Category Archives: Palisades Fire

DWP: Finding Truth in the Reporting

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

There is a saying that if one says something often enough people begin to believe it is true. DWP, in press releases about the torn cover, writes that the Santa Ynez Reservoir has been empty since 2024 and that the … Continue reading →

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764 Radcliffe Rebuild: Keeping Up with the Pascoes

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  (Editor’s note: I promised to keep readers updated about our experience in rebuilding after the Palisades Fire and if construction is being expedited.) The 1939 home we had bought in 1993, and took possession of after the Northridge Earthquake, … Continue reading →

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70% of Palisades Residents Answering Fire Survey Under Insured

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Seven in 10 Pacific Palisades residents who answered the city’s post-wildfire survey say they did not have enough insurance — or any at all — when January’s wind-fueled blaze leveled their neighborhood, Los Angeles officials told an Ad Hoc Committee … Continue reading →

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No Tour Buses in Pacific Palisades

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Paige Sterling, Mayor Karen Bass’ Deputy Director for Recovery Communications alerted CTN that on June 25, Councilwoman Park introduced a motion that Mayor Bass strongly supports that would restrict tour bus operations in the area impacted by the Palisades Fire under Los … Continue reading →

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 Some Questions on FireAid Answered, Committee Refuses to Answer Others

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By CHAZ PLAGER When I heard about FireAid and the lack of distribution of funds to Palisades victims or individuals, which seemed to be going exclusively to nonprofits, my editor assigned me to talk to people in charge of the … Continue reading →

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Building Fee Waivers Not Official, Yet

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Palisades residents think building /permit fees have been waived for Palisades Fire rebuilding. NO, they are just suspended until the L.A. City Council approves Mayor Karen Bass’ Executive Order No. 7 to waive fees. To go to the City Council, … Continue reading →

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Benefit Concert for Malibu Fire Victims

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A benefit concert is being held at the Pepperdine University Smothers Theatre at 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. All the proceeds are going to Our Lady of Malibu. A resident wrote: “some may wonder why money is going to … Continue reading →

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Palisades Forestry Committee Recommends Trees

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

As people start the rebuild process, and yet others delay, the one area of agreement after the Palisades Fire devastated the community was trees. Even as the purple blossoms of the Jacarada trees line Radcliffe Avenue five months after the … Continue reading →

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Tour Buses Take Gawkers Through Pacific Palisades

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Michel de Montaigne wrote “We feel a kind of bittersweet prickling of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortune of others.” Four hundred years later, nothing has changed. Tour buses were spotted driving people through Pacific Palisades on Saturday.  A resident … Continue reading →

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Palisades Post Office Boxes: Additonal Mailing Information

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Two readers supplied valuable information about Postal Boxes and Mailing Information. POSTAL BOXES IN PALISADES: Long-time resident Gil Dembo reached out to Post Office about gaining access to a postal box that many residents in Pacific Palisades used before the … Continue reading →

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