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  • Fire Chief Crowley’s Appeal Denied by City Council

    The Los Angeles City Council, today, February 4, denied an appeal from former Fire Chief Kristin Crowley to be reinstated. The council voted 13-2 to sustain Crowley’s
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  • More Tales From the Evacuation Zone  — Part 2

    By DEBBIE ALEXANDER Once again, I am haunted by the concept of home.  Dorothy’s my hero with sparkling ruby red slippers. I wish I were her, think of our house, click the
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  • Text Messages Leak What Palisadians Knew: No One was in Charge

    Had one official taken the lead or been in charge of the initially small brush fire that broke out in the Palisades Highlands on January 7, Los Angeles would not be looking
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  • March Palisades Real Estate Update

    By ANTHONY MARGULEAS Since the January 7 Palisades Fire (eight weeks this Tuesday), only one Palisades lot has closed escrow, no homes or condos have closed, and no
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  • Architect Leo Marmol Speaks about Rebuilding Costs

    Co-founder of Marmol & Radziner, architect Leo Marmol spoke to the Pacific Palisades Community Council at its February 27 meeting about the next steps for rebuilding
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  • Letter: Santa Monica Not Safe for Students

    (Editor’s note: Palisades Charter High School’s campus burned during  the January 7 Palisades Fire and the students went on zoom. Administration sought a location
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  • Riding with the Army Corps of Engineers

    There is so much information and misinformation floating around about the Army Corps of Engineers, that this editor took a car ride with Colonel Brian Sawser through Pacific
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  • PPBA Celebrates Opening Day for the 71st Season

    In the 24 years that this editor has either had a child playing or has covered the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association’s opening day, this was the most bittersweet and
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  • The Second Most Wonderful Day in the Palisades

    The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association (PPBA) annual Pancake Breakfast is called the second most wonderful day in Pacific Palisades (after the 4th of July). Although
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  • O Happy Day! My Car Is Clean!

    Like most people evacuating the fire, the car became a temporary storage place for the few belongings were able to rescue — it was true, we were living out of our car.
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