PUTTING NATURE ON THE SCREEN Vol. 2, No. 13 • May 4, 2016 Uniting the Community with News, Features and Commentary Circulation: 15,000 • $1.00 See Page 20 Caruso Project Moves Forward By SUE PASCOE Editor ick Caruso’s Palisades Village devel- opment cleared an important hurdle Ron April 28 when the L.A. City Plan- ning Commission approved the project. Caruso’s plans must now be approved by the City Council’s Planning and Land-Use Management (PLUM) Committee before a vote by the council itself, likely in June. Construction could start in mid-July. After the hearing, Brentwood resident Caruso said, “We are thrilled that we received VictoryVictory LapLap atat PaliHiPaliHi this approval and that the appeal by Jack Allen was denied. The community did a At the 44th annual YMCA-Optimist track meet, four-year-old Benjamin Algra is surrounded by enthusiastic fans as he tremendous job of working together to help takes third in his division in the 50-meter run. (See story, Page 12.) Photo: Shelby Pascoe (Continued on Page 9) Eric Weiss Pens Winning Parade Theme Slogan By LAUREL BUSBY truck. “This is the first time I’ve ever en- just outside Philadelphia, and later at Rut- John Kobylt from KFI’s John and Ken show, Staff Writer tered a slogan in a contest,” but at work, “a gers University in New Jersey. He attended which is the nation’s most popular talk lot of time is spent brainstorming things law school at George Washington Univer- radio show; Tim Conway, Jr. also on KFI; ric Weiss is a radio guy, and he en- like this. That’s fun for me.” sity in Washington, D.C., and his first job Jillian Barberie Terri-Rae Elmer and Doug joys tossing around ideas for slo- Riding in the parade will also be a treat. was at Mutual Broadcasting, also in D.C. (Continued on Page 3) Egans. The event is a favorite for Weiss, his wife, However, about a year later in 1985, the When he read about the parade theme Jacqui Bell, a realtor with Gibson Realty, company was acquired by Westwood One, contest in the Palisades News, Weiss asked and their sons, who attend Village School. the nation’s largest radio network, and Weiss his sons, Benjamin, 10, and Zachary, 7, to Weiss grew up in the small town of Berlin, moved to Los Angeles to become the com- help him think up some ideas. Unfortu- N.J., which also had a similar parade. Since pany’s head of business and legal affairs. nately, they weren’t too interested, so he moving to Pacific Palisades in 1989, he has He spent 10 years at Westwood One before played around with some slogans for a few regularly watched the local festivities, but this transferring to his own endeavors, which minutes on his own and came up with year will be his first time being in the parade. continued to connect to radio. He became “Independence Day—the Palisades Way.” “I love the parade,” Weiss said. “When the CEO of AME, Inc., a producer and dis- “I love slogans, and so when I saw the I ended up moving to the Palisades, it tributor of nationally syndicated program- article, I took five minutes to brainstorm,” brought back all of those memories of a ming, and then he was vice chairman of said Weiss, who currently operates a talent small-town Fourth of July parade, and I Premiere Networks, also a producer and agency for radio personalities. His slogan enjoy going to it.” distributor of nationally syndicated pro- won, and his prize is the chance to ride with Weiss spent the first half of his life on the gramming, which was purchased by Clear his family in the Fourth of July parade fire East Coast, first in his hometown, which is Channel Communications in 1997. Afterwards, he ventured away from radio to take control of an infomercial company, Postal Customer Postal National Media, and then was the CEO of buyitnow.com. In 2001, he returned to radio to represent talent with his business, **************ECRWSSEDDM************* The Weiss Agency, which is located in the Palisades. His first client was radio personality Casey Permit #422 Permit Kasem, and Kasem’s daughter, Kerri, also a Pasadena, CA Pasadena, PAID radio and television personality, is currently U.S. Postage U.S. his client. The Weiss Agency represents a Presorted Standard Presorted number of local radio personalities, includ- ing former Palisades parade Grand Marshal Eric Weiss. 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Next year, par- Locally, Weiss volunteers on the Market- ents will have another option. ing Committee at Village School, and his In order to help alleviate traffic conges- wife is on the board of the Palisades Coun- tion, a Pacific Palisades Route bus is pro- try Estates Homeowners Association in the posed that would hold 52 students. It would Highlands. Weiss also has coached for both load its first students at Palisades Circle (at rookie and bantam league basketball at the Palisades Drive) at 7:10, then at Sunset Blvd. Palisades Recreation Center. The parade (at Palisades Drive) at 7:15, then Sunset Blvd. slogan contest has given them a new way at Bienveneda, next Sunset Blvd. at El Medio to be involved with the community. and last stop on Sunset at Carey, arriving at “I was pleasantly surprised to hear that my school at 7:30 a.m. The route would be re- slogan was chosen,” Weiss said. “I’m looking versed after school, adjusting to the school- forward to coming to the parade this year.” day pickup, which on Tuesday and Thurs- (Left to right) Jonathon Holmes has a vacuum that sucks up the running water, so it day means leaving Revere at 2:15 p.m. can be recycled; Spectrum manager Mario Costa observes; and Jose Junior Hernandez The cost for year-long round-trip trans- Marquez Elementary runs the high-pressure steam cleaner in front of the Palisades Garden Café. portation is $1,650. The deadline to sign up is June 1. So far only 13 people have signed To Hold Talent Show up. There is space for 52 students. Visit: Power Washing Paid for by BID paulreverms.com/domain/311. Marquez Elementary will hold a school The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District launched its first Village Currently one bus is planned, but a sec- talent show from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, May project by power washing the commercial sidewalks within the BID boundaries. ond could be added if demand were suffi- 6, in the school auditorium. The show will The project started on April 25 and was completed last Friday by Spectrum cient. Revere organizers were asked if there feature two original songs written by stu- Facility Maintenance. Two steam-cleaning trucks used high-pressure steam is any funding for those who can’t afford it. dents, and a guitar/vocal duo featuring equipment as well as biodegradable detergents to remove stains, dirt, grime, gum Unfortunately, currently there is none. Trinity Drummond who is a Marquez Class and soil that had saturated the concrete. All wastewater was recovered and recycled If there is a philanthropic-minded indi- of 2014 alumna and headlined the 2016 L.A. using Spectrum’s state-of-the-art recycling system, which is E.P.A.-compliant. vidual in the Palisades who would like to Marathon starting line Skechers Perform- The Palisades BID meets the first Wednesday of every month at 8:30 a.m. at UDO see at least 52 cars taken off this route in the ance of “God Bless America” this year. Real Estate, 15233 La Cruz Dr. The group operates under the Brown Act and residents morning/afternoon, or if there is person Tickets are $20 with discounts for families. are welcome to observe. Phone: (424) 256-5733 or e-mail: [email protected]. who knows of a grant that could be used to- wards this traffic-easing effort, please call (310) 917-4800 or email parent/community liaison Lori Vogel: [email protected].