Category Archives: General
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...
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Some Palisades Residents Denied Cal Assist Mortgage Relief
This editor received a question from a reader on October 13: “Cal Assist was supposedly a program for fire victims mortgage relief. I applied twice and was turned down simply because I have my name on my father’s home. I...
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No Portable Buildings on Tennis Courts 7 & 8
L.A.Mayor Karen Bass in an October 31 press release announced the decision to place a temporary library building on tennis courts 7 & 8 was no longer being considered. The temporary library facility will be in the parking lot of...
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Virtual Palisades Dog Park Meeting November 6
Councilmember Traci Park’s office is hosting a virtual Palisades Dog Park community meeting from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 6. RVSP or call Park’s field deputy Arus Grigoryan [email protected] or call (310) 756-8772 or click here. A meeting...
Local Residents Offer Building Solutions in a Town Hall
Two Marquez Knolls neighbors Hank Elder and Chris Blanchard are offering a Building Solutions Townhall from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283, 15247 La Cruz. There will be food and refreshments provided by Chicas Tacos....
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YMCA Tree Lot to Return to Pacific Palisades: Feedback Needed
Jim Kirtley, the Palisades-Malibu YMCA Executive Director, said that he ordered less pumpkins this year because of the fire and the number of people gone from the community. But more than pumpkin sales, it was about keeping a long-standing tradition...
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Resilient Palisades to Host Why Grass is Preferable to Turf
Resilient Palisades is hosting a webinar on high-performance natural-grass options to inform and possibly sway the members of the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association (PPBA), the Park Advisory Board (PAB), and L.A. Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) because they are...
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VIEWPOINT: Williams Bomb Threat to City Hall a Hate Crime
By JEREMY PADAWER Deputy Mayor Brian Williams’ bomb threat to City Hall on Rosh Hashanah must be recognized as a Hate Crime. An open letter to Mayor Bass, our judiciary and our local media who failed to cover this reality. ...
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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...
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Senator Allen Clarifies Gladstones and SB 79
California Senator Ben Allen’s office clarified today, October 22, that concerns about Gladstones being called a transit stop and automatically triggering SB 79 and high density construction in Pacific Palisades should not occur. His office explained “With regards to SB...
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