After 97 years and a catastrophic fire, the Palisadian

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After nearly a century of documenting Pacific Palisades’ births, deaths and Fourth of July parades, the Palisadian-Post publishes its final edition Thursday.

The January fire destroyed businesses that paid for advertising and displaced many of the subscribers who kept the newspaper alive.

Owner Alan Smolinisky, a lifelong Palisades resident and part owner of the L.A. Dodgers, hopes to restore the paper as the community rebuilds itself.

In a year of incalculable loss wrought by fire, Pacific Palisades this week has yet another: Its local newspaper.

The Palisadian-Post published its final edition Thursday. The newspaper was 97 years old.

“Our reporters have chased their last stori