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Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
Joining a Lawsuit Regarding the Palisades Fire
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...
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Palisades Fire Evacuations Could Have Been Deadly
With the 2025 Palisades Fire Evacuations, Palisades residents once again learned that the evacuation routes they had asked for from the City had never been implemented. This was not the first time there was bedlam as people tried to evacuate....
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The Search for Culpability of Palisades Fire Continues with Federal Grand Jury Subpoena
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...
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State Insurance Commissioner Lara Under Investigation
Ricardo Lara is under investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for taking trips on tax payer dollars. A KGO-TV investigation showed that he had expensive receipts from at least a dozen trips including paying for significant security...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, News
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There’s Help for Dealing with Insurance
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...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Palisades Fire
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A Tale of Rebuild and Two Cities: Palisades, Lahaina
When people walk around Pacific Palisades and the areas of town that have been decimated by the fire, one of the questions they ask is “How long before the town is back?” The Honolulu Civil Beat August 8, 2025 reports...
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Kids Doing the Right Thing: Turning in Fireworks
The origin of the Palisades Fire is still under investigation almost nine months after it destroyed nearly 7,000 homes/businesses and the lives of so many. Many residents suspect it was a reignition of the January 1 fire in the Highlands...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, Kids/Parenting
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Insurance Is the Reason People Are Not Rebuilding
“When disaster strikes, Californians deserve one simple thing: timely access to the benefits we’ve already paid for. Instead, after the Eaton and Palisades fires, we face a second catastrophe: insurance itself,” said Joy Chen executive director of Eaton Fire Survivors...
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City Security Cars Leaving Pacific Palisades
The deadly Palisades Fire destroyed half a town, but left homes standing in the Canyon, Huntington and Riveria areas of Pacific Palisades. When the town reopened June 14, there was concern of looting and trespassing. The City promised residents that...
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A Tale of Two Fires: One Shrouded in Mystery, the Second an Open Book
The Palisades Fire took place on January 7. Despite little or no wind on January 8 and 9, buildings continued to burn in Pacific Palisades. Many homes in the Highlands that had been saved on January 7 burned the next...
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