Car Catches Fire at Pali Rec |The Village
Los Angeles Fire Department Station 69 responded to a car fire in the parking lot of the
Palisades Recreation Center on Friday, June 8, after flames engulfed Ruth Ann Shanley’s car while she was driving. No injuries were reported but the car was unsalvageable.
Rec Center Director Erich Haas set up a gofundme for Shanley, who has been a youth sports official for over 25 years.
Anyone interested in donating can do so at gofundme.com/pali-youth-sports-official-car-fire.
—CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA
American Flag Stolen and Returned | The Village
On the evening of Thursday, June 7, an American flag was stolen from a second-story residential property on Via De La Paz. This flag had sentimental value to the owner, who urged the thief to return it without consequence. It appeared at his garage door on Monday, June 11.
—TRILBY BERESFORD
Mystery of the Green Goo | The Village
On Friday, June 8, a leak emerged, resembling a mossy green paste and visible from the
sidewalk, from the Frontier Communications building on La Cruz Drive. Javier Mendoza of Frontier’s press department clarified that the liquid is simply condensation from the air conditioning unit as it cools the air and produces algae.
—TRILBY BERESFORD
Local Ophthalmologist Dies | The Village
Dr. Mark Sawusch, an ophthalmologist who worked in Pacific Palisades on Via De La Paz, died at the age of 57 on May 27 in his Malibu home.
Sawusch abruptly retired last year, during a string of five arrests, leaving many patients in the dark about how to obtain their medical records. Anyone who is still seeking records may contact Anton David, who board officials said has power of attorney
over Sawusch’s affairs, at info@3rdstarcreative.com for more
information.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Palisadian Receives Naval Academy Diploma | Pacific Palisades
Palisadian Maximilian Tarik Wildman was awarded his high school diploma at the 107th Commencement Ceremony at Army and Navy Academy, a private military boarding school in Carlsbad, according to a press release.
He was one of 67 cadets who graduated from the academy on Saturday, June 2, and will be attending American University in the fall.
—CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA
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