Hazel Tate Spearheads Sack Lunch Effort in Pacific Palisades

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

“Volunteering is love in motion,” Hazel Tate told Circling the News on January 22. If that is the case, Tate must have one of the biggest hearts in Pacific Palisades. When the Covid pandemic closed down Los Angeles in March, Tate…

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PaliHi Parent Leads Campaign to Reopen L.A. Public Schools

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Ross Novie, the father of two Palisades High School students, is leading a non-partisan campaign, LA School Uprising, asking that public schools reopen. Novie told Circling the News that his daughter, 16, and son, 14, have suffered the effects of…

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Residents Make Plea to Commissioners to “Save” Venice

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

During public comment at the January 21 meeting of the L.A. Department of Recreation and Park Commissioners, three different Venice residents made statements about their local park — and it was chilling. “It is a complete and total breakdown of…

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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Celebrating Our “Second Gentleman”

Posted on January 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 mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed…

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Pacific Palisades Civic League to Meet

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet electronically, via ZOOM, on Monday, January 25, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is the perfect…

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Update: January 22 Readers Report on Covid Vaccination

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Covid Vaccination Update: I asked readers to keep me updated on the process of getting a Covid vaccination, given that California ranks last in getting the shots into people’s arms (40.9 percent). In contrast, my mom’s medical office in South…

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Commissioners Approve an Official Name: George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

The L.A. Recreation and Park Board commissioners made it official today: the park nearing completion in Potrero Canyon, below the Palisades Recreation Center, will be called George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon. The 46-acre passive recreation park, which stretches from…

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Matt Damon Trades Pacific Palisades for Brooklyn Heights

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

One of my favorite movies last year was “Ford v. Ferrari,” co-starring Pacific Palisades resident Matt Damon. But Damon, who has been called one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood, has now made it official: his home in the Riviera neighborhood…

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Former Co-Honorary Mayor Janice Crystal Joins an Environmental Campaign in the Palisades

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Janice Crystal, a former Honorary Mayor with husband Billy, has joined Resilient Palisades to offer support for community efforts that address environmental issues. The group’s first event, on February 2, will focus on the harmful effects of gas-powered leaf blowers. Circling the…

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Emergency Airlift from the Mountains

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: In response to the most recent airlift of a hiker on January 18, a reader wrote “Probably unavailable, but it would be good disclosure to report how much the injured people will be charged personally for the airlifts…

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