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Monthly Archives: April 2021
Readers Want/Have the Answers on Libraries
REGARDING PUBLIC LIBRARIES: A reader reached out to the L.A. Public Libraries on March 17 and asked: “Do you know when L.A. City libraries are going to reopen? I haven’t heard any communication on this. Seems like everything else has...
Posted in Books, Community, Councilman Mike Bonin
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Garden Café and Cafe Vida Are Burglarized; Detectives Seek Help in Identifying Suspects
Palisades Garden Café on La Cruz Drive was broken into around 2 a.m. on April 19. The suspects smashed through the front door. There was only change in the café register, and they took snacks, then proceeded to Café Vida...
Posted in Crime/Police
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Many City Libraries Will Open May 3, But Not the Palisades Branch Library. Here’s Why.
BY BILL BRUNS Special to CTN The L.A. Times reported Monday that “the Los Angeles Public Library is expected to reopen May 3 with limited service at 38 locations,” thanks to a lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.” Unfortunately, the Pacific Palisades...
Posted in Books, Community
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Austin Beutner Won’t Renew His Contract as LAUSD Superintendent
In an April 21 letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, Superintendent Austin Beutner wrote: “As the son of a public-school teacher and the product of a great public education, it has been an honor to...
Rodeo Realtors Will Collect Donated Non-Perishable Food This Saturday on Via de la Paz
Rodeo Realtors Devin McNichol and Aaron Bernbach are collecting food for an “Earth Day Cereal Drive.” Residents are invited to bring at least two non-perishable food items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, April 24, to Rodeo Realty...
Posted in Community
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Family Dog Dies in Cluhouse Avenue Fire: Arson Suspected
(Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted with permission by the Venice Current. It ran on April 21, 2021.) VENICE- “It was yelping so loud–the sound isn’t the usual dog sound–it was suffering. It was suffering.” A woman who lives...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Homelessness
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Judge David Carter Orders Accountability by the City and County in the Homeless Crisis
A preliminary injunction filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court by Judge David Carter was damning to L.A. City and County. “This Court cannot idly bear witness to preventable deaths. The City’s inaction has had a deep, disparate, and deadly...
Posted in General
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Getty Villa Reopens with Spectacular Exhibition Focused on Mesopotamia
The Getty Villa Museum in Pacific Palisades reopened today, April 21, with an impressive exhibition, “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” This was the exhibit set to open in March 2020, before Covid restrictions shut the museum. According to a Getty press release...
Never Underestimate the Power of One: Carol Leacock, Who Departs Soon for New Mexico
One of the town’s leading environmentalists, Carol Leacock, will move to Santa Fe, New Mexico at the end of this month, with her dog Lucy, to be closer to her daughter. Leacock, a long-time resident who lives on Bienveneda, is...
Posted in Community, Environmental
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SCAM: Don’t Be Fooled by Con Artists
(Editor’s note: Long-time resident Haldis Toppel, who serves as Area 3 representative on the Community Council, has shared the following story with Circling the News in hopes that it might prevent others from being scammed. The story is true, but...
Posted in Crime/Police, Seniors
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