Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Family Walk Harms Six-Year-Old

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This letter was printed with permission from the family, who wish to remain anonymous.) Yesterday, my family went on an evening walk. While on Lincoln Boulevard, my 6-year-old son tripped on a ridge in the sidewalk and grabbed … Continue reading →

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With “Friends” Like These . . .

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Matthew Perry’s addiction was well documented. He wrote about it in his book “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing” published in November 2022. The story takes readers from his childhood to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath … Continue reading →

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How to Fix the Homelessness in Los Angeles: Deal with Drug Addiction

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

A reader said she was tired of hearing about the homeless in Los Angeles (amen, to that), with no one offering any solutions. This editor accepted the challenge and will examine the issue in three parts. The first step to … Continue reading →

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STOP! Bus Stop Signs’ Rules

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

There are numerous children and youth from Pacific Palisades, who attend private schools and Paul Revere Middle School.  Many take a private yellow school bus. When the bus is loading or unloading, the stop sign by the front driver’s window … Continue reading →

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Pali Football Defeats Roosevelt 24-17

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

There was incredible talent, enthusiasm and hard work on display by the Palisades High School Football team as they beat the Roosevelt Rough Riders 24-17. How good are the Dolphins? The potential is there. There are rough edges and occasional … Continue reading →

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What is It? #37

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

This balancing scale was in the apartment of Daniele’s Aunt Henriette in Nancy. Daniele lived with her during the school week from the age of about 6 through age 16. She recalls fondly the wonderful cakes and pies that her … Continue reading →

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Day 2 of the Trial for Justice for Brianna Kupfer

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Unlike the first day of the trial for the murder of Brianna Kupfer, when there was heavy media attention, this day the media was absent. Brianna, 24, had suffered 46-sharp force wounds. There were 26 stab wounds and 11 of … Continue reading →

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Jump in the Water: Closure Lifted

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

If you had planned a trip to the beach over Labor Day, and didn’t want to come home with e-coli and other intestinal illnesses,  the  closure of Will Rogers State Beach, half mile in each direction at Sunset Boulevard, was … Continue reading →

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Class of ’63 Asks, “What Are We, Chopped Liver?”

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

    In Stewart Slavin’s piece “”Public Invitation to Meet the Class of ’64: Now and Then” https://www.circlingthenews.com/public-invitation-to-meet-the-class-of-64-now-and-then/, reader Sara Jane (Ziering) Boyers took exception to some of his reporting. “While I love most of what Stewart Slavin tells us … Continue reading →

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Trial Underway for the Murderer of BrianNa Kupfer

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Before the Brianna Kupfer murder trial testimony started today, Judge Mildred Escobedo, warned those in the courtroom that “there will be graphic material presented that may cause reactions. Make an effort to not make gasps or sounds to whatever maybe … Continue reading →

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