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Category Archives: General
Palisades High School Bathrooms Need Cleaning/Updating
By CHAZ PLAGER (Editor’s note: Chaz Plager is a senior at Palisades High School this year and he was asked to do an in-depth report on the state of the bathrooms at that school. Are there enough for the student body? Are they up-to-date? And...
Highly Entertaining and a Thoroughly Enjoyable: “The Andrew Brothers”
When the New York Times wrote August 8, (“What Is IJBOL?” A Korean word? A new boy band?”) and explained “eejbowl,” was short for “I Just Burst Out Laughing,” the editor couldn’t figure out when she would ever use that...
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Armed Postal Robbery Update: Locks Changed?
A United States Postal carrier was robbed at gunpoint in the Huntington Palisades on August 21 Gates Security Founder Scott Wagenseller alerted Circling the News to the crime on August 24. “My staff were informed by the Postal Police that...
Village Green Park Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
By CHAZ PLAGER The Palisades Village Green celebrated its 50th Anniversary on August 27. Organized by Cindy Kirven and Betsy Collins, co-presidents of the Village Green, the event showcased the history of the park as well as the spirit and...
Readers Disagree about the Combined Malibu/Palisades Chamber of Commerce
A glossy magazine “PALIBU” Guide, proclaimed “Where Pacific Palisades Meets Malibu” and noted that it was Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce. It appeared in mailboxes this week. The magazine showed a half-page photo of the Bay Theater on Swarthmore...
Palisades Library to Be Closed Three Weeks
The Palisades Branch Library, located at 861 Alma Real, will be closed for three weeks for facility maintenance, which includes painting and hardwood flooring replacement. The closure begins August 28, and the library will reopen on Monday, September 18. The...
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Viewpoint—Tell Assemblymember Irwin “No” on ACA 1 and ACA 13
The California State Assembly is trying to undermine Prop. 13, with a new Assembly Constitutional Amendment, ACA 1. In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, an initiative which created a constitutional amendment limiting property taxes to the value upon acquisition...
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Encampment in Brentwood Grows, Bringing Safety Concerns
The question to be answered is, does one L.A. resident have more rights than another? If there are two UCLA graduate students sharing an apartment on Bringham Street, which is across from the Veteran’s Administration (VA) in Brentwood, should they...
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Diesel Bookstore Is for Sale
Diesel bookstore owners Alison Reid and John Evans sent an August 8 letter to customers telling them that their well-known and respected bookstore in Brentwood Country Mart is now for sale. “If you or someone you know might be interested...
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Toppel learns IRS Letter Not a Scam
Marquez resident Haldis Toppel received an IRS letter in the mail that she originally thought was a scam. She went the social media app Nextdoor to warn people about the scam, but instead learned the letter was legitimate. Toppel...
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