Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Illegal Juvenile Activity at the Palisades Rec Center

FIREWORKS: The illegal shooting of fireworks at the Palisades Recreation Center continues unabated. If a resident has captured a video/photo of a person/teen setting off fireworks, please send it to CTN and it will be posted. This editor, whose grandfather...

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Dinner/Dance at Post 283 Welcomes Families

After a “sold-out” dance at Ronald Reagan Legion Post 283 in February, it’s time for the St. Paddy’s Day Bash, which will be held from 5:30 to 11 p.m. on Saturday March 16, at the Legion Hall, 15247 La Cruz...

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Pot Shots #8

  (Editor’s note: A reader, who is a fan of Ashleigh Brilliant (creator of Pot-Shots), has worked out an agreement with CTN that gives this newsletter the permission to use copyrighted Pot-Shots. Potshots remain the property of Ashleigh Brilliant. To...

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Residents Asked to Sign “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” Petition

Residents are asked to sign a petition that will add an amendment to Proposition 47. This amendment does not repeal the proposition, but rather fine-tunes it. The amendment is called The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act. Santa Monica...

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It’s All Heart: Les Miserable Plays this Week

Les Miserable, which explores themes from abuse to poverty to revolution, seems like an unlikely choice for a youth theater show. But, Theatre Palisades Youth and Teen Director Lara Ganz, takes this musical and her 53 actors, and makes it...

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Upcoming March Events for BrentwoodMeet

The Brentwood community has several events scheduled for March. MARCH 2 French Conversation: Vous parlez francais? You speak French, but don’t have a place to practice? A small group of like-minded individuals urge “Come out of your home and meet...

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Professional-Grade Explosives Shot at Rec Center

CTN received a frightening fireworks report that occurred the night of February 23 at the Rec Center. “My daughter and I were leaving the park last night around 8:15, when a firework went off in the gully between the library...

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A Comedian’s Untold Story in Canton, Ohio

(Note: This editor received a text from Kabir Bhatia, who works for Ideastream Public Media, who wanted to know about my first husband, comic Ronnie Shakes. We spoke and he wrote a story, which appeared on February 15, on Ideastream,...

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DWP Works on Landscaping at Via and Sunset

The Department of Water and Power (DWP) first took out the landscaping at the substation at Via de la Paz and Sunset Boulevard during a drought cycle (the five driest years on record in Pacific Palisades were 1976, 1990, 2007,...

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District Attorney Debate Held at Harvard Westlake

The Westside and Valley Current and Harvard Westlake sponsored a forum at the high school for the public to hear the 12 candidates running for District Attorney. Before the debate began, Councilwoman Traci Park spoke. “I have said the District...

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