Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

‘Granny Flats’ Are Now Permitted in Pacific Palisades; Here Are Some of the Requirements

Accessory Dwelling Units (more commonly known as “granny flats”) are now permitted in Pacific Palisades and across California. The state approved an ADU ordinance in January 2017, but accessory dwellings were forbidden in Very High Fire Severity Zones. Pacific Palisades...

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BID Pays for New Benches and Trash Cans in Town; Trim-Trimming Cost Is a Challenge

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) board met on Wednesday via Zoom. Certified by the City of L.A. five years ago, the BID group recently completed its first renewal process and won’t have to renew again until 2030. The...

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Suspects for March 1 “Hot Prowl” Burglary

Neighbors who live close to Palisades High School were awakened by police cars and a helicopter around 6:30 a.m., on March 1. There had been a “Hot Prowl” burglary near 15945 Miami way and that one suspect had been apprehended....

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Cleaning Streets and Encampments Keeps Trash from Flowing into the Ocean

This season’s rainfall in Los Angeles since October 1 is almost nine inches behind the normal average (14.93 inches), which started last July, according to the L.A. Almanac. Good for those who have drought-tolerant landscaping, but maybe even better for...

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Posted in Community, Councilman Mike Bonin, Environmental | 3 Comments

Palisadian Morris Rosman Recounts the Life of a Remarkable Woman: Ella Fitzgerald

  Pacific Palisades resident Fran Morris Rosman, executive director of the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, spoke to the Rotary Club on Tuesday about the “First Lady of Song,” who earned 13 Grammy Awards and sold more than 40 million records....

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Palisades Rotary Gives $10,000 to Westside Food Bank: Largest Donation in Club History

The Pacific Palisades Rotary Club presented a $10,000 check to the Westside Food Bank on February 26. This is the largest donation club has even made and ranks as one of the largest checks given as a single donation to...

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Resilient Palisades Community Meeting March 4

Resilient Palisades, a nonprofit group dedicated to environmental action, will hold a community meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, on Zoom. All residents are invited to register by going to resilientpalisades.org. This will be a chance to...

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Ferlinghetti Poem and Hummingbird Cake

One reader wrote: I sent the poem from Circling the News [Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Pity the nation whose people are sheep”] to two friends I thought would like it.   One researched it and discovered that when Ferlinghetti wrote he...

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Drive-By Rally Supports Resumption of Sports at Palisades High School

Click here for video. “No one was advocating for us,” said Jack Babala, who with fellow athletes Xavier Smith, Jr. and Matt Fahn organized a drive-by on Friday, February 26, in front of Palisades High School. Between 20 and 30...

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Robbery on Miami Way: One Suspect taken into Custody

Neighbors who live close to Palisades High School were awoken by police cars and a helicopter around 6:30 a.m., today March 1. A LAPD officer stationed at Radcliffe and Carthage said there had been a robbery near 15945 Miami way...

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