Father Gregory Boyle, the founder of Homeboy Industries, which is the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, was the keynote speaker for the YMCA’s 62 annual Good Friday breakfast, which was held virtually on

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News Former Pacific Palisades honorary mayor Anthony Hopkins says he “really did not expect” to win the best actor Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards. But he did win for taking movie-goers inside the mind of a

The question Palisades High football fans were asking last Saturday afternoon at the Stadium by the Sea was, “Which team will show up to play Garfield: the one that lost to Venice 36-0 or the team that beat Fairfax 36-6?” It was the latter: this

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 March 2020: sending a weekly Covid-themed

REGARDING PUBLIC LIBRARIES: A reader reached out to the L.A. Public Libraries on March 17 and asked: “Do you know when L.A. City libraries are going to reopen? I haven’t heard any communication on this. Seems like everything else has already

Palisades Garden Café on La Cruz Drive was broken into around 2 a.m. on April 19. The suspects smashed through the front door. There was only change in the café register, and they took snacks, then proceeded to Café Vida on Antioch. After damaging

BY BILL BRUNS Special to CTN The L.A. Times reported Monday that “the Los Angeles Public Library is expected to reopen May 3 with limited service at 38 locations,” thanks to a lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.” Unfortunately, the Pacific

In an April 21 letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, Superintendent Austin Beutner wrote: “As the son of a public-school teacher and the product of a great public education, it has been an honor to serve as

Rodeo Realtors Devin McNichol and Aaron Bernbach are collecting food for an “Earth Day Cereal Drive.” Residents are invited to bring at least two non-perishable food items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, April 24, to Rodeo Realty at 839 Via de

(Editor’s note: The following story is reprinted with permission by the Venice Current. It ran on April 21, 2021.) VENICE- “It was yelping so loud–the sound isn’t the usual dog sound–it was suffering. It was suffering.”