Category Archives: Accidents/Fires
Lack of Insurance Payouts Causes Problems in Altadena and Palisades
For many who would like to rebuild after the Palisades/Eaton Fires, insurance companies are holding up the process. One insurance company in particular, State Farm, seems to be causing a hardship to people who paid premiums for years. The company...
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Numerous Cameras Record California Fire Activity
(A special thank you to ALERTCalifornia/UC SanDiego and Caitlin Sully for providing video of the Palisades Fires from various cameras situated in the Santa Monica Mountains. In this video, you’ll see the first plume of smoke appear at 10:24 a.m....
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Small Fire on the Hillside above PCH
A Santa Monica Canyon resident wrote “I noticed smoke coming from the bushes when I was driving south on PCH from Entrada with a friend.” He identified the area as directly below 49 Mabery right on the lower wall of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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