Category Archives: City
Community Council Does Not Have Standing with City: New Officers Announced
Joe Halper, who served for close to five years on the Board of Commissioners for L.A. Recreation and Parks and for seven years on the West L.A. Planning Commission, dropped a bombshell at the Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) meeting...
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An Appeal Will Be Held for Construction on Tramonto Landslide
At the intersection of Tramonto Drive and Coperto Drive in the Castellammare area of Pacific Palisades, the view of Santa Monica Bay extends from Catalina Island to Malibu. The panorama is spectacular. The cliff is shored up with a bulkhead,...
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Street Services Received Aid from Schwarzenegger
Former Pacific Palisades resident and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has expanded his resume to include street repair. He filled a pothole on a street near his Brentwood home. On a Twitter, he explained, “Today, after the whole neighborhood has...
Temescal Canyon Repaving Completion? It Starts Tomorrow
Councilmember Traci Park’s office sent the following April 4 notice to Circling the News that the entire length of Temescal Canyon Road will be under construction starting tomorrow. The newly paved roadway should be done on Friday. The Bureau of...
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Lower Temescal Canyon Road Repaved, Again, on Friday
Temescal Canyon Road was once again inaccessible to drivers on March 31 with less than 24-hour notice to the Council Office. Street Services were laying asphalt for the second time in three months on the same stretch of road. CTN...
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Santa Monica Lacks Safety for Visitors: Businesses Ask City for Help
(Editor’s warning: the photos at the end of the piece are graphic and disturbing. This editor will leave a space between the end of the story and the photos, so readers can exit and avoid looking at them.) A sign...
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Pole-Top Stations Locations Disputed
(The editor wrote this story in December 2016 and is reprinting it to remind people that not many people want the large industrial poles in their neighborhood. You’ll notice that station sites were initially selected for Marquez Avenue and Ida...
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State Rejects DWP’s Bid For Los Leones Property
(CTN’s editor wrote this story in May 2015 and it was published in a local paper. DWP did indeed try to find alternate locations.) The State of California has rejected LADWP’s plea to buy state park land at Los Leones...
Resident David Morena Remembered at L.A. City Council Meeting
Castellammare resident David Morena, who passed away on January 7, was remembered at a L.A. City Council meeting on January 20. David was one of the key members who founded the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness Board of Directors....
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Homeless Housed: Celebration of Thanks Held in Venice Near Gold’s Gym
It was a celebration held at Rose Café in Venice on January 13 at 8 a.m., as residents thanked Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Traci Park for helping homeless off the street into temporary housing. Before the City officials arrived,...
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