Category Archives: Community

Homeless Woman Attacks Visitor with Vile Substance along RV Row in the Ballona Wetlands 

An oversized porta-potty, paid for by Councilman Mike Bonin, has been placed adjacent to the environmentally sensitive Ballona Wetlands for those living in a long line of illegally parked RVs on Jefferson Boulevard. A woman who lives in one of … Continue reading

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Garden Club Will Feature Speakers on Japanese Flower Arranging

Patricia Ziegler and Gabriel Pacheco will give a presentation on the Sogetsu School of Ikebana for the Palisades Garden Club at 7 p.m. on April 4, via Zoom. Ikebana means “living flowers” in Japanese and is a term used to … Continue reading

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Wen Chen Addresses Chinese Propaganda, Persecution of Falun Gong and Organ Harvesting

Wen Chen told the Palisades Rotary Club in February that she initially believed that the Tiananmen Massacre never happened. Born and raised in China, she came to Cal Tech as a graduate student in 1995. “My friends asked me about … Continue reading

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Marshall Ingwerson to Address Task Force on Reducing Homelessness

Marshall Ingwerson, a journalist, former editor-in-chief of the Christian Science Monitor and founder of the “What Works Initiative” a project to spread public awareness on issues of public concern, will speak at the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness community Zoom meeting … Continue reading

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Rotary Steps Up for Village Green Fountain Maintenance

The Palisades Rotary Club presented a check for $1,000 to the Village Green Board on March 21 to help maintain the fountain, which is enclosed by brick and features small brass dolphins. “We are so very grateful for the donation … Continue reading

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Palisades Civic League Meets on Monday

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet via Zoom on Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is the perfect opportunity … Continue reading

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98-Year-Old Venice Landlord Among ‘Mom and Pop’ Property Owners Experiencing Rent Moratorium Hardship

(Editor’s note: the story, which ran, today, March 23 in the Westside Current, with added reporting by the City News Service, is reprinted with permission.) Several landlords, including Jennie Weinberger, whose 98-year-old mother is a landlord in Venice, claimed in sworn … Continue reading

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Red Cross Giving Day Is March 23

Sotheby’s realtor Josie Tong is on the executive board of the American Red Cross LA Region and wants to remind residents that tomorrow, March 23, is Red Cross Giving Day. To remind residents of the importance of the Red Cross, … Continue reading

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Renovations Started on the Interior of the American Legion Building

Finally, a facelift is underway for the American Legion building, at the corner of Swarthmore and La Cruz. Wielding sledgehammers to start the demolition of the 1965 interior of the building were Post Commander Jim Cragg, Auxiliary President Sue Pascoe … Continue reading

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Slightly-Used Shoes Are Needed for Soles4Good, a Student Campaign

If you have a pair or several pairs of shoes in your closet that are barely worn, consider donating them to Soles4Good. Co-founded by Amaan Furniturewala and Alec Katz (Furniturewala is now at the University of Pennsylvania and Katz is … Continue reading

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