Category: Palos Verdes Estates
A trail on the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve overlooking the Pacific Ocean (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In a surprise announcement, Donald Trump announced plans to abandon the building of 16 luxury homes on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean and will grant a conservation easement to the... Read More
A pretty drive is up Crenshaw Blvd. to the top of the hill so that you can walk the trail just South of Del Cerro Park or so that you can witness the beauty that this parks views reveal. This was taken on Thanksgiving. Read More
The Rolling Hills Estates Planning Committee has approved the $12 million Peninsula Center remodel shown in this artist's rendition. Read More
June new home sales soared across the nation to it's highest levels in 5 years according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Sales across the country rose almost 8.5% over Mays sales. Overall sales have risen 38% in the last 12 months making the biggest annual gain since January 1992. Housing sales have been instrumental in the nations economic growth and overall health. While new-home sales make up only a small portion of the market, each home built creates an average of three new jobs and spurs more spending at furniture stores, moving companies, home improvement stores, hardware and of course, helps keep the real estate business successful. To these companies you have to add escrow, title companies, appraisal companies, mortgage finance companies, landscapers and architect companies, and all the construction trade companies involved. Read More
Heal the Bay has released its annual Beach Report Card on Los Angles County beaches. Meanwhile, four South Bay Beaches out of the seven LA County beaches made Heal the Bay 's Honor Roll with perfect A-pluses: Leo Carrillo Beach at Arroyo Sequit Creek Zuma Beach at Zuma Creek mouth Las Tunas County Beach at Pena Creek Hermosa City Beach at Twenty-Sixth Street Palos Verdes (Bluff) Cove, Palos Verdes Estates Abalone Cove Shoreline Park in Rancho Palos Verdes Cabrillo Beach, On the Ocean Side Read More
Can you imagine having 8 large bags of trash every day after school lunch? That is 240 commercial size trash bags per month. Thanks to some environmentally conscience school children at Lunada Bay Elementary School in Palos Verdes Estates now has one bag of trash per week-four per month. What a difference. Just think of the trash reduction if each school in the State would get involved. Young student sorting trash after lunch.(Robert Casillas / Daily Breeze Staff Photographer). And because of this reduction in trash Lunada Bay Elementary won the Contest sponsored by Manhattan Beach Environmental nonprofit "Grades of Green" with Chevron donating the prize money. Washington and Riviera were named runners-up. The program called the Trash-Free Lunch Challenge. The program is most successful in our South Bay region In fact it claimed thirteen of the seventeen participants. And we can be proud that five of these are from Torrance Unified. Read More
We all know of the Farmer market At Wilson Park in Torrance, the Farmer's Market in Redondo. But did you know there is a 3rd local Farmers Market? And you will not beleive where. The market is located at the Kaiser Permanent South Bay medical center, near the Parkview building. The hours are 10 am to 3 pm Wednesdays. The stalls accept cash or you can get a gift card with a credit card at the manager's stand. Read More
Congratulations ot Honorees Janet Smith, Anita Javitt These women and two other Palos Verdes Peninsula residents, Jane Jones and Dorothy Lay, will be honored May 5th at the The Yellow Vase in Palos Verdes Estates. It is so refreshing to see woman who give back to their community. Thank You Ladies for your many years of service. The full article can be read in the Daily Breeze.com March 3 post. Read More
If you are thinking of selling your home and wanting to repaint to attract buyers, then you’ll want to know what colors to avoid. Check out these great tips from Realtor Magazine By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR(R) Magazine Emerald may be this year’s color of the year and... Read More
South Bay Market Trends .com February 2013 Greater South Bay market including: Carson, El Segundo, Gardena, Harbor City, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro, Torrance, & Wilmington... Read More