Search
Categories
- Accidents/Fires
- Alerts
- Animals/Pets
- Arts
- BID–Business Improvement District
- Books
- businesses/stores
- City/Councilman Mike Bonin
- Community
- Councilman Mike Bonin
- Crime/Police
- Education
- Environmental
- Fashion
- Film/Television
- Fourth of July
- General
- Geology/Dinosaurs/Earth
- Health
- Highlands Eldercare Project
- Holidays
- Homelessness
- Kids/Parenting
- News
- Obituaries
- Pacific Palisades Community Council
- Parks
- Real Estate
- Restaurants
- Reviews
- Schools
- Seniors
- Sports
- Viewpoint
Category Archives: Parks
General Manager Shull Updates Use of City Recreation Centers for Homeless
L.A. Recreation and Parks General Manager Mike Shull provided an update about the city’s use of recreation centers to house the homeless during the Covid-19 crisis. He spoke during a public-accessible Virtual meeting held by the Rec and Park Board … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Parks
Leave a comment
City Approves $5.2 Million Cost Overruns by Engineering Firm Grading Potrero Canyon Park
The engineering firm OHL USA, Inc. has been approved for up to $5,275,366 in cost overruns as it completes the final grading in Potrero Canyon Park. This is 39 percent of the original contract amount: $13,526, 579. The five-member L.A. Board of … Continue reading
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Parks
3 Comments
The Great Oak Tree Mystery at the Recreation Center Is Solved
Circling the News published an April 28 story (“Eight Baby Oaks Will Fight for Survival on the Island at Palisades Recreation Center”) that speculated about the mysterious gardener(s) who planted the baby oak seedlings on the circular parcel in front … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Parks
6 Comments
Bocce Courts: Veterans’ Park Is NOT Open
Although four people were playing bocce at Veterans’ Gardens at the Palisades Recreation Center on Sunday, the site has not been officially dedicated and the area is not open. A Palisades resident wrote to CTN on Sunday: “We’ve now seen the veterans … Continue reading
Posted in Parks, Sports
Leave a comment
You Can Listen to Upcoming Recreation & Parks Commission Meetings Online
The Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commissioners meet the first and third Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. The meetings are rotated to various recreation centers, which means that many of them are held in the far reaches of … Continue reading
Posted in Parks
Leave a comment
COVID-19 ROUND-UP: SUPERMARKETS, MASKS AND SCOFFLAWS
Wrong Way on a One-Way Aisle: I shopped at Von’s (at Sunset and PCH) on Sunday morning. I generally visit Gelson’s and Ralphs, but since I was interviewing Bruce Schwartz by the onion patch, near Von’s, I threw on my mask … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Pacific Palisades Community Council, Parks
2 Comments
Homeless Were Set to Come to the Palisades Recreation Center: What Happened?
On March 20, Councilman Mike Bonin announced that Mayor Eric Garcetti had ordered the use of 42 city recreation centers to temporarily house people experiencing homelessness. Five of the facilities were on the Westside, including the Palisades Recreation Center (but … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Parks
4 Comments
Sunday, March 29 in Pacific Palisades During Coronavirus
“Sunday in the Park with George” was a famous musical by Stephen Sondheim with book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French painter Geroge Seurat and his painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” … Continue reading
Posted in Animals/Pets, Health, Parks
3 Comments
Here’s What You Won’t Be Doing This Weekend
Hiking trails, parks and beaches will all be closed this weekend. Moreover, the L.A. Country Department of Public Health has ordered the closure of all public beaches, beach bike paths and beach access points through April 19 to prevent the spread of Covid-19. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Parks
Leave a comment
Update: Local Organizations Challenge City’s Plan to House Homeless at the Palisades Recreation Center
On March 20, Councilman Mike Bonin announced that the Palisades Recreation Center was one of 42 that had been selected to house the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic. The Pacific Palisades Community Council, the Pacific Palisades Residents Association and several … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Parks
2 Comments