News

  • “Rising From Ashes” Installed at the Legion

    Artist Tom Bakker said that he and his wife were watching television on January 7 as the Palisades Fire was covered on every channel. “We were distraught,” he told a small
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  • Rats and Other Vermin Call Palisades Home

    Corners of the Pacific Palisades commercial areas are littered with trash. Main and side streets of the town have become a site of advertising for contractors. Jeff Ridgway,
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  • Saying Goodbye to a Place of Dreams

    Every house has a soul. The walls absorb the sounds of a family, the laughter, the fun, the franticness, the sorrow. A house is filled with vibrations and is a member of the
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  • Looting in the Ashes. Who Is Guarding?

    By KARI WEAVER I was just up in the Palisades with my 17-year-old son, visiting our property in the Alphabet Streets. I was shocked to find that several things had been
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  • First Commercial Property Sold after the Palisades Fire

    The four storefronts at 15326 Antioch were sold to 15326 Antioch LLC on March 6 for $1,526,000. This is the first known commercial property sold after the January 7 Palisades
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  • The Fire Crisis: Talking to Your Kids

    Psychotherapist Robert Cohen answered some of the difficult questions that parents are asking about how to help their children through the aftermath of the Palisades Fire.
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  • Days Are Filled with Everything Fire

    (Editor’s note: Teddy Ray a resident, is  chronicling his life after the fire. This is his second piece – and no matter where someone has “evacuated”
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  • Project Homekey Sites Aren’t Helping Homeless

    (Editor’s note: This story “At L.A.’s Homeless Housing Sites, 911 Calls Reflect a Crisis Within a Crisis” first appeared in Westside Current on April
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  • Corpus Christi Finds a Semi-Permanent Space

    (Editor’s note: A long-time parishioner sent an update for Corpus Christi Church. Many will remember that the church burned on January 8, a day after the initial fire raced
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  • Promise: Palisades Will Have Greatest Park in the Nation

    4.10.25 Rec Center Renderings Standing at the intersection of Alma Real and the entrance to the Palisades Park Recreation Center today were L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. Strong
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