PaliHi To Return to Campus in January

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: The following note, written by Principal Dr. Pam Magee was sent to the Palisades Charter High School Community and is being shared with Pacific Palisades residents.) Dear Palisades Charter High School Community, I hope you are settling into…

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Letter: Lost a Home, a Business, Moving Forward

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: This letter is reprinted with permission. Pamela Hayer of Keetan, the children’s clothing boutique in the Palisades reached out to CTN.) I’ve always enjoyed reading Circling the News—and after the fires, your updates became an invaluable resource. It’s…

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A Tale of Two Fires: One Shrouded in Mystery, the Second an Open Book

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Palisades Fire took place on January 7. Despite little or no wind on January 8 and 9, buildings continued to burn in Pacific Palisades. Many homes in the Highlands that had been saved on January 7 burned the next…

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Posted in Accidents/Fires | 9 Comments

Theatre Palisades Presents “The Wisdom of Eve”

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Although the Palisades Fire destroyed Pierson Playhouse, home of the Theatre Palisades Community Theatre, it did not destroy the talent and the desire to perform. The Palisades Community and now Venice, Marina Del Rey Culver City and Westchester are all…

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Fire Survivors Screwed by Insurance/State of California

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

For more than 30 years, this editor and her husband have paid State Farm Insurance for coverage for the house and possessions. Possession replacement was listed as $800,000. We paid the amount State Farm requested so that if there was…

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Posted in Accidents/Fires, Palisades Fire | 6 Comments

Palisades Fire Survivor Merritt Farren Fights State Farm

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Key technical fights in State Farm’s rate-hike case landed before an administrative judge Wednesday. The hearing, held inside the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles, came one day after the judge issued a major ruling rejecting the California…

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CVS Stocks Palisades T-shirts and Mugs

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

CVS drugstore and pharmacy located on Swarthmore, opened on August 15. The Pharmacy has reopened, too, making it easy to fill prescriptions. Additionally, since there is no local grocery store in the village, CVS is also carrying orange juice, milk…

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No More Lunches at Santa Monica’s Tongva Park

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By HENRY KAMER After losing so many things that mattered in the January fires, my childhood home, my town, and my high school Palisades Charter, my school friends and I searched for a place that could mirror the natural beauty…

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Palisades Fire: Three Questions Need to be Answered

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

  By JEREMY PADAWER (This August 24 Blog Post by Jeremy Padawer PacificPalisades.com is reprinted with permission.) Pacific Palisades pays more than $600 million in annual property taxes to L.A. County. For their money residents receive: 1 police car. Fire…

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Brush Clearance at PCH and Temescal: Rotary Corner

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) collaborates extensively with national, state, and county agencies on wildfire prevention. This past week, a supervisor for the National Wildfire Prevention unit was at the corner of Temescal Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway on…

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