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Plans to construct a four-story senior center in The High-

lands are growing into, arguably, the most controversial building project in the Palisades since the Caruso project.

The debate has already be-come marked by deeply person-al conflicts on social media, an alleged assault in a Vons super-market and theft from a Pacific Palisades Farmers Market stand promoting the proposed elder-care and dementia facility.

A joint homeowners associa-tion meeting held at the Summit in The Highlands on Monday, Oct. 23, started loudly, accord-ing to people on both sides of the debate, and after 30 minutes devolved into a cantankerous shouting match.

Both sides blamed each oth-er for the escalation of verbal hostilities.

It does not bode well for civilized debate at the Land Use Committee, a subsidiary of the Pacific Palisades Community Council, which has listed the project at 1525 Palisades Drive as the prime item to be discussed at the Palisades Branch Library at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26.

Although Chair Howard Robinson has already published the rules on the PPCC website, limiting presentations from Brentwood developer Rony Shram and critics from the new-ly formed Highlanders United for Good (HUG) to 10 minutes each (and public comment to 40 minutes) it will be a manage-ment test for the recently revived committee.

There is history to the tes-tiness: In 2014 Shram tried to build residences on the neglect-ed site near the Casa Nostra restaurant, then characterized as “condomania.”

The plan failed after a Sum-mit meeting overflowed with an-gry objectors.

Three years later, the Sum-mit was not quite as full, but just as angry.

Around 30 members of the public joined David Dwyer and other local housing association presidents at what had been scheduled as a routine mainte-nance meeting.

There have been unsubstan-tiated reports that a member of Dwyer’s family was deliberate-ly hit with a backpack when she was shopping at Vons in Castel-lammare on Saturday, Oct. 21.

The assailant is suspected to be a neighbor upset with Dwyer who feels he is too sympathetic to Shram.

There was another alleged incident the next day, at the farmers market, where Shram’s team was handing out literature to counter HUG leaflets decry-ing the project as a traffic and safety hazard.

A witness from a nearby stand said that a man first intimi-dated residents speaking with the team, “bullying” them loudly.

And then he “made off” with architectural renderings of the 65,000-square-foot project. As with the Vons incident, no police report has yet been filed.

At the Summit meeting Dw-yer reportedly told the unhap-py residents that the empty site could be turned into something far worse than an elderly care-center, such as condos with late-night stores on the ground floor.

But he also said the look of the structure could be modified, perhaps made more Spanish or Tuscan, if that would ease aes-thetic tensions.

Apparently, not entirely. One resident, a well-known

realtor, said neighbors should each contribute $2,000 to buy Shram out and turn the grassy lot into a park.

A second suggested a dog park and a third, and others, want Trader Joe’s—although an official at the German-owned su-permarket chain has stated they have no plans for the Palisades.

Already warm temperatures soared when a HOA official told a female protestor “you remind me of my ex-wife, who would never stop talking” followed by eight minutes of raised voices. After which the public was ush-ered out of the meeting.

Legal decisions are some distance off: On Oct. 4, City of-ficials, after facing a long line of objectors, decided to delay a planning decision for 30 days, allowing more time to gather input. This includes LUC com-ments.

And then there is the Califor-nia Coastal Commission, which takes up to six months to even schedule such issues. And even if it passes muster on planning issues, commissioners in Long Beach could still crush the appli-cation on vaguely-defined “aes-thetic” grounds.

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Trump Body-Double Conspiracy Spins Viral from the PalisadesBy MATTHEW MEYERReporter

When Andrea Wagner Bar-ton made a Facebook post

questioning whether the woman standing beside Donald Trump for a televised address was actu-ally the First Lady last week, she had no idea it would “go global.”

The actress, a Palisadian who performs under the name Andi Wagner, hadn’t even posted it publicly—a friend had to ask if she could turn her post off of “pri-vate” for them to share.

But now Wagner’s observa-tion has gone super-viral, with more than 141,000 shares on Facebook at press-time and a myriad of online articles calling for a full-blown body-double con-spiracy.

“Will the real Melania please stand up? Is it me or during his speech today a decoy ‘stood in’ for Melania?” Wagner wrote, adding that it seemed odd for Trump to at one point reference, “My wife, Melania, who happens to be right here.”

She also included a compari-son between a Melania headshot and her on-screen appearance in large sunglasses.

After turning it public, Wag-ner’s quip was reposted heavily over the weekend, with the the-ory reaching a fever pitch after a medical cannabis company front man with a significant following tweeted the same thought.

Since then, Wagner has been cited in publications from Vanity Fair to the New York Post, and she’s been sought after for inter-views by sources ranging from “Inside Edition” to a Dutch news-paper.

Wagner told the Post that her comment wasn’t made entirely in jest. She genuinely believed it could be a double: “It just seemed incredibly odd.”

But she also acknowledged articles from Washington Post, CNN Politics and others that have sought to debunk the theory with alternative angles of the address and quotes from government of-ficials.

In the end, she concluded, Wagner is “on the fence.”

And now she’s on the viral map with one of the oddest con-spiracies yet in an already bizarre political year.

“I guess that’s just how the in-ternet works,” she said this week. “The whole thing is a riot.”

As promised when the Palisadian-Post relaunched online last month, we are

now entering our subscribers into a ballot for free treats.

And the first treat is the opportunity to taste a sensational cake from the fu-ture—lovingly handmade by Laurel A. Gallucci, whose Sweet Laurel Bakery will be opening its first eagerly awaited outlet at Rick Caruso’s Palisades Village project next summer.

It is a gluten-, grain-, dairy- and re-fined sugar-free masterpiece of delicate flavors that knocked our lucky winner, Palisadian documentary filmmaker Me-gan Williams, off her feet with pleasure.

Williams loved it so much she may attend Sweet Laurel Bakery’s next work-shop and tequila hour, at the Parachute

Hotel in Venice on Nov. 11. And Williams’ final word? “Mmmm.” Our next giveaway will be a fun night

at Kay' N Dave’s, when our favorite Sun-set family cantina reopens over the next few weeks.

Laurel (l) and MeganPhotos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Out Of the Past January 30, 1975

It appeared that when this car was wrecked and abandoned in upper Temescal Canyon, it had found its final resting place. But the owner was found and asked to remove the vehicle only a few days later.

Disrespectful Developers

We Can Do Better

Fruit Napper

Living in the Alphabet Streets, you see multiple homes on every block being torn down and rebuilt. Many of us are currently dealing with disrespectful developers.

We currently live next to a home that has been torn down and is being rebuilt by a developer. We got off to a rocky start when they tore the house down and glass shards were all over the side and back yard.

Due to the current lack of rain, the ground is hard packed and dusty. They have been digging, and dirt has been soaring over into my yard and pool. It has been looking like I live in a dust storm.

After I mentioned the glass and initial dirt, the developer sent his crew to hose down the yard. As they continue to dig, dirt has been gath-ering in my pool. My backyard is filthy. The barbecue cover looks like it has had dirt poured over it.

The developer’s response to my current text was, “You should have your pool man come more often.” So we, as neighbors, should have to put our own money into cleaning up their messes?

There are a few other nuances I have been living with. After the trashcans were left out for two weeks, I asked him to put them behind the fence. He did, but now they haven’t put them out again. All the workers use these trashcans and it smells horribly. I am just beside my-self. It smells like I am living next to a dump.

Now we tore down our current house we live in, so I can understand being on the other side of this. Our contractor did everything he could to be respectful of the neighbors around us. That is all I ask of JP Dudz-insky and his team. If you speak with the neighbor on the other side of this house being built, I believe she would say the same.

This is only the beginning. If he is being so dismissive and rude to begin with, how is he going to be over the next two years of his build-ing?

I think many of the people in this village have had similar experi-ences but feel we just have to live with it. We do not and should not. Developers and builders should be respectful of their neighbors and clean up after themselves and do what they can to avoid ruining other people’s property.

Jewlz FahnAlphabet Streets

The proposed senior assisted living residence to be located in The Highlands has created a vocal crowd of opponents who have grouped together under the name HUG (Highlanders United for Good). While this cuddly acronym may sound benign, the actions of its members has been anything but.

Reading about the issues raised by opponents of the project on Nex-tdoor, I took it upon myself to start asking questions. A lot of questions. I contacted LAFD Station 69, Atria, Fire Chief Patrick Butler, developer Rony Shram and I read up on the history of the Highlands development.

My conclusion at the end of this search was that while I was not an avid supporter, I was also not opposed, as I could find nothing to sup-port the claims made by HUG that a permit for the project should not be issued for the reason they had given.

The problem, and why I am writing, is that when I offered a dif-ferent perspective on this project, whether it was through Nextdoor or when I spoke at the City Hall meeting, I was either accused of having some kind of vested interest in the Shram project (I have never met Shram) or shouted down by the attending HUG group.

Mr. Chu, the commissioner at the meeting, had to repeatedly ask the crowd to let me speak. Amazingly, one woman from the back of the crowd a the City Hall meeting actually said “She should shut the f--- up!”

We as a community can do better.At the City Hall meeting, people clapped for the Caruso project,

saying it was the perfect community project. In doing so they seemed to conveniently forget that there were adjacent neighbors in the Alphabet Streets who were opposed to the project and were very concerned about the construction impacts.

But why should the HUG group be bothered with those Caruso complainers because they were safely ensconced ... in the Highlands, far away from the dirt and noise?

We need to search out the facts. We need to stop the name-calling. We need to stop the threats. We cannot distort the truth as a means to an end. We can do better as a community and to the people we call our neighbors.

Jane Frey

Two years ago, we were ecstatic with our first harvest of persim-mons from the three trees we planted in front of our house, only to have the trees totally denuded in the dead of night. A fruit napper!

We were mighty angry. And our trees produced no persimmons last year, having been severely wounded.

This year, one tree has produced 25 precious persimmons. Hooray!Just now a young man working on a house down the street rang

my bell. He explained that he loved persimmons, had been longingly passing mine each day and might he have just one? I was so thrilled to share with him.

My faith in the decency of (most) people has been restored!Betsy Brown Braun

Anti-GoatWhy do we celebrate goats and their owners for controlling weed growth but viciously criticize a person who uses a gas power blower. He is just trying to make an honest living. I think such crit-icism is socially and economical-ly irresponsible. Goats emit CO2 24/7 just like the foul-mouthed person who submitted the com-ment last week!

SignatureIs it any wonder the country is called “divided?” This frustrated driver, with a house in Malibu, could rationalize sacrificing an entire community’s July 4th tra-dition, suggest a totally imprac-tical route change, all so they would not be inconvenienced once a year! Their last word about the parade was, “Selfish.” I thought it was their signature.

Halloween HowlI am distraught that Halloween decorations are already up. They deeply frighten dogs, most chil-dren and the elderly. I have per-sonally seen innocent insects get tangled up in fake webs. Further, these webs make kids afraid of spiders when they aren’t danger-ous. We should pass a local ordi-nance that decorations can go up the day before, must come down the day after, cannot be viewed as scary, and must be made with naturally sourced materials. Fail-ure to comply should result in significant monetary penalty.

CarusoI just wanted to weigh in on the current tenant lineup for our new village. I think it is incredibly ex-citing that we will have new busi-ness coming to the Palisades, that is what we need. Life back in the Village! I think the Caruso team is doing an excellent job finding a variety of stores and restaurants to fit the varied needs of this town. I think we need to have a little bit more faith and know that they have this well in hand! I’m sure the entire project will be full of great new places we can all enjoy.

TreeIt’s a shame that the new tree on Sunset Boulevard seems to be dying in this heat, the man who planted it was so enthusiastic about the project.Editor’s note: The tree’s planter, Greg Willis, has sadly passed away, but the Palisadian-Post and other interested community mem-bers have now coordinated a wa-tering schedule to nurse the tree back to full health.

Pooled Resources Palisades could really use more public swimming pools. Pali High’s facility is just too limited in terms of times available for the public and also over-capac-ity. Swimming is great exercise for all and fun for the kids. I’m certain a new public pool facility would be a huge hit. But where to put it? How about one of the Rec Center’s baseball fields? Do we really need 4 little league base-ball fields? One field would be more than enough space to build a complex with an Olympic size pool, a kiddie pool, a hot tubs and splash pads. No brainer!

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Aloha from Maui! The Moussavi and Ritchie kids from Corpus Christi visit Wailea Beach. Daisy, Will, Sam, Tommy, Evie and Max loved building sand castles and jumping through the warm waves. Their favorite moments were the hula dancing and snorkeling with the colorful, tropical reef fish and green sea turtles. Maui nō ka 'oi—Maui is the best (after the Palisades)!

Former Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica resident Christoper “Kit” Utz currently resides in Naples, Florida, where he rode out Hurricane Irma with the Palisadian-Post.

Postcards

By GABRIELLA BOCKReporter

One local homeowner is warning Pal-isadians that a new “knock knock”

crew may be in town after a group of young men were caught creeping around the Upper Alphabets last weekend.

Previous knock knock crews have been comprised of young, mixed-gender gangs from outside the area who knock on doors and, if they are not answered, break in and plunder a home in minutes.

Several have been caught and jailed, but others "age out" of the organized crime after 25.

On Sunday, Oct. 22, at 1:05 a.m., five men were seen prowling through the dark with a tool bag and later positioning themselves around a home near the cor-ner of Bestor Boulevard and McKendree Avenue.

The homeowner, who was able to capture the suspicious activity on a secu-rity camera, said that one of the suspects, described as a 17-to-19-year-old white male with dark brown hair and broad shoulders, entered his property at 1:15 a.m. and proceeded to urinate in his front garden.

The suspect then rang the home’s doorbell, only to be seen signaling to his friends once realizing that the residence had been occupied.

The incident comes a year after a four-member burglary crew was sen-tenced to a state prison after breaking into a Pacific Palisades home and stealing $10,000 worth of valuables in 2015.

The homeowner has shared this im-age of the prime suspect with neighbors and turned the security footage into po-lice for review.

STOLEN VEHICLE600 block of Bienveneda,

between October 19 at 9 p.m. and October 20 at 7:30 a.m. The sus-pect took victim’s vehicle possi-bly using keys left in car.

BURGLARY/THEFT FROM VEHICLE15700 block of Bowdoin,

October 17 between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. The suspect smashed a win-dow on victim’s vehicle and took a purse.

800 block of Alma Real, October 17 between 9:15 and 10 p.m. The suspect entered victim’s vehicle and took a backpack and medication.

BURGLARY400 of block El Medio, Oc-

tober 12 between 9:10 and 11:30 a.m. The suspects (two 20-year-

old black males) smashed a slid-ing glass door on victim’s home causing an alarm activation. The suspects were observed running from victim’s home and entering a grey Lexus four door (no de-scription of suspect #3 driving the Lexus) to flee the area.

1100 block of Kawaga, Octo-ber 13 between 7:15 and 7:20 p.m. The suspect activated victim’s alarm system while attempting to pry open a window on victim’s home. The suspect fled without taking any property.

THEFT17300 block of Sunset, be-

tween October 5 at 10 a.m. and October 6 at 9 a.m. The suspect took a watch from victim’s home.

300 block of Bellino Dr, be-tween October 13 at 4:15 p.m. and

October 14 at 6 p.m. The suspect (identified) entered victim’s back-yard and took an exterior speaker.

500 block of Almar, October 2 at 2:42 p.m. The suspect (a 15- to 25-year-old male) took a pack-age from victim’s front porch.

VANDALISM17300 block of Pacific Coast

Hwy, October 19 between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m. The suspect poured paint stripper on victim’s vehicle damaging the paint.

17300 block of Pacific Coast Hwy, October 19 between 4:55 and 8:35 p.m. The suspect poured paint stripper on victim’s vehicle damaging the paint.

16800 block of Marquez Ave, between October 17 at 2:30 p.m. and October 18 at 7:20 a.m. The suspect spray painted graffiti

on the school handball court wall.

DUIPacific Coast Hwy/Sun-

set, October 18 at 10:35 p.m. A 21-year-old male was arrested for DUI after being stopped for a traf-fic violation.

CRIMINAL THREATS17100 block of Avenida De

Santa Ynez, October 11 at 9:35 p.m. A 62-year-old male was ar-rested for criminal threats after threatening to kill victim.

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HALLOwEEN 1975

Spotted in the Palisadian-Post: October 30, 1975

Even the coolest head in town may rock and roll tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday for the main attraction for a jolly Halloween in Pacific Palisades will be a horribly haunted house at Palisades Rec Center.

Guaranteed to shake up even the bravest of the brave and send chills down the spine of the strongest is this sterling attraction.

PALISADES Neighborhood News

Candy Buy BackThe Village

Orthodontic Center LA, with Dr. Richard L. Jacobson, will host a Halloween Candy Buy Back, kicking off on Oct. 31 and running for one week. Jacobson, who shared that he believes that candy in excess is poisonous to your body, will purchase candy for $5 per pound.

Candy will be collected at their Pacific Palisades office, located in Suite 200 at 881 Alma Real Drive. For more information, call 310-454-0317. —SARAH SHMERLING

Halloween Book Reading el Medio Bluffs

Palisadian children’s author Denise Doyen will host a special live reading of her newly published book “The Pomegranate Witch” on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 12 p.m. in her community sound garden.

Children of all ages and their parents are invited to attend the reading, which will be held at the corner of 15915 Asilomar and Abramar in El Medio Bluffs, to be followed by Halloween-themed treats and a book signing.

—GABRIELLA BOCK

Alleged Bank Robber Apprehended The Village

A suspect has been charged in connection to a string of LA County bank heists ending with the Sept. 26 robbery of a U.S. Bank in Pacific Palisades.

On Monday, Oct. 23, James Allen Hayes, 55, appeared in a U.S. District Court where he pleaded “not guilty” of 10 counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery.

—GABRIELLA BOCK

Officer Responds to Theft ConcernssanTa Monica canyon

After the Palisadian-Post went to print last week, an LAPD of-ficer returned questions about a pair of thefts at State Beach Liquor and the storeowner’s frustration with police response to the inci-dents.

Officer Philip Okamoto told the Post that after taking the own-er’s report, he contacted area officer Rusty Redican to conduct a search for the suspect.

“Usual police procedure is one unit checks the area for the [sus-pect] while the primary unit takes the report,” Okamoto said.

Officers who responded to the second theft, where the same man returned to steal more alcohol, did not return questions.

—MATTHEW MEYER

C R I M E R E P O R T

Provided by LAPD Senior Lead Officer

Michael Moore. In case of emergency, call 911.

To report a non-emergency, call 877-275-5273.

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Electrical Fire at 881 Alma RealThe Village

A crew from Los Angeles Fire De-partment Station 69 extinguished an el-evator shaft electrical fire at 881 Alma Real Dr. on Friday, Oct. 20.

In true heroic form, the team also rescued Palisadian-Post Editor-in-Chief John Harlow and a Federal Express worker from the lift after the pair spent nearly 30 minutes trapped inside.

On-scene LAFD Firefighter Brian Koneva told the Post that the fire was caused by a badly worn out motor.

—GABRIELLA BOCKOur heroes Photo courtesy of Gsbriella Bock

An Evening with KatePacific Palisades

Palisadian actress, author and activewear fashion mogul Kate Hudson will be at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica on Monday, Oct. 30, to discuss her new book “Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition.”

Hosted by LA Live Talks, the seminar is part of a long-running lecture series featuring writers, actors, musicians, humorists, artists, chefs, scientists and thought leaders in business.

Tickets are available for purchase at livetalksla.org.—GABRIELLA BOCK

Kate Hudson Photo courtesy of IMDB


With the New Year only two months away, the first

round of ballot nominations for the 60th annual Grammy Awards have been posted out to the re-cording academy’s 13,000 voters.

Included among this year’s ballots was a flurry of hopeful Pal-isadian talent, with a short list of names expected to be announced on Sunday, Oct. 28.

Prolific Palisadian Composer Vincent Mendoza will likely re-ceive his 27th Grammy nomina-tion for his upbeat, seven-song jazz arrangement of the West-deutschen Rundfunks Big Band’s “Homecoming.”

Highly regarded as one of mu-sic’s greatest living composers, Mendoza’s finely tuned arrange-ments have appeared in the works of critically acclaimed artists such as Björk, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell and Sting.

Another esteemed Palisadian composer, Thomas Newman—of the famed Newman family film-scoring dynasty, which in-cludes sibling composers David and Maria Newman and cousin Randy Newman—has been moot-ed for his work on this year’s Steven Spielberg-featured Netflix documentary series “Five Came Back” and the Judi Dench come-dy-drama “Victoria & Abdulla.”

Over his decades-long career, Newman has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards and six Grammys for his film soundtracks, including “American Beauty,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “WALL-E.”

Up from last year’s 21,719 nominations, the academy an-nounced that it received a record breaking 22,030 submissions for consideration this year, which will be narrowed down to 15 genre field categories plus four General Field awards.

Nominated for the category of Best Music Video is 13-year-old songwriter and internet sen-sation Isolde Fair, whose Hillary Clinton-inspired song “To All the Little Girls” garnered national at-tention after the 2016 presidential candidate shared the song on her Twitter page.

Fair, who grew up in Pacific Palisades and previously attend-ed Marquez Charter Elementary School, is the daughter of film composer and President Bill Clin-ton inaugural performer Starr Parodi.

If she makes the cut, Fair will be one of the youngest musicians ever nominated for a gilded gram-ophone.

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards will be held, for the first time since 2003, in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018.

Palisadian Composers in the Mix for NYC Grammy Awards

We lost our sunny, funny girl to cancer on Sunday, Oct. 22. We shall miss

her quick wit, unparalleled eye for design, extraordinary musical talent and loving per-sona forever, but trust her light will remain with us always.

Patty leaves her husband, Steve; son, Tommy; parents, Bob and Sheila McGuire; sisters, Katy and Monnie McGuire; brother Rob (Judy); sweet dog, Coco; and loving family and friends too numerous to list.

A rosary will be held at Corpus Christi Church, located at 880 Toyo-pa Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, on Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., and her funeral mass will follow on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 11:30 a.m.

O B I T U A R Y

Patty McGuire BeattieJanuary 6, 1961 – October 22, 2017

Return of the ‘Knock Knock’ Crew

Newman Photo courtesy of IMDB

The suspect

Isolde Fair Photo courtesy of WIMN Mendoza Photo courtesy of IMDB


To open with a childish pun: The Lutheran faith may have been nour-ished on a Diet of Worms (a religious meeting at a German city, held in 1521), but German food has improved a lot since then, as families at the Palisades Lutheran Church Oktoberfest discovered on Saturday, Oct. 14. There was singing, dancing and, yes, German beer brewed under strict rules laid down in Bavaria a mere six years before Martin Luther’s Diet start-ed transforming the world.

Photos by Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Celebrating the Lutheran Oktoberfest


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Revered surf board builder Rich Wilken was inducted

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Born and raised in Pacific Palisades, the 71-year-old started his surfboard company, Wilken Surfboards, a year after graduat-ing from Palisades High School in 1964.

The young man’s talents were soon recognized by surfers up and down the California coast, giv-ing rise to Wilken’s business and earning him a legacy as one of surf history’s most innovative board builders.

Wilken would later go on to

Pali Surf Board Builder Joins International Hall of Fame

Photos courtesy of Rich Wilken

pursue a career in architecture and drawing, working on local proj-ects such as designing the signage for beloved former Village deli-catessen Mort’s Deli and drafting the building plans for Palisades Lutheran Church.

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International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame Inductees; Back row L to R: Bud Kling, William Wilson, Rich Wilken, & John Martineau. Front L to R: Larry Kirven, Curt Sobel, Andy Breech

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By STEVE GALLUZZOSports Editor

In a game his team desperately needed to win, Max Palees ran

the ball with heart and convic-tion throughout the fourth quar-ter on homecoming Friday night against Westchester, scoring two touchdowns as Palisades High kept its Western League football title hopes alive with a gritty 18-12 victory at Stadium by the Sea.

The Dolphins were behind 6-3 entering the final 12 minutes,

but drove 41 yards in 10 plays to take the lead, capped by Palees’ three-yard run.

The Comets had trouble mov-ing the chains without quarter-back Jonathan Murphy, who suf-fered a knee injury on the Comets’ second series and did not return. However, they managed to regain the lead on a 14-yard run by Jus-ton David with 7:36 left.

Palisades began its next drive at its own 31 and needed 12 plays to march 69 yards, scoring on a five-yard run by Palees. Dakotah

Hamilton dragged three defenders into the end zone on the two-point conversion that pushed the lead to six points with 2:50 remaining.

“The play was counter-right on the second [touchdown],” said Palees, who gained 117 yards in 29 carries and leads the Dolphins with 12 touchdowns this season. “We were not going to be denied. It was frustrating to get in the red zone as often as we did and come away with nothing but that loss [to Fairfax] last week made us mad and we knew we had to pull this

out. I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. We were hungry and I wanted the ball.”

Palees’ legs might have won the game, but Valentino Sterza’s anticipation saved it. The senior linebacker and captain picked off a screen pass at the Dolphins’ 45 and returned it to the Westchester 41 to seal the win with 22 seconds left. Jake Nadley and Will Janney also had interceptions and Ari Sal-lus and Syr Riley each had a sack.

“It was all about having that killer instinct,” Sterza said. “It felt

amazing to help us finish this off!”Fueled by the injury of defen-

sive end Jack Stansell, who had to watch the second half from the trainer’s table on the sideline, the Dolphins found a way to win—the fourth time in their last five games that the outcome was decided by a touchdown or less.

“This is the toughest our league has been in the five years I’ve been here,” Pali High Coach Tim Hyde said. “Good teams all around. There are no easy games.”

(Continued on page 11)

Campbell Geddes kicks a 25-yard field goal to give Palisades a 3-0 lead in the second quarter of last Friday’s homecoming game at Stadium by the Sea. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Grinding One OutDolphins Stay in Western League Race with 18-12 Homecoming Victory over Westchester

Pali High Football Hosts Archrival Venice Friday

The Palisades High football team renews its rivalry with

archnemesis Venice on Friday in a Western League matchup the Dolphins have looked forward to since the season started. Perhaps their biggest win in five seasons under Coach Tim Hyde was last November’s 14-7 road win that snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Gondoliers.

“This is our biggest game of the season so far,” Hyde said. “I have the utmost respect for [Ven-ice Coach] Angelo Gasca and his program. They’ve beaten us bad-ly the last two times we’ve played them here at home, so we’re hop-ing to change that.”

The last time Palisades beat Venice two years in a row was in 1999 and 2000 and to accomplish that again the Dolphins must slow receiver-turned-quarterback Dion Moore, who switched positions after last year's QB Luca Dia-mont fractured his skull in July and was ruled out for the season. Moore has thrown for 1,524 yards and 18 TDs and wideout Brycen Tremayne has 36 catches for 684 yards and 12 TDs.

Venice has won or shared the league crown 15 times while suf-fering only eight league losses in Gasca’s 18 seasons.

The JV game will kick off at 4 p.m. tomorrow, followed by the varsity at 7 at Stadium by the Sea.

Golfin’ Dolphins Win Last League Match

Taking care of business. That might be the best way to describe the Palisades High girls golf team’s regular season finale last Thursday

at Balboa. The Golfin’ Dolphins improved to 11-1 with a nine-hole total of 278, well ahead of runner-up LACES (342).

Melanie Matayoshi (50) was Palisades’ low scorer, followed by Mariana Paleno (53), Lillia Weissmuller (58), Maliyah Flemmings (55) and Spencer Kellen (62). Venice had only two players but one of them, Caitlin Sasamori, earned medalist honors with a 7-over par 45.

To defend its league title, Palisades will need to shoot lower than Fairfax (also 11-1) in Friday’s Western League finals back at Balboa Golf Course in Encino.

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Alex Shapiro (center) of the Raiders runs for a first down while eluding Saints defenders (l-r) Haden Lichtenstein, Boone Lourd, Jack Bugbee and Sammy Fitterman in a Major Division flag football game last Wednesday afternoon at the Palisades Recreation Center. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Running back Max Palees breaks a tackle in last Friday’s Western League game against Westchester. He scored two touchdowns in Palisades’ 18-12 win. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Pali High Girls Win Varsity Race at Mt. SAC InviteBy STEVE GALLUZZO

Sports Editor

As she has all season, Miranda Schriver turned heads Saturday morning with her

effort at the Mt. SAC Invitational in Walnut.The Palisades High freshman took second

place in a field of 122 runners, clocking 18:34 on the three-mile course to lead the Dolphins to first place in the Division I varsity girls race.

Also highlighting the Dolphins’ winning performance was senior Kimia Samandi, who tied for third with Santa Ana sophomore Ma-ria Hernandez, both finishing in 19:01. Soph-omore Elisa Kim, the reigning City frosh/soph 800 and 1,600-meter champion, was 14th in 20:01, Jessica Bierschenk was 29th in 20:39 and fellow junior Skylar Smith was 31st in

20:46. Junior Holland Mueller rounded out Palisades’ scoring, placing 51st in 21:43.

Malibu junior Claudia Lane set a new Mt. SAC record of 15:49 in the Sweepstakes race.

Even without sophomore Sarah Bentley, who won the City 3,200-meter varsity crown in the spring and junior Brittany Darrow (sec-ond in the 800 at City finals), Palisades took first place with 77 points—a comfortable mar-gin over second-place Arroyo (91), third-place Santa Ana (92), fourth-place Eastlake (142) and fifth-place Cupertino (153).

Schriver’s talent was evident at her first prep meet September 8 when she placed sec-ond in the ninth-grade race in a time of 18:36 at the Seaside Invitational in Ventura. One week later she placed eighth in a personal-best 17:48.3 at the Woodbridge Invitational and last

week she triumphed in the freshman division at Bell Gardens in 18:47.12.

In the Division I varsity boys race 45 min-utes earlier, junior Brent Smith finished sixth out of 117 runners in 15:54 to lead Palisades to a tie for seventh with Downey, both at 179 points. In 2015, Smith clocked the fastest time by a freshman (15:31) and took third overall in the Sub-Sweepstakes varsity race at Mt. SAC.

Santa Ana (117) was first, followed by Serrano (119), Davis (122), Aliso Niguel (131) and Quartz Hill (142). Aliso Niguel’s Ben McKenna was the top individual in 15:24.

Rounding out the Dolphins’ lineup were Alec Stewart, who finished 21st in 16:16, Ma-son Cadden (16:42), Lucas Schriver (16:42), Ryan Breitman (17:10), Finn Cawley (17:20) and Mark Barboza (17:50).


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A junior at Palisades High, Aidan reeled off five victories to walk away with the first-place trophy in the Palisades Tennis Center Fall Classic. The two-day Co-Ed singles tournament was a 32-player draw open to PTC Academy members. Aidan, who lives in the El Medio Bluffs, defeated Peter Sims, Anabelle Nick-oll, Anakin Peace amd Ethan Subel in eight-game pro sets on his way to the finals. There, he outlasted Lincoln Jarvis of Santa Monica in a super tiebreaker, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 10-2, hittting a service winner on match point. To nominate your favorite Palisadian for Athlete of the Week, email [email protected].

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Pali High Volleyball Powers to Silver at Redondo

Annie Eckert digs a low ball. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

The first day of the Redondo Power Classic didn’t go as head coach Carlos Gray had hoped for the Palisades High girls volleyball team. The Dolphins were not at their

best in pool play losses to Village Christian, Palos Verdes and especially Rio Mesa when they dropped the final two sets after taking the first 25-8.

However, the team bounced back nicely on Saturday, sweeping Burbank Burroughs and a team from Canada to advance to the championship match of the Silver Division. The Dolphins took on Thousand Oaks in the final and prevailed, 25-19, to highlight a strong showing in one of the toughest prep tournaments in Southern California.

Palisades wrapped up its seventh straight Western League title with a 25-17, 25-14, 25-12 sweep of LACES—the Dolphins’ 87th consecutive league win. They have never suffered a league defeat in Gray’s six seasons at the helm.

The City Section seeding meeting is tonight at Venice High and Palisades, which began the week ranked No. 1 in the Top 10 poll, is expected to be seeded No. 1 in the inaugural Open Division playoffs reserved for the eight best teams in the section regard-less of size. Granada Hills is No. 2 and West Valley League rival Taft is No. 3.

Open Division quarterfinals are next Thursday at 7 p.m. at the higher seeds. The semifinals are Tuesday, Nov. 7 and the Open Division final is Saturday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. at Roybal Learning Center. Palisades, which has won more City titles than any school, lost to Granada Hills in four sets in the Division I final last season.

As Pacers teammate Noah Baskin (right) looks on, Luke Broumand (center) launches a three-pointer at the buzzer over 76ers defenders Haden McKay and John Doyle in a Co-Ed Major Division basketball game Saturday in the large gym at the Palisades Recreation Center. The shot was good, sending the contest into double overtime, where the 76ers prevailed 36-35 on a free throw by Thomas Wynperle. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Kogan Reaches Semis at Bates Tourney

Brandeis University junior Jackson Kogan advanced to the singles semifinals of the Wallach Invitational tennis tournament on Sunday

at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Kogan, who grew up in Pacific Palisades, trained at the Palisades Tennis Center and went to Windward School, beat Kyle Scheffres of Trinity, 6-2, 2-6, 10-4, and third-seeded Luke Tercek of Bowdoin, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 to reach the final four.


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Pali High Football(Continued from page 9) Palisades racked up 12 first downs and over 200 yards on of-fense in the first half but all the Dolphins had to show for it was

a 25-yard field goal by Campbell Geddes that put them ahead 3-0 early in the second quarter. The lead lasted 13 seconds, as Dillon Guerra returned the ensu-ing kickoff 93 yards for the Com-ets’ first score. Guerra accounted for 227 total yards.

“This was our biggest team ef-fort,” said Hamilton, who rushed for 110 yards in 24 carries. “This was a hard-hitting, physical game and even though we were down at halftime we stayed positive and we kept pushing. Our motto is ‘48 minutes’ and that’s what it took.”

Quarterback Daniel Hayes earned Player of the Game honors from Hyde after completing six of 16 throws for 82 yards and run-ning for 43 yards in nine carries.

Kicking into a gusting wind, Geddes hooked a 35-yard field goal try in the closing seconds of the first half, but made both of his extra point kicks and boomed a 60-yard punt to pin the Comets inside their 10 in the third quarter.

“I give [Westchester Coach] Wyatt Henderson a lot of credit,”

Hyde said. “They beat us last year, they have athletes everywhere and this wasn’t decided until the last play. It was one of our best games

offensively. We had false starts, motion penalties, dropped passes, it was frustrating. We didn’t play smart or great but it’s a huge win.”

Palisades defenders (l-r) Sy Riley, Baraka Beckett and Noah Karp gang tackle the ball carrier during last Friday night’s 18-12 homecoming victory over Westchester. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Palisades running back Dakotah Hamilton is pushed over the goal line by offensive tackle Syr Riley on a two-point conversion run for the final points of the game. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Ari Sallus (left) and Valentino Sterza bring down Comets tailback Dillon Guerra in Palisades’ league victory. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Dolphins quarterback Daniel Hayes drops back to pass. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

JV Football Surges to Fourth Straight Shutout

Palisades tailback Kaalan Day (left) gains a first down on a sweep in the third quarter against Westchester. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

Palisades defensive end Weston Rauschuber (right) makes a tackle behind the line of scrimmage last Friday. Photo: Steve Galluzzo

After his football team’s sixth shutout in eight games, Pal-

isades High JV coach Ray Mars-den had mixed feelings. He was happy to get the win, but felt the Dolphins could’ve played better.

“The defense put up another zero on the scoreboard so you’ll get doughnuts on Monday, but we

have plenty to go over in the film room,” Marsden told his players after their sloppy 14-0 win against Westchester. “We won the second half, but they won the first half. They moved the ball better and we missed a ton of blocks. You can’t give a team life like that. You have to be able to put them away.”

After a scoreless first quar-ter, Palisades broke the stalemate when quarterback Forrest Brock scampered 15 yards on a bootleg to cap an 11-play, 85-yard drive with 3:24 left before halftime.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Brock rolled right and hit tight end Weston Rauschuber,

who reached across the goal line for a nine-yard touchdown catch.

Chandler Hooks’ sideline in-terception iced the win with three minutes left. Palisades has out-scored its eight opponents 239-13.

“Even great teams win ugly,” line coach Kelly Loftus said. “But let’s make this the last time.”

Western League Football Standings

Last week’s resuLts

Palisades 18, Westchester 12Venice 35, University 0 Fairfax 54, Hamilton 7

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Each passing year, the medals become more meaningful for

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Winning never gets old for the longtime Tahitian Terrace resident who swept the singles, doubles and mixed doubles gold medals in table tennis at the Huntsman World Senior Games last week in St. George, Utah.

Now 93 years young, Calvert seems to be getting better with age and even an unexpected setback couldn’t prevent her from doing what she set out to do.

“I injured my left arm and couldn’t hit a backhand—which is my best shot,” said Calvert, an active member of the Pacific Pal-isades Optimist Club. “I was on a bus on my way into Utah, there was a terrible accident that caused a five-hour delay and I wanted to zone out, so I curled up in my seat, putting weight on my left side and when I got up my arm was all black and blue. As a re-sult, I had to default the ratings event (where you get points for beating younger players), but I felt it was successful under the circumstances.”

Calvert, the oldest play-er, male or female, won the 90+ singles, the 85+ doubles with Leurene Hildenbrand of Ohio and the mixed doubles with Joe Jen-kins, also of Ohio. She also met up with her old badminton part-ner Joyce Jones, “a baby at 86.”

A member of the USA Bad-minton Hall of Fame, Calvert underwent knee replacement

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“I might go to the World Vet-eran Championships in Las Ve-gas in June,” added the energetic

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Joining Calvert in Utah was Tahitian Terrace neighbor Cyn-thia Cuza, who played in the 75+ division.

Palisades’ Rebecca Reuben (middle) dribbles through Pasadena Red Roses defenders Sienna Liston and Scarlett Coombes during an AYSO U11 girls Extra game Saturday at the Palisades High football field. Pasadena scored in the first quarter and held on for a 1-0 league victory. Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

Three’s a Crowd Calvert ‘Golden’ Again at Huntsman Senior Games

Lee Calvert (right) and fellow Tahitian Terrace resident Cynthia Cuza on the medal stand at the Huntsman Senior Games. Courtesy of Lee Calvert

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By ALISON ROWESpecial to the Palisadian-Post

“Why do people laugh at fruit-cake?” I asked Louise Sandy.

As an expatriate Brit, I find my adopted country’s hilarity on the subject of a beloved holiday food puzzling.

So I took the opportunity to look for answers in the Highlands home of a superlative baker who also happens to be an ex-pat Brit.

Sandy is a professional cook, whose masterpieces in cake and icing have been at the center of in-numerable celebrations in Pacific Palisades.

I sat down with her to talk about how a British cook adapts to American tastes, an issue that the beloved Mary Berry struggled with on “The Great Holiday Bak-ing Show” on ABC, and the chal-lenges of running a company from home.

And how important Coun-cilmember Mike Bonin was to her getting a start in business.

Relocating to Newport Beach

from the United Kingdom, Sandy was surprised that she could not continue her work as a specialist baker in the land of the free.

She spent years unpaid, mak-ing cakes for school fundraisers, but could never take the step to-ward regaining her status as a busi-ness owner, until the Cottage Food Ordinance of 2012.

This legislation, spearheaded by Bonin, allowed artisanal food producers to create and market their comestibles, provided that certain guidelines were followed.

In the resulting tsunami of de-liciousness, Louise Sandy Baking was launched.

Word spread about the cake creations coming out of Sandy’s Palisades kitchen. Themed birth-day cakes with sculpted figures in fondant and modeling chocolate, extraordinary character pieces, and breathtaking wedding cakes all added up to a recipe for making someone’s day special.

Then the word reached Goo-gle.

And that word was “Batten-

berg.”Deep in the recesses of Goo-

gle’s Venice HQ, the development teams were lining up to compete.

Each team took the name of a cake and one team choose the humble, but tricky, Battenberg—a checkerboard cake rolled in marzi-pan. The only problem was, no one knew how to make one.

No one except Sandy.She was hired and baked her

way through the playoffs, from Battenberg vs. Funfetti to Tres Leches vs. Chocolate Ganache.

Usually clients collect their cakes from her kitchen, but she ad-mitted that part of the fun in work-ing with Google was delivering the cakes into the offices and meeting the teams.

She was in awe of Google, and Google was in awe of her.

“Everyone is so appreciative. Cake making, to people who have never done it before, can seem magical,” she said.

The magic is hard-won. Most people have no idea of the work that goes into crafting a custom

What Is So Funny About Fruitcake?And Other Half-Baked Questions Facing a Brit in The Highlands

By SARAH SHMERLINGManaging Editor

Former Mr. and Miss Teen Palisades 2017 con-testant Sam Swartz is back in the spotlight—this

time for hosting a third golf tournament at his Mi-ami Way Golf Course.

“This Halloween Tournament, I am most look-ing forward to meeting new community members, as I have a couple of new golfers participating,” Swartz explained to the Palisadian-Post.

Since its completion last summer, he has host-ed several tournaments at the course. He said that he expects about 30-40 people to participate in his Halloween Tournament.

He has also extended an invitation to LAFD Station 69.

“Last tournament I had about 30 local and non-local golf lovers come by and swing the sticks,” Swartz reported.

The course, which took three months to con-struct, is taken care of by Swartz.

“Maintaining the course throughout the year is pretty much like a full-time job,” he said. “In order for the course to be in playing shape, the grass must be cut every day.”

Swartz explained that he is also always looking for ways to improve the course, like planting new trees or remodeling the greens, which is something he did this past summer.

“It’s also very important that the course gets watered everyday, as one day without water can ruin and damage the grass,” he said. “Even though it is a lot of work to make sure the course is in tip-top shape, it’s a lot of fun and definitely worth the amount of work.”

The tournament, which will feature new golf greens and slopes that Swartz said will make it more challenging for the player, is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 29, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The winner will receive a gift card to Palisades Garden Café.

Anyone interested in learning more about the course or signing up for the tournament can contact Swartz at [email protected].

cake. Sandy does all the work herself with one assistant, and to-gether they can produce about two unique cakes per week. The fon-dant alone takes a day to dry to its finished state.

Recently, however, she has been joined by a home-grown as-sistant. Her daughter, Charlotte, who, with brother Jack, attends Palisades Charter High School, has inherited Mom’s talent for decorat-ing and helps out with the sugar sculptures.

Charlotte can vouch for the experience of receiving a custom cake. For one birthday, her cake was modeled on the Tardis—a time-traveling blue phone box used by British TV hero, Doctor Who.

“She loved it so much, she

refused to cut into it,” Sandy said with a laugh. “After six months, the inside had completely collapsed!”

(No word on edibility after that

length of time, but I imagine not many of her cakes get the chance to last longer than a day.)

Sandy is an advocate for fla-vor. Her cakes use natural ingredi-ents, including full-fat butter and whole eggs—these are not every-day cakes after all. In her opinion: “White is not a flavor.”

One flavor that she has en-joyed introducing to the Palisades is “Banoffee,” which in Britain is the name of a decadent pie made with bananas, toffee and cream. The cake features moist banana cake filled with dulce de leche buttercream.

Still her most popular cake is salted caramel, closely followed by the classic chocolate. So far, no one has requested fruitcake.

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One Swallow Made My SummerNobody but a swallow can all day long

catch a fly every given minute. But at least I tried to. I used a flyswatter and an old mosquito net and found that the best places to get them were the inside of the stable windows.

But it was hopeless. I got about 40 until lunch, way too few for my bird to survive. When my mother suggested grasshoppers or beetles or any other insects could be included in the diet, my brothers came to help me. In the after-noon they crawled between the sheep, over the wildflower meadows and hunt-ed down all the hopping or flying insects they could find.

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By HANNAH LUNKEWITZSpecial to the Palisadian-Post

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HOME Here in Pacific Palisades, people take pride in their homes and gardens, decorating and finessing to

create the perfect sanctuary. In our Home and Garden section, the Palisadian-Post takes a look back at home décor throughout the decades, talks with Michael Terry about the town’s N/E/X/T/Garden, checks

in with junior reporters to see what their ideal garden would look like and more.

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By JOHN HARLOWEditor-in-Chief

You may not remember the date March 17, 2017, but

Mike Terry does. That was the apocalyptic day

when 2.8 inches of rain fell on Pa-cific Palisades’ only community garden, three-quarters of an acre set aside for native plantings at Temescal Canyon Park.

Native/Environmental/Xeri-scape/Temescal Garden—known as the N/E/X/T/Garden—literally overflowed, washing away soil, shrubs and the drought-toler-ant plants that had survived five parched years.

Après le deluge, the soil was saturated for weeks; there was nightmarish plant die-off, and for Terry, a professional landscape artist from Rustic Canyon, and his volunteer-organizing colleague, Barbara “Green Heart” Marinac-ci, it was time to start again, again.

The battle against invasive species and the deliberate plot-ting of Californian native spe-cies spearheaded by charismatic plantsmen such as the late Bert Wilson, who built a culturally influential nursery near San Luis Obispo, never stop.

For Terry, who was lucky enough to meet and be inspired by Wilson, it is a constant learning process.

The California native blew back from Illinois and Texas with his wife Elizabeth and their boys to the Westside in 2000 for family reasons.

It was then he realized that much of his knowledge was worth a scant handful of dirt.

“I was speaking to an expert who knew 800 plant variants, and I knew 100, so I had to start again,” he explained. “Also, I did not know much about irrigation. But I learned.”

He has since developed a “philosophy by necessity,” includ-ing politely declining homeowner requests to plant pretty things that are on the invasive species list.

Many popular Palisadian plants are intruders, but hide be-hind fake news narratives.

The Californian pepper tree is actually Peruvian, and Californian animals cannot digest its peppers. The jacaranda comes from Brazil, roughly.

And the Australian eucalyp-tus? It can be a horror show, he warned.

“The stringy bark can break off when it catches aflame under-neath and fly 20 miles like a fire-brand, setting everything alight in its path,” Terry said. “That is prob-ably one reason why the [wine country] fires have been so bad this year.”

Yet we also have some won-derful trees and plants.

The oldest in the Palisades is the rush-like horsetail, which has probably been around here for 600 million years.

So, does that mean dinosaur herbivores munched it?

“Probably not, because it con-tains a silica, which is very bad for the digestion,” Terry shared.

He has unashamed favorites: He had to list three when a native species body wanted to appoint him as an ambassador for its cause.

Number one is the coast live oak, which is “majestic and visu-ally appealing, and provides many resources for both human and an-imals.”

Number two is Verbena lilici-na “De La Mina” (as in, found near a mine), which is wonderful, purple-flowered evergreen shrub.

And the third? One of the hun-dred type of chaparral favorite, the manzanita—specifically a coastal variant called the Los Angeles manzanita. It has a vertical leaf that harvests the sun more effi-ciently than a Mojave solar farm.

What plants have surprised him? The garden’s toyon, whose red berries homesick settlers mis-took for a familiar holiday favorite and named Hollywood after it.

“It grows magnificently in the garden, when it should not,” he said.

The garden could have been a nightmare: The Pacific Palisades Historical Society reminded Ter-ry it was built on spill from the seven-lane canyon road, which, in the 1960s, was engineered to run north to Reseda.

As a result, Terry still does not know what lays underneath from

yard to yard, from decomposed granite to sand. It’s a tough place to plan.

What are the lessons Terry has learned for growing healthy natives?

Water deeply but rarely. And precisely—no waste, no weeds.

And the biggest mistake? “Killing with kindness, overwater-ing and the wrong choices, such as phosphorous on Australian plants like kangaroo paws that are not adapted for it.”

The N/E/X/T/Garden was founded as a half-acre site by Pal-isades Beautiful in 1988 but ran into hard times. Yet, with the help of the city, Pacific Palisades Gar-den Club, and Terry and Marinac-ci, in 2010 it started doubling to its current size. And filling in with new old plants.

“When we first opened to the public, they asked about all the big holes between the plants. Now they ask why the plants are so close together,” said Terry, who is adjusting to Marinacci’s recent decision to step back. “It is be-coming more of a teaching tool each year.”

The garden is maturing, but it will always be a work in prog-ress for the community, built by hand—no backhoes and chemicals allowed—as a labor of love for Palisadians who want to get their minds freed and their hands dirty on a Saturday afternoon.

By MATTHEW MEYERReporter

Fifty-three luxury townhomes and condos on the bluffs of

Pacific Palisades, overlooking Sunset and Pacific Coast High-way—it’s an undertaking of such significant scale and in such a prime location that one of the project’s developers told the Pali-sadian-Post it might never be rep-licated again.

Yes, ambitious is the word for “One Coast,” the new develop-ment that’s well underway above the Bay Club between Castellam-mare and Tramonto drives, under the direction of Beverly Hills’ etco Homes and Scottsdale, Arizona’s Taylor Morrison.

Four of the project’s nine con-crete structures have now risen to their second or third story, and by November, etco Homes President Afshin Etebar told the Post that two of the buildings will likely have reached the rooftop stage of construction.

The rooftops themselves hold vast potential for garden enthu-siasts, though they’ll come at a

price: One Coast homes, which have already opened for pre-sale, start at $3 million, and only the more expensive models have rooftop decks.

Early renderings from etco suggest a modern patio setting with ivy-lined walls, planters run-ning around the perimeter and wicker lounge seating for a fire-place or outdoor eating area.

Etebar told the Post that roof-top spaces will have access to utilities, so a spa and barbecue are well within the realm of possibil-

ity as well.For those willing to sacrifice

some of the entertainment space, there’s potential for an even more expansively green oasis.

“The homeowner could de-sign the rooftop anyway they like,” Etebar said.

And in another nod to the “green,” he added that the build-ings will feature a substantial rain-water capture system to supply their irrigation needs, and that the homes can be outfitted for solar panels.

The development as a whole is meant to capitalize on the beauty of surrounding beaches, canyons, mesas, mountains and parks—and is designed to “honor the life-style” that such natural splendor encourages in Pacific Palisades.

After years of planning and a preliminary stage consisting pri-marily of “moving dirt,” Etebar could hardly contain his excite-ment as he described seeing the homes themselves finally under construction.

Units come in four- and five-bedroom layouts, with eleva-tors that open to interior foyers or lobby landings depending on the floor plan.

The project’s completion is targeted for the end of 2018.


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(Signed) PHILIP D'ARBANVILLE, Phillip D'Arbanville HusbandThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on September 28, 2017. NOTICE—THIS FICTITIOUS NAME STATE-MENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under fed-eral, state or common law (see Section 14400 et seq, Business and Professions Code).

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESCase No. SS027062

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Mariam Engel filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows:Present Name: Eva Milan SimpsonProposed Name: éva Milan Simpson EngelPresent Name: Ella Soleil SimpsonProposed Name: Ella Soleil Simpson Engel THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any per-son objecting to the name change described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 6, 2017, 8:30 a.m. The address of the court is 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be pub-lished at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALISADIAN-POST. Dated: September 21, 2017

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(Signed) SHERRI CALOSSO, Sherri Calosso OwnerThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on September 01, 2017. NOTICE—THIS FICTITIOUS NAME STATE-MENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under fed-eral, state or common law (see Section 14400 et seq, Business and Professions Code).

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Palisades Lutheran ChurchReverend Kenneth Davis, Pastor

Traditional Worship, 9:00 a.m. (Childcare) Adult Bible Study, Sunday School, 10:15 a.m.

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St. Matthew’s Episcopal ChurchThe Reverend Bruce A. Freeman, Rector

The Reverend Christine Purcell, Associate Rector Sunday Services: 8:00 am Holy Eucharist,

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Friday Night Shabbat Services: 7:00 PMSaturday Bar/Bat Mitzvah Shabbat Services:

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Calvary Church of Pacific Palisades Sunday Worship Services: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

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Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Church Fr. John Tomasi, Rector

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From the refined lace of the 1930s to the shag carpets and

even shaggier hairstyles of the late ’60s, a quick look at the history of home design reveals distinguish-ing trends fashioned around the socio-political pulse of each pass-ing era.

In the 1920s, modernism was just beginning to find its way into the living spaces of American and European homes. Abandoning the polished furnishings leftover from the Edwardian era, the Roaring Twenties were an open and ex-citing time where young people turned away from the conservative stylings of their parents and incor-porated Hollywood glamour, geo-metric shapes and worldly trinkets into their personal havens.

In the 1930s, despite being in the world’s worst financial and economic crisis, many Americans gravitated back toward the ele-gance of Colonial and Victorian stylings. Women’s hemlines were let back out and American families were encouraged to re-embrace traditional values. Such reserva-tions wouldn’t last long, however, and with spirituous women such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Fran-ces Perkins pioneering their own

roles in the U.S. government, young, homemaking ladies soon began looking to the future.

Favoring furniture designed in mood-lifting colors with coordinat-ing wall accents, post-war Ameri-cans transitioned their homes into modern abodes that showcased the changing tides of industrialism.

Dominated by the era’s ex-treme wave of mass consumerism, the 1950s was the decade of cata-log living: Following the Second World War, the nation’s sudden and abundant influx of prosperity gave Americans more choices than ever before.

Americans began to see the world through a Technicolor lens,

and hues of pink made popular by Mamie Eisenhower were painted throughout every home. Kitchen appliances were designed in fash-ion colors like chartreuse, yellow, baby blue and mint green, and in came midcentury furniture com-prised of clean lines and geometric patterns.

Moving into the Space Age, the Counterculture Movement of the 1960s influenced design by way of psychedelic patterns and futuristic furnishings while the moon landing brought Lucite and brightly colored plastics into the mainstream. Chairs and tables were crafted into unusual shapes made to appear as though they were suspended in zero gravity, and lighting accents took form as orbits and other space oddities.

In the 1980s, Reaganomics, business and budding technolo-gy prevailed as key factors that would frill the decade with post-modern excess. Preppy pastels and floral chintz sofas were found in the apartments of the young pro-fessionals who flocked to the cities to gain their slice of the economic pie.

The dot-com era of the 1990s brought the computer into every household, while never-ending ce-lebrity and political scandals kept Americans glued to their television screens. Minimalism and shab-by chic were two popular design styles of the decade, and homes

From Art Deco to the Avant Garde A Look at 100 Years of Home Décor

1950s pink Photos courtesy of Pinterest Funky shag 1920s art deco bedroom

A groovy living room from the 1960s. Pink and blue chintz was a 1980s staple.

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were often found decorated with natural accents designed to bring the outdoors inside.

In spite of history’s futuristic visioning of the new millenni-um, the 2000s have, so far been, a hodgepodge of yesteryear. The excess of the 1980s has resurfaced in grandiose bathrooms with spa-like features, and modern chef’s kitchens with sleek countertops and built-in features have become a mainstay in the all-American home. And as for furniture, the wheel of nostalgia has yet again reared itself back toward mid-cen-tury stylings with a 21st century twist.

So what do trend analysts pre-dict for the 2020s?

For starters, a shift in the way our cities are built will play an in-tegral role in the future of home design. As population continues to rise, developers will look to the sky as they build upward—not outward—and apartments will become smaller with modular furniture and multi-purpose spac-es, recent findings from a survey commissioned by the International Furnishings and Design Associat-ed suggest.

With less space to work with, designers will most likely favor color palettes that bring light into the room.

It is often said that trends in both fashion and the home are cyclical; Los Angeles Interior Designer Christos Prevezanos be-lieves that pastel colors will regain popularity once again.

“I’ll be looking back to the pastel palette of LA in the 80s,” he told House Beautiful magazine in a recent interview.

Let’s just hope the puffy sofas and shoulder pads remain buried deep in the past where they belong.

By AUDREY YAEL SMITHJunior Reporter

If I had a garden, I would grow colorful flowers and also a va-

riety of organic fruits and vege-tables. There would be an arched wood bridge over a pond, and in the pond, there would be turtles and koi. There would also be a rock waterfall.

In the center of the garden, I’d have a gazebo. In the gazebo, I’d keep an easel, canvases and art supplies so that I could sketch or paint pictures of the garden.

Around the gazebo, I’d have strawberry, raspberry and green bean plants. I would also have a mango tree and a big fig tree that would be good for climbing.

At the top of the fig tree would be a wooden treehouse. I’d have books, pillows and blankets there. That would be my favorite reading spot.

There would be a zip-line from the treehouse down to the herb garden. There, I’d grow ba-sil, mint and rosemary. I like to use fresh herbs whenever I cook.

During the fall, I would have a

pumpkin patch and invite over all my friends. I would use some of the pumpkins to make a delicious

pumpkin pie! I love being outdoors and hope

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By SOPHIA VOURAKISJunior Reporter

Last summer, I went to Fair-view Gardens in Goleta, Cal-

ifornia. My aunt was planning a trip to the Czech Republic to teach the people about urban farming and her project was modeled af-ter Fairview Gardens, an organic urban farm.

When we arrived it was about 90 degrees, and ash flakes peppered the sky from a nearby fire. In the haze, we met Lacy Baldiviez, the farm’s executive director, and chatted on bales of hay in the shade of a huge mul-berry tree.

Fairview Gardens started in the 1890s and was handed down through generations until the final farmer did not want to farm any-more. It was taken over by hip-pies in the 1970s. They eventually gave the farm to the city of Santa Barbara, which has established rules, including that Fairview

Gardens must remain a farm and cannot be developed, and no an-imals can be raised for slaughter.

The farm is supported mostly by the community through fund-raisers, selling harvested food to restaurants, a summer farm camp and honor system store. As fund-ing comes in, Baldiviez plans to purchase more animals like sheep and is starting a farmer training program.

Baldiviez showed me how Fairview Gardens collects food waste to make compost with worms and compost tea, which is a boiled down liquid compost. The liquid version is easier to spread and better for plants be-cause the heat activates good bacteria, which acts like a med-icine. It can naturally protect plants from disease and parasites. Compost tea is a good option also because Fairview Gardens is a dry farm, meaning it does not use much water.

We took a tour of the count-

less varieties of vegetables, in-cluding onions, celery and kale, fruits such as figs, strawberries and pumpkins, and a soon-to-be corn maze. We met a white, fluffy chicken named Elsa in the coop and learned that the farm’s 12 hens each lay different colored eggs.

If I had a farm, it would be just like Fairview Gardens. What if Pacific Palisades had a giant mulberry tree, offering shade and fruit? What if we had a public gar-den or community compost bin?

Well, as the saying goes, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

The Perfect GardenThe Palisadian-Post asked a couple of our junior reporters what their perfect garden would look like. Find out more about the junior reporter program by

emailing Managing Editor Sarah Shmerling at [email protected].

My Perfect Garden

Fairview Gardens

By MATTHEW MEYERReporter

Certain regions lend them-selves to specific educa-

tional experiences: While Los Angeles gives students access to one of the nation’s cultural hubs for museums, art and music, you wouldn’t likely expect many hands-on farming and agriculture opportunities in the city.

That’s what makes Paul Re-vere Charter Middle School’s two-acre farm all the more im-pressive and unique.

The on-campus farmland serves as the bedrock for the school’s Agriculture Education-al Program, a dynamic series of courses directed by Paul Revere

veteran teacher Carrie Robert-son.

Each year, she leads about one-quarter of the middle school’s student body through a learning experience that mixes traditional class-time, lab work and plenty of hands-in-the-dirt exercises.

Course topics range from horticulture to animal science and sustainable farming meth-ods.

This fall, students are getting ready to plant winter vegetables like kale, broccoli, lettuce and spinach.

Robertson told the Palisa-dian-Post that students are also excited to plant island mallow, a flowering plant native only

Down on Paul Revere’s Farm

Visiting Fairview Gardens Photo courtesy of Sophia Vourakis

to California’s Channel Islands that is on its fourth generation of seeds at Paul Revere.

(The plants provide habitat for beneficial insects like praying mantis and ladybugs—another practical gardening lesson.)

Paul Revere’s farm animals are, of course, a major draw to the agriculture programs as well: Robertson shared that the school’s four goats are “the stars of the show,” and that Revere is also home to some 30 chickens, 10 ducks, eight guinea pigs and six rabbits.

Students can visit the an-imals during lunch through a program supervised by biology teacher Craig Honda, who works closely with Robertson and has a classroom near the farm.

Robertson told the Post that the school’s new advanced vet science program, only in its sec-ond year, continues to give some of the program’s most enthusias-tic and high-achieving students access to a high school-level cur-riculum.

They learn basic veterinary procedures in addition to best grooming, feeding and exercise practices for the animals.

“They’re very passionate and amazing kids,” Robertson said.

Some of those students will also enjoy a new leadership ex-perience this year: membership in the school’s inaugural Future Farmers of America chapter.

FFA is a national organiza-tion that only recently opened their doors to middle school groups, and will give some of Paul Revere’s best and brightest an opportunity to attend speak-ing engagements, conventions and other events geared toward young people with an interest in agricultural career pathways.

“It’s very, very exciting for us,” Robertson told the Post.

So whether it’s simply visit-ing the goats during lunchtime or diving headfirst into the future of farming, there are opportunities for everyone on Revere’s farm.

And community mem-bers should keep an eye out for monthly work days, which are open to the public and a popular way for high school students to gain community service hours.

Taking care of the garden Rich Schmitt/Staff Photographer

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Don’t let an apartment balco-ny or tiny backyard hold you

back from growing fresh fruits and vegetables—if you have lim-ited room to grow, as many of us dwelling in urban areas do, it’s time to forget the ground and look toward the sky.

Vertical gardens have existed in our citiescapes for centuries. Elevated grape vines date back to third-century Mesopotamia, and wall and ivy gardens can still be found growing on homes and his-toric buildings all over the world.

Today, vertical food gar-dens—made popular by a German greening initiative of the 1980s—are springing up everywhere from skyscrapers to schoolyards, and everywhere else in between.

Not only does a vertical gar-den save space for the land-chal-lenged, it will also help keep un-wanted ground rodents and slugs away from your precious plants.

If you’re planning to plant up-ward, a basic hanging shoe caddy can be easily turned into a varietal herb garden. When choosing a place to hang your planter, make sure that it goes into an area that will receive enough sunlight for the plants.

Old gutters can also be used to create an attractive hanging gar-den. Gutter gardens make great planters for flowers, herbs and even some small vegetables like spinach and snap peas. Just re-member to choose a spot that gets at least a few hours of direct sun-light each day. You’ll also need to be vigilant about watering as ver-

tical planters block access to nat-ural rain runoff—not that it rains much in Los Angeles anyways.

Besides providing fresh food right outside your door, these easy to make gutter gardens also create a beautiful natural privacy fence or divider for your outdoor area.

Old wooden pallets have great repurposing power and make ex-cellent wall planters for both in-door and outdoor spaces. Simply attach multiple terra cotta or cloth pots to the pallet using zip ties and get ready to grow. Pallet gardens are great for creating tiny ecosys-tems in one small space and are easy to move from one location to another.

No balcony? No problem—a couple of hanging globe planters and a window box is all you need to bring a little green into your liv-ing space. With a bit of creativity and a little ingenuity anyone can enjoy hand grown food at home.

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