Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Osmose Inspectors May Ask to Check Power Poles in Residential Yards

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has hired an outside contractor Osmose to examine the condition of power poles in Pacific Palisades and Brentwood. The company will start Monday, August 28, and the inspection of the more … Continue reading

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“Coming Out West” Featured at Santa Monica History Museum

  By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor Gay and trans men and women living as themselves, with jobs and marriages and dogs and cats and visibility. Extraordinarily ordinary. This is the triumph of community, solidarity, and yes, decades of … Continue reading

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PaliHi Football Team Tromps Roosevelt 42-14

The Palisades High School football team wasted no time in putting points on the scoreboard. They were up 7 to 0 in the first 10 seconds of the game. On the opening kickoff, Dolphin sophomore Lehenry Solomon, received the ball … Continue reading

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Armed Robbery in the Huntington Palisades

  A United States Postal carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the Huntington Palisades on August 21. Gates Security Founder Scott Wagenseller alerted Circling the News to the crime on August 24. “My staff were informed by the Postal Police … Continue reading

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Celebrate the Village Green’s 50th Birthday

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 … Continue reading

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Health Fair this Saturday Sponsored by PALIBU and the YMCA

A Community Health and Wellness Fair will be held Saturday, August 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Simon Meadow, 15551 Sunset Boulevard. This free fair is co-hosted by the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce and the Palisades-Malibu … Continue reading

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Readers Disagree about the Combined Malibu/Palisades Chamber of Commerce

A glossy magazine “PALIBU” Guide, proclaimed “Where Pacific Palisades Meets Malibu” and noted that it was Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce. It appeared in mailboxes this week. The magazine showed a half-page photo of the Bay Theater on Swarthmore … Continue reading

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Palisades Library to Be Closed Three Weeks

The Palisades Branch Library, located at 861 Alma Real, will be closed for three weeks for facility maintenance, which includes painting and hardwood flooring replacement. The closure begins August 28, and the library will reopen on Monday, September 18. The … Continue reading

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Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness Continues to Patrol

The volunteer response team of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness spent a busy morning along Temescal Canyon Road on August 23. There is no camping in that area, which is a very high fire severity zone, and signs … Continue reading

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Legacy of Will Rogers Lives on at Historic Park

More than 300 visitors stopped by Will Rogers State Historic Park on August 13 for Family Day. The five hour event started with a polo match and then  included tours of the historic ranch house, a scavenger hunt, button making … Continue reading

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