Category Archives: Palisades Fire

“Our Town” Palisadians and Bocce Linked at the Heart

  By JIMMY DUNNE Photos: RICH SCHMITT 23,000 B.C. Put about a thousand “Greats” in a row before the words “Grandma and Grandpa.” The year is 23,000 B.C.? A tad hairy, but they’re family. Picture ‘em enjoying a lovely sunset … Continue reading

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Reliving the Palisades Fire

(Editor’s note: Henry Kamer is a junior at Palisades High School and he was asked if he would share his remembrances about the Palisades Fire.) By HENRY KAMER It’s shocking to see how much time has passed since the January … Continue reading

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Dust No More – Army Corps Took Care of It

Many may remember the overflow parking dust bowl at Will Rogers State Historic Park. For polo events, people had to park in a lot south of the field.  The Genesis Tournament also used that lot, as did other local events. … Continue reading

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PaliHi Returns to School . . .at Sears

By HENRY KAMER Almost 2,500 Palisades Charter High School students flooded into the renovated Sears Building in Santa Monica on April 22. After three months of online school due to the devastating Palisades Fire, students had an actual campus. The … Continue reading

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The Mayor Has Not Waived Rebuild Fees, Yet

In Mayor Karen Bass’ State of the City address on April 21, she said she is calling on the L.A. City Council to pass an ordinance to waive all plan check and permit fees so that rebuilding could be streamlined … Continue reading

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sifts through Fire Debris

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

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.

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

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

“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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