Author Archives: Sue Pascoe

Condos Burned, Insurance Money Available, but Residents in Limbo

The Condominium Building at 15515 Sunset Boulevard and 1029 Via de la Paz, behind the Shell Station, burned during the Palisades Fire. Of the 107 units, 67 were fully destroyed, 40 survived, but had severe smoke damage and four of...

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Wrestlers Advance to Semis of City Duals

By STEVE GALLUZZO CTN Contributor When the Palisades High wrestling team took on San Pedro in its own gym in the quarterfinals of the City Section Duals on Tuesday night it marked the first time any Dolphins program had competed...

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Friends and Newcomers Club Meets, Welcomes New Members

The Pacific Palisades Friends and Newcomer’s club is primarily a ladies group that promotes friendships and neighborliness through participation in a very wide range of interests and activities. The organization welcomes newcomers, old-timers and empty-nesters. During the Palisades Fire evacuation...

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The Kids Are Back in Town! PaliHi Reopens January 27

  This was the first day back at Palisades Charter High School for students since December 2024. The town and a portion of the school were destroyed in the Palisades January 2025 Fire, which destroyed nearly 7,000 homes and businesses....

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Viewpoint- US President Donald Trump Signs Wildfire Executive Order – Got It Wrong

In a January 27 executive order released by the White House, U.S. Donald Trump “Addresses State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles after Wildfire Disasters.” The Order directs “the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the...

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Democratic Club Meeting this Sunday, February 1

The Palisades Democrats annual meeting will be held at Playa Vista’s CentrePoint Club or on Zoom, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 1. (Zoom opens at 1:30.) This is open to all Palisades residents regardless of political affiliation....

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Prepare Palisades for Next Disaster January 31

  A neighborhood preparedness training will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, at the Palisades Recovery Center, 15223 La Cruz Drive. From 9:30 to 10 a.m.: breakfast. 10 a.m. to noon: Rick Pope, City...

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Facts Don’t Support Theory of Lachman Arsonist

The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) started an investigation into the January 2025  Palisades Fire. Nine months later they concluded it was a holdover fire from the January 1 Lachman Fire and then arrested Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29,...

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A Way to Help Mobile Home Owners Impacted by Fire

(Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Senator Ben Allen and to this editor. It raises an important question about allowing those who lived in mobile homes a chance to survive, to find a new home, by a one-time tax...

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Criminals Traveling Local Streets Looking for Empty Homes

A Pacific Palisades resident in Lower Marquez wrote “around 5 p.m. these individuals (see photo) attempted to break into my house in Lower Marquez. The alarm was triggered and the police were called, but they got away.” The people in...

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