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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
“Our Town” Palisadians and Bocce Linked at the Heart
By JIMMY DUNNE Photos: RICH SCHMITT 23,000 B.C. Put about a thousand “Greats” in a row before the words “Grandma and Grandpa.” The year is 23,000 B.C.? A tad hairy, but they’re family. Picture ‘em enjoying a lovely sunset...
Posted in Palisades Fire, Sports
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Reliving the Palisades Fire
(Editor’s note: Henry Kamer is a junior at Palisades High School and he was asked if he would share his remembrances about the Palisades Fire.) By HENRY KAMER It’s shocking to see how much time has passed since the January...
Posted in Palisades Fire
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Dust No More – Army Corps Took Care of It
Many may remember the overflow parking dust bowl at Will Rogers State Historic Park. For polo events, people had to park in a lot south of the field. The Genesis Tournament also used that lot, as did other local events....
Posted in Palisades Fire
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PaliHi Returns to School . . .at Sears
By HENRY KAMER Almost 2,500 Palisades Charter High School students flooded into the renovated Sears Building in Santa Monica on April 22. After three months of online school due to the devastating Palisades Fire, students had an actual campus. The...
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Renewing a Driver License Could be a Problem
(Editor’s note: A reader wrote “Can you run a story about renewing one’s driver license online? And then the reader explained what happened.) I received a notice from California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that I was eligible to renew...
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Palisades Will Celebrate the 4th on Home Turf
“We’ll celebrate raising up Pacific Palisades and returning stronger than ever with our 78th Annual Pacific Palisades July 4 Celebration,” said Palisades Americanism Parade Association President Matt Rodman and Secretary Daphne Gronich. In a message to the community, Rodman...
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Frustration Remains High: Why No Fire Information for Residents
A resident wrote the Los Angeles Fire Department on April 17 and asked, “Is it possible to get an Incident Report for our home, which was destroyed (1/7/25) in the fire?” LAFD responded on April 21, “The fire report is...
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The Mayor Has Not Waived Rebuild Fees, Yet
In Mayor Karen Bass’ State of the City address on April 21, she said she is calling on the L.A. City Council to pass an ordinance to waive all plan check and permit fees so that rebuilding could be streamlined...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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Anyone Else Ready to Leave California?
By KRISHNA THANGAVELU Last week Gavin Newsom’s Administration released a plan to impose a MILEAGE TAX on all California drivers! And this week, CA Democrats are taking up 5 additional tax hikes in the state legislature. Details on these costly...
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DWP Said It Would Leave the Park
“One-third of the Palisades remains after the Palisades Fire,” Park Advisory Board (PAB) member Rick McGeagh said, urging the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to exit the park. “People need a place for recreation. Those of us...