Category Archives: General

Palisades Turkey Trot Returns Thanksgiving Morning with New Course

Start your Thanksgiving morning with a run through Pacific Palisades – and 2,000 of your best friends. It is the 11th Annual Palisades Turkey Trot on Thursday, November 27, with the official start time 8:15 a.m. Online registration and day … Continue reading

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OBITUARY – Helen Elisabeth “Betty” Buerge Curtis – Long-time Palisadian

Helen Elisabeth “Betty” Buerge Curtis, born May 18, 1933, in Santa Monica, passed away October 26, 2025, at the age of 92.  A beloved Radcliffe neighbor, she was bedridden for many years and had moved to Lakewood to be closer … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: Paradise Lost . . .A Note about Exile

(Editor’s note: Tahitian Terrace resident Krishna Thangavelu wrote this lovely piece. She, her neighbors and people who lived in Palisades Bowl, are really the forgotten Palisadians. These are people politicians don’t want to speak about because it wrecks the narrative … Continue reading

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Chromium-6 Levels Have Decreased Back to Low Levels

After the Palisades/Eaton January 7 Fires, a consortium of researchers from 10 universities, including UCLA, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, USC and UC Davis tested the air quality in March and April in those two areas. Researchers discovered the presence of Chromium … Continue reading

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Colonel Palazzini Speaks to St. Matthew’s Students

St. Matthew’s Parish School held a Veterans Day Chapel service today, November 11, with a special tribute to Colonel Jeffrey S. Palazzini, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer whose recent work holds profound significance not only for the school community, … Continue reading

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USC’s CLEAN Soil Project to Test for Lead November 16

A Palisades community-soil sampling day, CLEAN, is planned from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 16. This event will be co-hosted with USC and the nonprofit Department of Angels and held at the Will Rogers State Park Polo Field. … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: Fires Keep Destroying California. Who Pays?

  By SPENCER PRATT Seven years ago, [November 8] two days after Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California…one of Gavin Newsom’s biggest donors killed 85 people by sparking the Camp Fire on STATE managed land, because PG&E had faulty … Continue reading

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Palisades Community Celebration – Our Electric Future

Resilient Palisades is hosting “Our Electric Future: A Community Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday November 15, at Paul Revere Middle School, 1450 Allenford. All are welcome at this free event. There will be home hardening and … Continue reading

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Dog Park Moves Ahead after Decades

In February 2004, a meeting was held in Mort’s Oak Room to discuss a potential dog park located at the base of Via de las Olas, next to Pacific Coast Highway. According to a story in the Palisadian-Post, A dog … Continue reading

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Will Rogers State Historic Park Reopens November 8 with Tours, Coffee, Ice Cream

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News After 10 months of closure due to extensive damage from the Palisades Fire, Will Rogers State Historic Park will open its gates to the public Saturday morning with free coffee and ice … Continue reading

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