Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

New Restroom on Rose Avenue Cost the City an Inflated $2 Million

  An expensive new restroom was built last year with L.A. Rec and Park funds at Rose Avenue along the Venice Ocean Park Walk. The 815-sq.-ft. structure includes 10 stalls. The initial bid to replace the previous structure was $1,783,000,...

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Help Save the 2021 Junior Lifeguard Program

Last summer, the County’s Junior Lifeguard Program was cancelled because of Covid worries. The program, which is held at the beach for youth, ages 9 to 17, provides instruction in water safety, swimming, body surfing, surfing, physical conditioning, competition skills,...

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Palisades-Malibu YMCA Update

Palisades-Malibu YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley spoke to Circling the News on February 4 about reopening the facility on Via de la Paz , tax deductions and the new food distribution program that is held every Thursday between noon and...

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Dogs and Cats

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 last March: sending a weekly Covid-themed...

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Palisades Alliance for Seniors Offers “Grief” Program on Zoom on February 18

The Palisades Alliance for Seniors will hold a virtual meeting with the topic “What Is This Thing Called Grief?” at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 18. The guest speaker will be Joanne Weingarten, Psy.D., Senior Clinical Coordinator of Adult Programs...

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Hugelkultur: The Antithesis of Lawns, Concrete and Astro Turf

Residents enjoyed a fascinating landscaping presentation on February 1 when Shawn Maestretti and Leigh Adams spoke to the Pacific Palisades Garden Club via Zoom. Co-hosted by Palisades Beautiful, the duo from Studio Petrichor explained, “We are on a mission to restore...

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City and State Leaders Address the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club (Part Two)

(Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran comments by Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Representative Ted Lieu and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. Today, we include comments from State Senator Ben Allen, State Assemblymember Richard Bloom, L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin and LAUSD...

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VIEWPOINT: An Unresolved, Ongoing Debate about Censorship on Nextdoor Palisades

Should the post ‘Schools Opening – Why Aren’t the Children the Priority?’ be censored on Nextdoor? Our country was founded on free speech and that includes speech you might not like or speech that you may not agree with. Our Founding...

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Girl Scout Cookies Available Here, Or for Shipping

With the plea from readers who wanted to know how to get their annual “fix” of Girl Scout cookies, the response was immediate. Lynn Mack-Costello, a former CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and a lifetime member, wrote...

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Annexing the Palisades”—A Radio Play about Rustic Canyon’s Notorious Murphy Ranch

  By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Violent extremism not only burst through on Jan. 6 at the Capitol, it also hid at a beautiful 50-acre estate in Rustic Canyon before World War II. The Murphy Ranch, which is the...

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