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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 7: In an aerial view, empty lots line the streets of Pacific Palisades where homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire used to stand on March 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Rebuilding from the devastating fire has been a slow process. The Palisadian-Post, the nearly century-old community paper covering the Pacific Palisades, has found new buyers. The first issue is planned for May.: The newspaper closed its doors at the end of last year after an exodus of subscribers and advertisers following the Palisades Fire.“The Palisadian-Post was a part of the reason we moved to Pacific Palisades because the paper's role in providing a part of the character of the community was that strong,” said Tim Schneider, co-owner of the new Palisadian-Post.“We've chronicled our children growing up in the pages of the Palisadian-Post, like a lot of Palisadians,” said Laura Schneider, also co-owner of the newspaper. The married couple come from long careers in the publishing industry, and when they heard about the paper shutting down last December they sprang into action and began negotiating a purchase. Tim says despite the struggles of the community is facing, it’s a dream come true to be able to have the chance to continue a nearly century-old tradition with the Pali-Post.“The first step in the relaunch process is going to be gathering community feedback,” said Laura. The two have been making calls to former employees and residents of the Palisades, looking for input on what they want out of this new iteration. One thing they say they’d like to see is a sustained focus on the recovery. “ He needs to hire a news reporter who's focused on the rebuilding of the Palisades. That's a huge theme, obviously, all the aspects of the rebuilding,” said Bill Bruns, editor emeritus with the Palisadian-Post. Bruns was a longtime editor who has been advising the Schneider’s on the relaunch. After January, Tim says people were going to various sources to get information to track the Palisade Fire's chaotic aftermath. He thinks a newspaper like the Pali-Post is a better place to provide people with authoritative and reliable information.for the thousands of Palisadians that have been displaced. “ We have 5,000 Palisadians living in Santa Monica, more than 3,000 Palisadians living in Brentwood," he estimated."So our approach with the Palisadian-Post is to use it as the connective thread that ties together Palisadians." Former Pali-Post editor Bill Bruns stands in front of the old "Pacific Palisades Post" building on Via de la Paz. The building held the newsroom as well as the paper's printing press.the paper will be strictly digital, with a new website, daily newsletter, and community calendar to give readers a full range of events going on in the neighborhood — recovery-related or otherwise.Several former advertisers they have talked to are committed to come back. “ I'm happy to say not only have all of them committed to supporting the new Palisadian-Post, but we've heard from dozens of businesses that have indicated an interest in getting involved for the first time,” said Tim. Beloved favorite columns of the paper are returning too, like the local Two-Cents section written by residents. The first event planned is going to be the ‘Pali Bee’ – the local Spelling Bee event the newspaper sponsored in previous years. Laura says despite the last fifteen months of difficulties, the sense of community in the Palisades remains strong. The two hope that strength will get the newspaper and the community back on its feet. “ That's something very special about this town and that's something that we hope that we can tap into as we bring the Palisadian-Post back" Laura said."This town has tremendous heart. And that's a big part of the story that we wanna tell."movie, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced. "We've got a very special partner that we're working with," said filmmaker Peter Jackson in a video shared across social media at midnight on Wednesday before introducing the comedian andLord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past. Colbert said in the video with Jackson that the film will adapt six early chapters —"Three is company" through"Fog on the Barrow-downs" — fromthe first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. These chapters were not part of the first film. "I thought, 'Oh wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story,'" Colbert said."'Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made?'" Colbert said he and his son, McGee, worked out what they thought might be a framing device for the story. "It took me a few years for me to scrape my courage into a pile to give you a call," joked Colbert to Jackson. Warner Bros. sent the film's synopsis in a release:"Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo – Sam, Merry, and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam's daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began."franchise. Andy Serkis, who plays Gollum in the films, is directing"I did not think I'd have the time," Colbert laughed in the video about finding the hours to work on the new movie. But, he said,"It turns out I'm gonna be free starting this summer."filed by President Trump over claims that CBS interfered in the 2024 election by airing edited segments of an interview with Kamala Harris."If you'll excuse me, I've gotta finish a television show and I've gotta write a movie script, but I will see you all in the shire," Colbert said in the video.The Ontario Tower Buzzers' inaugural season starts April 2. It's the new team in the Dodgers' minor league system.The Single-A Ontario Tower Buzzers begins their inaugural season on April 2. This new Dodgers’ minor league team is already making history as the Dodgers try to make their own .The Ontario Tower Buzzers are a new team in a new stadium, expected to energize youth baseball in the Ontario area and insert energy into the region’s business.The team has been in development for years and hopes to succeed by engaging various groups in the Ontario community, such as youth baseball, and businesses.Most of Tower Buzzers’ players are between 19 and 22 years old, out of high school and college, along with players from other countriesThe Tower Buzzers’ Opening Day is April 2. The cheapest tickets for that day cost just over $37. I know, you can buy four of them for what the cheapest Dodgers’ Opening Day ticket is going for onThe Dodgers’ new minor league team begins its inaugural season Thursday playing in a new stadium, ONT Field. . The Single-A team will throw its first pitch as the Dodgers begin what could be a historic season in Major League Baseball . History will already be made when the first fans go through the turnstile at the Ontario stadium on Opening Day. “This has been a dream for a lot of people, for a better part of two decades, to bring a minor league baseball team here,” said Tower Buzzers General Manager Allan Benavides.,” Benavides said. In that 1986 film, Tom Cruise plays a reckless fighter pilot, nicknamed Maverick, who flies closer than allowed to the runway control tower. The aviation theme is built into the stadium’s design along with signage of Ontario Airport, the team’s title sponsor. The mascot, appropriately, is Maverick, an aviation glasses-wearing giant bee , and uniforms hue to the Dodgers’ style, with “Buzzers” proclaimed on jerseys.ONT Field is in the new stadium for the Ontario Tower Buzzers. The stadium has an aviation theme. Its lead sponsor is Ontario Airport.Most of Tower Buzzers’ players are between 19 and 22 years old, out of high school and college, along with players from other countries. Keep an eye onRemember when Dodgers tickets felt affordable? Currently the cheapest tickets are selling for about $178 on MLB.com. Tickets for the Tower Buzzers’ Opening Day start at just over $37. The Ontario Tower Buzzers are a Single-A team, the lowest rung in a minor league system with Triple-A teams at the top. The Oklahoma City Comets is the Dodgers’ triple-A minor league team, where the Dodgers’ players closest to entering the major leagues play.“My little brother and I went to a Quakes game when Mike Trout was playing with the Quakes and we were there when he hit a grand slam to win a playoff game for them,” said Jonathan Campos, president of the Ontario Mountain View Little League. The Tower Buzzers’ inaugural season is a big deal for youth baseball in the region, Campos said, and his Little League in particular. His league’s four fields are across the street from the Tower Buzzers’ new stadium and that’s generated a lot of interest among his players to have a night for his league at a Tower Buzzers’ game this season.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.explores the weird and secret bits of SoCal that would excite even the most jaded Angelenos. He also covers mental health.A group of about a dozen fire survivors said they were excited to get back to something they’d been doing together for eight years: a weekly informal pickup soccer game at Loma Alta Park. But what they found was a ballfield battle they weren’t expecting, with L.A. County saying they can't play soccer on the field.The group said they were eager to get back to their weekly tradition last summer, months after the Eaton Fire was extinguished. But last December, they say an L.A. County Sheriff’s deputy told them they couldn’t play soccer on the field anymore. They were shocked.In a statement, L.A. County Parks said designated baseball fields are for the “exclusive use of baseball, softball, and youth sports. They are not soccer fields.”A group of about a dozen fire survivors said they were excited to get back to something they’d been doing together for years: a weekly informal pickup soccer game at Loma Alta Park.On a recent sweltering Sunday at Loma Alta, the park was abuzz with life: kids playing on a large jungle gym and parents sitting and talking on the grass. That afternoon, the park was just a bubble of normalcy. All around were the stark reminders of the fire that tore through Altadena — rows and rows of flattened and dusty lots, melted gates and charred trees. About half of the dozen or so Altadenans who say they’ve been meeting here for the past eight years appeared from different corners of a large grass field at the park, empty save for a few signs that read:"This field is designated for baseball and softball only." But this group of friends, including several dads, said since 2018, they’ve bonded playing soccer here. The Loma Alta soccer crew From L-R: Bryce Nicholson; Graham Fortier; Mike Lazzareschi; Alan Matthew Ruiz; Patrick Connor; Nicole Casburn; Gareth Casburn; and Joel Zobrist“Finding these guys and this game is really what brought me into the Altadena community in a lot of ways,” said Graham Fortier. “This is kind of my backyard. I came here with my son... They grew up here,” Patrick Connor recalled.All three and their families lost homes in the Eaton Fire. Bryce Nicholson’s family’s home was spared. One of his children was just 2 months old when the family had to evacuate. “There’s something kind of symbolic and hopeful about coming to your only park left and talking about where people are at with their rebuilds or what’s going on at the local school district,” he said. “Or just to make fart jokes.” The group said they were excited to get back to their weekly tradition last summer, months after the fire was extinguished. But in December, they said an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy told them they couldn’t play soccer on the field anymore.Fortier said they feel like the goal posts have been moving on them as far as justification from L.A. County staffers goes. They said officials cited reasons including grass mutilation, needing a permit and that the use is ultimately up to the park director’s discretion. “To tell us that we can’t play a game that we’ve been playing in eight years at our park — our only park that didn’t burn down — I think it’s ridiculous. And I’m gonna keep playing until they kick me off,” Fortier told LAist. In a statement, L.A. County Parks said designated baseball fields are for the “exclusive use of baseball, softball, and youth sports. They are not soccer fields.” In “the near future” the county said it will be able to offer a multi-use field at the nearby Charles White Park, where a variety of sports, including soccer, will be allowed. “Our goal is not exclusion — it is stewardship and safety. We remain committed to working with all park users to ensure safe, fair, and sustainable access for everyone in our communities,” the statement added. Joshua McGuffie, a longtime member of the soccer crew who grew up in Altadena and saw his parents’ home destroyed in the fire, said the county’s previous requests to obtain a permit and to stop playing with cleats were inappropriate. “It feels like the county parks coming in and saying, like, ‘Look, A, You need to pay and, B, you need to play unsafely.’ It’s just mystifying to me,” McGuffie said. He and other players feel the insurance and other costs associated with getting a permit are prohibitive and their informal group of far fewer than 25 players shouldn’t be required to do so. The group said they have a meeting with Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office next week to discuss their situation.Patrick Connor said it’s painful to be turned away. And he said he feels like it’s intervening in his healing, his recovery from the fire. “People ask me: ‘How are you doing?’ I’m not doing that great,” Connor said. “I had, like, serious insomnia after the fire... And the thing that was really good for me was exercise and being with fire victims.”Later that afternoon at Loma Alta, Bryce Nicholson said he and several others in the group were cited by the sheriff’s department for playing soccer on the field.“Because this is a good space for people that don’t often have many spaces, and a community that has been through so much,” Nicholson said. “Why can’t they just meet up at a park and play a game like they have for a long time?”A new Mandarin-language family support group is launching Monday in the San Gabriel Valley to help Chinese-speaking families navigate the challenges of caring for loved ones in mental health crisis.Organizers say the program, years in the making, aims to reduce isolation and language barriers for families dealing with mental illness in one of the country's largest immigrant communities.The program has been able to train up in-language facilitators and has fresh funding. The launch comes amid heightened stress for immigrant families amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, making cultural and language support feel more urgent than ever.When someone goes through a mental health crisis, their loved ones are thrown into a maze of urgent, high-stakes decisions.For those in L.A.’s large Chinese immigrant community with limited English, helping a loved one can be especially challenging and isolating. Starting Monday, a new Mandarin-language family support group in the San Gabriel Valley aims to provide a much-needed resource, coordinated by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in L.A. County. Monthly meetings will be at the Holiday Inn in El Monte, held at night to accommodate people’s work schedules, and open to anyone from the region. “For recent immigrants, but also even long-term residents who just aren't comfortable communicating in English the way they are in their native language, it just made such sense for us to do it,” said Richard Tom, president of the Years in the making, the support group happens to be rolling out at a time of heightened anxiety for immigrant communities amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Tom said providing support in Mandarin could help lower barriers for those who might hesitate to seek help. “Obviously, right now, with immigration an issue, there is also a sensitivity to access in-language for folks who might otherwise be frightened of going to places where they're going to perhaps be misunderstood,” he said.Tom said the support group not only removes the language hurdles but also recognizes the cultural stigma many participants may be navigating. “There’s sort of what you expect in a lot of cultures, which is sort of an embarrassment and shame associated with having someone who has a mental health issue,” Tom said. Organizers say that despite L.A.’s large Chinese-speaking population, no consistent, in-language family support group has existed locally in recent years. Seven locals were trained by a Bay Area facilitator Elaine Peng to lead a Chinese-language support group in the San Gabriel Valley.One of the biggest obstacles has been finding Chinese-speaking family members and friends able to go through the two-day-long facilitator training and commit to leading the support group indefinitely — all the while caring for someone struggling with mental illness. At the same time, the concept of peer support — turning to others with lived experience rather than professionals — is still unfamiliar in many Chinese immigrant communities, said Nancy Eng, a NAMI SGV board member. But, “one of the reasons that the support group is so great is it gives a visual and also the sense when you're together in the room, the headaches that you’re dealing with — the exhaustion, the frustration — you're not alone,” Eng said.The Chinese-language program is launching with seven facilitators, all of whom have personal experience supporting a loved one with mental illness. Support groups can normalize the idea of seeking professional help, coordinators say, acting as a bridge to therapists or psychiatrists for both the person experiencing crisis, as well as for their loved ones. Fellow members can also share their experiences with painful decisions such as seeking involuntary treatment or watching a loved one enter the criminal justice system. In a support group, Tom said, families hear something they rarely hear elsewhere: that they are doing the best they can.Mary YanYan Chan, who is coordinating the Chinese language program, said her own experience in a support group has helped her deal with a sister with untreated bipolar disorder. “I'm just kind of following the steps, and in the interim, I'm going to help others behind me, to bring them forward, because this is really community work,” Chan said. A grant from Cedars-Sinai is helping to support the initial rollout through the summer. But organizers say its future will depend on participation and securing a long-term space, hopefully with a community organization.
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