Category Archives: Community

Corner of Temescal and PCH Beautified by the Rotary, But Irrigation Stopped

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Sue

The naked pink ladies were starting to dance in the Rotary Landscaping at the Corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Temescal Canyon Road. But the ground was hard as cement and most of the plants, in the corner by the … Continue reading →

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Our Street Is Being Repaved, AGAIN

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Sue

A long-time Marquez Knolls resident wrote Circling the News, “It’s so strange. We have had our streets re-paved, tarred, you name it and they’ve done it [again and again]. The resident said that streets on Lachman, Buenaventura, Las Flores and Charmel Lane … Continue reading →

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Programs and Events of Interest: Mentoring, Painting and Happy Hour

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Sue

Mentoring and Befriending In March, CTN printed an emotional story about the bonding between Palisades High School students and local residents, 60+ (click here.) Sages and Seekers pairs a high school teen with a senior citizen. They listen and share … Continue reading →

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Traci Park Asked for Money to Fix Temescal Canyon Road

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Sue

Councilmember Traci Park wrote in a motion “Temescal Canyon Road is a critical thoroughfare in the Pacific Palisades Community, linking Sunset Boulevard to Pacific Coast Highway. It appears that the southbound lane of Temescal Canyon Road between Pacific Coast Highway … Continue reading →

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Clothes Sought for Lahaina Residents

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Sue

Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club member Erin Kyle Osborne wrote: “I am sure you are all aware of the horrific fire that has destroyed Lahaina town on the island of Maui. “We have friends who lost everything, their homes burned to … Continue reading →

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Supervisor Horvath Addresses Harm Reduction and the $15 Million Returned

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Sue

At the Democratic Club “garden party” fundraiser at a private residence in the Riviera section of the Pacific Palisades on August 6, each of the five public officials in attendance made brief remarks, before taking questions from the audience. L.A. … Continue reading →

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Residents Need to Contact Officials about Temescal Canyon Road

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Sue

  It might be helpful if Pacific Palisades residents weigh in with the Bureau of Street Services and with Councilman Traci Park’s office about a fix for Temescal Canyon Road (contacts at the end of the story) before Palisades High … Continue reading →

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Temescal Canyon Moat Suggestion Appears Sound

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Sue

  Circling the News has jokingly said that the City might need a moat to fix Temescal Canyon Road, which has been under construction/resurfacing since November 2022. The City has now identified there is water under the street, but to … Continue reading →

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Hornish Volunteers with Music Mends Minds 

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Sue

  By ALISON BURMEISTER In Tennessee William’s play “The Glass Menagerie, the son says “The play is memory. Being a memory play, it is dimly lighted, it is sentimental, it is not realistic. In memory everything seems to happen to … Continue reading →

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Officer Espin Does Double Duty as Junior Lifeguard Instructor

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Sue

(Editor’s note: My three adult children participated in L.A. County Junior Life Guard program. When the YMCA pool was still in upper Temescal and my children were young, a wise mother told me about Guards. She said that her kids, … Continue reading →

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