Category Archives: Palisades Fire

There Was No Plan to Save Homes/Churches/ Schools from Fires January 8 and 9

The Palisades Fire, which might have been prevented with deployment, a rapid air response, additional firefighters and engines – and water — burned through Pacific Palisades on January 7. What many do not realize is possibly 100 or more structures … Continue reading

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Park Advisory Board Meeting February 18

The Pacific Palisades Park Advisory Board will meet via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 18. This is a particularly important meeting to find answers from Rec and Parks about the plans for dealing with fire damage to the park … Continue reading

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Phase 2: First Lot of Palisades Debris Cleared

Resident Joseph Correia, who lived on a residence on Depauw Street, received a call on Wednesday, on an unfamiliar Malibu number. The woman on the line told him “We’re getting to start on Phase 2 on your lot in the … Continue reading

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Anawalt Palisades Ready to Help

Anawalt Hardware Store in Pacific Palisades announced its reopening today February 14. A nice Valentine to the community, which depended not only on hardware merchandise, but also on the expertise of its staff. The store shut down temporarily because of … Continue reading

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The City Hires Expensive Law Firm to Defend DWP

After suffering the devastating effects of the Palisades Fire, which left 12 dead and destroyed almost 7,000 structures, Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Fedlstein Soto has retained an outside law firm Munger Tolles & Olsen to defend the Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Black Soot Water Fills the Santa Monica Canyon Flood Control Channel

There is an expression “speaking out of both sides of your mouth.” That was in evidence at the February 13, Pacific Palisades Community Council with Vahid Khorsand (Board of Public Works Director), Julie Allen (Assistant Director of LASAN), Ted Allen … Continue reading

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 A Month Since the Palisades Fire: Examining City’s Initial Response

Even though there had been prior fires in the past two months in the Highlands area of Pacific Palisades and severe Santa Ana was predicted on January 6, it appears no prevention was in place and the reaction time to … Continue reading

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February 12 Palisades Fire Townhall

PHASE 2: OPT IN, OPT OUT It appears that a homeowner on Embury had opted out of having the Army Corp of Engineers clean his property and hired a construction company to take away the debris. They were already working … Continue reading

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LAHSA Wants Fire-Victims’ FEMA Money for City Homeless

With Hundreds of Millions in Local Funding, Why Does LAHSA Need FEMA? (Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR On January 21, in the wake of the LA Firestorm … Continue reading

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Pali Fire Meeting Provided New Information

Lou Kamer, Anthony Marquleas and Ben Perlman formed 1Pali to combine all the Palisades communities who have started different venues and emails to communicate. The goal is to meet weekly at 6 p.m. and to provide information and to seek … Continue reading

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