Monthly Archives: March 2020
Hope Is a Good Thing—And Always Check One’s Sources
I received the following letter from a reader, who said that we are not alone, that F. Scott Fitzgerald suffered a like fate during the the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, that infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third...
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March 19, 2020, Musings
Musings FIVE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN PACIFIC PALISADES! By Sue Pascoe · March 19, 2020 Early today, I received an email from a reader, who said they had heard that someone in Pacific Palisades has/had coronavirus. A week ago, I heard...
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Phase I Begins for the Controversial Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project
By MARISSA PIANKO Circling the News Contributor Almost 20 years after California State Parks purchased the 1,659-acre property at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Topanga Canyon Road, Phase 1 of the Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project has begun. Impassioned...
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Coronavirus Updates via L.A.Times and Wall Street Journal
Pacific Palisades is so beautiful with the Pacific Ocean on one side of the area and the Santa Monica Mountains on the other, that coronavirus and death from the virus seem far off and surreal. The self-quarantine policy still seems...
We Have a Winner in Alaska! Waerner, a Norwegian, Captures the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Norwegian Musher Thomas Waerner won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18, finishing at 12:37 a.m. with a team of 10 dogs. According to Alaska Public Media, this is Waerner’s first Iditarod win and only his second try....
March 18, 2020, Musings
Musings A WELCOMED MEDICAL CANCELLATION By Sue Pascoe · March 18, 2020 My colonoscopy scheduled for next week has been cancelled, until further notice. Finally, a coronavirus cancellation that makes me happy (though I know the procedure is important, and...
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PCH Task Force Meeting: Caltrans Official Addresses Four Projects Affecting Pacific Palisades
What’s the most dangerous move a driver can make on Pacific Coast Highway? At the Wednesday quarterly PCH Task Force meeting in Malibu, an L.A. County Sheriff and a California Highway Patrol representative agreed that it’s “a U-turn on Pacific...
Updating the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska
As of March 17, at 11:05 a.m., Thomas Waerner was still in first place after reaching the White Mountain checkpoint (953 miles from Anchorage). In second was Mitch Seavey, 60, who also reached White Mountain and moved up from fourth...
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A Global Medicine Doctor’s New Take on Covid-19: Information for Citizens
(Editor’s Note: I’ve received many emails from readers who are passing along coronavirus advice from someone they claim is a credible expert in the medical field. Many of the emails I’ve received, contain bogus information such as “this new virus...
March 17, 2020, Musings
Musings PICKING UP TAKE-OUT, HIT WITH A PARKING TICKET By Sue Pascoe · March 17, 2020 From CTN Adviser Bill Bruns: “Monday night at about 7:30, I was walking through an almost abandoned business district, save for the grocery stores...
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