Due to predicted flooding, free filled sandbags are available at L.A. Fire Department Station 23, and residents are advised to avoid the ocean due to dangerous water conditions.

Gov. Gavin Newsome declared a state of emergency today to help streamline California’s preparations for anticipated heavy rains this fall and winter.

The mayor’s office will be hosting an Emergency Preparedness Town Hall focused on Pacific Palisades before Thursday’s Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting.

The effort to replace the Rustic Canyon Bridge has yielded $145,000, but more donations are needed to reach the full cost of a new bridge.

The Pacific Palisades Community Council will hold its regular virtual meeting on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.

The Palisades Community Renewal Center, which offers counseling and other healing options to Palisadians, will have its one-year anniversary celebration on Sept. 19.

The inflatable dam that siphons water to Hyperion Water Reclamation was undamaged during the Sept. 6 storm that washed concrete slabs down the channel.

The Pacific Palisades Community Council is requesting that interested community members apply to become alternate representatives for the upcoming two-year term.

Withdrawal of Zone Zero regulations from review by the Office of Administrative Law is part of the normal process, according to the director of the California Board of Forestry & Fire Protection.

Proposed Zone Zero regulations, which were under review by the Office of Administrative Law, have reportedly been withdrawn from review by the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Slabs of concrete overlay that L.A. County Public Works had piled in the channel washed down during the Sept. 6 rain and hit the diversion that siphons water to Hyperion Reclamation Plant.

The replacement of the Santa Ynez Reservoir floating cover and the removal of concrete overlay in Santa Monica Canyon Channel are in process.

Team Palisades recently held an online panel discussion about Zone Zero regulations, which address vegetation within five feet of structures, in order to help residents better understand both the rules and local enforcement.

The City of Los Angeles has published a homeowner’s guide to help residents prepare their homes to better survive heavy rains, which are expected this year due to the El Niño weather system.

Santa Monica Bay is expected to have large waves and intense rip currents this weekend, so be careful if you visit the water.

Canyon Elementary School’s renovation of the historic Schoolhouse has been completed and cleared for occupancy.