Category Archives: General
Community Tree Planting Planned for September 27
Swarthmore Avenue by CVS is about to become more beautiful with the planting of four new Cassia Leptophylla trees to replace the palms that were cut down after the Palisades Fire. A permit for the trees was issued by Urban...
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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...
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LETTER: PPRA Opposes Zone Zero
California’s proposed Zone 0 wildfire regulations threaten to impose unprecedented costs and irreversibly reshape the character of our neighborhood unless we speak out now. These rules require the removal of all trees, hedges, and plantings within five feet of homes,...
Zone Zero Meeting in Pasadena September 18
Proposed Zone Zero legislation would aim to reduce wildfire risks by banning flammable landscaping materials within five feet of structures in high fire-risk areas. These rules are proposed by the state Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and if approved...
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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...
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Cedars-Sinai Support Workshops for School Parents Planned
(Editor’s note: This editor met Lauren Hunter a counselor, while taking a Marquez School Tour. Hunter sent the following letter.) I hope this note finds you well and that the transition back to the Palisades is going as smoothly as...
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Sports Editor Steve Galluzzo Honored with Football
If a resident wants to know the history of any sport in Pacific Palisades, they only need to call Steve Galluzzo. He started covering the high school in 1998, when he was hired as the sports editor for the Palisadian-Post...
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“Oedipus the King MAMA!” Rockin’ Good Time
By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor It has been 19 years of Classical plays staged at the Getty Villa. Tragedies by the great luminaries, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus and comedies by Aristophanes, and Plautus remind us of the vagaries...
What Made Palisades Special? Tell Us and LAist Will Draw It
(Editor’s note: The following request was made and CTN is sharing it. FYI, I shared my thoughts about what made Palisades special.) My name is David Rodriguez and I’m the Partnerships Producer at LAist. As residents navigate the recovery after...
Palisades Friends and Newcomers Restarts
Like so many organizations after the Palisades Fire, the Pacific Palisades Friends and Newcomers club’s activities were put on hold. “Happy Days” are here again, as the club plans to restart activities in September. The club is primarily a ladies...
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