Category Archives: Holidays

“The Most Precious Word” By JIMMY DUNNE A story from the book “Jimmy Dunne Says” (Editor’s note: Today on the Duffy in the Marina, helmed by Captain Jimmy Dunne, he read the following tribute to his mother. It was a...

  “We’ll celebrate raising up Pacific Palisades and returning stronger than ever with our 78th Annual Pacific Palisades July 4 Celebration,” said Palisades Americanism Parade Association President Matt Rodman and Secretary Daphne Gronich. In a message to the community, Rodman...

Christmas is over and it’s time to recycle your tree. To schedule a collection: Call the 24-hour customer care Center at L.A. Sanitation (800)-773-2489 Visit MYLA311 website and create a “Bulky Items” ticket and select “Christmas Tree” in the drop-down...

After spending three hours putting lettuce seed on the Army Float, this editor was curious to see the completely decorated float. I had trouble seeing it on television. My float decorating companion, Margot Mandell, wrote “none of the main channels...

The 136th Rose Parade, with the theme “Best Day Ever,” will start at Green Street and Orange Boulevard on January 1, 2025. Bill Jean King will serve as grand Marshal. Three judges decide the 24 float awards presented each year,...

For many Christmases it was one family member’s responsibility to pick out a Christmas book, which we read on Christmas night by the tree. The person selecting a book rotated between my three young children, my husband and me. Early...

By CHAZ PLAGER It was a cold, foggy night on December 19 in the Palisades Village. However, the hundreds of people crowded around the street just outside the Bay Theater would make you second guess your thoughts on the weather,...