Category Archives: Kids/Parenting

Kids Doing the Right Thing: Turning in Fireworks

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Sue

The origin of the Palisades Fire is still under investigation almost nine months after it destroyed nearly 7,000 homes/businesses and the lives of so many. Many residents suspect it was a reignition of the January 1 fire in the Highlands … Continue reading →

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Yee Haw Days Silent Auction Help Needed

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Sue

In spite of Palisades Elementary students attending Brentwood Elementary while their school is rebuilt after the fire, nothing will stop the school’s annual Yee Haw Days, which this year will be held from 11:30 to 6 p.m. on October 18. … Continue reading →

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Viewpoint: New Playground Should Be Appreciated

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Sue

At the Park Advisory Board meeting several people objected to the theme of the new playground, which opened at the beginning of July with a few panels of first responders. The first responder panels included a pretend police motorcycle, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Kids/Parenting, Parks | 8 Comments

On the Outside Looking In: My Evening with the Toyo Kids

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s Note: All names  in this story have been changed. Writer Chaz Plager grew up in Pacific Palisades and lost his family home during the fire. He taught himself Japanese during Covid and is fluent. This August he is in … Continue reading →

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Girl Scout Eagle Candidate Leads Others in Beautification

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Sue

Digging in the dry rock-hard dirt at the corner at Los Liones and Tramonto Drive, were 10 members of Girl Scout Troop 223, led by Eagle Scout candidate Cameron Lovett. Each candidate must select a project for a religious institution, … Continue reading →

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Sears Department Building Becomes PaliHi South 2025

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Sue

By HENRY KAMER Just shy of 3,000 Palisades Charter High students returned to school today, August 13, at the Sears Department Store Building. Instead of flooding through the quad, students flooded into four floors and the parking lot at the … Continue reading →

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$25 Million Y Capital Campaign underway: Horvath Pledges $10 Million

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Sue

The Palisades-Malibu YMCA was more than the town’s only gym, it was the place where neighbors shared classes and stories or just met to talk. Executive Director Jim Kirtley opened up the facility to teens on evenings during the summer, … Continue reading →

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Marvelous Mom Takes Best of Show

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Sue

This editor is really proud of her mom, Noma Sazama, 95, (she’ll be 96 next month). Not only did she raise six children, including this stubborn and inquisitive “pain in the ass” daughter, she went back to school to get … Continue reading →

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Timmerman Will Lead Marquez through Reopening and  Recovery

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Sue

If you’re looking for an excellent school, with strong leadership and low teacher-to-student- ratio, Marquez Charter Elementary is the answer. Lisa Timmerman was selected to be the new principal for the school year and to help lead it into its … Continue reading →

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Girl Scout Eagle Candidates Tackle Thorny Corner

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Sue

This coming weekend, August 9 and 10, members of Girl Scout Troop 223 will tackle a beautification project at the southwest corner of Los Liones and Tramonto Drives. Led by long-time Palisades Scoutmasters Mike Lanning and Larry Kirven, the Scouts … Continue reading →

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