Get Ready for the Fourth!

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

  BANDS: Two opportunities to march in the parade with your old band instrument. All ages welcome: The Oom PaPa band welcomes new members of all ages each year. Please join rehearsals from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday morning,…

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Junior Tennis Camps through August

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Your kid promised that they would do something every day this summer and you didn’t need them to sign up for camps. So far it has been nothing but sleeping late, and too much screen time. Luckily there’s a good…

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I Tested Positive for the Cancer-Causing BRCA Mutation. Now What?

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in October 2018 and is reprinted with permission.) By LAURA OSMAN Curiosity about my ancestry spurred me to order an at-home genetic testing kit by mail earlier this year….

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Homelessness and the Million Dollar Question

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

By TIM CAMPBELL (This column ran on June 17, 2024, in CityWatch and is reprinted with permission.) Recently, I was challenged by a colleague to a thought experiment.  What would homelessness programs in LA look like if the budget was…

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What Is It #30?

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

These are two American Civil War Cavalry Officer sabers. You can tell that they are sabers, not swords, because of the curved shape of the blade. Infantry officers wore straight swords with blades on both edges. This saber shape was…

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Santa Monica Problems Affects Neighboring Cities

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Santa Monica Third Street Promenade and the Pier used to be a destination stop for people from Pacific Palisades. Store vacancy rates are now reported at 25 % by TheRealDeal. “With 73 of 97 ground-floor storefronts occupied and in the…

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Pot Shots #18

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

What are Pot-Shots? Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the following very strict rules. The length must never exceed 17 English words. Note that this is a maximum. Some…

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Zero Moved into Permanent Housing, According to City Records

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

By SUE PASCOE and TIM CAMPBELL It seems all it will take to end homelessness in Los Angeles is more money. On the November ballot, voters will see the Affordable Housing, Homeless Solutions & Prevention Now initiative, which would end…

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2023 Champ Laura Osman Will Return to Defend Title

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

In her first time running the 10K Will Roger race, Laura Osman of Encino, captured the women’s division. She made it look easy last July, running 6:17 min/miles for a winning time of 38.59. The mother of two boys and…

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Palisadian Miles Partain Qualifies for Olympics

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Sue Pascoe

Professional beach volleyball player Miles Partain will play for the USA in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Partain, 22, and partner Andy Benesh, 29, are ranked fourth in the world. The duo will be the youngest U.S. men’s beach team…

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