Category Archives: Community

Individuals Leaving California, and Now, Sweet Lady Jane Closes Seven Stores

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Sue

U-Haul, a self-moving company, has noted that for the fourth year in a row, California showed the largest net loss of one-way movers. The company compiled data from more than 2.5 million one-way rentals in the United States and Canada. … Continue reading →

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Dog Park Implementation Creeps Along

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Palisades dog lovers have asked for a dog park for decades–CTN will chronicle this story until some sort of resolution happens in 2024: either the park moves forward or it’s decided the project is dead. At the rate … Continue reading →

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MARTHA HUNTER – Best of the Best

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Sue

This editor can think of at least five individuals or groups that should have been honored by the town/community council but have not. Either they have been overlooked or people were unaware of the contributions made. These people should still … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Sagas Continue in 2024 – DOG PARK

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Sue

One of the top headlines in February 2004 was “Dog Fight over the Dog Park.”  It was one of several articles that ran that year as residents fought over a proposed dog park site. There was overwhelming support for a … Continue reading →

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Kalberg/Young to Assume Co-President Role for Homeless Task Force

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Sue

Whenever this editor sees a homeless individual in the Village or along Temescal Canyon Park, a photo is taken and instantly sent to the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH). When this homeless woman (pictured) was walking down to … Continue reading →

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News and People from 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Sue

Saying goodbye to 2023 and watching the sun rise on 2024. JANUARY: Actor Joe Mantegna emceed the renaming of American Legion Post 283 to the Ronald Reagan Post. The large pool of water on PCH, resulting from rain was eventually … Continue reading →

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Tom Hanks Offered the True Spirit of Giving

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Sue

  BY BOB VICKREY When my friend Katie owned Village Books in Pacific Palisades, local resident Tom Hanks was a regular customer and visited the store often. One year during the Christmas holidays, Katie told him that the store was … Continue reading →

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Gates Security Suspended Because the Word Ranger Used

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Sue

Several readers sent this editor a query about Gates Security, a popular and responsive private security company that patrols Pacific Palisades. The CEO of Gates is Scott Wagenseller. The patrol license was temporarily suspended until January 15 after a court … Continue reading →

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15 Years Later, a Town Clock Was Installed

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Sue

It only took 15 years for the idea to become a reality. Today, at 6 a.m., December 20, a town clock was placed at the heart of the Palisades commercial business district. P.R.I.D.E.’s Sam Rubin has championed this project from … Continue reading →

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Historical Society Hosts Salon at Mann House

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Sue

Before World War II broke out, numerous prominent writers, artists and musical composers escaped from fascism and Nazi Germany. A number of them moved to Los Angeles and settled in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica. Keeping in the tradition … Continue reading →

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