CERT Training | Pacific Palisades
Sign-ups for the next seven-week CERT training course in Pacific Palisades are now open.
“The Los Angeles Fire Department’s CERT Program (free of charge) was developed because of the need for a well-trained civilian emergency work force,” according to a program overview. “The CERT Program provides for community self-sufficiency through the development of multifunctional response teams who act as an adjunct to the city’s emergency services during major disasters.”
The Community Emergency Response Team course begins on September 7 and meets once per week from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Calvary Christian Church. It will be led by LAFD Firefighters Andrew Huang and Kenneth Fraser. Topics include “Introduction, Disaster Awareness,” “ICS and Disaster Psychology,” and “Disaster Medical Operations 1 and 2.”
The group needs at least 25 attendees. Attendees must go to all classes to receive a “certificate of completion.” Missed classes can be made up.
Sign up at eventbrite.com/e/lafd-cert-palisades-tickets-641603813277?aff=ebdsoporgprofile.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Family Day | Will Rogers State Historic Park
Will Rogers Ranch Foundation will host Family Day in Will’s Backyard at Will Rogers State Historic Park on Sunday, August 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“Join us for a few activities, or settle in and spend the entire day with us,” organizers wrote. “All events are free to join, just pay for parking and we’ll take care of the rest.”
The event will include a Will Rogers Polo Club match, ranch house tours, snacks, scavenger hunt, horse demos, Will Roberts roping demo, pony photos, and button making and games.
“Gather the family, pack a picnic and a blanket, and come meet us at Will’s,” organizers wrote.
Will Rogers State Historic Park is located at 1501 Will Rogers State Park Road.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Pickle, Prosecco + Pop Up | Pacific Palisades
Rally Club and Swimply will host Pickle, Prosecco + Pop Up on Friday, August 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at a residence in Pacific Palisades.
Rally Club is the creation of Alphabet Streets resident Jewlz Fahn, Stephen Soller and Jonny Saven, who is the parent of a Palisades Charter High School student. They also have Michelle Russel working alongside on digital content. It offers a pickleball clothing line, designed for “both on and off the court.”
The line launched earlier this year and features mens, womens and unisex items, as well as accessories. Rally Club’s creative inspiration is “Harry Club,” a blonde caricature that is featured on some items who is “a pickleball aficionado.”
Swimply offers rentals by the hour for pools, as well as pickleball and tennis courts.
The event will feature pickle liveball with Coach Nancy Mancini. Space is limited to 24 players. The address will be given at registration. The event costs $65 to attend. Register by emailing jewlz@rallyclub.net.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Upcoming events | Palisades Branch Library
Palisades Branch Library will host a meeting of the Mysterious Book Club on Tuesday, August 15, and Painting Class on Saturday, August 19.
The monthly Mysterious Book Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. on August 15 to discuss “The Long Goodbye” by Raymond Chandler.
“In this classic LA ‘noir’ mystery, Philip Marlowe befriends a down-on-his-luck war veteran with the scars to prove it,” according to a synopsis provided by Palisades Branch Library. “Then he finds out that the veteran has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, whom he divorced and remarried and ends up dead. And now the veteran is on the lam, and the cops and a gangster are after Marlowe.”
Longtime Palisadian and member of Pacific Palisades Art Association Martha Meade will lead a Painting Class on August 19 beginning at 2 p.m. Attendees will paint with acrylics on canvas, “producing a masterpiece each of you can take home and hang on your wall.”
“Space is limited, and we are trying to expand access to this class by prioritizing those who have not taken any prior classes,” according to Palisades Branch Library. “We will have two lists, so if you’ve taken the class before, sign up to be on that list, and if you’ve never taken it, welcome and please sign up.”
Sign up by stopping by the library or emailing palsds@lapl.org.
—SARAH SHMERLING
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