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  • NORC Paid $172,750 for Survey for Community Council

    NORC at the University of Chicago, a research organization, was hired by the Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) in May at a cost of $172,750. NORC promised they would
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  • VOICES: Rebuilding Is Moving at a Crawl

    By JOSEPH SOMERVILLE The big question. Why is everything moving so slow? Is it me, or does everyone feel it? Do you feel it? Am I right or am I wrong? Things seem to be
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  • LA and Homelessness: Your Tax Dollars at Work

    (Editor’s note: This story first appeared on September 29, in CityWatch and is printed with the author’s permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL Normally, I defer to fellow columnist
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  • Will Rogers State Historic Ranch House Burned. Who Was Responsible?

    When the 1926 Will Rogers State Historic Ranch House burned on the evening of January 7, Circling the News wanted to know the agency responsible for its fire defense. The
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  • Marquez Elementary Students Return to Home Campus

    When the January 7 fire destroyed homes and businesses in Pacific Palisades, it also destroyed two elementary schools, Palisades and Marquez. Today September 30, nearly 10
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  • Basketball Club Looking for Players

      The Fierce Club Basketball Team under Coach Mike (Mike Martin) is a players-first youth basketball program that raises the bar in athletic training, development and
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  • Park Advisory Board to Meet: Agenda Includes Tennis Courts

    The Palisades Park Advisory Board will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m. via zoom. On the agenda is Recreation and Parks (RAP) General Manager Jimmy Kim, who
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  • Bocce Champs Announced in Simon Meadow

    The Hollywood Cup, a bocce tournament was held in Simon Meadow on September 20. The competition was strong, but even stronger was the community feeling of togetherness and
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  • Bonin Points Fingers: Not My Fault

    (Editor’s note: This viewpoint “COLUMN: Bonin Points Fingers, Yet the Ramada Boondoggle Began on His Watch” first appeared in the Westside Current 24 and is
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  • Fire Aid Money Never Went to Victims

    A resident of Tahitian Terrace, a mobile home park in Pacific Palisades with 158 homes, wrote that they had just applied to L.A. County for a Household relief grant. “After
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