Monthly Archives: September 2024
September 24, 2024, Musings
Musings YOUNG AUTHORS WINNERS By Sue Pascoe · September 24, 2024 The Friends of the Palisades Library will celebrate the authors of the winning stories from their summer writing contest based on the theme “A Funny Thing Happened on the...
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Class of ’64 View Remains of Yacht Fire
By STEWART SLAVIN The Palisades High School Class of 1964 Spartans went on a reunion dinner cruise on September 20. That evening they saw the spectacular aftermath of an explosion and fire that occurred two nights before aboard a 100-foot...
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Measure A: Tax Hike Proposed. Officials Say Its Needed to Fund Homeless Programs
(Editor’s note: This first appeared in the Westside Current on September 19 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL Scanning recent headlines about local nonprofit organizations would challenge even the most optimistic among us. The news stories include: The...
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Celebrating 95 Years in South Dakota
Noma Sazama, nee Larson, celebrated her 95th birthday on September 21. Growing up on the Rosebud Reservation near Mission, South Dakota, she moved to Martin, S.D. when she was in her 80s to be closer to one of her six...
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September 23, 2024, Musings
Musings PARKING METER WOES By Sue Pascoe · September 23, 2024 A reader wrote: “We are all experiencing increasing frustration with our parking meters in the Palisades. The screens no longer work, so it is impossible to tell how much...
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70 Percent of Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Remain Vacant
The County bought 2,157 units, of which 1,538 are empty, at a cost of $550 million. (Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of an ongoing Westside Current investigation into the challenges and failures of Project Homekey. It is reprinted with...
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“Friday Night Lights” at PaliHi Reunion
By STEWART SLAVIN Palisades High School football team traveled to Harvard Westlake on September 20, defeating them soundly 33-13. The next day, football was again the topic when the Class of 1964 celebrated their 60th reunion at a picnic at...
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Reporter Starts Next Phase of His Life
I never pictured myself saying this, but three years of articles later, this will likely be my last in official capacity as Junior Reporter for Circling the News. It has been an honor to work with the wonderful Sue Pascoe...
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September 22, 2024, Musings
Musings LANE CLOSURE By Sue Pascoe · September 22, 2024 Pacific Coast Highway is scheduled to be reduced to one lane in each direction between Temescal Canyon Road and Porto Marina Way from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night Monday, Sep....
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Addressing the Mentally Ill Who Are Homeless
(EDITOR’S NOTE: A reader, tired of hearing about how homelessness programs were ineffective, challenged people to offer solutions, rather than just criticize existing programs. This editor took the challenge and has said there are three components. There are homeless...
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