A Community Resource — Pacific Palisades
A free, plain-English directory of the official resources, trusted local pros, and everyday places that matter — from rebuild permits to who's open for dinner.
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Palisadian Merritt Farren lost his home in the fire, fought State Farm’s rate hike as an official intervenor and ran for Insurance Commissioner himself. Now he sizes up the two candidates on the November 3 ballot, Ben Allen and Jane Kim, on smarts, credentials and who will dig into the insurance crisis. Open to palisadian.com readers through this link.
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Utilities NEW
Is the power out, and when is it coming back? Where does the Palisades really get its electricity, and why does 90272 skip the brownouts? Which street light stands on your corner, and what would one cost on a street that has none? And where would the green transformer box land in front of your house once the lines go underground? One map answers all four: Outages, Power Sources, Street Lights and Lines & Boxes.
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Rebuild NEW
Every parcel in the Palisades, colored by rebuild progress — permits issued, homes under construction and completed rebuilds, with a timeline you can drag. Click any lot for its full permit history. Full refreshes from County and LADBS records are scheduled Mondays at 8 p.m. Pacific.
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62 Certificates of Occupancy checked Oct 26, 2026
Rebuild
Permits, expedited approvals, and the steps from burned lot to rebuilt home — the City reports 62 rebuild certificates of occupancy covering 60 unique addresses: 3 in September and 13 in October so far. Latest certificate: October 20, 2026.
Certificates count permits; addresses count locations. Several certificates can share one address. The map separately counts parcels with completed main-building work. These figures do not count families who have moved back.
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Insurance
Filing claims, total-loss and underinsurance help, FAIR Plan, advocacy.
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Assistance
FEMA, SBA disaster loans, grants, and local relief funds.
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Community ✦ New✦ Alphabet Bar & Grill ✦ K Bakery ✦ Ueki
Palisades Village is open again (Aug 15): Angelini, Blue Ribbon Sushi, Porta Via and Alfred are back, and Alphabet Bar & Grill, K Bakery, and Ueki omakase are new. Spacca Tutto is now open for lunch and dinner; Erewhon and Carla Cafe remain coming soon. Plus who's open now, from Gladstones to Vittorio's.
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Community ✦ New✦ Palisades General Store ✦ Ludus ✦ Pali Trading Post ✦ LESET
Jacques Marie Mage is now open at Palisades Village. The Palisades General Store is open in the Highlands. Palisades Village leads the page — a card for every one of Caruso's shops, back as of August 15 with newcomers LESET, Violet Grey and Xirena (Mother, Cult Gaia, STAUD and Loomey's Toys still to come) — plus Ludus martial arts, Pali Trading Post, banks, markets, and everyone else who's already open.
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Community ✦ New
Where the Palisades gathers now: Kehillat Israel rededicated, St. Matthew's back on campus, Chabad and the Lake Shrine open, rebuilding congregations' temporary homes — the farmers market's return to Swarthmore (Wednesdays from Aug 19), the temporary library, and the rec center rebuild, which held its groundbreaking September 15.
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Community ✦ New
The care that's back in town: Pali Vet on Via de la Paz, Pali Rx Pharmacy at Antioch, the Warners' dental practice and Dr. Polan optometry on Monument, and Pali Med's doctors.
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Property
Trusted local representation for buying, selling, and lot decisions — plus license checks.
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Rebuild
The design-build architects we trust for the rebuild — and how to verify any contractor.
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Protect
Protecting your lot and build: private patrols, license checks, and site hardening.
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Official
Your city, county, and state representatives and their offices.
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Prepare
Alerts, evacuation zones, defensible space — and a printable readiness checklist.
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