Category Archives: General

Palisades High School Ambassadors to Host Bingo Night for Seniors on Sunday

The Palisades High School Ambassadors are hosting a virtual Zoom bingo night for seniors in Pacific Palisades at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. Ambassador Alexander Denham told Circling the News, “The event is being geared towards seniors in the...

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LETTERS: Endangered Plants and Surplus Ballots

  Brauton’s Milkvetch Endangered A reader wrote regarding our September 29 story, “Power Pole Replacement Project Needed, But an Endangered Plant Is Threatened.” The story started, “Ironically, if the wooden power poles in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Pacific...

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Outdoor Flu Clinic to be Held Oct. 10 & 17 at CVS

Worried about going inside for a flu shot? CVS has partnered with the Pacific Palisades Resident Association and the Edlen team to offer parking lot flu vaccinations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 10 and 17 to...

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Donate Items to the Housing to Home Housewares Drive on October 10

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a drive-through collection of housewares that will be given to individuals transitioning into housing from homelessness. The Drive will support individuals that are aided through the local Pacific Palisades Task...

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Crime Reported in Pacific Palisades from September 13 to 26

Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore released the following crimes that were reported through September 26. BURGLARY September 13, 2:33 a.m., in the 16100 block of Alcima Avenue. The suspect smashed a glass door to enter home and took...

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Bob Vickrey’s Brother Ray, a Minister and 1950s Sports Standout, Passes Away 

(Editor’s note: Circling the News columnist Bob Vickrey’s brother Ray died on September 17.) By BOB VICKREY CTN Contributor I lost my brother last Thursday. That also meant I’ve lost my best friend and lifelong hero. Ray Vickrey died in...

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Palisades Native and TV Reporter Jacob Soboroff Examines Plight of Immigrants in a New Book

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to CTN With the craziness of 2020—the coronavirus, the protests, the fires, and the upcoming election—the painful border separations of children from their parents has fallen out of the news. However, MSNBC/NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff,...

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Civic League to Review Residential Construction Plans Via ZOOM on Sept. 29

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet electronically, via ZOOM, on Tuesday, September 29, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month, but the September meeting...

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Another Look at the Home: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist

(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 mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed...

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OBIT: Sherry Coon, an Invaluable Director, Actor and Administrator at Theatre Palisades, Dies at 70 

Longtime Theatre Palisades member Sherry Coon, 70, passed away on August 31 at her apartment in Santa Monica. Her sibling Dan Hammond said, “She loved being on the stage.” Sherry was born to Robert DeBruhl and Bess George in Los...

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