Category Archives: General

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District committee spent nearly $10,000 for 5,000 protective masks and delivery of some of the masks to certain stores in the District. According to the minutes of the May 6 BID meeting on Zoom, Rick...

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore released the following crimes reported in Pacific Palisades August 9-22. BATTERY: August 22, at 2 p.m. at Pacific Coast Highway/Sunset. A 60-year-old male was arrested for battery after he threw a sandwich and...

  Although there is widespread sentiment against the proposed development of a five-story, 60-ft.-high, 32,225-sq.ft. mixed-use building with 39-dwelling units because of design, geological and coastal issues, City Planning Department has approved the project. (The recommendation and report can be...

  Resident Paul Glasgall spoke with LAPD regarding former Palisades Lutheran Pastor Kenneth Davis and his daughter who were subjected to a vicious verbal attack with threats. He reported to Circling the News in an August 20 email. “The DA...

LAPD Captain III Jonathan Tom, commanding officer of the West Los Angeles Area, spoke during the Pacific Palisades Community Council Zoom meeting on August 13. He addressed various crime-related issues and what it means having the City Council defund the...

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) held a special Zoom meeting on August 14, with 13 people in attendance. They approved $55,072 to be used for improvements in the District, which extends along Sunset from Carey to Via de la...

A five-story building (60′ 9″) with 39 apartments and ground-floor retail, proposed for the former Jack-in-the-Box site at 17346 Sunset, continues to wind its way through the L.A. Planning Department. A hearing date at the City Planning Commission has been rescheduled for...

FARMERS MARKET: In response to the August 4 suggestion in Musings that the Palisades farmers market should move to Temescal Canyon until Palisades High reopens, two readers responded: “I think having a farmers market at Simon Meadow (with required masks...

My sister, who lives in Wyoming, casually mentioned that she and her husband are going to stay at Sheep Mountain Fire Lookout the end of August. To access this cabin atop the fire lookout tower, you must drive 28 miles...