No retail store closing caused more distress in our community than when the town’s lone hardware store, Norris, closed its doors in July 2018. And no store’s opening is more eagerly awaited than the new Anawalt store coming to Pacific Palisades.

By CHAZ PLAGER Special to Circling the News In my opinion, there are three kinds of people dealing with Covid-19. The first are extroverts who are going crazy while stuck inside, and some are spending every waking moment protesting. The second are

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News What’s it like to be a writer in the age of coronavirus? For acclaimed historical novelist Lisa See, it has meant canceling or postponing most of a book tour for her new release, “The Island of Sea

  There is oil underneath the land below the Via de las Olas bluffs and offshore in the Pacific Ocean. In fact, at one time the site was dubbed the Pacific Palisades oil field. Occidental Petroleum projected that 60 oil and natural gas wells

EVERYBODY VOTE BY MAIL? A CORRECTION: In my May 4 Musings, I wrote: L.A. County Supervisors voted unanimously on May 5 to send vote-by-mail ballots to every person registered for the November general election (six months away), citing concerns about

Councilman Mike Bonin is to be applauded for trying to help poor people or just those who are crammed into apartments with no yards. In an April 13 letter to Seleta Reynolds, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Bonin

  Julie Starr Dresner, who has her own jewelry design business, went back to her costuming roots and sewed 20 masks that were donated to the nurses at Children’s Hospital L.A. She is a member of the Costume Designers Guild, which donated the

BY BOB VICKREY During my long career in book publishing, I was often accused by sales managers of enhancing my weekly marketing reports with excessive details. One manager, in particular, took a gentle shot in my direction at a company dinner one

Although four people were playing bocce at Veterans’ Gardens at the Palisades Recreation Center on Sunday, the site has not been officially dedicated and the area is not open. A Palisades resident wrote to CTN on Sunday: “We’ve now seen the

When you graduated from high school, most likely you purchased a yearbook. Many of you still have that annual and appreciate how important it was to commemorate your senior year. In particular, the Class of 2020 at Palisades High, thanks to the