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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
What is It? #35
This is an Early American side chair most likely made in Salem, Massachusetts, between 1700 and 1800. The Boston area, which included Boston, Salem and Ipswich was a major center of furniture making because of the locations of forests, mills...
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Palisades Charter Schools Are Underway
Some of the top-ranked elementary schools in California are Palisades elementary schools, which include Canyon, Palisades and Marquez. The elementary schools feed into Paul Revere Charter Middle School and Magnet Center, which also did better than other LAUSD or state...
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Pot Shots #23
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...
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Owl Habitat Destroyed by Brush Clearance
A resident sent the following letter and video to Mountains Recreation and Conservancy Agency and to Circling the News. We just got home to find that the service doing work in Temescal Canyon today (trucks say Greenleaf Tree Service) has...
Posted in Animals/Pets, Environmental
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Two Art Events Scheduled for August
The Pacific Palisades Art Association has two events of note in August: a Show and Tell and Color Pencil Techniques demonstration. The first is an Art Show and Tell from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, August 19, in the...
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Honor for Jamie Lee Curtis; Anticipation for Christopher Guest’s New Film
By BERNICE FOX It’s an exciting time for Pacific Palisades couple Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest. Curtis has received a special honor. And Guest has finished filming, what could be, his most anticipated movie ever. Curtis now...
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Viewpoint: Homeless California Gold Rush: Nonprofits Panning for Money
During the California Gold Rush, there were 624 miners for every 1,000 people. But, it wasn’t the goldminers that made millions, it was the businessmen providing services. The 1850s millionaires included Samuel Branan, a journalist and businessman, who opened supply...
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Saving Endangered Plants, One Orchid at a Time
(Editor’s note: The President of the Malibu Orchid Society Birute Anne Vileisis, told this editor about an orchid species that was endangered because of a declining habitat. We often hear about extinct animal species, but the idea fascinated me that...
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Hypocrisy of Local Leaders Become Apparent
(Editor’s note: This viewpoint first appeared in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL There have been some interesting stories in the news about questionable actions by local officials. One of D.A. George Gascon’s top deputies,...
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40-Year-Old Playground Needs to be Replaced
(Editor’s note: The simple facts: the Palisades Recreation Center 40-year-old playground is not ADA compliant. Although Palisades residents are among the highest taxpayers in Los Angeles, it appears the only way a playground will be replaced if 1) someone, who...
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