Vittorio’s: A Piece of Pacific Palisades Is Resurrected in the Canyon

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Canyon Alliance on August 23 and is reprinted with permission of Canyon News click here.) By LAUREL BUSBY News & Information Editor for The Canyon Alliance Vittorio Ristorante & Pizzeria has been…

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Palisades Rally Joins Statewide Pushback on Housing Density Bill SB 79

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on August 24 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE More than 50 residents from the Westside and San Fernando Valley gathered Saturday in a bank parking lot in…

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Viewpoint: Are There Housing Shortages in Los Angeles?

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

One can’t listen to a radio or television program or pick up a newspaper without the dire warnings that California is facing a severe housing shortage. People such as your editor repeated this mantra, without thinking. Who would lie about…

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Good News on Trail Repair: Edmiston Updates

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Joseph T. Edmiston the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy responded to CTN’s August 20 story (“Pacific Palisades Sleeps”). “I wish you would have contacted us to get the facts.” CTN had reached out to…

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Getty Offers Residents Free Tickets to “Oedipus the King Mama!

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Getty Villa Museum, which annually hosts a classical tragedy or comedy, is inviting Pacific Palisades Community members who have been impacted by the Palisades Fire to join them at its 2025 outdoor theater production of Oedipus the King Mama!…

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Cancelling the Palisades Vote

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News has heard from numerous readers that their ability to vote in Council District 11 and L.A. City has been cancelled because they moved. Most moved because their homes were destroyed in the January 7 Palisades Fire. Short…

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America’s Streets Are Not Shelters: Time to Rethink Homelessness Policy

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s Note: Tim Campbell is a Westchester resident who spent a career in the public service and managed a municipal performance audit program. He wrote: “I’ve written a bazillion words about homelessness, and this guy sums it up perfectly in…

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LETTER: From President of Friends of Palisades Library

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

I am thrilled to be writing you for the first time as President of the Friends of the Palisades Library. It is a true honor to be of service to the community, leading this incredible group as we write the…

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Thoroughly Remediated, Calvary School Reopens September 2

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Calvary School, with students in preschool through eighth grade will start the school year on Tuesday, September 2. The campus, located at 701 Palisades Drive, has been cleaned, remediated and scrubbed and painted from top to bottom click here. Head…

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It Is Unsafe to Camp under Los Angeles Freeways

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A fire under the 10 Freeway in November 2023, closed down that roadway. At least 16 homeless people — including a pregnant woman — living underneath the freeway were brought to shelters. More than 160 firefighters responded to the blaze,…

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