Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

2025 Palisades 4th Race Produces Fast Results

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Even the thick gray clouds that hung in the morning skies this 4th of July couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the hundreds of runners gathered for this year’s Will Rogers Palisades 5/10K Run— but with a twist. Held in Venice … Continue reading →

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July 4th  Time to Celebrate Family, Community and Traditions

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The annual July 4th daylong festival and celebration that Pacific Palisades residents have come to expect will be different this year. Think about the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. He took the presents, he took the trees, the stockings and all … Continue reading →

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Residents Honor Colonel Swenson at Village Green

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A group of about 50 thankful residents were joined by state and local politicians to bid Colonel Eric Swenson farewell on the Village Green on July 2.  The celebration was hosted by Palisades Recovery Group and Pali Strong. Although Swenson … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Collected $700 Million From the ‘Mansion Tax’ to Combat Homelessness. Most of It Is Still in the Bank

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on June 26 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Two years after Los Angeles began collecting a tax on multimillion-dollar property sales, nearly all the money meant to … Continue reading →

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FIREAID: The Profitable Game of NonProfits

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

In order to apply for grant from FireAid, one needs to be a nonprofit and to be able to supply that nonprofit number on the application. FireAid does not give directly to individuals, but on its website it notes, “Together, … Continue reading →

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Police Stop-in Center Opens on Sunset in the Palisades

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The late Kurt Toppel , a former Citizen of the Year has to be smiling. With wife Haldis, they had advocated for a LAPD stop-in center for the community, possibly at the new gym for decades. During the Public Safety … Continue reading →

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All Rebuilding Targets the Victims of the Palisades/Eaton Fires

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Fire Victims are being blamed for the fires that destroyed more than 16,000 structures and killed 25. City and State officials maintain that the Palisades/Eaton Fires were once in a life-time event because of climate change, and once the victims … Continue reading →

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DWP: Finding Truth in the Reporting

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

There is a saying that if one says something often enough people begin to believe it is true. DWP, in press releases about the torn cover, writes that the Santa Ynez Reservoir has been empty since 2024 and that the … Continue reading →

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764 Radcliffe Rebuild: Keeping Up with the Pascoes

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  (Editor’s note: I promised to keep readers updated about our experience in rebuilding after the Palisades Fire and if construction is being expedited.) The 1939 home we had bought in 1993, and took possession of after the Northridge Earthquake, … Continue reading →

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70% of Palisades Residents Answering Fire Survey Under Insured

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Seven in 10 Pacific Palisades residents who answered the city’s post-wildfire survey say they did not have enough insurance — or any at all — when January’s wind-fueled blaze leveled their neighborhood, Los Angeles officials told an Ad Hoc Committee … Continue reading →

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