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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
Goldfish Survive Palisades Fire: Relocate to Glassell Park
By MARGE GOLD We were finally able to visit our property on Las Casas on Sunday, February 2. With permit access in hand, we passed the check point at Sunset and Amalfi. There were five of us. Besides Bob and … Continue reading
Posted in Animals/Pets, Palisades Fire
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How to Talk to Your Kids About Wildfires – A Conversation with USC’s Julie Cederbaum
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on February 3 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE We’ve received a lot of questions at Westside Current about how to help children process the fear and uncertainty that … Continue reading
Posted in Kids/Parenting, Palisades Fire
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Out with the Old, In with the Old: Measure A
(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in City Watch on February 3 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL When Measure A was on the ballot, proponents promised bold new action and strict accountability. For those who may … Continue reading
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Recovery Czar Soboroff Speaks to Wealthy: Everyone Else Shut Up and Get on the Bus
The Free Beacon received a leaked recorded telephone message between Steve Soboroff and Hollywood Executives. After reading the January 31 story (below), Circling the News asked in the question section of the February 4 news conferences that the Mayor was … Continue reading
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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More Postal Updates, Delivery in Palisades
CTN ran a story about a Fair Insurance Plan check delivered to a location in the Alphabet Streets. The home had been destroyed by the Palisades Fire, but the mailbox was intact. Several readers commented. One wrote “I went to … Continue reading
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Tales From the Evacuation Zone
By DEBBIE ALEXANDER I am writing this piece from the comfort of our Air B & B located in Wilshire Vista located near Pico and Fairfax. Why? I am an evacuee with my husband, Scott, our 25-year-old daughter Lily and … Continue reading
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And the Stupid Award Goes to . . . .
Many homeowners in the Palisades were unable to obtain traditional insurance and are on the Fair Plan. It is estimated that Pacific Palisades has one of the state’s highest concentrations of FAIR Plan policyholders, with the insurer estimating its exposure … Continue reading
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Private versus County Preparing for Possible Mud Slides
Residents in one area of the Pacific Palisades Highlands are not waiting for the County and City to “save” them from possible mudslides. Of the 87 properties in this Highlands enclave, Palisades County Estates, 11 burned during the Palisades Fire. … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Palisades Fire
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Reflections on the Loss of so Much
By KRISHNA THANGAVELU I always wonder at people who are happy with a basic aesthetic that can be easily replaced. Basic knives with black plastic handles? I missed my colored ones. When I remember them. We are living a life after … Continue reading
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