Category Archives: Community

Michael Edlen Donates $10,500 to Task Force on Homelessness

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Michael Edlen, one of the most philanthropic Pacific Palisades residents, just gave a check for $10,500 to the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH). PPTFH volunteer Nancy Klopper wrote in an email to CTN that “Michael represents more than buyers and...

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Pacific Palisades 1958 Killer Slide

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Stewart Slavin posted the story below on his Facebook. Circling the News asked if we could post it for readers. Slavin is a longtime resident who has worked as a foreign correspondent in Asia and the Pacific granted...

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At Oratorical Contest, Students Prove They Are Optimists, Too

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Eight young contestants delivered inspirational, optimistic messages on March 31 in the Palisades Lutheran Church Sanctuary, with about 100 people in the audience. The annual Optimist Oratorical Contest featured the theme “Staying Optimistic in Challenging Times.” The emcee this year...

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Fundraiser for Children of Ukraine and a Hospitalized Theatre Palisades Founder

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Theatre Palisades Youth Director Lara Ganz is organizing a fundraiser that will support a TP founder, Cindie Wright Banks, as well as children in Mariupol, Ukraine. The youth will be performing “Puffs” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 9. Tickets are...

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Homeless Woman Attacks Visitor with Vile Substance along RV Row in the Ballona Wetlands 

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

An oversized porta-potty, paid for by Councilman Mike Bonin, has been placed adjacent to the environmentally sensitive Ballona Wetlands for those living in a long line of illegally parked RVs on Jefferson Boulevard. A woman who lives in one of...

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Garden Club Will Feature Speakers on Japanese Flower Arranging

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Patricia Ziegler and Gabriel Pacheco will give a presentation on the Sogetsu School of Ikebana for the Palisades Garden Club at 7 p.m. on April 4, via Zoom. Ikebana means “living flowers” in Japanese and is a term used to...

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Wen Chen Addresses Chinese Propaganda, Persecution of Falun Gong and Organ Harvesting

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Wen Chen told the Palisades Rotary Club in February that she initially believed that the Tiananmen Massacre never happened. Born and raised in China, she came to Cal Tech as a graduate student in 1995. “My friends asked me about...

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Marshall Ingwerson to Address Task Force on Reducing Homelessness

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Marshall Ingwerson, a journalist, former editor-in-chief of the Christian Science Monitor and founder of the “What Works Initiative” a project to spread public awareness on issues of public concern, will speak at the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness community Zoom meeting...

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Rotary Steps Up for Village Green Fountain Maintenance

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades Rotary Club presented a check for $1,000 to the Village Green Board on March 21 to help maintain the fountain, which is enclosed by brick and features small brass dolphins. “We are so very grateful for the donation...

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Palisades Civic League Meets on Monday

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet via Zoom on Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is the perfect opportunity...

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