Category Archives: Parks

New Playground for Residents by July

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Sue

YAY! A new playground is coming to the Palisades Recreation Center on Alma Real. That announcement was made at the Palisades Park Advisory Board Meeting, held via Zoom on March 18. The playground at the Rec Center was nearly 40 … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: Get the DWP Out of the Park

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Sue

This editor was with a New York Times photographer this morning. For a story about Pacific Palisades and its future, she was asked to have her photo taken. When CTN asked where other Palisades people were being photographed, the Times … Continue reading →

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Questions about the DWP Utility Center. Why? Why Is the Park Gone?

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Sue

In a March 7 newsletters, L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger wrote “our County Department of Parks and Recreation has committed to reopening Loma Alta Park in May! Thanks to a $2.4 million donation from the FireAid L.A. concert in partnership … Continue reading →

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L.A. County Supervisor Green Lights Parks

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Sue

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger wrote in her March 7 newsletter that “Each one of the County parks in Altadena was impacted by the Eaton Fire, and these vital spaces for community gathering and recreation have been sorely missed. That’s … Continue reading →

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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Makes Big Announcement

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Sue

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass held a 9 a.m. press conference on March 6 in Pacific Palisades at the Rec Center, which has now been turned into a L.A. Department of Water and Power center that goes by the name: Unified … Continue reading →

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DWP Takes Over the Rec Center

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sue

While accompanying photographer Rich Schmitt to document the many buildings and blocks of businesses lost during the Palisades Fire, we looked in the small gym at the Recreation Center,  851 Alma Real. It had been carpeted and divided into numerous … Continue reading →

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Park Advisory Board Meeting a Sh*t Show

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Sue

The Palisades Fire gravely impacted the Recreation Center, destroying not only the tennis building, the large gym and some of the field dugouts, but also the landscaping. What was left? A 1950s brick building without heat, wifi or ADA bathrooms … Continue reading →

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Park Advisory Board Meeting February 18

Posted on February 17, 2025 by Sue

The Pacific Palisades Park Advisory Board will meet via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 18. This is a particularly important meeting to find answers from Rec and Parks about the plans for dealing with fire damage to the park … Continue reading →

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It’s Up for a Vote to Repair Rustic Canyon Pool

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Sue

At the December 19 meeting of the Board of Recreation and Park Board of Commissioners, the repair of the Rustic Canyon Swimming Pool is on the agenda. After approval of minutes, the general manager’s update and general public comment that … Continue reading →

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Palisades Rec Center Opened as Emergency Center: Then It Is Shut

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Sue

The Franklin Fire in Malibu, which started as a 10-acre fire around 10:50 p.m. on December 9, exploded. By December 10, the fire had burned 2,800 acres with zero containment and evacuation orders and warnings were put into place for … Continue reading →

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