Viewpoint: Housing and Care Needed for Those Preyed Upon

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: the following January 27, 2022, Viewpoint “Many of Santa Monica’s Homeless Are Armed,” by John Alle was printed in the Santa Monica Daily Press and reprinted on the Culver City Observer. Santa Monica and Culver City are separate…

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Lives Are Celebrated in Obituaries 

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

In a December 16 OpEd in the Wall Street Journal (“An Obituary Is the Story of a Life, Not a Death”), Danny Heitman wrote: “I didn’t set out to write obituaries. I supposed no one does. A couple of years…

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LAPD Presents at Community Council Meeting

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

LAPD officers are presenting to residents, via the Pacific Palisades Community Council, the challenges of policing in this community. The first of three presentations was on January 27, via Zoom. Crime is regularly reported on social media, such as the…

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Major Water Pipe Breaks on La Cruz; Street Needs Repaving

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

A water main on La Cruz, installed back in 1953 when the street was paved, ruptured around 6:45 a.m. today. Kevin Niles, the adjutant for American Legion Ronald Reagan Post 283 located at the corner of Swarthmore and La Cruz,…

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Readers Write: Caruso, Books and City Parking Lot

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

(Circling the News readers commented on several recent Musings, including one from a reader who had a problem with Rick Caruso changing his party affiliation from no affiliation to Democrat. It was interesting to this editor that merely by printing…

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Kinsey Collection Featured in L.A. Daily News

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades residents Bernard and Shirley Kinsey and the couple’s art and artifacts collection was featured in the January 28 L.A. Daily News (“Creative Works, Creative Displays: SoFi Stadium is the latest unconventional setting for the Kinsey Collection of African American…

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UCLA Expert: No Magical Answers for Drug/Alcohol Addiction

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

“Two Powerful Drugs Now Adding to U.S. Overdose Crisis,” reported the Associated Press in a January 27 story. “Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis. “Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being…

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St. Matthew’s Thrift Store Benefits the Economically Challenged

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

American Legion Post 283 Auxiliary Secretary Gina Jakel has also been a long-time volunteer at the St. Matthew’s Thrift Store, located at 2812 Main St. in Santa Monica. Jakel volunteers every Wednesday, generally from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., when…

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YMCA Adds a T-ball Program on Wednesdays

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades-Malibu YMCA has added a weekly T-ball program on Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. at Simon Meadow, on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Temescal Canyon Road. YMCA Executive Director Jim Kirtley said the popularity of the T-ball…

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Palisades Attorney Wants Community Council to Address DWP Scandal

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Sue Pascoe

Given the indictments and criminal charges circling the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, at least one resident, David Peterson, has reached out to the Pacific Palisades Community Council, asking them to address the corruption. “This is unbelievable,” Peterson…

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