Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Special Guests Visit Simon Meadow

If one was anywhere near Simon Meadow, at the corner of Temescal Road and Sunset Boulevard on March 28, the excitement was contagious as children gathered with Easter baskets, waiting to hunt for eggs. Nearly 150 people gathered for the...

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Brush Clearance Now a Town Project

People are being urged to buy a weed whacker and join the fun on Saturday, April 25. Clear your parkway, or your neighbors, and if you’re not building yet, trim those weeds. Everyone in the Palisades is urged to join...

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Posted in Community, Environmental | 4 Comments

Palisades Democrats Query Three Mayoral Candidates

The Palisades Democrats hosted a mayoral candidate forum on March 29, via zoom. The event also included videos from the two CD 11 candidates. It was announced at the beginning of the forum that many Pacific Palisades residents had asked...

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Another Wellness and Renewal Fair . . .And Free Trees

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass sponsored a wellness, support and renewal resource fair on Saturday, March 28. Most residents have lost track of how many of these community wellness events have been held in the past year. AECOM, a global infrastructure...

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Posted in Environmental | 4 Comments

Proposed Undergrounding Plans Presented by DWP

Even as the City and AECOM seem to have problems showing concise rebuilding plans, the Pacific Palisades Community Council’s infrastructure committee headed by Reza Akef presented an informative look at what the next steps are for undergrounding utility lines and...

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Posted in Environmental, Palisades Fire | 3 Comments

PaliHi Yearbooks Available through a Labor of Love

  After the Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in the Palisades, people started tallying losses. Some were large like homes, others small, but meaningful like baby books and yearbooks. Rick Steil, photography teacher at Palisades High School was asked...

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Posted in Open to all | 2 Comments

LETTER: Direct TV Charging for “No Service”

(Editor’s note: this story was updated on March 29, 2026, with a letter from DIRECTV.) Pacific Palisades residents Tracey and David Price have been paying Direct TV for the last six months, even though they haven’t had service since January...

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Posted in Letters, Palisades Fire | 3 Comments

Viewpoint – Voting for L.A. Mayor – Choose Facts Not Feelings

  A common reason that survivors stay in abusive relationships is that it can be difficult for someone to admit that they’ve been or are being abused. They may feel that they’ve done something wrong, that they deserve the abuse....

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Posted in City, Viewpoint | 10 Comments

Beachside Living for Homeless

For the past few days, individuals living underground in storm drains have been making the news. One woman said she called 311 repeatedly for years about the encampments near her home. She said she reported fires, trash and, last year,...

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Posted in Homelessness | 2 Comments

Temescal Mural Restoration Mirrors Town Rebuilding

The Palisades Fire destroyed houses in the streets around the Temescal Canyon mural, located across from Palisades High School. The mural, painted in 1983 by Kat Kozik, David Strauch, Jennifer Wilsey and Cathy Salser, had just started restoration in late...

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