Monthly Archives: April 2020
April 27, 2020, Musings
Musings NO PRESSURE: MOTHER’S DAY IS MAY 10 By Sue Pascoe · April 27, 2020 My daughter saw an outfit in the Denise Carolyn window on Antioch that she thought was great. She called, they agreed on a size and...
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Another Scam Alert: Notice the Email Address
Circling the News received an email from a smart local resident, who had just been conned. “I received an email from our son, but it was actually from a scammer,” ‘Bob’ Smith wrote. “I thought I was communicating with my...
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VIEWPOINT: Some Good and Bad Contrasts in Our Community
Good: Pacific Palisades, which has exactly one dedicated LAPD car, had more than eight on Sunday, with their emergency lights on, sitting in the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot. Police were outside enjoying the fresh salt air as they...
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April 26, 2020, Musings
Musings COVID-19 UPDATE By Sue Pascoe · April 26, 2020 Saturday’s L.A. Times story (“State Deploys the National Guard to Aid Nursing Homes”) reported that more than 40 percent of the 851 who have died in L.A. County were in...
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Pacific Palisades Residents Association Learn of Highland Eldercare Ruling from the Press
The April 23 Pacific Palisades Community Council newsletter noted that the Highlands Eldercare Project Lawsuit had been denied by a Superior Court judge. “The petition for writ of mandate brought by the Pacific Palisades Residents Association, challenging decisions of the City and Coastal...
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Musical Mary Steenburgen Sings in “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”
By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News Mary Steenburgen seems all about music at the moment. While her own music is in her head, she’s singing and dancing to the music of her character in “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”...
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City Cleans up the Wood: Your Tax Dollars at Work
In July 2016, I wrote a story for my previous publication, headlined “City Bans Wood Dumping on Temescal.” It noted, “The tipping point for resident Reza Pazirandeh came when a mattress, a broken dresser and large tree branches were left...
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Fine Art Photographer Sara Jane Boyers Adds Art to Poems
In 1922, T.S. Eliot began his famous poem, “The Waste Land,” with these lines: April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm,...
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April 24, 2020, Musings
Musings WHAT DOES IT MEAN? By Sue Pascoe · April 24, 2020 These small square stickers are appearing around town. A reader said she took this picture at the Las Casas Loop view site and asked if Circling the News knew...
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Palisades Atria Park Reports Patient Had Covid-19, But Death Related to Underlying Health Conditions
A resident of Palisades Atria Park, the assisted living and memory care facility on Sunset across from Gelson’s, passed away on April 13. Circling the News contacted Atria, and Mike Gentry, senior vice president of care, responded in an April...
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