Monthly Archives: March 2022

CD 11 Candidate Forum Will Be Held April 6

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Sue

A CD 11 Candidate Forum will be held with an invited audience and also via Zoom, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6. Hosted by the Westside Current and Circling the News, the editors have some great questions and also … Continue reading →

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Wen Chen Addresses Chinese Propaganda, Persecution of Falun Gong and Organ Harvesting

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Sue

Wen Chen told the Palisades Rotary Club in February that she initially believed that the Tiananmen Massacre never happened. Born and raised in China, she came to Cal Tech as a graduate student in 1995. “My friends asked me about … Continue reading →

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Oversized Business Signs Invoke Community Concern

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Sue

(Editor’s note: I wrote this story in June 2017 and I’m reprinting it for people who may have not followed the sign issue, that was raised when the Palisadian-Post, which occupies one office in the 881 Alma Real Building, was … Continue reading →

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PaliHi Students Robbed in Alley by Methodist Church

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Sue

A resident wrote Circling the News that a “couple of Palisades High School students” were robbed around 5 p.m. on March 21, in the alleyway next to the Methodist Church. According to the teens, a car with three black males stopped … Continue reading →

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Asking the Wrong Question, Can Give the Wrong Answer: Housing First Doesn’t Help the Mentally Ill

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Sue

Los Angeles can never take care of its homeless population unless it starts asking the correct question: how many people have mental issues?  Is there an institutional setting in which they can be helped? Jimmy Dean, a homeless woman, who … Continue reading →

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Simon’s “Prisoner of Second Avenue” Reverberates to Today’s World

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Sue

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor Despite all the challenges of the last two years, Theatre Palisades’ stalwart cast and crew prevailed and reopened last Friday night with Neil Simon’s “The Prisoner of Second Avenue.” Thanking the full house, … Continue reading →

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Seniors Neglected by City of Los Angeles

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Sue

A Westchester senior asked Circling the News, “Why are the seniors not taken care of?” In Los Angeles, one in four people are identified as a “senior” citizen (60+). According to an 2016 Empower La study “Purposeful Aging,” (https://empowerla.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Purposeful-Aging-6222016b.pdf), the … Continue reading →

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Monday’s Rainfall Brings Town Close to Its Season Average

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Sue

  About 1.1 inches of rain fell across Pacific Palisades yesterday, ending a 12-week dry spell during what is normally the “rainy” season. Thanks to 10.1 inches of rain in December, the Palisades is now close to its annual average of 13.78 … Continue reading →

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$50 Million Spent on Potrero, Maybe More, and Still No Park

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Sue

The latest estimate for the opening of the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon is now this fall, Pacific Palisades Community Council President David Card told members at their March 24 meeting. For readers who keep track of always-elastic construction … Continue reading →

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Street Tree Planting Is Underway in Pacific Palisades

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Sue

The Palisades Forestry Committee, under the auspices of the Pacific Palisades Community Council, has pledged to plant 100 trees this year to help celebrate the town’s centennial. The first of the hundred, a Coast Live Oak, was planted at Founders … Continue reading →

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