Another Day at the Illegal RV Encampment on Jefferson

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

There were screams and then a woman was sobbing, saying, “He took my dog. He took my dog.” The woman said the man came into her van, hit her and hit her friend – another woman, threatened them with a gun…

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Playing the Holy Family – and the Magic of Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

My second born had colic. During the day he was the sweetest child, but at night just like Jekyll, he turned into a screaming stranger. The crying went on for three to four hours every night and doctors couldn’t offer…

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City Overrules the Palisades Design Review Board

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

  Back on September 22, the Pacific Palisades Design Review Board unanimously voted to disapprove plans for The Hydration Room on Antioch at Swarthmore. But on December 14, the City’s Director of Determination at the Planning Department wrote that the department…

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LAUSD to Begin $10 Million Construction Project at Palisades High

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

According to a flyer sent to residents who live near Palisades Charter High School, the LAUSD will soon begin to remove and replace the underground utility piping serving the entire campus and replace the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in the competition…

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John Lennon’s Rainbow Mittens Offered in Magical New York

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

When I was twenty-in, I loaded up a suitcase with all my worldly possessions, two hundred dollars, and took a Greyhound bus from South Dakota to New York City. I was too naïve to realize the folly of what I…

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“It’s a Wonderful Life,” a Wonderful Celebration at Theatre Palisades

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

We now can enjoy two annual Christmas celebrations in Pacific Palisades. One, the revived Ho!Ho!Ho! in Temescal Canyon, provides a warm community event. This year, family and children gathered with Santa at Simon Meadow on a Saturday. The second event…

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Netflix/Bay Theater Receives Positive Reviews

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

On December 16, Circling the News noted that the Bay Theater at 1035 Swarthmore had reopened and was showing numerous films daily. Although CTN’s editor has not yet made it to a movie there, she reached out to readers about…

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Angels Whispering Messages of Peace 

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: this was first printed in December 2004, when my children were 13, 11 and 8. ) Since the time I was a baby, every Christmas I heard the song “It came upon a midnight clear. . ..” I’ve…

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Resilient Palisades Rallies Opposition as California Seeks to Charge Residential Solar Users

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

Even as more residents are installing solar panels, and Resilient Palisades is trying to establish a Solar Microgrid in Pacific Palisades, the state of California has revealed discouraging news. Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which governs investor-owned…

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The Brownstone Tree

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Over the next five nights, I plan to run stories/viewpoints that I’ve written that center around Christmas. This is a story I wrote 20 years ago.) When I lived in New York and took acting classes, I was…

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