Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Reader Questions Mayor Karen Bass’ Statement

In her state of the city address from City Hall on April 15, Mayor Karen Bass spoke about homelessness. She called on businesses, wealthy individuals and charitable organizations to help out. “We are asking the most fortunate Angelenos to participate...

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Posted in City | 6 Comments

Food Vendor Sets up by Library, Blocks Sidewalk

A new street vendor selling tacos set up on the sidewalk in front of the Palisades Library. That sidewalk is highly utilized and as one resident wrote: “My wife and I had to form a single line to get through....

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Posted in businesses/stores | 7 Comments

Los Angeles: A Modern-Day Bedlam, a Madhouse

Most people know the definition of the word bedlam; a scene of confusion, panic and hysteria. The word is derived from an old English slang term for St. Mary Bethlehem Hospital in London, founded in the 13th century. Today, it...

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Final Concert of the Season Will Be Held April 24

Don’t miss Chamber Music Palisades’ last concert of the season. Phenomenal music and talent will be on display at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, at St. Matthew’s Parish at 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. Music will include pieces from American, German,...

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Santa Monica Residents Demand End To Needle Distribution Program in Public Parks

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on April 17 and is reprinted with permission.) By SANDRA CLARK Residents of Santa Monica rallied at Reed Park Tuesday morning to protest a controversial needle distribution program, arguing that...

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Two Women Beaten and Raped in Venice

A woman was walking along the Venice Canal area, in the 2700 block of Strongs Drive on April 6, around 10:30 p.m., when a man walked up behind her, knocked her unconscious with what is believed to be a metal...

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Posted in Crime/Police | 1 Comment

It Is “Earth Week” in Pacific Palisades

Despite the light showers, there was still a nice turnout for the Earth Day Celebration hosted by Resilient Palisades, adjacent to the Village Green on April 14. Participants were offered packets of wildflower seeds and seed bombs. Throw them on...

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No Accountability for Homeless Spending: $24 Billion Gone

(Editor’s note: Part 1 ran on Sunday night in Circling the News click here. This is part 2, It is reprinted by permission from CityWatch, click here where it originally ran.) By TIM CAMPBELL In my last column, I wrote...

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Posted in Homelessness | 2 Comments

Butterfly Garden Opens, Thanks to the Morrisseys

A ribbon cutting was held on April 5 for the opening of a butterfly garden in Simon Meadow, located at the corner of Temescal Canyon Road and Sunset Boulevard. Cindy Simon, who served as emcee explained that when Colleen Morrissey...

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Posted in Animals/Pets, Community, Environmental | 2 Comments

One Dog’s Life Saved: More Need Help

Westside Current Editor Jamie Page visited the South-Central Animal shelter on April 5 and was brought to tears with the overcrowding and the filth. “I have never seen conditions so bad,” Paige wrote. “I ended up fostering a senior dog,...

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