Palos Verdes Estates

“I am extremely happy that the country is now headed in the right direction, even with the chaos and some hiccups,” said Norman Eagle, a Palos Verdes Estates resident who recently dropped me a note to argue that I overstated the risk of potential threats to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in a recent column.

On Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 — before the rain that came the following week — Heal the Bay staff collected seawater samples from eight locations along the coastline in or near the Palisades burn scar, in addition to control samples well outside the burn zone at Paradise Cove in Malibu and Malaga Cove in Palos Verdes Estates.

Palos Verdes Estates police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said their investigations continue.

On Tuesday, a small boat belonging to two missing fishermen was found upturned near the 800 block of Paseo Del Mar in Palos Verdes Estates.

Nov. 18: A human skull and a human bone were found near the 300 block of Paseo Del Mar. Palos Verdes Estates police searched the beach area and found more bones.