Alan Eisenstock: Beating Covid-19 with Music

Posted on October 11, 2020 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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Ugly Behavior at the Palisades Farmers Market

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Early this morning, two elderly women set up a table for the Republicans at the Palisades Farmers Market on the corner of Antioch and Swarthmore. When Circling the News walked by, a middle-age white male was shouting at them, asking…

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Circling the News Lobbies City Officials to Reopen Outdoor Basketball Courts at Recreation Centers

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At the beginning of Covid-19 closures in L.A. County, the City of L.A. closed its parks and recreation centers. Then over time it was determined that outdoor activities, including going to the beach, hiking and playing tennis and golf, was acceptable….

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The Highlands Bowl ‘Hear and See the Stars’ Concert Is This Friday Night–Outdoors in Person

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The eighth outdoor concert in a series that started during the Covid-19 shutdown will be held at 5:45 p.m. this Friday, October 9 at 1647 Michael Lane in the Highlands. The concerts are organized by Palisades resident Jens Lindemann, a…

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Palisades High School Ambassadors to Host Bingo Night for Seniors on Sunday

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades High School Ambassadors are hosting a virtual Zoom bingo night for seniors in Pacific Palisades at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. Ambassador Alexander Denham told Circling the News, “The event is being geared towards seniors in the…

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Fire in the Palisades Branch Library Is Rapidly Extinguished Early This Morning

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

An automatic fire alarm went to Fire Station 69 at 7:10 a.m. this morning, announcing a fire in the Pacific Palisades Branch Library. Stationed just a block from the library, firemen responded immediately and noticed smoke on the roof. Captains…

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LETTERS: Endangered Plants and Surplus Ballots

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Brauton’s Milkvetch Endangered A reader wrote regarding our September 29 story, “Power Pole Replacement Project Needed, But an Endangered Plant Is Threatened.” The story started, “Ironically, if the wooden power poles in the Santa Monica Mountains north of Pacific…

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There Are Situations Worse than Covid-19

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

There is a Native American Plains proverb, “Great Spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins.” In my September 20 Musings (“LIVING IN TWO WORLDS”), I wrote that I couldn’t…

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Crime and Vandalism in Pacific Palisades (and Thermopolis, Wyoming)

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News received an email from members of the Village Green Board, which oversees the private nonprofit park on Sunset at Swarthmore. They wrote: “At the Village Green this morning (October 5) there were broken glass bottles all over the brickwork. It…

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Department of Toxic Substances Provides an Update on Former Contaminated Swarthmore Site

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

In July 2004, when business in Pacific Palisades was thriving, and a local newspaper reported, “The only advertised storefront currently available for lease in the Village is the former Emerson-LeMay site (1,600-sq.-ft.) at 1045 Swarthmore, which has been vacant since…

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