Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

SM Conservancy Hosts Two Zoom Events: Marion Davies Celebration and Nisei Memories

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARION! A Zoom presentation celebrating Marion Davies — silent film actress, famed party hostess and the original Beach House resident — will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 31. The celebration from the Annenberg Community Beach House,...

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Crystals Turn over Honorary Mayor Duties to Eugene Levy

Although there were rumors that Pacific Palisades Honorary Mayors Billy and Janice Crystal might not participate in a peaceful transfer of power to new Mayor Eugene Levy, the fears were unfounded. “This is the first peaceful transition of nonpower,” Billy...

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DRB Discusses Renovation Plans for Historic Structures at Chautauqua/PCH Corner 

Plans regarding the two small buildings located at the triangular intersection between West Channel Road, Chautauqua and PCH came before the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board on January 13 on Zoom. Circling the News contacted local historian Randy Young prior...

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CRIME: Pacific Palisades through January 23

CRIME: The following crimes were reported in Pacific Palisades through January. The PP Senior Lead Officer generally sends a weekly report and Officer James Allen, who has replaced the retired Michael Moore, filed the following report. These are the reported...

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Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers and Lawn Mowers: How about Making Them Go Away?

Resilient Palisades will present a free discussion about gas-powered blowers from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2. Dan Mabe, landscape expert and American Green Zone Alliance founder, will host a discussion that aims to teach residents how to...

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Refillery LA Truck Comes to Pacific Palisades This Thursday on Temescal Canyon Road

Every time I buy body lotion, the old plastic bottle gets thrown away in my blue recycling bin. But is it actually recycled? No one can say with certainty, so the latest project from Resilient Palisades piqued my interest: a...

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Hazel Tate Spearheads Sack Lunch Effort in Pacific Palisades

“Volunteering is love in motion,” Hazel Tate told Circling the News on January 22. If that is the case, Tate must have one of the biggest hearts in Pacific Palisades. When the Covid pandemic closed down Los Angeles in March, Tate...

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PaliHi Parent Leads Campaign to Reopen L.A. Public Schools

Ross Novie, the father of two Palisades High School students, is leading a non-partisan campaign, LA School Uprising, asking that public schools reopen. Novie told Circling the News that his daughter, 16, and son, 14, have suffered the effects of...

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Residents Make Plea to Commissioners to “Save” Venice

During public comment at the January 21 meeting of the L.A. Department of Recreation and Park Commissioners, three different Venice residents made statements about their local park — and it was chilling. “It is a complete and total breakdown of...

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Celebrating Our “Second Gentleman”

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

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