Category Archives: General
LOOKY HERE: City Council Wants to Recognize Palisades Residents
The Los Angeles City Council wants to make it up to residents who lost their homes, businesses and all of their possessions at 10 a.m. on January 9 at City Hall, Room 340, 200 N. Spring Street. Please RSVP using...
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Palisadian Spencer Pratt Announces He’s Running for Mayor
At the “Let It Burn Rally” in Pacific Palisades today, January 7, long-time resident and one of the town’s most vocal advocates announced he was running for Mayor in the June 2026, primary. At the rally attended by thousands, Pratt...
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Hardware Storage Proposed for Former Shell Station on Sunset
ACE Building Materials (a family-owned business based in Van Nuys, not the same as ACE Hardware) is applying under a relatively new Municipal Code Section for a “long-term temporary use permit” for storage and distribution of lumber, concrete, rebar and...
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January 7: Healing and Renewal Concerts of Remembrance Held
A year after the Palisades Fire a group of talented artists are coming together to offer “Healing and Renewal: Concerts of Remembrance” at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 1031 Bienveneda Avenue. Prior to the concerts at 1 and 7 p.m. community...
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Los Angeles Should Adopt Japan’s Fire Building
(Editor’s note: This editor has received several emails from readers who have told me the reason for the intense Palisades Fire, was climate change. That assumption ignores human errors and meteorological records in California that only date from the late...
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Alphabet Streets to be First Site of Undergrounding
The Pacific Palisades Infrastructure Committee, chaired by Reza Akef, met with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on December 11 and came away with specific information about the future of the undergrounding of electrical power lines in Pacific...
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Free Holiday Luncheon for Seniors December 16
If you are a senior resident, you are invited to a luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16, at the Ronald Reagan American Legion Post, 15247 La Cruz Drive. The Palisades Long-term Recovery group is hosting the...
New Outdoor Benches at PaliHi, Thanks to Rotary and PPCC
When Pacific Palisades High School students return to campus in January, they’ll have new outdoor seating and cafeteria benches thanks to a grant from Rotary District 5280 Wildfire Relief Fund and the Pacific Palisades Community Council. PaliHi Director of Development...
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Palisades First Home Lacks Undergrounding Capacity. How Many More?
After the Palisades Fire, when numerous electrical poles were down in the Alphabet Streets and in the area below Sunset Boulevard, many people reported that subsequent sparks/embers came from downed electrical lines. One firefighter told CTN that there were “live”...
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Rescheduled for December 6: USC’s CLEAN Soil Project to Test for Lead
A Palisades community-soil sampling day, CLEAN, is planned from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 6. This event will be co-hosted with USC and the nonprofit Department of Angels and held at the Will Rogers State Park Polo...
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