Category Archives: General

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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Tom Falzone Was to Lead Palisades 4th Skydivers

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to CTN Several friends of New Yorker Tom Falzone have died from Covid-19. He knows cadets at West Point, where he coaches the parachute team, who have lost grandparents. Back in May, the 1979 PaliHi graduate...

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Castellammare Residents Fear that Illegal Fireworks Could Start a Brush Fire in This Weather

Circling the News received this letter from a Castellammare resident: “Something else you might want to look into, fireworks and fires at the beach between Sunset and Coastline Drive. We’ve called the police many times and rarely get a response....

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Bands, Musicians and Singers Sought for 4th of July Online Concert in the Palisades

A 60-minute virtual concert is being planned for the Fourth of July in Pacific Palisades. Main talents that will be featured include Adam Topol, Tom Freund, Rocky Dawuni and friends. The event will be broadcast via Facebook Live on July...

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Trash Overflowing on Via de la Paz and Antioch

A resident contacted Circling the News and asked why businesses aren’t taking care of the overflowing trash on Via de la Paz and Antioch. Besides being an eyesore, it could become a sanitary hazard, the person said, and pointed out that two...

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VIEWPOINT: There Is No Excuse for the Violence

The nonstop news on Saturday night, May 30, covered the looting and fires happening along Fairfax and Melrose in Los Angeles. The camera followed a man running out of an Adidas store carrying four boxes of shoes, and I thought,...

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The Ongoing Reality: Elderly in Nursing Homes Are Most at Risk for Covid-19

According to the L.A. County Public Health website, 2,143 people have died from Covid-19 in the county through May 26. Ninety-three percent of those who have died (1,993) had underlying conditions. Forty-seven percent of the people who died (1,007) were in nursing...

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Will Rogers Beach Reopens, But Parking Lot Stays Closed

  A SM Canyon resident wrote to Circling the News: “I went out on Monday night [May 11] at 9:30 p.m. and the right shoulder of PCH from Santa Monica Canyon to Coastline was insane. People were drinking, partying and...

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L.A. Public Library Seeks Items from Residents to Document ‘Shelter-at-Home’ Experience

The L.A. Public Library (LAPL) is asking that Los Angeles residents help document what they did or saw during the Covid-19 Stay-at-Home period. Led by Kelly Wallace, a LAPD librarian in the history department, and Digitalization and Special Collections librarian...

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Alas, No Parade, No Will Rogers Run and No Fireworks This Fourth of July

BREAKING NEWS: For the first time in 72 years, the Pacific Palisades Fourth of July Parade will not be held this year, and for the first time 43 years, the Will Rogers 5/10K Run will not be held. The concert...

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