Pali High Is Back and Better Than Ever!

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Special to Circling the News By MARGOT BARRETT and OLIVER NEWMAN After more than a year-and-a-half of virtual schooling, Palisades Charter High School is officially back to in-person schooling. On August 18, the campus was brought back to life, with…

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Theatre Palisades Reopens with a Tense, Vigorous ‘Wait Until Dark’

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor Live theatre is back! That was evident Friday night as an eager crowd entered Pierson Playhouse proudly wearing their LTIB sticker! A long-delayed hiatus and yearlong pause on the opening of “Wait…

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Rules for Storage Bins Used to Store Homeless Possessions

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

There were 2,550 storage bins at Skid Row, according to a City News Service story in February 2020. And now there are 78 bins on two semi-flatbed trucks at the parking lot at Rose and the Venice Beach Boardwalk….

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OBITUARY: Norma Sweeney, 83; an Early TWA Flight Attendant, Former Palisades Resident

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Norma Romaine Johnson Barnes Sweeney passed away on August 26 in Thousand Oaks. She was 83 years young, and her life was cut short from a lengthy battle with dementia. Norma was born in Wood County, Ohio, on July 23, 1938, and…

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Wine Bar with Charcuterie Opens at Cinque Terre on Monument

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

A business that was missing in Pacific Palisades — a wine bar with charcuterie — has opened in the 970 Monument building, paired with the adjoining Cinque Terre restaurant. Circling the News attended a sneak preview at Enoteca 5 on August 26…

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Building Permits in Local High Fire Hazard Zones May Be Denied

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Much of Pacific Palisades, which borders on the Santa Monica Mountains, State Parks and brush-covered hillsides, falls in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ). Realtor Bruce Schwartz, a former Citizen of the Year and a member of the Pacific…

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PaliHi Football Team Wins Again, Beating San Fernando 49-6

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

It took only two plays and 18 seconds for Palisades High to score a touchdown Friday night, with senior Moses Ross racing 52 yards to the end zone. Sophomore Kwazi Estes kicked the first of his seven straight PATs and…

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Venice Homeless Camper Numbers Keep Rising; Traci Park Explains the No-Camping Ordinance

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

A week ago, Circling the News went on a 6 a.m. tour of Venice Beach with a member of the Venice Stakeholders Association. Although City Councilman Mike Bonin had said that more than 200 homeless had recently been offered housing,…

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Expert Explains the Spectrum of Light and the Expanding Universe to Optimists

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades Optimist Club meeting on August 16 featured Dr. Jeff Rich, outreach coordinator for the Carnegie Institution for Science Observatories. He reminded Circling the News of the opening of the Woody Allen film “Annie Hall.” Alvy Singer (Allen’s alter ego)…

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Two Deaths in Pacific Palisades Under Investigation

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Death at Will Rogers Beach Westside Current reported that a woman’s body was found on Will Rogers State Beach early Sunday, according to CBS news. The discovery was made just after 12:30 a.m. near the shoreline of PCH and Temescal…

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