Monthly Archives: April 2021

PAPA’S Fourth of July Plans Are Underway

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Circling the News received the following letter from Matt Rodman, the Palisades Americanism Parade Association President.) Dear Fellow Palisadians, On behalf of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association (PAPA) board, I’m excited to announce that we’re planning for a...

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Homeless Man Doing Meth in Tunnel, then Unresponsive

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

When Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness volunteers traveled through the Roosevelt Tunnel, one of only two underpasses that connect Pacific Palisades with Will Rogers State Beach, they found a homeless man smoking methamphetamine. They told him he couldn’t smoke...

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Free Tomato and Pumpkin Plants for Kids and Adults Alike 

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  TOMATOES AT THE VILLAGE GREEN: Village Green Board President Marge Gold said that on Sunday, April 25, organic tomato plants will be given away free, starting at 10 a.m. on the Green (Sunset at Swarthmore). “These plants, grown from...

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PaliHi to Resume In-Person Instruction in August

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

At a two-hour town hall Zoom meeting on April 7, Palisades High  Executive Director Pamela Magee announced that in-person instruction is being planned when school resumes in August. Two days later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said,...

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Viewpoint: Officer Redican Offers His Perspective on Homeless at the Beach

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: LAPD Officer John “Rusty” Redican has worked with the Pacific Palisades Beach Patrol, the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness and with various homeless individuials since 2016. He shared the following thoughts about Councilman Mike Bonin’s motion to...

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Jim Hahn’s Experience Inspires Areté Preparatory Academy in West L.A.  

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to CTN As a young man, Jim Hahn, 54, became both a Fulbright scholar and a member of a group of “ne’er-do-wells” on the island of Yap in Micronesia. An anthropologist, Hahn attempted to “blend in...

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OBITUARY: Virtual Memorial on April 17 for Jan Ostendorf, 68; Businesswoman, Volunteer, Mom

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

With heavy hearts, the family announces Jan Rutkin Ostendorf’s passing on February 11, 2021. Jan was born August 12, 1952 to Ruth and Todd Rutkin, and grew up in North Hollywood. After graduating from North Hollywood High School, she attended...

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Home Builder on Via Is Caught Trying to “Game the System,” City Responds

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

On March 22, a Circling the News reader sent photos and a note regarding a house under construction at 430 Via de la Paz: “The builder is apparently trying to game the City/Community by building up a flat pad by about...

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VIEWPOINT: Homeless at Will Rogers, the PPCC meeting and the Elephant in the Room

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  By NINA MADOK Special to Circling the News After participating in the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting on April 8 and listening to the comments of concerned citizens and council members alike opposed to Councilman Bonin’s motion to house...

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Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community, Homelessness, Pacific Palisades Community Council | 9 Comments

Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist – “It’s Magic!”

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

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 March 2020: sending a weekly...

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