OPINION: Why Are Many City Workers Set to Receive Raises in the Face of Massive Deficit Projections?

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A reader wrote to Circling the News after reading the October 23 L.A. Times story, “L.A.’s Budget Crisis Worsens as Deficit Projections Climb to $600 Million.” The reader said, “While the City is planning on layoffs and furloughs, which mean…

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Pacific Palisades Garden Club to Hold Holiday Meeting Monday Evening on Zoom

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will hold its annual holiday meeting, via Zoom, at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 7. The Zoom access can be found on the website pacpalgardenclub.org. This month’s speaker is Marie Barnidge-McIntyre, who will speak on “The…

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Mystery Is Solved Re: ‘No Affordable Housing’ in the Palisades

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Pacific Palisades residents were scolded and told by the City Planning Commissioners at an August meeting that they were elitist, that this town lacked affordable housing, and that residents needed to be shown the error of their ways. Even though…

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Teenager Seeks Donations for Chase’s Care Club 

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades High School junior Chase Hill has started a donation drive for the homeless in this community by forming Chase’s Care Club. He knows there’s a great need right now, with the colder weather, and that winter shelters will not…

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Forget the Pie, Make Svea Johnson’s ‘Ugly Cake’ from an Obscure 1930s’ Recipe

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At a Friends of the Library book sale this fall in Thermopolis, Wyoming, my sister picked out several interesting books for me. One was titled “Lutheran Church Basement Women: Lutefisk, Lefse, Lunch and Jell-O.” Topics covered included: How to make…

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City Moves Forward with Digital Signs

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

If you like blinking signs and digital advertisements, you’ll love when the City installs them in the bus shelters at the corner of Carey and Sunset, the corner of Temescal Canyon and Sunset and in front of the high school…

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Palisades Library Update and How to Order a Book

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

  Gail Kim, the Pacific Palisades Children’s Librarian, notified Circling the News that he Palisades Library’s book drop is open once again for library material returns. It will be closed on holidays. She was asked if there was any plan to…

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The 2020 Palisades Reads Program Will Feature Author Dana Johnson Thursday Evening

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The second annual Palisades Reads program will be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow, December 3. To receive the Zoom link, RSVP to [email protected]. The talk will feature author Dana Johnson, an associate professor of English at USC, who will discuss her…

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2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

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A Local Gift Idea—Portraits of Hope Products

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Buy a beautiful ring, umbrella, pet collar or cornhole board, while supporting Portraits of Hope. In 1995, Palisadian Ed Massey and his brother Bernie founded POH, using art and visual imagery in large-scale art exhibitions. The program allowed seriously ill…

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