Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

The Fire Crisis: Talking to Your Kids

Psychotherapist Robert Cohen answered some of the difficult questions that parents are asking about how to help their children through the aftermath of the Palisades Fire. The devastation turned a community upside down, forcing nearly 28,000 people to evacuate, the...

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Days Are Filled with Everything Fire

(Editor’s note: Teddy Ray a resident, is  chronicling his life after the fire. This is his second piece – and no matter where someone has “evacuated” or moved, life still revolves around decisions based on the fire.) By TEDDY RAY...

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Project Homekey Sites Aren’t Helping Homeless

(Editor’s note: This story “At L.A.’s Homeless Housing Sites, 911 Calls Reflect a Crisis Within a Crisis” first appeared in Westside Current on April 11. It is reprinted with permission. Even as more money is targeted for the homeless, this...

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Corpus Christi Finds a Semi-Permanent Space

(Editor’s note: A long-time parishioner sent an update for Corpus Christi Church. Many will remember that the church burned on January 8, a day after the initial fire raced through the Palisades, leaving the congregation without a church and parish.)...

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Promise: Palisades Will Have Greatest Park in the Nation

4.10.25 Rec Center Renderings Standing at the intersection of Alma Real and the entrance to the Palisades Park Recreation Center today were L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. Strong Sports co-founder and Lakers Coach JJ Redick and Rick Caruso who has...

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1Pali Will Host Rick Caruso Monday

1Pali started by local residents impacted by the fire will host Rick Caruso at 6 p.m. on a webinar on Monday, April 14. Caruso and his team will share updated on the Palisades Village and the broader rebuilding efforts takin...

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Palisades Real Estate Update, Three Months after the Fire

(Editor’s note: With about $600 million slated to be used in school construction for two elementary schools and the high school, and with the most recent announcement (April 10) of an upgraded and planned new Palisades Park and Recreation Center,...

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Enforcement of Building Housing on VA in Ninth Circuit Court

(Editor’s note: The story “Housing for Los Angeles’ Homeless Veterans in Hands of Ninth Circuit Court” appeared on April 9 in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission. As background, a lawsuit (Valentin v. Shinseki) was brought in 2011,...

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Construction of First Home on DePauw Celebrated

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference today, April 9, at 15265 De Pauw to alert Angelinos that residential rebuilding in Pacific Palisades had begun. The three-year-old home, owned by Walter and Alessandra Lopes, had burned during the January...

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Art Installation “Rising from the Ashes”

Artist Tom Baker, who is based in Seattle, was so moved by the people suffering in the Palisades Fire and their resiliency, he has painted “Rising from the Ashes.” With his wife, he is traveling to Pacific Palisades to install...

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