Life Style & Travel

DOWNEY—A couple weeks ago, Canyon News covered Downey High School’s newest cheerleader, a Deaf high school student named Iliana. Now, we shed light on Downey’s football team, who she will be cheering on. Three of their players will not be able to hear Iliana’s cheerleading friends, screaming and waving their pom poms, but Iliana will most likely be able...

  UNITED STATES—Before the colorful foliage of autumn falls and gets raked away, a few types of berries and fruit start to provide a bit of color to last into winter, or at least until birds and other wildlife eat them. Technically, the most colorful berries are actually intended for the birds, both those that overwinter and those that migrate...

UNITED STATES—Frugality and wealth go hand in hand. They dance the dance, and to cut into that dance and waltz with the likes of Donald Trump, Warren Buffet and Oprah you would be advised to nurturefrugality—a most underrated virtue in our supersized age. Frugality starts with an abundant appreciation for how far we’ve already come in our acquisition of wealth...

NORTHRIDGE—California State University, Northridge will host a lecture on November 14 at the Kurland Lecture Hall next to the Valley Performing Arts Center. The speaker will be Mark Zaurov who will be lecturing on being Deaf during the Holocaust. Deaf people played a vital role in both WWI and WWII, working in factories and other jobs where their inability to hear was...

LOS ANGELES—GLAD, the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc., will be hosting their annual World AIDS Day on December 3 at their Los Angeles location. GLAD hosts many deaf events throughout the year, but this one is special as there will be quilts brought in from the Deaf National AIDS Quilt collection. These quilts have been made to represent...

Why is it so difficult to believe that there are so many different kinds of horticultural professionals? No one is ever surprised that surgeons, cardiologists, dermatologists, ophthalmologists and pulmonologists are all physicians. Yet, those who do not know better consider all horticultural professionals to be 'gardeners'. This is actually more insulting to real professionals than outsiders can imagine, because...

DOWNEY—Downey High School’s competitive cheerleading team welcomed its first deaf student onto their squad. Fifteen year-old Iliana Delgado earned her spot, according to her coach, Leslie Patterson, because she worked hard and tried out “just like any other girl.” Only 27 had high enough scores to join the team. Armed with her own smarts, an interpreter, and her lip reading...

UNITED STATES— Jenny, who was minding the glutens, had been blissfully gluten free for more than a year. Her doctor had been treating her for Hashimoto’s disease and recommended that she stopped being a glutton for glutens. “All I know is I lost ten pounds and I feel ten years younger.” Famous last words before she was lured, as I...

UNITED STATES—I’ll be the first to admit it, doing yard work is no fun, but it has to be done. So precisely what can one do to lessen the burden of having worn out muscles and being exhausted? Put a plan in motion. I realized the other day that in most parts of the country all four seasons play...

UNITED STATES—Marvel, one of the tycoon companies of the comic book industry, has just released a new superhero, and the deaf community is not happy. Sapheara (aka Sap-HEAR-a) is a deaf girl with cochlear implants who aids Tony Stark’s, Iron Man in a limited edition comic book with the help of her hearing aid sidekick, ‘The Blue Ear.’ Marvel unveiled...