Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Bing Crosby’s Great-Grandson Pitches for the Barnstormers – And That’s Just the Beginning of the Augie Sylk Story

(Editor’s note: This story, written by Mike Gross and featured on Lancaster Online, was published in August 2021 and is reprinted with permission by the LNP Media Group. The featured athlete, Augie Sylk, grew up in Pacific Palisades and attended...

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Theatre Palisades Youth Auditions Will be Held for “Newsies”

Theatre Palisades Youth Director Laura Ganz has announced that auditions will be held for this summer’s musical “Newsies.” The musical is based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899.  Residents of New York received newspapers from an army...

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Obituary—Joan Sather, Longtime Palisadian, Skilled Realtor

Joan Sather, a beloved longtime resident and a popular realtor with Sotheby’s, passed away on Sunday, March 13. She passed after bravely battling ovarian cancer, which unfortunately took her away from us too soon. Her husband Kent said that even in...

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Chamber Music Palisades Features World Premiere

Chamber Music Palisades (CMP) will present the world premiere of a piece by Maria Newman on March 30 at 8 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s Parish. “Phaeton: Prologue and three movements” will be performed by Newman (violin), Scott...

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NEW BUSINESS: SoNeighborly Takes Care of Home Maintenance

Palisadian Frank Renfro started a new company in January that residents ought to know about. No, it’s not another sexy yoga clothing store, nor a tchotchke shop or even a hot-stone massage parlor, instead, Renfro has something every resident can...

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Palisades Forestry Committee Announces First Tree Planting

The Palisades Forestry Committee (PFC) will plant 13 street trees on Thursday, March 24, in designated treeless spaces in the parkway along Hartzell Street, between Sunset and Bestor Boulevards. Two species (Mondell Pine and Arbutus ‘Marina’) have been approved by...

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Pianist Petronel Malan Featured in Concert at St. Matthew’s

  St. Matthew’s Music Guild presents pianist Petronel Malan in concert on Friday, March 25, at 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church at 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. The program will feature music of Mozart, Liszt, Florence Price and Scarlatti. New York...

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Interceptor Could Prevent Trash from Entering the Ocean

A community nonprofit, Friends of the Jungle, has spearheaded the effort to clean Ballona Creek of trash. Residents were appalled at the amount of trash entering the ocean and met with County Public Works in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Now...

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Letter—Could Prop K Pay for a New Playground?

A March 13 story “New Playground Desperately Needed at Palisades Recreation Center,” elicited a letter from a long-time Pacific Palisades resident Barbara Kohn, who wrote: Residents should check with the City as to the amount of Prop K Funds that...

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Have Coffee with Detectives: Crime Report February 27 to March 5

Have Coffee with a Cop The West Los Angeles Area Los Angeles Police Department is providing residents the opportunity to have “Coffee with Detectives” from 7 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 24, at the police station, 1663 Butler Avenue....

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