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Category Archives: Palisades Fire
One Boy’s Effort to Bring Beauty Back to the Palisades
By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News Rummy Goodyear, 15, understands flower power. After his beloved Pacific Palisades community was devastated by last January’s fire, recovery was a struggle. He and his family moved 10 times before settling in...
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It Appears DWP Not Considering Santa Ynez Fire Fighting Role
In Circling the News January 11 story “Facts About Santa Ynez Reservoir Ignored” the history of the reservoir, the cover and the current situation was explored click here. CTN contacted DWP to inquire about the cost of a new cover...
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An Airbnb is Not Home
When nearly 6,000 buildings were destroyed in the Palisades Fire, about 30 percent of them belonged to seniors. Many did not have family. This story/journey was relayed to me by one of our town’s feisty seniors. “I am one of...
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Evacuation Memories Featured in Karen Knecht Photo Exhibit at Gallery 169
By LAUREL BUSBY Courtesy of Canyon News (the-canyon.org/news) After fiery winds forced Rustic and Santa Monica Canyon’s evacuation last January, resident Karen Knecht spent about six months at a hotel in Marina Del Rey, where she eventually became friends with...
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January 7 Concerts at St. Matthew’s Described as Healing
St. Matthew’s Music Guild hosted two concerts on January 7 called “Healing and Renewal: Concerts of Remembrance” at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Prior to the concerts at 1 and 7 p.m. community prayers were offered. The church was full at the 1...
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Three Blue Spotlights Merge in the Sky over Caruso’s Palisades Village
Residents of Pacific Palisades gathered on January 7, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles fires with a moment of remembrance. At 6:30 p.m. prayers were led first by St. Monica Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson and then Rabbi Zushi...
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The Palisades Fire: the Little Things Led to an Inferno
(Editor’s note this is part of a piece from “Exponential Causality,” which Jimmy Dunne is working. You can read Dunne’s work on his substack click here. ) By JIMMY DUNNE The smolder no one killed, and the sheep...
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Facts about Santa Ynez Reservoir Ignored
The Santa Ynez Reservoir, which holds 117 million gallons of water on 9.2 acres, was originally constructed following the Bel Air Fires as source for fighting wildfires. It was designed to allow aerial firefighting helicopters to “dip” their snorkels directly...
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Help for People Experiencing Loss after the Deadly Palisades Fire
Experts have written about people’s emotional journey they go through when suffering a painful loss or life altering event: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Those who have lost everything in the Palisades and Eaton Fires are being offered a...
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Videos Showed No One Fought the Fire. . . .Do We Rebuild . . .What’s the Upside?
(Editor’s note: I received two videos from a Huntington resident John Moreland with the note, “I have lived on Toyopa for 40 years. I took this first video on 1-7-25 starting at 7:13 p.m. I started at my home and...
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