Be Prepared to Evacuate with Upcoming Santa Ana Windstorm

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Red flag warnings of critical fire danger will take effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday and remain in place through 6 p.m. Thursday, for the Malibu coast, the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area and other south land areas. By 4 p.m….

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Presenting Harvard Din & Tonics

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

St. Matthew’s Music Guild will host Harvard Din & Tonics at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, January 10, at St. Matthew’s Church, 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. The Din & Tonics are Harvard University’s signature jazz a cappella singing group, with a repertoire…

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Temescal River Flows Unabated

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Many residents have complained about the “River” that has been flowing down four lanes of Temescal Canyon Road for about the last three weeks. One resident even speculated that the City is not repairing it in order to allow salmon…

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Silvi Winthrop Will Address Optimists

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Clinical psychologist Silvi Winthrop will be the speaker for the Tuesday, January 7 Optimist Meeting, held at Janes Hall in the Presbyterian Church, 15821 Sunset Boulevard. Prior to the meeting, food is served at 9:45 a.m. and Winthrop will speak…

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Christmas Tree Curbside Collections Underway

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

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…

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The Army Float Slighted by NBC Television

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

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…

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New Year’s Eve Highlands Fire Stopped at Eight Acres

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Last night an alert went out from the Los Angeles Fire Department at 12:17 a.m. that about three to four acres of heavy brush burning under 15mph winds near above Via Las Palmas in the Palisades Highlands. (Near the Temescal…

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Getting Police to Pacific Palisades a Hundred Year Problem

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades American Legion Post 283 was founded in 1928 by 19 residents and town leaders that included Clifford Clearwater and Telford Work, who launched the town’s first newspaper, The Palisadian. There was no police presence in the town, but…

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Santa Monica Canyon Resident Arrested for Fatal Hit and Run

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

The Santa Monica Police Department released a December 27 update of a fatal hit-and-run that occurred on December 22 around 6:40 p.m. The victim, a Vietnam War veteran and Santa Monica resident, was hit as she crossed Wilshire Boulevard southbound…

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The Draycott Has Closed

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Palisadian residents and restauranteurs Marissa and Matt Hermer’s European-inspired brasserie, The Draycott, has closed after serving a special Christmas dinner menu last week, December 24-26. A resident, who was trying to book The Draycott for New Year’s Eve, sent this…

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