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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
LAPD Capt. Jonathan Tom Speaks at Community Meeting on Zoom
LAPD Captain III Jonathan Tom, commanding officer of the West Los Angeles Area, spoke during the Pacific Palisades Community Council Zoom meeting on August 13. He addressed various crime-related issues and what it means having the City Council defund the...
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Reese Witherspoon Announces Country Music Competition
By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News With one of the nation’s most popular country music radio stations, KKGO, headquartered nearby in Westwood, maybe it’s not a surprise that Pacific Palisades has its share of country music stalwarts. We’ll...
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Councilman Mike Bonin Hosts Virtual Town Hall on “Reimagining Public Safety”
Six panelists spent the first hour of Councilman Mike Bonin’s town hall on reimagining public safety explaining how the majority of people in Los Angeles support defunding the police. The panelists at the Zoom meeting were Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor Michele...
Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Homelessness
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PaliHi Soccer Player Shane Thomas Dies August 15 After Practicing in Extreme Heat
Shane Thomas, 17, who scored 19 goals as a junior for the Palisades High soccer team, and who was to be a captain this coming season, died suddenly on Saturday, August 15. A memorial was soon organized near the entrance...
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Palisadian Jake Suddleson Graduates Harvard University, Launches Pro Baseball Career
Harvard University has never been a pipeline for Major League baseball, or any other pro sport. So when Pacific Palisades teenager Jake Suddleson, a talented right fielder with professional aspirations, was accepted to Harvard in 2016, he went for “the unparalleled academic...
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Viewpoint: Lamenting the Loss of Village Books and Treasuring Diesel Bookstore
Columnist Bob Vickrey, in an August 7 email to Circling the News, wrote: “Lisa’s stirring up some ‘good trouble’ in town with her letter to the Palisadian-Post.” In her letter, Lisa Kaas Boyle wrote that when she was in law...
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BID Board to Spend $55,072 for Improvements in the Business District
The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) held a special Zoom meeting on August 14, with 13 people in attendance. They approved $55,072 to be used for improvements in the District, which extends along Sunset from Carey to Via de la...
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VIEWPOINT: Parents and Politicians Need to Take Care of Teens
Medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath and one of the promises is “First, do no harm.” On Saturday, Circling the News received an email from a reader: “Aid car called to picnic area below parking lot in rec area...
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Former PaliHi Athlete Ashton Price Is Shot and Killed in Las Vegas
Ashton Price, who graduated from Palisades High School in 2015, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on August 1. He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire during a shootout at a house party in Las Vegas. He...
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L.A. Rec and Park Commissioners Approve Pallet Housing for Homeless at Two Park Sites
At a Zoom meeting on August 6, the L.A. Recreation and Park Commissioners voted 5-0 to allow construction of two separate homeless “towns,” constructed of pallets, at two park sites. At the start of the meeting, L.A. Department of Recreation...
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