Neighborhood News

Mail Thief Apprehended | The Huntington

A local patrol company took a female suspect into custody on Sunday morning after receiving a call from a client about a woman stealing mail along Chautauqua Boulevard.

“It looks like a community member observed the suspect [female, 29 years old, possibly homeless] attempting to break into a mailbox and called Palisades Patrol,” LAPD SLO Michael Moore explained.

“Our officers responded with a sergeant, who came to the area to look for her as well,” LAPD officer Rusty Redican said. “She was coming out of someone else’s property when they saw her.”

Redican added that the United States Postal Inspection service was contacted on Sunday.

“They advised and gave direction on what to charge for, because it is a felony,” Redican said. “From there, officers tracked down the mail she had taken and were able to give it back to its owners. [The suspect] is now in custody.”

—JAMES GAGE

Final Numbers for Homeless Count Released | Pacific Palisades

The final numbers for the 2019 Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority Homeless Count in Pacific Palisades have been released. This year, the total number of homeless individuals counted by Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness totaled 20, a 77% reduction from 2016 when that number was 88.

PPTFH counted 39 individuals living in cars, campers and RVs, a 200% increase from 2016 when that number was 13.

PPTFH counted three people living in tents and makeshift shelters, a 95% reduction from 2016 when that number was 61. Finally, PPTFH totaled the number of homeless individuals in or near the Palisades at 83, a 56% reduction from 2016 when that number was 198.

“The total was less than the number we had previously estimated: 88,” PPTFH Vice President Sharon Browning told the Palisadian-Post. “These numbers are confirmed and will remain the same until the next LAHSA count.”

—JAMES GAGE

What Are We Reading? | Pacific Palisades

The top three books checked out from Palisades Branch Library in the first quarter of 2019 were “Nine Perfect Strangers” by Liane Moriarty, “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean and “The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal” by David E. Hoffman and David Emanuel Hoffman, an LA Times survey revealed.

In the survey, which included results from more than 200 library branches across LA, the top three books in the county were “Becoming” by Michelle Obama, “Dark Sacred Night” by Michael Connelly and “The Reckoning” by John Grisham.         

—SARAH SHMERLING

Palisades Alliance for Seniors | The Village

On July 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Palisades Alliance for Seniors will host its next seminar: “Estate Planning Basics.”

Guest speaker Dani Kaiserman, staff attorney at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, will talk about wills, health directives, non-probate transfers, trusts and many more legal problems to help seniors with limitations.

Those that attend are encouraged to stay for an after-seminar lunch in the courtyard, courtesy of a grant provided by Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club.

For more information, visit palisadesalliance.org.

—JARED HAMM