Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Palisades High Runners Receive Honors for Winning The Inaugural Lemen Trophy at the Will Rogers 5K 

Earlier this year, Will Rogers 5/10K Race organizers wanted to encourage high school cross-country teams to compete in the annual Fourth of July race. They also wanted to honor the late Dick Lemen, a longtime Palisadian and a track coach...

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Homeless Timmy Has Died on the Streets of Santa Monica

  Timmy, 63, who had lived in his wheelchair on Pacific Palisades streets for years, and then on Santa Monica streets, has passed. Sharon Kilbride, who volunteers with The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, wrote “He was found unresponsive...

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Palisades Fall Drama Will Feature ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog’

Palisades High School fall drama “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,” based on the 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon, will be held at Mercer Hall, 15777 Bowdoin St. This show won the 2015 Tony...

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PaliHi Marching Band Provides Lively Entertainment And a ‘Community’ for 75 Students; Donations Sought

The award-winning Palisades High School marching band has 75 students, who not only entertain at halftime of home football games, but also compete in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) circuit. In addition, the band has been...

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Historical Society to Present an Evening Dedicated To the History of Trees in Our Town This Thursday

Former Pacific Palisades Historical Society President Randy Young will speak about Palisades trees at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 7, in Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Road. Admission is free and refreshments will follow the program. There is free parking....

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What’s Up with All These Early-Bird Dinners?

By BOB VICKREY (Editor’s note: This “Best of Vickrey” column was chosen as a finalist for a California Newspaper Publishing Association award in 2017.) I’m trying to remember exactly when my friends all began having dinner at 4:30 in the...

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LETTER: Friends of the Library and the Community Read ‘Shelter Us’

Thanks for mentioning the Palisades Reads in your newsletter, and the recognition that Marie Steckmest organized a “Palisades Reads” event for “The Soloist.” I’m so happy that Marie’s Palisades Cares was one of the featured non-profits in the program from...

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Dolphins Beat Fairfax 21-7, Win League Title, And Now Face Banning in Open Division Playoffs

  Palisades High, 4-0 in Western League play, needed to defeat Fairfax (3-1) on the road last Friday to win the league title outright. The Dolphins prevailed, 21-7, despite having their preparations disrupted by the Getty Fire. PaliHi was closed...

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Pivotal Moments in Pacific Palisades History: The Year 1929

(Editor’s note: On a recent October Tuesday, as guest speaker at the weekly Optimist Club breakfast meeting, former Palisadian-Post editor Bill Bruns recounted a slice of Pacific Palisades history by focusing on the year 1929. He also described 12 pivotal...

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Fire Aftermath: Photo Ops and Talking Are Pleasant, But “Talk is Cheap” and We Don’t Need a Task Force

Viewpoint: The Palisades Fire (October 21), which resulted in 625 homes being evacuated, closed Palisades Drive to two-way traffic for days. A week later, the Getty Fire resulted in mandatory evacuation or evacuation warnings for a majority of Pacific Palisades...

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