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Category Archives: General
Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Playing the Ponies
(Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in March 2020: sending a weekly … Continue reading
Great News from the Recreation and Park Board Meeting
Marvin Braude Beach Trail Widening Approved: Pacific Palisades residents received some great news at today’s meeting of the L.A. Recreation and Park Board of Commissioners and afterwards. First, they approved the Marvin Braude Beach Trail Gap Closure Project in Pacific Palisades, and … Continue reading
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Pali High Is Back and Better Than Ever!
Special to Circling the News By MARGOT BARRETT and OLIVER NEWMAN After more than a year-and-a-half of virtual schooling, Palisades Charter High School is officially back to in-person schooling. On August 18, the campus was brought back to life, with … Continue reading
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Venice Homeless Camper Numbers Keep Rising; Traci Park Explains the No-Camping Ordinance
A week ago, Circling the News went on a 6 a.m. tour of Venice Beach with a member of the Venice Stakeholders Association. Although City Councilman Mike Bonin had said that more than 200 homeless had recently been offered housing, … Continue reading
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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Just Pretending
(Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in March 2020: sending a weekly … Continue reading
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Voting in the California Governor Recall Election
A reader wrote Circling the News and said that incorrect information was being disseminated about voting in California’s recall election. “The election is complicated enough already without more incorrect information being put out there,” he said. A voter DOES … Continue reading
Palisades Design Review Board to Again Discuss Hydration Room Plans
The Pacific Palisades Design Review Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, to discuss the use and design of The Hydration Room, which will replace the abandoned Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf space on Antioch at Swarthmore. … Continue reading
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Happy Trails Youth Receive School Backpacks
“If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand up for much,” said Marian Wright Edelman, who has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans and founded the Children’s Defense Fund. The Ronald Reagan Post 283 Auxiliary and the … Continue reading
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PCH Task Force Addresses McClure Tunnel, Potrero and PCH/Chautauqua Intersection
Caltrans representative Agdolhossein Sagahafi (Abdi) reported on several issues related to Pacific Palisades at PCH Task Force quarterly Zoom meeting on August 12. Updating the McClure Tunnel Queue Warning Project, Abdi said: “The McClure Tunnel is in progress, it seems like it … Continue reading
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PaliHi Students Create TwoFoldTutoring, Seek Clients This Fall
Palisades High School seniors Noah Zaret and Dylan Walsh have launched a student-driven tutoring company, TwoFoldTutoring. Peers or older siblings sometimes make the best tutors, because they understand the teachers and the school environment. As your child’s school year unfolds, tuck this tutoring information away, … Continue reading
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