Category Archives: Community

DWP Poles on Sunset Raise Ire

(This story about the Pole-Top Distribution Station was written in November 2016 and published in a local paper.) Outside the Palisades Branch Library last Wednesday evening, the temperature was hot. But inside it was even hotter, as about 30 residents...

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History of the DWP’s Efforts to Add a Power Distribution Station

(This CTN editor wrote the story below that appeared in the September 2012 edition of a local paper. A meeting held at Marquez school in April 2012 had resulted in the formation of the committee. That April meeting was loud...

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YMCA Executive Director Kirtley Juggles Children, Seniors and Feeding the Hungry

Palisades Malibu YMCA Director Jim Kirtley spoke to the Palisade Optimist Club on January 17. In explaining his many varied duties, including pumpkin and Christmas tree sales, programming for youth, scheduling for teens and seniors, answering calls, helping members with...

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Palisades Library Provides a Free Technology Expert: Local Paid Help also Available 

The Pacific Palisades Branch Library has hired Chris Miehl to help answer technology questions from patrons three days a week at the library on 861 Alma Real. His regular hours are Monday, noon to 6 p.m.; Tuesdays, noon to 5...

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Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness Addresses Affordable Housing

The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness will host a community meeting on Monday, January 23, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. via Zoom. Brian Ulf, the board president of SHARE! (Self-Help and Recovery Exchange), will speak on “Homelessness and Affordable...

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Pacific Coast Highway across from Will Rogers State Beach Looks Trashy

At the beginning of January, Circling the News asked readers if they had any resolutions or local actions, they’d like to see taken in 2023. One wrote: “Make the owners of the property on PCH between Potrero Canyon and Temescal...

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Library Offers Storytime, Intro to VR and Adult Painting

The Palisades Library at 861 Alma Real has resumed full-time programming and there are opportunities on January 4, 7, 10 and 14, for toddlers, teens and adults. (310) 459-2754. BABY AND TODDLER STORYTIME, JANUARY 4 The next Baby and Toddler Storytime is 10:15 a.m....

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Soderbergh’s Parking Plan Was Adopted by City

It is a joy to walk through the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero. Ever since it opened on December 10, it has rapidly become a place to meet other residents for a gentle passage in the Canyon – an area...

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HO!HO!HO! Features Santa, Reingoats and a Tortoise?

By CHAZ PLAGER As the days end earlier, the air gets colder, and the same five holiday songs seem to play over and over on the radio, only one conclusion can be reached: it’s time for Santa Claus to come...

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National League of Young Men Craft Blankets for Charity

The Palisades/Brentwood Chapter of the National League of Young Men, Inc. (NLYM) recently participated in a philanthropy event for The Painted Turtle Project founded by Paul Newman. The high-school aged young men spent hours sewing blankets for children and folded and...

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