The mural is dedicated to Arthur Simoneau “who died in the Palisades fire protecting the home he built.”
Lisa Levinson hugs Kim Bolanowski in front of a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd on Friday, January 9, 2025 in Topanga. The mural is in honor of their neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025.
Artists, residents and friends are adding a new image to the historical “Great Wall of Topanga” in Topanga Canyon, to honor resident Arthur Simoneau, a pioneering hang-glider who lost his life in his home in Topanga during the Simoneau’s partner, Lisa Levinson, said the mosaic mural is dedicated to Simoneau “who died in the Palisades fire protecting the home he built.” And it also is dedicated to “the people and animals who lost their lives, homes and property in the blaze.” Lisa Levinson has been working on a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd in honor of her neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Volunteers work on a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd on Friday, January 9, 2025 in Topanga. The mural is in honor of their neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Lisa Levinson in front of a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd on Friday, January 9, 2025 in Topanga. The mural is in honor of her neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Volunteers work on a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd on Friday, January 9, 2025 in Topanga. The mural is in honor of their neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Lisa Levinson works on a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd on Friday, January 9, 2025 in Topanga. The mural is in honor of their neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Lisa Levinson has been working on a mural along Topanga Canyon Blvd in honor of her neighbor Arthur Simoneau who died during the Palisades Fire in 2025. Levinson, campaign director at In Defense of Animals, said Simoneau was “a hang glider and free spirit who loved to soar with the hawks on the wind.” The mural depicts him flying toward the sunset into the great beyond. She added that Simoneau’s son, Andre, visited and placed tiles on the wall in honor of his father. And Simoneau’s friends and neighbors helped “tile and grout this mural as a tribute.”A year after the Palisades fire, she’s stayed behind, because leaving would abandon her son’s spiritMan killed, woman injured in Sylmar domestic-violence shootingAMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona showAfter housing nearly 300 people, Los Angeles officials to expand San Fernando Valley’s RV-to-Home project citywide LA demonstrators want ICE officer charged with murder after fatal immigration shooting in MinneapolisMan fatally stabbed in Northridge, suspect arrested
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