Category Archives: News
State Insurance Commissioner Lara Under Investigation
Ricardo Lara is under investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for taking trips on tax payer dollars. A KGO-TV investigation showed that he had expensive receipts from at least a dozen trips including paying for significant security...
Posted in Accidents/Fires, News
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Palisades and Altadena Residents Warned about Possible Voting Issues
Displaced residents of Pacific Palisades and Altadena need to check on their voter status to vote in the November 4 special election on redistricting (Proposition 50), the 2026 midterms, the Los Angeles mayoral race and the California gubernatorial election. Los...
City Officials Not Working in Residents/Homeless Best Interests
The effectiveness of the money spent on the homeless by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) was questioned by the L.A. Alliance in 2020. A settlement agreement was reached in 2022 and the city promised to provide an additional...
Posted in City, Homelessness, News
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SB 79 Waiting for the Governor’s Signature. Call Him
San Francisco Democratic Senator Scott Wiener wrote on X around 4 p.m. “SB 79 — our bill allowing more housing near public transportation — just received final approval by the Senate & IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR!” Senate...
Posted in City, Community, News
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Metro Proposes a Subway or Aerial through Sepulveda: Residents Asked to Select by Aug. 30
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...
Posted in Environmental, News
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The Effects of Proposed Trade Tariffs in Japan
(Editor’s note: Writer Chaz Plager grew up in Pacific Palisades and lost his family home during the fire. He taught himself Japanese during Covid and is fluent. This August he is in Japan on assignment and will start his sophomore...
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Ongoing Construction on the 405 to Replace Sections of Lanes
Beginning Tuesday evening, some lanes will be closed on the San Diego (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass during overnight hours as Caltrans crews work on the median barriers. The state agency said the overnight closures will begin at 10...
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Electricity During the Fire, Now Third Outage in Two Weeks
A majority of Pacific Palisades residences had electricity during the Palisades Fire, which possibly contributed to the start of additional fires. Now, residents of Lower Huntington Palisades, Santa Monica and Rustic Canyons, are suffering their third power outage in two...
FIREAID: Shame on L.A. County over FireAid Funds
Of the $100 million raised for fire victims in Eaton and Pacific Palisades, some of that FireAid money went to L.A. County. Along with various nonprofits, at least four County Departments received money from the funds. 1.) County Relief Fund,...
Posted in FireAid, News, Palisades Fire
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L.A. County Assessor Jeff Prang Answers Questions
The L.A. County Assessor Jeff Prang continues to be a great resource to residents who were affected by the Palisades and Eaton Fires. This editor emailed him several questions about rebuilding assessments for structures destroyed in the fires and property...
Posted in News, Palisades Fire
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