Category Archives: General

Want Your Kid to Make a Difference? Consider Scouts

Pacific Palisades Troop 223 is the premier Scout Troop in the United States. Mike Lanning has been the Scoutmaster for more than 60 years. In November 2024, his 1000th Eagle Scout graduated, far more than any other Troop in the...

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L.A. County Supervisor Horvath Takes Proactive Fire Action

L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath is not only proclaiming a local emergency to deliver rapid assistance to immigrants, she is calling for community outreach on Ocean Avenue Housing program and taking steps to prevent fires. On October 8, it was...

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Beutner, Former School Supertindent, Businessman and Civic Leader Enters Mayor’s Race

(Editor’s note: This story appeared October 13 in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission.) By JON REGARDIE By many counts, 2025 qualifies as the worst, most dispiriting year in the history of Los Angeles. Consider: The January wildfires\ decimated...

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Trailer Bills Are a Way to Avoid Public Scrutiny

It came as a surprise to Pacific Palisades residents that they were not entitled to hearings concerning the replacement of Gladstone’s with a new proposed restaurant and parking lot change at Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway. They were told that...

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Saint Matthews Parish to Resume Services on Bienveneda

The Parish of Saint Matthew enthusiastically announces that weekly worship will resume at its home location at 1031 Bienveneda Avenue in Pacific Palisades beginning October 19 at 10:00 AM. This return marks another significant milestone since the Palisades Fire for...

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FireAid Goes on Giving . . .to Nonprofits

  Pali Strong Founder Larry Vein has come under extreme scrutiny from local residents about receiving half million dollars in FireAid money. People say the Highlands resident never participated in any Pacific Palisades community programs, such as community council, Rotary,...

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Lack of Public Hearings about Gladstones? Blame Trailer Bill AB 178

Palisades residents and the Pacific Palisades Community Council were upset about the lack of public hearing given the redevelopment of Gladstones and the parking lot, and expressed that dismay at a California Coastal Commission hearing on October 8 in Redondo...

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The Palisades Dolphins Beat Venice 56-54 in a Nail-Biter

Although the Palisades Dolphins came away with a victory on Friday night at Venice, remaining undefeated, Coach Dylen Smith was not satisfied with his players’ performance. “The score was close, way too close,” Smith said. “We left at least four...

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Palisades’ Road to Recovery: an AirTalk Live Event

After the January fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades leveled more than 12,000 homes and businesses, the two communities are still grappling with the lingering effects of the disaster and trying to find ways to move forward. Air Talk host...

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LETTER-LAFD After-Action Report Incomplete

Having skimmed through the LAFD 70 page after action report it is clear we need an independent report with exact times and participants. We know LAFD’s response was neither rapid nor ongoing with the bulk of the ground crews pulled...

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