More Tales From the Evacuation Zone  — Part 2

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By DEBBIE ALEXANDER Once again, I am haunted by the concept of home.  Dorothy’s my hero with sparkling ruby red slippers. I wish I were her, think of our house, click the heels three times and return to it. Yet,…

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Text Messages Leak What Palisadians Knew: No One was in Charge

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Had one official taken the lead or been in charge of the initially small brush fire that broke out in the Palisades Highlands on January 7, Los Angeles would not be looking at an estimated $53.8 billion in damage, with…

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March Palisades Real Estate Update

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By ANTHONY MARGULEAS Since the January 7 Palisades Fire (eight weeks this Tuesday), only one Palisades lot has closed escrow, no homes or condos have closed, and no properties have been leased. We are getting more data daily but are…

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Architect Leo Marmol Speaks about Rebuilding Costs

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Co-founder of Marmol & Radziner, architect Leo Marmol spoke to the Pacific Palisades Community Council at its February 27 meeting about the next steps for rebuilding residences in Pacific Palisades. During the Palisades Fire, about 5,419 homes were destroyed and…

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Letter: Santa Monica Not Safe for Students

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Palisades Charter High School’s campus burned during  the January 7 Palisades Fire and the students went on zoom. Administration sought a location to finish out the school year in-person and it appears the school may lease the Sears…

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Riding with the Army Corps of Engineers

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

There is so much information and misinformation floating around about the Army Corps of Engineers, that this editor took a car ride with Colonel Brian Sawser through Pacific Palisades on February 28. He was asked about the process, trees, insurance,…

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PPBA Celebrates Opening Day for the 71st Season

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

In the 24 years that this editor has either had a child playing or has covered the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association’s opening day, this was the most bittersweet and emotional. PPBA Commissioner Bob Benton during the opening ceremonies and pancake…

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The Second Most Wonderful Day in the Palisades

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association (PPBA) annual Pancake Breakfast is called the second most wonderful day in Pacific Palisades (after the 4th of July). Although there was a nasty, disastrous fire, it will not stop the PPBA from holding its…

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O Happy Day! My Car Is Clean!

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Like most people evacuating the fire, the car became a temporary storage place for the few belongings were able to rescue — it was true, we were living out of our car. Then, we  hauled plants, and ashy remains from…

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DWP Takes Over the Rec Center

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

While accompanying photographer Rich Schmitt to document the many buildings and blocks of businesses lost during the Palisades Fire, we looked in the small gym at the Recreation Center,  851 Alma Real. It had been carpeted and divided into numerous…

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