Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Giving Tuesday Is Approaching: Consider Ways to Volunteer or Give

December 3 is called Giving Tuesday and was created in 2012 with the simple idea to encourage people to do good, and thereby help transform communities (particularly as we move into the “giving” season). Former Pacific Palisades Citizen of the...

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Garden Club Talk Will Focus on Wreath Making

The Palisades Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 2, to watch floral designer Connie Mercurio craft two different holiday wreaths and show how to decorate holiday topiaries. The meeting at the Woman’s Club on Haverford is...

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Seventh Annual Turkey Trot Produces Good Times on Thanksgiving

“I was up at 4 a.m., setting up the 5K course and there were torrential rains,” said Turkey Trot race organizer David O’Connell. He and his fellow organizers worried that there would be a light turnout for this seventh annual...

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Two Different Structure Fires Cause Damage to a Residence and a Restaurant in the Palisades

Firefighters from Stations 69 and 23 were kept busy the day before Thanksgiving (November 27) with two fires: an early morning house fire on Asilomar and a night fire at a restaurant on Sunset. Around 8:47 a.m., a one-story, single-family...

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The Day I Saved Thanksgiving with My Piggy Bank: Bill Bruns Remembers a Family Thanksgiving

    When my dad had a truck farm near San Diego in the 1950s, we all worked to pack tomatoes one Thanksgiving Day: my parents, my two younger sisters, and I, about age 11. There had been a hot...

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Thank a Woman for Thanksgiving in the United States

Many of us were taught in elementary school that the first Thanksgiving took place between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. The holiday was recognized in 1789 by the newly inaugurated President George Washington, who called for a national day of...

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Interfaith Thanksgiving Service Celebrates Unity and Local Firefighters at Corpus Christi Church

If a Pacific Palisades resident ever doubted that he/she lived in a unique environment, only one question needs to be asked: “In what other community in the United States would all the clergy gather to celebrate an interfaith Thanksgiving service?” Annually...

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Longtime Commercial Owner Elliott Zorensky Puts La Cruz/Sunset Property Up for Sale

Longtime resident and commercial property owner Elliott Zorensky of UDO Realty has listed his Sunset (15220-15240) and La Cruz properties (15230-15234) with CBRE realty. Zorensky, who was president of the Palisades Business Improvement District until his resignation in July, announced...

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Two Residents Overlooked for Sparkplug Honors, But CTN Applauds the Three Deserving Winners

The Citizen of the Year Award and Golden Sparkplug Awards used to be presented at a dinner organized annually by the Palisadian-Post since 1947. However, when local resident Alan Smolinisky bought the Post in 2012, he decided he didn’t want his...

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Palisades High School Cross Country Qualifies Three for State Meet

Three Palisades High runners–Sarah Bentley, Lucas Shriver and Brett Bailey–qualified for the State meet last Saturday in the L.A. City Section Division 1 cross-country race at Pierce College. They will now compete in Fresno on November 30. This was Rob...

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