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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
Home Builder on Via Is Caught Trying to “Game the System,” City Responds
On March 22, a Circling the News reader sent photos and a note regarding a house under construction at 430 Via de la Paz: “The builder is apparently trying to game the City/Community by building up a flat pad by about...
Posted in Community, Real Estate
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VIEWPOINT: Homeless at Will Rogers, the PPCC meeting and the Elephant in the Room
By NINA MADOK Special to Circling the News After participating in the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting on April 8 and listening to the comments of concerned citizens and council members alike opposed to Councilman Bonin’s motion to house...
Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist – “It’s Magic!”
Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in March 2020: sending a weekly...
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Bonin’s Homeless Plan Faces Withering Opposition at the Pacific Palisades Community Council Meeting
“The Chamber of Commerce is opposing this motion,” said Fay Vahdani, the Chamber’s representative on the Pacific Palisades Community Council. “We’ve seen what has happened in Brentwood and Venice and it has destroyed those communities.” Lasting nearly two hours, last...
Westchester’s Neighborhood Council Hears Bonin’s Homeless Plan
(Editor’s note: The following story “Residents Speak Passionately About Bonin’s ‘Plan to End Homelessness’ at Westchester NC Meeting” appeared in an April 7 issue of Venice Current and is reprinted with permission. Visit: Venicecurrent.com) More than 450 residents were on...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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Covid-19 Update in Pacific Palisades
Circling the News received an anonymous letter stating that there were Covid-related deaths/illnesses that were affecting a business in town. They noted that Cal/OSHA and the Los Angeles County Department of Health had been notified. Since the outbreak and reporting...
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Tired of Rising DWP Electrical Bills? Want to Go Green? Fill Out This Survey from Resilient Palisades
Resilient Palisades is asking all residents, including those with and without solar panels, to take a survey so that TP can better understand if a microgrid would be feasible here. Take the survey: (Survey) A microgrid is distributed energy resources within...
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Sara Jane Boyers Helps Residents Celebrate Poetry Month
April is poetry month. In that spirit, Santa Monica Canyon resident Sara Jane Boyers posts a daily poem with one of her photos at the Little Free Library located in Rustic Canyon. “It was a hit with passersby and library visitors...
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Homeless Fire Destroys Five Acres of Ballona Wetlands
(Editor’s note: the story “LAFD: Homeless Encampment Likely Case of Fire at Ballona Wetlands” ran in Venice Current on on April 7. It is reprinted with permission. Visit: venicecurrent.com.) A fire that destroyed five acres of wetlands in Playa del...
Posted in Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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Palisades High Town Hall Set for Wednesday Evening on Zoom
A group of parents have formed Pali High Parents Care (PHPC) and helped organize a town hall with school administrators tomorrow (April 7) at 7 p.m. to help understand why the school is not reopening for in-classroom instruction this spring....
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