Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Building Permits/Fees Too Costly to Rebuild after Palisades Fire

It was widely reported that the city of Los Angeles had issued just four rebuilding permits in the Pacific Palisades 75 days after the January 7 Palisades Fire devastated most of the community. One permit was issued to the owner...

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New Homeless Tax Goes into Effect Today, Up from 9.5 to 9.75%

(Editor’s note: This appeared in the Westside Current today and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE A new quarter-cent sales tax to fund homelessness programs in Los Angeles County takes effect Tuesday — raising the county’s base sales tax...

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What Is It? #55

(After the Palisades Fire on January 7, one of the first questions one of CTN’s out-of-state readers asked was “What happened to the man with that interesting collection? Did it survive?” The reader was referring to Palisades resident Howard Yonet,...

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Rec Center Minors All-Stars Win City Championship

For some March Madness is all about college basketball. But Palisades players turned it into March Madness in Los Angeles. They won back-to-back titles for the City’s Recreation Center’s West Region Championship. When most of the Palisades burned on January...

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Viewpoint: Define the Toxins so They Can Be Tested

“Communities are rebuilding after L.A. fires despite lack of soil testing for toxic substances” was the headline in a March 27 L.A. Times Story. The first two paragraphs made it clear that there are possible toxins after the January Fires...

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Stile Antico, an Innovative Vocal Ensemble, to Perform

Stile Antico, one of Britian’s premiere vocal ensembles, will perform in a concert for  St. Matthew’s Music Guild at 8 p.m., Friday, April 4. Due to January’s devastating fires in Pacific Palisades, this concert will take place at St. Augustine...

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County Dollars at Work: Apartment Pool Closed on Haverford

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) closed the swimming pool located at an apartment complex at 850 Haverford Avenue in Pacific Palisades, on March 11, because the pool was green. This pool was near the center of Pacific Palisades, where all...

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PaliHi Band Will Perform at the Hollywood Bowl

By CHAZ PLAGER After a life-changing disaster, you tend to focus on the big stuff first. Where am I going to go to school? What about my house? What about my friend’s house? Only after all of those worries have...

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LAUSD Explain Next Steps to Replace Buildings at 3 Schools

Three schools were affected in the Palisades Fire: Marquez, Palisades Elementary and Palisades Charter High School. At the March 27 Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting LAUSD’s Division of School Operations Dr. Debra Bryant, who is overseeing all things “fire recovery,”...

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Save Affordable Housing in the Palisades

It is ironic that the City, County and State’s mantra is affordable housing, but if there is not a push to preserve what existed in Pacific Palisades, at least 330 people will be without a place to live. Mobile home...

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