Post Office–Forwarded Mail Address Needs to be Renewed

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

After the Palisades Fire, the entire Pacific Palisades Community was declared an evacuation Zone, and off-limits to residents. Nearly 7,000 structures, homes and businesses were destroyed. Although the Palisades Post Office was left standing, no one was allowed into the…

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Renter’s Insurance Faced Displaced Palisadians (And More Insurance)

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Yesterday, CTN ran a musing about a woman who had trouble finding renter’s insurance for her 85-year-old mother, whose Palisades home had been destroyed. When this editor moved to an apartment building in Marina Del Ray a week after the…

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Evacuation into Darkness

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: At last week’s Hive, a 28-year-Palisades resident spoke about her evacuation on January 7.) We live in the Highlands and were home during the fire, which broke out at 10:30 a.m. We didn’t evacuate immediately because the reports…

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Altadena Works on Hiking Trails, Pacific Palisades Sleeps

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Hiking trails were badly damaged in the City and State parks surrounding Pacific Palisades.  The fires destroyed the vegetation, burning everything to the ground, and then the February rains, after the fire moved dirt and sediment, leaving trails unusable. The…

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Letter: Ask Mayor Bass to Support Council Resolution Opposing SB 79

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

(Editor’s note: CTN received the letter and information about SB 79 from United Neighbors, a coalition of neighborhood residential groups throughout California. “Our common goal is to protect multi-family and single-family neighborhoods while supporting affordable and equitable housing for all….

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405 Traffic Alert through the Sepulveda Pass

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Some lanes on the San Diego (405) Freeway will be closed through the Sepulveda Pass the weekend of August 22 to 25. “The work will start at 10 p.m. Friday, August 22, through 5 a.m. Monday, August 25,” according to…

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Los Angeles City Council Votes to Oppose Senate Bill 79

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

The Los Angeles City Council voted 8–5 to oppose Senate Bill 79, the controversial statewide density bill authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener, today August 19. A resolution was introduced by Councilmembers Traci Park and John Lee. Community leaders,…

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After Action Report Held at the Request of U.S. Attorney’s Office

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

After a press conference at Simon Meadow on August 14 to announce a new facility, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass was asked about the status of the after-action report for the Palisades Fire on January 7. Bass was told that many…

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Letter: Congress Asks for FireAid Investigation

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

Mr. Irving Azoff Mrs. Shelli Azoff FireAid c/o Mr. Makan Delrahim Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20004 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Azoff: In January 2025, deadly wildfires devastated and wreaked havoc in the…

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Shut Up! Opposing Viewpoints Not Wanted

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Sue Pascoe

By TIM CAMPBELL In early July, a member of the Venice Neighborhood Council notified me I was invited to speak at its upcoming meeting about recent developments in LA’s homelessness environment.  About a week later, I was informed I’d been…

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