Category Archives: News
No Trespassing Signs Posted in Pacific Palisades to Prevent Transient Fires
Prior to the January 7 Palisades Fire, there were numerous transient fires in the bluffs below Via De las Olas, Friends Street and the Huntington Palisades. One fire required the evacuation of people living along the bluffs, but luckily there...
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Palisades Fire Investigation Still Underway: Test Fire to be Set
Hundreds of residents who are living or have recently moved back to Palisades Highlands and Pacific Palisades should be aware that a controlled “test” fire will be set in parts of Temescal Ridge Trail between Skull Rock and Green Peak...
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Renewing a Driver License Could be a Problem
(Editor’s note: A reader wrote “Can you run a story about renewing one’s driver license online? And then the reader explained what happened.) I received a notice from California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that I was eligible to renew...
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Frustration Remains High: Why No Fire Information for Residents
A resident wrote the Los Angeles Fire Department on April 17 and asked, “Is it possible to get an Incident Report for our home, which was destroyed (1/7/25) in the fire?” LAFD responded on April 21, “The fire report is...
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Anyone Else Ready to Leave California?
By KRISHNA THANGAVELU Last week Gavin Newsom’s Administration released a plan to impose a MILEAGE TAX on all California drivers! And this week, CA Democrats are taking up 5 additional tax hikes in the state legislature. Details on these costly...
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Press Conference “Celebrates” 100 Days of Success for the Fires.
At the two-hour press conference held by State Senator Ben Allen at Will Rogers State Beach across from Palisades Bowl, a diverse assortment of officials gathered to help mark 100 days since the start of the Palisades Fire. All were...
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Temescal River Flows Unabated
Many residents have complained about the “River” that has been flowing down four lanes of Temescal Canyon Road for about the last three weeks. One resident even speculated that the City is not repairing it in order to allow salmon...
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Viewpoint: The Day After: November 6
By CHAZ PLAGER Well, folks, that’s it. Today’s the day after election day. We all took our chips, some bet on blue, some bet on red, but in the end, the house won, the margaritas don’t taste so sweet when...
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Daylight Saving Time Ends November 3
Daylight Savings time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3. Clocks in California and in most of the United States will “fall back” an hour. hour. One resident wrote, “Didn’t we in California vote not to turn clocks back?”...
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RVs Can Now Be Towed
At the Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s field deputy Zachary Gaidzik announced some good news. Tow-away signs are being posted on Pacific Coast Highway between Coastline and Topanga Canyon Boulevard (State Route 27) to prevent long-term parking....
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