Category Archives: General

  More Than Half of Indicted Parents Wanted USC This week’s college admission scandal, deemed “Operation Varsity Blues” by the FBI, indicted at least 50 people, including some parents who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to illegally obtain entrance … Continue reading →

Don’t Put the Umbrellas Away, Yet . . . .          More rain is predicted midweek, which means Carol Leacock, the town’s County-certified rainmeister, will be back outside checking her rain gauge.           A headline in a … Continue reading →

Palisades Vintage Closes Friday Morning Here on Thursday. Gone today, Friday, March 15. The rumors about Vintage Grocers leaving Caruso’s Palisades Village and being replaced by an Erewhon natural foods market are true. Even though there was never any official … Continue reading →

Southbound Traffic on PCH Backed up to Malibu Emergency repairs started started overnight, March 13, on Pacific Coast Highway, with two of the three southbound lanes closed from the California Incline to the McClure Tunnel in Santa Monica. Originally lanes … Continue reading →

Grocers Won’t Confirm the Ownership Swap In mid-February, Circling the News heard a rumor that Vintage Grocers was leaving Caruso’s Palisades Village. Rather than print a rumor, CTN reached out to a Vintage spokesperson on February 22, asking for confirmation. … Continue reading →

Khemraj Hardat Arrested for Wire Fraud Khemraj Dave Hardat and his wife Cecilia registered two of their three children at Calvary Christian School for the 2015-2016 school year. The family, which had recently moved from Florida, appeared to be well-off. … Continue reading →

Vendors and Fashions at the Woman’s Club About 70 women gathered at the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club on March 12 for a fashion show, luncheon and the opportunity to win VIP tickets to “The Ellen Show.” The models, who were … Continue reading →

Visual and Performing Arts Showcase March 14 Palisades Charter High School will showcase its artists and musicians at its annual Visual and Performing Arts Showcase on Thursday, March 14. Food trucks will be available in front of the school, with … Continue reading →

Jimmy Dunne Speaks; Students Honored At the March 7 Palisades Rotary Club meeting, Palisades High senior Chloe Smigla received the monthly Rotary Community Service award. Smigla, who has completed her Girl Scouts Gold award, has written a children’s book on … Continue reading →

Traffic Woes Impacted by Sunset Lane Closure Traffic is always heavy on Sunset Boulevard on school days between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. in Pacific Palisades. This is hardly surprising, given that the following schools are dismissing thousands of students in … Continue reading →