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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Palisadian Scales 27 Stories For Lung Health

Amy Katch participates in the "Skyline Plunge!," which benefits the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago.

Palisadian Amy Katch has done something that perhaps only those with "spidey sense" might try to accomplish over the weekend. Katch rappelled 27 stories down theWit Hotel at the corner of State and Lake Street in Chicago during the May 5-6 weekend. No, Katch wasn't out to nab the bad guys by swinging from building to building. She was one of 90 people who hovered 278 feet above the pavement for the "Skyline Plunge!," a fundraiser for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. According to a press release, many of the participants rappel for the thrill of scaling tall buildings. However, there are some who participate in memory of a loved one, or to honor someone affected by lung disease. The group raised over $120,000 for …

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

L.A. County Home Sales Rise in April

According to a real estate date information company, home sales are slowly rising.

Home sales in Los Angeles County rose by 8 percent in April, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices dipped by 3.1 percent, a real estate information service announced Wednesday. A total of 6,510 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 6,025 in April 2011, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. The median price of a home in Los Angeles County in April was $310,000, down from $320,000 in April 2011. In Orange County, 2,920 homes were sold in April, up 17.5 percent from April 2011, when 2,485 were sold. The median home price was $420,000 last month, down 2.3 percent from $430,000 in April 2011. A total of 19,282 new and resale houses and condos sold in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and …

Officials Warn of New Utility Scam

Multi-state scam is targeting LADWP and SoCal Gas customers, claiming the president will pay their bills.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Southern California Gas Company are warning customers about a scam that collects Social Security numbers from victims by convincing them that the president will pay their utility bills. Suspects go door to door, send texts and even use social media, telling their marks that President Barack Obama is offering a special program of bill credits or direct payment of bills. The victims must provide their Social Security number, and are given a bank routing number to pay the bills with. However, the number is fraudulent and bills are not paid. Officials at both the LADWP and SoCal Gas say that all employees wear identification badges, and do not collect payments door to door, nor do they call…

PPCC Backs YMCA Landscape and Usage Plan

The Community Council lends its support to a plan for landscape improvements and usage rules for the Simon Meadow YMCA facility.

The Pacific Palisades Community Council voted unanimously last Thursday to support landscape improvements and usage guidelines for the Palisades-Malibu YMCA. The agreement caps more than two years of negotiations between YMCA staff and members of the PPCC Y Committee—Chair Emeritus Richard Cohen, Treasurer Ted Mackie and Jack Allen. "We are thrilled to have the agreement between the YMCA and the Committee on the conceptual design for the Beautification Plan for Simon Meadow," states a May 3 letter from the Palisades-Malibu YMCA Board of Mangers to Norman Kulla, Northern District director and senior counsel for Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl. Kulla also participated in the negotiations in recent months. "Regarding the …

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Palisades-Malibu YMCA

VIDEO: Jan Perry Calls L.A. 'Fragile'

See Los Angeles City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry in conversation before a live audience at Cal-State Northridge.

  • ELECTIONS
  • Yesterday

(If video window doesn't appear, refresh the page.) Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry cruised through a list of issues at Cal State Northridge Tuesday in the second of the "Talking About Los Angeles" series of interviews with mayoral candidates. Moderator Christine Essel, the CEO for the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, started off the event by saying that she had known Perry for 20 years. Questioned by Essel, Perry touched on redevelopment, jobs, housing, transit, education, pensions and the city's budget deficit. Patch is a co-sponsor of the series, which was organized by the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a Latino voter participation organization; and Cerrell Associates, a Los Angeles political …

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'Talking About Los Angeles' With Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry for L.A. Mayor? See Her Questioned Today on a Live Video

Shawn Richardson

12:52 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012

FYI, campaign material starts about 22 minutes in.   more ›

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Councilman Sounds 'Call to Action' on Community Care Group Homes

Englander urges all of the city's Neighborhood Councils to take a position on the ordinance.

  • GOVERNMENT
  • 2 days ago

By Mitchell Englander, Councilmember, Twelfth District The peace and safety of your neighborhood is the single most important measure of quality of life in our community, and my top priority is to help preserve and protect it. The City’s proposed Community Care Facility Ordinance has the singular purpose of preserving peace and safety in our neighborhoods. After numerous public hearings in the L.A. City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM), long deliberations, and dozens of hours of public comment from a range of interested groups and community members, the Community Care Facilities Ordinance was sent on to the full City Council for consideration. I urge every Neighborhood Council in the City to vote on a resolution …

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When Group Homes Locate in Single-Family Neighborhoods (in Northridge-Chatsworth Patch), John Gallant (in Northridge-Chatsworth Patch), Group Homes—Neighbors Just Want Them Gone (in Northridge-Chatsworth Patch), and 1 more ›

Viewing the Solar Eclipse in L.A.

Before sunset Sunday, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun, casting a giant shadow across the land.

A solar eclipse is expected to be visible across much of the western U.S. on Sunday, and the Griffith Observatory is planning a public viewing.  In the hours before sunset on Sunday, the Earth's moon will pass in front of the sun – the eclipse will be between 5:24 p.m. and 7:42 p.m. The last solar eclipse visible in the U.S. was in 1994. In Los Angeles, Sunday's eclipse is the most extensive since 1992, according to the observatory. The Griffith Observatory's telescope will be outfitted with special filters, and viewing-glasses will be available for purchase. NASA warns that people should never observe a solar eclipse with the naked eye, only through filtered telescopes and special glasses. To learn more about the eclipse, visit NASA's …

Readers' Choice Winner Cafe Vida Receives Certificate

The restaurant wins the Readers' Choice Award for the best breakfast in the Palisades.

Pali Patch presented the Readers' Choice Award for the best breakfast in Pacific Palisades to Cafe Vida last week. The Palisades restaurant took the most votes in our Pali Patch poll in early April. According to the Cafe Vida website, healthy and nutritious food is the specialty of the house. Breakfast items range from organic oatmeal, to an egg white scramble, to "Huevos Rancheros Vida Style." Congratulations!!

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Cafe Vida and On to the Polls! Vote for Pali's Best Breakfast

Pali Patch Real-Time Traffic Map

Get the latest traffic information in the Pacific Palisades area.

Morning, noon or night you can check real-time traffic conditions on Pali Patch. Thanks to our partners at MapQuest, we're able to give you an interactive map to help you get from Point A to Point B as efficiently as possible. You are able to zoom in and navigate the larger map at the top of the page to find your destination. Also, if you click the "Live Traffic" button, it will show or hide traffic conditions for the area. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back each day, at any time, to see traffic updates in the Palisades area. Be sure to follow Pali Patch on Twitter and "Like" us on Facebook. 

James Keefe

2:35 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

Can someone call me and assist. Me in putting this into a bookmark on my iPhone? My number is 310-739-1008   more ›

Pacific Palisades Police Blotter: Burglar Enters Home Through Dog Door

In this week's crime roundup, police say a burglar enters a home through a dog door to take jewelry.

The following crimes were reported between May 6 and May 12. The information was provided by the Los Angeles Police Department. Temescal Canyon Road at Sunset Boulevard 15800 block of Seabec Cir. 600 block of Baylor St. 300 block of Amalfi Dr. 900 block of Corsica Dr. 1400 block of Allenford Ave. 600 block of Hampden Pl. 15400 block of Sunset Blvd. 17700 block of Porto Marina Way 100 block of Ocean Way Sunset Boulevard at Pacific Coast Highway 400 block of Entrada Dr. If you observed any activity related to the above crimes, please contact Senior Lead Officer Moore at 27995@lapd.lacity.org. If you see something suspicious, but it is not an emergency, you may file a report online at www.alertcommunity.com. Be sure to follow Pali Patch on …

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