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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
L.A. City Council Votes for Law to Ban Bicycle Assembly on Sidewalks
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Westside Current on February 8 and was published in partnership with the Westside Current.) The Los Angeles City Council voted on February 8 to instruct the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance...
Posted in Crime/Police
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Films from Steven Spielberg, Bradley Cooper get Oscar Nominations
By BERNICE FOX Once again, Oscar nominations and Steven Spielberg are in the same sentence. As producer, Spielberg’s new film version of “West Side Story” has been nominated for best picture and he’s up for best director. With...
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Sam Lagana: Voice of the Rams
The day after the L.A. Rams defeated Cincinnati to earn a trip to the Super Bowl, Times columnist Bill Plaschke began his column this way: “SoFi Stadium shook. The Rams danced. Confetti sprayed. “Thousands screamed, again and again, answering the...
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“Unfriendly” Opposition to an Entrance Gate into Potrero Canyon Park
Several residents are waging a battle against an entrance gate, under construction off Friends Street, that will allow hikers to enter the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon, once it is opened. Three Palisades residents made public comments during the Board of Recreation...
Bathrooms at Split Rock Trailhead Are Disgusting
(Editor’s note: We received a note from hikers who said the Split Rock Trailhead’s bathrooms were disgusting. The trailhead is a major starting place for hikers using the Temescal Ridge Trail, Skull Rock and Topanga State Park. There is a...
Posted in City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Environmental
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Draycott Owner Promises a “Sweet” Reward for Those Who Purchase a Floral Arrangement
Anyone lunching at The Draycott, located in Caruso’s Palisades Village, on Thursday and Friday this week, is in for a sweet treat. If a customer buys a floral Valentine’s arrangement from L.A. Native during lunch service at the restaurant’s Terrace,...
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My Daughter Adopted a Dachshund, Maybe
My daughter Shelby, who moved to Austin, Texas, in July, sent a text asking me what I thought about her adopting a dog. Having gained one “granddog” when my son moved and couldn’t take his dog, I was not particularly...
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Alan Eisenstock’s Playlist: Moving to Memphis or Nashville
(Editor’s note: Palisadian Alan Eisenstock’s 19th book “Redeeming Justice” co-written with Jarrett Adams, came out on September 14 and was named the Best Book of September by Amazon. “A consuming tale of a broken legal system, its trail of ruin...
Viewpoint: Housing and Care Needed for Those Preyed Upon
(Editor’s note: the following January 27, 2022, Viewpoint “Many of Santa Monica’s Homeless Are Armed,” by John Alle was printed in the Santa Monica Daily Press and reprinted on the Culver City Observer. Santa Monica and Culver City are separate...
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Lives Are Celebrated in ObituariesÂ
In a December 16 OpEd in the Wall Street Journal (“An Obituary Is the Story of a Life, Not a Death”), Danny Heitman wrote: “I didn’t set out to write obituaries. I supposed no one does. A couple of years...
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