Category Archives: Community

Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration November 20

In keeping with a long-standing Pacific Palisades tradition, clergy from eight religious’ institutions in the Palisades will participate in a Thanksgiving service, 7 p.m. Monday, November 20 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 575 Los Liones...

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Long Tradition of Scooping on the Loop Continues

It does not take much to build community, as two Palisades residents discovered several decades ago. For the past 24 years (minus two for Covid), people gather annually on the “Grenola Loop” to make ice cream sundaes. On November 5,...

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Newcomer’s Group Practices Philanthropy

Newcomers is a women’s social organization that includes newcomers and long-time residents of Pacific Palisades and adjacent areas: Brentwood, Malibu, Santa Monica and Topanga. When joining, people can select the arm of the organization where they want to participate. Most...

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City Will Attempt to Fix Asilomar Landslide

“Stopping a landslide from moving is an expensive proposition, and experts acknowledge that there is no stopping Mother Nature—but the City believes movement can be slowed significantly on Asilomar Boulevard.” That was the first sentence of a story that this...

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14-Hour-power Outage Affect Highlands and Palisades High School

A Highlands resident contacted CTN early October 27 to say that power had been out since midnight. “If there’s ever an earthquake that knocks the power out, it will be days before its restored here,” he said, and queried what...

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Numerous Events Planned for November 3, 4 and 5

There are numerous events planned this weekend for the morning, afternoon and evening for the area from plays to gift shows to festivals. Choose one activity, or choose them all, and have a good time! November 3 THEATER  Theatre Palisades...

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Potrero Canyon History and Facts about the Potrero Pedestrian Bridge

“A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.” Robert Heinlein (1907-1988) “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” (Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973. There are some Palisadians, who claim they have never heard anything...

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L.A. Council Fast Tracking Large Digital Billboards

Although Los Angeles City Council passed a 2002 Billboard sign ordinance to ban visual blight, it is now trying to sidestep that ordinance. Given that Los Angeles will be the site of some 2026 World Cup Soccer Games, and also...

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Design Review Board Greenlights Canyon Place

At a Pacific Palisades Design Review Board hybrid meeting held at Rustic Canyon Recreation Center, the DRB gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to the proposed project between Chautauqua Boulevard and West Channel Road near PCH. Sue Steinberg of Howard Robinson...

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Rediscovering L.A.’s Croissant King in France

Maison Giraud, the French Restaurant that was located on Swarthmore in Pacific Palisades, was known for its croissants. A June 2012 L.A. Times (“Counter Intelligence: Maison Giraud in Pacific Palisades”) noted, “Maison Giraud has great French toast — brioche made...

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