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(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

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

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

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.

What are Pot-Shots? Ashleigh Brilliant writes: WHAT EXACTLY IS A “POT-SHOT” OR “BRILLIANT THOUGHT?” Pot-Shots are epigrams, composed according to the

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,

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

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

(Resident Bob Vickrey wrote: An old pal of mine that I grew up with in the Houston suburbs enjoyed my take on our small town of Galena Park. As I reread the story today, I

Many people in Pacific Palisades were patients of ophthalmologist Dr. Mark Sawusch, now deceased. On June 17, Anthony Davis Flores aka Anthony David, was sentenced to 188