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2025 Rearview Mirror – The Palisades Fire
Videos: MATT MCROSKEY (Editor’s note: Teddy Ray a resident, is chronicling his life after the fire. This is his third piece, which describes January 8.) By TEDDY RAY To my friends who reached out again and again – this is … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Mayor Bass: Tell the Truth
(Editor’s note: This January 4, 2026 letter was posted on Tim Campbell’s Substack. Campbell is a resident of Westchester who spent a career in public service and managed a municipal performance audit program. He focuses on outcomes instead of process … Continue reading
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Expect Traffic on the LAX Loop for the Next Five Nights
A pedestrian bridge at Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport, which will be demolished as part of a rebuilding of the terminal, will close lanes on the horseshoe loop to the terminals. Temporary lane closures will occur for five … Continue reading
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Events Planned for January 7 in Pacific Palisades
(Editor’s note: I’ve compiled the events I’m aware of and if there are changes or other events, please email me at editor@circlingthenew.org. Palisades residents we need to support one another and stay united so that the cause of the Fire … Continue reading
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Seven Arrow’s Elementary Students Lead Treeams
Seven Arrow’s Elementary students are leading a movement to rebuild Pacific Palisades, greener and healthier for everyone through Treeams (Trees + Dreams). The idea came to the students as they brainstormed ideas to combine, healing, hope and action. Treeams empowers … Continue reading
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Tim Hayn Brings a Song of Remembrance to Canyon Square January 7
(Editor’s note: This January 3 story appeared in The Canyon Alliance and is reprinted with permission. click here.) By LAUREL BUSBY Fire and music may not seem naturally entwined, but, for musician Tim Hayn, they are. When flames engulfed … Continue reading
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Palisades Street Closures on January 7 Could Impact Traffic
It is estimated that as many as 2,000 people, including residents and local and national media may descend on Pacific Palisades on the one-year anniversary of the Palisades Fire. There will be street closures and people should allow extra time … Continue reading
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Hardware Storage Proposed for Former Shell Station on Sunset
ACE Building Materials (a family-owned business based in Van Nuys, not the same as ACE Hardware) is applying under a relatively new Municipal Code Section for a “long-term temporary use permit” for storage and distribution of lumber, concrete, rebar and … Continue reading
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Toxic Homes Investigation: Is It Safe to Move Back
For those residents who have homes standing, but do not feel they have been properly remediated or are worried about moving back, there will be a special Q & A with the New York Times reporters, Rukmini Callimachi and Blacki … Continue reading
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Firefighters Could Have Prevented the L.A. Wildfires, but California Rules Made Them Save Plant Instead
(Editor’s note: This article was first printed in City Journal on December 30, 2025 and is reprinted with permission. https://www.city-journal.org/article/la-wildfires-pacific-palisades-california-rules) State policies turned a tiny, containable brush blaze into Los Angeles’s worst urban wildfire catastrophe. By SHAWN REGAN One year … Continue reading
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