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Destruction: 12 homes destroyed, five damaged. Size: 656 acres. Containment: 15 percent. When people are told to evacuate their homes because of dangerous fire conditions, people often say, “But I don’t see any flames.” The realistic reaction should be to think of...

The Woman’s Club Annual Holiday Boutique will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 2 at the PPWC Clubhouse at 901 Haverford Ave. It is free to the public and will have more than 20 vendors,...

(Editor’s note: the following story ran in the Pacific Council on International Policy on October 3. Written by David E. Ryu and Maryam Zar, Circling the News received permission to print it. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.)    ...

Recreational vehicles may no longer be able to park for weeks or months on end along Pacific Coast Highway in an unincorporated area between Pacific Palisades and Malibu. At an October 17 Coastal Commission meeting, commissioners approved the posting of...

Rarely in Major League Baseball history have two brothers played in the big leagues at the same time. The Heineman brothers, Scott and Tyler, who grew up in Pacific Palisades, gained this elite status this summer. On August 2, outfielder...

Editor’s note: Circling the News ran a story on October 11 headlined “Saddleridge Fire Has 13 Percent Containment: Two Residents Ask If Pacific Palisades Is Prepared for a Fire.” If a fire came up quickly over the Santa Monica Mountains,...

The Palisades Symphony, under the direction of Joel Lish, will perform its first concert of its 54th season at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 27, at Mercer Hall at the Palisades High School, 15777 Bowdoin St. The concert is free...

A reader asked if Circling the News would run the L.A. Fire Department’s READY!SET!GO! protocol, especially given the near-disastrous Palisades Fire this week. All Palisades residents should be aware of this program since we live near the wildland-urban interface and...

“I truly believe if you really love something, work at it, have the right mindset, you can do what you want,” Scott Heineman, 26, told Circling the News. In his case, Heineman’s dream was to play Major League baseball, and...

The Camp Fire in Northern California killed 29 people and destroyed more than 6,400 homes, making it the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. Growing at the rate of nearly 80 football fields per minute, the fire burned Paradise, which was...