Category Archives: History

Local Events to Commemorate the 24th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks

Posted on September 10, 2025 by Sue

Tomorrow, September 11, local events will take place to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In 2001, suicide attackers seized U.S. airline jets and crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center skyscrapers.  Another plane … Continue reading →

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Pacific Palisades Historical Annual Meeting May 18

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Sue

The Pacific Palisades Historical Society annual general membership meeting will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at the Rustic Canyon Recreation Center. There will be light refreshments, and there is no need to make a reservation. Many … Continue reading →

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Enforcement of Building Housing on VA in Ninth Circuit Court

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: The story “Housing for Los Angeles’ Homeless Veterans in Hands of Ninth Circuit Court” appeared on April 9 in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission. As background, a lawsuit (Valentin v. Shinseki) was brought in 2011, … Continue reading →

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Canyon Students Visit Pascual Marquez Cemetery

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Sue

Canyon Elementary School fourth graders learned about local history by visiting the Pascual Marquez Cemetery on December 11. The cemetery, which is calm and restful, has handmade crosses. It almost seems out of place in the upscale Santa Monica Canyon … Continue reading →

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Comparing the Presidents: Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Sue

By HENRY KAMER Love him or hate him, Donald Trump was elected as the 47th president of the U.S. on November 5th, 2024. He was also the 45th president, serving from 2017 to 2021. Huh, that seems rare. As unique … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Site a Treasure Trove of Fossils

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Sue

The Mammoth Site, located in Hot Springs, South Dakota contains the remains of more than 60 mammals and 87 other species, such as the giant short-faced bear. Bones upon bones are concentrated in an area about the size of a … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mark Holmes: PaliHi Star Quarterback, Later a Spiritual Healer

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Sue

By STEWART SLAVIN IT IS WITH SADNESS that I have belatedly learned of the passing of Mark Holmes, a childhood friend in Rustic Canyon, quarterback of the Palisades High football team, a spiritual healer and subject of the book, What … Continue reading →

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Canyon Elementary’s 1894 Schoolhouse Moved

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Sue

The Canyon Elementary School, built in 1894, is one of the oldest elementary schools in Los Angeles. The original and historic one-room schoolhouse, which is still on campus in Rustic Canyon, now serves as a library. On Saturday, it was … Continue reading →

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Santa Catalina Island: Aztecs Are Gone and So Is Sugarloaf Rock

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Sue

By STEWART SLAVIN Did you know the birthplace of the Aztec civilization was Santa Catalina Island where the buffalo roam? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. In September 1899, both the Chicago Sunday Tribune and St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran banner … Continue reading →

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Route 66: ‘The Mother Road’ from Illinois to California 

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Sue

Historical Society to Host Route 66 Program Wednesday Night Scott Piotrowski, president of the California Historic Route 66 Association, will present a PowerPoint talk about the legendary highway on Wednesday, September 18, at 7 p.m. in Pierson Playhouse on Haverford. … Continue reading →

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