Monthly Archives: June 2024
What Is It #30?
These are two American Civil War Cavalry Officer sabers. You can tell that they are sabers, not swords, because of the curved shape of the blade. Infantry officers wore straight swords with blades on both edges. This saber shape was...
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Santa Monica Problems Affects Neighboring Cities
Santa Monica Third Street Promenade and the Pier used to be a destination stop for people from Pacific Palisades. Store vacancy rates are now reported at 25 % by TheRealDeal. “With 73 of 97 ground-floor storefronts occupied and in the...
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Pot Shots #18
What are Pot-Shots? Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the following very strict rules. The length must never exceed 17 English words. Note that this is a maximum. Some...
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June 20, 2024, Musings
Musings BLUEBERRIES FOREVER By Sue Pascoe · June 20, 2024 The late George Wolfberg convinced me that I could grow a blueberry plant in Southern California. For several years the two plants I had were in my front yard and...
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Zero Moved into Permanent Housing, According to City Records
By SUE PASCOE and TIM CAMPBELL It seems all it will take to end homelessness in Los Angeles is more money. On the November ballot, voters will see the Affordable Housing, Homeless Solutions & Prevention Now initiative, which would end...
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2023 Champ Laura Osman Will Return to Defend Title
In her first time running the 10K Will Roger race, Laura Osman of Encino, captured the women’s division. She made it look easy last July, running 6:17 min/miles for a winning time of 38.59. The mother of two boys and...
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Palisadian Miles Partain Qualifies for Olympics
Professional beach volleyball player Miles Partain will play for the USA in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Partain, 22, and partner Andy Benesh, 29, are ranked fourth in the world. The duo will be the youngest U.S. men’s beach team...
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June 19, 2024, Musings
Musings GOOD MORNING By Sue Pascoe · June 19, 2024 This morning as I was walking the dogs near Corpus Christi, Monsignor Liam Kidney was walking on the street towards the church to give the 8 a.m. mass. I asked...
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Vickrey: The Endless Pull of Hometown Memories
(Resident Bob Vickrey wrote: An old pal of mine that I grew up with in the Houston suburbs enjoyed my take on our small town of Galena Park. As I reread the story today, I realized that I was humming...
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Anton Flores Sentenced for Defrauding Dr. Sawusch
Many people in Pacific Palisades were patients of ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Sawusch, now deceased. On June 17, Anthony Davis Flores aka Anthony David, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for defrauding Sawusch out of more than $2.7 million...
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