Category Archives: Environmental

Youth Climate Protest Calls for Making Polluters Pay Act

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Sue

  Students from Palisades Charter High School and Santa Monica High School held a coordinated climate strike at the Santa Monica Pier on November 14, urging California lawmakers to advance the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act (AB 1243/SB 684). … Continue reading →

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VIEWPOINT: Turf Wars: What’s the Verdict?

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Sue

This editor used cloth diapers for her three children, because disposable diapers are made with plastic materials and can break down over time into microplastics. A diaper company delivered cloth diapers to the doorstep, picked up the dirty ones and … Continue reading →

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“No Oil” Started in Pacific Palisades: Today “No Oil” 2025

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Sue

Councilmember Traci Park stood at a podium overlooking Venice Beach. Surfers  below were catching waves as flocks of birds dived and flew over the Pacific Ocean. Fishermen were trying their luck off the pier. Park, standing with Councilmember Tim McOsker … Continue reading →

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Insurance Not Paying Standing Home Remediation

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Sue

(The video is the property of Gary Baum.) People watching Palisades and Altadena residents after the January Fires wonder why people haven’t gone back to their standing homes. People also wonder why more people are not rebuilding. One word. Insurance. … Continue reading →

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Orchid Lovers Will Have Two Great Opportunities

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Sue

Orchid Show and Sale: One of the nation’s top orchid shows, the ninth annual Huntington Orchid Show and Sale will take place this weekend October 17 to 19 at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (Brody Center), 1151 … Continue reading →

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Major Rainstorm Prompts Numerous Evacuation Texts

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Sue

Sharon Kilbride captured the rain runoff as it went through the Santa Monica Canyon channel (above) on its way to the ocean (below).   Unlike the Palisades Fire, when evacuation notices were nonexistent or seemed to go to everyone in … Continue reading →

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Metro Proposes a Subway or Aerial through Sepulveda: Residents Asked to Select by Aug. 30

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Sue

It seems the one fact that people in Los Angeles and surrounding areas can agree on is that traffic through the Sepulveda pass can be excruciating, especially during rush hour. It takes afternoon peak period commuters on average 48 minutes … Continue reading →

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People Purchased Pali Flags, Money Will Go for Trees

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Sue

The Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures but not counted were the numerous trees that burned -or were chopped down after the fire. To kickstart the planting of new trees, a $18,000 check was handed to the Palisades Forestry committee … Continue reading →

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Letter: Opposition to Zone 0 Regulations

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Sue

(The following letter was sent to the Zone Zero Regulatory Advisory Committee, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460) My home and my neighbor’s home stand today in Pacific Palisades because of the large … Continue reading →

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Air Quality in Pacific Palisades Excellent

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Sue

Although this editor was accused of displaying elitism and snobbery because she proclaimed the air in Pacific Palisades superior, it turns out that statement is based in fact. There are two air monitoring stations, one at Fire Station 69 and … Continue reading →

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