Category Archives: General

February 2019: Burning Questions that Were Asked and Have an Answer

  Question: Wasn’t Pacific Palisades supposed to receive at least $50,000 from parking meter revenue? In a February 7 news blast, Councilman Mike Bonin said: “I am very happy to report that Pacific Palisades will be one of three areas where...

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JANUARY 2019: Burning Questions That Were Asked and That Have an Answer

Question: What happened to the bicycle racks at Palisades Village that were required in the plan? A reader asked what happened to the 14 sidewalk- mounted bicycle racks that were supposed to be placed on Swarthmore across from the Bay Theatre...

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Fire Station 69 Has a Delayed Response Time, Thanks to a Damaged Garage Door

The Fire Station 69 front garage door, which allows fire engines and emergency vehicles to exit onto Sunset (at Carey), was badly damaged around 3 a.m. on December 12 when struck by a hit-and-run driver’s vehicle. By the time firefighters...

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December Showers Bring Green Growth to Our Canyons and Mountains

  According to Carol Leacock, the town’s County-certified rainmeister, Pacific Palisades has already received a healthy 7.88 inches this season, which began July 1. On November 19-20, there was 0.36 inches of rain in Leacock’s rain gauge on Bienveneda; on...

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National League of Young Men Host FBI Special Agent Fredrick Simon

“I hate social media. I hate the internet,” FBI Special Agent Frederick Simon told members of the Palisades-Brentwood National League of Young Men. “I used to feel the good and the bad of the internet were evenly weighed, but now...

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Veterans Gardens/Bocce Courts Groundbreaking Held December 7

At long last, a groundbreaking was held December 7 for the three bocce courts and five Veterans Gardens that will replace the former picnic-table area on the upper lawn at the Palisades Recreation Center. Organizers estimate a three-month construction/completion period....

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To Live and Drive in L.A.: My Daunting Trip to the DMV

(Editor’s Note: This 2017 column was a finalist for the California Newspaper Publishers Award. Vickrey was so happy with the accomplishment, Circling the News didn’t want to wreck his mood and tell him will have to go back to the...

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Sally Field Receives her Kennedy Center Honor – TV Special to Air December 15

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News It was Palisadians honoring a Palisadian at the Kennedy Center last weekend. Tom Hanks gushed over his two-time co-star Sally Field as he moved down the red carpet at the Kennedy Center...

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Business Improvement District Board Discusses the Process of Voting to Continue for 10 Years 

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) board held its quarterly meeting on December 4 at the Chamber of Commerce office. President Rick Lemmo (a Caruso executive) announced that emails had been requested by an outside source under the California Public Records...

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The Draycott Will be Open on Christmas and Claire Nordstrom Will Sing on December 16

“We are feeling very festive, so we have booked in Claire Nordstrom, a local Palisadian, to sing holiday classics in our lounge from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, December 16,” wrote The Draycott co-owner Marissa Hermer in an email...

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