Monthly Archives: March 2020
PaliHi Girls/Boys Basketball Teams Play in Regional Finals
PaliHi Girls Beat Santa Monica, Advance to State Basketball Finals in Sacramento In a packed gym at Palisades High on Tuesday night, the Pali girls basketball team defeated Santa Monica, 51-36, to reach the state championship game. The Dolphins will...
Letters Sought to Keep Crosswalk at Chautauqua
A resident sent Circling the News a February 6, 2020 LADOT letter regarding the removal of an existing crosswalk in Pacific Palisades. The DOT letter stated: “After some internal discussions, we have decided to remove the existing marked pedestrian crosswalk on...
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Woman’s Club Distributes Its Annual Grants: $20,000 Awarded to 24 Local Nonprofits
Twenty-four local nonprofits received about $20,000 in grants at the annual Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club Awards Night on March 3. The need was great and the recipients grateful as the Woman’s Club continued its long-standing tradition. Over the decades, the...
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Revere’s Library Is a Mecca for Students under New Librarian Gabriela Gualano
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Until last year, many LAUSD middle schools and high schools lacked librarians. Paul Revere Middle School was no exception. At Revere, volunteers and teachers tried to fill in the gap, but without...
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March 10, 2020, Musings
Musings Regional Basketball Finals: By Sue Pascoe · March 10, 2020 There was a double header of some great basketball tonight at Palisades High School, both boys and girls were playing for the Regional Championships and the opportunity to advance...
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March 10, 2020, Musings
Musings TOM HANKS/RITA WILSON HAVE CORONOVIRUS By Sue Pascoe · March 10, 2020 Coronavirus Cancellations Hit Pacific Palisades * The Pacific Palisades Community Council has cancelled its Thursday, March 12 meeting “out of an abundance of caution.” * The March...
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March 9, 2020, Musings
Musings EXERCISING WITH FRIENDS By Sue Pascoe · March 9, 2020 I go to the Palisades YMCA to exercise. I started taking a spin class about 10 years ago. Tom Binder, whose real job is as an art dealer and...
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“Josh & Foumiko: An Amusing Writing Couple” (January 1999)
(Editor’s note: Friends and family held a celebration of life for acclaimed writer Josh Greenfeld at the Palisades Library on February 29. His wife, Foumiko Kometani, is an artist and author. Posing as a reporter, Greenfeld penned an amusing story...
Acclaimed Pianist Petronel Malan Will Perform at St. Matthew’s on March 13
The next St. Matthew’s Music Guild concert will feature a solo recital by Grammy Award-nominated pianist Petronal Malan at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 13. The concert includes sonatas by Scarlatti and Beethoven, “Paraphrase on Sixteen Waltzes of Brahms” by...
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Uptick in Crime From Last Year: Latest Crime Report
On March 9, Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore released the latest crimes for this area, which include a DUI, burglary, burglary theft from a vehicle and a theft. At the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting on February 27,...
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