Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Trash Overflowing on Via de la Paz and Antioch

A resident contacted Circling the News and asked why businesses aren’t taking care of the overflowing trash on Via de la Paz and Antioch. Besides being an eyesore, it could become a sanitary hazard, the person said, and pointed out that two...

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Viewpoint: Now Is The Time to Come Together

Now is the time for us to come together as a nation and work to make sure that every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive. We all need to do what we can, as individuals — at home,...

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Palisades Recreation Center Office Undergoes a $72,000 Renovation–At Long Last 

On May 21, the L.A. Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners approved a $72,000 construction project at the Palisades Recreation Center that will renovate the floors and ceilings and replace office windows in the 1958 building. The long-waited construction at...

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National Guard Comes to Pacific Palisades to Enforce Curfew and Deter Looters

Circling the News received the following email this morning: “Just wondering what is going on this a.m. in the Palisades….is the National Guard around?” Saturday night at Fairfax and Melrose, near Rick Caruso’s Grove, and then Sunday afternoon in Santa...

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Gyms, Fitness Centers and Dance Studios, Including Westside Ballet, Fight for Survival Amid Covid-19 Restrictions

  Yvonne Mounsey founded Westside School of Ballet in 1967 and trained dancers of all ages until her passing in 2012. A former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, she danced the lead in numerous ballets for George Balachine....

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VIEWPOINT: There Is No Excuse for the Violence

The nonstop news on Saturday night, May 30, covered the looting and fires happening along Fairfax and Melrose in Los Angeles. The camera followed a man running out of an Adidas store carrying four boxes of shoes, and I thought,...

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Years in the Works, There’s a New Hydration Station/Water Fountain at Will Rogers State Park

A brotherhood of local runners is responsible for the hydration station/water fountain that was installed by the restrooms at Will Rogers State Park in early March. The saga of how it took 18 years for this water station  to become...

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Why Was a Two-Story House on Edgar Street Reclassified As a Three-Story Dwelling?

What happens if a single-family house structure, approved for two stories, suddenly “grows” and becomes an approved three-story structure? Some unhappy neighbors. That’s what happened when a new home on Edgar Street in the Marquez area was reclassified from two the...

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After a Stroke, Dana Rivera Had to Relearn to Walk; She Now Leads Recovery Groups

It was scary. Parents were huddled together at a baseball field in Santa Monica in June 2009, worried about Dana Rivera, who was in the hospital following a stroke. Her son Nicky was playing, but no one was sure about...

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The Ongoing Reality: Elderly in Nursing Homes Are Most at Risk for Covid-19

According to the L.A. County Public Health website, 2,143 people have died from Covid-19 in the county through May 26. Ninety-three percent of those who have died (1,993) had underlying conditions. Forty-seven percent of the people who died (1,007) were in nursing...

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