Monthly Archives: September 2024
Guilty Life in Prison: No Possibility of Parole
Anthony Francisco Jones, 29, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on September 13 after pleading no contest to charges related to the sexual assault of two women in the Venice Canals neighborhood on April...
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Nighttime Lane Closures to Continue on PCH
Caltrans, in a September 13 release, said that Pacific Coast Highway will be reduced to one lane in each direction overnight through Pacific Palisades from Monday, September 16 through September 20. The lane closure, one lane in each direction, will...
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Habenaria Orchids and Their Relatives
It is time to take a break from politics and the numerous propositions that are going to be on the California ballot and enjoy beauty. The Malibu Orchid Society, a volunteer, nonprofit formed in 1963, monthly hosts speakers. Carlos Lopez...
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September 15, 2024, Musings
Musings RICH SCHMITT AYSO SELECT By Sue Pascoe · September 15, 2024 Well-known photographer Rich Schmitt has been documenting AYSO Region 69 for years. CTN will run a select every Sunday, visit: richschmittphotography.com. PEN ON MASK The Palisades Art Association...
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Celebrate Route 66 History at the Pierson Playhouse
By PATRICK HEALY It’s the highway that generations of Americans drove across the country, from Chicago to its western terminus right next door to Pacific Palisades at the Santa Monica pier. Route 66–so iconic it got its own song and...
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LETTER: Regarding Policing and Public Safety
(Editor’s note: Krisha Thangavelu, a Pacific Palisades resident, was awarded the Pacific Palisades Community Council Sparkplug award for her public safety service. In response to CTN’s story “Homeless Influx in Palisades’ Very High Fire Zone,” she wrote an informative comment....
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Pot Shot #25
What are Pot-Shots? Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the following very strict rules. The length must never exceed 17 English words. Note that this is a maximum....
What is it #38
This is a Mexican carpet designed to be a wall hanging. It might have hung on a wall of a simple pueblo church’s or town hall’s cinder block walls. The symbols are representative of a mix of native tribal, Aztec,...
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September 12, 2024, Musings
Musings EARTHQUAKE ALERTS By Sue Pascoe · September 12, 2024 After the 4.7 magnitude earthquake this morning, my phone alerted me that there could be a quake. Maybe the technology is not there, yet, but the US Geological Survey, allows...
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Earthquake Strikes at 7:28 A.M.
A measured 4.7 earthquake struck this morning, September 12, at 7:28 a.m. off Kanan Dune Road in Malibu. It was seven miles deep according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was initially reported as 5.1 magnitude earthquake but was later...
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