Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

YMCA-Optimist Track Meet Will be Held June 5

There is just too much pressure on parents. After all, Tiger Woods’ father started him playing golf when he was 3. The father of Serena and Venus Williams started them with tennis at 4 and 7, respectively. Palisades parents feel...

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School Board Member Nick Melvoin Expresses Support for Solar at PaliHi

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News During a student-run press conference, Palisades Charter High School students recently grilled LAUSD board member Nick Melvoin about how the district is fighting climate change. They sought to push Melvoin and the district to...

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Joyous Celebration at Public Library

Friends of the Palisades Library hosted a “grand reopening” celebration at the library, 861 Alma Real Drive on May 21. And it was grand. The library had been closed for nearly two years – first because of the pandemic and...

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Three Candidates Vie for LAUSD’s District 4 School Board Race

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, the incumbent school board member for District 4, faces a challenge from two newcomers: parent Gentille Barkhordarian and teacher Tracey Schroeder. District 4 covers West L.A. and parts of the West...

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DWP Scandal Shows City Corruption Is Deep

  Little did Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials know that when they installed a new billing system in 2013, it would lead to and expose corruption in the highest levels of city government. The story revolves in...

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Celebrate National Poppy Day May 27

This year, National Poppy Day is May 27. On that day, Americans are asked to remember the sacrifices made by veterans, while they were protecting our freedoms, by wearing a red poppy. The Post 283 Auxiliary shared poppies at the...

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County Supervisor Candidates Spar in CD3 Forum

By ANGELA MCGREGORA A fast-paced forum to find Sheila Kuehl’s replacement for L.A. County Supervisor was held live (and live  streamed) in Venice, on Thursday, May 19. Hosted by The Westside Current, Circling the News, the Santa Monica Daily Press...

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Adopt a Dog: 8 Rescued from a Kill Shelter

Westside Current Editor Jamie Paige traveled to Riverside County and rescued eight dogs that were on the euthanasia list. She worked with the rescue Bella Vita to save the canines that had been put in a shelter because of a...

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Protesting

(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 20th book, came out May 3. He wrote it with Sonya Curry, mom of NBA legend Stephen Curry click here. When Eisenstock is not writing, he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love...

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Palisades Library Will Celebrate Its Reopening on Saturday

CTN remembers whining, “When will the library reopen?” “How come I have to go to Mar Vista to pick up a book?” “Why is this the last library to open after Covid?” The Palisades Library has reopened, and the new...

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