Circling The News

  By BOB VICKREY I’ve always tried to figure out how Chuck Morrell and I became such good friends. I’m genuinely cynical by nature, while he was always an eternal optimist. This gap reflected more than just the old adage of the glass half-full

“The last two days George Wolfberg Park gates have been locked at 4 p.m. when we’ve tried to gain entrance,” a reader wrote CTN on March 4. “Sunset is at about 6 p.m. and the signs say the park is open until sunset. Any idea what’s going on?”

The Friends of the Palisades Library board announced last September that it would donate $10,000 to the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness to help hire a clinical case manager through The People Concern. Dyamon White was hired and started

Homeless Might Benefit from Sharing Rooms: There are about 70,000 homeless individuals in Los Angeles County and in 2021-22 there were about 13,000 housing slots, according to LAHSA. With about five homeless dying everyday on the streets, there have

  A volunteer of the LA Opera will give a talk at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, in the community room of the Palisades Library, 861 Alma Real. The L.A. Opera’s presentation of Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Mélisande has been

Hiker Rescued off Parkland Area by Michael Lane Firefighters from Los Angeles Firestation 23 and 69 assisted with a hiker rescue off Michael Lane in the Palisades Highlands around 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. The hiker, a 65-year-old male became stranded

If you have always wondered about the Pacific Palisades Optimist Club and how to become a member, think about attending their meeting Tuesday morning at 9:30 in Janes Hall at the Presbyterian Church, 15821 Sunset. The guest speaker will be former

  By CHAZ PLAGER Forty Palisades High School students, representing the PaliHi Ambassadors, came out on Saturday morning to pick up trash and litter in Pacific Palisades. “We’re happy to give back to our community, even if in a small way,” said

With the cold weather and lack of homeless shelters, the local Post Office has become a place for a few people seeking shelter during the rains. On March 2, CTN posted a letter from a resident that said “I was on my way home from work, mailing a

After having lunch in the village today, writers Bill Bruns and Kenny Turan were walking on Swarthmore when they noticed activity in ROCA Pizza. “Let’s see when they’re going to start serving pizza,” Turan said. Several