Category Archives: Community

PPRA Seeks Donations to Help Fund an Appeal Regarding the Highlands Eldercare Facility 

  There is oil underneath the land below the Via de las Olas bluffs and offshore in the Pacific Ocean. In fact, at one time the site was dubbed the Pacific Palisades oil field. Occidental Petroleum projected that 60 oil … Continue reading

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Catching Up with Readers: A Correction and an Explanation

EVERYBODY VOTE BY MAIL? A CORRECTION: In my May 4 Musings, I wrote: L.A. County Supervisors voted unanimously on May 5 to send vote-by-mail ballots to every person registered for the November general election (six months away), citing concerns about Covid-19 and … Continue reading

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Julie Starr Dresner Temporarily Shifts from Designing Jewelry to Sewing Masks

  Julie Starr Dresner, who has her own jewelry design business, went back to her costuming roots and sewed 20 masks that were donated to the nurses at Children’s Hospital L.A. She is a member of the Costume Designers Guild, … Continue reading

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Newcomers Spring into Action: Their Goal Is to Make 500 Protective Masks

The Pacific Palisades Newcomers club generally meets monthly, and members participate in a range of activities that have included bridge, canasta, golf, book and movie discussions, gourmet cooking, restaurant dining and happy hours, potluck lunches with speakers, exploring the L.A. area … Continue reading

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Eight Baby Oaks Will Fight for Survival on the Island at Palisades Recreation Center

A reader called Circling the News on April 15 from a reader and wanted to know who planted the oak trees in the circle in front of the Palisades Recreation Center building. CTN contacted Park Director Erich Haas, who responded … Continue reading

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SPORTS: Car Racing Takes Place in Pacific Palisades and AJ Lord is the Pinewood Derby Winner

So, you thought there were no sports taking place in Los Angeles the past six weeks because of Covid-19. Wrong. Fast cars were on display at the annual Pinewood Derby on April 25 in Pacific Palisades, as members of Cub … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Some Good and Bad Contrasts in Our Community

Good: Pacific Palisades, which has exactly one dedicated LAPD car, had more than eight on Sunday, with their emergency lights on, sitting in the Will Rogers State Beach parking lot. Police were outside enjoying the fresh salt air as they … Continue reading

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Fine Art Photographer Sara Jane Boyers Adds Art to Poems

In 1922, T.S. Eliot began his famous poem, “The Waste Land,” with these lines: April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, … Continue reading

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Around the Town: Helping Others during the Crisis

IRENE DUNNE GUILD SUPPORTS DOCTORS/NURSES DURING COVID-19 This year, funds from the Irene Dunne Guild’s yearly patron drive are going to help support doctors and nurses at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The drive … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Councilman Bonin Should Advocate Fairness for Everyone If the City Opens Its Beaches

On April 15, Pacific Palisades Community Council Chair David Card and WRAC Chair/PPCC chair emeritus Maryam Zar participated in a Zoom conference with Councilmember Mike Bonin and other CD-11 neighborhood/community councils. Knowing that Mayor Eric Garcetti was going to release … Continue reading

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