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Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
Worker Rescued from a Trench on Via de las Olas
A worker was rescued from a collapsed trench at 1:48 p.m. in the 15400 block of Via de las Olas (at Beirut) in Pacific Palisades on Thursday, April 16. A 28-year-old male, in grave condition, was given lifesaving measures by...
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Get Prepared for the Next Big One
There are three opportunities in April to help prepare your family and yourself for the next big emergency, whether it be a fire, earthquake or other disaster. Studies have shown that 90% of all disaster survivors are rescued by other...
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Layer by Layer, Palisades Fire Secrecy Unwinds
Initial depositions relating to the Lachman Fire were released, February26. Lead Attorney Rober Behle of Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis, LLP said, “These depositions are game changers. For more than a year, the public has been kept in the dark...
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No Surprise Palisades Has 2 of Most Dangerous Intersections
The Los Angeles Times has analyzed and identified the most dangerous intersections in the in the more than 7,500 miles of streets in Los Angeles. The Times analysis included high traffic volume and frequent crashes dating back to 2010. The...
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Real Change not Spare Change: Rent Aid, Mortgage Forbearance
When trying to help the homeless in Pacific Palisades, the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness examined the idea that “real change” was needed, not the “spare change” – the coins and dollar bills that people often threw in a...
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Letter: No More Taxes Until There’s Improvement
(Editor’s note: At the Palisades Democratic Club’s Annual Meeting, Councilmember Traci Park was among the speakers. She urged everyone to sign a petition to get a half cent sales tax on the ballot for the fire department, with that money...
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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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60 Years in the Palisades No Help from City, No Help From State Farm
State Farm Says It Honors 65% of Possessions with No Listing. What about the other 35%? At the Hive gathering of displaced residents after the Palisades Fire, a harrowing story was told by an 81-year-old who joined the group. She...
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Nightmare for Family and Neighbors Unfolds in the Highlands
A nightmare of mental instability and drug use had dragged a family into a place where there appears to be no help. And now, the neighborhood is in fear of the tragedy that is unfolding. A fire was reported on...
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