Category Archives: Palisades Fire

It Passed! Permit Fees Waived for Fire Rebuilds

In April 2025, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order to waive plan check and permit fees associated with the reconstruction of residences that burned during the January 7 Palisades Fire. Residents soon learned that it would take a...

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Not Going to Lie to You

Somedays I wake up and I feel low, so low I don’t want to get out of bed. I feel like all the money that people sent to Fire Aid that went to nonprofits (and the people that made that...

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Palisades Fire Law Suit to Go Before Judge Feb. 5

By JEREMY PADAWAR A judge will hear arguments in the Palisades fire lawsuit that will determine more than scheduling or legal procedure on February 5. This hearing goes to the heart of whether victims will ever be allowed to uncover...

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Infrastructure Fees Palisades Residents May  Be Asked to Pay

An Alphabet Street resident wrote CTN asking about clarification for undergrounding. “In the Alphabet streets are being told that we have to sign up or sign (something) with the LADWP by February 2026 and construction is supposed to begin this...

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VOTING: Palisadians Need to Know for Upcoming June Primary

Many people have temporarily relocated out of Pacific Palisades, either because their homes have been destroyed or because they have not been able to get insurance money for remediation. This matters for voting purposes. If you want to vote in...

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Plans for Palisades Presbyterian Church Move Forward

Many community members have asked about the Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, which was destroyed in the Palisades Fire. The church was affectionally referred to as Pali Pres, by its members and those in the community. For 75 years, the church...

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Fire Victims Given $1,000 Gift Cards

Executive Director of the Palisades Malibu YMCA (now the Lowe Family Y) Jim Kirtley continues to advocate for fire survivors. More than 50 members of the Pali Y received a thousand-dollar gift card from Amazon to help with rebuilding and...

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Gelson’s Returning: Yes or No?

Nextdoor, the adult version of the children’s game “telephone” has printed numerous assumptions from different people about whether the Gelson’s store at the intersection of Antioch, Via de la Paz and off Sunset Boulevard was coming back. One person wrote...

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Condos Burned, Insurance Money Available, but Residents in Limbo

The Condominium Building at 15515 Sunset Boulevard and 1029 Via de la Paz, behind the Shell Station, burned during the Palisades Fire. Of the 107 units, 67 were fully destroyed, 40 survived, but had severe smoke damage and four of...

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Viewpoint- US President Donald Trump Signs Wildfire Executive Order – Got It Wrong

In a January 27 executive order released by the White House, U.S. Donald Trump “Addresses State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles after Wildfire Disasters.” The Order directs “the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the...

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