Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Summer Creative Writing Contest 2023 Opens

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

If your kids are bored, or even if they aren’t, give them a challenge these next two months. Write something longer than a text message. LOL The annual summer creative writing contest sponsored by the Palisades Friends of the Library … Continue reading →

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Homeless, Brush, and Lachman Lane Questioned

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

The public safety fair, co-sponsored by Councilmember Traci Park and the Brentwood and Pacific Palisades Community Council on June 10 in Simon Meadow was rich with information, but meager with attendees. The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness was among … Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents/Fires, Homelessness | 1 Comment

Viewpoint–Adults Need to Step Up Stop After-Hours Park Activities

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

  A middle-school boy was badly injured in a fireworks explosion that happened at the Palisades Recreation Center on June 16 around 10:15 p.m. People can tell he is hurt terribly, because his cries of anguish can be heard on … Continue reading →

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Accidental Journalist Covers Game of the Century

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

By BOB VICKREY One recent evening as I kicked back in my recliner after experiencing a genuinely rotten day, I chose to reminisce and write about a much better one many years ago—which turned out to be one of the … Continue reading →

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Pet Dog Killed by Coyotes in Highlands

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

  When a Highlands resident let out their dog in their fenced yard in the morning on June 16, it was just like every other morning.  And then it wasn’t. The residents 13-year-old medium-sized canine was brutally attacked by two … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals/Pets, Environmental | 3 Comments

Venice Ramada Project Remains Vacant and Won’t House Anyone Until December 2024

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

By ANGELA MCGREGOR (Editor’s note: The following story appeared in a June 15 edition of the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission. CTN printed a story “Sexual Predator Moved into Venice Neighborhood” in August 2022. There were unanswered questions … Continue reading →

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Wildlife District Ordinance District, First Proposed in 2014, Goes to PLUM

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News received several emails from people warning about the proposed L.A. City Wildlife District Ordinance and the need to warn the community. One wrote “The Wildlife Ordinance is 100 time worse than Measure ULA. It will decimate property … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals/Pets, City, Pacific Palisades Community Council | 4 Comments

Black Ink to Close Store on Swarthmore

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

Black Ink, one of Circling the News favorite stores for gifts and holiday items, will close its retail location at 869 Swarthmore at the end of the month. In the 2020 Circling the News Gift Guide this editor wrote: “One … Continue reading →

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Fireworks, Drag Racing at the Recreation Center

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

Those residents who live on the rim of Palisades Recreation Center off Alma Real, Patterson Place and Frontera, have been subjected to illegal fireworks and drag racing on weekend nights for the past few months. Those activities are not harmless … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime/Police, Parks | 3 Comments

The Tragedy of Macbeth Showcased on Topanga Stage

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor You can’t help wonder if Shakespeare’s  Macbeth is reprised at particular moments when we need a refresher course on the disastrous consequences of excessive power and unchecked ambition. The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum last … Continue reading →

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