Category Archives: Accidents/Fires

Annually since 2021, Ronald Reagan Post 283 Auxiliary members have given gift cards to local Fire Station 23 and 69 to cover Thanksgiving expenses. Many residents may not realize that firefighters have to pay for their own meals while on...

There should have been water to fight the Palisades Fire on January 7, the system was initially built for it after the 1961 BelAir Fire.  Worse, there was water to fight the fire on January 8, when almost another 1,000...

Governor Gavin Newsom ordered an investigation regarding the water supply in Pacific Palisades in January 2025 after two reservoirs were found dry and hydrants weren’t working. Yesterday, November 20, the state released their findings and even if there had been...

Interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva sent a November 12 letter to all members of the LAFD, as he turned over the helm to new Fire Chief Jaime Moore.  In the letter (below) he wrote, “The Palisades Fire left an enduring...

After printing noted photographer Chuck Rapport’s story and his request, asking if it was too late to join a law firm in a suit against authorities for the Palisades January Fire, numerous readers responded. Circling the News does not recommend...

  A federal grand jury in a November 4 memo subpoenaed the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) for communications related to the Pacific Palisades’ Lachman Fire. The Lachman Fire was started on January 1, allegedly by Jonathan Rinderknecht, near a...

United Policyholders is a nonprofit organization that works for consumers with insurance problems/matters. The nonprofit does not take money from insurance companies, and they don’t sell insurance. Volunteers at United Policy have been through the insurance recovery process before and...