Circling The News

By BERNICE FOX It’s beginning to sound a lot like the holiday season with many local choirs planning concerts in the next few weeks. Here’s a look at several upcoming local choral performances in order by date. Angel City Chorale – The large choir

It is so easy to pick the perfect Christmas tree. Go to Simon Meadow at Temescal and Sunset, select one from the more than 1,000 in the lot. There is a wonderful selection of Nobel, Nordmann and Vintage Noble trees, ranging in size from tabletop to

Sometimes making meetings is hard to do, but when the Palisades Rotary announced that Bill Bruns would be the speaker, people signed up quickly for the luncheon meeting at Modo Mio on November 15. Always informative and one of the few people who

  CORPUS DONATION DRIVE-THROUGH: A Santa Claus drive-through is planned this Saturday, December 3, from 9 a.m. to noon at Corpus Christi Church. Unwrapped, new toys are being collected for children at St. Joseph’s Center. St. Joseph’s provides

  Circling the News received a letter from the North Pole. Dear Mrs. Editor, We are Santa’s elves, and our boss is really busy, but we wanted you to know that Santa will fly with the reindeer and Mrs. Claus on December 17 to Pacific Palisades.

By REECE PASCOE “Doctor, I don’t feel good.” “Don’t fret. You’re perfectly healthy.” “Doctor, I can see my bones at night.” “Don’t worry that’s a sign of health.” “Doctor, part of my jaw broke off.” “Well, it’s just your diet.” “Doctor, I can

Palisades High School suffered only its fourth loss of the season, but unfortunately it was to Granada Hills Charter in Division I of the CIF LA City Section Football Championships. The final was 44-7 at L.A. Valley College. In the final analysis it

Palisades High School Band Director Peter Ye, and PaliHi students Bernard Kim and Finn Dunne, attended a Palisades Rotary luncheon at Modo Mio, where they enjoyed lunch before they were presented with $1,000 check to be used towards the band

By CHAZ PLAGER Residents driving down Temescal Canyon Road, may have noticed what looked like a group of teens and a teacher digging. The group was near the bluffs, just below the alternative high school, digging before Thanksgiving vacation. Was it

  GivingTuesday, celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, was started in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y in New York City, as a way to encourage people to give back in their daily lives – from donating to nonprofits to volunteering at local