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Category Archives: Palisades Fire
Viewpoint: City Cannot Save Us: Call to the Pacific Palisades Community Council
By HANK WRIGHT In February, the City of Los Angeles published three reports from AECOM, the engineering firm it paid $5 million to assess what Pacific Palisades needs to recover and rebuild safely. The reports arrived three months late. They...
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Mini-Celebration Planned by City for Temporary Library
Los Angeles City has placed two portable buildings in the Palisades Library Parking lot, 861 Alma Real. And. . .they’ve added books and staff. Now a mini-ceremony will be held for the opening of the temporary Palisades Branch Library at...
Posted in Books, City, Palisades Fire
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Mayor Bass’ Office Will Address AECOM Report February 26
The office of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass will address the nearly 1,000 page of the newly released AECOM document in a Zoom meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 26. The three-section documents include Public Infrastructure Restoration click...
Posted in City, Community, Palisades Fire
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Tahitian Terrace and Our Struggle to Return: Fighting for a Mobile Home Community By the Sea
(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Lotus Rising on February 17 and is reprinted with author’s permission.) By CHRIS RUSSO For most of my life, I aspired to own my own home — a little house with a yard,...
Posted in City Councilmember Traci Park, General, Palisades Fire
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Malibu Joins the Palisades Fire Lawsuit Party
The City of Malibu filed a lawsuit February 18 in Los Angeles Superior Court against the State of California, L.A.City, the L.A. Department of Water and Power and L.A. County over the January 2025 Palisades Fire. The City of Malibu...
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Fallen Tree Closes Chautauqua, a Major Artery, for Hours
A large eucalyptus tree fell across Chautauqua Road near Vance Street early in the a.m. on January 18, closing both lanes. Neighbors reported that the tree was on the homeowner’s property and that the resident immediately called a tree service...
Posted in News, Palisades Fire
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Great News! PaliHi Yearbooks from 1963 to 2025 Available
Palisades High School Photography teacher Rick Steil announced that reprints of every Pali High yearbook from 1963–2025 are now available to purchase. So many Palisades residents who lost homes also lost personal keepsakes or their children’s keepsakes, such as class...
Posted in Palisades Fire, Schools
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Continuing to Heal Through “Music Meadow” February 22
“Music Meadow” featuring live music and student bands from Palisades High School, Crossroad, Windward and New Roads will be featured in Simon Meadow from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 22. This free event, sponsored by Seven Arrows...
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PaliHi Reconstruction Project Presented to Community
A final design meeting for the proposed replacement of Palisades High School Buildings that were destroyed or damaged by the January 2025 Palisades Fire was presented on February 12 to community members. LAUSD Director of Community Relations Lorena Madilla...
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Palisades Street Lights Gone: Some Could Return in March
At a joint press conference in Mar Vista, Councilmembers Traci Park (CD 11) and Katy (CD5) Yaroslavsky, announced a plan to bring lighting back to Westside communities affected by copper wire thefts. There are more than 1,100 open streetlight repair...
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