NEWS: The Pacific Palisades Community Council met last Thursday to consider long-term solutions to the problem of homelessness in the community. At the meeting, more than 30 people'including local clergy members'filled spectator chairs normally occupied by only a handful of residents and reporters, to hear from community advocates on the issue.
Flora Gil Krisiloff, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's ...more
Letter Shop Celebrates 65th Year
The Palisades Letter Shop on Via de la Paz, founded in 1947, is celebrating its 65th year, making it the third oldest business in town (after Norris Hardware, the Palisadian-Post and the Palisades Barber Shop). Left to right, current owner Sylvia Grieb, 24-year employee Alcie Wilbur and founder Phyllis Genovese, who recently turned 97 and is still active around town. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photograph...more
Park Budget Cuts Impact Access to Gyms, Fields
NEWS: Tempers flared at last Wednesday's Palisades Park Advisory Board (PAB) quarterly meeting over the inability to use the Field of Dreams on holidays.
During public comment at the board's meeting at the Recreation Center, Huntington resident Stuart Liner said that he had tried to take his three sons to the baseball fields on Martin Luther King Day, but the gates were locked.
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Rosendahl Fights Redistricting Plan
NEWS: City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has urged residents to reject a draft plan for redrawing his 11th District, which includes Pacific Palisades. The proposal would shift most of Westchester and part of Playa Vista to the 8th District (represented by Councilman Bernard Parks).
A public hearing on the proposed map will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Westchester Recreation Center, 7000 W. Manchest...more
Marylander Opens The Massage Place on Sunset; His 10th Store
The Massage Place opened yesterday in the former Gavri Med Spa at 15113 Sunset, across from Ralphs. The 1,500-sq.-ft. space has six massage rooms and a room for facials.
This is owner Michael Marylander's seventh store on the Westside, joining locations in Brentwood, Santa Monica, Venice and West Los Angeles. Additionally, he has licensed two stores in the San Fernando Valley and o...more
Town's Debut Spelling Bee Is a Success
More than 110 kids from 15 schools participated in the first Pacific Palisades Spelling Bee on Sunday, and Honorary Mayor Sugar Ray Leonard was on hand to present trophies to the winners.
'I remember when I tried to qualify for the spelling bee when I was a kid,' Leonard told the students, parents and grandparents before the awards were announced. 'I didn't make it very far'I'm not...more
