The 405 Freeway Can Be Brutal: Transit Proposed through Sepulveda

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, “the 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway between the 10 and 101 freeways often sees more than 300,000 cars per day. And according to a 2019 study commissioned by the Los Angeles County…

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Theatre Palisades Awards Produces a Bittersweet, Optimistic Evening

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Annually, the Theatre Palisades hosts an award evening to fete the actors and productions that were deemed the best of the season of the five produced plays/musicals. It is usually a lovely evening with a meal held at Founders Oak…

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Back Home in the Palisades

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Reader Diane Reagan wrote this on August 16 and has given Circling the News permission to publish it with a photo of her quilt.) I was one of the lucky ones whose home survived the fires. I completed the move…

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On the Outside Looking In: My Evening with the Toyo Kids

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s Note: All names  in this story have been changed. Writer Chaz Plager grew up in Pacific Palisades and lost his family home during the fire. He taught himself Japanese during Covid and is fluent. This August he is in…

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Op-Ed: Insurers Need to Step Up for LA Wildfire Survivors

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

 (This Op-Ed first appeared in the L.A. Daily News on August 17 and is reprinted with permission from the Mayor’s office.) By: LA MAYOR KAREN BASS and L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHAIR KATHRYN BARGER It’s been seven months since the most…

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CicLAvia Sees Thousands on the Street

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The third CicLAvia street festival of 2025, titled “Culver City Meets Venice” was held today, August 17. Thousands of bicyclists of all ages, skateboarders and walkers thronged the 6.75 mile route that connected Venice with Culver City. The event is…

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Girl Scout Eagle Candidate Leads Others in Beautification

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Digging in the dry rock-hard dirt at the corner at Los Liones and Tramonto Drive, were 10 members of Girl Scout Troop 223, led by Eagle Scout candidate Cameron Lovett. Each candidate must select a project for a religious institution,…

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CVS Has Reopened: Other Areas Gradually Coming Back

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

CVS reopened today, August 15, after being closed since January 7. The interior is open and bright. The cement floors have been polished, and the ceilings have been replaced. The walls were taken to the studs and replaced. Over the…

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Sears Department Building Becomes PaliHi South 2025

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By HENRY KAMER Just shy of 3,000 Palisades Charter High students returned to school today, August 13, at the Sears Department Store Building. Instead of flooding through the quad, students flooded into four floors and the parking lot at the…

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Bringing Community Back One Rotary Meeting at a Time

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Four-Way Test is repeated at the end of every meeting. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? The organization is Rotary and…

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