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Friends of the Library Will Gather Saturday

Friends of the Palisades Library will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 22 at the Westwood Branch Library, 1246 Glendon Avenue in Westwood. The Westwood Community Room is connected to a patio, which the Friends will use … Continue reading

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Free Chamber Music Concert on February 23

Chamber Music Palisades continues its programming despite the venue (Palisades United Community Methodist Church) and founder Susan Greenberg’s home burning to the ground. The Sunday, February 23 concert will take place at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church … Continue reading

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Letter: Regarding Rick Caruso

(Editor’s note: This letter was sent from resident John Alle to his brother, who owned a condo on Albright Street and asked if the Bay Theater has been saved. Alle sent the letter to CTN with permission to publish it … Continue reading

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Saving the Koi Fish: Losing the Goats: Debris Blocking Sunset

The runoff from the burn scar from the Palisades Fire resulted in the banks of Rustic Canyon Creek overflowing. The heavy rain, flowing down the denuded hillside, overwhelmed the channel. It breached the bridges and flooded yards and homes on … Continue reading

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Good News for Paly Y Members

Palisades Malibu YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley said that a get-together is being planned for all Palisades YMCA members, no matter where they are living now, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Collins and Katz YMCA Gym. “Join us, … Continue reading

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LETTER: So Many Questions to Public Officials: No Answers

Thanks for continuing to look for answers as to how our community was allowed to burn to the ground.   I don’t think we will get straight answers from our elected officials.  Ours is a one-party government run entirely by liberal … Continue reading

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Blanck’s Student Savoian Places at International Tournament

Gerry  Blanck has been an inspirational teacher in Pacific Palisades for 43 years, but the Palisades Fire burned his martial arts center in the Marquez Business District on January 7. One of his students was not going to be deterred … Continue reading

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Legion Hall Opens to Assist Residents/Fire Victims

Past Ronald Reagan American Legion Commander Jim Cragg announced that he had been selected to head a project to open a support center at the Post, at 15247 La Cruz Avenue, below CVS, next to the Post Office. “Tomorrow, Tuesday … Continue reading

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Why Where Firefighters Told to Abandon the Neighborhood?

Although reporters have made numerous public information requests for the Palisades Fire about the number of resources and the timing, the requests have gone unfilled. A number of ham radio operators were monitoring the channels on January 7, 8 and … Continue reading

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More Postal Updates, Delivery in Palisades

CTN ran a story about a Fair Insurance Plan check delivered to a location in the Alphabet Streets. The home had been destroyed by the Palisades Fire, but the mailbox was intact. Several readers commented. One wrote “I went to … Continue reading

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