Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Pizzulli Seeks to Build Eight Homes along Las Pulgas Canyon By SARAH STOCKMAN Special to Circling the News (Editor’s note: Stockman has been reporting on this controversial project since its inception.)  On October 1, the Los Angeles Department of City...

The Bad, the Ugly and the Uglier: Palisades Village Not a Good Neighbor  Caruso Closes Streets Illegally Los Angeles has rules about street closures. First you must obtain a permit from Street Services to close the street. Than you must...

Board Votes for New Bathrooms at the Rec Center      Palisades Recreation Center Director Erich Haas told the Park Advisory Board on October 17 that it had to make a decision about the park’s bathrooms because they need to...

Mystery Ocean Barge Is an Electrical Project Pacific Palisades Rotary Club member Jim Hahn wondered about the barge, with cranes, that has been located in Santa Monica Bay, off Gladstone’s. Other locals have expressed similar concerns, with some residents worried...

Methodist Bazaar Starts Thursday The United Methodist Women will hold their annual Country Bazaar over three days at the Community United Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. On Thursday, October 25, from 7 to 9 p.m., admission is $5 and includes dessert....

Residents Want their Neighborhood Back By LOLA COFFEY Alphabet Street residents (those nearest the Caruso Palisades Village development) have coined the phrase, “placebo effect” to describe the (unpermitted) signs that Caruso placed around the community, ostensibly to let employees of...

Dolphins Rout University, 35-0, Remain Tied for First PHOTOS: TANYA BARCESSAT As expected, the Palisades High football team easily dispatched University, 35-0, on Friday night to remain in a three-way tie for first-place in the Western League. Closing out league...

Free Flu Vaccination Clinic The 2017-2018 flu season was a bad one, with flu and its complications killing around 80,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Experts say that was the highest flu death toll...

Caruso’s Village Parking Updated Caruso’s Palisades Village has been the source of many complaints from residents about the lack of parking validation and also the number of Palisades Village employees parking in the street. Residents, under the umbrella of Protect...

 ‘The Advocates’ Opens Tonight Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness former president Maryam Zar said that “The Advocates,” a documentary on Los Angeles’ homeless crisis, had its origins in Pacific Palisades. “Advocates” Director/Producer Rémi Kessler visited the Palisades to see...