Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sifts through Fire Debris

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Sue

By BERNICE FOX Like so many others, Julia Louis-Dreyfus carefully looked through the rubble of what had been her Pacific Palisades home, searching for anything that might have survived the fire. And on Tuesday, she posted a photo on Instagram … Continue reading →

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Owner Receives No Help with Dewatering

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Sue

Last year one of the northbound Pacific Coast Highway lanes was closed for several months after heavy rains caused the Tramonto landslide (just north of Porto Marino) to dump mud on the roadway. Then Caltrans wrote, “since the slide is … Continue reading →

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Press Conference “Celebrates” 100 Days of Success for the Fires.

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Sue

At the two-hour press conference held by State Senator Ben Allen at Will Rogers State Beach across from Palisades Bowl, a diverse assortment of officials gathered to help mark 100 days since the start of the Palisades Fire. All were … Continue reading →

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Be Rosy Still Operating

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Sue

The salon at 861 Via de la Paz, Be Rosy was destroyed in the Palisades Fire, but continues to make house calls and now has an in-person location. The owner, Cat, sent the following note: “The Palisades community along with … Continue reading →

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Mayor Bass and Councilmember Park Say Thanks to ACE at Library

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sue

“Today marks 100 days since the disaster,” said Mayor Karen Bass at an April 17 press conference at the site of the former Palisades Library, which burned in the January 7 Palisades Fire. “This has been a hundred days of … Continue reading →

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Hagerty Does What and For How Much Money?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Sue

Harrison Newton, a representative from Hagerty, a private consulting firm, appeared before the Pacific Palisades Community Council on April 10. The firm had been selected by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass on February 7 to assist with infrastructure restoration and environmental … Continue reading →

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Theories about Rebuilding Palisades Questioned By Builders

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Sue

There’s an expression “when the rubber hits the road,” which means the point at which a theory or an idea is put to a practical test. That is the major complaint that many builders, architects and contractors have about a … Continue reading →

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Steps to Rebuilding Pacific Palisades

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Sue

Monday morning, April 14, Maggie, a woman at a weekly informal meeting at the Hive where people discuss their lives after the Palisades Fire summed up the rebuild. She said the steps to do that in Pacific Palisades are simple, … Continue reading →

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“Rising From Ashes” Installed at the Legion

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Sue

Artist Tom Bakker said that he and his wife were watching television on January 7 as the Palisades Fire was covered on every channel. “We were distraught,” he told a small group of people gathered at the Ronald Reagan American … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye to a Place of Dreams

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Sue

Every house has a soul. The walls absorb the sounds of a family, the laughter, the fun, the franticness, the sorrow. A house is filled with vibrations and is a member of the family that inhabits it. It offers places … Continue reading →

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