Pacific Palisades – California Globe

Private Initiative Steps Up While Sacramento and City Hall Stall: Caruso, Skydance, and the Bay Theater’s Return to the Palisades

October 15, 2026 4:12 pmOctober 15, 2026 4:12 pm

Developer Rick Caruso and Skydance-owned Paramount Pictures announced this week that they will reopen the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades Village later this year under a long-term lease. The venue, previously leased to Netflix, has sat dark since the January...

California’s Long-Awaited Investigation Into the LA Fires Reveals a Shattered Command-and-Intelligence System

October 7, 2026 7:00 amOctober 7, 2026 11:02 am

There is a remarkable contradiction emerging from the official investigation of the January 2025 Los Angeles fires. California has now documented a response system plagued by fractured command, delayed evacuations, conflicting maps, missed intelligence and profound failures of situational awareness....

Gov Newsom Signs CA Disaster Preparedness Bill – But Protects Water Agencies From Liability

October 3, 2026 6:31 amOctober 5, 2026 11:44 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1153 into law on September 29, 2026. Why is this notable? SB 1153 by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced), “requires all urban retail water suppliers that serve a high or very-high fire hazard severity zone...

Spencer Pratt Drops Video Showing Palisades Reservoir Still Bone Dry

September 17, 2026 11:42 amSeptember 17, 2026 11:42 am

Pacific Palisades resident and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt released new drone footage this week showing the Santa Ynez Reservoir remains bone dry — nearly 20 months after the January 2025 Palisades Fire that destroyed his family’s home...

Death by Permit

June 6, 2026 6:30 amJune 6, 2026 6:31 am

California’s regulatory apparatus has always excelled at one thing: extracting fees. Protecting property — or people — is a different matter entirely. In 2005, the Supreme Court handed down Kelo v. City of New London and the country erupted. The...

Progressive Economics Meets Reality: ‘Mansion Tax’ Backers Realize Higher Taxes Stunt Growth

April 20, 2026 4:26 pmApril 22, 2026 1:49 pm

In a plot twist worthy of satire — or a very late Economics 101 class — Democrat-aligned nonprofits, business groups, and even the carpenters’ union have suddenly realized that Los Angeles’ Measure ULA “mansion tax” is hurting housing production and...

Vacant Office Buildings Converted into Apartments While Sacramento Tries to Grab Palisades

February 25, 2026 7:04 amFebruary 25, 2026 7:04 am

While Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom continue their obsession with turning fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades into another taxpayer-funded affordable housing experiment, a far more practical solution is quietly gaining traction across the city. Developers are already...