Category Archives: Community

Civic League to Review Residential Construction Plans Via ZOOM on May 26

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet electronically, via ZOOM, on Tuesday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month, but because of Memorial Day...

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Posted in Community, Real Estate | 1 Comment

Palisades Rotarians Donate $1,000 for YMCA’s Shower Kit Drive

Many of the YMCAs in Los Angeles have opened their locker rooms/showers to the homeless during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some, like the Palisades-Malibu YMCA, do not have these facilities but are helping to raise money to purchase supplies for a...

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Posted in Community, Homelessness | 1 Comment

Realtor Marguleas Provides Novel Fun during Covid-19 Shutdown

Anthony Marguleas, the founder/owner of Amalfi Estates, has found entertaining ways to give back to the community during the Covid-19 stay-at-home mandates. He began by helping people celebrate birthdays. Since parties and large celebrations are nixed, Marguleas and his family...

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Pacific Palisades Residents Sharply Divided about Wearing Masks 

In social media posts by Pacific Palisades residents, the most common source of negative comments and general disagreement has been regarding the wearing of masks. For example, some people in town wear a mask only to cover their mouth, while others...

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Posted in Community, Health | 3 Comments

L.A. Public Library Seeks Items from Residents to Document ‘Shelter-at-Home’ Experience

The L.A. Public Library (LAPL) is asking that Los Angeles residents help document what they did or saw during the Covid-19 Stay-at-Home period. Led by Kelly Wallace, a LAPD librarian in the history department, and Digitalization and Special Collections librarian...

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Posted in Books, Community, News | 2 Comments

Coping with Covid-19: A Teen’s Middle-School Perspective

By CHAZ PLAGER Special to Circling the News In my opinion, there are three kinds of people dealing with Covid-19. The first are extroverts who are going crazy while stuck inside, and some are spending every waking moment protesting. The...

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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...

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Posted in Community, Environmental | 2 Comments

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...

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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,...

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Posted in Arts, Community, Film/Television | 1 Comment

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...

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Posted in Community, Health | 1 Comment