Residents to Discuss Safety with Councilmember Park

All residents are invited to RSVP and join Councilmember Traci Park at a Zoom safety meeting at 4 p.m. on May 22, to discuss security and access transition with the opening of Pacific Coast Highway at the end of May, per Governor Gavin Newsom’s instructions.

Will the streets be opened into Pacific Palisades? Will checkpoints disappear?

CRIME UPDATE:

This editor heard about a burglary call last week and reached out to Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin. He responded “I have limited information. California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to a burglary radio call.

“Our Los Angeles Police Department helicopter was overhead and guided CHP to possible suspect,” Espin said. “The individual was an ex-felon in possession of a firearm. CHP placed the individual under arrest.”

The intruder gained entry to the home via an open window.

Today, May 20, the owner of a home at 302 Mesa came home to check on the ongoing remediation and saw someone in her house.

The resident called 911 and then called Canyon resident Sharon Kilbride. Although police are by the checkpoints, they are not allowed to leave.

Kilbride also called the beach detail officers, who were close by and responded within five minutes. About 20 minutes later the 911 officers arrived. The individual refused to come out of the bedroom and a door had to be kicked in and the suspect was arrested.

It was learned that the suspect entered through an open window. The home does not have cameras nor a security company. It is recommended that people not currently living in their homes, take appropriate measures to ensure their homes do not become residences for squatters.

This squatter locked himself in the bedroom and a door had to be broken down to extricate and arrest him.