Category Archives: City
Karen Bass Resign Signs Placed during Solidarity Protest
Pacific Palisades resident John Alle reported that on Saturday about 27 residents and business owners held a Solidarity Protest in Pacific Palisades. He said that it was decided to keep faces and names anonymous, as almost all were of the...
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Palisades Power: Electric Boogaloo
(Editor’s note: As homes and cars have become increasingly mandated all-electric in Los Angeles, I asked reporter Chaz Plager to find out where Palisades electricity comes from. Many of us have no idea how it is made, and assume it’s...
Posted in City, Community, Environmental
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“Friends” President Laura Schneider Passes the Reins
(Editor’s Note: In a letter to Friends of the Palisades Library, President Laura Schneider updated the community on the status of the local library, which burned in the fire. She also announced that a new president, Cameron Pfizenmaier, was stepping...
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This Year’s Point in Time Count: Numbers Are Down, Doesn’t Account for Deaths
The following numbers were released by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ Office, today after the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released its Point in Time (PIT) Count. Homelessness reported to have declined for two years in a row in L.A....
Posted in City, Homelessness, L.A. County Supervisors
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LETTERS: Opposing Senate Bill 549 that Would Take Away Local Control
(Editor’s note: Several people have expressed dismay over SB 549, which they feel is being rushed into legislation by Senator Ben Allen, without being properly vetted. CTN spoke to Sen. Allen today and will share that conversation tomorrow.) OPPOSE SB...
Posted in City, L.A. County Supervisors, Palisades Fire
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Los Angeles Collected $700 Million From the ‘Mansion Tax’ to Combat Homelessness. Most of It Is Still in the Bank
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on June 26 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Two years after Los Angeles began collecting a tax on multimillion-dollar property sales, nearly all the money meant to...
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DWP: Finding Truth in the Reporting
There is a saying that if one says something often enough people begin to believe it is true. DWP, in press releases about the torn cover, writes that the Santa Ynez Reservoir has been empty since 2024 and that the...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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764 Radcliffe Rebuild: Keeping Up with the Pascoes
(Editor’s note: I promised to keep readers updated about our experience in rebuilding after the Palisades Fire and if construction is being expedited.) The 1939 home we had bought in 1993, and took possession of after the Northridge Earthquake,...
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No Tour Buses in Pacific Palisades
Paige Sterling, Mayor Karen Bass’ Deputy Director for Recovery Communications alerted CTN that on June 25, Councilwoman Park introduced a motion that Mayor Bass strongly supports that would restrict tour bus operations in the area impacted by the Palisades Fire under Los...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Park, Palisades Fire
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Tour Buses Take Gawkers Through Pacific Palisades
Michel de Montaigne wrote “We feel a kind of bittersweet prickling of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortune of others.” Four hundred years later, nothing has changed. Tour buses were spotted driving people through Pacific Palisades on Saturday. A resident...
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