Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Just Pretending

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in March 2020: sending a weekly…

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Voting in the California Governor Recall Election

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  A reader wrote Circling the News and said that incorrect information was being disseminated about voting in California’s recall election. “The election is complicated enough already without more incorrect information being put out there,” he said. A voter DOES…

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LAUSD and PaliHi Parents Navigate Covid Protocols; Access to Classroom Instruction Sought for Quarantined Students

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Although local public schools started just a week ago, parents have already had children sent home/quarantined because of exposure to Covid. At Canyon Elementary, a parent wrote that their child had been exposed to a student who tested positive, and…

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Sidewalks Are Public Walkways

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

A young man gathering signatures for the “Recall Bonin” petition was accosted by Caruso security on the sidewalk along Sunset, near Erewhon, on August 24. Two readers contacted Circling the News and said that “Caruso’s employees are claiming that the sidewalk…

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OBITUARY: Lena Longo, 90; Wife of the Famous Toyota Dealer

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  Lena Longo, died at home in Pacific Palisades on July 26 of heart failure. She was born on August 6, 1930, in Ontario, Canada, to Russian immigrants. Her mother died when she was 5. At times Lena stayed with…

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New Year, New Coach: PaliHi Flattens Cleveland, 39-0

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

After a shortened 2020 football season because of Covid 19 (only  four games in the spring), Palisades High opened a new season on Friday with a decisive 39-0 win over Cleveland. Coach Tim Hyde, who had been Pali’s head coach…

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Troop 223 Scouts Help Distribute Backpacks

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Boy Scouts from Troop 223, including William Chapin, 11, helped pack and distribute 100 backpacks for students in need on August 6 at St. Matthew’s. St. Matthew’s partners with Prism Restorative Justice, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of L.A. This…

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“Wait Until Dark” Thriller Opens Friday at Theatre Palisades

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The first live Theatre Palisades production since the onset of Covid-19 is “Wait Until Dark,” a suspenseful play by Frederick Knott. Opening on Friday, the play runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through October…

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It’s Official, Seven Arrows Elementary Purchases Aldersgate

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Seven Arrows Elementary, a private kindergarten through sixth grade school, has purchased the Aldersgate Retreat Center on Haverford in Pacific Palisades, it was announced on August 24. The school had secured a rental agreement for the 2020-2021 school year. In…

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OBITUARY: Richard W. Harrington, Former CEO of Maui and Sons, Avid Outdoorsman

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Richard Wickham Harrington, who acquired Maui and Sons in 1989 and grew the company into a worldwide supplier of action sports apparel and equipment, passed away at his vacation home in Sun Valley, Idaho, on August 10. There’s a Maui…

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