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Category Archives: General
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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ULA, The Mansion Tax, Fails to Deliver Affordable Housing
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is a great analysis of the failure of ULA. It is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR Despite promises of a billion-dollar windfall to fight homelessness, L.A.’s real estate...
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Two Meetings of Note: LAUSD and Schools; Community Council and Insurance
SCHOOLS: Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a Palisades Community at Large Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 via Zoom. District representatives will provide the latest updates on rebuilding efforts and share resources. The school district...
Maya Brattkus Paints Pictures of Homes Lost
Former Alphabet Street residents Dean and Laurie Paul wrote, “We’re sorry and saddened about the loss of your home, along with many others in the Palisades.” Dean had found a story about a woman who is painting pictures of people’s...
Palisadians Coming Together: Celebrating Friends and Community
About six weeks ago, Amalfi Founder Anthony Marguleas, who lost his home in Pacific Palisades had an idea. “I thought it’d be a good to get the community back together since people were getting so zoomed out and we’re miss...
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Lead Not Found in Yards in Palisades Standing Home
L.A. County Public Health used Dr. Adam Love of Roux, Inc. to test the soil of the standing homes in the communities damaged by the Eaton and Palisades Fires. Love leads Roux Associates’ Litigation Practice Group and provides forensic litigation...
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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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