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Fourth of July Home Decorating Contest

Sponsors: Joan Sather & Susan Montgomery Show your patriotism, your good taste, your decorating prowess or just have fun by entering the Fourth of July Home Decorating Contest, sponsored by Sotheby’s realtors Joan Sather and Susan Montgomery. In addition to … Continue reading

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St. Matthew’s Music Guild Season Will End June 7

With Beethoven’s Mass in C and a World Premiere The final concert of the Music Guild season will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 7, at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave. The concert will feature a world … Continue reading

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Bob and Blake’s Excellent Real Estate Adventure

Our Bob Vickrey May Become a Riviera Squire By BOB VICKREY My phone hasn’t stopped ringing in recent days. It seems the mansion I own in the Palisades Riviera with former LA Clipper star Blake Griffin has been taken off … Continue reading

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Caruso’s Faux LAPD Station on Swarthmore

And Monument Corner May Lack a City Permit What started as a Circling the News item that was intended to be humorous and light-hearted, turned into a two-week back and forth with the City to determine if Rick Caruso’s  “LAPD” … Continue reading

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Palisades Upcoming Events for June

Check the Calendar, See You Around Town A reader asked if I could supply a calendar of upcoming events for Pacific Palisades. Often people don’t let me know about an event until the day before or the day of, but … Continue reading

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Palisades High School Nabs Championship City Titles

In Boys Tennis and Boys and Girls Lacrosse   BOYS TENNIS WINS THREE CITY TITLES Palisades High tennis coach Bud Kling, who was inducted into the CIF City Section Hall of Fame in 2017, continued piling up championships on April … Continue reading

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Streets Too Narrow to Support Parking on Both Sides

While Also Allowing Fire Engine Access According to the L.A. City regulation: no parking is allowed on a street if it is less than 18 feet wide. Parking is allowed on one side of a street if the street is … Continue reading

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Polo Field Parents Ask Community Council for Aid

In Allowing Their Kindergarten Students at Canyon The public elementary school for people who reside in the “Polo Fields” neighborhood of Pacific Palisades (west of Allenford) is Canyon Charter Elementary School, but only for grades one through five. The parents … Continue reading

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Friends of the Library Book Sale on June 1

Will Benefit Readers–and the Branch Library Friends of the Palisades Library will hold a book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, in the library parking lot, 861 Alma Real. Hundreds of nearly-new fiction and non-fiction, … Continue reading

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Volunteers Needed to Help with Parade:

Sylvia and Lorna Boyd Lead the Charge This year’s Fourth of July parade, themed “May the 4th Be with You,” will start promptly at 2 p.m. You may remember taking your enthusiastic kids to the parade, but perhaps this year everyone’s … Continue reading

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