Category Archives: Accidents/Fires

Palisades High School period 7 dismisses at 3:08 p.m., which meant traffic started backing up on Temescal Canyon Road almost immediately as cars waited to make the turn onto Pacific Coast Highway and  . . ..and then everything went “south.” … Continue reading →

The nation watched in horror at the devastation of Lahaina and the loss of life, now estimated at 106, because of the fire that ravaged the small town of 13,216 on the west coast of Maui. At least 11,000 people … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note: During the Getty Brush Fire, much of Pacific Palisades was under mandatory evacuation. The fire was first reported on October 28 and was contained on November 5. Thousands of people were forced to flee, 10 homes were destroyed and … Continue reading →

(Editor’s note: In this 2014 story, Station 69 Captains worried about a wind-driving brush fire.) With Southern California experiencing its worst dry spell on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Palisades firefighters are preparing for the … Continue reading →

On the afternoon of October 23, 1978, a blaze started near the intersection of Sepulveda and Mulholland. Whipped by winds that gusted up to 60 miles an hour, it spread west, through Kenter, Mandeville, Sullivan, Rustic, Temescal and Santa Ynez … Continue reading →

  “We witnessed an accident at Pacific Coast Highway and Entrada tonight [August 8]. It appears that a motorcyclist was trapped under an SUV,” a resident wrote, and added, “it looked bad.” It was bad. Palisades U.S. Postal Mail Carrier … Continue reading →