Category Archives: News

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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Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones Not Automatically Exempt from SB 79

Initially Senator Ben Allen’s Press Secretary Ben Cheever told CTN on October 22 that concerns about Gladstones being called a transit stop and automatically triggering SB 79 and high-density construction in Pacific Palisades was not likely. He wrote, “With regards … Continue reading

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Beutner, Former School Supertindent, Businessman and Civic Leader Enters Mayor’s Race

(Editor’s note: This story appeared October 13 in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission.) By JON REGARDIE By many counts, 2025 qualifies as the worst, most dispiriting year in the history of Los Angeles. Consider: The January wildfires\ decimated … Continue reading

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Trailer Bills Are a Way to Avoid Public Scrutiny

It came as a surprise to Pacific Palisades residents that they were not entitled to hearings concerning the replacement of Gladstone’s with a new proposed restaurant and parking lot change at Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway. They were told that … Continue reading

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LETTER-LAFD After-Action Report Incomplete

Having skimmed through the LAFD 70 page after action report it is clear we need an independent report with exact times and participants. We know LAFD’s response was neither rapid nor ongoing with the bulk of the ground crews pulled … Continue reading

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Mental Institution Will Open … with an Ocean View

  Palisades resident and Santa Monica commercial business owner, John Alle wrote to CTN about the mental health facility that is slated to open in Santa Monica at 413 and 425 Ocean Avenue and has ocean views. “Forty-seven units are … Continue reading

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State Insurance Commissioner Lara Under Investigation

  Ricardo Lara is under investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for taking trips on tax payer dollars. A KGO-TV investigation showed that he had expensive receipts from at least a dozen trips including paying for significant security … Continue reading

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Palisades and Altadena Residents Warned about Possible Voting Issues

Displaced residents of Pacific Palisades and Altadena need to check on their voter status to vote in the November 4 special election on redistricting (Proposition 50), the 2026 midterms, the Los Angeles mayoral race and the California gubernatorial election. Los … Continue reading

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City Officials Not Working in Residents/Homeless Best Interests

The effectiveness of the money spent on the homeless by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was questioned by the L.A. Alliance in 2020. A settlement agreement was reached in 2022 and the city promised to provide an additional … Continue reading

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SB 79 Waiting for the Governor’s Signature. Call Him

San Francisco Democratic Senator Scott Wiener wrote on X around 4 p.m. “SB 79 — our bill allowing more housing near public transportation — just received final approval by the Senate & IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR!” Senate … Continue reading

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