The Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, located in Playa Vista, is an approximately 600-acre protected area owned by the State of California and managed by California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Now it is in the process of being destroyed by

Scott Heineman, a 28-year-old native of Pacific Palisades, signed a contract with the Yomiuri Giants on August 3, flew to Tokyo last week and is now in quarantine. He will be activated the first week of September. The 6’1” Heineman, an outfielder

(Editor’s note: After local residents attended and spoke at the LA County Parks Needs Assessment Update meeting on Zoom last night, several of them wrote the following letter and shared it with Circling the News.) Thank you for hosting the LA County

“If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand up for much,” said Marian Wright Edelman, who has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans and founded the Children’s Defense Fund. The Ronald Reagan Post 283 Auxiliary and the Sons of the

According to the August 5 L.A. Times Editorial (“Homeless People on Venice Beach Got Interim Housing. Can’t This Happen All Over the City?”): “Over the course of six weeks, service providers aided by local officials moved 211 homeless people who had

About $500,000 was approved by the L.A. Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners at its August 5 meeting in order to refurbish and renovate the interior and the exterior of the iconic Muscle Beach weightlifting pen at Venice Beach. The work will

The 46-acre George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon is currently undergoing landscaping, which is scheduled to be completed in early 2022. State legislators have approved funding ($11 million) to build a pedestrian bridge that connects the park with

  Caltrans representative Agdolhossein Sagahafi (Abdi) reported on several issues related to Pacific Palisades at PCH Task Force quarterly Zoom meeting on August 12. Updating the McClure Tunnel Queue Warning Project, Abdi said: “The McClure

(Editor’s note: Responding to Councilmen Mike Bonin and Mark Ridley-Thomas’ motion to place the homeless at Will Rogers and Dockweiler Beaches, Westchester and Mar Vista Parks, the L.A. Westside Municipal Building, LAX, Marina del Rey Boat Ramp,

(Editor’s note: A long-time Via de la Paz resident, Evelyn Smith, has bequeathed   $343,000 to Theatre Palisades as well as the Friends of the Palisades Library. She also donated a similar amount to several other nonprofit groups outside of Pacific