- January 22, 2021Covid Vaccination Update: I asked readers to keep me updated on the process of getting a Covid vaccination, given that California ranks last in getting the shots into people’s arms, averaging only about 37 percent? By contrast, my mom’s medical
- January 21, 2021The L.A. Recreation and Park Board commissioners made it official today: the park nearing completion in Potrero Canyon, below the Palisades Recreation Center, will be called George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon. The 46-acre passive recreation
- January 21, 2021One of my favorite movies last year was “Ford v. Ferrari,” co-starring Pacific Palisades resident Matt Damon. But Damon, who has been called one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, has now made it official: his home in the Riviera neighborhood
- January 20, 2021Janice Crystal, a former Honorary Mayor with husband Billy, has joined Resilient Palisades to offer support for community efforts that address environmental issues. The group’s first event, on February 2, will focus on the harmful effects of
- January 20, 2021(Editor’s note: In response to the most recent airlift of a hiker on January 18, a reader wrote “Probably unavailable, but it would be good disclosure to report how much the injured people will be charged personally for the airlifts to
- January 19, 2021In December, the Optimist Club hosted a TED Talk recorded by Sir Ken Robinson in 2006 and titled “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” The talk has been viewed online more than 60 million times and seen by an estimated 380 million people in 160 countries.
- January 19, 2021CRIME: The following crimes were reported in Pacific Palisades through January 17. The PP Senior Lead Officer generally sends a weekly report and Officer James Allen, who has replaced the retired Michael Moore, filed the following report. These are
- January 19, 2021“Street Drugs and Homelessness” will be the topic when the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness hosts a community meeting on Zoom next Monday, January 25. The meeting will address reports that there has been an increasing number of homeless
- January 18, 2021Circling the News received the following report from Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH) co-president Sharon Kilbride on January 14. “At 5:30 a.m., Rusty [Officer John Redican] was out on beach detail checking Will Rogers beach and
- January 18, 2021INVESTIGATION: In a Circling the News piece (“Post Office Deliveries Alert and a Nudge to Thank Your Postal Worker”), we noted that several people had problems with packages that were supposedly delivered to a doorstep, but the recipient never