Monthly Archives: September 2024
What is it #40?
In 1968, I was on a short vacation from the Army hospital, where I was working. My parents and my wife Danielle had joined me. We were in our old Volvo, as we drove by the outskirts of Vienna. I...
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Former LAPD Beach Detail Head Rusty Redican Honored
A special celebration luncheon was held at Kay’s on September 25, to laud former beach detail Head Officer John E. Redican III, “Rusty.” He officially retired from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on September 19, after 22 years of...
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Pot Shots #27
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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September 26, 2024, Musings
Musings TAP WATER MAY BE SAFER THAN BOTTLED WATER By Sue Pascoe · September 26, 2024 On the national level, generally the U.S. has among the cleanest, safest water supplies in the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Santa Catalina Island: Aztecs Are Gone and So Is Sugarloaf Rock
By STEWART SLAVIN Did you know the birthplace of the Aztec civilization was Santa Catalina Island where the buffalo roam? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. In September 1899, both the Chicago Sunday Tribune and St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran banner...
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Commercial Building on Sawtelle Destroyed by Fire
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 6:13 a.m. September 23, to a fire reported at a vacant and boarded 53,500 square foot two-story commercial building at 2050 S Bundy Dr. Five hours later, LAFD reported “Well coordinated and methodical efforts continue...
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September 25, 2024, Musings
Musings LOST NECKLACE By Sue Pascoe · September 25, 2024 A local resident lost a Chakra necklace that came from Ireland. Its owner Kat Holland said it was not expensive but is a family piece and irreplaceable to her. She...
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Money Sought to Restore the Temescal Canyon Mural
Cathy Salser spoke to the Pacific Palisades Community Council on July 25 about the mural on Temescal Canyon Road that needs restoration. To refurbish the nearly 500-foot mural across from the Palisades High School Stadium will cost about $105,000. So...
Crazy Horse Monument Still Being Sculpted
“My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes also.” Chief Henry Standing Bear The giant sculpture in a mountain that began in 1948 and is ongoing started with Chief...
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What’s Old Is New . . . Politically Speaking
By HENRY KAMER Deeply divided political parties, national tension, name calling and the question of whether or not there will be a peaceful transfer of power. Sounds like the upcoming election, right? Not quite. I’m actually referencing the election of...