Search
- * Fact or B.S.
- Accidents/Fires
- Alerts
- Animals/Pets
- Arts
- BID–Business Improvement District
- Books
- businesses/stores
- City
- City Councilmember Park
- City Councilmember Traci Park
- City/Councilman Mike Bonin
- Community
- Councilman Mike Bonin
- County Supervisors
- Crime/Police
- Education
- Environmental
- Fashion
- Film/Television
- FireAid
- Fourth of July
- General
- Geology/Dinosaurs/Earth
- Health
- Highlands Eldercare Project
- History
- Holidays
- Homelessness
- Kids/Parenting
- L.A. County Supervisors
- Letters
- Music
- News
- Obituaries
- Pacific Palisades Community Council
- Palisades Fire
- Parks
- Pot-Shot
- Real Estate
- Restaurants
- Reviews
- Schools
- Seniors
- Sports
- Traci Park
- Vickrey
- Viewpoint
- What is it?
Category Archives: Parks
Polo Matches (and Movies) Return to Will Rogers
A resident told CTN last week, “I just got back from my evening visit to Will Rogers State Park,” where she noticed horses, trailers and staff in the lower parking lot. She learned that weekend polo has resumed on the only polo … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Parks, Sports
Leave a comment
VIEWPOINT: Councilman Mike Bonin’s Homeless Housing Plan Denies Children Opportunities
Councilman Mike Bonin, in his effort to aid the homeless including the mentally ill and those with substance abuse problems, is overlooking L.A.’s most vulnerable: the children. Will Rogers State Beach, particularly the area that Bonin has suggested being turned … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Parks, Viewpoint
2 Comments
Questions Go Unanswered, But RAP Approves Tiny Homes for Homeless in Eagle Rock
Recreation and Park Board Commissioner Joe Halper, a Pacific Palisades resident, asked two important questions at the RAP meeting held virtually on June 17. During the meeting, the five-member board considered and then approved putting tiny homes for the homeless … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Kids/Parenting, Parks
1 Comment
Glen Alla Park Is Renamed Bill Rosendahl Del Rey Park
Glen Alla Park, located off the 90 expressway near Culver Boulevard, has been renamed the Bill Rosendahl Del Rey Park. The park, which had been named geographically because it is bordered by Glencoe Avenue and Alla Road, received full support … Continue reading
Posted in Parks
2 Comments
Veterans Gardens Must Make Changes Before Gaining Approval by Recreation and Park Commissioners
The Veterans Gardens/Bocce Courts at the Palisades Recreation Center have not yet received final approval from the L.A. City Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners, which it must have before it opens. Several residents complained to Circling the News that … Continue reading
Posted in Parks, Sports
Leave a comment
Westchester Neighborhood Council Opposes Bonin Motion
(Editor’s note: Paula Gerez, president of the Westchester Neighborhood Council, spoke eloquently at today’s City Council hearing regarding the Bonin/Ridley-Thomas motion that seeks to house homeless individuals on two County-owned beach parking lots and in several City parks. She has … Continue reading
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness, Parks
2 Comments
It’s Finally Official: Landscaping to Begin in George Wolfberg Park at Potrero
At the May 20 Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners meeting, a landscaping contract for $8,892,394 was awarded to Ford E.C., Inc. for the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon. The 46-acre property, which will be a passive recreation park … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Parks
2 Comments
Ceremony Honors Carol Leacock and the Los Leones “Glamazons”
Leacock Moves to Santa Fe after Decades of Activism By SUE PASCOE and BILL BRUNS Friends gathered Friday morning at Los Leones Gateway Park to bid goodbye to Carol Leacock, a treasured environmental leader in Pacific Palisades and a former … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Environmental, Parks
2 Comments
City May Rename Park in Honor of Late City Councilman Bill Rosendahl
Bill Rosendahl, the late City Councilman for CD 11, may have a park named after him. At a Recreation and Park (RAP) Facility and Repair Maintenance Commission Task Force meeting on April 1, commissioners listened as Glen Alla Park was … Continue reading
Posted in Parks
Leave a comment
L.A. Rec and Park Commissioners Discuss Local Issues; Palisades Park Advisory Board to Meet
The L.A. Recreation and Park Commissioners, including Palisadian Joe Halper, met on March 4 via Zoom. Circling the News was particularly interested in two items on the agenda: the proposed playground replacement in Westwood and the Veterans’ Gardens approval in … Continue reading
Posted in Parks
Leave a comment