Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Kamer Selected as Student Journalist to Document Fires

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Sue

BY HENRY KAMER The past month has been one of the most impactful months in my life, second to January 2025. The past month I was one of the people chosen to be part of the USC Annenberg Wildfire Youth … Continue reading →

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Timmerman Will Lead Marquez through Reopening and  Recovery

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Sue

If you’re looking for an excellent school, with strong leadership and low teacher-to-student- ratio, Marquez Charter Elementary is the answer. Lisa Timmerman was selected to be the new principal for the school year and to help lead it into its … Continue reading →

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Nestor’s Kingdom on Exhibit at Getty Villa

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Sue

The Palace of Nestor was described in Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad as Nestor’s kingdom of “sandy Pylos.”  The structure is one of the best-preserved Mycenaean Greek palaces discovered – a two-story building with workshops, baths, receptions rooms and a sewage … Continue reading →

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The Real Permit Numbers for Palisades Rebuild from PaliBuilds

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Sue

Pali Builds has compiled July Home Building Permit Numbers, which are lower than the Mayor’s. . . . much lower. (Editor’s note: CTN was given permission to reprint this August 6 article, which is compiled by Frank Refro and Kambiz … Continue reading →

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PaliHi School Design Meeting August 11

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Sue

Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a Palisades High School Design Community Meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 11 via zoom. The community is invited to attend. The LAUSD team will present and lead a discussion on Design … Continue reading →

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EVACUATONS: Fire Deaths Should Be Atoned – Future Ones Prevented

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Sue

Insufficient evacuation routes and often no warning for residents of the approaching flames during the Eaton and Palisades Fires. Thirty-one people were killed.  Read the list below and a common factor emerges. ALTADENA Oswald Altmetz, 75 Carolyn Burns, 56 Edwin … Continue reading →

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Help Palisades Bowl Residents: Sign the Petition

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Sue

The remains of the Palisades Bowl, a once thriving mobile home community of about 350 residents, continue to rust across from the Pacific Ocean. The Palisades Fire torched the homes along Pacific Coast Highway between Temescal Canyon Road and the … Continue reading →

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FireAid Update: Donation Clarification Asked

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Sue

Circling the News asked FireAid media spokesperson Chris Wallace on August 3, “On the FireAid website it notes that in Round 1, $500k in grants went to the restoration of Community Recreational Spaces, and that $5m in grants went to Community … Continue reading →

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Thomas James Homes Building in Palisades

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Sue

It turns out that Jeffrey Sandorf, Vice President of Division Sales, Southern California Division at Thomas James Homes has a long history in Pacific Palisades. His mother had entire chapter devoted to her “cheerleader” in “What Really Happened to the … Continue reading →

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Amazing Design for Potrero Pedestrian Crossing Submitted for Clas Project

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Sue

Kaylie Ward  grew up in Pacific Palisades and attended Santa Monica Catholic High School. She played club volleyball at UCLA, while attending college. After graduating, she took a temporary job at the Bay Theater in Caruso’s Palisades Village when it … Continue reading →

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