If Scooters Are Improperly Parked, Call 311

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

 Pacific Palisades residents have noticed a significant increase in the number of dockless Lime and Bird scooters lying on sidewalks the past few months. Teens in the town take advantage of the scooters, driving them about, quite often with a…

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Alan Eisenstock: It’s an All-Woman Playlist

Posted on November 15, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Editor’s note: When Palisadian Alan Eisenstock is not researching and writing one of his nonfiction books (18 thus far!), he pursues what he calls “a crazy labor of love side project” that he started in mid-March: sending a weekly Covid-themed…

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City Council Wrestles with a New Proposal Addressing the Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

It appears that L.A. City officials are starting to realize that the homeless encampments located under freeway overpasses, on sidewalks impeding the public right away and in hillside brush in outlying areas, need to be dealt with. There are an…

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Catching Up with Readers: LAPD, Recycling and Emergency Alerts

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

LAPD STORY: BONIN TO HOST TOWN HALL ON PUBLIC SAFETY NEXT MONDAY In a November 11 Circling the News story (“In Light of LAPD Budget Cuts, Will Pacific Palisades Retain One Patrol Car and a Beach Detail?”), one reader wrote:…

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In Light of LAPD Budget Cuts, Will Pacific Palisades Retain One Patrol Car and a Beach Detail?

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

In July, as the Covid-19 pandemic began to impact the City’s budget outlook, the L.A. City Council voted 12-2 to reduce the police department budget by $150 million. The city council aims to reduce the LAPD workforce to 9,757 officers…

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Covid-19 and a City That’s Crying “Wolf”

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

  As a child, I was read Aesop Fables, a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC.I still remember “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” The Tortoise…

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About the Palisades: Street Performers, Crosswalk on Chautauqua

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

STREET PERFORMERS: One reader wrote: Do know the reason for a small band playing loud music in the evening at Swarthmore and Sunset? Are we becoming a Santa Monica Promenade? The people the reader referred to was a woman from…

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Private Schools Are Reopening in Pacific Palisades

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Four private schools — Seven Arrows, Calvary Christian, Corpus Christi and Westside Waldorf —  have all received transitional kindergarten (TK) through second grade waivers from L.A. County to reopen under strict guidelines.   CALVARY CHRISTIAN: “Calvary Christian School is thrilled…

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VIEWPOINT: Photo of a Dead Deer on Temescal Canyon Road Provokes Reader Response

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

Like all of us, I hate to see our wildlife killed. People who speed down local roads, such as Temescal Canyon and Palisades Drive, especially during twilight and nighttime, run the risk of hitting something, such as a deer. I…

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Coastal Commission Fines LADWP Almost $2 Million after It Destroys Rare Plants above Highlands

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Pascoe

At the California Coastal Commission hearing on November 4, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was fined nearly $2 million for failure to have a permit for infrastructure work that destroyed Braunton’s milkvetch plants (which are endangered) and…

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