Monthly Archives: January 2025
Mayor Bass Announces: “Let the Looting Begin”
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announced today during a news conference that as of 8 a.m. on Sunday, February 2, the checkpoints to enter the Palisades will be removed and passes will no longer be needed. Who will be allowed in?...
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Help Adopt Nancy Cleveland’s Dogs
Nancy Cleveland, who grew up in the Palisades, passed away shortly after the fire. She was a member of Rotary, the American Legion and volunteered during drought periods, by watering trees in the Will Rogers State Historic Park. She also...
Paul Revere Middle School Holds Care Event Tomorrow
Paul Revere Middle School is holding a Care Event from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Paul Revere Middle School, 1450 Allenford , Saturday, February 1. All services will be free. Sponsored by the PRIDE Booster Club, the event will...
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Another Frustrating Day at Disaster Center
Palisades is filled with smart professionals, but the officials helping us seem to be clueless about streamlining the process. Many of us work and don’t have time to wait in long lines. We don’t have time to line up...
City Councilmembers Try to Use Palisades Fire as Reason for Rent Freeze
(Editor’s note: this story first appeared in the Westside Current on January 30 under the title “Park Challenge Lack of Data as Tensions Flare Over Rent Freeze.”) By JAMIE PAIGE After a contentious seven-hour meeting filled with heated debate, shifting...
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Alphabet Street Residents Come Together Mondays on Zoom
Alphabet Street residents are invited to attend a weekly zoom meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. Almalfi Founder and Alphabet resident Anthony Marguleas and Ho!Ho!Ho! Organizer, YMCA Board Member and Alphabet resident Lou Kamer are organizing a weekly meeting. “We...
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Support Palisades High School’s Students through an Auction
Among the people impacted by the Palisades Fire were the students who attend Palisades Charter High School on Temescal Canyon at Bowdoin. Part of the campus was destroyed and the other buildings and fields unsafe. Students have had to go...
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Kinzelberg Misses Home on Monument
By MARY KINZELBERG My house burned and it was the closest to The Village [built by Rick Caruso]. We were 92 steps to the movie theater and used to brag about that and argued with someone that said they were...
Viewpoint: The Road to Recovery: Hard Truths, Accountability, and the Leadership Los Angeles Needs Now
By FREDRIC ROSEN (Editor’s note: This viewpoint was initially printed in the Westside Current on January 28 and is reprinted with permission.) The harsh reality of the events of the last three weeks has started to sadly set in. Recovery...
Posted in City, County Supervisors, Palisades Fire, Real Estate
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January 29, 2025, Musings
Musings TELL THE BIRDS IT’S TOXIC By Sue Pascoe · January 29, 2025 Today, the birds were back in my yard on Radcliffe, a squirrel was running around the yard. I put some bird seed in a hanging basket, in...
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