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Youth Climate Protest Calls for Making Polluters Pay Act

  Students from Palisades Charter High School and Santa Monica High School held a coordinated climate strike at the Santa Monica Pier on November 14, urging California lawmakers to advance the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act (AB 1243/SB 684). … Continue reading

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State May Have Info about Failure of Extinguishing Lachman Fire

There was a rumor that California State sent a park representative on the early a.m. hours of the January 1 Lachman Fire to Temescal Trail Ridge by the Highlands. According to one report, the woman told firefighters about certain areas … Continue reading

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Help Support Palisades High School Baseball Team

First the school was taken away, and then in an effort to reopen Palisades Charter High School, the beautifully manicured, well-kept baseball field was plowed over to put up portable classrooms. The baseball team needs the community’s support. Student athletes … Continue reading

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Palisades Rotary Presents $1,000 to Homeless Task Force

At its monthly meeting, held at the Bel Air Bay Club on November 12, the Palisades Rotary Club welcomed perspective members and enjoyed the camaraderie of neighbors. The beach-front room, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, provided the perfect atmosphere for guest … Continue reading

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Parents of Braun Levi File $200 Million Suit After Fatal DUI Crash

Jennifer and Daniel Levi,  parents of Braun Levi, a Pacific Palisades teenager killed by a speeding drunk driver in Manhattan Beach on May 4, have filed a $200 million wrongful death complaint against the driver, Jenia Resha Belt, 33. All … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Turf Wars: What’s the Verdict?

This editor used cloth diapers for her three children, because disposable diapers are made with plastic materials and can break down over time into microplastics. A diaper company delivered cloth diapers to the doorstep, picked up the dirty ones and … Continue reading

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Palisades Turkey Trot Returns Thanksgiving Morning with New Course

Start your Thanksgiving morning with a run through Pacific Palisades – and 2,000 of your best friends. It is the 11th Annual Palisades Turkey Trot on Thursday, November 27, with the official start time 8:15 a.m. Online registration and day … Continue reading

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Join PP Friends and Newcomers for Friendship and Outreach to Foster Kids

Pacific Palisades Friends and Newcomers Club, a social organization, is working to ensure that every camper with Happy Trails receives a wrapped gift delivered right to their cabin this holiday season. Happy Trails for Kids was started by Palisadian Pepper … Continue reading

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Park and Rec Board Will Meet November 18 – Turf on the Agenda

The Pacific Palisades Recreation and Park Board (PAB), will hold its monthly meeting at the small gym at the Palisades Recreation Center at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18. The meeting will also be available via zoom (meeting ID: 812 … Continue reading

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Villanueva Praises Firefighters Regarding Palisades Fire

Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva sent a November 12 letter to all members of the LAFD, as he turned over the helm to new Fire Chief Jaime Moore.  In the letter (below) he wrote, “The Palisades Fire left an enduring … Continue reading

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