Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Larry Vein Sudden Passing on April 27

Last night Palisadian Larry Vein ended his life. He was 60. The family is devastated. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said, “I’m absolutely heartbroken and still in shock. Larry was such a bright light and always had a smile and the...

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Historic Homes for Palisades for Sale: CHEAP!

Palisadian Lou Kamer came up with a brilliant idea for people who aren’t excited about the building a cookie-cutter two-story home that seem to be going up around the Palisades. He wrote on social media “I think I have finally...

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City Delays Tennis Court and Rebuilding of the Park

The Park Advisory Board held its quarterly meeting in the small gym, and on Zoom, on April 16. Palisades Senior facility director Jasmine Dowlatshahi told the group that Rec and Parks would repair the tennis courts next month – in...

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Palisades Residents Invited to a Garden Party April 25

There is one garden party that all residents will want to attend. The parkways in front of all Pacific Palisades properties need to be cleared of overgrown weeds that need to be trimmed to less than three inches in height. All...

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Viewpoint: Profiting off Incompetence: Sales Tax Unjust Enrichment

By JEREMY PADAWER and CTN Staff When a town is allowed to burn down, destroying nearly 7,000 structures and killing 12, such as happened in the 2025 Palisades Fire, it is unconscionable that someone would profit from it. But that’s...

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Preventative Solution for Illegal Dumping

There has been illegal dumping of dirt and concrete at different lots in Pacific Palisades. Many homeowners, who are now residing in other areas, might not even know their lot has been targeted. PaliBuilds Frank Renfro and Kambiz Kamdar had...

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Fee Waivers Passed, But Not Enacted, Yet

The CTN headline on February 3, 2026, was “It Passed! Permit Fees Waived for Fire Rebuilds.” CTN found out today that’s not true . . .yet. In April 2025, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order to waive plan...

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Trump Sends a Message to Insurance Companies: Pay Fire Victims

  When U.S. President Donald Trump sent Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to Pacific Palisades at the beginning of February, the President said it was to accelerate the rebuilding process after the Palisades and Eaton 2025 Fires: specifically to...

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FEMA Funding Initially Denied for Undergrounding in Pacific Palisades

The Pacific Palisades Community Council’s infrastructure committee headed by Reza Akef invited Los Angeles Department of Power and Water to present the next steps needed to be taken to underground electrical power lines in Pacific Palisades. At a  Zoom meeting...

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Proposed Undergrounding Plans Presented by DWP

Even as the City and AECOM seem to have problems showing concise rebuilding plans, the Pacific Palisades Community Council’s infrastructure committee headed by Reza Akef presented an informative look at what the next steps are for undergrounding utility lines and...

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