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Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
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
A Month Since the Palisades Fire: Examining City’s Initial Response
Even though there had been prior fires in the past two months in the Highlands area of Pacific Palisades and severe Santa Ana was predicted on January 6, it appears no prevention was in place and the reaction time to … Continue reading
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Private versus County Preparing for Possible Mud Slides
Residents in one area of the Pacific Palisades Highlands are not waiting for the County and City to “save” them from possible mudslides. Of the 87 properties in this Highlands enclave, Palisades County Estates, 11 burned during the Palisades Fire. … Continue reading
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Officials Offer Aid and Try to Appease Those Who Lost Homes
By LAUREL BUSBY Contributing Writer Hundreds of suffering residents of Pacific Palisades and other communities affected by the Palisades Fire convened on Thursday with officials from the LAPD, city, county, and state fire departments, FEMA, and state and federal … Continue reading
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Some Palisades Residents Allowed Back in Home
Palisades Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin sent email that as of noon on Friday, January 17, some residents would be allowed back in the evacuation zone that was set up during the Palisades Fire. Only the areas on the Southern/Eastern … Continue reading
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