LOS ANGELES There’s a lot of progress happening in the Palisades, and as homes start to go up, businesses are slowly returning to the neighborhood. Although thousands of businesses were either lost or displaced after the Palisades Fire, a handful have returned. Nancy Silverton and Rick Caruso recently announced a new restaurant that will anchor The Village in the Palisades, called Spacca Tutto, set to open in August 2026. In the Highlands, Spruzzo Palisades owner Ryan Gowhari says months after reopening his restaurant, sales are not yet up to pre-fire levels. But business owners say confidence is growing as more residents begin the process of rebuilding.
http://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2025/11/19/palisades-businesses-coming-back
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Stop using Facebook for public announcements | Letter
This letter is a plea to local communities and businesses to stop using the corporate, for-profit information-gathering platform, Facebook, as their sole means of announcing local events.
I do not want to visit a town’s website only to be redirected to Facebook for further information about local recreation or entertainment opportunities. Relying exclusively on Facebook limits accessibility and excludes those who do not use the platform or prefer not to share their information with it.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/29/stop-using-facebook-for-public-announcements-letter/
OpenAI signs deal with PayPal to let users link wallets to ChatGPT for transactions
It appears that ChatGPT will soon make it easier for users with PayPal accounts to buy and sell products and services through the platform. PayPal and OpenAI have announced the signing of a partnership that will allow users to link their PayPal wallets directly to ChatGPT.
This integration and its associated benefits are expected to go live in early 2026. PayPal shared details of the collaboration in a press release published on its newsroom website earlier this week.
As part of the deal, PayPal will adopt the “Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)” to connect its payment and commerce system to ChatGPT. This move will enable merchants who use ChatGPT to sell goods and services to seamlessly link their PayPal accounts for transactions.
Moreover, PayPal will integrate its merchant network with ChatGPT, allowing small businesses and brands to conduct transactional business directly within the platform. This integration represents a significant opportunity for PayPal to expand its merchant and commerce markets into a vibrant and active ecosystem.
PayPal President and CEO Alex Chriss highlighted the potential impact of this partnership, emphasizing its importance for the company’s growth and innovation strategies.
https://www.shacknews.com/article/146549/openai-paypal-deal-wallet-chatgpt
