Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

End of Year Wrap Up: 2024 Brought Questions of Representation

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Westside Current on December 30 and is reprinted with permission. Many of the stories McGregor references have a common thread with Pacific Palisades, including LAHSA, the Mansion Tax – Measure ULA, and the … Continue reading →

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Rose Bowl Parade an Iconic Southern California Event: Try Decorating

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

The 136th Rose Parade, with the theme “Best Day Ever,” will start at Green Street and Orange Boulevard on January 1, 2025. Bill Jean King will serve as grand Marshal. Three judges decide the 24 float awards presented each year, … Continue reading →

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LAHSA Does NOT Follow Conflict 700 Disclosure Requirements

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Tim Campbell wrote in an email to several friends: This column is a follow-up to last week’s column, albeit unintentionally.  When I was writing last week’s piece, I had no idea LAHSA’s (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority) contracting practices were … Continue reading →

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What Is It? (#150) Happy New Year!

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

In 1986 these two bottles were filled with Raymond Baptiste’s (Daniele’s father) renowned Mirabelle liquor. The drink started with Raymond harvesting golden, round Mirabelle plums from his four hilltop trees in Domevre. Then, by hand, he removed the large pit … Continue reading →

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Pearl Buck’s “The Christmas Book” Speaks about Memories

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

For many Christmases it was one family member’s responsibility to pick out a Christmas book, which we read on Christmas night by the tree. The person selecting a book rotated between my three young children, my husband and me. Early … Continue reading →

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December 1944: General George S. Patton and the Power of Prayer

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: The following information was taken from a story in the Friends of the National WWII Memorial https://www.wwiimemorialfriends.org/blog/pattons-prayer) George Patton was in a foul mood. His Third Army was stalled in Lorraine, worn out after a fall of depressing … Continue reading →

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The Menorah Is Lit at Palisades Village

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

By CHAZ PLAGER It was a cold, foggy night on December 19 in the Palisades Village. However, the hundreds of people crowded around the street just outside the Bay Theater would make you second guess your thoughts on the weather, … Continue reading →

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Letter: HMBAP, LLC Attorney Kenneth Ehrlich Regarding Paseo Miramar

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: CTN received a letter from Attorney Kenneth Ehrlich regarding the Paseo Miramar Story. It is printed below. My response follows. Additionally, CTN reached out to Crest Real Estate for a comment. If they respond the story will be … Continue reading →

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The Brownstone Christmas Tree

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

When I lived in New York and took acting classes, I was assigned to work on a scene with a woman who was in her early fifties.  She had always seemed bemused and quietly removed from interactions with most of … Continue reading →

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John Lennon’s Rainbow Mittens 

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

When I was twenty-in, I loaded up a suitcase with all my worldly possessions, two hundred dollars, and took a Greyhound bus from South Dakota to New York City. I was too naïve to realize the folly of what I … Continue reading →

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