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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Emergency Airlift from the Mountains
(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...
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Book Author Ken Robinson Speaks on Education and Creativity in an Illuminating TED Talk
In 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...
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CRIME: Pacific Palisades through January 17
CRIME: 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 the...
Posted in Crime/Police, General
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PPTFH Community Meeting on January 25: Street Drugs and Homelessness
“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 individuals...
Posted in Homelessness
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Responding to a Stolen Car Incident, the PPTFH’s Sharon Kilbride Provides Aid for a Troubled Young Woman
Circling 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 the tunnels....
Posted in General
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Post Office Update: Sticky Post Office Boxes, Mail Thefts, Tipping Carriers and Covid Impacts
INVESTIGATION: 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 received...
Posted in Community
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Ham Radio Class Offered for All Residents
Worried about an electrical outage and the lack of communication with the outside world? Or just want to try something different while being locked down? A Ham Radio class is being offered through American Legion Post 283. You do not...
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Palisadian Tom Hanks Will Lead Biden/Harris Inaugural Evening Celebration on Wednesday
Pacific Palisades resident Tom Hanks, arguably the country’s most revered and beloved movie star, will host a 90-minute special, “Celebrating America,” on Wednesday evening, to salute the swearing in of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The show...
Posted in Arts, Community
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Covid-19 Vaccination Update: L.A. County Experiencing Difficulty in Rollout; CTN Readers Respond
Circling the News received information from several readers that can be summed up by a statement from L.A. County Health Department: “L.A. County will not begin vaccinating people age 65 and older until we complete vaccinations for healthcare workers and receive...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community, Health
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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Hopeful Inaugural Songs
(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...
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