The community of Pacific Palisades was founded in early 1922 by
Methodists who migrated west. In September 1924, the fledgling Methodist-based community's governing body, the Pacific Palisades Association, began publishing a monthly news sheet known as the
Progress. It was by Thomas R. Gettys. On May 4, 1928, Telford Work published the first edition of
The Palisadian, a twelve-page weekly tabloid. Work was a graduate of the
University of Southern California who operated the
Selma Enterprise for six years and a small chain of five papers in Fresno and Tulare counties. Work moved to Palisades two years prior to work as director of public relations for the Pacific Palisades Association. His Zola Clearwater widow ran the paper for a few years until selling it in 1960 to twin brothers Charles B. Brown and William W. Brown, owners of the rival
Pacific Palisades Post. The two papers were then consolidated. In August 1981, the Browns sold the
Palisadian-Post, North Shore Mail and Brentwood Post to Small Newspapers of
Kankakee, Illinois. Around that time the circulation was 4,100. The Small family operated the paper until December 2012, when they sold it to real estate entrepreneur
Alan Smolinisky. After the sale, editor Bill Bruns announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. He had worked at the
Post for two decades. Instead, Smolinisky laid off Bruns and five other journalists. He also let go at least four office workers, shut down the printing press and sold the office building for $3 million. Printing from then on was outsourced. In April 2023, the paper reduced its print schedule from once a week to once every two weeks. In December 2025, the paper ceased publication, mainly due to complications associated with the
Palisades Fire earlier that year. However, Laura and Tim Schneider bought the paper and planned to relaunch it on May 4, 2026. ==References==