Category Archives: Community

Palisades Beautiful Celebrates 30 Years and 1,500 Street Trees

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: When a new generation of Palisades Beautiful click here started with the idea of planting trees, Bill Bruns was able to find one of the original stories he did about the group. The story was a good reminder … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Environmental | 2 Comments

No Fire Truck Access, No Evacuation Route, No Problem

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Sue

There would be NO fire truck access and NO evacuation route for residents if the project were built. NO problem according to the City. Why would the City even consider this proposed project of four new 10,000 to 17,000 square … Continue reading →

Posted in City, Community, Real Estate | 1 Comment

Pacific Coast Highway to Open for Memorial Day Weekend

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Sue

Although there will no longer be checkpoints on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) when it opens to “everybody” tomorrow, May 23 at 8 a.m., residents may be relieved to learn that there will be additional checkpoints on arterial roads leading into … Continue reading →

Posted in City, City Councilmember Park, Community, Crime/Police | 2 Comments

Bike Path Bridge to Receive FEMA Money to Rebuild

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Sue

The $6 million bike path bridge “fell into the ocean” in February 2024, and may now be repaired with FEMA funds, according to Kerjon Lee, chief communications director for Los Angeles Public Works. This two-year-old concrete slab bridge was located … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, County Supervisors | 3 Comments

Palisades Beautiful Recharged: Led by Martin

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Sue

The original Palisades Beautiful, which was formed in the 1970s, planted more than 1,500 trees in Pacific Palisades. Starting with the Jacarandas on Northfield, it grew into a project that spanned across the Palisades. That organization shut down in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Environmental, Geology/Dinosaurs/Earth | 2 Comments

Palisades Residents Take Garbage Seriously

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Sue

A portion of the commercial district has burned in Pacific Palisades, mostly buildings on Antioch between Swarthmore and Via de la Paz. Storefronts have burned on Via and both grocery stores are shells. Despite that fact, there are a group … Continue reading →

Posted in BID--Business Improvement District, Community | 1 Comment

Phenom Ruhman Composes Opera “Nannerl”

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note:  Mia Ruhman sang Oh Holy Night, one Christmas Eve at the Palisades Methodist Church, I described her voice as listening to an angel sing. I was thrilled to hear about her latest endeavor, an opera she composed.) While … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Music | 1 Comment

Palisades Contestants Take First and Third at District Contest

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Sue

Speaking on the topic of “How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times,” Lana Shargani won first at the District Level on May 4 and a $2,500 scholarship to the college of her choice. Shargani spoke about the fires in … Continue reading →

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Owner Receives No Help with Dewatering

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Sue

Last year one of the northbound Pacific Coast Highway lanes was closed for several months after heavy rains caused the Tramonto landslide (just north of Porto Marino) to dump mud on the roadway. Then Caltrans wrote, “since the slide is … Continue reading →

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Good Friday and Easter Sunday at Palisades Methodist

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sue

Pastor John Shaver of the Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades, not only lost a home, the parish, where he lived with his family, but the church at 801 Via de la Paz was also destroyed. He wrote to … Continue reading →

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