Category Archives: Palisades Fire

February 12 Palisades Fire Townhall

PHASE 2: OPT IN, OPT OUT It appears that a homeowner on Embury had opted out of having the Army Corp of Engineers clean his property and hired a construction company to take away the debris. They were already working … Continue reading

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LAHSA Wants Fire-Victims’ FEMA Money for City Homeless

With Hundreds of Millions in Local Funding, Why Does LAHSA Need FEMA? (Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR On January 21, in the wake of the LA Firestorm … Continue reading

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Pali Fire Meeting Provided New Information

Lou Kamer, Anthony Marquleas and Ben Perlman formed 1Pali to combine all the Palisades communities who have started different venues and emails to communicate. The goal is to meet weekly at 6 p.m. and to provide information and to seek … Continue reading

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Mayor Bass Lists Palisades Fire Accomplishments

On X, two days ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted her accomplishments since the Palisades Fire. “It’s been one month since wildfires devastated our city. I’m speaking now about the progress we’ve made and the work ahead” she wrote. … Continue reading

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My Palisades Heartbreak

(Editor’s note: My family, the Pascoes lived on Radcliffe. It was a great street filled with people of different ages: seniors, families with middle and high school kids and then we were lucky enough to get families with elementary-aged children, … Continue reading

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Vittorio’s Restaurant Wants to “Go Home

Vittorio’s was a 40-year institution in the Palisades community. The family-owned Italian restaurant was fondly referred to by some as their own personal kitchen, where regulars knew the family that ran it and were treated as family in return. When … Continue reading

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Incompetence and Lack of Urgency Thwart Residents

A reader wrote: “For me, the greatest outrage was that after all the alerts and all the warnings over our 54 years living in the Palisades, the one time we really needed a warning, we received none. My wife smelled … Continue reading

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Fill out FEMA Forms, NOW . . . . Discounts at Stores

Even if you have insurance, and you live in the Palisades Fire burn area, go to the Disaster Center at the Westside Pavilion and fill out FEMA forms, NOW. The center is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days … Continue reading

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Soboroff the Wrong Person to Lead Palisades Recovery

After listening to Steve Soboroff at a Pacific Palisades Community Council Zoom meeting last night, one resident wrote: “Soboroff convince me in less than two hours he’s the wrong guy to lead the rebuilding effort. He was all over the … Continue reading

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Goldfish Survive Palisades Fire: Relocate to Glassell Park

By MARGE GOLD We were finally able to visit our property on Las Casas on Sunday, February 2.  With permit access in hand, we passed the check point at Sunset and Amalfi.  There were five of us.  Besides Bob and … Continue reading

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