Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

“Paradise Abandoned” to Screen November 23

Paradise Abandoned, Inside the Pacific Palisades Fire, a documentary by Rob Montz, will have a special screening from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, November 23 at the Morgan Wixson Theater in Santa Monica. RSVP: click here. To see the...

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Posted in Film/Television, Palisades Fire | 9 Comments

“The Diviners” Presented by PaliHi

Even though Palisades High School thespians are in a temporary school and have to rent theaters to perform, the talented students  are undeterred in presenting a fall play The Diviners. The play, which opened on November 6, will run November...

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Ralphs, Gelsons and Palisades Business Improvement District

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) met for its quarterly meeting via Zoom on November 5.click here. The Palisades BID was formed in 2016, when at least 51 percent of the commercial property owners in the main Palisades business...

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Posted in businesses/stores | 1 Comment

Gladstone’s Presentation Has Several Inconsistencies

  PCH Beach Associates Tom Tellefsen appeared before a special Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting on October 30 to explain why the Gladstones project had only appeared once before the PPCC and why there had been no public hearings. HISTORY:...

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Posted in L.A. County Supervisors, Pacific Palisades Community Council, Restaurants | 7 Comments

“No Oil” Started in Pacific Palisades: Today “No Oil” 2025

Councilmember Traci Park stood at a podium overlooking Venice Beach. Surfers  below were catching waves as flocks of birds dived and flew over the Pacific Ocean. Fishermen were trying their luck off the pier. Park, standing with Councilmember Tim McOsker...

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Posted in Environmental | 3 Comments

Sign Up for Palisades Free Thanksgiving Dinner on November 22

  For most Pacific Palisades residents this year, Thanksgiving will be different. Sure we’ll still run in the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27 (click here), but cooking and sharing the annual meal with family and friends will...

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Insurance Not Paying Standing Home Remediation

(The video is the property of Gary Baum.) People watching Palisades and Altadena residents after the January Fires wonder why people haven’t gone back to their standing homes. People also wonder why more people are not rebuilding. One word. Insurance....

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Posted in Environmental, Palisades Fire | 2 Comments

Rick Caruso and Adam Carolla Trade Jokes and Politics — but One Question Went Unanswered

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current November 3, 2025 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Inside the AMC theater at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, one of his own developments, Rick Caruso took...

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Posted in businesses/stores, City | 1 Comment

Some Palisades Residents Denied Cal Assist Mortgage Relief

This editor received a question from a reader on October 13: “Cal Assist was supposedly a program for fire victims mortgage relief. I applied twice and was turned down simply because I have my name on my father’s home. I...

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Posted in General | 4 Comments

Consumer Watchdog: Insurance Commissioner Lara Pushed More on Fair Plan

BY JAMIE COURT (This article “New York Times Investigation Finds Lara’s Plan Incentivized Insurers’ Dumping of Policyholders Prior to LA Fires, Doubling FAIR Plan Enrollment first appeared on Consumer Watchdog on November 3 and is reprinted with permission.) A New...

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Posted in FireAid | 5 Comments