Monthly Archives: November 2022
“Sweet Delilah” Provides Warm and Lovely Evening
By LAUREL BUSBY Circling the News Contributor Fans of Steel Magnolias will likely be delighted by Theatre Palisades new play, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club. Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and James Wooten, the play centers on five Southern women, former college...
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Rain, Blessed Rain, Fell in Pacific Palisades
The rain started in the evening of November 6 and after several showers and downpours, the sun finally came out on November 9. There were reports of several traffic accidents and garbage cans floating down the street. The rain gauge...
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City Council Set to Vote on Venice Bridge Home Lease Extension
(Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Westside Current on November 8 and is published with permission. The story should resonate with residents of the Westside, including Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Venice, Westchester, Playa and Marina del Rey because the City...
Palisades Football Dominates Huntington Park 48-0
A week later, and a different team stepped on the field. Palisades High School crushed Huntington Park 48-0 in the first round of the Division 1 playoffs at Stadium by the Sea. The week before the Dolphins had lost to...
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November 8, 2022, Musings
Musings ELECTED OFFICIALS AT WORK By Sue Pascoe · November 8, 2022 Our elected officials reached out to Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness volunteers and asked about winter shelters for the homeless, “do you have any suggested locations on...
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Obituary: Paul Morantz, Champion for Those in Cults
Paul Morantz, a California lawyer who crusaded against brainwashing self-help gurus, crooked psychotherapists and menacing cults, including one that nearly killed him with a rattlesnake, died October 23 at a Santa Monica hospital. He was 77. Palisades resident Bob Vickrey...
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CRIME REPORT: October 26 through 29 – Senior Lead Officer Report
Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin wrote: I hope this email finds you well. We are now getting into colder weather in our area. We (LAPD) are continually checking for encampments where people could possibly be setting up cooking or...
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More Tree Thoughts via Letter from Arborist Carl Mellinger
(Editor’s note: Regarding the proposed tipuana tipu trees for the Palisades Recreation by the bocce courts, I invited Palisades resident and arborist Carl Mellinger, who also serves on the Village Green board to join me in the park.) He wrote...
November 7, 2022, Musings
Musings HOMELESS – TENT CITIES By Sue Pascoe · November 7, 2022 A reader wrote: There is an excellent article in a recent issue of LOS ANGELES magazine about LA homelessness policies and how it led to the trend of...
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While Politicians Fight over Plans, Homeless Die on Streets
It used to be in the “good” old days that winter shelters would be set in armories, churches and abandoned buildings to help those who were homeless avoid the cold nights on the streets. Now there are only 143...
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