 Peter Graves at his Santa Monica Canyon home. Rich Schmitt /Staff Photographer |
Town Mourns the Passing of Actor Peter Graves, 83Film and television star Peter Graves, who once served as honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, died Sunday of a heart attack outside his Santa Monica Canyon home. Today would have been his 84th birthday.
Graves collapsed upon returning from brunch with his wife Joan and several family members at Beaurivage restaurant in Malibu. His daughter Kelly administered CPR, but was unable to...more

Hanns Eisler's Music Makes Contact with History LIFESTYLES: Hanns Eisler stood on the beach in front of his Malibu house looking at the Pacific Ocean and pronounced 'Nature is boring!' This, from a man who escaped Hitler's purge, who enjoyed the comfort of success in Hollywood, but who never abandoned his ali... more
AARP Members 'Mix' It Up With Old West Historian Ashby LIFESTYLES: Hi-yo, Tony! Tom Mix rides again!
Ted Ashby, a retired police officer who lectures on the Old West, returned to L.A.'s present day West''Pacific Palisades''to deliver his latest lecture, 'The Amazing Tom Mix,' to members and guests at... more
O'Donnell's Pitch Opens PPBA Season SPORTS: The last time Chris O'Donnell threw out the first pitch to open the Palisades Pony Baseball Association season, he was new to Pacific Palisades and his son Christopher (nicknamed "Chip") was but five months old. That was back in 2001, shortly after O... more
Dolphins on Fast Track to Finals SPORTS: Coaches Ron Brumel and Perry Jones know the Palisades High track team is loaded with talent this season and the Dolphins showed it against Taft and Carson in last Friday's tri-meet at Stadium by the Sea.
There were impressive performances all aro... more
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