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Author Archives: Sue Pascoe
405 Traffic Alert through the Sepulveda Pass
Some lanes on the San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed through the Sepulveda Pass the weekend of August 22 to 25. “The work will start at 10 p.m. Friday, August 22, through 5 a.m. Monday, August 25,” according to...
Los Angeles City Council Votes to Oppose Senate Bill 79
The Los Angeles City Council voted 8–5 to oppose Senate Bill 79, the controversial statewide density bill authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener, today August 19. A resolution was introduced by Councilmembers Traci Park and John Lee. Community leaders,...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Traci Park, Community
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After Action Report Held at the Request of U.S. Attorney’s Office
After a press conference at Simon Meadow on August 14 to announce a new facility, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was asked about the status of the after-action report for the Palisades Fire on January 7. Bass was told that many...
Posted in Palisades Fire
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Letter: Congress Asks for FireAid Investigation
Mr. Irving Azoff Mrs. Shelli Azoff FireAid c/o Mr. Makan Delrahim Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Azoff: In January 2025, deadly wildfires devastated and wreaked havoc in the...
Posted in FireAid
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Shut Up! Opposing Viewpoints Not Wanted
By TIM CAMPBELL In early July, a member of the Venice Neighborhood Council notified me I was invited to speak at its upcoming meeting about recent developments in LA’s homelessness environment. About a week later, I was informed I’d been...
Posted in Homelessness, Viewpoint
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The 405 Freeway Can Be Brutal: Transit Proposed through Sepulveda
According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, “the 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway between the 10 and 101 freeways often sees more than 300,000 cars per day. And according to a 2019 study commissioned by the Los Angeles County...
Posted in City
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Theatre Palisades Awards Produces a Bittersweet, Optimistic Evening
Annually, the Theatre Palisades hosts an award evening to fete the actors and productions that were deemed the best of the season of the five produced plays/musicals. It is usually a lovely evening with a meal held at Founders Oak...
Posted in Arts, Reviews
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Back Home in the Palisades
(Reader Diane Reagan wrote this on August 16 and has given Circling the News permission to publish it with a photo of her quilt.) I was one of the lucky ones whose home survived the fires. I completed the move...
Posted in Community, Palisades Fire
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On the Outside Looking In: My Evening with the Toyo Kids
(Editor’s Note: All names in this story have been changed. Writer Chaz Plager grew up in Pacific Palisades and lost his family home during the fire. He taught himself Japanese during Covid and is fluent. This August he is in...
Posted in Homelessness, Kids/Parenting
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Op-Ed: Insurers Need to Step Up for LA Wildfire Survivors
(This Op-Ed first appeared in the L.A. Daily News on August 17 and is reprinted with permission from the Mayor’s office.) By: LA MAYOR KAREN BASS and L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR CHAIR KATHRYN BARGER It’s been seven months since the most...
Posted in City, Viewpoint
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