Category Archives: Community

NIKE Missile Launch Site Still Exists in Santa Monica Mountains

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Sue

By CHAZ PLAGER Often, they say that the truth is stranger than fiction. For examples of this, you need look no further than current events, like a global mass pandemic, or a billionaire winning the presidency, or a mass insurrection … Continue reading →

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Discretionary Funding: Transparency Sought: Bonin Uses His for Homeless

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Sue

(Editor’s note: The Pacific Palisades Community Council asked Councilman Mike Bonin to use discretionary funding to keep the “Beach Patrol” intact.  The patrol is LAPD officers that work with the nonprofit, all-volunteer Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness to prevent … Continue reading →

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Simple Twist of Fate

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Sue

(Editor’s note: If a young person ever wonders what love truly is—CTN shares the sweet tale of Pepper Edmiston, who was married to her husband Joe on November 1, 1985.)   By PEPPER EDMISTON In the summer of 1999, two … Continue reading →

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Historical Society’s Centennial Publication Arrives This Week

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Sue

Watch your mailbox/front porch this week for a special 60-page publication: Pacific Palisades: A Centennial Retrospective, 1922-2022.  Mailed free to every household in Pacific Palisades, this tabloid-size magazine celebrates the town’s rich and wide-ranging history and is sponsored by the … Continue reading →

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Heavy Voting in Pacific Palisades for the June Primary

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Sue

Although L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk said only 14.45 % of registered voters cast ballots in the June 7 primary overall, poll workers at Pacific Palisades told Circling the News that they were busy. At the Palisades Recreation Center, voters were … Continue reading →

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Buscaino Asks City to Pass Motion to Ban Camping at Libraries

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Sue

Pacific Palisades residents will be happy to hear about a new motion (LAMC 41-.18 and 56.11) submitted by Councilmember Joe Bucaino on June 3 that would prohibit lying, sleeping and storing personal property within 500 feet of a library. A … Continue reading →

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Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery Cleaned and Planted

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Sue

  People who may have recently moved to the Westside of Los Angeles may not be aware of a historic family cemetery, located on San Lorenzo Street in the Santa Monica Canyon. On May 28, just in time for Memorial … Continue reading →

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DWP Scandal Shows City Corruption Is Deep

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Sue

  Little did Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials know that when they installed a new billing system in 2013, it would lead to and expose corruption in the highest levels of city government. The story revolves in … Continue reading →

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County Supervisor Candidates Spar in CD3 Forum

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Sue

By ANGELA MCGREGORA A fast-paced forum to find Sheila Kuehl’s replacement for L.A. County Supervisor was held live (and live  streamed) in Venice, on Thursday, May 19. Hosted by The Westside Current, Circling the News, the Santa Monica Daily Press … Continue reading →

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Town’s YMCA Offers Opportunities for Kids, Teens and Adults

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Sue

  New YMCA Board Chair Maryam Zar wrote in the Palisades-Malibu YMCA May 14 newsletter: “This Y has a long history of great contributions from committed community members and I expect the years ahead to build on that tradition. I … Continue reading →

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