Category Archives: Parks
Will Rogers State Park Will Hold Earth Day Event
Clean up the vegetation around your lot and then “come on” up to Will Rogers State Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 25, for a family-friendly Earth Day event. Interpreter Bill Hamm welcomes everyone back to Will...
LETTER: Donna Vaccario Small Gym Is a Treasured Community Landmark
PPRC – Floor Plan (10.07.2025) (Editor’s note: CTN is printing the letter from the President of the Historical Society, Donna Vaccarino, but disputes her allegations that there is nothing for seniors and there’s been no transparency in the process. CTN...
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City Delays Tennis Court and Rebuilding of the Park
The Park Advisory Board held its quarterly meeting in the small gym, and on Zoom, on April 16. Palisades Senior facility director Jasmine Dowlatshahi told the group that Rec and Parks would repair the tennis courts next month – in...
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Park Advisory Board Meeting Thursday, April 16
The Pacific Palisades Advisory Board will hold its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, in the small gym of Palisades Recreation Center, 851 Alma Real Dr.. The agenda includes a park director update from Senior Facility Director...
Is it Los Leones or Los Liones?
When writer Laurel Busby researched and wrote Palisades Hiking Trails, she found that it seemed both Leones and Liones were used interchangeably. She reached out to Jason Finlay, the Angeles District trails coordinator for California State Parks (CSP) for an...
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Some Palisades Hiking Trails Repaired/Others Still Under Reconstruction
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Repairs to Pacific Palisades hiking trails damaged by both fire and rain have been complicated by destroyed bridges and mudslides, according to park officials. While several popular trails have gone back in...
Marguleas Donates $5,000 to Village Green
For 13 years, just as reliable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, Amalfi founder Anthony Marguleas has made a $5,000 donation to the Village Green, the little triangular private park located at Sunset/Swarthmore/Antioch....
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Readers Wonder “When Will Temescal Trails Reopen?
Several readers have reached out to find a date when the Temescal Gateway Park Hiking Trails on land overseen by the State’s Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) will reopen after the January 2025 fires that occurred a year ago.....
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State Parks Provided Kindling for the January 7 Fire
A photo showed a State Park official having conversation with LAFD personnel after the January 1 Lachman Fire at the site of that fire in Topanga State Park. Then, texts were uncovered of firefighters commenting that the Lachman fire had...
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“Field of Dreams” Turf vs. Grass a Volatile Meeting
By ALISON BURMEISTER The Pacific Palisades Recreation and Park Board (PAB) monthly meeting was held on December 9 after the November session was pushed to December when some residents contacted the City Attorney, reporting inadequate public notice. The small gym...
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