Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

No Power, No Water, the Situation Is Dire in North Carolina

(Editor’s note: Former Palisades resident Stewart Slavin responded to this editor on October 6 and said it’s their 10th day without electricity. After Hurricane Helen, made landfill in Florida on September 26 and moved up the coast, North Carolina was...

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Nathan Hochman Looks for Support in Pacific Palisades

Nathan Hochman, an independent candidate for Los Angeles County District Attorney, spent the morning at Pacific Palisades Farmers Market visiting with voters, who are worried about increased crime. Hochman is running against George Gascon, a progressive, who initially put blanket...

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Palisades Neighborhood Needs Prayer

The Palisades Neighborhood Prayer Project, hosted by Revive L.A. will host its fifth meeting of an interfaith gathering at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15. Hosted by Revive L.A. the hour meeting will discuss, pray and sing with musicians and...

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Residents and City Receive PCH Closure Warning

The Tramonto landslide is active, and residents want it fixed before the city allows a developer to build four large homes on it. Councilmember Traci Park held a Zoom meeting with Castellammare residents on October 1 to explore next steps....

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Brianna Kupfer’s Parent’s Victim Impact Statements

Mother Lori Kupfer’s Victim Impact Statement: I want to thank the prosecution and his team for all the support they have given us throughout this process and your honor for her time and for keeping an orderly proceeding. I have...

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What is it #41

  We used this beautifully carved and painted antique as a bread box. It was made in India. I stopped using it for bread when I discovered its original use! It’s an Indian Hindu container for cremation ashes. (Editor’s note:...

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There Have to Be Solutions for Mental Illness, Not Incarceration

Santa Monica Canyon residents were in shock, when a young man, Bryan Stennett attacked a magician at a child’s four-year-old birthday party in Rustic Canyon Park on Saturday. Before being hit, the magician said he heard Stennett yell, “Turn the...

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Pot Shot #28

  Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the following very strict rules. The length must never exceed 17 English words. Note that this is a maximum. Some Pot-Shots are...

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Garden Club Welcomes Carnivorous Plant Expert

Palisades Garden Club will welcome Whale Kangas, a carnivorous plant specialist from Pan’s Garden Nursery in Ojai, who will speak on “The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants.” The meeting will be held 7 p.m. on Monday, October 7, at the...

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Smith Determined Sane. Found Guilty with Special Circumstances

Shawn Laval Smith was declared sane, today, October 2. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for the brutal murder of Brianna Kupfer, 24. Smith, a transient with a long criminal history, stabbed Kupfer 46 times...

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