Category Archives: Viewpoint

Soboroff the Wrong Person to Lead Palisades Recovery

After listening to Steve Soboroff at a Pacific Palisades Community Council Zoom meeting last night, one resident wrote: “Soboroff convince me in less than two hours he’s the wrong guy to lead the rebuilding effort. He was all over the … Continue reading

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Reflections on the Loss of so Much

By KRISHNA THANGAVELU I always wonder at people who are happy with a basic aesthetic that can be easily replaced. Basic knives with black plastic handles? I missed my colored ones. When I remember them. We are living a life after … Continue reading

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Kinzelberg Misses Home on Monument

By MARY KINZELBERG My house burned and it was the closest to The Village [built by Rick Caruso]. We were 92 steps to the movie theater and used to brag about that and argued with someone that said they were … Continue reading

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God Speed Pacific Palisades

(Editor’s note: Chaz Plager wrote for Circling the News for three years and in September penned a farewell as he started college in September. He asked if he could pen an eulogy and of course said, yes.) By CHAZ PLAGER … Continue reading

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LAHSA Does NOT Follow Conflict 700 Disclosure Requirements

(Tim Campbell wrote in an email to several friends: This column is a follow-up to last week’s column, albeit unintentionally.  When I was writing last week’s piece, I had no idea LAHSA’s (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) contracting practices were … Continue reading

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December 1944: General George S. Patton and the Power of Prayer

(Editor’s note: The following information was taken from a story in the Friends of the National WWII Memorial https://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/pattons-prayer) George Patton was in a foul mood. His Third Army was stalled in Lorraine, worn out after a fall of depressing … Continue reading

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John Lennon’s Rainbow Mittens 

When I was twenty-in, I loaded up a suitcase with all my worldly possessions, two hundred dollars, and took a Greyhound bus from South Dakota to New York City. I was too naïve to realize the folly of what I … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: Westwood Rec Center Doesn’t Treat Girls Equally

This editor referees high school soccer and was assigned a girls varsity game this afternoon, Thursday, December 19, at the Westwood Recreation Center. It was a league game between Shalhevet High School and Compton Early College High School.  Since many … Continue reading

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Who Won? What Won? California Needs to Certify 2024 Election

California, like the rest of the country, voted on November 5. But unlike most of the rest of the United States which had results the next day or soon after, California is still counting a month later. Los Angeles County … Continue reading

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Another Damning Audit for LAHSA: Will Anything Happen?

(This article first appeared in CityWatch on November 25 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL On November 19, L.A. County’s Auditor-Controller released its audit of LAHSA’s financial practices.  Its 16 findings are nothing short of damning. Among a … Continue reading

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