Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Theatre Palisades Presents “The Wisdom of Eve”

Although the Palisades Fire destroyed Pierson Playhouse, home of the Theatre Palisades Community Theatre, it did not destroy the talent and the desire to perform. The Palisades Community and now Venice, Marina Del Rey Culver City and Westchester are all … Continue reading

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Fire Survivors Screwed by Insurance/State of California

For more than 30 years, this editor and her husband have paid State Farm Insurance for coverage for the house and possessions. Possession replacement was listed as $800,000. We paid the amount State Farm requested so that if there was … Continue reading

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Palisades Fire Survivor Merritt Farren Fights State Farm

Key technical fights in State Farm’s rate-hike case landed before an administrative judge Wednesday. The hearing, held inside the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles, came one day after the judge issued a major ruling rejecting the California … Continue reading

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CVS Stocks Palisades T-shirts and Mugs

CVS drugstore and pharmacy located on Swarthmore, opened on August 15. The Pharmacy has reopened, too, making it easy to fill prescriptions. Additionally, since there is no local grocery store in the village, CVS is also carrying orange juice, milk … Continue reading

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No More Lunches at Santa Monica’s Tongva Park

By HENRY KAMER After losing so many things that mattered in the January fires, my childhood home, my town, and my high school Palisades Charter, my school friends and I searched for a place that could mirror the natural beauty … Continue reading

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Palisades Fire: Three Questions Need to be Answered

  By JEREMY PADAWER (This August 24 Blog Post by Jeremy Padawer PacificPalisades.com is reprinted with permission.) Pacific Palisades pays more than $600 million in annual property taxes to L.A. County. For their money residents receive: 1 police car. Fire … Continue reading

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Brush Clearance at PCH and Temescal: Rotary Corner

Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) collaborates extensively with national, state, and county agencies on wildfire prevention. This past week, a supervisor for the National Wildfire Prevention unit was at the corner of Temescal Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway on … Continue reading

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Homelessness in L.A. Not Decreasing. Why?

By TIM CAMPBELL Union Rescue Mission CEO Mark Hood used an excellent visual model to describe just how small a reduction has been made in LA’s homeless population, if LAHSA’s latest PIT (Point in Time) count is to be believed. … Continue reading

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Touring Marquez Prior to School’s Reopening

Two tours were offered at the Marquez Elementary School campus last week to allow residents, families and potentially time to look at the school, which could potentially reopen at this site off Marquez Avenue in September. Nothing short of amazing, … Continue reading

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Metro Proposes a Subway or Aerial through Sepulveda: Residents Asked to Select by Aug. 30

It seems the one fact that people in Los Angeles and surrounding areas can agree on is that traffic through the Sepulveda pass can be excruciating, especially during rush hour. It takes afternoon peak period commuters on average 48 minutes … Continue reading

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