November 7, 2022Paul Morantz, a California lawyer who crusaded against brainwashing self-help gurus, crooked psychotherapists and menacing cults, including one that nearly killed him with a rattlesnake, died October 23 at a Santa Monica hospital. He was 77.
November 7, 2022Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin wrote: I hope this email finds you well. We are now getting into colder weather in our area. We (LAPD) are continually checking for encampments where people could possibly be setting up cooking or warming
November 7, 2022(Editor’s note: Regarding the proposed tipuana tipu trees for the Palisades Recreation by the bocce courts, I invited Palisades resident and arborist Carl Mellinger, who also serves on the Village Green board to join me in the park.) He wrote
November 6, 2022It used to be in the “good” old days that winter shelters would be set in armories, churches and abandoned buildings to help those who were homeless avoid the cold nights on the streets. Now there are only 143 spots for the more than 60,000
November 6, 2022Story and Photos by: CHAZ PLAGER The Palisades Farmer’s Market on Sunset and Swarthmore was just a bit noisier than normal, on October 30, thanks to the March for Iranian Women’s Rights being held. Led by Palisades High School juniors Sarah
November 6, 2022The world premiere of Grammy Award winner Richard Danielpour’s Four Angels for Clarinet and String Quartet will highlight St. Matthew’s Music Guild’s concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, November 11. Boris Allakhaverdyan, Los Angeles Philharmonic principal
November 3, 2022The following note was shared with neighbors and communities with the hope that this mother can find her son, who went missing on Halloween. The mother, Pastor Dr. Frances Wattman Rosenau, wrote: My son Andrew is still missing, and we are
November 3, 2022PPTFH in Need of a Treasurer The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH) has recently learned that its highly valued treasurer, who has served very effectively for the past three years, will leave that position effective November
November 3, 2022The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will hold it November 7 meeting, virtually, welcoming Jeff Moore of Solana Succulents. He will speak on spiny succluents, including cacti, euphorbias, alluaudias, fourquierias, terrestrial bromelidads and a host of
November 3, 2022As part of its 20th Anniversary Celebration the Santa Monica Conservancy is hosting a special virtual program “Everything Old is New Again: Adaptive Reuse in Santa Monica,” at 5 p.m., Sunday, November 6. The Conservancy is a nonprofit organization