Viewpoint: Thoughts about the Steadfast Statue

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

It took 30 years and a Covid-19 pandemic with stay-at-home orders for me to finish a needlepoint. About two decades ago, I threw it in the trash unfinished but unbeknownst to me, my husband dragged it out. Not only that,…

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Why You Should Register Your Bike with the Nonprofit Bike Index

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

My family has had three bikes stolen at two different times from Pacific Palisades. Once the driveway gate was open and someone walked up to the garage and took two bikes. The second time, a bike was parked along the…

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LETTER: It’s Now or Never in the Highlands!

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Circling the News recieved the following letter from Highlands resident Steve Cron.) Dear fellow Palisadians, For several years, the Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA) has been fighting to stop, or at least downsize, the proposed eldercare facility at…

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Latest LAPD Crime Report for Pacific Palisades

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore updated our town’s crime statistics through June 20. The emphasis seems to have returned to car-related crimes. BURGLARY THEFT FROM VEHICLE May 23, 9:45 a.m. to noon, at Sunset/El Medio. The suspect smashed a window…

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Googie Architecture Captured the Spirit of the ‘50s

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor Photos: Steve Loeper Googie, the futuristic commercial architecture seen on everything from coffee shops to gas stations across mid-century Los Angeles, perfectly captured the city as it evolved into a car-oriented, decentralized metropolis….

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City Planning to Hear Revised Plans for Jack-in-the-Box Location, but the PPRA Requests a Delay

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades residents discovered that City Planning will hear the revised plans for the proposed 5-story, mixed-use building/apartment at 17346 Sunset, the site of the former Jack-in-the-Box, on July 6. In August 2019, the Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote that the proposed…

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L.A. Public Library Offers Numerous Free Programs

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

For the complete schedule of all the programs offered by the Los Angeles Public Library this coming week, visit: lapl.org/summer. If you or your children have not signed up for the summer reading challenge program, which is held from June 1…

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Civic League to Review Residential Construction Plans Via ZOOM on June 22

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet electronically, via ZOOM, on Monday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. because of the current stay-at-home, social distancing edicts. (The meetings are generally held the fourth Monday of each month.) This is the perfect opportunity…

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Will Rogers 5/10K 4th of July Run Evolves

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

So you’re not an athlete and you’ve never run a 5K or even jogged around the block? This is absolutely your year to donate to the Palisades Will Rogers 5 & 10K Run and receive a T-shirt. The July 4th races…

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Palisadian Rich Wilken: July 4th’s Preeminent Volunteer

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

By LAUREL BUSBY Rich Wilken, 73, was only a toddler when Pacific Palisades held its first parade in 1948. He has faint memories of the next few parades, which he watched from the curb on Antioch Street. “I remember…

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