Category Archives: Community
You Have Arrived
(Editor’s note: Jimmy Dunne, a former Citizen of the Year, and the rudder of the town’s conscience, stopped by the Hive to join displaced Palisadians who have met there every Monday since the Palisades Fire in January 2025. He read...
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Remembering Mike, My Scoutmaster
By KEVIN HEADRICK Last September, I was eating lunch with some friends on my birthday when I got a phone call from Mike Lanning. I got excited and told my friends that I had to take the call because it...
Posted in Community, Education, Kids/Parenting
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Steyer’s Climate Tax Statement Infuriates Locals
Tom Steyer is the leading Democrat in the polls for California governor, since Eric Swalwell dropped out. On April 17, Steyer wrote on X “The people of Altadena and Pacific Palisades paid a climate tax last year. They lost their...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, City, Community
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Billy Crystal’s Burned Home is Focus of Broadway Show
By BERNICE FOX There could be as many ways as there are people to deal with the great emotional loss of a home and everything in it. Since the Palisades Fire, former honorary Pacific Palisades co-mayors Janice and Billy Crystal...
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DWP Construction Resumes on Sunset Boulevard
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power released the following update, today, April 14. For people traveling on Sunset in Pacific Palisades, it is important to note that work is once again underway, and lane closures are possible...
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Viewpoint: Malik’s Campaign Posters Misleading and Offensive
Some of us don’t have to pretend to be poor, but others like Faizah Malik, who is running for Council District 11, need to appear like she’s “one of us” and for the people. Her campaign posters point out that...
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Get Prepared for the Next Big One
There are three opportunities in April to help prepare your family and yourself for the next big emergency, whether it be a fire, earthquake or other disaster. Studies have shown that 90% of all disaster survivors are rescued by other...
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Pali Long Term Recovery Hosts Resource Fair/Ribbon Cutting
As the Pacific Palisades community continues its recovery after the devastating 2025 Palisades Fire, the Long-Term Recovery group will host a Gem Recovery Resource Fair from 11 am. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 11 at 15239 La Cruz Drive....
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Mixed-Use Project at 15113 Sunset on Community Council Agenda
The Pacific Palisades Community Council will meet via Zoom at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 9. The agenda includes public comment, reports from political officials, and the appointment of a nominating committee to facilitate the election of new officers. Updates...
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DWP Comes Through for Pacific Palisades – 15 Years Late
(Editor’s note: in 2012, it became apparent there wasn’t enough energy to meet electricity demand with the current distribution station in the Palisades. Then a DWP executive Jack Waizenegger said there were problems with the proposed pole-top distribution stations “the...
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