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A new year is upon us, and area seniors are joining in on the fun of those yearly resolutions. Residents at La Costa Glen will strap on their shoes and cycle into virtual reality in 2020 with a new CyberCycle. The community received its first CyberCycle just four...

By Dave Dana January 25, 2020, begins the Chinese New Year, a celebration of the Spring Festival. The day is the 23rd day of the 12th Lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Rat. It varies from year to year. A new moon will appear to herald the Lunar new...

By Les Besser Have you ever used the facilities at Scripps Clinic or Hospital in Encinitas? Our regions is lucky to have access to such high-level health care, and you may be surprised to find out that one of our residents, Dr. Dwight Cook, was one of the early...

By Michele Chaffee It was a morning filled with a large dose of camaraderie, an invigorating session of great exercise and a little bit of silliness and fun. That describes our first annual La Costa Glen/Glenbrook On Campus Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Approximately 175...

After reading this paragraph, cover your eyes and imagine your life without any sense of sight. Imagine you’ve grown up without light or colors. You have no idea what anything in the world looks like. Then one day, you are introduced to a furry four-legged creature...

La Costa Glen’s new Pickleball court was unveiled with a ribbon-cutting and instructional clinic on Oct. 24. We learned how to “dink” the ball (slow volley) and why you can’t stand “in the kitchen” (frontcourt area). The sport is fun and fast and has many unique terms...

By: Pat Grant Moving to La Costa Glen from Ocean Hills in 2016, Wayne Strunk is a Californian, born and educated in Los Angeles, and a Korean War veteran. He has two children, two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He enjoys traveling and made a recent trip...

By Pat Grant The F&B Department is scheduling one Chef Forum per month. The purpose of the Forum, according to Executive Chef Julian Bedolla and Executive Sous Chef Mark Cabulagan, is “to talk to the whole community in order to develop a resident-driven menu.”...

By JoAnn Mullen My husband gave me a choice of our summer vacation activity; running a marathon (which is like being caught in a pinball machine — bouncing against one obstacle after another while sweating profusely) or camping. He sat in his camo outfit and summoned...