Young Students Perform an Uplifting Virtual Concert, “Playing Through a Pandemic”

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Depressed by Covid-19? If you instantly want to feel better, go to Childrensmusicworkshop.com and click on the concert “Playing Through a Pandemic,” presented by the All Schools Elementary Honor Orchestra. Starting with the “Radetzky March” by Johann Strauss, Sr. (arranged…

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Sinkhole at Monument and Swarthmore Reappears

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A sinkhole at Monument and Swarthmore, which has been paved over twice, has reappeared. A resident wrote Circling the News: “I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, yet, that the west side of Monument at Swarthmore is collapsing again. This issue is very…

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Caruso Receives Permit to Expand Swarthmore Sidewalk into Existing Landscaping

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A reader wrote to Circling the News on August 15: “Did you notice that Caruso has removed the landscaping along Swarthmore in front of Porta Via? He seems to be widening the public sidewalk to accommodate more even more outdoor tables…

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Planning Commissioners Received Incorrect Information about Low-Income Housing Here

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

All the local governing boards in Pacific Palisades, Waldorf School members and the Self-Realization Fellowship, as well as numerous residents, objected to the proposed 60’9” mix-use development at the former Jack-in-the-Box site on western Sunset, because of size and lack…

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A Revered Literary Lion Still Roars in Texas

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

By BOB VICKREY The list of Texans that have spent their writing lives chronicling their roots is rather long and impressive, and includes names like Dobie, Webb and Graves. For many years, J. Frank Dobie was considered the preeminent voice…

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The U.S. Census: Why It Is Important to be Counted

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, one of two bodies that write laws for the United States. Each representative represents about 711,000 people, with California currently having the most representatives at 53. States such as Montana, Wyoming,…

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Readers Relate Stories and Express Views

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

ARNOLD SPIELBERG’S OBIT BRINGS MEMORIES: Long-time Palisadian Mary Cole (who has retired to Palm Desert), wrote Circling the News on Monday after reading an obituary about Arnold Spielberg, a longtime Palisadian: “When young Steven Spielberg was about 12, his father…

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Resilient Palisades to Hold Community Meeting on Zoom This Wednesday Evening

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Marie Steckmest, the founder of Palisades Cares in 2006, advocated for reusable bags, composting, gardening, recycling and community service activities in Pacific Palisades. She carried on the crusade for more than a decade and was named the 2008 Citizen of…

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Happy News, Finally: Palisades Farmers Market Returns to Swarthmore and Antioch

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Offering the first “happy” news in a long time, the Pacific Palisades Farmers Market reopened on Sunday at two locations in the business district. Both locations had a variety of seasonal fruits, vegetables, flowers, nuts, soup, eggs and the extra snacks…

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Obit: Arnold Spielberg, 103, World War II Vet, Computer Pioneer, Father of the Director

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Arnold Meyer Spielberg,103, of Pacific Palisades died here of natural causes on August 25, 2020. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 6, 1917, to Samuel and Rebecca Spielberg. It was Arnold’s early love of science and academia that…

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