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JULY 2019: Street Closures on Swarthmore and Fourth of July
Question: Did Caruso have a permit to close Swarthmore on June 22? After receiving numerous complaints from residents, CTN reached out to L.A. Street Services Public Information Officer Elena Stern and asked if a permit had been issued, and if...
JUNE 2019: What Is Happing With Gladstones?
Question: What is happening with Gladstone’s? Former Mayor Richard Riordan, who has been running the operation at Gladstone’s, chose not to bid on the concession that is operated by L.A. County. Bids were submitted between April and September 2017. The...
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APRIL 2019: Burning Questions Asked and Answered
Question: When will Pacific Palisades finally get a dog park? Palisadians have long sought an off-leash dog park in the community. The stumbling block has been two-fold: location and funding. In the first positive development in years, it was announced at...
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JANUARY 2019: Burning Questions That Were Asked and That Have an Answer
Question: What happened to the bicycle racks at Palisades Village that were required in the plan? A reader asked what happened to the 14 sidewalk- mounted bicycle racks that were supposed to be placed on Swarthmore across from the Bay Theatre...
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Fire Station 69 Has a Delayed Response Time, Thanks to a Damaged Garage Door
The Fire Station 69 front garage door, which allows fire engines and emergency vehicles to exit onto Sunset (at Carey), was badly damaged around 3 a.m. on December 12 when struck by a hit-and-run driver’s vehicle. By the time firefighters...
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Follow Up about Pacific Palisades Post Office Delivery Woes
Circling the News received numerous notes from people regarding a December 3 CTN story “U.S. Postal Service Spokeswoman Claims The Palisades Post Office ‘Is Not Understaffed.’” One letter was specific: “The idea that Post Office management would deny being understaffed...
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American Legion Post 283 Donates $25,000 To Palisades YMCA, Aiding Seniors and Teens
The Ronald Reagan American Legion Post presented $25,000 to the Palisades-Malibu YMCA. Y Executive Director Jim Kirtley was thrilled with the donation. “This will allow us to provide financial assistance to those who need it,” he said. It may seem...
Bel-Air Bay Club Must Pay $12 Million to the Mother of a Member Who Died at the Club
Last Monday, November 25, an L.A. County Superior Court jury [case number BC704134] awarded Katherine “Kitty” Keck a $12 million judgment against the Pacific Palisades Bel-Air Bay Club for the death of her son, William, who died at age 48...
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Monday Night: Hear about the Homeless People Who Have Been Helped off Palisades Streets
The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness will host a community meeting, “Success Stories: From the Street to Home,” 7 p.m. on Monday, November 18, in the Palisades Library community room, 861 Alma Real Dr. Even as homelessness continues to be a...
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Veterans Day, 2019: Thank Those Who Have Kept And Who Keep Our Freedoms Intact
My dad, George Sazama, served in the Army in World War II. His brother Ed served as a medic in Europe and brother Tom was in the Navy and fought in the Pacific Theater. All are deceased. On cold winter...
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