Category Archives: General

BOCA/Cinque Terre Offer Free Gelato/Sorbet on the 4th, Along with a Clothing Sale and Special Brunch

With the 5/10K Will Rogers Race, parade and fireworks cancelled this year, it’s time to celebrate in different ways on July 4. BOCA and Cinque Terre, located in the Monument plaza, are offering three flavors of gelato/sorbet to choose from...

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VIEWPOINT: Trying to Find Common Sense in Closing Beaches

  Demonstrators will be allowed to protest in groups over the July 4 weekend, but the L.A. County Supervisors have closed beaches to families. In other words, hundreds of people who are marching and demonstrating for a social cause are...

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Optimist Oratorical Contest Draws 9 Contestants

Even though Covid-19 took away the live version of the Palisades Optimist Club Oratorical Contest, nine contestants competed via Zoom in early April. This year’s contest theme was “Just Image a World Without Boundaries” and each student wrote and delivered...

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Olympian Bobby Morrow’s Passing Stirs Memories of Boyhood Heroes

(Editor’s note:  Pacific Palisades resident Bob Vickrey is such a good writer that I loved reading more about his family and how it tied into Bobby Morrow. I also didn’t know about Morrow, but found his history interesting. I hope...

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Parking Meter Money Was Supposed to Come Back to Pacific Palisades

Whatever happened to the parking-meter money Pacific Palisades was supposed to receive via a City pilot program? Councilman Mike Bonin promised in December 2018 that upwards of $50,000 was coming our way. In a February 21, 2020 update, Circling the News...

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LETTER: It’s Now or Never in the Highlands!

(Editor’s note: Circling the News recieved the following letter from Highlands resident Steve Cron.) Dear fellow Palisadians, For several years, the Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA) has been fighting to stop, or at least downsize, the proposed eldercare facility at...

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Latest LAPD Crime Report for Pacific Palisades

Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore updated our town’s crime statistics through June 20. The emphasis seems to have returned to car-related crimes. BURGLARY THEFT FROM VEHICLE May 23, 9:45 a.m. to noon, at Sunset/El Medio. The suspect smashed a window...

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L.A. Public Library Offers Numerous Free Programs

For the complete schedule of all the programs offered by the Los Angeles Public Library this coming week, visit: lapl.org/summer. If you or your children have not signed up for the summer reading challenge program, which is held from June 1...

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Palisadian Rich Wilken: July 4th’s Preeminent Volunteer

  By LAUREL BUSBY Rich Wilken, 73, was only a toddler when Pacific Palisades held its first parade in 1948. He has faint memories of the next few parades, which he watched from the curb on Antioch Street. “I remember...

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90272 Dancewear Will Have Closing Sale June 25-27

Co-owners Terry Ross and Traci Chorna wrote Circling the News on June 12: “We are unfortunately closing our doors for now. Would you be able to mention our closing sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 25, 26...

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