A Multi-Million-Dollar Cleanup Budget, and L.A. Still Looks Like a Dump

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: this story was first published on September 11 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Retirees clean every day. Caltrans says it’s cleaning more than ever. Los Angeles is still filthy. CANOGA PARK — On a recent…

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LETTER: PPRA Opposes Zone Zero

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

California’s proposed Zone 0 wildfire regulations threaten to impose unprecedented costs and irreversibly reshape the character of our neighborhood unless we speak out now. These rules require the removal of all trees, hedges, and plantings within five feet of homes,…

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Zone Zero Meeting in Pasadena September 18

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Proposed Zone Zero legislation would aim to reduce wildfire risks by banning flammable landscaping materials within five feet of structures in high fire-risk areas. These rules are proposed by the state Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and if approved…

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The Barsky Music Studio Is Open for Lessons

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Little did Yuliya Barsky know that when she began playing piano at the age of four in Angarsk, a remote Siberian City, that the Palisades Highlands would become her home. For the past three decades she has been legendary for…

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Ramada Homeless Project Nears $20M After 3 Years Vacant — No Construction in Sight

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By ANGELA MCGREGOR Launched under former councilmember Mike Bonin with no clear plan, the Venice Ramada project displaced unhoused residents, burned through nearly $20M, and remains vacant years later with no timeline for housing. The Venice Ramada Inn served as…

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LETTER: Join Palisadians Writing the Governor about SB 79

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: Realtor Michael Edlen sent the message below to Governor Gavin Newsom in response to the passage of SB 79 by the state legislature. Many Palisadians don’t realize this could affect Pacific Palisades because people say we don’t have…

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Insurance Is the Reason People Are Not Rebuilding

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

“When disaster strikes, Californians deserve one simple thing: timely access to the benefits we’ve already paid for. Instead, after the Eaton and Palisades fires, we face a second catastrophe: insurance itself,” said Joy Chen executive director of Eaton Fire Survivors…

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Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Honored at Emmy Awards

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By BERNICE FOX Hope and Love took the stage at Sunday’s Emmy Awards when Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen were honored. The Rustic Canyon couple received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for what the Television Academy describes as “a…

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Yee Haw Days Silent Auction Help Needed

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

In spite of Palisades Elementary students attending Brentwood Elementary while their school is rebuilt after the fire, nothing will stop the school’s annual Yee Haw Days, which this year will be held from 11:30 to 6 p.m. on October 18….

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BOCA Open to Crowds of Happy Shoppers

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

“I grew up on Monument. I went to Palisades Elementary, this is my town,” BOCA owner Denise Mangimelli, about being the first clothing store to reopen after the Palisades Fire on September 12. “Even though the town is a ‘wreck’…

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