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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: A LEGACY OF TRIUMPHS AND TROUBLED WATERS 
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Mission Impossible U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Suzanne Guldimann, March 21, 2025 0  
If it’s dangerous, difficult, or downright impossible and it involves American infrastructure, disaster recovery, or water resources, there’s a good chance the US Army Corps of Engineers will be the ones called in to deal with it, sometimes with...
Malibu Reeling 
Suzanne Guldimann, March 7, 2025 8  
The Malibu stretch of Pacific Coast Highway turns 100 next year. It’s strange to know its centennial will begin with a third of the houses, businesses, landmarks that have built up along this road over the past century almost...
Pacific Palisades: Paradise Lost 
Suzanne Guldimann, February 21, 2025 1  
The Palisades fire is named for the Palisades Highlands, where the blaze erupted on the morning of January 7, 2025. The conflagration rapidly spread throughout Pacific Palisades and then into Malibu and unincorporated Los Angeles County, including Sunset Mesa,...
LA ON FIRE 
Suzanne Guldimann, January 24, 2025 0  
Once the fires began on January 7, stopping them was impossible. Hurricane-force winds and extreme dry conditions with single-digit humidity created a tsunami of flame, a towering wave of destruction that destroyed everything in its path and was carried...
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Coping by Helping 

Jill Cotu, January 24, 2025 0 8 min read  
Wednesday, January 8, 2025. The day had aspired to be like any other. Instead, dawn ushered in a mere shadow of normalcy as the Palisades Fire took hold in Topanga. Despite evacuation orders, many canyon dwellers stayed behind—some out...