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Monthly Archives: May 2024
First Parking Lot Book Sale in Years
The Friends of the Palisades Library used to hold book sales in the parking lot of the library every year. Then. . . .Covid hit and everything went on hold. Then . . . groups gradually started meeting again...
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The Hypocrisy of Homeless Advocates Is Deadly
By TIM CAMPBELL Most of my columns focus on the numbers and costs of homelessness policy. I believe if you present facts and figures in their proper context, most reasonable people will draw the appropriate conclusions. But we must remember there...
Posted in City, General, Homelessness, Viewpoint
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Obituary: Peter Crosby, Businessman, Active Community Member
Peter Alan Crosby, a long-time resident of Pacific Palisades died at the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital on April 11. He was born October 20, 1945, in Santa Barbara to parents Harold and Margaret (Peterson) Crosby. He grew up in Ventura...
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Letter: Saluting Great Teens in the Palisades
Props to Palisades Teens: About two years ago, I volunteered to help with the refurbishing of the teen area at the Palisades branch library. During these past two years, I have had the pleasure of working with and around Palisades...
Freedom of Speech Does Not Include Vandalism or Property Damage
Seeing the extensive graffiti on Royce Hall and the amount of garbage left on the UCLA campus was sickening. The cost to clean the buildings and the campus has been estimated in the millions of dollars. Many students/activists were arrested,...
Posted in News, Viewpoint
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Lanes on PCH Will Be Closed at Night through Summer 2029
There will be overnight moving land closures on both the north and southbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway between Sunset Boulevard and Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Monday through Friday, starting May 6. All lanes will reopen each morning. This project will...
The Big Read Will Be Held May 7
The Palisades Library wanted to alert patrons that the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the library, 861 Alma Real. The book, Roz Chast’s, Can’t We Talk About...
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Local Expert Oliver O’Donnell Will Speak on Bees
An extraordinary Pacific Palisades Garden Club meeting will be held 7 p.m. on Monday, May 6 at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Avenue. The topic will be Native California bees and the local expert speaking is Oliver O’Donnell,...
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Firing BB/Air Soft Guns at Others Is a Criminal Offense
Walking on Swarthmore, before turning on Antioch, around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, this editor watched a young black male, around 6’, about 150 pounds, jump out of a parked car, and fire an airsoft gun at two large male...
Posted in Community, Kids/Parenting
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Gunfight in Parking Lot off Sunset on May 1
(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent by property owners to LAPD, Councilmember Traci Parks and Pacific Palisades Community Council President Maryam Zar. An earlier letter had already been sent detailing problems.) As I feared, the problem in our parking...
Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Kids/Parenting
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