Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Baker, a Renowned Saxophonist, Opens Guild Season

  The St. Matthew’s Music Guild season opens on September 27 with renowned saxophonist Jan Berry Baker performing Jacque Ibert’s sparkling Concertino da Camera and William Grant Still’s Romance for alto saxophone and strings. The concert, with the Chamber Orchestra...

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Come Pray with Us

  “Pray for great things, expect great things, work for great things, but above all pray.” R.A. Torrey   In solidarity with Pacific Palisades local congregations, residents and people of all faiths – even those who question prayer – are invited...

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Route 66: ‘The Mother Road’ from Illinois to California 

Historical Society to Host Route 66 Program Wednesday Night Scott Piotrowski, president of the California Historic Route 66 Association, will present a PowerPoint talk about the legendary highway on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse on Haverford....

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Guilty Life in Prison: No Possibility of Parole

  Anthony Francisco Jones, 29, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on September 13 after pleading no contest to charges related to the sexual assault of two women in the Venice Canals neighborhood on April...

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Nighttime Lane Closures to Continue on PCH

Caltrans, in a September 13 release, said that Pacific Coast Highway will be reduced to one lane in each direction overnight through Pacific Palisades from Monday, September 16 through September 20. The lane closure, one lane in each direction, will...

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Habenaria Orchids and Their Relatives

It is time to take a break from politics and the numerous propositions that are going to be on the California ballot and enjoy beauty. The Malibu Orchid Society, a volunteer, nonprofit formed in 1963, monthly hosts speakers. Carlos Lopez...

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Celebrate Route 66 History at the Pierson Playhouse

By PATRICK HEALY It’s the highway that generations of Americans drove across the country, from Chicago to its western terminus right next door to Pacific Palisades at the Santa Monica pier.  Route 66–so iconic it got its own song and...

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LETTER: Regarding Policing and Public Safety

(Editor’s note: Krisha Thangavelu, a Pacific Palisades resident, was awarded the Pacific Palisades Community Council Sparkplug award for her public safety service.  In response to CTN’s story “Homeless Influx in Palisades’ Very High Fire Zone,” she wrote an informative comment....

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Pot Shot #25

  What are Pot-Shots? 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....

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What is it #38

This is a Mexican carpet designed to be a wall hanging. It might have hung on a wall of a simple pueblo church’s or town hall’s cinder block walls. The symbols are representative of a mix of native tribal, Aztec,...

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