Monthly Archives: June 2020

What’s on Your Mind? Residents Have Questions, Suggestions

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Readers keep asking numerous good questions about what’s going on in our town and bring good articles to my attention. I’m including a sampling here, so you can help with answers—or have something new to think about. Jokes Amid the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community | Leave a comment

Library’s Annual Summer Writing Contest Is Underway, And Now Citywide

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Friends of the Palisades Library organization has launched its annual summer creative writing contest, which for the first time in the contest’s history is now available to students who attend school (private or public) in Los Angeles. Youth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Kids/Parenting, Schools | Leave a comment

Captain Jonathon Tom Sends Public Safety Message

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: The following message was sent to the Pacific Palisades community on June 6, from LAPD Captain Jonathon Tom, Commanding Officer, West Los Angeles Area.) “Recently information from a leaked Los Angeles Sheriffs (LASO) document was distributed and shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime/Police | 1 Comment

Canyon Elementary Classroom Replacement Project to Start

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Residents, parents and staff of Canyon Charter Elementary School received a notice that LAUSD will begin work on the first phase of replacing Department of Housing (DOH) portable buildings on that campus. Portable buildings were brought onto LAUSD campuses in … Continue reading →

Posted in Schools | Leave a comment

Businesses Begin Reopening in Pacific Palisades

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

As stay-at-home orders due to Covid-19 have been slowly lifted in Los Angeles, shops and restaurants in Pacific Palisades have started to reopen.   Palisades Barber Shop: Joe Almaraz, owner of the venerable Palisades Barber Shop on Antioch, opened his … Continue reading →

Posted in businesses/stores, Community | 1 Comment

Possible Problems in Pacific Palisades Today with Looters

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: I was asked by several subscribers to post the warning that I sent out this morning, so that others might read it. Additionally, around noon, Captain Jonathon Tom, Commanding Officer for West Los Angeles sent a notice to … Continue reading →

Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community, Crime/Police | Leave a comment

Trash Overflowing on Via de la Paz and Antioch

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A resident contacted Circling the News and asked why businesses aren’t taking care of the overflowing trash on Via de la Paz and Antioch. Besides being an eyesore, it could become a sanitary hazard, the person said, and pointed out that two … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Leave a comment

Viewpoint: Now Is The Time to Come Together

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Now is the time for us to come together as a nation and work to make sure that every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive. We all need to do what we can, as individuals — at home, … Continue reading →

Posted in Viewpoint | 2 Comments

Palisades Recreation Center Office Undergoes a $72,000 Renovation–At Long Last 

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

On May 21, the L.A. Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners approved a $72,000 construction project at the Palisades Recreation Center that will renovate the floors and ceilings and replace office windows in the 1958 building. The long-waited construction at … Continue reading →

Posted in Community | Leave a comment

National Guard Comes to Pacific Palisades to Enforce Curfew and Deter Looters

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News received the following email this morning: “Just wondering what is going on this a.m. in the Palisades….is the National Guard around?” Saturday night at Fairfax and Melrose, near Rick Caruso’s Grove, and then Sunday afternoon in Santa … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime/Police | 1 Comment