News

  • Violinist Movses Pogossian Featured at Guild’s Opening
    St. Matthew’s Music Guild opens its 38th season of concerts at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 14, with renowned violinist Movses Pogossian. Pogossian has performed with members of the Tokyo, Kronos, and Brentano string quartets, and frequently
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  • Pure Joy! “Mamma Mia!” Opens at Palisades High School
    This is the kind of production that makes you glad there is live theater. This reviewer listened in awe at the tremendous voices in the Palisades High School production of “Mamma Mia” – and never stopped smiling- because it was pure joy to be there.
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  • Shantytowns/Hoovervilles Were Homeless Encampments
    By REECE PASCOE A pregnant woman has just given birth, but she knows the baby is dead it stopped kicking days ago. Malnourished kids play with their ribs showing though their shirts. Fathers/husbands are out looking for a job, any job. The women are
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  • Unhoused Not Allowed to Block Roosevelt Tunnel
    Co-president of the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness (PPTFH), Sharon Kilbride, was tipped off that the Roosevelt Tunnel, one of the few ways for pedestrians to safely cross Pacific Coast Highway to reach the beach from West Channel Road
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  • “The Ropin’ Fool” Plays at Will Rogers Park, Free Event
      To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Ropin’ Fool, the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation is planning a special event at the Will Rogers State Historic Park on Saturday, October 8, and all residents are invited. Come to Will Rogers Park at 1501
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  • OBITUARY – Susan Orenstein, 79, Longtime Resident and Past President of the Historical Society
    By BILL BRUNS Susan Orenstein, an active member of the Pacific Palisades Historical Society and the Temescal Canyon Association for many years, passed away on September 26. Born November 25, 1942, to Randall and Pauline Coates, Susan grew up in
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  • Burned-Out Venice Canal Residents Say Homeless To Blame for Sunday Fire
    (Editor’s note My husband was returning from the airport around 11 p.m. October 2 and saw fire engines racing down Lincoln, near Venice Boulevard. He asked what it was and this editor found the LAFD reports.  According to a spokesperson, a
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  • Dr. Jane Goodall Visits Pacific Palisades
    Scientist and activist Dr. Jane Goodall, who is known for her landmark studies of chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, was a guest of Seven Arrows Elementary School on September 28. More than 500 students in kindergarten through high school from Seven
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  • American Cinematheque Presents a Ray Liotta Retrospective
    The American Cinematheque will present a retrospective for celebrated actor and Palisadian Ray Liotta. The series starts Tuesday, October 11, and runs through Saturday, October 22 at the Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, and Los Feliz
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  • Citizen of the Year, Sparkplugs Sought
    The PPCC is accepting nominations for the 2022 Citizen of the Year and Golden Sparkplug Awards. The first Pacific Palisades Citizen of the Year was John Pixley in 1947. The tradition continued, and annually, the local town newspaper, the
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