Chris Spitz Received PPCC’s Citizen of the Year Award

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The Community Council proclaimed Chris Spitz as 2021 Citizen of the Year for leading the intense campaign to stop a plan to create a homeless village at Will Rogers State Beach. The attorney and longtime PPCC board member was honored…

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Golden Sparkplugs Honored at PPCC Awards Dinner

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Five Pacific Palisades residents were honored as Golden Sparkplugs at the Community Council awards celebration on December 9 at the Bel-Air Bay Club. (See adjoining story about Citizen of the Year Chris Spitz.) Scott Cullen, Rick McGeagh, Matthew Rodman, Ingrid…

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A Grinch Cannot Stop This Year’s Ho!Ho!Ho! Festivities

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The anticipation was high on Saturday as Mr. and Mrs. Claus arrived at Fire Station 69 and were transported to Simon Meadow atop the hook-and-ladder truck. Hearing sirens and seeing lights flashing, drivers pulled over, but once they saw Santa…

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: A Woman’s Voice

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 19th book “Redeeming Justice” co-written with Jarrett Adams, came out on September 14 and was named the Best Book of September by Amazon. “A consuming tale of a broken legal system, its trail of…

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New “West Side Story” Features Rita Moreno, Directed by Steven Spielberg

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News Steven Spielberg is thankful Rita Moreno was on the set and in the cast of his new “West Side Story.” “She danced with the Sharks and the Jets in rehearsal,” Spielberg said….

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Corpus Christi Promotes the Spirit of Giving with “Santa Claus Saturday”

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Corpus Christi Parish will conduct a special event this week called “Santa Claus Saturday,” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church parking lot, off Carey Street. Unwrapped toys, dolls, games, balls, hoodies, art supplies, bikes, scooters or a…

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Fact’s Two Faces: On Masking of Children at School

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

By TEDDY MACKER (This December 8 article first appeared in the Front Porch Republic and is reprinted with permission. Macker grew up in Pacific Palisades and is now the administrator of a Waldorf School in Santa Barbara.) Goleta, CA….

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Seven Arrows Kindergarten Students Lead a Food Drive

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

What can a small group do to help the community? Just ask Seven Arrows Elementary kindergarten students and they can tell you that they were able to help collect almost 11,000 food items that were donated to the Westside Food…

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Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Santa Monica Rape Case Involving Homeless Man

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: The Westside Current covered this trial and it is reprinted on Circling the News with permission.) A Los Angeles jury deliberated for almost a day before finding Dylan James Jenson,42, of Los Angeles, guilty on seven counts that…

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Palisadian Allison Polhill, a Longtime Public Education Advocate, Enters City Council Race

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Pacific Palisades resident Allison Polhill has entered the race against City Councilman Mike Bonin, who is campaigning for a third term while facing a recall election next spring (pending verification of the recall signatures this month). Polhill, who has lived on the…

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