Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Another Dead Body in Venice

Another dead body in Venice, a life wasted.  The statistics in Los Angeles are overwhelming. Seven people die per day on the streets. The paramedics had responded and had sent someone back to the vehicle to get a sheet, when...

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ULA, The Mansion Tax, Fails to Deliver Affordable Housing

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is a great analysis of the failure of ULA. It is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR Despite promises of a billion-dollar windfall to fight homelessness, L.A.’s real estate...

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Posted in General, Real Estate | 2 Comments

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sifts through Fire Debris

By BERNICE FOX Like so many others, Julia Louis-Dreyfus carefully looked through the rubble of what had been her Pacific Palisades home, searching for anything that might have survived the fire. And on Tuesday, she posted a photo on Instagram...

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Posted in Film/Television, Palisades Fire | Leave a comment

Two Meetings of Note: LAUSD and Schools; Community Council and Insurance

SCHOOLS: Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a Palisades Community at Large Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 via Zoom. District representatives will provide the latest updates on rebuilding efforts and share resources. The school district...

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L.A. County Addiction Program Motivated by Money, Not Results

(Editor’s note: This story was written January 6 and updated April 23. ) The video is courtesy of John Alle, founder of the Santa Monica Coalition. He asks L.A. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer and L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath,...

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L.A. City Finances in a Bad Way: Building Permit/Fee Waivers to Go to City Council

Palisades KI Rabbi Amy Bernstein was one of three spiritual leaders who offered a prayer before the Mayor’s State of the City Speech in City Hall on April 21. She spoke about the source of life, strength and hope at...

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Maya Brattkus Paints Pictures of Homes Lost

Former Alphabet Street residents Dean and Laurie Paul wrote, “We’re sorry and saddened about the loss of your home, along with many others in the Palisades.” Dean had found a story about a woman who is painting pictures of people’s...

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Chamber Music Palisades Will Hold Enthralling Concert

Chamber Music Palisades will present an eclectic evening of chamber music at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica,1008 11th Street. It will be an evening of French composers,...

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Palisadians Coming Together: Celebrating Friends and Community

About six weeks ago, Amalfi Founder Anthony Marguleas, who lost his home in Pacific Palisades had an idea. “I thought it’d be a good to get the community back together since people were getting so zoomed out and we’re miss...

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Owner Receives No Help with Dewatering

Last year one of the northbound Pacific Coast Highway lanes was closed for several months after heavy rains caused the Tramonto landslide (just north of Porto Marino) to dump mud on the roadway. Then Caltrans wrote, “since the slide is...

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