Category Archives: General

Two Quick Palisades Fire Updates:

The Pacific Palisades Library that was destroyed by the fire should be razed by this weekend. The debris removal was given to the Army Corps of Engineers, who began work two days ago. At the Recreation and Park Board of...

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Board Hears Pleas to Take Park from DWP and Give It to the Community

At the L.A. City Recreation and Board of Commissioners (RAP) meeting today at Stoner Park, the commissioners listened to General Manager Jimmy Kim’s report on Pacific Palisades Recreation Center. The Commissioners also heard public comments from Palisades Park Advisory Members...

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Place this Sign Proudly

Charlotte Kamdar, a sophomore at Palisades High School, has created a sign for all Pacific Palisades residents to place in their yards. “It symbolizes the strength and resilience of our community as we return and rebuild our homes. “These signs...

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New Homeless Tax Goes into Effect Today, Up from 9.5 to 9.75%

(Editor’s note: This appeared in the Westside Current today and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE A new quarter-cent sales tax to fund homelessness programs in Los Angeles County takes effect Tuesday — raising the county’s base sales tax...

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What Is It? #55

(After the Palisades Fire on January 7, one of the first questions one of CTN’s out-of-state readers asked was “What happened to the man with that interesting collection? Did it survive?” The reader was referring to Palisades resident Howard Yonet,...

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Rec Center Minors All-Stars Win City Championship

For some March Madness is all about college basketball. But Palisades players turned it into March Madness in Los Angeles. They won back-to-back titles for the City’s Recreation Center’s West Region Championship. When most of the Palisades burned on January...

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Viewpoint: Define the Toxins so They Can Be Tested

“Communities are rebuilding after L.A. fires despite lack of soil testing for toxic substances” was the headline in a March 27 L.A. Times Story. The first two paragraphs made it clear that there are possible toxins after the January Fires...

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Stile Antico, an Innovative Vocal Ensemble, to Perform

Stile Antico, one of Britian’s premiere vocal ensembles, will perform in a concert for  St. Matthew’s Music Guild at 8 p.m., Friday, April 4. Due to January’s devastating fires in Pacific Palisades, this concert will take place at St. Augustine...

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County Dollars at Work: Apartment Pool Closed on Haverford

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) closed the swimming pool located at an apartment complex at 850 Haverford Avenue in Pacific Palisades, on March 11, because the pool was green. This pool was near the center of Pacific Palisades, where all...

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PaliHi Band Will Perform at the Hollywood Bowl

By CHAZ PLAGER After a life-changing disaster, you tend to focus on the big stuff first. Where am I going to go to school? What about my house? What about my friend’s house? Only after all of those worries have...

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