Category Archives: Animals/Pets

Dog Park Community Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Sue

A Pacific Palisades Dog Park community engagement meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. tomorrow, Monday, October 21, at the Palisades Library Community Room. Residents and dog park proponents are urged to join Councilwoman Traci Park and the … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Site a Treasure Trove of Fossils

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Sue

The Mammoth Site, located in Hot Springs, South Dakota contains the remains of more than 60 mammals and 87 other species, such as the giant short-faced bear. Bones upon bones are concentrated in an area about the size of a … Continue reading →

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Owl Habitat Destroyed by Brush Clearance

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Sue

A resident sent the following letter and video to Mountains Recreation and Conservancy Agency and to Circling the News. We just got home to find that the service doing work in Temescal Canyon today (trucks say Greenleaf Tree Service) has … Continue reading →

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Progress on the Dog Park, Maybe?

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Sue

By: CHAZ PLAGER Look, I love my dog. And he loves our house. We’re lucky enough to have a spacious yard to put him in, with space to use as a toilet. But sometimes you want your dog to socialize … Continue reading →

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Veterinarian Bartholomew Bottoms “Found” on Via de la Paz

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Sue

Where is Dr. Bartholomew Buckeye Bottoms? The internet is rife with speculation about the veterinarian that was featured on National Geographic Wild show “The Adventures of Dr. Buckeye Bottoms.” He was a mobile vet that traveled the Islands of Hawaii, … Continue reading →

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Illiteracy Proves to Be Serious Problem in Pacific Palisades

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Sue

Today, Sunday, in the short 20 minutes that this editor was at the Farmers Market on Antioch, there were three different families that had dogs whose noses were sniffing various tables. Thank goodness, none of the people with dogs seemed … Continue reading →

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Reader Warns Against Boarding Pets at Wag Hotels

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Sue

When you go away for the holidays, finding a reputable place to board a pet or even finding a great pet sitter is a challenge, but for one family the experience turned into a nightmare. They went to what they … Continue reading →

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Howling Heroes Winners Announced

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Sue

The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation in 2021 launched a Howling Heroes contest to find an official K-9 Mascot. The contest annually is held in the spring and in April the top three canines for 2024 were announced: Blue Nystrom, … Continue reading →

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Real Estate Market Looking up for Bluebirds

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Sue

  While there seem to be many houses for sale in Pacific Palisades, there’s one subpopulation that seems to be growing: bluebirds.   A reader wrote to CTN: When I moved to the Palisades more than 20+ years ago, the … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Garden Opens, Thanks to the Morrisseys

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Sue

A ribbon cutting was held on April 5 for the opening of a butterfly garden in Simon Meadow, located at the corner of Temescal Canyon Road and Sunset Boulevard. Cindy Simon, who served as emcee explained that when Colleen Morrissey … Continue reading →

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