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  • Foreshadowing of the Palisades Fire

    Trying to pare old emails from my inbox, this editor came across an email I received on December 20, 2024, from a reader. The resident wrote: “The explosions occurred last
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  • Viewpoint: Lack of Leadership Leads to Devastation

    A Tale of Two Fires: Leadership in the Face of Danger On the morning of November 2, 1993, the Topanga Fire ignited. By late afternoon, it had jumped Topanga Boulevard and was
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  • Farmer Schwartz Looking for a “Pasture”

    Palisades resident Bruce Schwartz, who annually gives pumpkin plants to residents who are willing to grow them in their yard, has a problem. Many of those people had their
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  • Pacific Coast Highway to Reopen the End of May

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced he wants Pacific Coast Highway to be reopened by the end of May. CTN has reached out to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for more details
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  • Habitat for Humanity Wants to Help Fire Victims

    Chris Untiet, the director of Faith Relations for Habitat for Humanity, sent this information to residents Carol Sanborn and Carmen Kelbert. “I wanted to be sure and pass
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  • Bike Path Bridge to Receive FEMA Money to Rebuild

    The $6 million bike path bridge “fell into the ocean” in February 2024, and may now be repaired with FEMA funds, according to Kerjon Lee, chief communications director for
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  • ACE Debris Removal Update: Gym and Tahitian on the List

    The people that have used Army Corps of Engineers are mostly happy with the professionalism and the speed with which the burned homes (debris) have been removed from their
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  • Legal Action for Palisades Fire Victims

    Several residents have wondered about taking legal action against the City/DWP/Firefighters over the origin of the fire and the lack of firefighting in town during the
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  • Firefighters Told to “Stand Down”

    In Alice in Wonderland, at one point the events seem so bizarre and nonsensical to Alice, she exclaims “Curiouser and curiouser.”  The same can be said of the Palisades Fire
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  • Three Spring Chorale Concerts Promise Magnificent Music

    By BERNICE FOX Spring is choral concert season. And three choral groups with singers from Pacific Palisades have concerts in the next few days. In order by date and time, the
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