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  As two Pacific Palisades Optimists rang the bell for the Salvation Army in front of the Post Office on December 16, four young boys walked by. One asked, “Do you have to donate?” The Optimist told him, “You don’t have to do anything, but the

Theatre Palisades Actors’ Troupe presented a radio show of Miracle on 34th Street on December 14, which included ads from Lux soap. The almost full house, of all ages, laughed as the actress held up the box of soap and then explained how to make

Story and Photos:  LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor My great-grandmother Dora Burdick’s crazy quilt commands a wall in my house like a stained-glass window, its luminous satin patches jigsawing around a central 5-point star. On closer

  By BOB VICKREY At a recent informal memorial service for former Palisadian Mike Hartman, which was held on the grounds of the Palisades Recreation Center, one young man described Mike’s wardrobe when they first met. “Mr. Hartman was wearing

Thirteen students from Palisades Charter High School participated in the 2022 San Bernardino Forestry Challenge in November. The event was held at Hume SoCal in Green Valley Lake, and 93 students from 10 schools helped prepare a Forest Management

There were videos of tennis pro Francis Tiafoe defeating No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal at the 2022 U.S. Open in the quarter finals. On December 12, Seven Arrow students watched in awe as this athlete made play after play – and then he was in the room with

(Editor’s note: reprinted with permission in conjunction with Westside Current. The story first appeared on that news site December 15.) Between 30 and 40 Black Lives Matter members, including co-founder Melina Abdullah, went to Jackie and David

By CHAZ PLAGER Before Palisades High School started its grueling end of the semester testing, student leadership decided there needed to be a way to release some of the tension. The solution? A spelling bee. Leadership held a school-wide spelling

The Palisades/Brentwood Chapter of the National League of Young Men, Inc. (NLYM) recently participated in a philanthropy event for The Painted Turtle Project founded by Paul Newman. The high-school aged young men spent hours sewing blankets for

No resident has had more impact on youth in Pacific Palisades than Mike Lanning. It was only appropriate that he finally be recognized as Citizen of the Year for his nearly 70 years of devotion of helping to raise generations of ethical young