Category Archives: City
Palisades Residents Invited to a Garden Party April 25
There is one garden party that all residents will want to attend. The parkways in front of all Pacific Palisades properties need to be cleared of overgrown weeds that need to be trimmed to less than three inches in height. All...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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Nithya Raman – No Need to Clear Venice Rose Ave. Encampment
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current “Mayoral Hopeful Nithya Raman Votes No on Venice Anti-Camping Crackdown – Councilmember’s Push Back” on April 16 and is reprinted with permission.) By RACHAEL GAUDIOSI Rose Avenue was back before...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Park, Homelessness
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19th Century Typhus Spreads in Los Angeles
(Editor’s note: This piece first ran in Sam Quinones Dreamland Newsletter on April 12 and is printed with permission (1) 19th Century Typhus Spreads in Los Angeles. People can subscribe for free at samquinoes.cubstack.com) No better barometer exists of shoddy...
Posted in City, Homelessness
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Letter: Downtown L.A. an Embarrassment and a Disaster. Do Better
Steve Lopez in his April 12 column (“Come on, L.A., you can do better than this. . .A tour of City Hall’s grounds reveals monuments to neglect.”), wrote “That is no excuse for letting things go to hell, in this...
Posted in City, Viewpoint
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Letter to L.A.Times from Pratt Demanding a Retraction
(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the L.A. Times by Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt demanding a retraction for publishing false information about his eligibility to run for L.A. Mayor.) Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong Owner/Executive Chairman Los Angeles Times...
Posted in City, Crime/Police, Elections
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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
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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
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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....
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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
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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
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