Monthly Archives: March 2021
Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Fools on the Hill
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 a year ago: sending a weekly...
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OBITUARY: David Galvan, Owner of a Temescal Food Truck
David Galvan, owner of the popular food truck Galvan’s Catering, which has been a mainstay on Temescal Canyon Road since 1999, died on February 21. David was 52. He was born in the coastal town of Barra de Navidad in...
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The Miseducation of America’s Elites
(Editor’s note: A resident sent me the following story from the City Journal and said she had participated in one of the meetings. Circling the News is respecting her request for anonymity. The story below is reprinted with permission by...
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March 14, 2021, Musings
Musings HOMELESS COMMUNITY MEETING CANCELLED By Sue Pascoe · March 14, 2021 The Pacific Palisades Task Force Community Meeting scheduled for March 22 has been cancelled. Circling the News received the following information on March 11: “We are so sorry...
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Residents Ask Park Advisory Board for Help in Stopping Weekend Parties; PAPA May Seek Fireworks at the Park
At the Palisades Recreation Center Park Advisory Board meeting on March 10, neighbors reported via Zoom that dangerous activities are happening in the park on Friday and Saturday nights. One resident said that partying is going on at the new Veterans’...
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Sheila Morovati: The Power of One to Make Change
J.K Rowling wrote, “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” In this vein, Pacific Palisades resident Sheila Morovati has single-handedly made...
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March 11, 2021, Musings
Musings SOMETHING TO CONSIDER By Sue Pascoe · March 11, 2021 “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life — and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” –Georgia O’Keeffe HOMELESS...
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March 10, 2021, Musings
Musings GOOD NEWS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL By Sue Pascoe · March 10, 2021 The Palisades High football team was holding conditioning drills on the field today. Supposedly the team will have four games in April. For the past year,...
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Frauke Hogue Is an Expert in Metallurgy
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News The inner structures of metals have fascinated Frauke Hogue, 77, since she was a young woman in Germany. Her Pacific Palisades home is decorated with enlarged pictures of the intricate patterns within...
Task Force Meeting to Address, “What Happened to the Money Earmarked for Homeless Housing?”
Many people remember voting in 2016 for Proposition HHH, a $1.2- billion bond that supposedly would triple L.A.’s annual production of supportive housing by producing 10,000 units for the homeless. Many also voted for Measure H in 2017 (a sales tax measure...
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