PaliHi Soccer Player Shane Thomas Dies August 15 After Practicing in Extreme Heat

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Shane Thomas, 17, who scored 19 goals as a junior for the Palisades High soccer team, and who was to be a captain this coming season, died suddenly on Saturday, August 15. A memorial was soon organized near the entrance…

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Palisadian Jake Suddleson Graduates Harvard University, Launches Pro Baseball Career

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Harvard University has never been a pipeline for Major League baseball, or any other pro sport. So when Pacific Palisades teenager Jake Suddleson, a talented right fielder with professional aspirations, was accepted to Harvard in 2016, he went for “the unparalleled academic…

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Viewpoint: Lamenting the Loss of Village Books and Treasuring Diesel Bookstore 

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Columnist Bob Vickrey, in an August 7 email to Circling the News, wrote: “Lisa’s stirring up some ‘good trouble’ in town with her letter to the Palisadian-Post.” In her letter, Lisa Kaas Boyle wrote that when she was in law…

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BID Board to Spend $55,072 for Improvements in the Business District 

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) held a special Zoom meeting on August 14, with 13 people in attendance. They approved $55,072 to be used for improvements in the District, which extends along Sunset from Carey to Via de la…

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VIEWPOINT: Parents and Politicians Need to Take Care of Teens

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Medical students must take the Hippocratic Oath and one of the promises is “First, do no harm.” On Saturday, Circling the News received an email from a reader: “Aid car called to picnic area below parking lot in rec area…

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Former PaliHi Athlete Ashton Price Is Shot and Killed in Las Vegas

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Ashton Price, who graduated from Palisades High School in 2015, died from a gunshot wound to the chest on August 1. He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire during a shootout at a house party in Las Vegas. He…

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L.A. Rec and Park Commissioners Approve Pallet Housing for Homeless at Two Park Sites

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

  At a Zoom meeting on August 6, the L.A. Recreation and Park Commissioners voted 5-0 to allow construction of two separate homeless “towns,” constructed of pallets, at two park sites. At the start of the meeting, L.A. Department of Recreation…

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Enjoy the Outdoors with Good Food and Drinks at The Draycott

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Draycott co-owners, Marissa and Matt Hermer, have embraced the new dining regulations with expanded outdoor seating. Chef Michael Fiorelli (Olivetta and Love & Salt) is the new culinary director and has created an array of new dishes to join…

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No Buffalo Puzzle, Yet. What’s with the U.S. Mail? Rep. Lieu Addresses the Problem.

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At the end of July, under musings, Circling the News posted the following story: THREE-DAY EXPRESS? NOT FOR THIS PACKAGE: While in a Thermopolis, Wyoming, bookstore, I purchased a really cool 1,000-piece puzzle in the shape of a buffalo. I…

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Hearing Rescheduled for 17346 Sunset/Jack-in-the-Box Project

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

A five-story building (60′ 9″) with 39 apartments and ground-floor retail, proposed for the former Jack-in-the-Box site at 17346 Sunset, continues to wind its way through the L.A. Planning Department. A hearing date at the City Planning Commission has been rescheduled for…

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