Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Mayor Bass Lists Palisades Fire Accomplishments

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

On X, two days ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass posted her accomplishments since the Palisades Fire. “It’s been one month since wildfires devastated our city. I’m speaking now about the progress we’ve made and the work ahead” she wrote. … Continue reading →

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My Palisades Heartbreak

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: My family, the Pascoes lived on Radcliffe. It was a great street filled with people of different ages: seniors, families with middle and high school kids and then we were lucky enough to get families with elementary-aged children, … Continue reading →

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Vittorio’s Restaurant Wants to “Go Home

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Vittorio’s was a 40-year institution in the Palisades community. The family-owned Italian restaurant was fondly referred to by some as their own personal kitchen, where regulars knew the family that ran it and were treated as family in return. When … Continue reading →

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Incompetence and Lack of Urgency Thwart Residents

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

A reader wrote: “For me, the greatest outrage was that after all the alerts and all the warnings over our 54 years living in the Palisades, the one time we really needed a warning, we received none. My wife smelled … Continue reading →

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Fill out FEMA Forms, NOW . . . . Discounts at Stores

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Even if you have insurance, and you live in the Palisades Fire burn area, go to the Disaster Center at the Westside Pavilion and fill out FEMA forms, NOW. The center is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days … Continue reading →

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Soboroff the Wrong Person to Lead Palisades Recovery

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

After listening to Steve Soboroff at a Pacific Palisades Community Council Zoom meeting last night, one resident wrote: “Soboroff convince me in less than two hours he’s the wrong guy to lead the rebuilding effort. He was all over the … Continue reading →

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Goldfish Survive Palisades Fire: Relocate to Glassell Park

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By MARGE GOLD We were finally able to visit our property on Las Casas on Sunday, February 2.  With permit access in hand, we passed the check point at Sunset and Amalfi.  There were five of us.  Besides Bob and … Continue reading →

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How to Talk to Your Kids About Wildfires – A Conversation with USC’s Julie Cederbaum

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on February 3 and is reprinted with permission.)   By JAMIE PAIGE We’ve received a lot of questions at Westside Current about how to help children process the fear and uncertainty that … Continue reading →

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Recovery Czar Soboroff Speaks to Wealthy: Everyone Else Shut Up and Get on the Bus

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Free Beacon received a leaked recorded telephone message between Steve Soboroff and Hollywood Executives. After reading the January 31 story (below), Circling the News asked in the question section of the February 4  news conferences that the Mayor was … Continue reading →

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Private versus County Preparing for Possible Mud Slides

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Residents in one area of the Pacific Palisades Highlands are not waiting for the County and City to “save” them from possible mudslides. Of the 87 properties in this Highlands enclave, Palisades County Estates, 11 burned during the Palisades Fire. … Continue reading →

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