Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
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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We Were Watching: a Survivor’s Report
Hank Wright | 2025 PaliFire By HANK WRIGHT I moved to the Palisades in 1992 joining Ann who purchased her 900-sq.-ft. Palisades home in 1985. We purchased our circa 1954, 1850-sq.-ft. home in 1995. We put everything into our...
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You Shared What Made Altadena and Pacific Palisades Special. LAist Drew It
(Editor’s note: David Rodriquez, who grew up in Altadena, and works for LAist, contacted CTN and wanted to find out more about the Palisades. He drove over one day and this editor took him around the town. His project was...
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State Parks Provided Kindling for the January 7 Fire
A photo showed a State Park official having conversation with LAFD personnel after the January 1 Lachman Fire at the site of that fire in Topanga State Park. Then, texts were uncovered of firefighters commenting that the Lachman fire had...
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Christmas Fire at 17621 Herradura
A structure fire was reported at 10:45 p.m. on December 25, at 17287 Avenida De La Herradura in the Palisades Highlands. There were 35 firefighters, who responded and extinguished the fire in 37 minutes. There were no injuries reported. (Editor’s...
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