Be Rosy Still Operating

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The salon at 861 Via de la Paz, Be Rosy was destroyed in the Palisades Fire, but continues to make house calls and now has an in-person location. The owner, Cat, sent the following note: “The Palisades community along with…

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The Woolsey Fire Was the Warning, but Failure to Act on Lessons Learned Made Palisades Pay the Price

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: this story first appeared in the Westside Current on April 17 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Woolsey Fire (2018): A Catastrophe Exposes Systemic Gaps When the Woolsey Fire ignited on November 8, 2018, it quickly…

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Mayor Bass and Councilmember Park Say Thanks to ACE at Library

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

“Today marks 100 days since the disaster,” said Mayor Karen Bass at an April 17 press conference at the site of the former Palisades Library, which burned in the January 7 Palisades Fire. “This has been a hundred days of…

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Good Friday and Easter Sunday at Palisades Methodist

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Pastor John Shaver of the Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades, not only lost a home, the parish, where he lived with his family, but the church at 801 Via de la Paz was also destroyed. He wrote to…

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Bass Has Problems Issuing Executive Order

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is like Lucy in the Charlie Brown cartoon strip. In her hand she holds the football (building permit waivers) and every time someone from the Palisades or someone associated with construction goes to the City, she…

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Palisades Residents To Meet for Celebration

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

There is a saying “if you’re rich you live in Beverly Hills. If you’re famous you live in Malibu. If you’re lucky, you live Pacific Palisades.” Well, we were lucky up until January 7, when the City decided the neighborhood…

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Hagerty Does What and For How Much Money?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Harrison Newton, a representative from Hagerty, a private consulting firm, appeared before the Pacific Palisades Community Council on April 10. The firm had been selected by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass on February 7 to assist with infrastructure restoration and environmental…

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Theories about Rebuilding Palisades Questioned By Builders

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

There’s an expression “when the rubber hits the road,” which means the point at which a theory or an idea is put to a practical test. That is the major complaint that many builders, architects and contractors have about a…

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Pacific Coast Highway to Open by the End of May

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on April 12 that Pacific Coast Highway which has been closed since the January 7 Palisades Fire will reopen by the end of May. CalTrans representative Eric Manjivan said that only one lane in each…

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Steps to Rebuilding Pacific Palisades

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Monday morning, April 14, Maggie, a woman at a weekly informal meeting at the Hive where people discuss their lives after the Palisades Fire summed up the rebuild. She said the steps to do that in Pacific Palisades are simple,…

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