In the 1920's and early 1930's, an active past time on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the beach communities was riding horses on the Torrance Beach at the base of the Palos Verdes Peninsula cliffs right below Malaga Cove. Horseback riding on the beach in the Malaga Cove area, (LAPublic LibraryPho
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12/31/2008
In the early 1900's , when land values dictated that Peninsula property could no longer be used for only cattle grazing, Jotham Bixby who owned the 16,000 acre Rancho de los Palos Verdes leased the land to Japanese farmers, to cultivate fruits and vegetables. Land was leased for approx. ten dolla
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12/22/2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MEGOWAN FAMILY MAUREEN, BRUCE, RYAN, BRENDAN, AND KEVIN I HOPE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE A JOYOUS AND SAFE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEA
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12/22/2008
At the end of my recent Mediterranean Cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines, my husband and youngest son, who had just graduated high school, flew to Paris France for a few days before heading home. We had a wonderful stay in Paris, and one thing that is amaziing about Paris is the efficiency of their
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12/21/2008
Last week, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark Federal Funds rate, the rate at which it lends funds to member banks to a target rate of zero to 1/2%. This resulted in the prime rate to be cut by most banks to 3.25%. Although mortgage rates are only indirectly affected by movement in short term
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12/21/2008
Donald Trump has sued the City of Rancho Palos Verdes for the sum of $100 million accusing the City of fraud and civil rights violations alleging that the City has prevented him from making ceretain improvements to the Trump National Golf Course which he feels is needed to maintain the "Trump Ima
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12/21/2008
The owners of the Promenade on the Peninsula shopping center in downtown Rolling Hills Estates proposed a major expansion of the center which would include the construction of 68 residential units over the two story retail stores adjacent to the parking garage, as well as the construction of an a
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12/18/2008
On Wednesday December 17th, the California State Supreme Court denied the City of Rancho Palos Verdes appeal of the Appelate Court's decision allowing homeowners in the Portuguest Bend landslide moratorium zones the right to develop their properties. Said RPV Mayor Larry Clark, "We are quite disa
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12/18/2008
The Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission last Thursday approved the redesigned Trader Joe's store proposed for the Golden Cove Shopping Center at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Palos Verdes Drive South, at the previous location of the Golden Lotus Restaurant. The new design reduces the
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12/18/2008
Last night, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council approved, by a 3 to zero vote to approve the expansion plans as modified for the St. John Fisher Catholic Church on the corner of Crenshaw and Crest Roads in Rancho Palos Verdes. The new expansion plans include a new 17,000 sq. ft. main sanctuary
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12/18/2008
