Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

DWP Bills Seem Too High? What the Heck Is Going On? A Promised Meeting Should Help. 

Many residents in Pacific Palisades believe their recent Department of Water and Power bills are excessive and some of them have vented their anger on the social media forum Nextdoor Palisades. A few have reached out to the DWP, and...

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Posted in Community, News | 5 Comments

Realtor Anthony Marguleas Donates $5,000 (Once Again) to the Village Green Committee

Annually since 2013, Amalfi founder/owner Anthony Marguleas has donated $5,000 to help with the maintenance of the Village Green. The Green is a private triangular park in the heart of the town’s business district and relies entirely on donations from...

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Posted in Parks, Real Estate | 1 Comment

Animal Shelter Needs – 2020 Donation Drive

Palisades resident Nancy Jackson, who is organizing an animal shelter drive, received the following requests from the L.A. Shelters. Items may be dropped at Paws and Claws or Alicia’s Child Care Center.  Main Shelter Items: Towels, blankets and sheets. (The...

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Shortcut to Temescal Canyon Road Not Meant for Vehicles

A vendor rented the Woman’s Club in December and was loading up his truck after the event. Unfortunately, the truck’s brakes failed. Woman’s Club Administrator Roberta Donohue said that luckily, the truck veered slightly and slid along a cement wall...

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Author Lisa Goldenthal Speaks about Diet and Activity at Rotary Club Meeting

Lisa Goldenthal, the best-selling author of “The Boss Weight Loss: Permanent Weight Loss in Six Easy Steps,” spoke at the Palisades Rotary Club breakfast meeting on January 9. “I’m in my 50s,” said the lithe Goldenthal. “I don’t want to...

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VOC’s Are Unknown Consumer Hazard that Could Lead to Cancer

A man was criticized on the social media forum Nextdoor Palisades after he mentioned in a post that Caruso’s Palisades Village sprayed a scent (apple-tobacco) in the concierge, valet and underground parking areas. He said the spray gave him a...

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Major League Players Support Sport Teams for Special Needs Kids

Major league baseball players, including Pacific Palisades brothers Scott (Texas Rangers) and Tyler (San Franciso Giants) Heineman, hosted the second annual Prime Time Casino Classic to raise funds for a program that allows special needs kids to be part of a...

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If Collis Huntington Had Carried Out His Palisades Plan . . .1919 Exhibition at the Huntington

LIBBY MOTIKA Circling The News Contributor Photos: Courtesy The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens It’s interesting to imagine what the Huntington Palisades would be today if Collis Huntington’s plan to establish a private estate on the bluffs above...

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Make a Donation to Help Animals in Shelters

Starting on January 20,  Nancy Jackson is organizing a donation drive to help the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter and the South L.A. Animal Shelter. Donations can be dropped at Paws and Claws and Alicia’s Place Childcare Organizers, Nancy Jackson...

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Challenging a “McMansion”: The Infamous Rustic Canyon (Beglari) House

By KEITH TURNER All over Los Angeles, from the Hollywood Hills to Pacific Palisades to Baldwin Hills to Cheviot Hills to Venice to Palms, “spec” developers are demolishing older homes and replacing them with McMansions. The term McMansion is used to describe...

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