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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
PaliHi Grad Sasha Engelmann Melds Artistic Pursuits & Environmentalism
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to CTN You might call Sasha Engelmann, a Renaissance woman. Like Leonardo Da Vinci, the 2007 Palisades High graduate has always been intrigued by both art and science. In high school, she studied photography, the humanities...
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Public Schools Plan to Restart on August 18; Board Member Nick Melvoin Addresses the Issue
LAUSD School Board Member Nick Melvoin was a member of State Senator Ben Allen’s Virtual Town Hall on May 6 at 5:30. He and Allen joined Congressman Ted Lieu and Councilman Mike Bonin to answer questions about public decisions being...
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Last-Minute Gift and Restaurant Ideas for Mother’s Day
RESTAURANTS: Not surprisingly, Mother’s Day is typically the busiest day of the year for restaurants. Given the Covid-19 restrictions, Circling the News urges everyone to order in advance from your favorite restaurant, so that the chef has sufficient supplies of food nobody...
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Local ‘Red Tide’ Produces Spectacular Neon Blue Waves
Many people have noticed the current “red tide,” a brown layer of water just offshore along Pacific Palisades and Southern California beaches. Scientists say that it is caused by a “bloom” of phytoplankton, which are microscopic single-celled organisms that occur naturally in...
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The Great Oak Tree Mystery at the Recreation Center Is Solved
Circling the News published an April 28 story (“Eight Baby Oaks Will Fight for Survival on the Island at Palisades Recreation Center”) that speculated about the mysterious gardener(s) who planted the baby oak seedlings on the circular parcel in front...
Posted in Environmental, Parks
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Opening in June, Anawalt Will Offer Everything One Could Want in a Hardware Store
No retail store closing caused more distress in our community than when the town’s lone hardware store, Norris, closed its doors in July 2018. And no store’s opening is more eagerly awaited than the new Anawalt store coming to Pacific...
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Coping with Covid-19: A Teen’s Middle-School Perspective
By CHAZ PLAGER Special to Circling the News In my opinion, there are three kinds of people dealing with Covid-19. The first are extroverts who are going crazy while stuck inside, and some are spending every waking moment protesting. The...
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Historical Novelist Lisa See Adjusts to Covid-19 Restrictions as Book Tour Is Cancelled/Postponed
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News What’s it like to be a writer in the age of coronavirus? For acclaimed historical novelist Lisa See, it has meant canceling or postponing most of a book tour for her new...
PPRA Seeks Donations to Help Fund an Appeal Regarding the Highlands Eldercare Facility
There is oil underneath the land below the Via de las Olas bluffs and offshore in the Pacific Ocean. In fact, at one time the site was dubbed the Pacific Palisades oil field. Occidental Petroleum projected that 60 oil...
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Catching Up with Readers: A Correction and an Explanation
EVERYBODY VOTE BY MAIL? A CORRECTION: In my May 4 Musings, I wrote: L.A. County Supervisors voted unanimously on May 5 to send vote-by-mail ballots to every person registered for the November general election (six months away), citing concerns about Covid-19 and...
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