Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

The Palisades Fire Never Should Have Happened: Here’s Why

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: CTN received several accounts from residents about their efforts to save their homes. Over the next week,  several stories will be presented, and I welcome other’s to send their stories, too. See if you pick out two common … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Disaster Recovery Center Helpful

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A Disaster Recovery Center was opened  at UCLA Research Park (formerly Westside Pavilion 10850 W. Pico) last week and operates from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. This editor, whose home on Radcliffe has been reduced to ashes … Continue reading →

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Police Escort Offered to Highlands Palisades Residents

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Residents of the Palisades Highlands, where the Palisades Fire started will be the first back in the Palisades. They will be allowed an escort to retrieve necessary items from their homes. About 20 percent of the residences in the Highlands … Continue reading →

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Officials Offer Aid and Try to Appease Those Who Lost Homes

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By LAUREL BUSBY Contributing Writer   Hundreds of suffering residents of Pacific Palisades and other communities affected by the Palisades Fire convened on Thursday with officials from the LAPD, city, county, and state fire departments, FEMA, and state and federal … Continue reading →

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Some Palisades Residents Allowed Back in Home

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin sent email that as of noon on Friday, January 17,  some residents would be allowed back in the evacuation zone that was set up during the Palisades Fire. Only the areas on the Southern/Eastern … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends From Evacuees and from Palisades

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

LETTER TO SM MAYOR: One resident sent a letter that he had sent to Santa Monica Mayor Lana Negrete: I wanted to give the city of Santa Monica a heads up that a very dear friend was getting a parking … Continue reading →

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Rams Hosting Essentials Distribution Tomorrow

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Palisadian Sam Lagana, the SoFi Stadium “voice” of the L.A. Rams sent Circling the News information about a essentials distribution event to support victims of the  Los Angeles Wildfires. With the devastating impact of the recent wildfires and to support … Continue reading →

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If I Rebuild, What Happens to Assessed Value?

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A reader sent the following query to Circling the News: “We owned a condo on Via de la Paz. The building is insured through the California Fair Plan. The property taxes are covered under Prop 13. “My question is: ‘would … Continue reading →

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Theatre Palisades Youth Carry on Despite Obstacles

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Theatre Palisades Youth (TPY) includes aspiring singers and performers from ages 8 to 14. The young thespians generally perform twice a year, and despite the Palisades Fire and the loss of the theater (Pierson Playhouse), the spring show Crazy for … Continue reading →

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Town Meeting to Explain the Vicious Cycle of Shit

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin sent an email that there will be a community town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, January 16, regarding the Palisades Fire. It will be held at Sinai Temple 10400 Wilshire Boulevard, L.A. … Continue reading →

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