News

  • Special Programs for Seniors at the Public Library
    The Palisades Library, located at 861 Alma Real, has planned seven special November meetings with the focus on Seniors. MEMORY MATTERS: Alzheimer’s LA will present “Memory Matters” at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 6. This program will highlight how
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  • Numerous Events Planned for November 3, 4 and 5
    There are numerous events planned this weekend for the morning, afternoon and evening for the area from plays to gift shows to festivals. Choose one activity, or choose them all, and have a good time! November 3 THEATER  Theatre Palisades Presents
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  • Tahitian Terrace Residents Thankful for Quick LAFD Response
    Krishna Thangavelu, a resident of Tahitian Terrace, responded to the November 1 CTN story (“Brush Fire Stopped below Tahitian Terrace”), with additional information and photos. First, she wanted LAFD to know how thankful residents were
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  • Four Suspects Arrested after Violent Halloween Attack on 78-Year-Old Woman
    (Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Westside Current November 2 and is reprinted with permission.)  In a disturbing incident on Halloween night, a violent attack took place near downtown Santa Monica. At approximately 9:50 p.m. on
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  • Viewpoint—Calling People Racist Is a Way to Skirt Blame
    This editor wrote a September 2019 story (“Beglari House at 909 Greentree Is Razed”) about mistakes in City Planning that resulted in almost 20 years of legal problems. The homes at 909 and 921 Greentree Road were razed in August 2019. The L.A.
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  • Brush Fire Stopped below Tahitian Terrace
      LAFD Station 69 received a call at 10:45 p.m. of a fire in moderate brush below Tahitian Terrace Mobile Home Park on Halloween, October 31. Located near the corner of Pacific Coast Highway on Temescal Canyon Road, a quick response and no wind
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  • Potrero Canyon History and Facts about the Potrero Pedestrian Bridge
    “A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.” Robert Heinlein (1907-1988) “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” (Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973. There are some Palisadians, who claim they have never heard
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  • Wildfire Safety Fair Scheduled for Sunday
    After the recent Santa Ana wind event, which saw multiple small fires break out in this area, MySafe:La is partnering with the Homeowners Association of Brentwood, the Brentwood Community Council and Council District 11 Councilmember Traci Park to
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  • L.A. Council Fast Tracking Large Digital Billboards
    Although Los Angeles City Council passed a 2002 Billboard sign ordinance to ban visual blight, it is now trying to sidestep that ordinance. Given that Los Angeles will be the site of some 2026 World Cup Soccer Games, and also the 2028 Olympics, why
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  • #1 What Is It?
    (Editor’s note: Palisades resident Howard Yonet has an interesting collection of curios from around the world. He has now put them into a book with a brief description, asking “What is it?” With his permission, Circling the News will publish one a
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