Sandler Receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Comedian and Pacific Palisades resident Adam Sandler has been making audiences laugh for decades. Now he has received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor from the Kennedy Center. The event was held last weekend and was filled with Sandler’s…

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Graffiti and Rain, Both “Hit” Pacific Palisades

Graffiti Issues Ongoing: When this editor first moved to Pacific Palisades in 1994, she was climbing the stairs below the Methodist Church between Haverford Avenue and the church parking lot. An elderly woman with a rag and some sort of…

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Get Ready, Get Set, Volunteer for July Fourth

Matthew Rodman, President of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association, announced that plans are now underway for the town’s annual Fourth of July festivities. The first meeting for volunteers will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at the…

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“Oh, The Places You Will Go” at the Palisades Library

Librarians Mary Hopf, Barbara Birenbaum and Ziba Perez spoke to the Palisades Rotary Club of the endless possibilities at the Palisades Library at a March 7 luncheon meeting at Modo Mio. The topic was “What’s Available at the Pacific Palisades…

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Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness to Restructure

Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH) will restructure. The nonprofit will phase out all fiscal operations by June 1, community forums and outreach engagements by December 31, 2023. The remaining donated funds will go to The People Concern who will manage…

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My Mistake: No Dog Park on the Agenda

In Circling the News’ Musings on March 20, this editor made an error writing, “Also on the Thursday agenda is PPCC support for reviving the proposed dog park. This editor had clicked on the March 23 meeting agenda and saw…

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Viewpoint: Back When I went to School – about 100 Years Ago

Back when I went to public elementary school, about 100 years ago, a teacher had 30 or more kids in a classroom. The school was on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the teacher would split students into groups. Those that…

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Councilmember Traci Park’s First 100 Days (Part 2)

In addition to attending City Council meetings, which are three days a week, each councilmember is assigned to committees, which meet when Council is not in session.  Park must also spend time familiarizing herself with bills and motions brought forward…

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Councilwoman Traci Park Addresses First 100 Days and Ongoing Challenges

(Editor’s note: Circling the News first met Traci Park at the Ballona Wetlands in August 2021, a month after she had declared her candidacy for CD 11 to run against incumbent Mike Bonin.  Several bird watchers had reached out to…

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Village Green Supports Red Cross Giving Day

Each year, the President of the United States proclaims March as “Red Cross Month” and March 22 as the national Red Cross Giving Day. On February 28, President Joe Biden kept the 80-year tradition intact with a proclamation. “In the…

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