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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Voting Box Damaged outside Baldwin Park Library
The Los Angels Country Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis acknowledged that on October 18, a Vote by Mail Box Drop Box located outside the Baldwin Park Library on Baldwin Park Boulevard was damaged by fire. … Continue reading
Alan Eisenstock: Wash Your Hands
(Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed … Continue reading
Posted in Arts
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Election 2020: Voting Concerns and Updates
1. A Ballot Is Addressed to an Adult Child No Longer Living at Home On Sunday morning in the village, Circling the News ran into long-time resident Sam Lagana, a 2012 Sparkplug Award winner and Associate Vice Chancellor at Pepperdine … Continue reading
Posted in Community, General
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Palisadians Sue and Anthony Marguleas Co-chair American Cancer Society Benefit Dinner
The American Cancer Society’s annual California Spirit Food & Wine Benefit was held on October 9. Co-chairs were long-time ACS volunteers and Pacific Palisades residents Sue and Anthony Marguleas, who met nearly three decades ago when Sue was a pediatric … Continue reading
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Recreation and Park Commissioners Approve Use of Small Gym for Voting in Pacific Palisades
At the Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners meeting on October 15, the board approved the use of 34 Department of Recreation and Parks Facilities to host voting centers for the upcoming election. Among those approved: the small gym … Continue reading
Posted in News, Parks
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Webinar Will Feature Palisades Author Robert Rosenstone, Exploring the Legacy of John Reed
Pacific Palisades author Robert A. Rosenstone and Kenneth Z. Chutchian will explore the life and legacy of John Reed at 6 p.m., on Saturday, October 17, in a Zoom webinar. The webinar will be moderated by The Narrative Group’s Scott … Continue reading
Volunteers Needed for Help with Recycling
Bottles for Babies, founded by Francesca Chase, needs volunteers to help sort donations at a recycle center in Glendale at 11 a.m. on October 24. (The address is West Side Metal Recycling, 6449 San Fernando Rd. 91209). “We need volunteers … Continue reading
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PPCC Backs Its New Forestry Committee, Approving a Letter to the City Supporting Parkway Trees
By a bare two-thirds majority (9-4) vote last Thursday, the Pacific Palisades Community Council board agreed to send a letter that supports the city’s effort to restore parkway trees in front of a house under construction at 15539 Via … Continue reading
Palisades Residents Harvest Special Pumpkins from Plants Donated by ‘Farmer Schwartz’
About 20 Pacific Palisades residents who planted pumpkin plants under the tutelage of Bruce Schwartz have now harvested them. Back in April, Schwartz, a local realtor and the 2017 Citizen of the Year (in part for his efforts to landscape … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental, Geology/Dinosaurs/Earth
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OPINION: The City Needs to Tackle More Than Housing When It Comes to Addressing the Homeless Crisis
The homeless encampments that surround Gold’s Gym in Venice, are stacked under the 405 Freeway on Venice Boulevard and even the “town” on Skid Row are the results of choices made by our elected officials, including Councilman Mike … Continue reading
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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