Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

MARGE GOLD – Best of the Best

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 they have made. They still...

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Visiting the Marquez Cemetery Provides Local History

Canyon School fourth graders made an annual visit to the Pascual Marquez Cemetery on December 11. They were greeted by members of the family, including 99-year-old Ernest Marquez, who attended Canyon School from 1930 to 1936. The cemetery is not...

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What Is It? # 8

The painting was a view from Daniele Yonet’s bedroom window in Nancy, France, where she stayed Monday through Friday. Daniele’s single mother was employed in a government office and did not leave work until 7 p.m. (Yonet said that in...

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Streetlights Parallel the History of L.A. in “Electric Moons”

India Mandelkern, who grew up in the Palisades, has written a new book Electric Moons: A Social History of the Street Lighting in Los Angeles. “Believe it or not there are or different street lights designs in Los Angeles than...

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Local Scouts Encounter Disasters and Accidents  

Electrocutions, car accidents, drownings, cardiac arrest and a chainsaw accident: the Huntington Palisades looked like a massive catastrophe site on December 10 – but that was by design. Troop 223 held a disaster preparedness event. This long-held tradition involves realistic...

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Pacific Palisades Baseball Association Registration Underway

  Registration for the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association spring season is underway. Boys and girls aged 6 to 14 as of April 30, 2024, are welcome to participate. Tryouts will be held for six-year-olds on Friday, January 19. On Saturday...

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Packs of Male Youths Running Unchecked

The onslaught has been nonstop at the Palisades Recreation Center and other local parks, even Temescal Gateway Park has suffered. Male youths, teens, have been setting off fireworks, vandalizing signs and bathrooms. Packs of youth have been running into CVS...

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Historical Society Hosts Salon at Mann House

Before World War II broke out, numerous prominent writers, artists and musical composers escaped from fascism and Nazi Germany. A number of them moved to Los Angeles and settled in Brentwood, Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica. Keeping in the tradition...

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GUSTAF SODERBERG – Best of the Best

  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. They still should...

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Christmas Trees Shipped to the Y-Lot this Week

Fresh Christmas trees were shipped to the Palisades-Malibu YMCA lot on Tuesday this week. There are sizes from desktop to 14-ft. tall that will fit any space. YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley wanted to ensure that Palisades residents had a...

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