Category Archives: Community

Viewpoint: UNDERDOG Will Save the Day

Whenever Sweet Polly Purebreds (aka Palisades residents) are being victimized by developers, L.A. City Planning, the Planning and Land Use Committee and L.A. City Council, we sing “Oh where or where has my UNDERDOG [Mike Bonin] gone, oh, where oh … Continue reading

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Steven Rottman, an Expert at Detecting Computer Fraud, Offers Tips to Optimist Club Members

When Steven Rottman of Roving Technology was asked to speak to the Optimist Club on February 2, members had so many questions that he agreed to stay after the meeting to answer them. He also gave some Wi-Fi and email … Continue reading

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AT&T Tower Is Now Secure; Castellammare Residents May Finally Have Continuous Service 

A Pacific Palisades resident who did the detective work to find out why the Castellammare area is often without AT&T services, wrote to CTN: “Every time I thought the problem was solved, the AT&T tower would be vandalized, leaving us without … Continue reading

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

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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Theatre Palisades Youth Member Suffers Bike Accident, Is Recovering in the ICU

Theatre Palisades Youth Director Lara Ganz sent out the following plea in a February 12 email. “One of our cherished community members and her family are in need of our support,” Ganz said. “Molly Steinsapir was seriously injured in a … Continue reading

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Sarena Hayer Looks Back with Appreciation for a Valuable Rotary Scholarship 

  Sarena Hayer, who is in her last year at the Albert Medical School at Brown University, spoke recently about a Rotary Foundation District Scholarship that paid for a year of graduate school at the London School of Economics in … Continue reading

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PLUM Committee to Re-Hear Controversial Project at Former Jack-in-the-Box Location

The L.A. City Planning and Land Use Committee will rehear plans for a controversial project to be built at the former Jack-in-the-Box site (17346 Sunset Blvd.) at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16 in a virtual meeting. At the prior … Continue reading

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Interesting Details about the Radcliffe Celebrity Shuffle

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News (Editor’s note: After Circling the News noted that Keri Russell, Jennifer Garner, Tom Brady’s son and Helen Gurley Brown had lived on Radcliffe Street, we received the following update.) You may need … Continue reading

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Spotty Wireless Communication Is an Issue in Pacific Palisades

On February 5, Pacific Palisades Community Council Area 8 Representative Reza Akef wrote an email to Circling the News and PPCC members that he wanted that body to address Spectrum/Frontier services here. Akef noted that “The customer service doesn’t care when … Continue reading

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Palisades-Malibu YMCA Update

Palisades-Malibu YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley spoke to Circling the News on February 4 about reopening the facility on Via de la Paz , tax deductions and the new food distribution program that is held every Thursday between noon and … Continue reading

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