OBITUARY: Conrad R. Solum Jr. Long-time Palisadian, USC Advocate, Optimist

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Conrad R. Solum Jr., beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2025, at the age of 90. He and his wife, Alli, made their home in Pacific Palisades for more than 60 years, where they were deeply rooted…

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Palisades High School Girls Golf, Volleyball, Tennis “Tops”

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

GOLFERS TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP: Palisades Golf Team won the City Championship at the Balboa Golf Course in Encino on November 6.  The tournament, with 10 competing schools and 40 golfers, was won by freshman Layla Phillips, 14, from Harbor Teacher Prep,…

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Will Rogers State Historic Park Reopens November 8 with Tours, Coffee, Ice Cream

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By LAUREL BUSBY Special to Circling the News After 10 months of closure due to extensive damage from the Palisades Fire, Will Rogers State Historic Park will open its gates to the public Saturday morning with free coffee and ice…

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Palisades Fire Evacuations Could Have Been Deadly

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

With the 2025 Palisades Fire Evacuations, Palisades residents once again learned that the evacuation routes they had asked for from the City had never been implemented. This was not the first time there was bedlam as people tried to evacuate….

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Palisades Fire Evacuation Participants Sought

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  A UCLA-led research team is conducting a U.S. National Science Foundation (NFS) grant on Data Collection on Roadway Vehicle Abandonment in the Fast-Moving Los Angeles Wildfire Evacuations. Researchers are seeking individuals who had to leave their vehicles and evacuate…

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Photos of those Killed in the Palisades Fire Sought

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Ioanna Kostopulou, planning manager for Spectrum News 1, wrote “I am reaching out to ask for your help. I am working on a segment where we want to commemorate the victims who died in the January fires and while I…

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The Search for Culpability of Palisades Fire Continues with Federal Grand Jury Subpoena

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  A federal grand jury in a November 4 memo subpoenaed the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) for communications related to the Pacific Palisades’ Lachman Fire. The Lachman Fire was started on January 1, allegedly by Jonathan Rinderknecht, near a…

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“Paradise Abandoned” to Screen November 23

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Paradise Abandoned, Inside the Pacific Palisades Fire, a documentary by Rob Montz, will have a special screening from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, November 23 at the Morgan Wixson Theater in Santa Monica. RSVP: click here. To see the…

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“The Diviners” Presented by PaliHi

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Even though Palisades High School thespians are in a temporary school and have to rent theaters to perform, the talented students  are undeterred in presenting a fall play The Diviners. The play, which opened on November 6, will run November…

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Ralphs, Gelsons and Palisades Business Improvement District

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) met for its quarterly meeting via Zoom on November 5.click here. The Palisades BID was formed in 2016, when at least 51 percent of the commercial property owners in the main Palisades business…

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