Palisades Design Review Board to Again Discuss Hydration Room Plans

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Design Review Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25, to discuss the use and design of The Hydration Room, which will replace the abandoned Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf space on Antioch at Swarthmore….

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Fire at Chautauqua Extinguished; Transient Arrested

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

A fire was set near a “Restricted Entry” Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone at the corner of Chautauqua and PCH this morning around 9:45 a.m. According to people on the scene, L.A. County Sheriffs were on their way to…

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Venice Beach Camper Count Ticks Up as Nightime Enforcement Ends

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News joined Venice Stakeholders Association leader Mark Ryavec at 6 a.m. on August 21 for a walk at Venice Beach, from north Venice Avenue to Rose Avenue. He weekly walks the route to track the homeless population. That…

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Playing with Fire

Posted on August 24, 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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Ballona Ecological System Is Becoming Overwhelmed with RV Garbage and Human Waste

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, located in Playa Vista, is an approximately 600-acre protected area owned by the State of California and managed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Now it is in the process of being destroyed by…

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Major League Ballplayer Scott Heineman Signs to Play in Tokyo

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Scott Heineman, a 28-year-old native of Pacific Palisades, signed a contract with the Yomiuri Giants on August 3, flew to Tokyo last week and is now in quarantine. He will be activated the first week of September. The 6’1” Heineman,…

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Park Meeting: Palisadians Continue Their Campaign for a Dog Park

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: After local residents attended and spoke at the LA County Parks Needs Assessment Update meeting on Zoom last night, several of them wrote the following letter and shared it with Circling the News.) Thank you for hosting the…

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Happy Trails Youth Receive School Backpacks

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

“If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand up for much,” said Marian Wright Edelman, who has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans and founded the Children’s Defense Fund. The Ronald Reagan Post 283 Auxiliary and the…

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A Tale of Two Versions: Councilman Mike Bonin and the Venice Stakeholders Association

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

According to the August 5 L.A. Times Editorial (“Homeless People on Venice Beach Got Interim Housing. Can’t This Happen All Over the City?”): “Over the course of six weeks, service providers aided by local officials moved 211 homeless people who…

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Muscle Beach in Venice Receives $500,000 from L.A. Park Commissioners

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

About $500,000 was approved by the L.A. Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners at its August 5 meeting in order to refurbish and renovate the interior and the exterior of the iconic Muscle Beach weightlifting pen at Venice Beach. The…

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