Category Archives: General

Palisades Dog Owners Need to Be on Alert

Foxtail Poses Serious Problems for Canines           Foxtails are an invasive grass-type weed known to spread in yards, pastures and along trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. The weed can be deadly for dogs.           Circling the News spoke to Dr. … Continue reading

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Homeless Task Force Continues to Patrol

And Clean Local Encampments that Pop-Up Circling the News went down to the corner of PCH and Temescal Canyon Road on May 27 to inspect the corner that had been planted, and is being maintained, by the Palisades Rotary Club. … Continue reading

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Erewhon Market Will Open in Palisades Village

On June 5, Replacing Vintage Market Erewhon Market announced on its Facebook page that its natural foods store will open in Pacific Palisades on June 5. The space fronting Sunset Boulevard has been vacant since mid-March, when Vintage Grocers departed. … Continue reading

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Oh My! Repeated Calls from a Number that

Reported My Social Security Card Was Suspended The calls started early on Memorial Day, alerting me to the “fact” that the Department of Social Security Administration was calling to tell me, “We just suspend your social security number because we … Continue reading

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Upcoming Art Association Events:

Meeting, Art Group Show and Art Sale MONTHLY MEETING:           The Pacific Palisades Art Association monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 28 at 6 p.m. in the Palisades Library community room, 861 Alma Real.           The guest speaker … Continue reading

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Memorial Day Poem by Lawrence Waddington

  Friends Forever  By Santa Monica Canyon Poet Laureate: LAWRENCE WADDINGTON In a village church on a casket closed and sealed A dog lay with paws splayed over the sides His head drooped down in quiet sadness Watery eyes looked … Continue reading

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Get Ready to Run!!! High Schools Can Compete

Will Rogers 5/10K Race Registration Is Open HIGH SCHOOL CHALLENGE New this year at the 42nd Annual Will Rogers 5/10K Run is a high school challenge. The top-three runners’ times from a high school will be tabulated, just like at … Continue reading

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Lilese Skincare, After 36 Years on Via de la Paz,

Moves Up One Block to 910 Via Medical Building Lilese Skincare, a fixture at 861 Via de la Paz for 36 years, has relocated a block away in the medical building across from Gelson’s. Owner Liliana Blake told Circling the … Continue reading

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All Donations, Big or Small, Sought by PAPA

American Legion Post 283 Donates $40,000 At the parade/concert/fireworks planning meeting on May 13, Kevin Niles, representing Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283, presented a check for $40,000 to Matt Rodman, president of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association. “Our neighbors … Continue reading

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Civic League to Review Five Residential 

Construction Plans at May 28 Meeting         The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet on Tuesday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Tauxe Hall at the Community United Methodist Church, 801 Via de la Paz. The public is invited. (Note: … Continue reading

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