Monthly Archives: October 2024

Viewpoint: The Controversy Behind the Scenes of LA Times Refusing to Endorse Harris

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on October 27, 2024, and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR For a few years now, accusations have flown that L.A.’s paper of record, contrary to accepted journalistic standards,...

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ADA Inaccessible Palisades Playground May Finally Receive Shade

The nearly 30-year-old Palisades Playground, which is ADA inaccessible, might receive shade thanks to long-time resident Cindy Simon. The Palisades Playground, built in 1986, has sand, and the lone tree that provided shade blew over late last year. Restrooms, the...

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Support Revere Actors November 1 and 2

Too often in Pacific Palisades some preteens and teens are highlighted in the news for the wrong reason. Now residents have a chance to support kids who are channeling their energies into positive activities, such as Paul Revere Middle School’s...

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OBITUARY – Michael Terry, Plant and Garden Expert, Consummate Volunteer

Michael Guy Terry passed away on September 11, 2024. He died at home, snuggled with his wife Elizabeth in a hospital bed, with “his sweethearts,” Nico and Brendan, and daughter-in-law, Hayat, around him. A garden designer, he was a member...

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Work on Asilomar Will Continue Tomorrow, October 28

A resident wrote: “Can you look into what is (not) going on with the Asilomar stabilization and road closure project?  It started almost a year ago, and it appeared that the stabilization part of things was done around mid-summer.  But...

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Legion Provides Safe Trick or Treating Experience

The Sons of the American Legion and the Auxiliary are hosting a Children’s Halloween Spooktacular on October 31 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan American Legion Post, 15247 La Cruz. The Post will be decked out in...

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Support Revere by Running

Paul Revere Middle School will host a 5K Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 2. The course will go around the field and the school. The entry fee is $25. Everyone running is urged to bring a friend...

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“Emeka:1985” Debuts in Westwood

By LAUREL BUSBY Contributing Writer When Chijioke Elizabeth Obi’s 16-year-old father came to the United States, he was a talented Nigerian who had earned a scholarship to study economics at a North Carolina university. “My dad was the last of...

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City Going Broke Because of Lawsuits and Settlements. Pickleball Noise, Next?

Los Angeles has budgeted $87 million for lawsuits and settlement for the fiscal year, which started in July.  A month later, the City of Los Angeles agreed to pay $38.2 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly failed to meet...

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What is it? #44

This is a French country wall clock from the late 1800’s. The clock has graced the walls in Daniele’s family’s residences in Nancy, France, for about 100 years. These clocks have a motor and a regulator. The motor in this...

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