City and State Leaders Address the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club (Part Two)

(Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran comments by Mayor Eric Garcetti, U.S. Representative Ted Lieu and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. Today, we include comments from State Senator Ben Allen, State Assemblymember Richard Bloom, L.A. City Councilmember Mike Bonin and LAUSD…

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VIEWPOINT: An Unresolved, Ongoing Debate about Censorship on Nextdoor Palisades

Should the post ‘Schools Opening – Why Aren’t the Children the Priority?’ be censored on Nextdoor? Our country was founded on free speech and that includes speech you might not like or speech that you may not agree with. Our Founding…

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Girl Scout Cookies Available Here, Or for Shipping

With the plea from readers who wanted to know how to get their annual “fix” of Girl Scout cookies, the response was immediate. Lynn Mack-Costello, a former CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles and a lifetime member, wrote…

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Annexing the Palisades”—A Radio Play about Rustic Canyon’s Notorious Murphy Ranch

  By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Violent extremism not only burst through on Jan. 6 at the Capitol, it also hid at a beautiful 50-acre estate in Rustic Canyon before World War II. The Murphy Ranch, which is the…

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City and State Leaders Address the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club

(Editor’s note: the second part of this story will run tomorrow. The entire meeting will be posted on the Democratic Club’s website: Palisadesdemclub.org )  At the Democratic Club’s annual membership meeting, held virtually on January 31, there was a “peaceful”…

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CRIME (Reported from January 15 to 28), Cost of Car Burglary and Updating a Home Invasion Robbery Attempt

LAPD Officer James Allen, who is filling in as Pacific Palisades Senior Lead officer after Michael Moore’s retirement, filed the following report from last week. BURGLARY January 15, 8:36 p.m., in the 17800 block of Vicino Way. The unknown suspect smashed…

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Cub Scouts Earn ‘Arrow of Light’ Honors

  The Scout Oath begins with “On my honor I will do my best.” On January 31, members of Palisades Cub Pack 223 were recognized for doing their best during a challenging year of scouting. Fifteen Cub Scouts, all fifth graders,…

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Signups for PPBA Baseball Are Now Open; Board Member Provides Some Helpful Perspective

The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association has been providing baseball instruction and playing experience for kids in the Palisades, Brentwood, and Santa Monica since 1954. Boys and girls from 7 to 14 years of age as of August 31, 2021(born on or after 05/01/2006 and on…

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Task Force Addresses the Enduring Challenge: Drug Use and the Homeless

The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness tackled drug use among the homeless with the topic “Street Drugs and Homelessness: A Devastating Combination,” at its January 25 community meeting on Zoom. The PPTFH provides a community service by holding periodic…

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Gotta Love California

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 mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed…

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