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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
Keeping up with the Pascoes: House Plans Stamped
The architectural firm of Marmol Radziner is handling our new home rebuild, today it was stamped and ready for the permit to build. Our cherished 1939 home, which had been remodeled by that firm in 1994, was burned to the...
Posted in Palisades Fire
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Letter: A Solution for FireAid Funds
(Editor’s note: After the distribution of FireAid funds has made local and national news click here, Mickie Faris has penned a thoughtful response/solution.) I have expressed concerns about FireAid and how the $75 million of the $100 million raised was...
Posted in FireAid
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Hadestown Opens Tonight
Even as the Palisades Fire destroyed Pierson Playhouse, the home of the Palisades Community Theater, young actors continue to bring quality theater to the Palisades and surrounding area, with the opening of Hadestown, tonight, July 24 at 7 p.m. These...
FireAid Trail of Where Funds Went, Heats Up
This editor appeared on Fox News with Marla Tellez to discuss FireAid on July 16. Tellez allowed this editor to speak about her concerns about the $101 million raised, which was intended for victims, but was instead going to nonprofits....
Posted in General
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Viewpoint, FireAid: What Did They Really Do?
(Editor’s note: A reader, who wished to remain anonymous send her analysis of the L.A. Times Article regarding Fire Aid click here.) At first glance, the Los Angeles Times article makes an impressive case for FireAid grants to nonprofits and...
Posted in FireAid
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“More Than Santa Baby” Documentary Wins Awards
Philip Springer, who is the songwriter of More Than Santa Baby, was lovingly captured in short documentary, written and produced by his daughter Tamar Springer. The film took home the Audience Award for Documentary Short at the 28th Dances With...
Posted in Film/Television, Music
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Squeezing Lots and Eliminating Yards, Per State Law SB 9
When Senate Bill 9 became a California state law January 1, 2022, opponents said the intention was to effectively eliminate single-family zoning. In simple words, a lot in the Alphabet Streets could be split with one duplex and up to...
Posted in Palisades Fire, Real Estate
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State or Fed Officials Needed to Enforce Insurance to Pay
(Editor’s note: the following letter was sent by a Palisades Resident.) Many reports point to the slow pace of rebuilding in the Palisades. The explanation is simple. We, Palisades residents, are being stymied by the practices of insurance companies. Look...
Posted in businesses/stores, Palisades Fire
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Fact or BS? Squatters are Rampant in the Palisades
“The Palisades is being taken over by squatters,” was a rumor that rapidly spread among residents and took on a life of its own. On a July 21 Instagram post by Luke Melchior, the owner of Melchior Construction, he maintained...
Posted in * Fact or B.S.
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Letter: Opposition to Zone 0 Regulations
(The following letter was sent to the Zone Zero Regulatory Advisory Committee, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460) My home and my neighbor’s home stand today in Pacific Palisades because of the large...
Posted in Environmental, Palisades Fire
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