PPCC / Pacific Palisades to be
represented in the Rose Parade
Tomorrow, New Year's Day!
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Representing PPCC and the Palisades community, President Sue Kohl will ride on the beautiful "Rising Together" float, depicting a Phoenix rising, sponsored by the California Community Foundation, with other community leaders & survivors in areas devastated by the 2025 Eaton & Palisades Fires . . . Our own Citizen of the Year Jim Cragg will also walk alongside the float!
We hope Sue and Jim can stay dry and enjoy the special day! Watch them both in the Parade on TV starting at 8am on January 1, 2025!
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Proposed ACE Building Materials
Supply Yard and Virtual Hearing
Monday, January 5, 2026 - 11 am
(remote call-in available)
Click on above graphic for 1/5 hearing notice
ACE Building Materials (a family-owned business based in Van Nuys, not the same as ACE Hardware) is applying under a relatively new Municipal Code section for a "long term temporary use permit," to use the now-vacant former Shell Station lot in the Village for a temporary building materials supply yard and point-of-sale center (for storage and distribution during the rebuild of lumber, concrete, rebar and like heavy building materials). For informational slides about the project provided to PPCC by ACE, see ACE Information. For more background about the proposal and permit process, see this Memo to the Board.
See also PPCC EC Letter #1 and Letter #2 f or positions about the proposed project taken on behalf of PPCC by the Executive Committee (conditional support for the permit in Letter #1, and in Letter #2, concerns about potential impacts of LADWP's closure until early May of Via de la Paz at the Sunset Blvd. intersection). Finally, please see the Hearing Notice for information about the upcoming public hearing, this coming Monday, January 5, and how to listen in and/or comment. Contact info@pacpalicc.org with any questions.
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Palisades Fire Observance Ceremony
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
8am - 1pm
American Legion Post 283 & the Village Green
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A solemn ceremony will take place on the one-year anniversary of the Fire on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, sponsored by the American Legion & the Pali LTRG. The ceremony will honor the twelve individuals who lost their lives in the Fire and pay tribute to all who are helping the community recover and rebuild. For details of the day's events, click on the graphic above or visit LTRG Event.
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Self Realization Fellowship
Day of Remembrance and Renewal
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
10am-4:30pm
17080 Sunset Blvd, Pacific Palisade
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The Lake Shrine invites the community to its beautiful gardens for a day of remembrance and renewal on January 7th, the one-year anniversary of the fire. "Come to our sanctuary of peace to reflect and contemplate your next chapter."
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PPCC Board Meeting
Thursday, January 8, 2026
6pm-7:30pm, via Zoom
The first PPCC meeting of the New Year, on January 8th, will feature a presentation by Habitat for Humanity, as well as important status reports from the Executive, Land Use, Rebuild and Infrastructure Committees! Of note: stay tuned for the soon-to-be-released NORC report on the results of the PPCC-NORC Community Survey!
Look for the meeting agenda to be distributed and posted on PPCC's website on Monday, January 5, 2026.
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Palisades Renewal Celebration
SAVE THE NEW DATE!
Sunday, MARCH 22, 2026, 12pm
Location & other details TBA
 PPCC, together with participating Palisades organizations, will sponsor a community Renewal Celebration -- "Rooted and Growing Together" -- now to take place this coming spring, on March 22, 2026, featuring music, art, food and connection. Stay tuned for more details about this special event to come . . . Active planning by dedicated volunteers is now underway!
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LADWP Update -- the Santa Inez Reservoir
Credit: LAT
LADWP has posted important information about the status of filling the Santa Inez Reservoir and the agency's new order for a reservoir replacement cover. For details, see LADWP Reservoir News,
Healing After the Fires -- No Cost Wellness Services
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No cost, trauma-informed recovery and wellness services are generously offered to older adults and caregivers impacted by the fires, by ONE Generation Senior Enrichment Center -- including individual therapy, peer support groups and resilience workshops. For more information about the array of available services for fire survivors, click on the flyer above.
And don't forget the free therapy and creative arts programs offered by the Palisades Community Renewal Center (PCRC) in Santa Monica . . . as well as other programs for vulnerable Palisadians, by the Pali LTRG, and interactive wellbeing information from Team Palisades! |
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Decorating the "Rising Together" float
for the Rose Parade!
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE TO ALL . . .
As we end this unimaginably
horrific year for the Palisades, may we
raise a toast to RISING TOGETHER in 2026!
Palisades Strong!
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