Circling The News

BY CHAZ PLAGER As the end of the first semester fast approaches, the Palisades Charter High School Marching Band is gearing up for the end of their season as well. This Friday, over 60 students of the program will board buses headed toward

Veterans Day is always observed on November 11, however many communities hold the celebration on other days in order to allow more people to participate. Two Palisades Scouts honored Veterans by going to a meeting of the Santa Monica chapter of the

My first husband, who liked to ski, took me, a novice on the slopes. As we waited to get on the chair lift, he reminded me to keep everything next to my body, because things could get caught on the lift bars. Dutifully I made sure mittens and ski

Canyon Elementary School went into lockdown on November 15 around 2:30 p.m. and then later the same day Kenter Canyon Elementary School also went into lockdown, according to Gates Security CEO Scott Wagenseller. Both schools had received shooting

Wreaths Across America, a holiday wreath-laying ceremony on the graves of Veterans, will be held December 16. Steve Chapin, who is the Interim Cubmaster Pack 223, thought Palisades residents might like to know more about the program and possibly

At the Palisades Farmers Market last week, one of the vegetable vendors showed a woman a small pumpkin, a sugar pumpkin. He told her that his stand would only carry them for the next two weeks and that they regularly sell out. Sugar pumpkins are

Anytime a new restaurant opens in Pacific Palisades,  it always seems to serve Italian cuisine. Good news, quality French food will be available at Palisades Village. Marissa and Matt Hermer have announced that a Belle Vie residency will occur at

At the Palisades Optimist Club meeting on November 7, the two featured speakers were YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley and Teen Program Director Jaylen Lacy. Kirtley spoke about the weekly food distribution at the Y, Lacy addressed his efforts

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council will honor five residents and an organization at its holiday dinner and awards celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. on December 6 at the Draycott. The community is invited to join the celebration. ‘The cost,

In keeping with a long-standing Pacific Palisades tradition, clergy from eight religious’ institutions in the Palisades will participate in a Thanksgiving service, 7 p.m. Monday, November 20 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 575