Circling the News

Local LA news source! Independent journalist reporting on what matters.

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I asked FireAid who was paying for the lawyers that they hired about the money distribution. No answer. I asked how many fire stations/trucks were sent to the Palisades Fire. No answer. I asked how many electrical poles were destroyed in the fire. No answer. These are not hard questions to answer – unless you’ve done something wrong.

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@X After the Jonathan Rinderknecht mistrial today (10-2 not guilty), 1st Asst. U.S. Attorney Bill Assayli said there would be a retrial. Those listening in court, could see prosecutors didn't have actual evidence and a retrial would probably end up similarly. But Essayli blamed the lack of a guilty verdict on the quality of the jurors. What arrogance.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Saving LA - Phase III

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My three adult children moved out of California about five years ago and all received vote-by-mail ballots. My daughter jokingly said, "who did I vote for this time?" I checked for her ballot status on the Vote by Mail Status Tool. It noted that *Results displaying a date here indicate your Vote by Mail ballot was received and verified by the Registrar. If your Vote by Mail status returns “Not yet received”, then your Vote by Mail ballot is still being processed. Counting of the Vote by Mail ballots continues 30 days after Election Day."

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According to LateNighter ratings for the first quarter of 2026, Jimmy Kimmel had 2.53 million viewers and 256,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The Beverly Hillbillies in its last year had 20-30 million viewers. Maybe it’s time to bring a popular show to the time slot.

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Don't you just hate it when people lie, especially billionaire developers and politicians? They don't expect anyone to ask the questions and most people don't, they simply nod and go along with whatever the person says. "Crime is down, homelessness is down, L.A. is ready the 2028 Olympics, we're helping people in the Palisades." No, no, no and no.

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@MLAS @spencerpratt The cookies are absolutely delicious - someone gave me one. If someone doesn't like the cookies, here's a tip, eat them and they disappear.

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I don't follow the reasoning. Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is alleged of starting the Lachman Fire, appeared in Federal Court. Attorneys argued that he was responsible for the Palisades Fire - even though it was six days later and firefighters and State Park Personal knew the first fire had not been completely extinguished. Why not go after LAFD and State Parks for not putting the Lachman Fire completely out? Put them on trial.

[Circling the News @CirclingN]

Spencer Pratt did so well on the Mayoral debate that Karen Bass is considering voting for him. Nithya Raman has great dimples. Enough said.

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A construction worker was rescued from a collapsed trench at 1:48 p.m. in the 15400 block of Via de las Olas in Pacific Palisades on Thursday, April 16. The 28-year-old male, in grave condition, was given lifesaving measures by paramedics from Fire Station 69 and then taken to a local trauma center. He did not survive. Gabriel was a loving father to his five-year-old son Isaiah, a devoted husband to Giselle and a cherished son to his mother Monica. https://t.co/Cs6vVHmcZG

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Weeds and dried brush have grown up on all the vacant lots in Pacific Palisades. It's a massive fire hazard and one cigarette thrown out could light the town up and destroy it, again. There's an effort from residents to clear lots on Saturday, but it would help if there was water in the reservoirs and firefighters. Why are there vacant lots? No one has money to rebuild. There's a big gap between what insurance is paying and what it costs for a new home in Los Angeles.

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On his website under public safety, Mayoral Candidate Adam Miller proposes that he would encourage community-based patrols and reduced the administrative burden on officers through automation (there are only 8,677 officers, the lowest staffing in 25 years). Who wants to join the Pacific Palisades “Radciffe Rebel Patrol" and chase down criminals on our block? We can form a mob and wave bats and clubs. Heck, who needs police? Who needs a court? We’ll punish on the spot with tar and feathering.

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Republican Candidate Ronald Reagan used the phrase “there you go again” while debating President Jimmy Carter. The phrase implies the opponent is engaged in hyperbole or hysterical comments. CTN was reminded of the phrase as the L.A. Times works overtime to “trash” Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt. In the LA Times latest story “Three Candidates Stand Out in L.A. Mayoral Race,” which should be labeled an opinion piece, James Rainey writes “Political pros (without naming them) believe that Bass, Raman and Miller stand the best chance of getting there.” He ignores the current polling that puts Pratt in second place. He then notes his colleague Noah Goldberg has said Miller will launch an advertising blitz to increase his profile. One might remember Goldberg did a hit piece on Pratt in the L.A. Times on April 6. CTN says to the L.A. Times “there you go again.”

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The Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 homes including Spencer Pratt's. He had to find a school for his kids and a place for his family to live. He's renting from a relative in Carpinteria. The L.A. Times came out with a despicable story about how he's no longer a L.A. resident because he's living in a rental. Palisades residents have also had to reregister to vote because our addresses were taken away after the fire. Burn the town down and tell Spencer he has to live on a dirt lot with his family in order to run for Mayor. The Times owes Spencer a major apology.

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Why are L.A. County workers shoving cement and dirt that accumulated in the channel into the Pacific Ocean? Waiting to hear back from Supervisor Horvath's office.

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Mayor Karen Bass is going to "kick off" the L.A. Marathon tomorrow. Palisades Fire Survivors hope there's enough water along the race course.

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Mr. Waffle Man takes a swipe at Spencer Pratt because he said Pratt doesn't have political experience. Traci Park didn't either and she's been brilliant. I'll take an authentic candidate any day over someone who can't make up his mind if he wants to run or not.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

very soon FireAid will be back in the news

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Every LA city council member needs to be put in a bus and transported to Pacific Palisades and left overnight with the coyotes and no street lights. Let them feel the hell the city and state have created.

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In the Hong Kong Fire there were no alarms, no evacuations and a third of the people living there were over 65. Three days later 11 were arrested. Here, officials first blamed the Palisades Fire on climate change and then on the victims for not having fire resistant buildings. Who will be charged for the preventable fire that killed 12 and destroyed 6,000 homes.

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New Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore's first stop was at Palisades Fire Station 69, most likely to tell firefighters to not leak anymore texts or incriminating evidence about the Palisades Fire. Moore's straight out of "Hogan's Heroes" "I know nothing, I see nothing, I hear nothing."