrows, and bike racks (in-use). Your photos will go a long way towards enriching the content provided by social media and other outreach tools. Make sure that your photos are licensed for public use and that in the description section you provide the location and facility of your photo

Sources

http://ladotbikeblog.wordpress.com/

http://www.bicyclela.org/Engineering.htm

http://www.bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm#lamaps

safety, etiquette & the law

The LADOT Bike Program needs your bike photos 

Hollywood loves cool shoes by Creative Recreation, Los Angeles footwear company

creative recreation shoes

Creative Recreation is a, Los Angeles based,  lifestyle footwear company that specializes in stylish men’s, women’s and children’s sneakers, heels, wedges and boots. It’s mission is to create a collection of footwear that transcends all stereotypes. Shoes were developed and constructed with the goal to maintain a fashionable look whether being worn with slacks and a button-up or jeans and a t-shirt. These shoes are very cool looking and have been seen on the feet of Hollywood’s most stylish actors and musicians. 

According to online retailer Zappos, Creative Recreation was launched in the fall of 2002 in order to fill a void in the footwear market. Up until this time, no one was offering footwear to young professionals with style. The three founders set out to innovate the market and were able to incorporate the comfort of an athletic shoe with the materialization of a dress shoe to create the ultimate crossbreed, resulting in the Creative Recreation men’s and Creative Recreation women’s shoe collection.

creative recreation sh

Creative Recreation sneakers grew from the concept that this generation wasn’t going to follow the same old well-traveled roadmaps of previous times. A new journey beckoned for Creative Recreation shoes: to embrace fashion-freedom with a design approach that blurs the rules. Creative Recreation shoes follow their own lines. Imaginative and original, Creative Recreation sneakers will bring amusement to your senses.

These shoes are indeed very colorful and cool looking. Check out their website. Unfortunately, the website felt very inconvenient: hard to navigate and, the small print is, hard to read.

Creative Recreation shoes are available at online vendors, like Zappos and at several regular retail stores.In the Westside of Los Angeles, they can be found at the following  locations.

Black Market, 2023 Sawtelle Blvd                  Los Angeles, Ca 90025

Shiekh 10800 West Pico BL372                     Los Angeles, Ca 90064

Madison International   9630 Brighton Way      Beverly Hills , Ca 90210

Nordstrom       10830 W Pico Blvd                  Los Angeles, Ca 90064

BARNEY'S     9570 Wilshire Blvd                   Beverly Hills, Ca 90212

Aunti Barbara's Kids  143 So Beverly Dr          Beverly Hills, Ca 90212

Kitson              8590 Melrose Ave                   West Hollywood, Ca 90049

Bloomingdales 8500 Beverly Boulevard            Los Angeles, Ca 90048

Eilatan              8500 Beverly Blvd                  Los Angeles, Ca 90048

Revolve Clothing Flagshi  8452 Melrose           West Hollywood, Ca 90069

BARNEY'S     189 The Grove Drive               Los Angeles, Ca 90036

Nordstrom         189 The Grove Dr                  Los Angeles, Ca 90036

Sportie LA         7753 Melrose Avenue            Los Angeles, Ca 90046

Lorin                1354 3rd St. Promenade          Santa Monica, Ca 90401

Sportie LA       7454 Melrose Avenue              Los Angeles, Ca 90046

Shiekh              3650 Mlk Blvd. #176a            Baldwin Hills, Ca 90008

The Closet        3002 Main St                          Santa Monica, Ca 90405

American Rag     150 S La Brea Ave                Los Angeles, Ca 90036

Shiekh                199 Fox Hills Mall                 Culver City, Ca 90230

Up Against the Wall      114 Foxhills Mall         Culver City, Ca 90230

Sportie LA         14510 Ventura Boulevard       Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403

Millenium            234 W Manchester Blvd        Inglewood , Ca 90301

Millenium          3827 Sunset Blvd                    Los Angeles, Ca 90026
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For more information, see:

Creative Recreation

http://cr8rec.com/

Contact: info@cr8rec.com

310 278-7328

Warrior workouts with fitness trainer Jennifer Cassetta in Los Angeles

”I work with over-stressed and over-worked people who have put their health on the side while trying to take care of everyone and everything else in their lives.”

               - Jennifer Cassetta, Fitness Trainer, Martial Artist, Los Angeles

Jennifer Cassetta www.healthandthecity.net

Well, that sounds like all of us can benefit from her expertise.

Jennifer Cassetta is a certified personal trainer, clinical nutritionist, and 3rd degree martial arts instructor  based in Los Angeles. Dedication to health and fitness runs in Jennifer’s family where her father and grandmother also practiced martial arts. Jennifer spent 10 years training and teaching HapKiDo, a holistic Korean martial art which combines mind, body, and spiritual training, at the World Martial Arts Center in NYC.

Jennifer started her fitness and nutrition business in New York and named it “Health and the City” . However, soon, she ran  into legal dispute with HBO. HBO, claiming her business name was similar to ‘Sex and the City’, asked her to drop the name. Jennifer stayed firm and eventually, after battling for a while, HBO backed down. Apparently, HBO found out that a real fight is not as easy as unilaterally hiking the cable fee.

Towards the end of 2009, Jennifer moved to California and, currently, operates her personal training and nutrition business from Brentwood area of West Los Angeles. Here is a summary of her exceptional abilities:

- Certified Personal Trainer, National Academy of Sports Medicine

- Third Degree Black Belt Instructor, HapKiDo

- Black belt in VSK Jujitsu
- Master's degree in nutrition

- Holistic health education from New York's Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

- Creator of the popular Stilettos and Self Defense™ workshop, which is designed for women of all ages to teach them basic self defense and help gain confidence.

- Creator of, 3 part DVD, self-defense series “About Homeland Defense”,

- In summary, this fitness instructor, Jennifer Cassetta, is a formidable package of beauty, brain and physical abilities.

How are the workouts?

This is one YELPER has to say:

“Jennifer's Warrior Boot Camp is not just a great workout opportunity. It is a lifestyle commitment that goes beyond sweating…I feel stronger and smarter about my health.”

Jennifer's unique whole-body approach to health is a blend of her extensive training in HapKiDo, fitness and nutrition. You will get an invigorating kickboxing cardio workout, yoga-like stretching, core strength training and you might even learn self defense techniques. It can improve your flexibility, alleviate stress, enhance your focus,  help you lose weight and develop a lean body. Additionally, you will also benefit from Ki training to support your life force energy.

Folks, you cannot get such a capable trainer and this kind of workout by only rolling your butt on top of a giant exercise balloon and, you can trust me on that because I have a big butt.

Jennifer’s Availability

*Note*: Please note, prices, where indicated, are subject to change.
Contact Jennifer for latest prices,

Personal Training: Jennifer is available for PRIVATE training in martial arts/ HapKiDo, self defense, kickboxing, weight training, cardio training, flexibility and ki breathing techniques/meditation.

Circuit Training Classes, on Tuesdays at 7:30pm, at Swerve Studio,

8250 W 3rd St, LA 90048, Tel (323) 782-0741

An intense one hour class, once a week,  has your heart rate up while toning and strengthening your arms, legs, butt, core, back and abs.

Urban Warrior™ workout at Swerve Studio,

8250 W 3rd St, LA 90048, Tel (323) 782-0741

Very popular, small size, class involves boxing, kickboxing, yoga, conditioning and meditation that will help you tone, tighten and slim down all while learning very cool self defense techniques Limited to 20 people.

Kickboxing Classes at Gerry Blanck's Martial Arts Center in the Palisades

881 Alma Real, T-14, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272   Tel 310-573-1985
Fridays at 10am AND Saturdays at 9am
Cost: $20 drop in, $80 for 5 classes

Nutritional counseling and workshops

Detox Nutrition Program designed by Jennifer to help you clean out and slim down in the new year

Stilettos and Self Defense™ workshops for women

One will be held on January 16, Los Angeles) 

www.stilettosandselfdefense.com

6 Week Urban Warrior™ OUTDOOR BOOTCAMP , Jan. 22 – Feb 26

$115 ($95 for bootcamp veterans, Yes, people keep coming back)
RSVP to jennifer (at) healthandthecity.net   

6 Consecutive Weeks of Bootcamp classes on Saturdays (at 10:45 AM). This is an intense hour of bootcamp style workout, followed by a 10 minute cool down, stretching and "homework" assignment for the following week. This includes nutrition challenges and lifestyle changes that maximize results, help you lose inches, get leaner and will have you looking lean and mean in no time. Location will be close to Rancho Park, West Los Angeles

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For more information, see:

http://www.healthandthecity.net/

Contact: jennifer (at) healthandthecity.net

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Stilettos and Self Defense™ workshop  by Jennifer Cassetta

Jennifer Cassetta, personal trainer, reviews in YELP

Jennifer Cassetta, HapKiDo Demonstration  video

Jennifer Cassetta , YOUTUBE, video search results

A Trademark Dispute & the City ((Wall Street Journal article)

Trademark Dispute & the City: HBO Backs Down (Wall Street Journal article)

TAEYOGA, a noble program for fitness and healing in the Los Angeles area

TaeYoga http://satori-in-hollywood.yolasite.com/

Anybody who sincerely workouts knows that, afterwards, the body can get sore and requires rest and healing. In Los Angeles, there are all kinds of personal trainers and boot camps. They charge a lot of money and can drive you to exhaustion. This can make you want to quit the program and  abandon your New Year resolution to get in shape.

However, there is a noble fitness program that combines the work-out with a massage to soothe and relax sore muscles.

Welcome to TAEYOGA, a program for fitness and healing in the Los Angeles area.

I suppose, the name TAEYOGA is derived from a combination of the words, Taekwon Do and Yoga. The trainer, a woman, has a background in Martial Arts. She has a second Degree Black Belt in Taekwon  Do (Karate) and she has taught in several schools and Youth Centers in Germany and here in Los Angeles.

With such a formidable background, she has developed a exercise system of  moves that are a mix of slow Martial  Arts techniques, Yoga stances  and stretches and some resistance training. There is no running or jumping involved and so it's easy on  your joints. People go to her place for a personal workout and to get in shape.

And, that is not all.

You can even get a healing massage from her expert hands, on a comfortable table, in a clean and quiet environment. She:

- has more than a decade of experience

- is certified by the German Athlete's Association in Fitness, Martial Arts and Massage.

- has learned massage under Dr. Wismach, head of sports medicine, massage and acupuncture in Germany.

- her massage is a blend of classic relaxation massage (swedish style), deep tissue work and techniques from Hawaii and India.

- her strong, firm touch is bound to promote healing and soothing.

Her studio is equipped for personal workout and massage. Apparently, hot shower is also available.

She can also provides out call service to help you  workout at your home.

Appointments are possible every day from 9am to 9.30pm

PRICES

Prices vary and can only be quoted after a thorough evaluation. So, contact her for the price quote, appointment and the location. As a general guideline:

- massage is $60 per hour or a dollar per minute.

- Work-out is $45 per hour.

- The fitness package is $75 that combines 45 minutes work-out/stretching and 45 minutes massage.

See, for more information:

http://satori-in-hollywood.yolasite.com/

satori (AT) email.com

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FYI

Satori  is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment that literally means "understanding". In the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a flash of sudden awareness, or individual enlightenment, and is considered a "first step" or embarkation toward nirvana (Wikipedia).

Chef LeeLoo delivers delicious vegetarian cuisine in Los Angeles

www.chefleeloos.com

The vegetarian food has numerous health benefits and it can also help with weight management.  If you have been dreaming of vegetarian food, but have a busy work life or don’t know how to prepare, there is just the right kind of service for you in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles chef LeeLoo’s business has been busy serving vegetarian cuisine.  Basically, he acts as a personal chef with clients who hire him as part of their lifestyle.  5 days worth of vegetarian cuisine is delivered to the clients on every Sunday.

If you are just curious, you can sample chef’s service for a single week. The Sample week of full service cuisine, delivered to you, will include: Breakfast Bread Basket, Fresh Fruit Bowl, 5 Lunch Entres, 5 Appetizers, 5 Dinners, 2 Premium Beverages, Imported Snacks, and occasional extras!  

Fresh produce

The great news is, the chef delivers all over the Greater Los Angeles Area.

So, people, no more procrastination.

Start your New Year on a healthy note with chef LeeLoo.

Always remember to give advance notice, so that the chef has adequate lead time to acquire ingredients and fresh, superb quality produce for your delicious meal.

For more information, checkout the website:

Leeloo's Personal Chef Service. 

www.chefleeloos.com

Leeloo <at> ChefLeeloos.com

LA Fitness: staying fit by getting kicked & trampled

Trampling, what a feeling

I had never imagined that I could get some workout and earn money by kicking around people legally until recently, when I saw an Ad in the Craigslist, Los Angeles.

A man in Venice Beach was looking for mean, brutal and evil people who are willing to stand/ walk/ jump over his face and body and, even, break his bones. He really wants you to hurt him bad and, in return, he is willing to pay you $25/ hour, up to a maximum of $350 a day.

Sounds impossible? No really, the man is a stunt man and, apparently, he needs this kind of beating to stay fit and in working shape. I responded to his Ad but got no response. My guess is he may have been overwhelmed with a large number of responses. Or, may be he got scared by the kind of beating I told he can expect from me.

Trampling workout

Below is the Ad from Craigslist, December 18, 2010.

los angeles craigslist > westside-southbay > jobs > et cetera jobs

 Get paid to TRAMPLE a guy (Venice Beach)

Date: 2010-12-18, 9:11AM PST
Reply to: job-j4faf-2119284776@craigslist.org

MEAN? BRUTAL? EVIL? HATE MEN? JUST CURIOUS?
WALK ON ME!!!!
Extreme Stuntguy is seeking people of all sizes to walk, stomp, and jump on me for practice and on camera trampling. You get a full damage waiver in case i get hurt under your feet you arenot responsible. From mild to brutal, I need as many feet to crush me as possible. I am especially seeking people to walk on my face, stand on my nose, jump on my stomach and ribs, and even break a few of my fingers. if you want to just walk on a guy and make $25/hour that's great! if you want to beat me into the icu that's great too!

Please send me an email with your height, weigt, age, availability and how brutal you want to be. Any injuries you can do to me for bonus cash. Alsos eeking heavy couples and groups!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/trampletime

Location: Venice Beach

Compensation: pay starts at 25/hour and goes up depending on how much you crush up to $350 limit per day

This is a part-time job.

Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.