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Category Archives: Community
Viewpoint: Who is Dr. Melina Reimann Abdullah? The Controversial Co-founder of Black Lives Matter LA
When Councilman Mike Bonin hosted a virtual town hall on August 10 (“Reimaging Public Safety”), one of the key speakers was Dr. Melina Abdullah, the co-founder of BLM-LA (Black Lives Matter LA) and former department chair of Pan-African Studies at...
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Commissioners Approve Jack-in-the-Box Project Despite Community Opposition
The City Planning Commission today approved construction of a controversial residential/commercial building on west Sunset, despite widespread opposition from residents and various organizations in Pacific Palisades. The proposed development would be a five-story, 60-ft.-high, 32,225-sq.ft. mixed-use building with 39-dwelling units. (The...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Community, Real Estate
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Palisades Farmers Market Will Reopen Sunday on Swarthmore and Antioch
Melissa Farwell, director of coordination and development for Raw Inspiration, said Tuesday that the Palisades Farmers Market would reopen this Sunday at two locations near the Village Green. The popular market launched 20 years ago, has been closed since mid-March...
Melvoin’s Office Says PaliHi Pool and Palisades Farmers Market Could Reopen Shortly
After posting a Musing on August 17 (“LAUSD HOLDS COMMUNITY HOSTAGE”), your CTN editor reached out to LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin. His Chief Advisor and District Director Allison Holdorff responded on August 19 that the pool and farmers market...
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Around the Town: Bottles for Babies; Jack in the Box; Business Block Building
Local Recycling Effort, Bottles for Babies, Will Shut Down on August 31 Francesca Chase, who started a recycling program called Bottles for Babies, will cease its operation on August 31. “It is with heavy heart I announce that due to...
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Councilman Mike Bonin Hosts Virtual Town Hall on “Reimagining Public Safety”
Six panelists spent the first hour of Councilman Mike Bonin’s town hall on reimagining public safety explaining how the majority of people in Los Angeles support defunding the police. The panelists at the Zoom meeting were Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor Michele...
Posted in Community, Crime/Police, Homelessness
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Viewpoint: Lamenting the Loss of Village Books and Treasuring Diesel Bookstore
Columnist Bob Vickrey, in an August 7 email to Circling the News, wrote: “Lisa’s stirring up some ‘good trouble’ in town with her letter to the Palisadian-Post.” In her letter, Lisa Kaas Boyle wrote that when she was in law...
Posted in Books, Community
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Former PaliHi Athlete Ashton Price Is Shot and Killed in Las Vegas
Ashton Price, who graduated from Palisades High School in 2015, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on August 1. He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire during a shootout at a house party in Las Vegas. He...
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Trish Bowe Begins Term as Rotary President
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Trish Bowe has stepped up to become president of the Pacific Palisades Rotary Club at an unprecedented time. Instead of their weekly breakfast meetings at Aldersgate, the club now has dinnertime Zoom...
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VIEWPOINT: The Real Results of Mike Bonin’s “Reimagining Public Safety” Survey
By: ALLAN PARSONS Los Angeles District 11 Councilmember Mike Bonin recently wrote an Argonaut opinion piece (“Reimagining Public Safety”) in which he presented results of data collected from a June survey of his CD11 constituents. The survey attempted to crowd-source...
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