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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
First Annual Octoberfest 5K Charity Run/Walk
Residents have been waiting to get back on the 5K run/walk circuit – especially after the Will Rogers 5/10 K has been cancelled two years in a row. Now, the Palisades Lutheran Church is hosting its first annual Octoberfest 5K...
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Water and Power Bills Too High? Call Ratepayer Advocate Pickel
Residents continue to be dismayed over the dramatically rising utility bills and register complaints with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Other residents feel there is nothing they can do to fight DWP, and just pay the bills....
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community
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DWP Gives the City an Annual Donation to Meet Its Budget
At the annual Palisades Democratic Club meeting on January 31, one person complained on Zoom about his high DWP bills. Mayor Eric Garcetti asked that person to contact his office and he would help. How helpful will the Mayor be? Circling...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin
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Smoke, Trees, and Points in Between
Last week’s weather reports in western South Dakota included a daily smoke report and showed where people in Wyoming, Montana, South and North Dakota might suffer ill health after days of breathing the smoke invading from fires in California. Many...
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Reverend Matt Hardin Leads Palisades Presbyterian
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News As a child, Reverend Matt Hardin attended a small church in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, built during the Civil War. About a dozen people came to services, and a minister traveled to...
Palisades Design Review Board Disapproves The Hydration Room
At the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board virtual hearing on September 22, the board unanimously voted to disapprove The Hydration Room. The Hydration Room, which gives vitamin and other IV infusions, was proposed for the space formerly occupied by...
Posted in General
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Dozens of Volunteers Gather Trash from Palisades Streets, Sidewalks and Parks
Pacific Palisades is a whole lot cleaner thanks to numerous volunteers, and especially Robin Weitz, who organized the inaugural community cleanup on Saturday morning. “We had a great turnout,” Weitz said, noting that volunteers gathered at the Village Green before...
Palisades Civic League Meets Today
The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet via Zoom on Monday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is a perfect opportunity...
Posted in General, Real Estate
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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Give it a Third Jab
(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 19th book “Redeeming Justice” co-written with Jarrett Adams, came out on September 14 and was named the Best Book of September by Amazon. “A consuming tale of a broken legal system, its trail of ruin...
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Suspected Wrongdoing at the DWP and City Attorney’s Office Is Uncovered
The following tale, which has more turns than a mystery novel, involves the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, misconduct at the City Attorney’s Office and the increasingly high utility rates paid by residents. The story begins in 2013...
Posted in Community, Crime/Police
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