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Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
Fire Conflagrations Repeated, Los Angeles Destruction Continues
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Fire Department warned that a Palisades and Eaton Fires could happen more than 60 years ago. This story was taken from the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Archive. To read the entire report, click here.. Most interesting … Continue reading
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California Officials to Focus on Wildfire Preparedness
Residents are invited to join Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, Senator Ben Allen and Supervisor Lindsay Horvath for an in-depth discussion on the future of wildfire preparedness in California. A panel of experts will provide updates on new regulations, CAL FIRE fire … Continue reading
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Bush Fire in Pacific Palisades June 9
While sitting in Prima Cantina today with my mom, sisters and brother-in-law, a Station 23 Fire Truck came rushing by with sirens and lights, headed east on Sunset at 12:44 p.m. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department Alert, about … Continue reading
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Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Gives $3.2 Million for Wildfire Prevention
The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy announced on May 13 that it has awarded $3.2 million in State funds to Los Angeles County and Ventura County Fire Departments to implement wildfire prevention programs. The grants, unanimously approved by the Conservancy … Continue reading
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Foreshadowing of the Palisades Fire
Trying to pare old emails from my inbox, this editor came across an email I received on December 20, 2024, from a reader. The resident wrote: “The explosions occurred last night for five minutes, beginning at 1:41 a.m. This was … Continue reading
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PPCC Meeting to Discuss Zone 0 Defensible Regulations
The Pacific Palisades Community Council will hold a Zoom special meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 5, to discuss Governor Gavin Newsom’s simplistic approach to dealing with wildfires. (Pacipalicc.org) David Barrett of MySafeLA will present. Governor Gavin Newsom issued … Continue reading
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Insurance Continues to Rule Conversations
While the rest of Los Angeles goes on about its business mostly forgetting there was ever a Palisades or Eaton Fire that killed 28 people and wiped out nearly 16,000 structures, fire victims are not so lucky and deal with … Continue reading
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The Woolsey Fire Was the Warning, but Failure to Act on Lessons Learned Made Palisades Pay the Price
(Editor’s note: this story first appeared in the Westside Current on April 17 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Woolsey Fire (2018): A Catastrophe Exposes Systemic Gaps When the Woolsey Fire ignited on November 8, 2018, it quickly … Continue reading
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Corps Are Vital to the Rebuild and – They Recycle
The Army Corps of Engineers work seven days a week. This editor visited with Colonel Brian Sawser, who is in charge of the Palisades operations, on March 23, a Sunday, and he was still working at 7 p.m. A few … Continue reading
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Black Soot Water Fills the Santa Monica Canyon Flood Control Channel
There is an expression “speaking out of both sides of your mouth.” That was in evidence at the February 13, Pacific Palisades Community Council with Vahid Khorsand (Board of Public Works Director), Julie Allen (Assistant Director of LASAN), Ted Allen … Continue reading