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Route 66: ‘The Mother Road’ from Illinois to California 

Historical Society to Host Route 66 Program Wednesday Night Scott Piotrowski, president of the California Historic Route 66 Association, will present a PowerPoint talk about the legendary highway on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse on Haverford. … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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PaliHi Band Marches On

  By CHAZ PLAGER With the start of each new school year at Palisades Charter High School, there is also a new Pali Band season. And when we say new, we really mean new. Peter Ye, the program director, is … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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. … Continue reading

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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. … Continue reading

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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, … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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