Category Archives: General

Palisades Chamber of Commerce Loses Lease, Seeks Merger with Malibu Chamber 

The Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1949 and has been an institution on Antioch Street for decades. Yesterday (November 4), President/CEO Bob Benton and Board Chair Sarah Knauer send the following letter to Chamber members: “The last...

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Voting Not to Move Clocks Back. Or Did We?

(Editor’s note: this story originally ran on October 3, 2019–this year’s dates have been readjusted to reflect November 7. Nice to see “our vote” matters.) On Sunday, November 7, California residents will join most of the nation in moving the...

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“Scoop on the Loop” Tradition Returns to Las Casas

A spectacular view, neighbors and ice cream made for a perfect way to celebrate community and the return of a long-standing tradition, the “Scoop on the Loop” ice cream social. South of Sunset Boulevard, Las Casas loops around, with no...

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Annual YMCA Metropolitan Celebration Held at Simon Meadow

  Annually, the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles honors employees and donors with service awards and recognition, usually in a large hotel ballroom downtown. This year, the luncheon ceremony was held on October 14 under a large tent – with...

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Undefeated Palisades High Football Wins Showdown with Hamilton, 63-7

It was supposed to be a hard-fought showdown: Hamilton (6-0) versus Palisades (7-0), with the eventual Western League championship on the line. Hamilton even rented floodlights so that the game could be played on a Friday night. But then the...

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Viewpoint: L.A. City Council Proposes Developing a Public Bank

When the L.A. City Council announced last week that it may try to start a public bank, a resident wrote Circling the News: “Ya’ know….if they could just keep the streets paved, and safe, trim the trees and open our...

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Updating the Quest for a Palisades Dog Park, and Signage at Veterans Gardens 

  There were two items of interest for Pacific Palisades residents to Westside residents at the October 6 meeting of the Recreation and Parks Facility Repair and Maintenance Commission Task Force, held before the regularly scheduled RAP Board of Commissioners...

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Honorary Mayor Eugene Levy Will Dine with a Raffle Winner, Benefitting Rotary and the YMCA

When Pacific Palisades Honorary Mayor Eugene Levy was asked to dine for charity, the acclaimed actor was all in – provided the company and food were good. The Palisades Rotary Club, which is sponsoring the fundraising event, is vouching for...

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Emails Regarding Westchester Homeless Camps Proposed by Bonin Still Not Received

  At the beginning of August, Pacific Palisades received the good news that Will Rogers Beach Parking Lot would not be taken away from the public to put up makeshift housing for the homeless. Those proposals, by City Councilmen Mike Bonin...

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L.A. City and County Are Being Sued over Homeless Funds Misuse: LA. Alliance Says Still Pursuing Case

  The L.A. Alliance for Human Rights, et. al. v City of L.A. case made big news when the 9th Circuit Court ruled on the case at the end of September. Many news outlets printed that Judge David Carter had...

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