Category Archives: Palisades Fire

Back Home in the Palisades

(Reader Diane Reagan wrote this on August 16 and has given Circling the News permission to publish it with a photo of her quilt.) I was one of the lucky ones whose home survived the fires. I completed the move … Continue reading

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Sears Department Building Becomes PaliHi South 2025

By HENRY KAMER Just shy of 3,000 Palisades Charter High students returned to school today, August 13, at the Sears Department Store Building. Instead of flooding through the quad, students flooded into four floors and the parking lot at the … Continue reading

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Speaking Truth about the Palisades Fire Needed

  (Editor’s note: As I listened to AECOM’s presentation, the company hired by the City to help the Palisades rebuild, I was struck by the fact they will offer all sorts of advice about evacuation and rebuilding—but yet, no one … Continue reading

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People Purchased Pali Flags, Money Will Go for Trees

The Palisades Fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures but not counted were the numerous trees that burned -or were chopped down after the fire. To kickstart the planting of new trees, a $18,000 check was handed to the Palisades Forestry committee … Continue reading

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Kamer Selected as Student Journalist to Document Fires

BY HENRY KAMER The past month has been one of the most impactful months in my life, second to January 2025. The past month I was one of the people chosen to be part of the USC Annenberg Wildfire Youth … Continue reading

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Timmerman Will Lead Marquez through Reopening and  Recovery

If you’re looking for an excellent school, with strong leadership and low teacher-to-student- ratio, Marquez Charter Elementary is the answer. Lisa Timmerman was selected to be the new principal for the school year and to help lead it into its … Continue reading

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Nestor’s Kingdom on Exhibit at Getty Villa

The Palace of Nestor was described in Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad as Nestor’s kingdom of “sandy Pylos.”  The structure is one of the best-preserved Mycenaean Greek palaces discovered – a two-story building with workshops, baths, receptions rooms and a sewage … Continue reading

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The Real Permit Numbers for Palisades Rebuild from PaliBuilds

Pali Builds has compiled July Home Building Permit Numbers, which are lower than the Mayor’s. . . . much lower. (Editor’s note: CTN was given permission to reprint this August 6 article, which is compiled by Frank Refro and Kambiz … Continue reading

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PaliHi School Design Meeting August 11

Los Angeles Unified School District will hold a Palisades High School Design Community Meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 11 via zoom. The community is invited to attend. The LAUSD team will present and lead a discussion on Design … Continue reading

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EVACUATONS: Fire Deaths Should Be Atoned – Future Ones Prevented

Insufficient evacuation routes and often no warning for residents of the approaching flames during the Eaton and Palisades Fires. Thirty-one people were killed.  Read the list below and a common factor emerges. ALTADENA Oswald Altmetz, 75 Carolyn Burns, 56 Edwin … Continue reading

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