Palisades Reads to Feature “The Overstory” on September 22 Via Zoom

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

This is the third year for Palisades Reads, a community-wide book club sponsored by the Friends of the Palisades Library that seeks to foster connections, spark conversations, but above all celebrate reading. This year’s selection, “The Overstory,” was the 2019…

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City and Caltrans Wrestle with the Chautauqua, PCH and West Channel Road Intersection  

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

A reader wrote, “Would it be possible to update us on the paving situation on West Channel Road and the lack of paving for those of us who drive up into the Palisades…It’s a joke…not completed and has been a…

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Recall – “Don’t Leave”

Posted on September 19, 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 ruin…

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Latest Pacific Palisades Crime Report

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Senior Lead Office Brian Espin released the crime report for this area from September 5 to 11. “We had a busy week with seven auto-related crimes and four burglaries,” Espin said. “We need to stay vigilant and look out for…

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Westchester Park Is Again under Siege as Transients Keep Setting Up Tents 

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  A Westchester resident wrote Circling the News on August 31, “Just when we thought we could breathe a sigh of relief, we were pulled in again.” According to the resident, a Tuff Shed (small storage structure) was delivered to…

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Jeff Ridgway’s Volunteer Work Clears the Ivy Hiding the Historical Mural on Temescal

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  As reported earlier in Circling the News, the ivy that had grown down from Radcliffe residences above Temescal Canyon Road made it impossible for residents and high school students to walk along the sidewalk without getting hit in the…

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Obit: Barbara Thomas Ackard, Mother, Grandmother, Friend

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  Barbara Thomas Ackard, who was born on November 15, 1919, in Denver, Colorado, passed away on August 7. The 101-year old was surrounded by her family and caregiver in her Brentwood home. She had lived in Pacific Palisades many…

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Legion Will Host a Family-Friendly Celebration at Veterans Gardens This Sunday

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  The Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283 donated more than $400,000 towards improving the upper picnic area at the Palisades Recreation Center with landscaping, new tables and three bocce courts. To celebrate this family-friendly space, named Veterans Gardens, a…

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Community Cleanup Set for September 25 to Prevent Trash from Entering the Ocean

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  The first Pacific Palisades community-wide trash and litter pick up will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 25. When Circling the News joined a homeless encampment cleanup in the bluffs along Pacific Coast Highway…

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Book Launch Set for Ernest Marquez’s History of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Life-long resident Ernest Marquez, 97, will celebrate the publication of his latest book, “Rancho Boca de Santa Monica: The 1839 California Land Grant – A History,” on Saturday, September 25. A launch party will be held from 9 a.m. to…

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