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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
If These Are Your Kids. . ..
A Palisades resident wrote: “We were driving past the entrance to the park [Palisades Recreation Center] at 7 p.m. and saw this group of kids setting off fireworks in the ‘bowl’ picnic area below the playground. We got this video...
Posted in Community, Kids/Parenting
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Golf Summer Camps for Juniors
Another great choice for juniors with free time on their hands this summer is learning to play golf. This is an all-ages sport that one can play well into retirement. PGA Professional Carlos Rodriguez helps golfers from ages 9 to...
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Bocce Awards Presented: Praise for the Program/Players
When asked how long she been playing bocce and why, the resident said she started playing about three years ago, “You meet so many people. It’s best community thing.” She continued, “You don’t have to have your own equipment, anyone...
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Get Ready for the Fourth!
BANDS: Two opportunities to march in the parade with your old band instrument. All ages welcome: The Oom PaPa band welcomes new members of all ages each year. Please join rehearsals from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday morning,...
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Junior Tennis Camps through August
Your kid promised that they would do something every day this summer and you didn’t need them to sign up for camps. So far it has been nothing but sleeping late, and too much screen time. Luckily there’s a good...
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I Tested Positive for the Cancer-Causing BRCA Mutation. Now What?
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in October 2018 and is reprinted with permission.) By LAURA OSMAN Curiosity about my ancestry spurred me to order an at-home genetic testing kit by mail earlier this year....
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Homelessness and the Million Dollar Question
By TIM CAMPBELL (This column ran on June 17, 2024, in CityWatch and is reprinted with permission.) Recently, I was challenged by a colleague to a thought experiment. What would homelessness programs in LA look like if the budget was...
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What Is It #30?
These are two American Civil War Cavalry Officer sabers. You can tell that they are sabers, not swords, because of the curved shape of the blade. Infantry officers wore straight swords with blades on both edges. This saber shape was...
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Santa Monica Problems Affects Neighboring Cities
Santa Monica Third Street Promenade and the Pier used to be a destination stop for people from Pacific Palisades. Store vacancy rates are now reported at 25 % by TheRealDeal. “With 73 of 97 ground-floor storefronts occupied and in the...
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Pot Shots #18
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. Some...
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