We Have Been Working on Our Online Version of the Palisadian-Post for More Than a Year
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Palisadian-Post Serving the Community Since 1928 24 Pages Thursday, September 7, 2017 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 We have been working on our online version of the Palisadian-Post for more than a year. We have tested it, tried to break it at 3 a.m. and, we hope, improved it. So, now, it’s here—the Pal- and politics, but also receive flavors that will be coming to isadian-Post Online, for sub- Breaking News Alerts by Rick Caruso’s Palisades Vil- scribers who think that clear, email. A traffic warning could lage project next summer. strong, generous, community save your day! We hope the lucky winner journalism is worth paying for. But wait: There’s more. will share a slice with our staff Yes, it’s time to turn on From now on, every photographer, Rich Schmitt. your digital subscription so registered subscriber will be And the next prize? A you can read your town’s automatically entered into night of dining fun at Kay ‘n only weekly newspaper on- a quarterly drawing for free Dave’s Cantina on Sunset line—from wherever you are goodies from around town. Boulevard when it reopens in the world. This week it will be a next month. Dave himself You will not only learn ev- luscious cake baked to your might be there to greet you! erything that is happening in taste by Sweet Laurel Bak- And so much more to Pacific Palisades, from family ery—an early opportunity to enjoy … only in your Palisadi- events and sports to crime sample the mouthwatering an-Post. of the events and debates that roil this town We know we are part of your family—and FROM THE EDITOR in a fair-minded, calm and non-partisan style. not just because you take the Post with you on We speak with the Ruthless Ryderz motor- vacation and send us pictures from exotic lo- By JOHN HARLOW cycle club and the homeless, tycoons and real cations. Editor-in-Chief estate developers, police and firefighters, city It’s because the Post has long sponsored planners and community leaders, fashion ma- a range of family-friendly “happenings,” from s the Palisadian-Post approaches its 90th vens and young rock and rollers. And we listen, the Spelling Bee to Mr. and Miss Teen Pali- birthday, in a world even more turbulent so that you can judge. sades. Athan the town’s Methodist Fathers could have There are so many uniquely Palisadian mo- And, scary to think, the Creep Your Crypt imagined, supporting fact-based journalism ments that only we capture. Halloween contest is not far away. and your local newspaper has never been more This starts with nearly two decades of un- You cannot experience such events on so- important. paralleled local sports coverage generated by cial media, home of sudden vicious storms and It’s a newspaper, which, lest we forget, was Steve Galluzzo, who drives thousands of miles hurt feelings. It gets so personal, so fast. until 2012 owned by an Illinois family and, like a year to witness our athletes at their best. You are not going to find such commitment so many other papers around the world, facing And when it comes to park, church and in the avalanche of free newspapers and glossy financial uncertainty. market gatherings, our Staff Photographer Rich magazines that are dumped unrequested onto That was until a low-key Palisades Char- Schmitt and his beloved associate Courtney are your mat, only to be junked without being read. ter High School alum put his money where his greeted like old friends. Right now, some of the Post editorial and heart is: in your community newspaper. Then we have our junior reporters and in- advertising staff are relative newcomers to the A year ago, after 24 years with The Sunday terns, maybe your kids, who teach us something town. Talk to Matthew and Gabriella (Ellie) Times of London, the proprietor offered me a new every day—like the latest Pali High slang and Sarah and Nilanti, share your woes and de- simple mission: to relieve the amazing Palisadi- in last week’s Back to School magazine, one of lights, help us help you understand our town, an Frances Sharpe as editor, and to provide you, six specials we make for you during the year. be a true and generous Palisadian—subscribe the busy reader, with news, features, sports and You will not always agree with everything and support your only local weekly newspaper. reviews that can inform and enrich your life in in the newspaper; I take pride in our stubborn this extraordinary town. independence. Mistakes and misunderstand- Around this page are images captured in It is not always happy news, but it’s al- ings, they all come down to me. the Palisades this year by Rich Schmitt. ways professionally gathered by serious-mind- But the authentic voice of the community Now turn the page for a taste of some of the ed journalists who spend their working days rings out every week on the Letters to the Editor amazing local stories you could not have read seeking to understand and represent all sides page and in the always-wild 2 Cents column. anywhere else over the last year … All photos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer Page 2 Palisadian-Post September 7, 2017 Palisadian-Post Serving the Community Since 1928 Palisadian-Post Palisadian-PostServing the Community Since 1928 24 Pages Thursday, April 6, 2017 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 Serving the Community24 Pages Since 1928 Thursday, June 8, 2017 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 Serving the Community Since 1928 Palisadian-Post◆ $1.50 20 Pages Thursday, May 4, 2017 Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 Art Contest: We Have a Grand Prize Winner! Homelessness Down in Pacific ◆ Pacific Palisades, California Ruthless Ryderz Biker Death Prompts Thursday, July“WHY 27, 2017 I LOVE PACIFIC PALISADES”Palisades Despite LA County Crisis CITY CHAMPS! 20 Pages By GABRIELLA BOCK makeshift encampments, tents Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Reporter and vehicles. That is four times Social Work a large leap forward 58th Annual Teen Contest Beds, Coucheshigher than the 2016 and count, near - in their Initiative to Eliminate Demands for Intersection Safety Rethink Get OutSTU DYourENheatreT Palisades ABrushes!R Youth’sT CONs Tthe cityE ofS Los TAngeles ly 11,000 more people. Homelessness. The collaborative Caruso and The Post Launchproduction Student of Disney’s Art CompetitionAscrambles to find a solution Despite citywide outreach ef- effort aims to procure affordable Showcases Palisadian Versatility T Flat-Screento its surging homeless popula -Televisions—forts that have placed more than housing for every Angeleno, with By JOHN HARLOW Beauty Meets Beastliness “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” will tion, Pacific Palisades is leading 14,000 previously unsheltered the belief that homelessness is a and GABRIELLA BOCK By JOHN HARLOW enchant the stage at Pierson the way in reducing homeless individuals into permanent hous- community problem that can be By GABRIELLA BOCK Editor-in-Chief Playhouse beginning on Friday, Thenumbers by Secret more than half. Livesing, Mayor Eric Garcetti of believes the solved. Reporter Experts are now urging city this year’s results demonstrate Benjamin Henwood, an as- July 28 and running through leaders to look at the Palisadian better counting methods and also sistant professor at the USC Su- he death of a Ruthless Ry- aruso, the developers behind Sunday, Aug. 6. model of dealing with the crisis, a the problems caused by rising zanne Dworak-Peck School of derz motorcycle club mem- fter a night of talented Palisades Village, and the Pal- combination of personal engage- rents and shrinking incomes. Social Work, told the Palisadi- C Performed by young actors Bluff Dwellers Revealed Tber in a collision with a teenage performances, Palisadians isadian-Post have joined forces to ment and empathetic policing. According to a report from an-Post that while HHH was im- A from around Pacific Palisades Los Angeles Police Depart- the California Housing Partner- perative in addressing the city’s driver at the intersection of Sun- Daniel Allen and Maude Tip- find the best children’s art to adorn tend not to be as healthy as the ton won the titles of Mr. and the safety wall around the Village and neighboring communities, By GABRIELLAment officers, suchBOCK as Rusty Red- shipaverage Corporation, Palisadian. median rentalAn older shortage TV of affordable housing, set and Chautauqua boulevards Reporterican, working with the Pacific prices in Los Angeles have risen providing shelter is only one part Miss Palisades at the 2017 Mr. complex. this “tale as old as time” fea- Palisades Task Force on Home- by could28 percent weigh since twice 2000 that.while of the solution. Photo courtesy of Facebook last weekend has prompted re- Baby Face & Miss Palisades Teen Contest Over the next two weeks, stu- tures classic songs from the lessness have helped reduce the the medianAnd income after of rentersan entire has day’s“We’re seeing an increase in newed demands for long-overdue on Wednesday, April 26 at Pali- dent grades K-5 are invited to sub- Academy Award-winning film edsnumber and of sofas,unsheltered a 70-inchin the - declinedworth by of eight work percent. and removingthe numbertwo of people who have improvements to lights and sight- “Sometimessades bikes Charter can High be School. mit their artworks depicting their score such as “Be Our Guest” Btelevisiontown from nearly powered 200 to aroundby so fullAnd truckloadsthis year’s 41-percentof garbage, recently Creed become homeless for the This year, eight contestants favorite moments in Pacific Pali- lar panels,90—although and itenough may rise clothing during increase of homeless youth in- first time, which, yes, likely has lines at the traffic black spot.