Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Palisades YMCA Will Reopen Monday; a Good Friday Service Will Feature Father Boyle and Mayor Garcetti

The Palisades-Malibu YMCA will reopen for customers on Monday, April 5. The offerings will include the fitness equipment at the gym, group classes at Simon Meadow and possible lap-swimming time at PaliHi’s aquatic center. Initially, the hours at the facility on...

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Posted in Community, Health | 1 Comment

What to Do If a Homeless Person Parks on Your Street and Will Not Move

The increasing number of homeless people parking on residential streets in Pacific Palisades has led residents to ask what they can do about the situation. For example, one resident wrote in an email to CTN, “Some neighbors here want people...

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Posted in Homelessness | 4 Comments

CRIME: LAPD Discovers Fire Pit; Weekly Crime

LAPD Beach Patrol Discovers Fire Pit The LAPD Beach Patrol that works with the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness made a discovery on March 29. A firepit had been set up at the base of the Via de las...

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Did You Score 100 Percent?

On March 25, Circling the News offered readers a quiz about the L.A. Department of Water and Power to see if they could understand why some of their bills have risen astronomically since 2013. There was a class action lawsuit...

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Marilyn Crawford Organized Unique Party Favors: Try Joan Graves Chocolate Cake

Marilyn Crawford who started working with Arnie Wishnick at the Palisades Chamber of Commerce in December 1999, was responsible for helping to organize the annual Chamber installation dinners. One year she sought recipes from celebs and other dignitaries. She told...

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Letter: Coastal Permit Invalid; Waiting City Response

(Editor’s note: The following letter was sent on March 28 and shared with Circling the News. Dersh had pointed out to the City in an earlier email that the building permit was issued in May 2016 and construction did not...

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Posted in Real Estate | 1 Comment

Trunk Line Ruptures Sending Thousands of Gallons of Water down Sunset

A trunk/main water line ruptured in the 16100 block of Sunset Boulevard (at Muskingum) at 7:43 p.m. on Sunday evening. Water flowing downhill like river rapids made it dangerous for pedestrians and motorists. LAFD responded and all lanes of Sunset...

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Posted in Accidents/Fires, Community | 2 Comments

CRIME: Shooting on PCH Near Temescal Canyon Road 

Circling the News received the following information from a resident, who was traveling southbound on Temescal Canyon Road around 7 a.m. today (Sunday). “A man on the side of the road right at PCH and Temescal was lying on the...

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Novelist Larry McMurtry Dies at Age 84

(Editor’s note: Larry Jeff McMurtry (June 3, 1936 – March 25, 2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or Texas. Movies adapted from McMurtry’s works earned 34 Oscar...

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Worry, Doubt and Trouble

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 a year ago: sending a weekly...

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Posted in Arts | 1 Comment