The Rise from Abject Poverty to Wealth

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Sometimes you read or hear a story and your heart soars. On September 4, a friend alerted me, “Interesting feature in the Wall Street Journal today about the guy who won a $250 million lottery in South Dakota and is now…

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OBIT: Sherry Coon, an Invaluable Director, Actor and Administrator at Theatre Palisades, Dies at 70

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Longtime Theatre Palisades member Sherry Coon, 70, passed away on August 31 at her apartment in Santa Monica. Her sibling Dan Hammond said, “She loved being on the stage.” Sherry was born to Robert DeBruhl and Bess George in Los…

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Promised Parking Meter Money from 2018 and 2019 Is Likely Gone, Thanks to City Budget Cuts

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Whatever happened to the parking-meter money Pacific Palisades was supposed to receive via a City pilot program? Councilman Mike Bonin promised in December 2018 that upwards of $50,000 was coming our way for beautification projects in the business district. In a…

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Palisadian Festa wins Emmy for Documentary

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

By BERNICE FOX Special to Circling the News We have a winner! A Palisadian has won during the first of several nights of Emmy awards. Jeanne Elfant Festa produced “The Apollo,” the winner for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special. When…

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The Skinners Take the Cheeseburger Challenge

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

There’s nothing better than a juicy well-prepared cheeseburger, so long-time resident and Pacific Palisades Optimist Club member Bill Skinner went on a quest to find the best one on the Westside. Here’s his report for Circling the News. The overall…

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CRIME: Crime Report Released by Senior Officer Moore

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore has released the crimes that were recorded in Pacific Palisades from August through September 11. Remember not to leave car fobs inside the car to prevent stolen vehicles and to heed the LAPD’s warning: “Lock…

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Pepperdine’s Sahith Theegala Joins the PGA Tour; A Bogey on Final Hole Costs Him Dearly

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

After the third round of the Safeway Open at the Silverado Resort in Napa this weekend, Pepperdine alum Sahith Theegala was 13 under, just three strokes off the lead. In Sunday’s final round at the Silverado Resort, PGA Tour rookie Theegala…

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CTN Welcomes Alan Eisenstock’s Weekly 20-Song Playlists for These Pandemic Times

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

By BILL BRUNS Circling the News Adviser 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…

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Opinion: Would the Community Council Have More Clout As a Neighborhood Council?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At the Community Council’s candidate forum, held on Zoom on August 27, a candidate who is running unopposed for a seat on the council mentioned he would like to figure out how to get the City (and Councilman Mike Bonin)…

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Diesel Trucks that Line Temescal Canyon Road Are for the Highlands Eldercare Project

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Circling the News reported in a September 7 piece on Resilient Palisades, a new environmental group in Pacific Palisades, that rim residents above Temescal Canyon Road are concerned about the toxic fumes released by trucks idling along both sides of…

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