Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

PaliHi Girls Volleyball Reaches City Finals   In an upset, the Palisades High girls volleyball team defeated top-seeded Granada Hills on October 30 at Granada Hills to reach the City Section playoff finals in the Open Division. The fourth-seeded Dolphins...

Caruso Knows Which Employees Park at Palisades Village Rick Caruso’s staff has access to which of his employee/tenants are parking in his Palisades Village lot—and which are not. In an October 22 posting on Nextdoor Palisades titled “Residents Want their...

Be Prepared for Disasters What if Santa Ana winds help fuel a brush fire that is headed towards Pacific Palisades and a 7.0 earthquake occurs in the Los Angeles area? John Wilson, a life-long resident and former Santa Monica College...

Editorial: Mystery Message from Garcetti’s Office I started Circling the News as a blog at the end of June, when I felt I had not choice but to resign as founding editor of the Palisades News. I’ve continued to work...

Lee Calvert: Palisades’ Own “Wonder Woman” Lee Calvert, 94, returned from The Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, with three gold medals in table tennis. She took the woman’s single championship, doubles for women 85-89 with partner Leurene...

PaliHi Beats Hamilton, 41-0: Earns Spot in Open Division Playoffs Palisades High football defeated Hamilton last Friday, 41-0, to finish in a first-place tie with Fairfax in the Western League. Both teams had 4-1 records, with Fairfax beating Pali (30-23)...

Park Advisory Board Special Meeting Set The Pacific Palisades Recreation Center Park Advisory Board will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30 in the small gym. Initially the meeting was set for a presentation of the...

Lemmo’s Last-Minute Ploy Undercuts Marquette Neighbors A group of Marquette Street residents who thought they could count on support from the Pacific Palisades Community Council went home sourly disappointed from Thursday night’s meeting at the library. The Marquette neighbors have...

Key Roads Need Repair in Pacific Palisades A recent report by the nonprofit transportation group [TRIP] noted that “Bumpy roads, uneven pavement and potholes cost drivers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim areas more than $900 a year in repairs, maintenance, fuel consumption...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Adds to Her Honors Longtime Pacific Palisades resident Julia Louis-Dreyfus received the 21st Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on October 21 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Louis-Dreyfus, 57, who is known for her work on Saturday Night...