News

  • Back Home in the Palisades

    (Reader Diane Reagan wrote this on August 16 and has given Circling the News permission to publish it with a photo of her quilt.) I was one of the lucky ones whose home
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  • On the Outside Looking In: My Evening with the Toyo Kids

    (Editor’s Note: All names  in this story have been changed. Writer Chaz Plager grew up in Pacific Palisades and lost his family home during the fire. He taught himself
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  • Op-Ed: Insurers Need to Step Up for LA Wildfire Survivors

     (This Op-Ed first appeared in the L.A. Daily News on August 17 and is reprinted with permission from the Mayor’s office.) By: LA MAYOR KAREN BASS and L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR
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  • CicLAvia Sees Thousands on the Street

    The third CicLAvia street festival of 2025, titled “Culver City Meets Venice” was held today, August 17. Thousands of bicyclists of all ages, skateboarders and walkers
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  • Girl Scout Eagle Candidate Leads Others in Beautification

    Digging in the dry rock-hard dirt at the corner at Los Liones and Tramonto Drive, were 10 members of Girl Scout Troop 223, led by Eagle Scout candidate Cameron Lovett. Each
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  • CVS Has Reopened: Other Areas Gradually Coming Back

    CVS reopened today, August 15, after being closed since January 7. The interior is open and bright. The cement floors have been polished, and the ceilings have been replaced.
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  • Sears Department Building Becomes PaliHi South 2025

    By HENRY KAMER Just shy of 3,000 Palisades Charter High students returned to school today, August 13, at the Sears Department Store Building. Instead of flooding through the
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  • Bringing Community Back One Rotary Meeting at a Time

    The Four-Way Test is repeated at the end of every meeting. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial
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  • No Civic League Review Required Currently

    Pacific Palisades Civic League Box 129 Highlands Postal, 528 Palisades Dr, Pacific Palisades CA 90272 Temporarily Suspended PO Box 733, Pacific Palisades CA 90272 Email:
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  • Questions to Mayor Bass and Supervisor Lindsey Horvath at Y Event

    Today, a press conference was held at Simon Meadow to announce a new YMCA facility in the meadow and a rebuilt structure on Via de la Paz, that was destroyed by the fire.
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