Search
Categories
- * Fact or B.S.
- Accidents/Fires
- Alerts
- Animals/Pets
- Arts
- BID–Business Improvement District
- Books
- businesses/stores
- Ca State Senators
- City
- City Councilmember Park
- City Councilmember Traci Park
- City/Councilman Mike Bonin
- Community
- Councilman Mike Bonin
- County Supervisors
- Crime/Police
- Education
- Elections
- Environmental
- Fashion
- Film/Television
- FireAid
- Fourth of July
- General
- Geology/Dinosaurs/Earth
- Governor Newsom
- Health
- Highlands Eldercare Project
- History
- Holidays
- Homelessness
- Kids/Parenting
- L.A. County Supervisors
- Letters
- Music
- News
- Obituaries
- Open to all
- Pacific Palisades Community Council
- Palisades Fire
- Parks
- Pot-Shot
- Real Estate
- Restaurants
- Reviews
- Schools
- Seniors
- Sports
- Traci Park
- Vickrey
- Viewpoint
- What is it?
Category Archives: City
McKinney Will Bring Common Sense to City Attorney’s Office
John McKinney filed for the L.A. City Attorney’s race at the beginning of March – just days before the deadline. He was asked why so late and responded, “I like to say I declared just in time. I had been...
Posted in City, Elections
Leave a comment
Fee Waivers Passed, But Not Enacted, Yet
The CTN headline on February 3, 2026, was “It Passed! Permit Fees Waived for Fire Rebuilds.” CTN found out today that’s not true . . .yet. In April 2025, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order to waive plan...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
Leave a comment
Viewpoint – Voting for L.A. Mayor – Choose Facts Not Feelings
A common reason that survivors stay in abusive relationships is that it can be difficult for someone to admit that they’ve been or are being abused. They may feel that they’ve done something wrong, that they deserve the abuse....
Posted in City, Viewpoint
10 Comments
AECOM Meeting Exhibits Galling in Lack of Urgency
The Palisades 2025 Fire took place on January 7, 8 and 9, almost 15 months ago. Residents are now asking the City for specific help, “could you fix a pothole, put up a streetlight,” but officials appear to be tone...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
5 Comments
More Illegal Dirt Dumping in Palisades
Yesterday, Circling the News reported on illegal dumping of dirt in the Marquez area, noting that contractors, who are either digging basements or grading lots, are dumping dirt on empty lots. The resident building is paying to have a contractor...
Posted in City, Community, Real Estate
1 Comment
City Gives Residents the Finger
Despite pleas from residents to save a California Sycamore, city workers aided by eight police officers took a chainsaw to the tree that was located on 15150 La Cruz drive, next to the Pharmaca building, leaving a stump. “We hate...
Posted in City, Environmental
9 Comments
If Mansion Tax Repealed in November, City Could be on the Hook for Millions
It started with compassion during Covid, but if a November Ballot Measure passes, the City of Los Angeles could owe millions. In April 2020, the City Council approved a $7.1 million contract with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)...
Posted in City
2 Comments
Have Questions on Construction? PaliBuilds Will Answer
If you are unsure about a construction contract, the cost that was quoted or if you have insurance concerns, PaliBuilds will provide free help. The group will have office hours at the Palisades Recover Center (next to the Palisades Garden...
Posted in businesses/stores, City, Palisades Fire
Leave a comment
Library Opened. Portable Buildings Cost $380,000, Supplies $106,000
About 30 people gathered on February 27 for the opening of the two portable buildings that had been placed on the Palisades Library parking lot at 861 Alma Real. The public library was one of 7,000 residences/commercial structures and public...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Park, FireAid
4 Comments
$10,000 Sales Tax Deduction for Rebuilding Proposed
Senators Ben Allen (D-PacificPalisades) and Meagn Dahle (R-Bierber) have introduced a new bill SB1343 that they hope will make it past the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation and to a full vote in the Senate. The bill proposes an...
Posted in Ca State Senators, City
Leave a comment