With great sadness, the family announces Duke Ostendorf’s passing on September 14. He was 72. Duke was born and raised in Toluca Lake and North Hollywood. He is the grandson of the ubiquitous character actor, Henry O’Neill. He graduated from

  An excellent new book, “What Size Balls Do I Need?” aims to help parents (and grandparents) navigate the world of competitive sports with young athletes who hope to play in high school and college. The author is Steve Morris, owner of Coast

(Editor’s note: After I wrote about the rats/vermin in Pacific Palisades, a CTN reader wrote that she was having problems with ground squirrels and when she called the county, someone recommended a gun. In response to this posting, I received this

  By BERNICE FOX The “Schitt’s Creek” team has a pile of shiny Emmys.  And “Schitt’s Creek” fans now have more ways to binge-watch the beloved show. More below about the binge opportunities. Sunday night at the Emmy Awards was more than a fun,

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet electronically, via ZOOM, on Tuesday, September 29, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month, but the

(Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in mid-March: sending a weekly

Revised exterior remodeling plans for the historic Business Block Building will be reviewed by the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, September 23. The updated plan includes a warm cream color for the current “pink”

Pacific Palisades residents Jill Young and Jim deVarennes died on September 11 in a single-engine plane crash, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, deVarennes,

What do Etosha L. Slaughter, John Dufin, Anthony Bryant, Fred Fuchs and Rebecca L. Bearden all have in common? The “same” Pacific Palisades address. None of the people live there or have ever lived at this residential address, but all

An L.A. County Vote By Mail Drop Box has been bolted to the sidewalk in front of the Pacific Palisades Library on Alma Real. Circling the News wrote to Michael Sanchez of the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder‘s office with questions about these boxes