Monthly Archives: June 2024
High School Student Sought to Help with Local Government
Resident and realtor Sue Kohl will step in as the Pacific Palisades Community Council President starting July 1. She is looking for a student, from a private or public high school, to serve as a “Youth Advisor” for the coming...
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If These Are Your Kids. . ..
A Palisades resident wrote: “We were driving past the entrance to the park [Palisades Recreation Center] at 7 p.m. and saw this group of kids setting off fireworks in the ‘bowl’ picnic area below the playground. We got this video...
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Golf Summer Camps for Juniors
Another great choice for juniors with free time on their hands this summer is learning to play golf. This is an all-ages sport that one can play well into retirement. PGA Professional Carlos Rodriguez helps golfers from ages 9 to...
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June 24, 2024, Musings
Musings SIGN UP FOR READING By Sue Pascoe · June 24, 2024 At the Palisades public library, children, teens and adults can sign up for the summer reading program, “L.A. Dreaming.” It takes a few minutes to fill out the...
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Bocce Awards Presented: Praise for the Program/Players
When asked how long she been playing bocce and why, the resident said she started playing about three years ago, “You meet so many people. It’s best community thing.” She continued, “You don’t have to have your own equipment, anyone...
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Get Ready for the Fourth!
BANDS: Two opportunities to march in the parade with your old band instrument. All ages welcome: The Oom PaPa band welcomes new members of all ages each year. Please join rehearsals from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday morning,...
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Junior Tennis Camps through August
Your kid promised that they would do something every day this summer and you didn’t need them to sign up for camps. So far it has been nothing but sleeping late, and too much screen time. Luckily there’s a good...
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June 23, 2024, Musings
Musings OPERA FOR BABIES By Sue Pascoe · June 23, 2024 This Wednesday, June 26 at 11 a.m., BambinO, a unique opera will play at the Palisades Library Community Room. The opera created for babies and toddlers will be presented...
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I Tested Positive for the Cancer-Causing BRCA Mutation. Now What?
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in October 2018 and is reprinted with permission.) By LAURA OSMAN Curiosity about my ancestry spurred me to order an at-home genetic testing kit by mail earlier this year....
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Homelessness and the Million Dollar Question
By TIM CAMPBELL (This column ran on June 17, 2024, in CityWatch and is reprinted with permission.) Recently, I was challenged by a colleague to a thought experiment. What would homelessness programs in LA look like if the budget was...
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