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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
Good News on Trail Repair: Edmiston Updates
(Editor’s note: Joseph T. Edmiston the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy responded to CTN’s August 20 story (“Pacific Palisades Sleeps”). “I wish you would have contacted us to get the facts.” CTN had reached out to … Continue reading
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Getty Offers Residents Free Tickets to “Oedipus the King Mama!
The Getty Villa Museum, which annually hosts a classical tragedy or comedy, is inviting Pacific Palisades Community members who have been impacted by the Palisades Fire to join them at its 2025 outdoor theater production of Oedipus the King Mama! … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Music
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Cancelling the Palisades Vote
Circling the News has heard from numerous readers that their ability to vote in Council District 11 and L.A. City has been cancelled because they moved. Most moved because their homes were destroyed in the January 7 Palisades Fire. Short … Continue reading
America’s Streets Are Not Shelters: Time to Rethink Homelessness Policy
(Editor’s Note: Tim Campbell is a Westchester resident who spent a career in the public service and managed a municipal performance audit program. He wrote: “I’ve written a bazillion words about homelessness, and this guy sums it up perfectly in … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness
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LETTER: From President of Friends of Palisades Library
I am thrilled to be writing you for the first time as President of the Friends of the Palisades Library. It is a true honor to be of service to the community, leading this incredible group as we write the … Continue reading
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Thoroughly Remediated, Calvary School Reopens September 2
Calvary School, with students in preschool through eighth grade will start the school year on Tuesday, September 2. The campus, located at 701 Palisades Drive, has been cleaned, remediated and scrubbed and painted from top to bottom click here. Head … Continue reading
Posted in Palisades Fire, Schools
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It Is Unsafe to Camp under Los Angeles Freeways
A fire under the 10 Freeway in November 2023, closed down that roadway. At least 16 homeless people — including a pregnant woman — living underneath the freeway were brought to shelters. More than 160 firefighters responded to the blaze, … Continue reading
Posted in City, Homelessness
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Post Office–Forwarded Mail Address Needs to be Renewed
After the Palisades Fire, the entire Pacific Palisades Community was declared an evacuation Zone, and off-limits to residents. Nearly 7,000 structures, homes and businesses were destroyed. Although the Palisades Post Office was left standing, no one was allowed into the … Continue reading
Posted in Palisades Fire
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Renter’s Insurance Faced Displaced Palisadians (And More Insurance)
Yesterday, CTN ran a musing about a woman who had trouble finding renter’s insurance for her 85-year-old mother, whose Palisades home had been destroyed. When this editor moved to an apartment building in Marina Del Ray a week after the … Continue reading
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Evacuation into Darkness
(Editor’s note: At last week’s Hive, a 28-year-Palisades resident spoke about her evacuation on January 7.) We live in the Highlands and were home during the fire, which broke out at 10:30 a.m. We didn’t evacuate immediately because the reports … Continue reading
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