Category Archives: Palisades Fire

An Airbnb is Not Home

When nearly 6,000 buildings were destroyed in the Palisades Fire, about 30 percent of them belonged to seniors. Many did not have family. This story/journey  was relayed to me by one of our town’s feisty seniors. “I am one of … Continue reading

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Evacuation Memories Featured in Karen Knecht Photo Exhibit at Gallery 169

By LAUREL BUSBY Courtesy of Canyon News (the-canyon.org/news) After fiery winds forced Rustic and Santa Monica Canyon’s evacuation last January, resident Karen Knecht spent about six months at a hotel in Marina Del Rey, where she eventually became friends with … Continue reading

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January 7 Concerts at St. Matthew’s Described as Healing

St. Matthew’s Music Guild hosted two concerts on January 7 called “Healing and Renewal: Concerts of Remembrance” at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Prior to the concerts at 1 and 7 p.m. community prayers were offered. The church was full at the 1 … Continue reading

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Three Blue Spotlights Merge in the Sky over Caruso’s Palisades Village

Residents of Pacific Palisades gathered on January 7, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles fires with a moment of remembrance. At 6:30 p.m. prayers were led first by St. Monica Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson and then Rabbi Zushi … Continue reading

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The Palisades Fire: the Little Things Led to an Inferno

  (Editor’s note this is part of a piece from “Exponential Causality,” which Jimmy Dunne is working. You can read Dunne’s work on his substack click here. )   By JIMMY DUNNE The smolder no one killed, and the sheep … Continue reading

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Facts about Santa Ynez Reservoir Ignored

The Santa Ynez Reservoir, which holds 117 million gallons of water on 9.2 acres, was originally constructed following the Bel Air Fires as source for fighting wildfires. It was designed to allow aerial firefighting helicopters to “dip” their snorkels directly … Continue reading

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Help for People Experiencing Loss after the Deadly Palisades Fire

Experts have written about people’s emotional journey they go through when suffering a painful loss or life altering event: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Those who have lost everything in the Palisades and Eaton Fires are being offered a … Continue reading

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Videos Showed No One Fought the Fire. . . .Do We Rebuild . . .What’s the Upside?

(Editor’s note: I received two videos from a Huntington resident  John Moreland with the note, “I have lived on Toyopa for 40 years. I took this first video on 1-7-25 starting at 7:13 p.m. I started at my home and … Continue reading

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“They Let Us Burn” Rally Attracted Thousands

“Palisades residents were failed at every level – local, state and federal. This wasn’t one mistake or one agency. It was a systemic collapse that left an entire community exposed, unprotected and unable to recover.”            … Continue reading

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January 7th Commemoration of Victims, the Deceased and Dreams Lost

A White Glove Remembrance and Tribute observance of the people killed in the January 7 Palisades Fire was held at the Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283 Hall in Pacific Palisades. The January 7 ceremony  was a solemn remembrance of … Continue reading

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