Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Brain Fog

(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 20th book, came out May 3. He wrote it with Sonya Curry, the mom of NBA Legend Stephen Curry click here.  When Eisenstock is not writing, he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of...

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Garden Club Meeting Includes Speaker/Door Prize Drawings

The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will meet via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 6, with a presentation on summer vegetables and pest management by guest speaker Christy Wilhelmi. Guests are welcomed and could win one of Wilhemi’s books....

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“Minnesota Mike” Back in Pacific Palisades

A transient from Minnesota, known as Mike, was arrested on Monday for the robbery of a cell phone and sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center. Bail was set at $50,000. Today, Mike was back on the streets of Pacific Palisades....

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Chrysalis Is Funded by BID: Caruso Pays

Many Pacific Palisades residents appreciate the work that Chrysalis workers do in keeping the business area clean with sidewalk washing, weeding and trash pickup. One resident sent Circling the News a note last week, “It makes me crazy that Chrysalis...

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Reclaiming My Musical Roots: Confessions of a Country Music Denier

By BOB VICKREY Since I was a product of the 1960s, I could blame just about everything in my youth on the influence of the “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll” generation. So it is no wonder that I had turned my...

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Bonin Has Private Security Company: Westchester Residents Continue to Fight for a Safe Park

Westchester residents continue to battle to reclaim Westchester Park and its parking lots. Located at Lincoln Avenue and Manchester, close to the airport, that area of the park also contains a senior center, a library and one of Councilman Mike...

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Controversial Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project June 11 Meeting Will Be Virtual

The California State Parks and Recreation (CDPR) wants comments and suggestions from the public to help plan the restoration of the Topanga Lagoon area, which encompasses 59 acres of Topanga State Park and Topanga Beach located on the coastal slope...

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Music Guild’s Final Season Concert Will Feature World Premiere

The final concert of the St. Matthew’s Music Guild season will be held Friday, June 3 at 8 p.m. and feature a world premiere, “Awakenings,” by Anthony Constantino. The piece was initially commissioned by the Guild in 2019 and meant...

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Venice Residents Living in Constant Fear of Crime

Venice Street performer John Gavert, 70, was singing and dancing last June, when he was sucker-punched by Marco Harger, a homeless man, who lived on the Boardwalk. Gavert fell to the ground and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with serious...

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Transient, who Camped Near Palisades Library, Arrested for Robbery

  A recent transient to Pacific Palisades, “Mike,” was arrested on Monday afternoon for robbery of a cell phone and transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center. His bail was set at $50,000. Mike had recently started living near the Palisades...

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