Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Maryam Zar Leads Recovery Coalition

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Sue

By CHAZ PLAGER Maryam Zar has a long history of activism in Pacific Palisades, from serving on school booster clubs, to working with the Design Review Board, to sitting on the Pacific Palisades Park Advisory Board, to chairing the first … Continue reading →

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Friends of Pacific Palisades Library Hosts Nature Workshop

Posted on August 3, 2025 by Sue

Annually, the Friends of Pacific Palisades Library hosts a summer writing contest that is open to all students, grade 1 through high school seniors. The winners usually receive a gift certificate to a bookstore, and their stories are read aloud … Continue reading →

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New Power Poles in the Palisades Highlands

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Sue

A resident wrote in a July 30 email, “I live in the Highlands and I am often on the Temescal Ridge trail and always looking at those vulnerable wooden poles.” But today?  “You can imagine my astonishment when I saw those … Continue reading →

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FIREAID-California Community Foundation Nonprofit Sends Corrected Information

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Sue

(Editor’s note: Initially, CTN wrote that California Community Foundation allowed nonprofits, who had not yet received a nonprofit number to use their number. In writing about CCF I went to their website and listed a few nonprofits that had received aid. … Continue reading →

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“Let’s Play!” Theme of the New Pacific Palisades Playground

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Sue

It was a joyful morning, July 31, in Pacific Palisades as children and parents came to celebrate the opening of a new playground.  Jackie Adams brought her three children, 2, 7 and 9 to try out the new equipment. “This … Continue reading →

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Emergency Booklet Recommends Swimming Pool Water for Fires

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Sue

The City of Los Angeles has a 48-page booklet “Brush Fire” Hazard Specific Annex. The booklet goes into detail about the city emergency operations plan if there is a brush fire. It starts with an explanation of brush fires. “Due … Continue reading →

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Lack of Insurance Payouts Causes Problems in Altadena and Palisades

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Sue

For many who would like to rebuild after the Palisades/Eaton Fires, insurance companies are holding up the process. One insurance company in particular, State Farm, seems to be causing a hardship to people who paid premiums for years. The company … Continue reading →

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Fear and Rumors about SB 9

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Sue

Senate Bill 9 tries to take away single family housing under the oft-repeated mantra among some government officials that more housing is needed. They ignore the fact that California has lost population, resulting in the loss of a U.S. Representative … Continue reading →

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Governor’s Office Seeks Clarification for CTN Story

Posted on July 27, 2025 by Sue

Daniel Villasenor, Deputy Director of Communications for Governor Gavin Newsom requested a correction in a July 20 CTN story, clarifying that the state did not receive FireAid money. California Volunteers Fund (nonprofit, fully independent of the state, supports programs that … Continue reading →

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Keeping up with the Pascoes: House Plans Stamped

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Sue

The architectural firm of Marmol Radziner is handling our new home rebuild, today it was stamped and ready for the permit to build. Our cherished 1939 home, which had been remodeled by that firm in 1994, was burned to the … Continue reading →

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