Monthly Archives: May 2024

Safe Parking: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Hans Christian Anderson wrote a folk tale about an emperor who is obsessed with fancy new clothes, and spent lavishly on them at the expense of the state. Two con men, posing as weavers, offer to supply the emperor with...

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Posted in City, County Supervisors, Homelessness | 6 Comments

Real Estate Market Looking up for Bluebirds

  While there seem to be many houses for sale in Pacific Palisades, there’s one subpopulation that seems to be growing: bluebirds.   A reader wrote to CTN: When I moved to the Palisades more than 20+ years ago, the...

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Posted in Animals/Pets, Environmental | 2 Comments

Westside Ballet Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Gala

Westside Ballet will celebrate its 50th anniversary with three events in May at the Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center. The Spring Gala, which is at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, starts with a cocktail reception, raffle and...

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17 Nonprofits Benefit from Will Rogers 5/10K Foundation Funding

Seventeen organizations were the recipients of grants of $40,000 that was donated to the Palisades Optimist Club by the Palisades Will Rogers Run Foundation (PWR). The Foundation, which runs the 5/10K Fourth of July Race, partnered with Optimists, to select...

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Posted in Community, General, Schools, Sports | 1 Comment

What Is It! #24

This is a captain’s chair. Most were intended for the naval officer’s cabin. It’s made of heavy oak. The curved back lip is of bent ewe which binds the parts together securely. The wide seat and outward angled legs discouraged...

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A Member of the “A Team” Returns

Los Angeles Police Officers Adam Margin and Jose Bermudez used to be referred to as the “A Team” by past president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, Sharon Kilbride. She said that the two, who were members of...

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Posted in Crime/Police, Homelessness | 2 Comments

Caltrans Updates the Tramonto Slide and Reopening a Lane of PCH  

One northbound lane of PCH was closed in mid-February by Caltrans. Caltrans in a May 7 statement said the right-bound lane was closed for safety because of a slide that occurred in mid-February and worsened by a second series of...

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Posted in City, Community, Real Estate | 4 Comments

Ciela Accused of Unethical Behavior

A local resident accompanied his mother to Ciela, a luxury senior living facility at 17310 Vereda de la Montura in the Palisades Highlands to take a tour. Later he wrote on a social platform: “They set up an appointment to...

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Posted in Highlands Eldercare Project | 2 Comments

Pot Shots #14

(Editor’s note: A reader, who is a fan of Ashleigh Brilliant (creator of Pot-Shots), has worked out an agreement with CTN that gives this newsletter the permission to use copyrighted Pot-Shots. Potshots remain the property of Ashleigh Brilliant. To view...

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Letter: The Responsibility for Juvenile Behavior Rests with Parents

Recently, there was an opinion piece circulating in our community about inappropriate juvenile activity throughout the Village and in and around CVS Pharmacy. I think we can all agree that this continuing bad behavior by a growing number of school-aged...

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Posted in Letters | 5 Comments