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‘The Heal’ Updates Sophocles’ Inspiration at Getty Villa 

With an Evening of Music, Movement and Grand Passion By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor The immediate relevance of ancient Greek plays to our lives, century after century, lives on despite the archaic form and conventions of 5th century B.C. … Continue reading

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Auschwitz Survivor and Author Dr. Edith Eger

Spoke at the American Legion Hall on September 7 When Dr. Edith Eva Eger was a teenager in Hungary, she had taken dance lessons since she was little and had hopes of making her country’s Olympic team in gymnastics. Instead, … Continue reading

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Get Your Kicks on Route 66

Is Theme of SM History Museum Exhibit By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor In November 1926, a highway of 2,400 miles was established in the United States. It wasn’t the first American highway, or the longest, or the fastest. … Continue reading

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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to Close

After 20 Years in Pacific Palisades Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf located on Antioch, across from the Village Green private park, will close on Sunday, September 29. The store, which opened in June 1999, became popular not only for its … Continue reading

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Beware of Traffic Delays During President Trump’s Visit

Roads Will be Closed in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills The Traffic Advisory for the Presidential Visit for September 17 and 18 was released and includes roads in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Intermittent Closures: LOS ANGELES L.A. 4 – … Continue reading

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Blatant Case of Racism Needs a Resolution;

  Interfaith Clergy Panel Will Address Prejudice Sunday Several people have asked if the woman who threatened former Lutheran Pastor Kenneth Davis and his daughter Cassadi at the Palisades Ralphs store has ever been identified and charged. LAPD Officer John … Continue reading

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Businesses and Apartment Buildings Are

Required to Do Mandatory Organics Recycling A new state law, AB 1826, makes commercial organics recycling mandatory. The law came into effect on January 1, and it has been slowly rolled out throughout Los Angeles. This fall, commercial businesses and … Continue reading

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Star Quilts Are More than Blankets:

They Represent Honor and Generosity         (Editor’s note: Having grown up on the Rosebud Reservation and in poverty, I often feel that my background has given me a unique perspective on many subjects. I’d like to share a story about star … Continue reading

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Beglari House at 909 Greentree Is Razed,

Ending City Planning Snafu in Rustic Canyon Almost 20 years of legal problems and lawsuits came to an end in August when a home was razed in Rustic Canyon, at 909 and 921 Greentree Rd. The L.A. Department of Building … Continue reading

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New Season Is Underway for Social Organization

Palisades Newcomers Club Welcomes Members Newcomers and Friends of Pacific Palisades is a friendly, all-volunteer social organization that welcomes newcomers, old-timers and empty-nesters. You may have seen the group’s banner as a sponsor in the Palisades Fourth of July parade. … Continue reading

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