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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
Thanksgiving Meals Supplied to Firefighters
Annually since 2021, Ronald Reagan Post 283 Auxiliary members have given gift cards to local Fire Station 23 and 69 to cover Thanksgiving expenses. Many residents may not realize that firefighters have to pay for their own meals while on...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Palisades Fire
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Temescal Canyon Association Will Host Speakers
Temescal Canyon Association will hold its annual meeting from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 13. The meeting will be held and broadcasted in person at Rustic Canyon Recreation Center Gallery at 601 Latimer Rd. Santa Monica, CA...
Posted in Community, Environmental
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Winter Holidays Trivia at Barrington Rec Center
A celebration of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Birthdays and TRIVIA will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 13 at the Barrington Recreation Center. Organizers say “Fun is guaranteed” but one must RSVP for this free event https://brentwoodmeet.com/event/trivia-social-time-at-the-barrington-rec-center-rsvp-3/...
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There WAS Water to Fight the Fire on January 8
There should have been water to fight the Palisades Fire on January 7, the system was initially built for it after the 1961 BelAir Fire. Worse, there was water to fight the fire on January 8, when almost another 1,000...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Palisades Fire
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Sunflower Project to Restore Beauty
A Palisades resident is inviting Pacific Palisades residents who have not started rebuilding to participate in the Sunflower project. This is a community-driven ecological restoration. A team will cultivate native sunflowers lot-by-lot through the Palisades to help remediate fire-affected soil...
Posted in Environmental, Palisades Fire
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Viewpoint: L.A. Government Is Paying an Outside Law Firm
(Editor’s note: This opinion piece first appeared in the L.A. Daily News (“LA’s Governing Disaster: Legal Payouts, Nepotism and Incompetence” on November 25 and is reprinted with the author’s permission”) By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles is a mess. It’s not...
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HO!HO!HO! Celebrates Joy December 13
Neither the “Grinchy” Chamber, nor a Covid epidemic, nor the Palisades Fire could stop the Pacific Palisades annual HO!HO!HO! from coming. And just as regular as Christmas, the 76th event will happen this Saturday, December 13 from 1 to 4...
Posted in Community, Holidays
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Hogues to Rebuild on Earlham
For people walking the Via de los Olas Bluffs in Pacific Palisades, one of the more interesting yards and homes was the Hogue’s two-bedroom house on Earlham. It was the yard that drew your attention, first. Cacti, large succulents, native...
Posted in Community, Real Estate
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New Outdoor Benches at PaliHi, Thanks to Rotary and PPCC
When Pacific Palisades High School students return to campus in January, they’ll have new outdoor seating and cafeteria benches thanks to a grant from Rotary District 5280 Wildfire Relief Fund and the Pacific Palisades Community Council. PaliHi Director of Development...
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Cycad Recovery after the Fire
Cycads are a prehistoric plant, living in the time of dinosaurs. Some of the rarer ones are on the verge of extinction. My son brought home a “seedling” of a cycad in seventh grade when he was in Mr. Honda’s...
Posted in Environmental
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