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Category Archives: General
APRIL 2019: Burning Questions Asked and Answered
Question: When will Pacific Palisades finally get a dog park? Palisadians have long sought an off-leash dog park in the community. The stumbling block has been two-fold: location and funding. In the first positive development in years, it was announced at … Continue reading
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March 2019: Burning Questions Asked and Answered
Question: Was Councilman Bonin’s office impartial in the City’s approval of the controversial eldercare facility in the Highlands? The numbers were against the project. In the Department of City Planning’s January 2018 Letter of Determination approving the facility, 26 letters supported … Continue reading
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Talented Cardale Tademy Joins the Palisades-Malibu YMCA as Sports/Program Director
Cardale Tademy, a 6-2 guard, played basketball for Long Beach Poly and then at Warner Pacific College in Portland. Now that he’s the new program director at the Palisades-Malibu YMCA, he told Circling the News, “I plan on bringing basketball back–as … Continue reading
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February 2019: Burning Questions that Were Asked and Have an Answer
Question: Wasn’t Pacific Palisades supposed to receive at least $50,000 from parking meter revenue? In a February 7 news blast, Councilman Mike Bonin said: “I am very happy to report that Pacific Palisades will be one of three areas where … Continue reading
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JANUARY 2019: Burning Questions That Were Asked and That Have an Answer
Question: What happened to the bicycle racks at Palisades Village that were required in the plan? A reader asked what happened to the 14 sidewalk- mounted bicycle racks that were supposed to be placed on Swarthmore across from the Bay Theatre … Continue reading
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Fire Station 69 Has a Delayed Response Time, Thanks to a Damaged Garage Door
The Fire Station 69 front garage door, which allows fire engines and emergency vehicles to exit onto Sunset (at Carey), was badly damaged around 3 a.m. on December 12 when struck by a hit-and-run driver’s vehicle. By the time firefighters … Continue reading
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December Showers Bring Green Growth to Our Canyons and Mountains
According to Carol Leacock, the town’s County-certified rainmeister, Pacific Palisades has already received a healthy 7.88 inches this season, which began July 1. On November 19-20, there was 0.36 inches of rain in Leacock’s rain gauge on Bienveneda; on … Continue reading
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National League of Young Men Host FBI Special Agent Fredrick Simon
“I hate social media. I hate the internet,” FBI Special Agent Frederick Simon told members of the Palisades-Brentwood National League of Young Men. “I used to feel the good and the bad of the internet were evenly weighed, but now … Continue reading
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Veterans Gardens/Bocce Courts Groundbreaking Held December 7
At long last, a groundbreaking was held December 7 for the three bocce courts and five Veterans Gardens that will replace the former picnic-table area on the upper lawn at the Palisades Recreation Center. Organizers estimate a three-month construction/completion period. … Continue reading
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To Live and Drive in L.A.: My Daunting Trip to the DMV
(Editor’s Note: This 2017 column was a finalist for the California Newspaper Publishers Award. Vickrey was so happy with the accomplishment, Circling the News didn’t want to wreck his mood and tell him will have to go back to the … Continue reading
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