Monthly Archives: August 2022

Ben Affleck Puts Palisades House on the Market

By BERNICE FOX Even before he said “I do” to Jennifer Lopez last month, there was every chance longtime Palisadian Ben Affleck might leave the community. Now Affleck has put his Pacific Palisades home on the market. He’s asking just … Continue reading

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Fact or B.S. #4: Bonin Needed Information Before Voting Against Encampments at Schools

One of my son’s favorite television shows growing up was Mythbusters. Each episode focused on popular beliefs, Internet rumors or other myths. The cast would examine each myth and then either confirm or debunk it. Circling the News is now … Continue reading

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West Edge, Formerly Martin Expo Town Center, Formerly Martin Cadillac Will Have 600 “Luxury” Apartments

(This is the first in a two-part series. Tomorrow more information will follow about the luxury/affordable housing.) Martin Cadillac was located at Bundy and Olympic in West LA. The owners worked with City officials to get permits for an oversized … Continue reading

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Electric Bikes Not Designed for Those Younger than 16

Pacific Palisades residents Kaye and Jonathan Steinsapir, the parents of Molly Steinsapir, have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Rad Power Bikes, a Seattle-based e-bike company. Molly, 12, and a friend were riding a Rad Runner … Continue reading

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New Book Features Thomas Mann, the Nobel Laureate of San Remo Drive

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor When the homeland becomes foreign, the foreign becomes the homeland. This sentence was the blueprint for so many of the German anti-fascists who fled Hitler’s savage despotism to find refuge in the United … Continue reading

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Corpus Will Host the Dr. Martini Blood Drive

For many decades, beloved founding parishioner and retired pediatrician, Dr. Michael Martini led the annual American Red Cross Blood Drive at Corpus Christi Church, the American Legion and for the Pacific Palisades Optimist Club. At the age of 97 he is … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Most Running Unopposed for PP Community Council

“All politics is local,” is a phrase commonly associated with Tip O’Neill, former speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives. For Pacific Palisades residents that phrase should mean that residents care as much about local issues as state or … Continue reading

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Dylan Knight Operates “Fitness from Within”

  BY ALISON BURMEISTER When Dylan Knight was attending grade school at Marquez Elementary and taking martial arts lessons with Gerry Blanck in 1996, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recognized the very first nationally accredited certificate for personal … Continue reading

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Traffic Collision Claims Life at Palisades Bowl

  On July 22, around 7:55 p.m. a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian occurred at Pacific Place east of Terrace Drive at Palisades Bowl (off Pacific Coast Highway). A student, Emily, 20s, was hit and was transported to … Continue reading

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REVIEW: Trouble The Water Details Life of African-American Congressman

BY LAUREL BUSBY Photos: IAN FLANDERS Trouble the Water explores the life of little-known hero Robert Smalls, the first African-American U.S. congressman, who commandeered a Southern ship to lead a daring sea escape during the Civil War. The world premiere … Continue reading

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