News

  • Caruso’s Amazon Books
    Now You See It: Now You Don’t A clever reader snapped the photo of the Amazon Books sign that was put up on August 29. The grand  opening of Palisades Village, aka “Carusoville” is scheduled for September 22, but, it appears that it is too early for
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  • Community Council Campaign Underhandedness Addressed
      PPCC Election Committee Address Campaign Issues (The following letter was sent from PPCC Election Committee Chair David Card to Area 2 candidate Steve Cron, who shared it with Circling the News. The last day to vote for an Area 2 (Highlands)
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  • DWP Does Not Close Lanes During Rush Hour
    Electrical Work at Palisades Village Explained By SUE PASCOE Residents have complained about the traffic caused by lane closures on Sunset and Monument, adjacent to the Palisades Village project. DWP trucks were onsite and residents wondered if this
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  • Sprucing Up around Town
    Methodist Church Steeple Undergoing Repairs Incoming Optimist Club Co-President and architect Rich Wilken was asked last week if there was any news in the town. “They’re putting up scaffolding on the Methodist Church steeple,” he
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  • Vickrey Writes a Story of a Different Time
    Sandlot Games of Dreams By BOB VICKREY Many years ago, and far away from the bright lights of packed football stadiums filled with cheering fans, there was another annual ritual playing out more quietly on sandlots in just about every Texas town
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  • New Living Ideas–A Sheepherder Wagon
    Sheepherder Wagon Provides the Comforts of Home By SUE PASCOE Homes in Pacific Palisades are considered small if they are less than 5,000 sq. ft. and do not have two master suites, with his and her closets and bathrooms. In Thermopolis, Wyoming,
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  • Highlands Edlercare Facility, Conclusion
    City and Coastal Commission Issues (Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a four-part story examining the proposed Highlands eldercare facility.)  Residents asked why people object to a proposed eldercare housing project in the Highlands.
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  • Monday, August 27 Meetings in Pacific Palisades
    Two Meetings of Note: Senior Alliance and Civic League   Pacific Palisades Civic League to Meet The Pacific Palisades Civic League (PPCL), which reviews homes in tract 9300, will meet tomorrow, Monday, August 27. The meeting is held at 7:30
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  • Highlands Eldercare Facility Part 3
    Proposed Highlands Facility Avoided a CEQA Review (Editor’s note: This is the third story in a four-part series examining the proposed Highlands eldercare facility.)  When Circling the News was asked why people opposed the proposed the elder
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  • Preventing Accidents on PCH
    Hines Promotes PCH Safety By SUE PASCOE In the crosswalk by Gelson’s parking lot, between Via de la Paz and Antioch, Pat Hines was almost struck by a car. The car was close enough that it hit her purse. She knocked on the window of the car as the
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