Category Archives: Community

City Council Committee Hearing on Thursday Will Address Using Beaches and Parks to House Homeless

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Sue

On March 31, without alerting neighborhoods in City Council District 11, Councilmen Mike Bonin and Mark Ridley-Thomas sent the following motion (Council File 21-0350). The proposal seeks to provide temporary-style housing for the homeless at several sites, including Will Rogers State Beach, … Continue reading →

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Tell LAPD Officials that Rusty Redican Should Be Our Town’s New Senior Lead Officer 

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Sue

Many residents have noticed that since January, when Michael Moore retired as the LAPD’s Senior Lead Officer for Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, we have had four temporary officers. All have been effective, but one reader emailed Circling the News on … Continue reading →

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Palisadians to Discuss ‘Heroes of the Maze,’ a Diesel Bookstore Virtual Event Thursday Evening

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Sue

Join Pacific Palisades residents Tessa and Chloe Smigla as they discuss “Heroes of the Maze” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 6, during a virtual story-time event. To register:  Click Here. The sisters are the adopted children of Palisadians Lisa … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Crawford Recalls 18 Eventful Years Working with Arnie Wishnick at the Chamber

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Sue

When Arnie Wishnick was executive director of the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce, his “sidekick” was the ever-dependable Marilyn Crawford, who worked as his assistant for 18 years, until he retired in September 2018. Crawford told Circling the News that … Continue reading →

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Members of Community Council’s Executive Board Are Perturbed about City/County Inaction

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Sue

The Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a letter on April 29 to County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Mike Bonin asking them, “Will you reject or withdraw any proposal to use the public state beach parking lots for … Continue reading →

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Will There Be a Fourth of July 5/10K Race?

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Sue

Brian Shea, the Will Rogers 5/10K Race Director and Founder, filed for a race permit in March, after Durrah Wagner, the former field representative for Councilman Mike Bonin, told him in a January email: “I have checked in with my … Continue reading →

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Ceremony Honors Carol Leacock and the Los Leones “Glamazons”

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Sue

Leacock Moves to Santa Fe after Decades of Activism By SUE PASCOE and BILL BRUNS Friends gathered Friday morning at Los Leones Gateway Park to bid goodbye to Carol Leacock, a treasured environmental leader in Pacific Palisades and a former … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Environmental, Parks | 2 Comments

Palisadian June Capp, 106, Receives Covid Shot; She Has Known Many Celebrities in Her Neighborhood

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Sue

June Capp, who will turn 107 on May 17, is most likely the oldest person in Pacific Palisades. She recently made a trip to CVS with hair stylist George Hutchinson (who has a salon, George and Company, on Via de la … Continue reading →

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Community Council Sends Letter to Judge Carter

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Sue

The Pacific Palisades Community Council has sent a letter to Judge David Carter, responding to his April 20 injunction that would require the City and County to undertake much more action to address the homeless crisis. Specifically, the City must … Continue reading →

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Palisades Optimist Club Delivers $15,000 to 21 Local Nonprofits

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Sue

  After a year of Covid, which shut down all meetings — and traditional fundraising events — the Pacific Palisades Optimist Club used its own resources to raise money for 21 local nonprofits. Annually, thanks to receiving net profits from … Continue reading →

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