Monthly Archives: June 2022

Drought, Water Tied to California’s History

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

By REECE PASCOE With the first major rainfall of the year in Southern California, usually in the winter, everyone goes a little crazy. Car crashes litter the freeways, youth sports games are canceled, and everyone rushes to get home, finally … Continue reading →

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Theatricum’s ‘Merry Wives’ Guarantees a Belly Laugh

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

By LIBBY MOTIKA Circling The News Contributor For those of us who are exalting in the return of live theater, Saturday evening at the Theatricum Botanicum filled the order perfectly. Set in the open-air stage under the live oak canopy … Continue reading →

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Will Rogers 5/10K Run Returns in 2022

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

  The Will Rogers 45th Annual Race returns this year, after a two-year absence because of the Covid pandemic. The 5/10K is run on one of the most beautiful courses in the country, with the 10K winding through Will Rogers … Continue reading →

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Community Council Asks Councilman Mike Bonin for Additional Police

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion at its June 9 meeting to approve a letter asking Councilman Mike Bonin to use discretionary funds to allow for additional police officers to the Palisades Beach Detail this summer. The entire … Continue reading →

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June 7 Primary in L.A. County—Still Counting Votes

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

An April story in “The Local” (“How do the French Produce such Accurate Early Election Results?”) notes that if you’re used to British or American elections you might be expecting an all-night count, but in France, a provisional result is … Continue reading →

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Simple Twist of Fate

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: If a young person ever wonders what love truly is—CTN shares the sweet tale of Pepper Edmiston, who was married to her husband Joe on November 1, 1985.)   By PEPPER EDMISTON In the summer of 1999, two … Continue reading →

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Palisades High School Graduates 850

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

By CHAZ PLAGER Most graduations are special. For the graduates, it means that a new chapter in their life has begun, and to say goodbye to the past four years of their life. For the parents of the graduates, it … Continue reading →

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Getty Villa Site of Formal State Dinner: Snarls Traffic

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

The Getty Villa was the site of the formal state dinner on June 9. President Joe Biden and the First Lady Jill Biden hosted more than 20 heads of state from countries across the Western Hemisphere at the museum in … Continue reading →

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Encampment Next to Venice Library Cleaned

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: the story “Neighbors Speak Out as Centennial Park Encampment Halfway Cleared Making Way for Major Cleanup, Repairs”  appeared on the Westside Current on June 12 and is reprinted with permission.) By SANDRA CLARK Just days after Westside Current … Continue reading →

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Historical Society’s Centennial Publication Arrives This Week

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Watch your mailbox/front porch this week for a special 60-page publication: Pacific Palisades: A Centennial Retrospective, 1922-2022.  Mailed free to every household in Pacific Palisades, this tabloid-size magazine celebrates the town’s rich and wide-ranging history and is sponsored by the … Continue reading →

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