Category Archives: Health

Typhus Outbreaks Reported in L.A. County, Including Santa Monica

Typhus cases have already reached record highs in L.A. County. Patients in  Santa Monica, central Los Angeles (skid row) and Willowbrook all have confirmed cases. The L.A. County Department of Public Health wrote, “220 cases were reported in 2025, the...

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Start Moving and Get Fit: Free Group Exercise

Currently there is no gym in Pacific Palisades, no place for exercise, and no place to get in shape for the thousands of people who have moved back to the community. The Palisades Auxiliary Unit 283 will resume the pre-fire exercise...

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A Window Between Worlds Offers Community Wellness Day

All are invited to join A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) for a community wellness day “Art in Times of Crisis” and Kintsugi-Inspired Art Workshop via zoom from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2.  AWBW supports hundreds of direct...

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Need a Good Dentist? Drs. Scott and Dylan Warner Return to Palisades

Dentists Drs. Scott Warner and son Dylan run a father-son dental practice in the 984 Monument Building, Suite 207. During the January Fire, Warner lost his home and the dental office suffered smoke damage. On September 7, he wrote CTN,...

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Alcohol Must Be Drunk in a Non-glass, Non-metal Container

Alcoholics rejoice. One may start drinking publicly at 8 a.m. seven days a week, if the Santa Monica City Council approves a full-time entertainment zone on May 13. The entertainment zone, permitted under California Senate Bill 969 signed by Governor...

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Mark Calendars for “Think Pink” – Wellness for Women

The Irene Dunne Guild will hold its 19th annual Think Pink for Women’s Wellness, a fundraiser for Saint John’s Health Center, at the newly opened Regent Santa Monica on Wednesday, May 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Normally this...

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Remembering What Is Important

My little sister and I call her that, not only because she is two years younger, but she is petite, a mere 5”2” (I’m 5’9”). Had we grown up anywhere else but the Rosebud Reservation, most likely she would have...

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RVs Can Now Be Towed

At the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s field deputy Zachary Gaidzik announced some good news. Tow-away signs are being posted on Pacific Coast Highway between Coastline and Topanga Canyon Boulevard (State Route 27) to prevent long-term parking....

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There Have to Be Solutions for Mental Illness, Not Incarceration

Santa Monica Canyon residents were in shock, when a young man, Bryan Stennett attacked a magician at a child’s four-year-old birthday party in Rustic Canyon Park on Saturday. Before being hit, the magician said he heard Stennett yell, “Turn the...

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Do Not Fool Yourself about Benefits of Alcohol

Earlier research seemed to suggest that a low intake of alcohol could be beneficial. That research is now questioned. “We did not find evidence of a beneficial association between low drinking and mortality,” said Dr. Rosario Ortola, the lead author...

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