Category Archives: City/Councilman Mike Bonin

Traffic Improvements Are Coming for the Notorious Intersection at Chautauqua and PCH

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Sue

Raise your hand if you have been in the right-hand lane on the downhill side of Chautauqua waiting to turn south onto Pacific Coast Highway and someone zooms by you in the adjacent lane and pulls in front of you … Continue reading →

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New Restroom on Rose Avenue Cost the City an Inflated $2 Million

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Sue

An expensive new restroom was built last year with L.A. Rec and Park funds at Rose Avenue along the Venice Ocean Park Walk. The 815-sq.-ft. structure includes 10 stalls. The initial bid to replace the previous structure was $1,783,000, … Continue reading →

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City and State Leaders Address the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club (Part Two)

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran comments by Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Representative Ted Lieu and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. Today, we include comments from State Senator Ben Allen, State Assemblymember Richard Bloom, L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin and LAUSD … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 Vaccination Update: L.A. County Experiencing Difficulty in Rollout; CTN Readers Respond

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Sue

Circling the News received information from several readers that can be summed up by a statement from L.A. County Health Department: “L.A. County will not begin vaccinating people age 65 and older until we complete vaccinations for healthcare workers and receive … Continue reading →

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DRB Holds Final Hearing for Exterior Look of the Historic Business Block Building

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Sue

Surprisingly, there was no public comment as the Palisades Design Review Board held a final review regarding the town’s historic Business Block Building on December 9. The Zoom meeting was held to discuss the proposed new awnings, lighting and … Continue reading →

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Circling the News Readers React AND Inform: Library, Composting and Jack-in-the-Development

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Sue

LIBRARY BOOK DROP: Palisades Branch Librarian Gail Kim notified Circling the News that the book drop at this location will be locked starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23 and will not reopen until 10 a.m. on Monday, January … Continue reading →

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Letter: Planning and Land Use Management Committee Violates Brown Act

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Sue

(Editor’s note: This letter was sent today after the Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting held on December 8, yesterday. It was impossible to join the meeting for the first hour or so. Circling the News made numerous attempts.) … Continue reading →

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Mystery Is Solved Re: ‘No Affordable Housing’ in the Palisades

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sue

Pacific Palisades residents were scolded and told by the City Planning Commissioners at an August meeting that they were elitist, that this town lacked affordable housing, and that residents needed to be shown the error of their ways. Even though … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 and a City That’s Crying “Wolf”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue

As a child, I was read Aesop Fables, a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC.I still remember “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” The Tortoise … Continue reading →

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LAPD Beach Detail in Jeopardy: Letter Sent to Mayor, Councilman

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Sue

Charred Material Found in Three Abandoned Homeless Camps Circling the News received the following report this morning, October 27, from the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness: “We accompanied our beach detail this morning and found three abandoned camps in … Continue reading →

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