20 Pages Thursday, April 4, 2019 ◆ Pacific Palisades, California $1.50 Highlands Home Alfred Coffee Opening Consumed in Blaze Shop in Palisades Village By JAMES GAGE MONROW Pop-Up Opens Glass Box Doors Reporter house fire consumed a two-sto- ry, 4,806-square-foot home Athe evening of Thursday, March 28, in The Highlands, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey. The fire, which burned on Avenida de Santa Ynez, broke out just days after Highlands Pacif- ic Palisades Community Council Representative Steve Cron orga- nized a fire safety meeting with representatives from LAFD. Firefighters battle Highlands blaze Photos courtesy of Chuck Foster The fire was reportedly caused by a welding tool left on fighters, their response time (more people calling at the same time. in the home’s garage, according to than 25 minutes) left Highlands There’ s going to be some delays.” homeowner Tom Michael. residents concerned and confused. One Highlands resident, who “Well, my son, he’s an am- “There was a slow response wished to remain anonymous, was ateur welder, and he apparently time,” LAFD Station 23 Captain similarly put on hold when she at- forgot to turn something off and Karl Ullrich explained to the Post tempted to report the blaze. something caught fire,” Michael on Tuesday, April 2. “Once we got “The major question is wheth- explained to the Palisadian-Post. the call, we were out the door in a er we should be calling the fire sta- “It wasn’t rags, just something just minute or two, but it’s The High- tion directly instead of 911,” the wasn’t out. Everybody’s safe, all lands—even on the best of days, resident said. “Why was it so busy the pets are out. You know, that’s getting a 40,000-pound fire engine on a Thursday night? I’m not sure Alfred will take over the space formerly occupied by General Porpoise. Photo by Christian Monterrosa the plus. Nobody got hurt. You can up Pali Drive—you’re not going to if it’s typical to be put on hold—I rebuild a home.” be setting any speed records.” don’t call 911 too often.” By SARAH SHMERLING and tenant: MONROW, a Los Ange- founded by designers Michelle “Two-story, single-family Michael shared that he doesn’t Ullrich explained that calling CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA les-based clothing store. Wenke and Megan George, is dwelling, heavy fire in garage ex- blame LAFD, but that he was dis- the station does not work very “Caruso … continues to im- known for its trademark “super- tended up to second floor,” LAFD appointed at the arrival time be- well, as people could be calling ltra-popular coffee spot Al- plement groundbreaking and soft” material, with “a classic Station 69 Chief Jeffrey Brown cause the damage may have been the wrong station for their neigh- fred announced on Monday unique ways to differentiate it- collection of stylish staples for told the Post. “Then we did of- less, adding that fire fighters stick borhood. Uvia its Instagram page that it will self and lead the charge on retail men and women.” fensive fire attack. That was it, no their necks out for people every “They should call the fire de- be opening shop in Palisades Vil- trends—this time with the expan- “MONROW is the most un- injuries.” day and that the response system partment directly if that happens, lage this summer. sion of its successful Glass Box complicated decision in fashion No other collateral damage is “obviously broken.” not the fire station,” Ullrich add- The announcement comes pop-up program to its Palisades today,” the brand’s website reads. from the fire was reported. LAFD “I couldn’t [call],” he shared. ed. “How the 911 system works, it two months after “Palisades Vil- Village property,” a press release “One look and you know you companies Battalion 9, Station 23, “I tried, they wouldn’t take my goes from 911 to LAPD dispatch- lage Coffee Corporation” filed stated. need it. That’s what the brand Station 63, Station 69, Rescue 23, call. Not until the ACS came up ers, then they go, ‘There’s a fire,’ paperwork with the California Palisadians may have pre- calls dressing intuitively.” Rescue 69 and Rescue 19 were here and wired and called them and they kick it over to our dis- Secretary of State on February 1, viously encountered Caruso’s Items from the brand can cur- called out to the incident. did it work.” patchers and we dispatch it from but Joshua Zad, owner of Alfred Glass Box model, which has rently be found in more than 300 While LAFD mounted a quick “I can’t speak to the 911 sys- there.” Coffee, did not confirm the arriv- been open at The Grove since boutiques and department stores. attack, smothering the blaze in tem—it’s got flaws,” Ullrich said. The direct number for the fire al at the time. 2016. The Grove’s Glass Box has The Palisades Village pop- minutes with a team of 30 fire- “You’ve got a whole city full of department is 213-847-5340. Now, the coffee chain with housed a number of brands and up, open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., five other locations throughout online-only retailers, including will feature MONROW’s spring Los Angeles will rival the al- Outdoor Voices, Everlane, Chiara collection, MINI kids’ line and ready saturated coffee market in Ferragni and more. classics, including hoodies and Democratic Club Speaker the Village and take over the re- MONROW, a 10-year-old sweatshirts as well as tees and cently defeated General Porpoise lifestyle brand, will be open at tanks. doughnut shop. Palisades Village for the month The Palisades Village Glass At the same time as Alfred’s of April, a representative con- Box is located on Palisades Vil- announcement, a Glass Box pop- firmed. lage Lane, across from the Con- Series Tackles Opioid Crisis up opened headlining its first The “lux-leisure” brand, cierge Lobby. By CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA ment Program, Jena Fellenzer, ment also gets the call.” Reporter community outreach specialist for First responders administer the Drug Enforcement Agency, a tried and proven medication he realities of the opioid crisis Allison Towle, district director, named Narcan that blocks the ef- PPTFH Updates came to Pacific Palisades as Office of State Senator Ben Allen, fects of opioids in the system and Tthe Pacific Palisades Democratic and Tina Haro, a public informa- has saved countless lives. Club hosted a discussion on the tion officer with the Los Angeles “We bring them back to Community on Successes topic at Palisades Branch Library Fire Department. breathing to sustain life, but we on Tuesday, March 26. Topics included eye-opening try not to wake them up because Guest speakers included Dr. statistics on opioids, such as the nine times out of 10, they don’t Albert Pacheco, director of the United States consuming 80 per- want to go to the hospital at that and Challenges CLARE|MATRIX Opioid Treat- cent of the world’s prescription point,” she said. opioids and 72,000 people per With Narcan being a tempo- By JAMES GAGE there outreaching to the homeless started in 2016,” Kilbride said. year dying from overdose. rary fix, drug users could poten- Reporter folks … but they also have to do “We offer them the cards, we Out of the 192 people that die tially fall back into an overdosed home visits for housing retention send them to the meet ups.” from drug overdose per day, 130 state if further treatment is not t the March 28 Pacific Pal- for those that we have housed.” Kilbride shared that most of are from opioid abuse. given at a hospital. isades Community Council Kilbride added that the team the homeless population coming “Right now, the U.S. is wit- While first responders act as Ameeting, Pacific Palisades Task is “extremely busy,” which is through the Palisades is from out nessing the third wave of the na- the foot soldiers to combat over- Force on Homelessness Board why PPTFH is struggling right of state and transplanting to the tion’s opioid epidemic,” Fellenzer doses, some forces in Washington Member and Law Enforcement now. Los Angeles area. explained. “The first wave was are also hard at work to combat Committee Member Sharon Kil- “We’re always needing fund- “We’ve had a few tell us, es- prescription pain medications, this increasing problem. bride updated the community on ing, so be generous because we pecially from the state of Neva- the second was heroin, which re- Towle described efforts by the organization’s successes and are making a huge difference in da, that they give them a one-way placed pills when they became Senator Allen to fight the prob- challenges to date. the Palisades, as I’m sure you all ticket here but we have no way to too expensive, and now fentanyl, lem, like helping to implement “Let me tell you a little bit have noticed,” she explained. prove that,” Kilbride explained. which is 50 times more potent Assembly Bill 2789, a bill that about Pacific Palisades Task Since 2016 PPTFH has “It’s going to be a busy summer.” than heroin and is easier to pro- requires doctors to issue prescrip- Force on Homelessness success- cleaned up 85 abandoned en- Kilbride also reported that duce.” tions electronically as opposed to es and challenges,” Kilbride said campments on the hillsides of the newly appointed West Bureau Putting a human element to hand-written notes that could be at the meeting.