Category Archives: Community

Webinar Will Feature Palisades Author Robert Rosenstone, Exploring the Legacy of John Reed

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Sue

Pacific Palisades author Robert A. Rosenstone and Kenneth Z. Chutchian will explore the life and legacy of John Reed at 6 p.m., on Saturday, October 17, in a Zoom webinar. The webinar will be moderated by The Narrative Group’s Scott … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Community | 1 Comment

Department of Toxic Substances Provides an Update on Former Contaminated Swarthmore Site

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sue

In July 2004, when business in Pacific  Palisades was thriving, and a local newspaper reported, “The only advertised storefront currently available for lease in the Village is the former Emerson-LeMay site (1,600-sq.-ft.) at 1045 Swarthmore, which has been vacant since … Continue reading →

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YMCA Pumpkin Patch Opens October 1

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Sue

The annual Palisades-Malibu YMCA Pumpkin Patch will open tomorrow, Thursday, October 1, and run through October 30—or until pumpkins are sold out. In the midst of Covid-19, the opportunity to take kids to select pumpkins is a welcome return to some sort of … Continue reading →

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Power Pole Replacement Project Needed, But an Endangered Plant Is Threatened

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Sue

  Ironically, if the wooden power poles in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Pacific Palisades caught fire, it would help propagate an endangered plant: Astragalus brauntonii, known as Braunton’s milkvetch. This interesting ecological situation came to light during last … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Environmental | 4 Comments

Business Block Building Plans Will Be Heard by Design Review Board This Wednesday

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Sue

Revised exterior remodeling plans for the historic Business Block Building will be reviewed by the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, September 23. The updated plan includes a warm cream color for the current “pink” building … Continue reading →

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Palisades Residents Keep Receiving Letters from EDD, Addressed to Various Unknown People

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sue

What do Etosha L. Slaughter, John Dufin, Anthony Bryant, Fred Fuchs and Rebecca L. Bearden all have in common? The “same” Pacific Palisades address. None of the people live there or have ever lived at this residential address, but all … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Crime/Police | 2 Comments

Vote By Mail Boxes Installed in Front of Palisades Library to Aid Residents

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sue

An L.A. County Vote By Mail Drop Box has been bolted to the sidewalk in front of the Pacific Palisades Library on Alma Real. Circling the News wrote to Michael Sanchez of the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder‘s office with questions about these boxes for … Continue reading →

Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community | 5 Comments

Promised Parking Meter Money from 2018 and 2019 Is Likely Gone, Thanks to City Budget Cuts

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Sue

Whatever happened to the parking-meter money Pacific Palisades was supposed to receive via a City pilot program? Councilman Mike Bonin promised in December 2018 that upwards of $50,000 was coming our way for beautification projects in the business district. In a … Continue reading →

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Opinion: Would the Community Council Have More Clout As a Neighborhood Council?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Sue

At the Community Council’s candidate forum, held on Zoom on August 27, a candidate who is running unopposed for a seat on the council mentioned he would like to figure out how to get the City (and Councilman Mike Bonin) … Continue reading →

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Diesel Trucks that Line Temescal Canyon Road Are for the Highlands Eldercare Project

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sue

Circling the News reported in a September 7 piece on Resilient Palisades, a new environmental group in Pacific Palisades, that rim residents above Temescal Canyon Road are concerned about the toxic fumes released by trucks idling along both sides of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Real Estate | 3 Comments