Ross Meadows, whom Mayor Ruth Gralow called "the only up-through-the-ranks public works director in city history," is retiring and was honored this week by the City Council for 28 years of service.
A broken water main played havoc with traffic on Palos Verdes Drive North for about 16 hours on Monday, forcing the diversion of eastbound vehicles and clogging traffic on Rolling Hills Road, Crenshaw Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway.
The City Council threw out a requirement that all front-yard fencing other than the city's characteristic three-rail white fence be removed within a year as it completed a review of proposed changes in residential building regulations that are designed to reduce the size of buildings, preserve views and ensure that...
The city Fire Department will be dismantled and firefighting duties will be taken over by the county's Consolidated Fire Protection District on July 1 under a plan approved last week by the City Council.
City Hall will be closed to the public on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but city employees will work.
The City Council this week extended for one year an urgency ordinance imposing a moratorium on any use of property zoned as open space.
Traffic controls at two major intersections in the city are being improved in a $45,000 program that is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The City Council has declared a ventilation system atop an 18-unit condominium a public nuisance.
The City Council has agreed in concept to assess residents in the Harbor Sight and Spinning Wheel neighborhoods $1,000 per parcel for costs incurred by the city in investigating a sewer district for the area.
The Rolling Hills Estates City Council agreed to pay BFI Corp. about $26,400 a year to haul manure from the city stables on Crenshaw Boulevard.
Councilwoman Barbara Culver has officially stepped down from the council seat she has held for seven years to become city clerk.
Peafowl are pecking at the city treasury, and City Council members expressed frustration this week at the lingering quarrel over the freely roaming birds, which are friends to some residents and foes to others.
Cottonwood Ranch Estates, a development of 53 single-family homes, opens today in Moreno Valley
active role in determining the future of the Chandler gravel quarry, which is the focal point of a
Dina Cramer, 38, has been appointed to the new post of city clerk-assistant to the city manager at a salary of $27,000 a year.
The City Council this week directed the city staff to work up an agreement between the city and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District that will give the city title to 10 acres of school district property at Highridge Road and Whitley Collins Drive.
A private study of city peafowl has concluded that some male birds could be removed without endangering the bird population, but it calls for a moratorium on the trapping of female birds until there is evidence that the flock is regenerating.
The Rolling Hills Estates City Council has decided to delete a 50-foot limitation on front yard
Has this wealthy city found a way out of its peculiar tax situation in which "small houses pay the same as big houses" and residents vote on taxes every two years?
The City Council this week approved an application by the Sandpipers philanthropic organization to hold its annual Design House at the home of former Los Angeles Raiders lineman Lyle Alzado.