Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Individuals Leaving California, and Now, Sweet Lady Jane Closes Seven Stores

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

U-Haul, a self-moving company, has noted that for the fourth year in a row, California showed the largest net loss of one-way movers. The company compiled data from more than 2.5 million one-way rentals in the United States and Canada. … Continue reading →

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Dog Park Implementation Creeps Along

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Palisades dog lovers have asked for a dog park for decades–CTN will chronicle this story until some sort of resolution happens in 2024: either the park moves forward or it’s decided the project is dead. At the rate … Continue reading →

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MARTHA HUNTER – Best of the Best

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

This editor can think of at least five individuals or groups that should have been honored by the town/community council but have not. Either they have been overlooked or people were unaware of the contributions made. These people should still … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Sagas Continue in 2024 – DOG PARK

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

One of the top headlines in February 2004 was “Dog Fight over the Dog Park.”  It was one of several articles that ran that year as residents fought over a proposed dog park site. There was overwhelming support for a … Continue reading →

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Councilmember Park Hosts PCH Meeting

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

When movie producer Michel Shane (Catch Me if You Can and I, Robert), did his 58-minute documentary 21 Miles in Malibu, he noted that in 2016, there were 617 traffic collisions along Pacific Coast Highway between McClure Tunnel and the northernmost … Continue reading →

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VIEWPOINT-Caltrans Lacks Safety Measures on PCH

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Michel Shane, the producer of the documentary “21 Miles on Malibu,” sent CTN an email on December 25, 2023. Last night, another person was killed on PCH; I wrote this as an opinion piece. The man killed was … Continue reading →

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Storms Provide High Surf/Rainfall

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

  Pacific Palisades rainfall season starts on July 1 and runs through June 30. The annual average in Pacific Palisades is 13.78 inches of rain. The area is well on its way to making its average after the December 22 … Continue reading →

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Kalberg/Young to Assume Co-President Role for Homeless Task Force

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Whenever this editor sees a homeless individual in the Village or along Temescal Canyon Park, a photo is taken and instantly sent to the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH). When this homeless woman (pictured) was walking down to … Continue reading →

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What Is It? #9

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

This is a prayer chair (in French: Prie Dieu). When walking on the Grand Place in Brussels in 1969 with Daniele and my friend Ken Weinstein, we spotted a pile of “wood junk” on the plaza in front of the … Continue reading →

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News and People from 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Sue Pascoe

Saying goodbye to 2023 and watching the sun rise on 2024. JANUARY: Actor Joe Mantegna emceed the renaming of American Legion Post 283 to the Ronald Reagan Post. The large pool of water on PCH, resulting from rain was eventually … Continue reading →

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