Category Archives: Community

A Local Gift Idea—Portraits of Hope Products

Buy a beautiful ring, umbrella, pet collar or cornhole board, while supporting Portraits of Hope. In 1995, Palisadian Ed Massey and his brother Bernie founded POH, using art and visual imagery in large-scale art exhibitions. The program allowed seriously ill...

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YMCA Christmas Tree Lot Opens Tuesday, Offering the Freshest Selection in L.A.

The YMCA Christmas Tree lot will open tomorrow, December 1, offering quality trees ranging in size from table to more than 15 feet tall. Different-sized wreaths and garlands are also available. The lot will be open Monday through Friday from...

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Amalfi Estates Supports Homeboy Bakery, Gives Out Their Thanksgiving Pies

Anthony Marguleas and the Amalfi Estates staff hosted their fifth annual Thanksgiving Pie Day on Tuesday. Marguleas purchased more than 160 apple and pumpkin pies from Homeboy Bakery, and they were stacked by the front door at his office on...

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Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Provides Hope 

If this Thanksgiving finds you feeling sad and upset by how Covid-19 is impacting our lives this holiday season, watch a recording of the annual Pacific Palisades Interfaith Thanksgiving service that was celebrated on Monday night. This uplifting service, which...

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CRIME: Pacific Palisades and L.A.

According to a November 23 L.A. Daily News story (“Homicides in L.A. Top 300, most since 2009”), Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore had warned of a possible increase in crimes because budget cuts at the LAPD, passed by...

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Pacific Palisades Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Will Be Held Monday Via Zoom

  One of the most inspirational events in Pacific Palisades is the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, hosted by the town’s clergy. The service this year will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 23, via Zoom. Annually for decades,...

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Palisades Rotary Club Sponsors Toy Drive

The Pacific Palisades Rotary Club is hosting a holiday toy drive. All residents are invited to participate. The toys will go to families at the Salvation Army Westwood Transitional Village, a nonprofit organization helping families transition from homelessness to independent...

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If Scooters Are Improperly Parked, Call 311

 Pacific Palisades residents have noticed a significant increase in the number of dockless Lime and Bird scooters lying on sidewalks the past few months. Teens in the town take advantage of the scooters, driving them about, quite often with a...

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About the Palisades: Street Performers, Crosswalk on Chautauqua

STREET PERFORMERS: One reader wrote: Do know the reason for a small band playing loud music in the evening at Swarthmore and Sunset? Are we becoming a Santa Monica Promenade? The people the reader referred to was a woman from...

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Coastal Commission Fines LADWP Almost $2 Million after It Destroys Rare Plants above Highlands

At the California Coastal Commission hearing on November 4, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was fined nearly $2 million for failure to have a permit for infrastructure work that destroyed Braunton’s milkvetch plants (which are endangered) and...

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