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Caltrans Pressed to Remove PCH Materials

July 15, 2010

Looking south, this photograph shows where Caltrans materials are stored along Pacific Coast Highway, below Castellammare. Photo: Stuart Muller

A meeting, organized by Kara Seward of Senator Fran Pavley’s office, was held June 16 to ask the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to clean up its maintenance material stored below Castellammare and near Potrero Canyon along Pacific Coast Highway. Several Pacific Palisades residents, representatives from Assemblywoman Julia Brownley’s office, Caltrans and the Coastal Commission, and two members of Councilman Bill Rosendahl’s office attended. ‘They unanimously told Caltrans to pack up their stuff and put it somewhere other than on PCH or in the Palisades,’ resident Stuart Muller told the Palisadian-Post. ‘There were no ifs or buts accepted. The clear message was ‘Just do it, NOW!’ Caltrans did not put up much of a defense and in the end seemed to accept the outcome we demanded.’ Seward remembers the meeting slightly differently. ‘Caltrans said they would be in touch with the Coastal Commission to see whether there were any exemptions to store materials there,’ she told the Post on June 24. ‘Andrew Willis, who is an enforcement analyst, wasn’t sure and was going to check into it.’ Jim Fowler, Caltrans maintenance manager for the West Region, said that materials had been stored along PCH in Castellammare since the 1980s and were used for emergencies. He said that Caltrans owns a narrow strip of land near Potrero where they store K-rails, but the other construction materials, including cement pipes, the shed and the water tower, belonged to the City of Los Angeles. ‘We plan to move the wood posts and the I-beam steel [from Castellammare],’ Fowler said, explaining that the wood is placed between the steel beams to shore up various retaining walls, such as those between Chautauqua Boulevard and Potrero Canyon and near the Getty Villa. ‘The concrete blocks are used for retainer walls and we have crash cushion material here.’ Fowler explained that Caltrans keeps materials along the highway for unexpected landslides, falling boulders and other issues on local roadways. ‘We keep the stuff close by in case of an emergency.’ ‘This removal might happen quickly (especially the Castellammare junk) or never happen,’ Muller said. ‘We need to push on all fronts. This really needs to be a united community effort. If we pull this reclamation project off, we will have improved a priceless natural resource.’ At a PCH Task Force meeting held June 23 in Malibu, Jesse Switzer, Brownley’s senior field representative, addressed the issue. ‘The coast is not an appropriate place to store construction material that isn’t assigned to specific local projects or required to be accessible so as to enable Caltrans to respond to an unexpected emergency situation.’ Some of the material at Castellammare was removed on June 28, and tarps were placed covering other materials. Caltrans is speaking to L.A. County representatives, hoping they may have land off PCH where the steel I-beams can be stored, but still close enough to be readily accessible in an emergency situation. ‘We have a yard at Los Flores Canyon, but we barely have room for vehicles,’ Fowler said. Even if Caltrans clears everything out of the site at Castellammare, the chain-link fence will remain in place, because the state agency owns that strip of land. ‘If we had money, we could put redwood slats in the chain-link to make it look more attractive,’ Fowler noted. Enforcement analyst Willis told the Post on June 30 that Pavley’s staff has informed Caltrans that if they intend to retain storage facilities, they need a coastal development permit to authorize it. ‘Development is a broadly defined term under the Coastal Act which includes the placement of solid materials on a site, which Caltrans has done, or a change from an undeveloped site to a storage area,’ Willis said, noting that he has not heard from Caltrans about their intentions.

Waldorf Raises $450,000 for New Signal

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July 15, 2010

The Waldorf School trustees sent a June 22 letter to L.A. City Associate Zoning Administrator Sue Chang, announcing that funding is in place for installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Los Liones Drive, close to the school. According to Waldorf School Trustee Jeff Beall, the estimated cost is $605,305 and Waldorf has raised $450,000 through fundraisers and with budget cuts that includes layoffs of three administrative staff members. The additional $150,000 is pledged from the Getty Neighborhood Protection Fund. The Waldorf School, which opened at the former Santa Ynez Inn site in January 2007, is responsible not only for the signal, but also for designs that include street lighting, sidewalks, curbs, striping and signage at the intersection. Additionally, the school must put out the bids, hire a contractor and oversee construction. ‘We’re anxious to get this done,’ Beall told the Palisadian-Post. ‘We obviously would have liked more financial help from the community. We’re good people trying to do a good thing and we hope the next time there’s a story in the paper about the Waldorf, the focus is on the unique and wonderful educational experience we provide, rather than the traffic signal.’ The saga started in April 2005 when Waldorf announced its intention to open an elementary school on the east side of Sunset, just below Los Liones Drive. Residents complained that additional traffic, twice a day, would add problems to the Los Liones intersection, and petitioned for a traffic light before the school was allowed a conditional use permit. ‘Residents in Castellammare have lobbied for a light at Los Liones as well as for the traffic signal realignment at Vons for more than 20 years,’ Shirley Haggstrom, a Castellammare resident and former chair of the Palisades Community Council, said in 2006. Castellammare residents asked for a signal when the Getty Villa underwent expansion, but an Environmental Impact Report showed that traffic generated by the Villa did not require one. The Waldorf School, which later used the same traffic engineers as the Getty, also received a report stating that the school would not add sufficient traffic to warrant a signal.’ According to Beall, ‘Eddie Guerrero and Mo Blofroshan [senior engineer] of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation do not dispute this assessment and, in fact, stated on April 15 [2010] to representatives of both the School and Councilman Rosendahl’s office that the school’s traffic flow did not warrant the installation of a signal from their perspective.’ In August 2009, the Post reported that ‘The city confirmed that the traffic at the intersection is not sufficient to necessitate a light, but conceded that it could be a dangerous situation for those trying to exit left from Los Liones onto Sunset.’ Setting aside the traffic studies, City officials listened to residents’ complaints and, as part of Waldorf’s conditional use permit, required that the school install a light. The cost in 2007 was estimated at $350,000 and a Post story reported, ‘Rosendahl has pledged to spend at least $50,000 and will cover the difference between the estimated and final costs of the signal.’ In April this year, Associate Zoning Administrator Chang threatened the Waldorf representatives that unless she saw significant progress on the light installation, they would not have school next year, and then gave them a month to report on the final cost and a time estimate for completion. Beall, who spoke to the Post on June 24, said the funds were raised (without the City’s earlier promised help) and that the reason for the latest delay is that the school had not received final approval from the City, which was requested May 2. ‘It’s been challenging to get a good bid because we have had to wait for final approval,’ Beall said. The Post contacted Blorfroshan on June 28. ‘I do not have any solid information for you for Los Liones and Sunset at this time. I’ll let you know when I find out,’ he said, noting that ‘Effective July 1, I’ll lose 80 percent of my staff. I’ll have a senior clerk typist and an associate transportation engineer as my only staff.’There will be major reductions in providing DOT services to the public.’ Norm Kulla, northern district director for Councilman Rosendahl, told the Post in a June 29 e-mail, ‘Now that Waldorf has confirmed funding to install the signal, the City is expediting the necessary report.’ He added that Rosendahl expects LADOT to issue a report containing findings that satisfy state mandated requirements within the next two weeks. About $124,000 (or 30 percent) of the project budget is strictly for city permits, according to Beall, and Kulla was asked if the City would waive its fees. ‘No,’ was his response. Getty officials confirmed on June 28 their pledge towards the light installation. ‘It is worthy of note to remember that Councilman Rosendahl and the City’s Director of Planning have sole discretion over the expenditure of the Getty Neighborhood Protection Fund,’ Beall said.”If the $2 million fund is unspent by January 2011, then the funds will revert to the Getty and be lost to the community to use for its own benefit.’ To date, less than $25,000 from the entire $2 million has been spent. It is imperative that these Getty pledged funds be released at once.’

Paramedic Coyle Marks 30 Years

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July 15, 2010

Station 69 paramedic Dane Coyle at the Fourth of July parade.
Photo by Rich Schmitt, *Staff Photographer*

Fire Station 69 Paramedic Dane Coyle, who has been based in Pacific Palisades for the past 17 years, celebrated his 30th anniversary with the Los Angeles Fire Department on May 4. Coyle is well-known among some residents because he and fellow paramedic, Ed Strange, were able to revive Palisadian Bob Heilemann after he went into cardiac arrest near the end of the Will Rogers 10K in 2007. No strangers to heroism, Coyle and Strange had earlier received a Medal of Valor in 2000. The men were honored at Dodger Stadium for their heroic actions during a shoot-out/standoff in Marina Pointe Apartments near Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella. ‘We were the next posted ambulance (after Venice),’ said Coyle, explaining why Rescue 69 had been called to the apartment building. A fugitive from Tennessee, Joseph Allen had barricaded himself in one of the apartments and had shot a U.S. marshal from the window. Allen injured a second officer who was in the building by shooting through a door. ’When we pulled up, a U.S. marshal was leaning out of a window shouting that his partner had been shot and he couldn’t stop the bleeding,’ Coyle recalled. Allen was holding off a SWAT team with an AK-47. ’We sort of snuck in and found that he [the officer] had a severed brachial artery, so we then managed to sneek him out,’ Coyle said, noting that paramedics are not supposed to go into that kind of situation until a fugitive has been apprehended. Their action saved the man’s life. According to Coyle, a more typical day in Station 69 involves dealing with accident victims and incidents involving the elderly. ’We have a huge senior population base here,’ he said. ‘People are living longer and you see a lot of people who are the sole survivor; they have no children, their husband/wife and brothers and sisters are gone. They’re on their own up here in the Palisades. It’s surprising how many there are, and how many can’t take care of themselves or don’t have a family’s assistance in making a decision.’ Coyle continued, ‘Many people know their elderly neighbors because they see them in the yard or getting their mail and they look like they’re functioning, but it becomes obvious they need assistance when we go inside their house.’ The other most common call paramedics receive is for traffic accidents on Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard. ‘We see trauma victims week in and week out,’ he said. ‘It seems we have a lot of serious accidents in this area.’ After graduating from Royal High School in Simi Valley in 1974, Coyle thought he would become a policeman. While studying for his justice degree at Moorpark College, he worked at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks. Watching the paramedics, he changed his mind and entered a six-month intensive paramedic program at Daniel Freeman, which included a clinical phase and then two months of on-the-job training. Coyle was one of 5,000 applicants who took the test for a paramedic position and one of only 75 hired. His first job was in Ventura with the Premier Ambulance Company in 1978, but he wanted to work for a bigger department with more opportunities, so he took a test and was hired by the Los Angeles Fire Department. Coyle likes Pacific Palisades because ‘this area is small enough and isolated, so that you’ll run into people that you’ve taken care of and that makes it special. You’ll be eating at the Pantry and people come up and say hi.’ While not on duty, he runs Dane Coyle Custom Homes, a construction company in Thousand Oaks. He is president of the Eight-Ball Flying Club in Van Nuys, which allows dues-paying members to fly a Cessna Piper. (The club has three Cessna Pipers and a Piper Saratoga.) He also likes to snow ski at Mammoth and water ski at Lake Powell. ’I could have stopped doing this a long time ago and just done construction, but I work with a great group of people,’ Coyle said. When he finally retires, he plans to build and run a small hotel in Xcalak, on the southernmost tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. ‘It’s a small fishing village that is still undiscovered with beautiful corals and lots of fish,’ he said. Coyle plans to work two to five years more at Station 69, depending on the city budget cuts. ‘I still have a great time coming to work,’ he said. While on an ambulance run to St. John’s Hospital three years ago, he met his girlfriend, Palisadian Irma Delgado, who volunteers in the emergency room. Instead of Station 69 firefighters planning a big party to celebrate a colleague’s 30th, the tradition is for the honoree to throw the party. ‘It’s kind of like a thank-you for putting up with us for so long,’ said Coyle, who plans to make prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes and chocolate and lemon cake sometime in July.

Thursday, July 15 – Thursday, July 22

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THURSDAY, JULY 15

Story-craft time, 4 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Suggested for ages 4 and up. Campfire and marshmallow roast, 7 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park, north of Sunset, and continuing on Thursday evenings this summer. The programs, complete with an interpretive nature program, campfire songs and activities, are free. Parking is $7. Chiwan Choi reads his book of poetry, ‘The Flood,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Choi is a writer, editor, teacher and publisher whose poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and magazines.

FRIDAY, JULY 16

Julie Dolcemaschio reads and signs her police thriller, ‘Testarossa,’ 7 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Please note the earlier starting time. ’Lost in Radioland,’ a 1940’s comedy, opens tonight at 8 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd., and continues through July 24, Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday at 8 p.m. For tickets and information, call (310) 454-1970.

SATURDAY, JULY 17

The Culinary Historians of Southern California presents Simon Spalding speaking on ‘Ship’s Biscuit and Salt Junk,’ 2 p.m. at the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. (See story, page 14.)

MONDAY, JULY 19

Santa Monica writer Frances Noble discusses and signs ‘Blanket of Stars: Homeless Women in Santa Monica,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. The photographs are by her son, Ian Noble. (See story, page 16.)

TUESDAY, JULY 20

Temescal Canyon Association hikers will take a steep climb up from Paseo Miramar, but the payoff is a view of the city at dusk from Parker Mesa Overlook. The public is invited to join. Meet at 6 p.m. in the front parking lot at Temescal Gateway Park for carpooling. Contact: (310) 459-5931 or visit temcanyon.org. The Malibu Orchid Society features a talk on cymbidium orchid species with orchid expert Christopher Croom, 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. The California condor will take center stage at the Culture in the Canyon lecture, 7:30 p.m. in Temescal Gateway Park. The talk in Woodland Hall and parking are free.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21

July 15, 2010

Ernest ‘Ernie’ Allan Kaplan, a longtime resident of Rustic Canyon, passed away peacefully in his own home, surrounded by his family, on July 7. He was 72. Born on March 30, 1938 and raised on the south side of Chicago, Kaplan spent his early childhood in military school before moving in fulltime with his father, Charles. Ernie played baseball, basketball and football at Nicholas Senn High School. When not playing sports, he would help at his father’s men’s clothing store where he gained his first taste of style and flair. Ernie attended Miami University of Ohio and graduated from UCLA, where he was an active member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. During the early 1960s he spent a short time in the Army, serving as a medic before returning to Los Angeles to start a career in business. In 1965, Ernie married another UCLA graduate, Judye Maxine Radom. The two started a life together in an apartment on Beverly Glen. Ernie’s natural gifts as a people person eventually led him to form a small commercial real estate company with Robert Gindy, his business partner for over three decades. The two young men went about leasing, managing and eventually procuring real estate properties. In 1975, Ernie and Judye and their young son Andrew moved into the couple’s dream ‘tree’ house. The unique architecture blended recycled materials, tile and ceramic blown on-site, wood and glass for a house truly ahead of its time. Over the years it has been photographed and documented in several magazines and has served as an example of how to build a house among the natural surroundings and environment of the land. In 1976, Jonathan Kaplan was born to complete the family. The house in Rustic Canyon has served as the family’s home for the last 35 years. Ernie’s professional career and civic contributions culminated in his hard work and dedication to the city of Santa Monica and what is now known as the Third Street Promenade. During the early 1980s he served as chairman of the board of the Bayside District, which coordinates and still manages the Promenade. His eight years of service at this position brought both private and public entities together to actively clean up and promote business and lifestyle in what was a strategically placed but neglected part of Santa Monica. His company, Century Commercial Brokerage Company, still holds offices on Second Street, and Ernie still loved to walk the Promenade, greeting and chatting with the people he met. Ernie was a staunch supporter of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and served on the board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter. One of his dreams he fulfilled was taking his sons with him to Israel for Israel’s 60th anniversary. He also dedicated his time to speak at local high schools and universities to share his experience as an entrepreneur and in real estate. He was very giving both of his time and his heart. Ernie leaves behind two sons, Andy and Jon, as well as his brother Lee (wife Nora) and sister Terri (husband Ron). Services were held on July 11 at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park.

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