Category Archives: Environmental
Refillery LA Truck Comes to Pacific Palisades This Thursday on Temescal Canyon Road
Every time I buy body lotion, the old plastic bottle gets thrown away in my blue recycling bin. But is it actually recycled? No one can say with certainty, so the latest project from Resilient Palisades piqued my interest: a...
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Former Co-Honorary Mayor Janice Crystal Joins an Environmental Campaign in the Palisades
Janice Crystal, a former Honorary Mayor with husband Billy, has joined Resilient Palisades to offer support for community efforts that address environmental issues. The group’s first event, on February 2, will focus on the harmful effects of gas-powered leaf blowers. Circling the...
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Circling the News Readers React AND Inform: Library, Composting and Jack-in-the-Development
LIBRARY BOOK DROP: Palisades Branch Librarian Gail Kim notified Circling the News that the book drop at this location will be locked starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23 and will not reopen until 10 a.m. on Monday, January...
Posted in Books, City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Environmental, General
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Viewpoint: Sounds Like a “Shake-Down” to Me
After my November 10 CTN story (“Coastal Commission Fines LADWP Almost $2 Million after It Destroys Rare Plants above Highlands”), several readers commented that the money to pay the Coastal Commission fine should not be recovered by charging LADWP customers...
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Environmentalists Seek Rotary Support for a Vital Plastic Recycling Plant in Costa Rica
At the Pacific Palisades Rotary Club’s virtual meeting on November 10, Dr. Randi Raymond, an integrative doctor who founded the Eden Retreat Center in Costa Rica, sought support for a proposed plastics recycling plant on the Tarcoles River. Raymond said...
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Oak Tree Seedlings Are Growing Nicely at the YMCA’s Simon Meadow in Temescal Canyon
Circling the News received a November 6 email from Palisadian Tracey Price, co-founder of American Growers, who wrote: “A while back, you featured a story about the mysterious oak tree saplings that were planted at the parking lot of our...
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Catching Up with Readers: LAPD, Recycling and Emergency Alerts
LAPD STORY: BONIN TO HOST TOWN HALL ON PUBLIC SAFETY NEXT MONDAY In a November 11 Circling the News story (“In Light of LAPD Budget Cuts, Will Pacific Palisades Retain One Patrol Car and a Beach Detail?”), one reader wrote:...
Posted in Councilman Mike Bonin, Crime/Police, Environmental, Health
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VIEWPOINT: Photo of a Dead Deer on Temescal Canyon Road Provokes Reader Response
Like all of us, I hate to see our wildlife killed. People who speed down local roads, such as Temescal Canyon and Palisades Drive, especially during twilight and nighttime, run the risk of hitting something, such as a deer. I...
Posted in Animals/Pets, Environmental, Viewpoint
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Coastal Commission Fines LADWP Almost $2 Million after It Destroys Rare Plants above Highlands
At the California Coastal Commission hearing on November 4, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was fined nearly $2 million for failure to have a permit for infrastructure work that destroyed Braunton’s milkvetch plants (which are endangered) and...
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‘Farmer’ Bruce Schwartz Inspired Pumpkin Growing
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, resident and former Citizen of the Year Bruce Schwartz offered special pumpkin plants to anybody who wanted to try to grow them. Schwartz thought that if enough people grew them, they could be donated to...
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