Category Archives: Community

Business Block Building Plans Will Be Heard by Design Review Board This Wednesday

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Revised exterior remodeling plans for the historic Business Block Building will be reviewed by the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, September 23. The updated plan includes a warm cream color for the current “pink” building...

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Posted in Community, Real Estate | 8 Comments

Palisades Residents Keep Receiving Letters from EDD, Addressed to Various Unknown People

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

What do Etosha L. Slaughter, John Dufin, Anthony Bryant, Fred Fuchs and Rebecca L. Bearden all have in common? The “same” Pacific Palisades address. None of the people live there or have ever lived at this residential address, but all...

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Posted in Community, Crime/Police | 2 Comments

Vote By Mail Boxes Installed in Front of Palisades Library to Aid Residents

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

An L.A. County Vote By Mail Drop Box has been bolted to the sidewalk in front of the Pacific Palisades Library on Alma Real. Circling the News wrote to Michael Sanchez of the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder‘s office with questions about these boxes for...

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Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community | 5 Comments

Promised Parking Meter Money from 2018 and 2019 Is Likely Gone, Thanks to City Budget Cuts

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Whatever happened to the parking-meter money Pacific Palisades was supposed to receive via a City pilot program? Councilman Mike Bonin promised in December 2018 that upwards of $50,000 was coming our way for beautification projects in the business district. In a...

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Opinion: Would the Community Council Have More Clout As a Neighborhood Council?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At the Community Council’s candidate forum, held on Zoom on August 27, a candidate who is running unopposed for a seat on the council mentioned he would like to figure out how to get the City (and Councilman Mike Bonin)...

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Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Real Estate | 4 Comments

Diesel Trucks that Line Temescal Canyon Road Are for the Highlands Eldercare Project

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News reported in a September 7 piece on Resilient Palisades, a new environmental group in Pacific Palisades, that rim residents above Temescal Canyon Road are concerned about the toxic fumes released by trucks idling along both sides of...

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Posted in Community, Real Estate | 3 Comments

Sinkhole at Monument and Swarthmore Reappears

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A sinkhole at Monument and Swarthmore, which has been paved over twice, has reappeared. A resident wrote Circling the News: “I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, yet, that the west side of Monument at Swarthmore is collapsing again. This issue is very...

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Caruso Receives Permit to Expand Swarthmore Sidewalk into Existing Landscaping

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A reader wrote to Circling the News on August 15: “Did you notice that Caruso has removed the landscaping along Swarthmore in front of Porta Via? He seems to be widening the public sidewalk to accommodate more even more outdoor tables...

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Planning Commissioners Received Incorrect Information about Low-Income Housing Here

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

All the local governing boards in Pacific Palisades, Waldorf School members and the Self-Realization Fellowship, as well as numerous residents, objected to the proposed 60’9” mix-use development at the former Jack-in-the-Box site on western Sunset, because of size and lack...

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Posted in Community, Real Estate | 9 Comments

Resilient Palisades to Hold Community Meeting on Zoom This Wednesday Evening

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Marie Steckmest, the founder of Palisades Cares in 2006, advocated for reusable bags, composting, gardening, recycling and community service activities in Pacific Palisades. She carried on the crusade for more than a decade and was named the 2008 Citizen of...

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