Monthly Archives: October 2024

Residents and City Receive PCH Closure Warning

The Tramonto landslide is active, and residents want it fixed before the city allows a developer to build four large homes on it. Councilmember Traci Park held a Zoom meeting with Castellammare residents on October 1 to explore next steps....

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Brianna Kupfer’s Parent’s Victim Impact Statements

Mother Lori Kupfer’s Victim Impact Statement: I want to thank the prosecution and his team for all the support they have given us throughout this process and your honor for her time and for keeping an orderly proceeding. I have...

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What is it #41

  We used this beautifully carved and painted antique as a bread box. It was made in India. I stopped using it for bread when I discovered its original use! It’s an Indian Hindu container for cremation ashes. (Editor’s note:...

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There Have to Be Solutions for Mental Illness, Not Incarceration

Santa Monica Canyon residents were in shock, when a young man, Bryan Stennett attacked a magician at a child’s four-year-old birthday party in Rustic Canyon Park on Saturday. Before being hit, the magician said he heard Stennett yell, “Turn the...

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Pot Shot #28

  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. Some Pot-Shots are...

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Garden Club Welcomes Carnivorous Plant Expert

Palisades Garden Club will welcome Whale Kangas, a carnivorous plant specialist from Pan’s Garden Nursery in Ojai, who will speak on “The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants.” The meeting will be held 7 p.m. on Monday, October 7, at the...

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Smith Determined Sane. Found Guilty with Special Circumstances

Shawn Laval Smith was declared sane, today, October 2. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for the brutal murder of Brianna Kupfer, 24. Smith, a transient with a long criminal history, stabbed Kupfer 46 times...

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Help Restore Temescal Mural: Donate Today

The iconic Temescal Mural is badly in need of restoration because of water damage and paint peeling. To refurbish the nearly 500-foot mural across from the Palisades High School Stadium the cost will be about $105,000. As of October 1,...

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Lutheran’s Sponsor Fourth Annual 5K Charity Run

Run and help your favorite charity in the 4th Annual Charity of Choice 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 19. The Palisades Lutheran 5K Charity Run will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. starting and ending near the church,...

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Vote Yes on Prop. 36 Say Mayors, Firefighters and Police

A rally for “Vote Yes” on Proposition 36 was held at 10 a.m. on Abbot Kinney in Venice on September 30 with representation from nearly 100 people from a disparate population that included local businessmen, residents, parents and government officials....

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