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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Ponies, Button Making and Roping on Sunday at Will Rogers Park
Will Rogers State Historic Park has a big day planned for families on Sunday, August 13. Activities start at 11 a.m. with a Will Rogers Polo Club Match. “After seeing kids play polo against big guys, it only shows that...
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Village Green Will Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary: Westside Jazz Ensemble to Play
The Palisades Village Green is turning 50 years old and the board of directors of this triangular private park are asking the community to join in the festivities from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 27. “We want...
Diesel Bookstore Is for Sale
Diesel bookstore owners Alison Reid and John Evans sent an August 8 letter to customers telling them that their well-known and respected bookstore in Brentwood Country Mart is now for sale. “If you or someone you know might be interested...
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Garbage Pick-Up Tomorrow to Be Delayed Because of Strike
City employees who are represented by SEIU local 721, including sanitation workers, traffic officers and engineers, have authorized a one-day strike on Tuesday, August 8. For Pacific Palisades residents that means garbage day on Tuesday will be delayed by a...
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Behind the Post: The LA Times Propagandizes on Behalf of Bonin’s Favorite Developer
(Editor’s note: The story first ran on the Westside Current on August 7 and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR The L.A. Times ran a July 30 editorial (“Are L.A. leaders trying to sabotage homeless housing in Venice?”) that suggests...
Posted in City, Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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Week Four – Plager’s Final Report from Japan
(Editor’s note: Chaz Plager, who will be a senior at Palisades High School and started writing for Circling the News last year, went to Japan for a month as part of a cultural exchange with a group sponsored by The...
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Viewpoint: Affordable Housing Exists in Pacific Palisades, Despite Statements to the Contrary
“There you go again,” was a phrase spoken during the second presidential debate of 1980 by Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan to his Democratic opponent, incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Reagan used the line in several debates over the years, always...
Toppel learns IRS Letter Not a Scam
Marquez resident Haldis Toppel received an IRS letter in the mail that she originally thought was a scam. She went the social media app Nextdoor to warn people about the scam, but instead learned the letter was legitimate. Toppel...
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Westside Offers Adult Showcase This Saturday
You have already seen Oppenheimer and Barbie, the beaches will be packed this weekend. What to do? Here is something special happening this Saturday, tomorrow, August 5. The Westside School of Ballet is hosting an adult showcase at 1 and...
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Ballona Cleared: Damage Could be Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
The RVs were mostly gone from the strip of land along Jefferson Boulevard in Playa del Rey that borders the Ballona Wetlands. This is an environmentally sensitive area that serves as a migratory bird stop for the millions of birds...
Posted in Animals/Pets, Environmental, Homelessness
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