Although Stacy Johnson started her fashion career as a teen model for Seventeen magazine, she knew early on it was designing that interested her most. She grew a successful company, Stacia, that started in Brooklyn in 1998, and now she’s turned her

Two of the nationally recognized service clubs in Pacific Palisades–Rotary and the Optimists–continue to help others. The Rotarians have held a toy drive and the Optimists raised money for the Salvation Army. Historically, most national

LIBRARY BOOK DROP: Palisades Branch Librarian Gail Kim notified Circling the News that the book drop at this location will be locked starting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23 and will not reopen until 10 a.m. on Monday, January 4. CTN asked if a

Brian Midwin, a managing partner with the CPA firm Midwin Vogel & Nathanson, spoke to the Palisades Rotary Club about possible changes in next year’s tax laws. He said he’s still recovering from the “stampede” in April when the government

Forty families that recently gained housing through Project Homekey received Christmas trees from the Palisades-Malibu YMCA lot in Temescal Canyon. Y Executive Director Jim Kirtley and Lionnel Zaragoza (Mid Valley Y senior branch executive) thought

Dr. Steven J. O’Day, executive director of the John Wayne Cancer Institute and Cancer Clinic, and Director of Providence Los Angeles Regional Research, spoke at the Optimist Club’s Zoom meeting on December 1. Recognized as one of the

CRIME: The following crimes were reported in Pacific Palisades through December 10. Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore sends this report every week. These are the reported crimes and residents are reminded to file police reports. Regarding thefts of

Until 2018, the community Ho!Ho!Ho! festivities were sponsored by the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce, but then the Grinch decided this celebration was no longer needed because of activities at Caruso’s mall. The free event was slated to

One of the loveliest holiday traditions in our town the past seven years has been the annual radio play performed by the Theatre Palisades Acting Troupe. The actors have performed “It’s A Wonderful Life” several times, as well as “A Christmas

Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed