Monthly Archives: October 2021
“New” Meth Could Be Cause of Increased Homelessness, Says Illuminating Article in The Atlantic
Members of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, have told Circling the News that they have seen a recent increase in homeless people using meth. Methamphetamine is not a new drug – and not new here. In the early 2000s,...
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“Dangerous Corner” Opens at Palisades High School
J.B. Priestley’s “Dangerous Corner” will be staged in November as the Palisades High School fall play. This 1932 play (Priestley’s first) was turned into a 1934 movie starring Virginia Bruce, the first honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades (1951-’53). The...
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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Britain Edition
(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 19th book “Redeeming Justice” co-written with Jarrett Adams, came out on September 14 and was named the Best Book of September by Amazon. “A consuming tale of a broken legal system, its trail of ruin...
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October 31, 2021, Musings
Musings AND THE WINNER IS. . .MARYAM ZAR! By Sue Pascoe · October 31, 2021 At a ceremony at The Draycott on Saturday afternoon, local singer Claire Nordstrom entertained with a short set, before Palisades Rotary Club President Hagop Tchakerian...
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Massive Venice Housing Project, Opposed by Community, Goes to City Council’s PLUM Committee
The Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) and the Venice Land Use Planning Committee (LUPC) have rejected the proposed Reese-Davidson Project. The project would include 140 units of permanent supportive housing project, located on 2.6 acres and listed at four different addresses:...
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Crime Report for Pacific Palisades, October 17 to 23
In this week’s Crime Report, Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin writes, “I encourage everyone to get a security system that will give you instant notification if someone is on your property. This helps us (LAPD), if you can see that someone...
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October 28, 2021, Musings
Musings WAS IT A LAND SHARK? By Sue Pascoe · October 28, 2021 Was it an Amazon delivery, a Fedex, a Postal delivery – or a landshark? No, it was a bobcat that strolled up the Bill and Cindy Simon...
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Traci Park Challenges Mike Bonin in CD-11 Race
In early July, when attorney Traci Park announced her candidacy for Los Angeles Council District CD 11 to run against sitting Councilmember Mike Bonin, she said: “LA has the highest poverty rate in California, and some of the highest...
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RAP Commissioners Vote to Accept Veterans Park/Bocce Courts at the Recreation Center
At the October 21 Recreation and Parks Board of Commissioners meeting, the five-member board voted to approve the amended and restated agreement with Your Palisades Park Improvement Corporation, including approval of the revised recognition signage. In August 2019, the Commissioners...
PaliHi Football (9-0) Clinches Western League Title, Eyes the City Playoffs
Running its season record to 9-0, the Palisades High football team crushed Fairfax 51-0 last Friday night and seized another Western League championship. But on Homecoming night at Pali’s sold-out Stadium By the Sea, the true heroes were the parents...
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