Monthly Archives: January 2025
Action Plan for Those Affected by the Fires
(Editor’s note: This list was sent out by the Palisades Community Council and CTN received the same letter from former LAPD Beach Detail Officer Rusty Redican. When people have lost everything, it might seem overwhelming about what to do next...
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Palisades Residents Denied Access to Fire Site, Until Possibly Thursday
This editor was in Pacific Palisades in the upper Alphabet Street area, there were three trucks of DWP workers, working to clear the streets of wires, broken poles and fallen trees and to shut off the water. “We want to...
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January 12, 2025, Musings
Musings ORIGIN OF PALISADES FIRE By Sue Pascoe · January 12, 2025 This editor listed the most recent fires in Pacific Palisades in a story. She felt it was no coincidence, that a fire was started on New Year’s Eve...
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January 12, 2025, Musings
Musings HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE By Sue Pascoe · January 12, 2025 Palisades High School will start the first day of classes for the spring semester on Tuesday, January 13, at the Sears Building in Santa Monica, where they have been...
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Palisades Residents, Concerned about Fires, Were Ignored
The devastating fire did not have to happen. Over the next few days, CTN will remind people of the warnings that we sent to officials, with no action taken. FIREWORKS, HOMELESS AND PROPANE TANKS: Residents from all areas of Pacific...
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People Are Calling for Bass to Resign
There is now a petition on Charge.org for the immediate recall of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her...
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Viewpoint: Bass Faces Literal and Political Fire – Amid L.A.’s Worst Disaster
By TIM CAMPBELL When I was studying for my Project Management Professional certification several years ago, part of the content included disaster planning. I reviewed a case study of a project manager who planned a large IT project in Florida....
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Residents Not Being Allowed Back in Homes, Yet
The reason that residents are not being allowed into the evacuation zone is because the streets are filled with debris and broken wires. Although the electricity is off, it makes driving dangerous. Stop lights are not working. There are trees...
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God Speed Pacific Palisades
(Editor’s note: Chaz Plager wrote for Circling the News for three years and in September penned a farewell as he started college in September. He asked if he could pen an eulogy and of course said, yes.) By CHAZ PLAGER...
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The City and Mayor Failed Pacific Palisades Residents in the Fire
The City of Los Angeles failed Pacific Palisades residents during the raging fire storm from hell. It does seem like there could have been enough fire engines on the street. It does seem like there could have been water pressure...
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