Monthly Archives: March 2021
Palisades High Club Seeks Donations for A Sense of Home and Foster Youth
BY MAX RODMAN PaliHi President, A Sense of Home When young people age out of the foster youth system, they often enter the adult world with little financial assistance. When they are able to find a home or apartment, it...
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March 24, 2021, Musings
Musings PASTOR RICHARD MEYER By Sue Pascoe · March 24, 2021 At a recent Palisades Rotary Club meeting, retired Palisades Lutheran pastor Richard Meyer shared that he really wanted to be an airplane pilot, but when he took the test,...
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Remembering Elgin Baylor: Memoir Co-Written by Palisadian
(Editor’s note: With Elgin Baylor’s passing on March 22, CTN turned to Pacific Palisades writer Alan Eisenstock, who co-authored Baylor’s memoir, “Hang Time.” Eisenstock responded by email, “Elgin was a good man, fought his fight in a strong but quiet...
OBITUARY: James Roberston McNiel, 76, Long-time Palisadian
Long-time Pacific Palisades resident James R. McNiel passed away on January 5 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica from a recently diagnosed lung cancer. He was 76. Born in Los Angeles on October 9, 1944, he was the eldest...
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March 23, 2021, Musings
Musings RED CROSS SALUTE ON VILLAGE GREEN By Sue Pascoe · March 23, 2021 In honor of “March Is Red Cross Month,” the dolphin fountain at the Village Green will be lit in red, starting tomorrow (March 24), which is...
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The Mystery of the Cement Pipes along PCH Is Finally Solved
A reader wrote Circling the News about the cement pipes that are waiting for deployment next to Pacific Coast Highway near Potrero Canyon. He wanted to know what they are going to be used for, and when. He noted that PCH is a...
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CTN Wonders, “When Will L.A.’s Public Libraries Reopen?”
We contacted Peter Persic, director of public relations and marketing for the Los Angeles Public Library, on March 20 (with a copy to Durrah Wagner, Councilman Mike Bonin’s field deputy). Persic was asked, “When will public libraries reopen? Many of...
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Legion’s Ham Radio Club Seeks Members
The Ronald Reagan Palisades Post 283 Amateur Radio Club (aka Ham Radio Club) is open to all Legionnaires, Sons of the American Legion and Auxiliary members. The Ham Radio Club, which has the license (KI6IRL), has recently updated its HF,...
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March 22, 2021, Musings
Musings ANOTHER MYSTERY BOOK SUGGESTION By Sue Pascoe · March 22, 2021 Resident Andrea Dyke, a former Village Books employee, wrote: “I can also recommend Robert Galbraith’s (aka JK Rowling) Cormoran Strike mysteries, which also have great character development.” Dyke...
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Can We Celebrate a Pacific Palisades Dog Park One Day?
By LOLA COFFEY Special to Circling the News Almost 3,500 residents signed a petition that they would like an off-leash dog park here in Pacific Palisades. Before the 2017 City Council election, incumbent Mike Bonin supported a park, promising everyone who...
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