Category Archives: Sports

Palisades 2025 Will Rogers 5K Run in Venice

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The popular Palisades Will Rogers 5K held on the Fourth of July has four notable changes this year. Start time is 7 a.m. The race is being held in Venice, with the start about a block from the beach and … Continue reading →

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U9 Palisades Baseball Players Take Championship

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

At a tournament over Memorial Day Weekend at Cheviot Hills, Pacific Palisades Baseball Association players showed grit and determination to win the finals, defeating La Canada, 15-5. Under coaches Kambiz Kamdar, Karl House and Steve Berman, their 13-player roster delivered … Continue reading →

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Gerry Blanck Celebrates 43rd Anniversary

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Beloved Sensei Gerry Blanck will host the 43rd Anniversary of his dojo at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at the Santa Monica Hilton. Palisades honorary co-mayors Gigi Rice and Ted McGinley will be on hand to help with the … Continue reading →

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Palisades Track Team Pivots and Emerges Stronger

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By HENRY KAMER “How are we going to run track without a track to run on?” That was the question that ran (no pun intended) through my mind as the Palisades Fire destroyed the Palisades on January 7, rendering Palisades … Continue reading →

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“Our Town” Palisadians and Bocce Linked at the Heart

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  By JIMMY DUNNE Photos: RICH SCHMITT 23,000 B.C. Put about a thousand “Greats” in a row before the words “Grandma and Grandpa.” The year is 23,000 B.C.? A tad hairy, but they’re family. Picture ‘em enjoying a lovely sunset … Continue reading →

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Free Tickets to the Concacaf Soccer Semifinals March 20

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Los Angeles Rams, in support of the Palisades Honorary Sheriff Sam Lagana’s “Posse Push for Positivity” and in coordination with “Circling the News,” are donating up to 100 tickets to the CONCACAF Nations League Semifinals doubleheader this Thursday, March 20, at 4 … Continue reading →

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ASYO Region 69 Spring League; Operated by Aspire Soccer Coaching

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

“The road to recovery winds before us, steep and uncertain,” AYSO Region 69 Soccer leaders said.  “As our community continues to navigate the aftermath of the fires, we find ourselves searching for glimpses of normalcy in a landscape forever changed. … Continue reading →

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PPBA Celebrates Opening Day for the 71st Season

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

In the 24 years that this editor has either had a child playing or has covered the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association’s opening day, this was the most bittersweet and emotional. PPBA Commissioner Bob Benton during the opening ceremonies and pancake … Continue reading →

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The Second Most Wonderful Day in the Palisades

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association (PPBA) annual Pancake Breakfast is called the second most wonderful day in Pacific Palisades (after the 4th of July). Although there was a nasty, disastrous fire, it will not stop the PPBA from holding its … Continue reading →

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Help Replace Burned Sports Cards and Memorabilia

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By ANDREW WOLFBERG My 11-year-old son, Leo, and I are working on a project to support children from Pacific Palisades who lost their sports card and memorabilia collections in the recent fire. Living close to the impacted areas, we have … Continue reading →

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