Category Archives: General

Nearby Cars Escape Damage A Galloway neighbor told Circling the News. “The tree was still standing when I drove home around 9 p.m.” Sometime during the night/early morning [June 15-16], the giant tree that had been planted next to a...

The Pantages through July 7 By LAUREL BUSBY Contributing Writer For spectacle and beautifully haunting music, there is nothing quite like The Phantom of the Opera. The new touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway hit, which plays until July 7...

To Preach Last Official Sermon on June 23 Palisades Lutheran Church’s Senior Pastor Reverend Kenneth Davis will preach his last sermon in that capacity at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, at the church (corner of Sunset and El Medio)....

Parade/Concert/Fireworks Committee for 2nd Year Matthew Rodman, who has lived with his wife Rene in Pacific Palisades for more than 20 years, is once again overseeing the town’s biggest annual party on July 4. This is his second year as...

Will Be Dismantled and Its Artwork Removed Stuck at the traffic light at Wilshire and 26th Street in Santa Monica, southbound motorists often look at the 40- ft. by 16-ft. Millard Sheets mosaic depicting a beach scene and the stained...

This Summer at the Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga By LIBBY MOTIKA Special to Circling the News Madness comes in subtle variations. Consider the outright “mad” King George III, credited with losing the American colonies and losing his mind; or the...

Through Planting and Harvesting at Campus Gardens Marquez Elementary third graders started melon and pumpkin seeds under grow lights. They tried to harden the seedlings, but squirrels ate most of the plants. (Harden means that plants are gradually introduced to...

Noisy Neighbor? Here’s What You Can Do Circling the News received an inquiry from a resident asking what to do if a neighbor is playing music loudly or making excessive noise. “I’d like my quiet weekends in the Palisades back!”...

Or Your Property, Here’s How to Help Detectives Two years ago, my son and I shared a car, but as anyone who has done that in L.A. knows, it can present a real problem. Public transportation to and from Pacific...

Participate in the Optimist/YMCA Track Meet Running races, the shot put, javelin and long jump all provided lots of opportunities for almost 100 participants in the 47th Annual Optimist/YMCA Track Meet held on June 8 at Palisades High. The meet was...