Category Archives: Parks

Plans for New Recreation Center Met with Enthusiasm

Plans for a new Recreation Center was presented last night, October 7, in the “old gym” to a standing room-only crowd. The meeting was summed up by a resident today in an email to CTN. “It was a powerful reminder … Continue reading

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Mental Institution Will Open … with an Ocean View

  Palisades resident and Santa Monica commercial business owner, John Alle wrote to CTN about the mental health facility that is slated to open in Santa Monica at 413 and 425 Ocean Avenue and has ocean views. “Forty-seven units are … Continue reading

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Plans to Be Unveiled for New Rec Center: Tennis Court News

A community meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7 at the Palisades Recreation Center gym, 851 Alma Real. This meeting will be the first look that the community will have of the proposed redesign … Continue reading

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Astute Reader Points out Money Available for Rec & Parks

Resident Lynn Miller, who has been one of three people who headed the building of the Pacific Palisades Dog Park, and also sat for many years on the Pacific Palisades Park and Recreation Board wrote Steve Lopez regarding  his September … Continue reading

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Bocce Season Opening, Town Celebrates

By CHAZ PLAGER Eight months on the dot after the fire that ravaged our community, nearly 200 Palisadians gathered at the edge of Palisades Rec Center to celebrate the re–opening of the bocce ball courts and to participate in a … Continue reading

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PaliHi Plead for Tennis Courts: Library to Go on Tennis Courts

Palisades High School varsity tennis player Remy made a plea to Los Angele Recreation and Parks officials for courts and said, “parks are meant for kids to play.” Unfortunately, RAP General Manager Jimmy Kim did not seem to understand the … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: New Playground Should Be Appreciated

At the Park Advisory Board meeting several people objected to the theme of the new playground, which opened at the beginning of July with a few panels of first responders. The first responder panels included a pretend police motorcycle, a … Continue reading

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Fun Returns to Pacific Palisades Sunday

The one thing this little community needs and hasn’t had in a long time is a big party in the park. That will change this Sunday with a Town Party and  Booce Opening Day, hosted by the man who knows … Continue reading

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Park Advisory Board Meeting: Taking Away Park Green Space

Well, the Palisades burned and there is little green space left, except for the Village Green and the north lawn at the Rec Center. Now the City in an effort to “help” rebuild infrastructure has decided to place a portable … Continue reading

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Altadena Works on Hiking Trails, Pacific Palisades Sleeps

Hiking trails were badly damaged in the City and State parks surrounding Pacific Palisades.  The fires destroyed the vegetation, burning everything to the ground, and then the February rains, after the fire moved dirt and sediment, leaving trails unusable. The … Continue reading

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