Category Archives: Environmental

Resilient Palisades Helping Gardeners Go Electric

“We won’t rest until every gas blower is out of the Palisades,” said Resilient Palisades co-founder Ryan Craig. This coming Friday, December 9, RP is hosting a demonstration of top-of-the-line electric commercial blowers. Palisades residents are urged to ask gardeners … Continue reading

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Update: Rain Report from December 2 and 3

When this editor was working at the local newspaper, after every rainfall, the late Ted Mackie, who had a bicycle shop on Via de la Paz, would bring the precipitation total to the paper. “People are waiting for this news,” … Continue reading

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Palisades High School Students Digging for Treasure? Maybe

By CHAZ PLAGER Residents driving down Temescal Canyon Road, may have noticed what looked like a group of teens and a teacher digging. The group was near the bluffs, just below the alternative high school, digging before Thanksgiving vacation. Was … Continue reading

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Coastal Interceptor Prevents Trash from Entering the Ocean

Residents near Ballona Creek were upset about the amount of trash entering the Pacific Ocean. The trash from storm drains, which covers 150 square miles of Los Angeles, is dumped into Ballona Creek. A pilot project, the Ballona Creek Trash … Continue reading

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Palisades Recreation Center: Bocce Water Fountain and Trees

WATER FOUNTAINS: Circling the News posted a story about “Nearby Park Neighbors Under Attack: Resident Being Scapegoated,” on November 16. A resident responded by writing, “Hmmm, perhaps this is the reason the once wonderful water fountain and water bottle filler … Continue reading

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Rain, Blessed Rain, Fell in Pacific Palisades

The rain started in the evening of November 6 and after several showers and downpours, the sun finally came out on November 9. There were reports of several traffic accidents and garbage cans floating down the street. The rain gauge … Continue reading

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Jeff Moore to Speak on Spiny Succulents

The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will hold it November 7 meeting, virtually, welcoming Jeff Moore of Solana Succulents. He will speak on spiny succluents, including cacti, euphorbias, alluaudias, fourquierias, terrestrial bromelidads and a host of other spiny plants that are … Continue reading

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Santa Monica Conservancy Presents: “Everything Old Is New Again”

As part of its 20th Anniversary Celebration the Santa Monica Conservancy is hosting a special virtual program “Everything Old is New Again: Adaptive Reuse in Santa Monica,” at 5 p.m., Sunday, November 6. The Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated … Continue reading

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Tipus Might Be the Wrong Tree for the Bocce Area

The Pacific Palisades Forestry Committee (PFC) sought permission to plant eight replacement trees at the Recreation Center during the Park Advisory Board meeting on October 19. The PFC proposed three tall pine trees near the entrance to the park, three Torrey … Continue reading

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Incumbent State Senator Allen and Challenger Irwin Asked about Ballona Wetlands

  California State Senator Ben Allen, the incumbent, was unopposed on the primary ballot for State District 24. He received 165,421 votes. But, in the November election, Allen will run against Kristina Irwin, a Santa Monica native. She received 6,260 … Continue reading

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