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Palisades High School Seniors Held Hostage in Labor Negotiations

In addition to dealing with Zoom classes, lack of extracurriculars/sports and a chance to hang out with their friends, seniors at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades were just thrown another roadblock by the teacher’s union, UTLA (United Teacher … Continue reading

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Melvoin’s Office Says PaliHi Pool and Palisades Farmers Market Could Reopen Shortly

After posting a Musing on August 17 (“LAUSD HOLDS COMMUNITY HOSTAGE”), your CTN editor reached out to LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin. His Chief Advisor and District Director Allison Holdorff responded on August 19 that the pool and farmers market … Continue reading

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Palisadian Jake Suddleson Graduates Harvard University, Launches Pro Baseball Career

Harvard University has never been a pipeline for Major League baseball, or any other pro sport. So when Pacific Palisades teenager Jake Suddleson, a talented right fielder with professional aspirations, was accepted to Harvard in 2016, he went for “the unparalleled academic … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Parents and Politicians Need to Take Care of Teens

Medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath and one of the promises is “First, do no harm.” On Saturday, Circling the News received an email from a reader: “Aid car called to picnic area below parking lot in rec area … Continue reading

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Former PaliHi Athlete Ashton Price Is Shot and Killed in Las Vegas

Ashton Price, who graduated from Palisades High School in 2015, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on August 1. He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire during a shootout at a house party in Las Vegas. He … Continue reading

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School Not Reopening? Concerns about Learning? Groza Offers Some Alternatives

Groza, the tutoring and academic testing center in the 881 Alma Real building, is offering alternatives for parents, particularly since LAUSD will not resume in-classroom learning in the fall. Dana Goldstein, Groza’s director of business development, wrote CTN on July … Continue reading

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VIEWPOINT: Governor Newsom Should Push to Open Schools for Classroom Instruction

Two Circling the News readers wrote, saying that when I pressed for schools to be opened on July 13 (“Viewpoint: Our Schools Need to Reopen”), I was ignoring the fact that younger kids could infect seniors. I agree that this … Continue reading

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YMCA Summer Camp Is in Full Swing in Temescal Canyon

“The kids are running around, they’re just happy to be outside,” said Oscar Rodriquez, who had been in charge of the YMCA sports program in Mid-Valley, but with the program on hiatus because of Covid-19, he came back to work … Continue reading

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Online Petition Asks for Tougher Virtual Learning Standards at LAUSD

Academic and parent Maryam Qudrat started an online petition at Change.org that was sent to LAUSD President Austin Beutner, UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl and nine others. Qudrat authored the national e-learning plan for Afghanistan. At a June 10 LAUSD board … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: Our Schools Need to Reopen

When I lived in New York City in my 20s, a good friend who had just moved back from California referred to the people here as “provincial,” meaning that they were unsophisticated and narrow minded. She was referring to the … Continue reading

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