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Santa Ynez Reservoir to Be Drained Again
The Santa Ynez Reservoir, which holds 117 million gallons of water and was originally constructed following the Bel Air Fires as source for fighting wildfires, will once again be drained sometime in 2026. In January 2024, the Los Angeles Department … Continue reading
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Elizabeth Lamont Store Celebrates with Grand Reopening
The Elizabeth Lamont Store and Design Studio reopened its doors on October 30, making it one of the first retail stores to open on the Village side of Sunset after the January 2025 Palisades Fire. To celebrate the holidays a … Continue reading
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Erewhon to Return to Palisades in 2026
There has been much speculation about a grocery store returning to the center of Pacific Palisades, with one piece of gossip assuring everyone that a mini-Gelson’s would open in the Erewhon space. Caruso’s media company Nike Communications sent an update … Continue reading
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Palisades Community Awards Gala Filled with Praise and Hope
By ALISON BURMEISTER The Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) gathered for its annual Awards Gala and Holiday Dinner generously hosted by Spruzzo Restaurant & Bar at the base of the Palisades Highlands. The December 11 celebration honored outstanding individuals for … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Should Adopt Japan’s Fire Building
(Editor’s note: This editor has received several emails from readers who have told me the reason for the intense Palisades Fire, was climate change. That assumption ignores human errors and meteorological records in California that only date from the late … Continue reading
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Entrance to Pacific Palisades “Do-Over”
The beautifully landscaped corner of Temescal Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway was burned to a crisp. No vegetation survived, neither did the wooden fence. The entryway to Pacific Palisades by the pump station was known as the Rotary Corner … Continue reading
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About the January Fires, Bass Said “Both Sides Botched It”
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was interviewed for Matt Welch’s “The Fifth Column” podcast in the library at the Getty House, the official mayor’s residence. The video premiered on November 25. At the end of the interview, when she thought the … Continue reading
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Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Presented December 17
“Bah, Humbug,” might be what some Palisades residents are feeling this year about Christmas. Many are displaced and for the first time in decades won’t be in their homes for the holiday. But even as some traditions are interrupted, others … Continue reading
Temescal Canyon Landmarks Undergo Repair
Despite the cloudy day, with fog rolling in from the ocean, significant headway was being made at Palisades Charter High School and across Temescal at the mural. TEMESCAL MURAL: MuralColors was working on the 552-foot mural, washing off the urethane … Continue reading
Alphabet Streets to be First Site of Undergrounding
The Pacific Palisades Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Reza Akef, met with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on December 11 and came away with specific information about the future of the undergrounding of electrical power lines in Pacific … Continue reading
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