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The following activities, listed in an article by Palos Verdes Patch, will be held this weekend on the Palos Verdes Peninsula to commerate the 9/11 anniversary: Residents on the Peninsula will come together to remember the events of 9/11 in the coming days. The City of Palos Verdes Estates will host tree planting and flag ceremonies on Sunday to celebrate Patriot Day and commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The ceremonies are scheduled to begin at noon in the Memorial Garden, at Palos Verdes Drive West across from City Hall. Palos [...]

The number of homes listed for sale in the City of Palos Verdes Estates during the first 8 months of 2011 has been relatively steady, averaging 78 homes. The average number of homes sold per month during this same period has also been very steady, averaging 15 sales per month. This equates to approx. 5 months of inventory. The average price per square foot over the last 3 months has been $521 per sq. ft., a small decrease of 1.7% over the comparable period last year. The overall market appears to [...]

The 54th National Portuguese Bend Horse Show is set for Friday, Sept. 9 through Sunday, Sept. 11 at Ernie Howlett Park, 25851 Hawthorne Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates. During that time, the Peninsula Committee Children €™s Hospital has given more than $11 million to the Children's hospital. This year €™s proceeds will enrich the Endowment for Clinical Imaging Research and Technology at the hospital More than 3,000 are expected to attend the three-day family-oriented show, planners predict.For more information about Palos Verdes and South Bay Real Estate and buying and selling a [...]

The following are the current candidates for various elections taking place on the Palos Verdes Peninsula: Rolling Hills Estates There will be no election this year in RHE. Three existing Council members; John Addleman, Judy Mitchell and Frank Zerunyan filed for reelection and no other candidates filed thus RHE will reseat the three Council members, thus saving the cost of an election. are listened to with respect & civility and major issues seem to have ample dialog. PVP Schools / PVPUSD - Two Seats / Three Candidates Two Trustee terms are [...]

The PVPUSD Board of Education has adopted a tentative calendar for the 2011-12 school year. As a direct result of the State approved flexibility in Education Code requirements for the number of instructional days, this calendar contains 176 days of instruction. It closely mirrors the 2010-11 calendar and is subject to ongoing negotiations with employee organizations. A parent calendar will be posted soon. A copy of the "staff" calendar can also be downloaded: Download Staff Calendar Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Important Dates First Day of Instruction: Tuesday, August 30, [...]

Well, it's back to school time, and here is a back to school shopping list that may be of help to you: The basics When it comes to writing essentials, teachers say, don't waste your money on feather pencils, light-up pencil sharpeners, or pretty erasers that don't work. And for organizational helpers, keep in mind that expensive folders with multiple pockets and zippers are often too bulky to fit in desks. Better to stick with more streamlined (and cheaper) models. Glue sticks (at least three for the year) Scissors (blunt ended [...]

THE VANDERLIP COTTAGE99 VANDERLIP DR. RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA.Reduced $500,000 to $ 1,999,000 !!!! Once in a lifetime opportunity to own both a beautiful home as well as a piece of history. Frank Vanderlip, the original developer of Palos Verdes, constructed this home as his first estate on the Peninsula in 1916 in the Portuguese Bend area, which he called the "Old Ranch Cottage", now known as the "Cottage". This was one of the first homes on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The Cottage, located at 99 Vanderlip Drive, is ideally situated [...]

With the recent closing of the Lunada Bay Market, it just underscores how important it is that we Lunada Bay residents support our local businesses. For me, I think it is particularly important for us to support Larry and the Lunada Bay Hardware store. Larry told me the other day that it has been very slow. I think it would be just a tragedy if the hardware store closed down. I know that I would dread having to drive down to Home Depot, Loews, etc. to fix a sprinkler or to [...]

Last week, the Los Angeles Times published the following article on the proposed dog beach below Trump National golf course that quoted my husband Bruce who has been leading the effort to establish a dog park on the Palos Verdes Peninsula: By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times August 25, 2011 The Los Angeles County coastline stretches 75 miles, but only a few blocks are for the dogs. With a three-acre "dog zone" in Long Beach the only place where canines can legally run off-leash, many local dog lovers drive outside the [...]

TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB Website: http://www.trumpgolf.com/trumplosangeles/index.asp Location: One Ocean Trails Drive, on Palos Verdes Drive South, just north of the border between Rancho Palos Verdes and San Pedro. Directions from the Harbor Freeway: Take the Harbor Freeway south until it ends at Gaffey. Turn left on Gaffey to 25th Street. Right on 25th Street until it narrows and turns into Palos Verdes Drive South at the border with Rancho Palos Verdes. Go approx. 1`mile and turn left on Ocean Trails Drive. From Palos Verdes, take Hawthorne Boulevard directly to the ocean [...]

PALOS VERDES HOMES ASSOCIATION / ART JURY The Palos Verdes Homes Association maintains certain quasi-governmental powers given to it by the original Palos Verdes Trust Indenture.(See the History of Palos Verdes by Clicking Here )The Homes Association has independent functions to perform, primarily to maintain a consistent and basically uniform architectural standard for the City of Palos Verdes Estates and the Miraleste community in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, which were part of the original Palos Verdes Project and originally governed by the Homeowners Association prior to incorporation of these [...]

The Rancho Palos Verdes City Counciil will be discussing the potential future of the beach below Trump National Golf Course which is now owned by the City. at their meeting at Hesse Park at 7 pm tonight The public has been using the beach as an off leash dog beach, even though city ordinances prohibit dogs running off leash within the city limits. A recent count had 76 dog owners on the beach on a recent weekend. Council will consider directing staff to conduct public outreach on future uses of the [...]

The Annenberg Foundation has pulled out of a controversial project that would have created a community center with a focus on animals at Lower Point Vicente in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Foundation's Executive Director Leonard Aube on Wednesday sent a letter to Mayor Tom Long announcing plans to withdraw its planning applications for the project. "Subsequent to Council action the project evolved and improved in response to continuous community feedback and participation," Aube said in the letter. "Notwithstanding the positive developments and sound progress, unforseen delays this past year and changed [...]

SURF'S UP EXHIBITION Surf's Up, an exhibition focusing on the art inspired by surfing will open on Friday, July 22, 2011 at the Palos Verdes Art Center's new, temporary location, The Promenade on the Peninsula, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 261, Rolling Hills Estates (located in the former Borders Books location). The exhibit will run through September 25, 2011. Galleries are open Mondays through Saturdays 10am-4pm and Sunday 1-4pm. Opening reception is scheduled for Friday, July 22, 2011, 5-8pm, Art Center - at The Promenade on the Peninsula, hosted by The [...]

Curtains Up! would like to Invite you for a trip to Rydell High this summer for Grease, the electrifying, fun-filled, original rock and roll stage musical, is cruising into PV High School in Palos Verdes Estates, Aug. 11 to 14. Produced through Curtains Up!, the highly acclaimed community theater program, this rendition of Grease is a slice of Americana for everyone to enjoy. Set in 1959 at Rydell High School, the Tony Award-winning musical brings back the era of poodle skirts, pedal pushers, greased ducktail haircuts, leather jackets and hot rods. [...]