At Age 95, Charlotte Gumbrell Is Still Riding Her Boogie Board

By BILL BRUNS Circling the News Adviser When I was growing up in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, north of San Diego, my two younger sisters and I enjoyed riding waves on our canvas air mats, along with our mother, Charlotte Bruns (now Gumbrell)….

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: ‘Show Me the Money’

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 a year ago in mid-March: sending…

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Sam Burns Leads Genesis Invitational with a 64 at the Riviera; Two Players Shot 66

By BILL BRUNS Circling the News Advisor The Genesis Invitational, featuring eight of the world’s top 10-ranked players, got underway in beautiful weather today at the Riviera Country Club. Sam Burns, 24, took a two-stroke lead with a 7-under-par 64…

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Katie O’Neill Shares Paintings with Rotary

“Pacific Palisades has to be one of the most beautiful places to live,” artist Katie O’Neill told Rotary Club members during a Zoom meeting on February 9. She noted how the Pacific Ocean frames one side of the town, while…

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Parents in L.A. Public Schools Are Urged to Join a ZOOM Walkout Monday

LAUSD school parents are urged to protest by not attending Zoom classes, starting next Monday. Earlier this week, L.A. County public health officials said that Covid-19 cases had dropped enough to allow elementary schools to reopen—the California requirement to allow…

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Traffic Improvements Are Coming for the Notorious Intersection at Chautauqua and PCH

Raise your hand if you have been in the right-hand lane on the downhill side of Chautauqua waiting to turn south onto Pacific Coast Highway and someone zooms by you in the adjacent lane and pulls in front of you…

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Draycott Owner Shares Cocktail Recipes at Virtual Chamber of Commerce Event

  Marissa Hermer, co-owner of The Draycott, located in the center of Caruso’s Palisades Village, was the guest speaker at a Palisades Chamber of Commerce virtual event on February 9. The ever delightful Hermer, who is the mother of three…

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Donate Blood for the American Red Cross

  A blood drive will be held at the American Legion Ronald Reagan-Palisades Post 283, 15247 La Cruz, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23. Healthy donors are needed, and appointments are required so that social distancing can…

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CRIME: PACIFIC PALISADES through February 14

  In the latest revolving door of Pacific Palisades Senior Lead Officers, LAPD Officer III Jae Lee will step into the position for a month. His email is [email protected]. Michael Moore, who retired in January after being the Palisades SLO…

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Genesis Invitational Returns to the Riviera This Week

The weather in Pacific Palisades should be ideal for the Tiger Woods Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club this week. Unfortunately, the event, which is often interrupted by rainy weather, will be played without spectators, on the course designed by…

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