Category Archives: Animals/Pets

Palisades Dog Park Moves a Step Closer

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Sue

At the Pacific Palisades Community Council virtual meeting on January 11, Councilmember’s Field Deputy Michael Amster announced that the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners would hear a request to approve an authorization to write a grant to use Measure … Continue reading →

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Dog Park Implementation Creeps Along

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Palisades dog lovers have asked for a dog park for decades–CTN will chronicle this story until some sort of resolution happens in 2024: either the park moves forward or it’s decided the project is dead. At the rate … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Sagas Continue in 2024 – DOG PARK

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Sue

One of the top headlines in February 2004 was “Dog Fight over the Dog Park.”  It was one of several articles that ran that year as residents fought over a proposed dog park site. There was overwhelming support for a … Continue reading →

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Noisy Wild Parrots Call Palisades Home

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Sue

  By CHAZ PLAGER Any longtime resident of the Palisades has likely seen (and heard) the screeching flocks of green birds which nest in the town. Colloquially referred to as wild parrots, residents are divided on their perceptions of the … Continue reading →

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BakeCamps Crown Winners, While Supporting Dog Rescue

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Sue

The Palisades shook with sugar overload as 46 cookie titans battled for dominance in BakeCamp’s cookie bake-off on October 14. Held at the Women’s Club on Haverford, BakeCamp was billed as a “one-of-a-kind event that brings together LA’s best professional … Continue reading →

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Cookies and Puppies: Make and Eat Cookies, Help Puppies

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Sue

October is National Cookie Month and Bake Camp LA is hosting three cookie tasting festivals to celebrate local bakers and support Paw Works, a nonprofit animal rescue. This Saturday, October 14, at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. … Continue reading →

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Karen Berry Rescues Desert Tortoises

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Sue

“People are downsizing and moving out of California,” Karen Berry told the Palisades Rotary Club in August. “And they don’t know what to do with their tortoises.” Berry, who is the treasurer and adoption team leader for the San Fernando … Continue reading →

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Survivor Kitty Lives Through Coyote Attack

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Sue

  “Knowing the coyotes were around and having seen the picture of the coyote on Circling the News, I knew its mate was still around,” Coral Rugge wrote CTN. Then, on September 4, disaster struck. Rugge’s indoor cat ran to … Continue reading →

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Rogue Coyote Killing Cats in Castellammare

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Sue

A Castellammare resident wrote that there has been a coyote “living in the neighborhood for a while. It has killed at least six cats.” The resident wrote that she thought her cat was behind an impermeable fence on her “catio.” … Continue reading →

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Ballona Cleared: Damage Could be Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Sue

The RVs were mostly gone from the strip of land along Jefferson Boulevard in Playa del Rey that borders the Ballona Wetlands. This is an environmentally sensitive area that serves as a migratory bird stop for the millions of birds … Continue reading →

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