The Malibu Times • December 14, 2023

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Panga boats spotted multiple times on West Malibu beaches

Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene pose with the proclamation honoring Van Dyke at the Malibu City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 11. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

Malibu’s beloved Dick Van Dyke honored at City Council meeting

Planning Commissioner Jeff Jennings recognized for his years of service; council approves LCP amendment

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

To end the last Malibu City Council meeting of 2023, Malibu’s very own local, Dick Van Dyke, brought smiles to the councilmembers’ faces as he accepted his proclamation from the City of Malibu.

Mayor Steve Uhring presented Van Dyke with the proclamation and thanked him for bringing joy to families for many years.

“Here in Malibu, he’s beloved despite the fact that he scares children and adults every year with the Halloween display he puts up at his house,” Uhring said. “Most importantly, he has brightened lives by CONTINUED ON PAGE A5

Coast Guard says it recently interdicted a vessel with 23 illegal immigrants off Malibu’s coast

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

On Dec. 6 at approximately 5:30 am, a Malibu coastal homeowner alerted authorities that a panga boat — a high-bowed vessel of the type that is often used by those smuggling humans or drugs — was visible on Malibu residents, councilmembers, and First Bank Malibu associates overfilled the donation boxes last week for the 14th annual Toys for Tots event at First Bank Malibu.

El Pescador Beach. Responding Photo by Devon Meyers/TMT officers found a debris field with approximately 15 fuel canisters and some personal items near the overturned boat at the shoreline.

Officials towed the panga boat northward, accompanied by coast guard cutters and helicopters, two The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots has been providing toys for children less fortunate year after year baywatch boats and a Sheriff ’s heBy SAMANTHA BRAVO Malibu Navy League President Café, Marmalade Café Malibu, “I’ll never forget, as a 16-year- licopter.

Of The Malibu Times and Zinqué Malibu.

John Payne introduced the old young man, seeing the bullet ​“A panga washed up on El Malibu residents, councilmemThe U.S. Marine Corps Reserve speakers and the Malibu Navy holes still in the building of Pearl CONTINUED ON PAGE A6 bers, and First Bank Malibu as- Toys for Tots Program has been League committee.

Harbor, and so that always left sociates overfilled the donation collecting and distributing toys Senior Pastor Brian La Spada, an impression in my heart, and I boxes last week for the annual to more than 6.3 million less who serves as the head pastor of share with my son who’s now 6,” fortunate children each year. Calvary Chapel, started off the La Spada said. “We never take community event. this week these things lightly, we always Guests donated unwrapped As Christmas nears, Marines event with a story and prayer. gifts, enjoyed refreshments from distribute toys themselves and In 1987, La Spada’s father, who pause, remember, and remember Rocky Oaks Estate Vineyards, and enlist the aid of local social had been in the Air Force for 23 those who always protected the entered a raffle for an opportunity welfare agencies and churches to years, took him and his two brothers freedom in our country.” to win gift cards to multiple distribute toys to needy children to Honolulu, Hawaii, to see the Malibu Mayor Steve Uhring restaurants such as Kristy’s Village on Christmas Day. Hickman Joint Base Pearl Harbor.

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Community celebrates 14th Annual Toys for Tots held

by The Malibu Navy League at First Bank Malibu

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Malibu public servant steps down after 30 years of volunteer service Jeff Jennings, an early Malibu mayor, was honored at City Council meeting

City of Malibu hosts second annual Santa Paws event at Malibu Bluffs Park |B1

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times

Rabbi Levi Cunin lights the first candle at the menorah lighting celebration at the Malibu Pier on Thursday, Dec 7. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

Celebrating the Holiday of Light Families, friends, and community members brought love and laughter to the pier for the first night of Chanukah

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

The Malibu Jewish community came together to celebrate the first night of Chanukah with music, food, inspirational speeches, and hope.

Chabad of Malibu held the

event at the Malibu Pier to light the first Chanukah candle with Rabbi Levi Cunin. Featured speakers included Mayor Steve Uhring, musician Brandon Jenner, and Pizza Girl Inc. founder and CEO Caroline D’Amore.

The festival of lights included a menorah lighting and special prayers. Cunin welcomed the community with a speech and reminded everyone to continue to share kindness, peace, and hope.

“As we welcome in the holiday of Chanukah, we are reminded of the message of the menorah and CONTINUED ON PAGE A7

The Malibu City Council gave a big thank you to one of the city’s first mayors. Jeff Jennings will be honored for his three decades of public service to the community.

It was in 1992 that the now 50year resident was elected to the council. He served three rotations as mayor until his term limits were up.

In 2008, Jennings was appointed to the Planning Commission by John Sibert, then asked to continue in the role by Lou La Monte and Karen Farrer. But when Doug Stewart was elected last year, Jennings said he would leave by the end of this year or when he turned 80, whichever came first.

In November, Jennings became an octogenarian, so after a 15-year stint, he gave up his seat.

“It’s a stressful job,” Jennings said.

“Plus, the fact that it’s time for me

Former Planning Commissioner Jeff Jennings (left) was honored for his service and was presented with a city tile during the City Council meeting on Monday. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

to make room for somebody else, for somebody in another generation to step up and make decisions. I felt it was time for me to move over.”

The Planning Commission has been under scrutiny recently by the California Fair Political Practices Commission, which is investigating possible conflicts of interest. While Jennings has not been accused of

any conflicts of interest on the commission, he has often been the deciding vote in 3-2 majority decisions favoring development.

Jennings commented on Malibu’s Mission Statement, which in part reads that the city will “plan to preserve resources that contribute to Malibu’s special natural and rural CONTINUED ON PAGE A7

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FROM THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT

From the Left: How ‘free’ is free speech on college campuses?

LANCE SIMMENS OPINION COLUMNIST

From the Left

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e humans have a predilection for conflict that clearly is defined by right and wrong, good and evil, best and worst. It is a paradigm that lends itself to extremes. Some cultures and governments have striven to construct organizing principles that encourage middle ground and compromise that allows for at least an attempt to move society in an incremental and cautious way. This is the essence of a democratic society. Others opt to favor autocratic mechanisms that are more susceptible to rapid change but often through forced violence.

In the modern world, we are witnessing a collision between these two distinctly different options. It is not impossible to engage in a high level of civil debate over pros and cons of these markedly different options, but it is a valiant struggle. Witness the two seminal wartime actions affecting Ukraine and Gaza; it is to say the least virtually spellbinding to even imagine how a negotiated truce could come about anytime soon, yet we are bound to engage in peace talks at some point in time, hopefully the sooner the better.

Today our college campuses have become breeding grounds for the latest eruption of protests pitting pro-Palestinian versus pro-Israeli wartime actions in the Gaza Strip, where over 17,000 Palestinian civilians, largely women and children, have been killed and over half the hostages that set off the firestorm remain in captivity. The stunning level of atrocities and inhumanity accompanying actions first on Oct. 7 and up until this day find blame that can adequately be spread around, and there is little doubt that the stench of violence will permeate through generations of civilians and their families and never again will be a siren call to both sides.

In recent testimony, the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT, three of the most prominent elite institutions of learning in the world, flunked their Congressional tests when it came to discussing how their respective institutions were handling threats on campus against Jewish, Muslim, pro-Israeli, and Palestinian students. In short, navigating free speech when pitted against wartime atrocities has become a minefield on college campuses, and threats of violence abound and quite simply humanity is suffering. Our institutions of higher learning have become laboratories for politicalization where civility has little room for discussion of conflicting views.

The Texas Tribune reports “the latest

war between Israel and Hamas, newly reignited two months ago, has tested the limits of colleges’ commitment to free speech on campuses across the country. Faced with student protests, heated discussions, and pro-Palestine and pro-Israel advocates demanding universities take a stand, school leaders are wrestling with striking the right balance between their roles as moderators and facilitators of intellectual debate on campus.” Higher education and learning is being held hostage to political accommodation.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), one of the country’s leading free speech advocacy organizations focused specifically on college campuses, recently advised colleges and universities in US News “to take neutral stance on issues such as the war between Israel and Hamas, and to explain to students, faculty and the wider campus community that it has an obligation to protect free speech and ‘students’ safety — but that they won’t be commenting on hot-button political issues in order to avoid chilling students and faculty … to be clear, the issue of free speech and protesting for a cause — even on difficult, complex and contentious issues like Israel, Palestinians and Gaza — is separate from threats and attacks on students, professors or anyone in the wider campus community, like those being waged against Jewish students on some campuses.”

As we look out over the horizon, we are confronted with deadly obstacles that underlie what is unmistakably global change that seriously questions the validity and stability of Western democracies. There can simply be no acceptance of autocratic regimes that are not founded or steeped in freedom, liberty, and the rule of law. There is no room for leadership that denigrates the importance and goodwill of the people. At stake is the value of humanity, as difficult as it is to harness, for the betterment of the populace.

Human compassion is the lighthouse beacon that will guide us into the harbor that will protect us from a relentless sea. No one has the answers to those difficulties that are defining the current generation, but without the sturdy infrastructure that bolsters our democratic system we run the risk of floundering at the expense of our children and future generations. The division that currently envelops our nation, politically and philosophically, threatens the strength of our resolve.

Free speech must accompany peaceful co-existence. You can have both, and it is possible that both sides can be at fault for preventing exploration of a solution. What is totally unacceptable is to allow collateral damage among civilians to be written off as a price for peace and accepting threats and violence under the guise of free speech.

Lance Simmens is an independent columnist for The Malibu Times, he along with Don Schmitz write a bi-weekly column on national topics from the perspective of their political leanings you can forward any comments you have to editorial @malibutimes.com.

From the publisher

HAYLEY MATTSON “ This is what really happened, reported by a free press to a free people. It is the raw material of history; it is the story of our own times.”

— Henry Steel Commager

DON SCHMITZ

OPINION COLUMNIST

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merica 2023: Demonstrators chant at University of Pennsylvania, “We are Hamas!” Hamas, those vile animals that murder babies in their cribs, gang rape women to death as a tool of war, hiding in hospitals using civilians as human shields. Hamas is a designated terrorist organization by the UK, US, and the EU. Harvard junior Tara Tarawneh is still in class after publicly supporting the psychopathic Hamas attack as “Glorious Oct. 7.”

“I remember feeling so empowered and happy, so confident that victory was near and so tangible,” she stated. “I want all of you to hold that feeling in your hearts. Never let go of it.”

Campus graffiti includes “The Jews R Nazis.” Cooper Union College had to barricade Jewish students in the library as Hamas demonstrators banged on the doors and windows.

Cornell University police are investigating Greek life website posts threatening to kill and rape Jewish students and “shoot up” the kosher dining hall, and a Cornell professor said he found the Hamas attack “exhilarating” and “energizing.” When Harvard President Claudine Gay last November issued a statement opposing antisemitism, more than 100 Harvard professors issued a statement condemning her. This is systemic and institutionalized.

Perhaps that is why President Gay, when asked by Rep. Elise Stafanik (R-N.Y.), “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard’s code of conduct,” she replied that it depended on the “context.”

Free speech is Constitutionally sacred, and should be a foundation at our universities, as Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in his 1957 opinion in Sweezy v. New Hampshire: “The essentiality of freedom in the community of American universities is almost self-evident.” Yet free speech has been stifled for several decades now, with PC rules whereupon students and faculty get into big trouble for uttering anything remotely offensive to some ethnic groups, women, gays, or transgender people.

Harvard has been ranked dead last when it comes to free speech

on campus, but now they hide behind a newfound reverence for the First Amendment to allow Hamas supporters to chant for “Global Intifada,” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which means the destruction of Israel and the genocide of her people according to the Hamas charter. Harvard has rescinded admissions to students for sharing memes deemed racist, excoriated them for affirming there are only two genders, but so far students calling for murderous genocide face no repercussions. The real story here is the blatant double standard, which they can’t hide.

Last Friday, 70 bipartisan members of Congress called for the dismissal of the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn for giving the same “it depends on the circumstances” answer on the vile antisemitism rocking their campuses. UPenn President Liz Magill resigned Saturday in disgrace. How has America, which defeated the genocidal antisemitic Nazis, been infected with this hatred?

Between 2014 and 2019, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with other Middle East nations, donated at least $5 billion to U.S. colleges.

A report from the Network Contagion Research Institute concluded 200 universities pulled in $13 billion in foreign donations during those five years, some from allies like Canada and Germany, some from authoritarian regimes like China. Much is being made of Stone Ridge Asset Management, a major donor to UPenn, withholding a $100 million donation because they “are appalled by the university’s stance on antisemitism on campus.” That hurts, but they have a $25 billion endowment, so that’s a drop in the bucket. Follow the money.

Another culprit is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. They sound nice, but are rooted in “social justice philosophy,” aka racial preferences. The Supreme Court deemed racial preferences unconstitutional, but the well-intentioned programs have created a cancer in our society, epitomized in our universities. DEI promotes diversity of skin color, not ideas — identity politics epitomized. Some groups are given extraordinary preferences, which, of course, translates into discrimination against other groups, notably Asians, white males, and Jews. DEI seeks to counterbalance past prejudices.

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Ironically, American Jews (and Asians) historically faced horrible prejudice and were barred from Harvard, but now they excel academically and economically by the sweat of their brow. Left to a meritocracy DEI advocates fear that they will edge out other ethnic groups, so DEI programs discriminate against them. The DEI activists assert that there are oppressors and the oppressed, individually, culturally, and with nations. In their simpleton world, the successful and powerful are obviously oppressors, and must be fought. The oppressed can never be criticized, even when they murder babies. American Jews and Israel as a nation are successful and powerful. In the anti-Western Civilization, anti-capitalism leftist crowd, that makes them oppressors. Israelis, living in their homeland for thousands of years are therefore “colonizers,” the Palestinians the “oppressed.” The screeching leftist hatred is deep, and inevitable.

Don Schmitz is an independent columnist for The Malibu Times, he along with Lance Simmens write a bi-weekly column on national topics from the perspective of their political leanings you can forward any comments you have to editorial@ malibutimes.com.

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NOV 8 - nov 12  11/8 | Retail Burglary The Fred Segal retail store in Malibu was broken into, and an estimated $1,311 in merchandise was stolen. The victim found numerous empty hangers around the store and realized the clothing was missing. The suspects were seen on video placing the merchandise underneath their clothing and walking out of the store without paying. The security footage was submitted for evidence.  11/10 | Burglary A guest house on Sea Vista Drive was broken into and ransacked. The victim was notified of the security camera that captured footage of the suspects entering their home.

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The security footage captured a woman wearing a burgundy hoodie, enter the vehicle and drive eastbound and out of view on Malibu Road. The deputies said they will be asking the neighbors for their security footage to gather more information on the incident.  11/11 | Vandalism A rented BMW was vandalized and the damage was estimated to cost $600. The victim said they parked the vehicle inside the garage and when they returned the following day, they saw multiple scratches on the hood, truck and all four quarter panels of the vehicle. The victim said they would provide security footage of the incident.

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Steve Soboroff selling resident was a Los Angeles native. and Malibu Tidepool Health Club on Nov. 27 about the short-term sure the additional patrols are during He trained as an amateur boxer lots and conversion of the existing contract he signed with the Califor- the days and times when they are off one of the greatest before landing his first big role in non-conforming use motel and nia Highway Patrol to immediately most needed. Meanwhile, the city is typewriter collections 1964 on TV’s nighttime melodrama adjacent private gym and pool to a provide interim patrols of PCH in working on the long-term contract “Peyton Place.” O’Neal became one bed and breakfast inn on Monday, Malibu to improve safety on PCH. for ongoing CHP patrols in Malibu, in the world of the most sought-after actors in Dec. 18, at 6:30 PM, in-person at The CHP is already out patrolling which is expected to go into effect It’s said to be one of the greatest collections of typewriters in the world. This Friday, developer Steve Soboroff, who owns The Park at Cross Creek where Whole Foods is located, is auctioning off his collection of typewriters owned by the famous and infamous. The collection of more than two dozen was amassed

by Soboroff over 20 years. Some of the typewriters are expected to go for more than $250,000 each. Soboroff has typewriters once owned by John Lennon, Maya Angelou, and Orson Welles, but those and three others were donated to the Smithsonian Institution for public display.

Soboroff, who is letting go of typewriters once owned by Greta Garbo, Jack London, Ray Bradbury, Hugh Hefner, and even the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, is hoping buyers will display the machines publicly as he did. The collection is to be auctioned off Dec. 15 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas..

Hollywood after his Oscar-nominated role in the blockbuster “Love Story.” He delivered memorable performances in “Barry Lyndon,” “What’s Up Doc?” with Malibu’s Barbra Streisand, and delivered a wry performance in “Paper Moon” with his daughter Tatum, who won an Oscar for her turn in the movie at only age 10.

City Hall and virtually via Zoom.

The hearing was scheduled for Nov. 6 and was rescheduled. The agenda and staff report will be posted in advance at malibucity.org. For more information, visit the project webpage at malibucity.org/1142/Nobu-Ryokan-Motel-Malibu-Tidepool-Health. .

had been diagnosed two decades ago with chronic leukemia and then in 2012 with prostate cancer. No cause of death has been announced, but his son Patrick posted on Instagram, “My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”.

The City Council public hearing to consider the Temporary Use Permit proposed ordinance, scheduled for Dec. 11 has been postponed and will be considered on Monday, Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing is to consider an ordinance and the Planning Commission’s recommendations on updating regulations for TUPs, which are permits for events at non-residential properties. For more information about TUPs, visit the TUP webpage at malibucity.org.

Temporary Use Although O’Neal was twice diPermit Ordinance vorced, his most celebrated relationship was with actress Farrah Fawcett. hearing rescheduled Their on-and-off again romance lastto Jan. 8 ed until her death in 2009. O’Neal

Ryokan Motel and Malibu Tidepool Longtime Malibu resident Ryan O’Neal Health Club Public Hearing set for dies Dec. 18

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in January 2024. For more information about the city’s efforts to address There have been no regular CHP PCH safety, visit the PCH Safety patrols in Malibu since the city was webpage at malibucity.org/pchsafety. incorporated in 1991. The move is in response to the increasingly dan- Actions and updates gerous conditions on PCH in regiven to address PCH cent years, culminating in the tragic deaths of four Pepperdine students safety at the Nov. who were struck by a speeding driver 14 PCH Taskforce while walking along PCH on Oct. 17. The City Council declared a local meeting emergency to address PCH safety on Nov. 13, giving the city manThe City Council hosted a special ager the ability to quickly approve public meeting of the PCH Taskthe short-term contract. The short- force with city, county and state term contract is to pay for patrols on elected officials, Caltrans and the an overtime basis, so officers must LA County Sheriff ’s Department volunteer to cover shifts. The LA (LASD) to discuss efforts to make County Sheriff ’s Department and PCH safer, on Nov. 14 at City Hall. the CHP will work together to enCONTINUED ON PAGE A6

City brings CHP patrols back to PCH One-time Hollywood heartthrob to address dangerous and one of its most bankable stars, The Planning Commission will conditions Ryan O’Neal, has died at 82. hold a public hearing on the enti-

tlements and a zoning change for City Manager Steve McClary The longtime La Costa Beach the existing Nobu Ryokan Motel gave an update to the City Council

Edward Elton Gripp 1930 - 2023

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dward Elton Gripp, born December 29, 1930, passed into God’s loving arms on Thanksgiving evening, November 23, 2023. He was surrounded by his adoring family and just five weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.

Ed, the oldest of three siblings, was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised on a small country road near the top of Topanga Canyon. His father, Elton, was a sign painter, while his mother, Marion, cared for Ed, his brother Paul and his sister, Tony.

Edward married his Canoga Park High School sweetheart, Claire Daste, on his twenty-first birthday. She was quite a beautiful girl of only eighteen years.

Edward served with his brother Paul in the United States Navy during the Korean War on board the USS Sperry, a submarine tender. While anchored in Pearl Harbor and with the blessings of the ship’s captain, Eddie and Paul built a Malibu Outrigger sailboat using materials commandeered from the ship supply room and, once finished,~ sailed to Honolulu. Both suffered severe sunburn and were restricted to the sick bay onboard the ship for several days after their voyage. Paul still has the sailboat at his Santa Barabra Orchid Estate and Nursery. After the war, Edward finished his college education at California Polytechnical University, earning degrees in Landscape Architecture, Plant Pathology, and Ornamental Horticulture.

Before becoming an independent, licensed Landscape Architect, Ed worked at UCLA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. As a self-employed Landscape Architect, Ed designed landscape plans for Northridge Hospital, Tarzana Medical Center, and California Lutheran University, as well as a wide range of commercial and residential projects throughout California and beyond. Ed and Claire designed and built homes for themselves in Malibu, Carmel, Channel Islands Marina, and Westlake Village. Ed twice designed office buildings in Agoura Hills, which earned City Beautification Awards in 1993 and 1996.

Ed’s business accomplishments pale in comparison to his genuine love for his fellow man, although those same attributes help to explain his tremendous business success. Ed was a giver. He gave himself his time, knowledge, and energy, especially to his children, friends, and his extended family. Few men I’ve known have given more generously than Edward Elton Gripp.

Ed loved the great outdoors. He was an avid surfer, beginning in his twenties and continuing until age sixty-six. He loved sailing around the Channel Islands in his twenty-two-foot Catalina sailboat. He enjoyed hiking and was familiar with both the common and scientific names of hundreds of indigenous plants growing in the Santa Monica Mountains. He loved to paint and enjoyed capturing nature’s beauty in his numerous landscape paintings.

While those of us remaining here on Earth will miss Ed dearly, Heaven will rejoice in a new leader, a man who loves completely and unabashedly.

Edward is survived by his sons Eric and Brett, his daughters Roxanne and Ellen, daughter-in-law Lisa Gripp, son-in-laws Rick MacLeod and Jack Skene, as well as nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and one great-grandson on the way.

Ed’s private memorial service is scheduled for December 22 at the Malibu home of Roxanne and Jack Skene. His ashes will be spread in the French Rose Garden he designed and will accompany forever the ashes of his beloved wife Claire, whose ashes were spread there only one month earlier. Ed was a great man and will be loved and never forgotten by those who knew him.

Love, Jack

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Presented by the Malibu Arts Commission MalibuCity.org/ ArtTalks Shane Gang Pictures, in partnership with the Malibu thu Arts Commission and Santa dec Monica College-Malibu presents a screening of the film “21 SENIOR LUNCHEON: LET IS Miles in Malibu,” on Thursday, SNOW Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. at the SMCCelebrate the holidays at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Senior Center’s December Center Way, Malibu Room 202/ luncheon! Enjoy a delicious Lecture Hall. The film is a hybrid healthy lunch, socialize with of personal stories of loss, the friends, and enjoy a variety of history of a loved place, and a entertainment for this month’s cautionary tale of government senior luncheon at the Malibu indifference and citizen activism.

Senior Center from 12 to 1:30 Following the complimentary p.m. Lunch will be catered by screening, there will be a Maggiano’s Little Italy and entertainment will be provided by discussion with local leaders on the Malibu Senior Center Choir. Pacific Coast Highway safety.

An RSVP is required (ages 16 Bring a new and unused toy to and older) to attend the event. be donated to the LA County Register at MalibuCity.org/ Fire Department Spark of Love ArtTalks.

Toy Drive. Pre-registration is required. Maximum 70 participants. When calling to fri RSVP, please inform staff if a jan vegetarian meal is requested. Preregistration is required.

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The 60th annual Keep Christ in Christmas is on display on Dec. 3, 10, 17 and the 24 on the corner of PCH and Webb Way. Contributed photo

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MUSIC TOGETHER FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS

Early childhood music education specialist Cheryl Lev will bring her guitar and lots of fun musical props for everyone to enjoy.

“Music Together” is a national award-winning parent-child music and movement program.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Malibu Library. On Thursday, Dec. 14, from 11 to 11:30 a.m.

For children ages 0-3 and their caregivers.

AWARD SEASON FILM SCREENING WITH THE MALIBU FILM SOCIETY

See it before it opens in theaters!

“All Of Us Strangers” stars Andrew Scott (“Black Mirror,” “Sherlock,” “Fleabag”) as a screenwriter whose chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor eventually leads him to return to his childhood home, where he discovers his parents apparently living just as they were on the day they died 30 years before. Free wine reception when doors open at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 show at the Regency Agoura Hills Stadium 8, 29045 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Tickets & additional info are available at www.MalibuFilmSociety.org.

CHANUKAH PARTY AND LIGHTING AT POINT DUME VILLAGE

“Chanukah’s timeless relevance shines brightly today. In a world grappling with forces of darkness, akin to our ancestors, we find strength in unity,” said Rabbi Levi Cunin. “Like the

Maccabees, our victory lies in standing together and spreading the light of goodness to every corner of the earth. Now, more than ever, Chanukah teaches us the enduring power of unity against the forces of evil. This year it’s up to every single one of us to be the Maccabees of our times, be warriors of light. Let’s gather to light our menorahs, dance, and stand strong with one another.” Join Chabad of Malibu on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 3:30 p.m. for a Chanukah Party and Lighting at Point Dume Village Shopping Center.

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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT MALIBU CITY HALL Families can enjoy a tasty breakfast box, hot chocolate, and the chance to meet Santa Claus and his friends from the North Pole! The morning also includes an art activity, story time, and photo opportunities.

Reservations are highly recommended, limited walk-ups will be accepted. On Saturday, Dec. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Malibu City Hall Multipurpose Room. Cost is $10 per person.

Pre-register online at malibucity. org/register. Limited walk-up registrations are available.

EVENT INCLUDES: • Breakfast Box • Art Activities • Storytime with the Malibu Library • Photos with Santa

CAFFEINATED VERSE, OPEN MIC POETRY WITH SOPHIE KLAH

Join the Malibu Library for Caffeinated Verse. The event includes featured reader Sophie Klah, followed by an open mic format. On Saturday, Dec. 16, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Malibu Library. No RSVP is required.

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20TH ANNUAL WOODIE PARADE

The 20th Annual Malibu Christmas Woodie Parade will take place on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. at Aviator Nation Dreamland. See classic woodies all decorated for Christmas.

MALIBU LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL CLINIC

Join the Malibu Little League for a free baseball clinic with current and former major league players Ryan Braun, Derek Lee, and Mike Moustakas, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Malibu Bluffs Park.

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LVMCOG BOARD MEETING

Elected representatives from each member city, including Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, and Westlake Village, meet regularly on the third Tuesday of each month for the Las Virgenes-Malibu Council of Governments (COG) Governing Board Meeting. The next meeting is on Tuesday, Dec. 19, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Virtual meeting via Zoom. The agenda is available on the website at lvmcog.org.

SEASONAL CRAFT: GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Join Community Services staff members each month for a complimentary simple and fun art activity! This month’s activity is making a Gingerbread House. From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Malibu Senior Center.

Complimentary. RSVP is required.

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PARK TALES: ARCTIC ANIMALS

Park Tales is a fun and educational program for the entire family. Children and their caregivers will listen to stories, create an art activity, and enjoy a complimentary snack and special guests. Children need to be

Please remove the following items from trees prior to recycling: • Water containers • Metal stands • Ornaments • Tinsel • Lights For curbside recycling, cut the tree to fit in your green waste bin.

Remove all decorations, especially metal.

LOSS SUPPORT GROUP AT MALIBU CITY HALL

This support group is designed to offer connection, community, and hope to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Share your experiences with others who have experienced a similar loss.

Moderate by volunteer, Roxy DeCou. This complimentary program is on Dec. 20, Jan. 3, and 17; and on Feb. 7 and 21, on Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m.

STAMP WORKSHOP Want to add a personalized touch For more information, contact the Malibu Senior Center at to notecards, wrapping paper, 310.456. 2489 ext. 357, or at or paper? Carve your own selfie malibuseniorcenter@malibucity. stamp! Learn how to draw and org. transfer your image onto the block to create your own stamp with the Community Service Department on Friday, Jan. 26.

RELAXING THROUGH from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. No prior COLORING experience is required, just bring The art of coloring activates a photo of yourself on your phone different areas of the brain, and get ready to learn a new skill. using logic, forming colors, All materials will be provided. and creativity. Join this free, A paying adult must accompany unstructured program. Instructed children under 12. Instructed by

by Judy Merrick. Complimentary Fluidity by Mattie. The deadline program. Visit malibucity.org for to register is Friday, Jan. 19. dates and times.

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ART CREATION STATION

Come have fun, be creative, and express yourself by making your own original art at the Malibu Library from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Learn about famous artists and different art techniques to create your own masterpiece. All materials will be provided. For kids ages 5-12 with a parent or guardian.

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

Join the Malibu Library on Thursday, Dec. 28, from 4 to 6 p.m. to learn and play the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Beginners and experts FARMERS MARKET are welcome! For tweens and Shop for fresh fruits and veggies teens ages 12-17. prepared food, and more at the weekly Malibu Farmers Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tue Market at Legacy Park. jan

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SENIOR EXCURSION TO LACMA

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 152,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe!

Spend the afternoon exploring the museum and everything is has to offer. Participants have the option to enjoy lunch at The Counter Custom Burgers for an additional fee. The bus will pick up participants at Malibu Bluffs Park at 9:30 a.m. and will be dropped back off at Malibu Bluffs Park by 4:30 p.m. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes, bring a water bottle, and snacks.

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STRETCH AND STRENGTH

Participants will focus on increasing flexibility, balance, circulation, and muscle tone while learning to relax through breathing techniques. Bring yoga blocks and a mat. Instructed by Marsha Cooper. $5 per class.

Visit malibucity.org for dates and times.

KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS CAROLING AND CANDLEWELLNESS WORKSHOPS LIGHTING 60th anniversary of the Malibu creche display was maintained by the Keep Christ in Christmas Committee. Community caroling and candle-lighting events will be held at the site on PCH and Webb Way on Dec. 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 1 p.m.

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING

Free Christmas tree recycling is offered to the community starting Dec. 27 through Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 23575 Civic Center Way (Chili CookOff lot). Collected trees will be recycled into mulch.

Learn ways to help release tension and stress, balance energy in the body, and promote a sense of well-being. Leave each workshop with restored inner harmony and receive the healing benefits of community connection. Instructed by The Mindry, TheMindry.com. The first workshop is Yin Yoga and Group Meditation on Jan. 20, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. Ages 18 and over. Followed by a Restorative Soundback at 2:30 p.m. for ages 55 and over. The third workshop is Breathwork and Stress Management on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. for ages 12 through 17. Preregister at malibucity.org/register.

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putting happy smiles on the faces of millions, and I can testify because I am one of the people he has done that for.”

Van Dyke was accompanied by his family and Malibu residents.

Last month, the Malibu City Hall Art Gallery opened a photography exhibit by Laura Johansen with images of the performer and his family.

“The City Council of the City of Malibu declares Dec. 13, 2023, as Dick Van Dyke Day, in recognition for his amazing career, numerous contributions to the world of entertainment, and thank him for his dedication to the City of Malibu, Mr. Van Dyke thank you very, very much,” Uhring said.

Wednesday, Dec. 13, was also Van Dyke’s 98th birthday.

“If I would’ve known I was going to live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself,” Van Dyke joked. “I was born in 1925, back when gas was 14 cents a gallon and ice cream was a nickel.”

“I can’t thank you enough, it’s such a great honor,” he said. “I have been here 40 years, about 1948, when I first got married, my wife and I moved out here to a little two-room apartment on the beach; we couldn’t pay the rent — we got thrown out — so this is my revenge.”

The council took a moment to take a photo with Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene, in front of the council stage.

The meeting also honored former Planning Commissioner Jeff Jennings for his service and commitment with a city tile.

“Reluctantly, we let you out of the Planning Commission, but we didn’t let you out of town, so you’re still with us forever, as far as we’re concerned,” Councilmember Doug Stewart said. “Tonight, we are recognizing Jeff Jennings for all the time he volunteered and the exceptional service he has provided for the City of Malibu. Jeff Jennings has served continuously since 2008 when he was first appointed. Jeff has also previously served as a City Councilmember and a mayor, we thank him for his years of service and wish him a happy retirement, although I don’t think you’ll retire.”

Jennings told the council he appreciated the opportunity to serve his city.

“I have said in the past being one of five voices on making a decision is a privilege, and it’s a privilege I’ve appreciated experiencing; it hasn’t all been rough — I got to serve with some dedicated and hard working commissioners, including Mayor Uhring, and I got to know an entire generations of planning staff, so it has been a pleasure,” Jennings said.

“I do feel however, it’s time to have some younger people here on the Planning Commission and move forward. Thank you very much for this, I appreciate the honor.”

To read more about Jennings and his years of service, read Judy Abel’s article on the front page.

The council jumped down the agenda to address amendment Title 17 (Zoning) of the Malibu Municipal Code (MMC) and the Local Coastal Program and Regulations Related to Accessory Dwelling Units.

The council addressed the difference between an ADU and a Junior ADU size and shared similar concerns on safety and evacuations during a fire.

“I don’t support approving this because I think we have more questions then we do have answers,” Councilmember Bruce Silverstein said. “I don’t think we are in much better position today than we were five years ago, we understand the danger much more than how it was five years ago, and we’re doing what we can to make is safer, but I don’t think people understand how to get out of here better — in fact, I’m not sure there is a better way to get out of here better then there was five years ago — so I don’t buy that as a reason to disregard the safety issue.”

After discussions, Councilmember Paul Grisanti motioned to adopt Resolution No. 23-43 approving LCP Amendment (LCPA) No. 18002, and Councilmember Marianne

Members of the Malibu City Council gather for a photo with Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene at the City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 11, after Van Dyke received a proclamation. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT

Riggins seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-2.

City Attorney Trevor Rusin read the ordinance for the record. City staff said they would be working with the Coastal Commission and would address any modifications or recommendations. The city assumes they would return within a year with those recommendations. To watch the meeting, visit malibucity.org.

City Manager Steve McClary provided an update on upcoming meetings and agenda items and said the city will have a virtual PCH Taskforce meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13, with Caltrans and the city’s efforts in making PCH safe. The Malibu Times will have a full story on the meeting in our next print issue and online. To view more on PCH safety, traffic, and enforcement, visit https://www.malibucity. org/pchsafety.

McClary said they were unable to bring the long-term contract with California Highway Patrol to the City Council meeting but are looking forward to bringing a contract soon.

“We were hoping to have that ready for you this evening, to have that approved, but we are working through some issues with that, [but we’re] optimistic to bring a contract forward to get the taskforce going, just need to workout some details

with the CHP office and I think we can resolve fairly soon,” McClary said.

McClary said the city received an appeal for the Skatepark that was approved by the Planning Commission. The appeal will be addressed at a date to be determined.

For council updates, Silverstein raised his concerns about the construction on Corral Canyon Road, specifically the left turn. Caltrans has implemented a lane shift on PCH at Corral Canyon Road through spring 2024 for work to convert the culvert at PCH and Corral Canyon Road into a bridge.

Two lanes will remain open in each direction, except at night, when there will be intermittent lane closures, with one lane remaining open in each direction. The lane closures will begin in mid-December.

Public Works Director Rob DeBoux said Caltrans evaluated the location and said they would hopefully address the issue.

Sgt. Chris Soderlund provided the latest crime statistics and gave an update on traffic, safety, and enforcement. There was an increase in crimes for parked vehicles. Year to date, there were 421 part one crimes compared to 461, which is a 7.8 percent decrease the same time last year.

Soderlund mentioned the recent theft that occurred at Sephora on

Cross Creek and said they were part of a Romanian theft group and stole over $3,600 worth of cosmetics. The store employee said they reviewed the security cameras and noticed two suspects placing items inside their skirts and leaving without paying. Soderlund said there was a warrant out for their arrest.

Soderlund added there was a mountain lion sighting behind Malibu Seafood and warned residents to be aware.

Soderlund said they did a ridealong on PCH with Caltrans to see the areas that are most dangerous.

Soderlund rode through the Corral Canyon construction and said, “Well it’s not on the plan, so we need to look at it.”

Soderlund said he hired two additional deputy patrols who issued 32 citations since the last meeting.

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Malibu Mayor Steve Uhring presents Dick Van Dyke with the proclamation at the Malibu City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 11.

meeting, Silverstein received minimal support to bring back the local emergency addressing PCH safety.

He brought back the proposal and hoped the council would support it.

“We need to have a meeting to consider further actions because the actions that we’re taking are insufficient,” Silverstein said.

Councilmembers said they wanted to hold until the PCH Taskforce meeting on Dec. 13, to make any decisions.

Uhring reminded the council and the speakers that the fatal incident Oct. 17 that killed four Pepperdine students occurred 55 days ago.

“Anything and everything we can do, and that includes sitting down and discussing what we can do on our own, is something we should be focusing on because that is our job,” Uhring said.

After a break, the council ap-

proved the Code Amendment to Extend Deadlines for Nonconforming In-kind Disaster Rebuild Project.

McClary presented an update of the strategic plan project, workplan, and recruitment within the city. McClary said they are looking into a compensation study as part of the evaluation.

The council was unable to address item 6C, the Road Race Agreement, due to the meeting’s time exceeding 11:30 p.m. With 18 speaker slips, the council moved the item to the next meeting. The item will be the first item addressed in the next meeting.

The next Malibu City Council meeting is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2024. The Malibu Farmers Market will be on the agenda. The meeting was adjourned in memory of noted Malibu architect Carl Volante.

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Pescador on Dec. 6,” Sgt. Sean Maloney told The Malibu Times on Dec. 9. “No occupants of that boat were located. U.S. Border Patrol is investigating the incident.”

Captain Marco Rodriguez, public information officer for LA County Lifeguards, provided more details.

“On Dec. 6, a homeowner contacted us and when we responded there were no signs of anyone near the panga boat at El Pescador and no one was in the water,” he said.

Rodriguez discussed a second incident less than a week before.

“On Dec. 1, at approximately 6 a.m, we responded to a call and found two boats near El Pescador Beach,” he said. “One was capsized in the water and one was on the beach. A debris field was located near the first one and, utilizing our marine technical search team with a sonar, we determined that there were no humans in the water.”

On Dec. 1, nearby concerned homeowners observed police swarming El Pescador Beach’s parking lot and a helicopter hovering overhead. Authorities closed Pacific Coast Highway in both directions for a time. ​“A boat full of people sank or was sunk off Latigo Shores Drive this morning,” Richard Ciotti, a Western Malibu resident, posted on Nextdoor on Dec. 1. “The boat is sitting just off the coast in about 15 feet of water and there is a lot of debris floating around and on the beach, including more than a dozen life jackets, half a

In this online screenshoot on the X social media platform, a panga boat full of suspected illegal immigrants lands on a beach near a Malibu home last week. Screenshot from Bill Melugin/X

dozen 5-gallon water bottles and canned food. A lifeguard was just overheard saying there was a large hole in the starboard hull of the boat. The boat could have been scuttled to hide it.”

A video obtained by The Malibu Times and other local media shows a panga boat full of suspected illegal immigrants landing on the beach on the morning of Dec. 1. Throwing off their life jackets, the individuals quickly left the beach. ​ “The boat arrived as the tide was going out — about an hour before the lowest tide point — with a high tide coming in (8.1 feet) and peaking at 8:54 a.m., according to the tide charts,” Malibuite Mari Stanley noted.

“The panga arrived after 1 a.m. with plenty of time for the incoming tide to toss it around and swamp it. It might not have been scuttled intentionally, but the disregard shown is enough to blame humans for the incident that required multiple agencies to respond. ​“ Those who are responsible for the panga should be facing federal charges for spilling gas and oil intentionally left in a tidal zone where the water is supposed to be pristine,” Stanley said. ​ It is unclear whether the occupants — which some observers posting on social media numbered at approximately 22 people — were involved in human or drug smuggling or were entering

the country illegally for other purposes. To date, none have been apprehended.

The panga boats landing near and on El Pescador Beach are not the only recent incidents in Malibu. Officials inform that a third incident involved human smuggling.​ ​“ We responded to a call at 7:55 a.m. on Nov. 29, and found a sunken panga boat with life vests and water drums,” Maloney said. “LA County Lifeguards also responded.”

On Nov. 29, residents’ surveillance cameras along the Malibu coast revealed a panga boat full of suspected illegal immigrants landing on a beach. Again, to date, none have been apprehended and

authorities are investigating. ​ The Malibu Times reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard concerning such events, only to find out there was yet another incident, which officials stated involved human smuggling.

“On 29 Nov. 23, USCG Sector Los Angeles — Long Beach was notified by local law enforcement agencies of a submerged panga in Malibu. It was assessed to be a maritime human smuggling event involving 24 getaways based on the number of life vests,” A USCG press release issued by Coast Guard District 11 stated.

USCG Public Information Officer Jake David provided Malibu Times with a press release dated Nov. 21, titled “Coast Guard and

State Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, State Sen. Ben Allen, LA County Supervisor Lindsey HorWatch video of the meeting at you- vath, and Malibu-Lost Hills Shertube.com/watch?v=jn8C9npxBFc. iff ’s Station Capt. Jennifer Seetoo

participated and pledged to bring together their support to find solutions to improve safety conditions on PCH in Malibu. The PCH Taskforce is a coalition of law enforce-

ment, traffic engineers, Caltrans, and local and state elected officials that work to find solutions to make PCH safer for all users. All of the parties gave updates on their efforts, including lowering speed limits, increasing traffic enforcement, getting speed cameras, increasing funding, and various traffic safety and engineering projects. For more information about the city’s efforts to address PCH safety, visit the PCH Safety webpage at malibucity.org/ pchsafety.

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CBP interdict human smuggling vessel off Malibu Coast” concerning another such event, stating, “Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations personnel interdicted a vessel suspected of human smuggling off the coast of Malibu. While on a routine patrol, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin detected a 41-foot pleasure craft operating 16 miles off the coast of Malibu at 4:16 p.m.”

Personnel at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles, Long Beach diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, launched a small boat, and requested surface and air assets from CBP whose Office of Field Operations Special Enforcement Group started to investigate, according to the statement.

“The law enforcement teams arrived on the scene and detained 23 undocumented non-citizens attempting to enter the country illegally,” said Cmdr. Keith Robinson, Chief of Law Enforcement at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles, Long Beach. “Air and Marine Operations seized and towed the vessel, and transported the vessel and people onboard to shore for further processing by Special Enforcement Group officers.

“These vessels are inherently dangerous, and our extensive partnerships with CBP and AMO are essential to keeping boaters safe and enforcing the nation’s customs and immigration laws.”

The Malibu Times will keep readers informed of any further panga boats on or near Malibu and of any interdictions of human smugglers off of Malibu’s coast. lighting and poles, upgrading a flashing beacon warning system, and installing a speed feedback device to alert motorists of their speed.

Businesses and residents will have access during construction operations, and all businesses may keep their regular open hours. Signs will be posted. Proceed with caution and watch for vehicles and workers in the road. Traffic citation fines are doubled in construction zones under California law..

All of the city staff participated in several rounds of training on operating the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) this week as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to be prepared to respond to wildfires, earthquakes, and other disasters.

City staff goes through the EOC trainings every year. The EOC is the central hub where the city coordi- Construction began City Hall to be closed nates with the LA County Fire and on Traffic Signal Sheriff ’s Departments and other Dec. 22 to Jan. 1, partner agencies on the planning, re- Synchronization with limited services sponse and communications to the Project to improve public during a disaster. The Malibu available CERT Team also participated, and safety and mobility With the holiday season upon us, has a key role in the EOC and the City Hall announces offices will be city’s response in the community. .

Construction started on the City closed for a family-friendly winter of Malibu’s PCH Traffic Signal closure from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. Planning Synchronization Project, the city’s most significant measure to date to consultations and improve traffic safety and mobility While the city offices will be on PCH, among the most importclosed, they understand the impor- rebuild resources ant quality of life issues in Malibu. tance of providing essential services available to our residents. Therefore, limited The project will take more than one city services will be available during The Fire Rebuild team is avail- year to complete. Communications this time to ensure that any urgent able Monday through Friday at City lines will be installed between trafmatters are addressed promptly.

Hall for complimentary one-on-one fic signals on PCH from Topanga consultations about any fire rebuild Canyon Boulevard to John Tyler • Limited services: While some project. Contact Aakash Shah at Drive to synchronize them to excity services will be available, ashah@malibucity.org to set an ap- isting traffic conditions, and they such as the Malibu Building pointment for a meeting by phone will be controlled by the Caltrans Safety and Planning Online or online. For ideas about how to Traffic Management Center.

Submittal Portal and Building get started with your project, as well Safety and Code Enforcement as numerous handouts, forms, and According to Caltrans, during Inspections, and there will be a resources, visit the Rebuild webpage the past 10 years, there have been reduction in staffing levels, and at malibucity.org/901/Malibu-Re- more than 4,000 collisions on PCH our response times may be lon- builds.. in Malibu. Speeding and improper ger than usual. We kindly ask for turns are the most common conyour patience and understand- Traffic signal tributing factors to collisions, both of which will be directly addressed ing. improvement work • Emergency services: Emergency by the Signal Synchronization Projservices, including Los Ange- to begin at PCH and ect. The system can also be used to les County Fire and Sherriff ’s help emergency evacuations move Las Flores; expect Departments, will operate as quickly and safely. The $34.6 milusual to ensure the safety and intermittent lane lion project is fully funded through well-being of our community.

County Measure R transportation Public Safety monitoring and closures funds. alerts will continue.

The city’s parcel on Civic Center • City programs and events: LimCaltrans will have intermittent ited programs will be available at lane closures for a project to im- Way and Webb Way will be used the Michael Landon Communi- prove a left-turn lane and traffic for storage of construction vehicles ty Center. Visit the Community signal on southbound PCH at Las and materials, employee parking, Services Department webpage Flores Canyon Road to enhance and a temporary construction offor more information at mali- safety and traffic flow starting fice, which will make the project bucity.org.

Sept. 25. The work is expected to be more efficient and reduce vehicle completed by this winter, weekdays, traffic on PCH and Malibu Canwith occasional work on Saturdays, yon. Per the city’s requests, the confrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work will tractor will install screening and has City Hall staff include installing a protected left- committed to keeping the location undergo Emergency turn lane on southbound PCH, clean. For more information, visit upgrading traffic signal hardware, malibucity.org.

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the history of the world and how our world has, again and again, faced a force of darkness and the only way we have been able to overcome it is by igniting the light within ourselves and having it shine brighter, blinding those that have been filled with hate,” Cunin said. “Thank you all for coming, our prayers are with our brothers and sisters in our land of Israel. We’re blessed to be in a community where that light and that love is alive.”

Cunin welcomed the first guest of the night, Jenner.

“I’m excited to introduce to you a member of our community, a light in our community, a light of many ways, Brandon Jenner,” Cunin said.

Mayor Steve Uhring shared a few words about hope, unity, and resilience.

“I would like to thank Rabbi Cunin for this opportunity, I am honored to be able to join you today to celebrate this festival of lights. Like you, I am devastated by the conflicts that are taking place in the Middle East, attending this ceremony provides me with some hope.” Uhring continued, “Today more than ever we need another miracle to give us the wisdom we need to learn how to live together, in peace.

These candles are light in hope that their flames will symbolize an enduring spirit of hope, unity, and resilience, and may this event usher in a season of joy, miracles, and joy blessings — wishing you

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setting” and also that “Malibu will maintain its rural character by establishing programs and policies that avoid suburbanization and commercialization of its natural and cultural resources.”

“The mission statement is in the preamble of the General Plan.

Before I got on the City Council I was on the General Plan Taskforce that basically wrote all that,” Jennings said. “The problem comes in that the General Plan including the Mission Statement sets forth generally goals to be followed. It’s the job of the City Council to enact ordinances, legislation that carries out those goals.

“By the time it gets to the Planning Commission, our job is not to interpret things philosophically. Our job is to say, ‘does this project meet the requirements set forth in the ordinances?’ That’s where a lot of the debate comes from. When you get right down to it, the law is real clear. You apply the ordinances as they have been written, not the general scope or feeling of the way the General Plan was put together.”

He continued, “The law that requires cities to have a general plan also requires that they be updated periodically. You look at the General Plan and it describes, based in some neighborhoods,

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all a very Happy Chanukah.”

Cunin thanked D’Amore for sharing and advocating on social media, speaking about the harassment and bullying the Jewish community has experienced within the last few months.

“In times of darkness, I have never witnessed a group of people be so light, be so kind, come together and just show so much love,” D’Amore said. “From the moment I spoke out, on behalf of the Jewish community and against anti-semitism, I was inundated by both love and hate, but from the Jewish community, I have to say I have never felt so much love; just emotion and passion and just heart and I just want to tell you all that I feel, I hear you, I love you all, and I’m just so happy and proud to be a part of such a beautiful community.”

Shira Cunin, daughter of Rabbi Cunin, thanked D’Amore for her support in advocating for the youth in the Jewish community.

“We are so grateful to have you,” Cunin said. “May you continue to shine your light.”

Rabbi Cunin sent a message to the Malibu community prior to the celebration: “ Whether you are of the Jewish faith or not, the story of Chanukah is one with profound lessons for all humanity, and has more significance today than ever.

Here we will explore just one of those lessons.

Chanukah is observed by kindling candles for eight consecutive nights. When we

light the candles we are reminded that we are like candles. The force of life within each of us provides us with our inner flame. The choices we make in life guide how much light our candles illuminate into the world. How do we make our candles shine brightly?

First we must recognize how our own personal candles manifest. For one person, the candle may shine forth as art, or it may be music, for some it is the ability to accumulate wealth, and for others it is pure knowledge.

Whatever G-d-given gift we have can be seen as our personal candle and each of us are called upon to shine forth our unique light.

Just as the candle must make herself available to the flame in order to shine forth, similarly when we use our own personal gift to spread light, true peace, love and joy to others, we embark on the journey of the candle.

This candle journey reveals to us that just as one single candle is capable of lighting countless others, when we allow our own candle to shine forth we become a beacon of light for others.

The darkness is palpable. The tyranny has reached new lows.

Yet, we cannot fight darkness by force, only when we each commit to our role as a shining candle can we illuminate and transform the darkness in our corner of the world. This year especially, with the darkness and turmoil of the world, we are called upon, to shine our lights, and kindle the lights around us. May this Chanukah bring the ultimate light of peace to this world as we celebrate all

things that don’t exist anymore.

Point Dume is a much different place now than it was when the General Plan was written. It might be time to have a new General Plan committee.”

Jennings expanded his comments in an email about the role of the Planning Commission “being simply to weigh a project against the standards established by the City Council in the zoning ordinances. My primary focus during my years on the PC was to try to make the process of building as predictable and consistent as reasonably possible. Architects should be able to know with a reasonable degree of certainty whether a particular proposal does or does not comply with the city’s standards. Members of the city’s Planning Department should be able to advise applicants based on the rules and on consistent interpretation of those rules. By the time a project reaches the PC, applicant(s) have already spent tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars and had the project examined and approved by every department in the city. That’s not to say there can’t be differences of opinion and city planning staff can make mistakes, but I resisted the idea that planning commissioners were free to bring in new subjective criteria or to change long-standing interpretations.”

Jennings himself is undergoing

the long process of rebuilding his home that burned in the Woolsey Fire.

The public servant moved to Malibu in the 1970s so he could keep and ride horses and still be close enough to work in Los Angeles.

“It was a much different place,” he said. “Up in the hills it was a much more middle class

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together.”

Chabad of Malibu will be hosting public menorah lightings through Chanukah.

The menorahs are on displayed

around Malibu, including Trancas Country Market, The Park at Cross Creek, Sterling Farm, and the Malibu Pier. Take a photo, and tag @chabadofmalibu and

spread the light of Chanukah.

Chabad of Malibu will hold a Chanukah Party & Lighting at Point Dume Village Shopping Center on Dec. 14 at 3:30 p.m.

community. There were lots of vacant lots. Over the years the area has become much more valuable economically. That has a lot of consequences. It’s expensive to build a house out here.”

The former litigator, who now practices estate planning law/wills and trusts in Malibu, got started volunteering in the late ’80s with the creation of Malibu High

School. He hadn’t been involved in local politics, but married, had kids, and his wife said, “There’s this meeting you need to go to.”

The next thing he knew, he was on a committee and lobbied the school board to create MHS. That led to his run for City Council at the urging of other residents.

“It’s really something that’s available to anybody who has the

inclination and the time,” Jennings said about public service. “When you think about it, there aren’t that many people involved in city government in terms of the percentage of the population. Just about anybody with the interest can get involved and serve as I did. It’s a rare privilege really. I was happy to do it. I encourage people to participate.”

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REAL ESTATE Malibu bids adieu to Walt Keller, the town’s first mayor Lauded as the patriarch of the city, attendees at his memorial service celebrated his life and passion for preserving the rural character of Malibu

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

Walt Keller was unrelenting in his tenacious advocacy for preserving Malibu’s unique rural nature and incorporating Malibu despite opposition from LA County.

Throughout his more than six decades living in Malibu, Keller was motivated by his deep respect for this special town that is imbued with the beauty of a treasured ecosystem and is blessed with gorgeous beaches and unparalleled mountains. Those were the central theses of the many honorific testimonials shared at a well-attended memorial celebrating and honoring the lengthy, happy, and successful life of Keller, Malibu’s first mayor, founder of the Malibu Township Council, and champion of all things Malibu.

Friends, family, community leaders, and adoring fans gathered at the Malibu United Methodist Church on Dec. 9 to celebrate Keller’s life and to honor his tremendous contributions to Malibu.

Rev. Sandy Liddell and Rev. Erin Stenberg officiated.

“Our city and community — and Lucille and his family — were Walt’s life,” Graeme Clifford said. “He did more than anyone to keep the city rural — the city’s vision statement was the creed Walt lived by.”

John Mazza noted that when he moved

thanked The Malibu Navy League for hosting the Toys for Tots event in Malibu for 14 years.

“This has truly become a Christmas tradition here in Malibu, we thank you very much for that,” Uhring said. “Happy Holidays everyone, enjoy yourselves, John [Payne] thank you very much.”

The Navy League is a nonprofit civilian organization founded in 1902 dedicated to educating the American public, particularly elected officials, about the importance of the nation’s sea services — the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.Sflag Merchant Marines and supporting the men and women of the sea services and their families. The Navy League has approximately 46,000 members in more than 250 chapters around the world.

Payne said the event was well represented by the community, including the City Council members.

“It’s fantastic to be here in Malibu, the mayor had a few

not compatible with beach traffic.”

They succeeded, Pollon noted, in large part due to Keller’s tenacity. In 1981, a truck ban was enacted prohibiting large trucks from traveling on PCH between McClure Tunnel and County Line, with limited exceptions for deliveries. “That ban remains in effect 42 years later,” Pollon noted.

Applauding Keller’s indefatigable efforts to preserve Malibu, Mayor Steve Uhring noted, “History is made by people who have the wisdom and the courage to look a challenge in the eye and do something about it. It is most fitting that Walt Keller’s favorite song was ‘This Land is Your Land,’ because he believed that this land — Malibu — was made for you and me.”

Malibu native Suzanne Guldimann, a local author, journalist, and environmental

advocate, shared her memories of Keller.

“I’ve known Walt and Lucille all my life,” Guldimann said. “The good that Walt did will go on as his tireless work to preserve nature is why we are surrounded by a national park.”

Leigh McCloskey, a Malibu native, shared, “With Lucille and Walt, Malibu was viewed with a sense of honor — if you love something, you protect it, and they were guiding stars protecting the spirit of this place — they knew that land and nature have no voice. We are their voice, and the Kellers acted as community elders.”

The service ended with a wonderful slide show depicting images of Keller from birth to youth, to when he married Lucille, to his championing Malibu in many contexts, to his later years. As Joellen McNaughton sang a beautiful rendition of “Somewhere

positive words to say, and I think everyone had a great time,” Payne said. “It’s the start of the Christmas season, so we’re thankful that we’re part of it on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day.” Payne and Uhring complimented the cadets, including the youngest cadet, Henry Steiner, 17.

“The cadets are professionals; they’re young and well-trained, and I think they did fantastic,” Payne said.

Uhring attended the Chanukah event at the Malibu Pier, then joined the Navy League at the First Bank Malibu later in the evening.

“Malibu’s a great town; look at the holiday celebrations that we’re getting; whether you’re Jewish, whether you’re Christian, there’s always something going on where people are trying to take care of other people, and that’s what Malibu is all about,” Payne said.

The US Marines picked up the toys on Monday morning to distribute to children on Christmas Day. First Bank will be accepting more Toys for Tots toys until Dec. 16. New unwrapped toys only.

First Bank Malibu saw an outpouring of gifts at it Toys for Tots event last week. Photos by Samantha Bravo and Devon Meyers/TMT

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to Malibu 52 years ago, everybody had license plates that said, “Malibu — A way of life.”

“It was that message that Walt embodied — the fact that we had a special place,” Mazza said. “Walt and Lucille enjoyed nature all the time and they were avid hikers. They kept that essential point of view alive.”

Keller spearheaded many efforts fighting against overdevelopment. Harriet Pollon recounted that the Malibu Township Council was established in the Kellers’ living room, and soon Walt, Lucille, and township council members were perennially battling to keep Malibu’s rural character.

“We had to get traffic studies to make our case concerning why the big rigs shouldn’t travel along PCH,” Pollon said. “We had to establish that the large, 4-axle trucks were

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Lucille Keller stands besides a photograph of Walt at the Celebration of Life on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Malibu United Methodist Church. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT

Over the Rainbow,” images of a smiling Keller, exuberantly waving in a parade celebrating the incorporation of Malibu, traveling abroad, hiking with Lucille, enjoying his children and grandchildren, running on the beach — a smiling Keller living every moment of his long, honorable life, savoring in nature’s beauty and assiduously pioneering efforts to preserve it. ​Keller was born in New Jersey on July 4, 1930. His was a humble beginning, and it was only at the behest of an uncle who insisted that Yale was the place for Keller to attend that he attended that university, graduating with a degree in engineering.

He started working at Douglas Aircraft, but his early career was put on hold while he spent two years in the Army, where he met Lucille. ​Keller retired from Northrop Grumman, where he served for decades as an aerospace engineer. After helping to lead the effort seeking cityhood for Malibu, hebecame the city’s first mayor because he was the top vote-getter for the city council incorporation election in June 1990. ​Keller lost a re-election bid for City Council in 1994, but returned to the office in 1996. He was defeated again in 2000, only to emerge victorious in 2004. He helped to found the Malibu Committee for Incorporation, and served as its president, and remained active in the Malibu Township Council until the COVID pandemic.

The City of Malibu is in the process of naming Charmlee Nature Center in honor of Walt and Lucille Keller.

Keller, 93, passed away on Oct. 13 after a long illness at his West Malibu home where he and his wife of 67 years, Lucille, lived for 62 years. He is also survived by his children Tim and Karen, granddaughters Jennifer and Hillary, and great-granddaughter MacKenzie.

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City of Malibu hosts second annual Santa Paws event at Malibu Bluffs Park

The event continues to offer joy to all families and furry friends in Malibu

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

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espite being a little windy, the furry friends of Malibu stood patiently in line, wearing their best Christmas sweaters, to take their holiday photos with the one and only Santa Claus at Malibu Bluffs Park.

Last year, the first annual Santa Paws event was held indoors due to the rain. This year, the doggy party was held outdoors with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop.

After signing in, participants were given a free treat bag for their pets before taking a photo with Santa.

The event was about halfway through when Recreation Assistant Alexandra Elizondo said the event had already been well-attended.

“This is the second year that we have done Santa Paws,” Elizondo said. “It’s a great event for people who have dogs to come out to the park, learn about the other programs and other parks that we have, like Trancas Canyon Park.

We got a lot of dogs in sweaters and some dressed as Santa Claus.”

The event also featured tables from Just Food for Dogs, a local food store for pets and representatives from the Simon Foundation.

Santa Claus poses with some furry friends and their owners during the Santa Paws event at Malibu Bluffs Park even The Malibu Times content Editor Samantha Bravo (above right) and her sister Stephanie Bravo joined in on the fun.

Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

The Simon Foundation offers a number of professional services, including training, grooming, and boarding. All of the proceeds from these services go directly to the rescue of dogs and cats who would otherwise be abandoned, neglected, abused, or euthanized. The

Malibu Times recently featured the Simon Foundation as well.

The City of Malibu’s winter 2023-2024 Recreation programs recently opened on Dec. 4 and feature the city’s many programs, parks, and city departments and services information.

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The city’s winter programs are offered from December through February, including afterschool programs, outdoor recreation, Parent and Me Programs, senior programs, youth water polo, and more.

The next holiday event is

Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Malibu City Hall Multipurpose Room. Families can enjoy a tasty breakfast box, hot chocolate, and the chance to meet Santa Claus and his friends from the North Pole! The morning also includes

an art activity, story time, and photo opportunities. Reservations are highly recommended, and limited walk-ups will be accepted. Cost is $10 per person.

Pre-register online at malibucity.org/register. Limited walk-up registrations are available.

Malibu’s burgeoning polo player: Wyatt Goldberg has the lightning Athletically and academically gifted 14-yearold MHS freshman excels on polo and soccer fields

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

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It was great so see one of our contestants Maggie May, Who received ‘Most Creative Editorial’ in our Dog of Summer contest. Photo by Samantha Bravo To submit your community spotlight, send a high resolution (300 dpi) jpeg photo by email to editorial@malibutimes. com, along with a caption up to 85 words

rom the time his dad tenderly put him on a horse when he was only 6 months old, Malibu’s Wyatt Goldberg, 14, has loved the gorgeous animals — and he loves to play polo as well.

“We named him Wyatt Lightning Goldberg,” his father Brian Goldberg said, noting that he had no idea how prescient and apt the appellation would become.

“My wife, Ingrid, Wyatt’s mom, gave me polo lessons as a birthday gift and Wyatt and I took lessons, and he’s just soared from there,” he said.

Wyatt remembers starting to play polo when he was just a wee wane.

“I attended camps and took lessons at Rancho Sea Air with Gina McCloskey, starting when I was 4 years old — I learned a lot there.” He said.

McCloskey, Brian Goldberg notes, grew up in Malibu herself and once trained Ronald Reagan.

Throughout his years attending Malibu public schools — Wyatt went to Webster Elementary and Malibu Mid-

Fourteen-year-old Wyatt Goldberg has been playing polo since he was 4. Photos Courtesy of Brian Goldberg

dle School — he continued to learn and prosper in the polo world. He’s developed into one of those young athletes who is confident, but cool; talented, yet humble, according to all who coach him.

“Wyatt is a fantastic horseman and he’s one of those kids who is a dream to coach because he listens so well and implements what he’s learning methodically,” said Ardeshir Radepour, former USC polo coach, who has coached Wy-

att in interscholastic polo competitions beginning when he was only 9 years old. “The kid is sweet, well-mannered, courteous, and there’s no phoniness with Wyatt. He’s absolutely one of the most beautiful human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure to coach and be friends with.”

Other coaches throughout Wyatt’s polo career wholeheartedly agree.

“Wyatt is a great kid! He is a very good

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A Malibu Christmas: Part One MALIBU SEEN

By Benjamin Marcus, Entertainment Editor

We have gift ideas ranging in price from $12 to $34.9 million

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hristmas is coming, it’s Vince Guaraldi you’re humming, your Christmas list is appalling, so lengthy you are bumming. We know what you’re thinking: What to get for the Malibu citizen who has everything?

A burglar alarm? Armed guards? It’s tough, but here are some Malibucentric gift ideas for the Malibu eccentric who has it all.

lisahiltonmusic.com/my-story. Collaborating with a Murderer’s Row of jazz artists, she has released 29 albums and seven compilations going back to 1997.

Her latest, “Coincidental Moment,” is nine original tunes and two covers recorded with trumpeter Igmar Thomas, bassist Luques Curtis, and drummer Rudy Royston. Go to YouTube and give a listen to the sambic/sambaish “Jagged ‘Lil Blues” and the soothing and grooving, Miles Davis/Vince Guaraldi alchemy of “Everyday Anthem” on YouTube.

And speaking of Miles Davis, one of the covers is “Blue in Green.” Lisa’s got chops and she’ll be live at Pepperdine on March 6 (hopefully she’ll play “All Blues”). But if you can’t wait, here’s how to get yours now: Available on Amazon for $14.99. Arrives next day!

LISA HILTON QUARTET ‘COINCIDENTAL MOMENT’ — $14.99 Vince Guaraldi is a Christmas treat, but there are other artists who catch that groove. Jazz up your Christmas — and life — with the jazz stylings of Lisa Hilton. The Point Dume resident has shown talent since she was 5 — like Mozart — and her path to a musical career has had many twists and turns, which you can read all about at www.

THE NEW CASTLE — $34.9 million Marked down from $85 million, Scott Gillen’s New Castle replaced the Castle Kashan. Built in 1978 by Dr. Thomas Hodges, the 23-room Scottish-ish castle sold for around $3 million in 1998

($5,569,874.30 in 2023 dollars) to Lily Lawrence and overwatched Malibu until it all went up in smoke and ash during the Canyon Fire of 2007.

A quirky Malibu landmark was gone baby gone, and some weren’t sad to see it go. Scott Gillen was one of those: “It was disgusting,” Gillen was quoted on Forbes.com. “It was a papier-mâché castle.” Gillen bought the property for $9.7 million ($12,181,393.66 in 2023 dollars) in 2015 and invested a great deal of time and money into building a post-modern, lily white “New Castle.” In 2017, Natalie Hoberman writing for therealdeal.com, wrote “The 15,200-square-foot mansion at 23800 Malibu Crest Drive first hit the market for $60 million in 2015, when it was not yet constructed. It was relisted in January 2016 for $75 million, and then, in March, it listed for $80 million.” After Johnny Carson’s former cliff-edged redoubt listed for $81.5 million in 2017, Gillen offered the New Castle for a record-shattering King’s Ransom of $85 million, offering a million-dollar wine and cigar room, a Tesla charger, butterfly sanctuary (?!), five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a media room, a game room, a motor court with a valet stand, and a 75-foot-long infinity pool. The guest house is 4,200 square feet, FFS! Some Malibu residents weren’t too keen on the New Castle either: “What’s with the boooooxxx?!?!?!?” one Brad Pitt-ish Malibu resident screeched. Others said New Castle “lacks context” and “has no relationship to the site at which it sits” and “looks like an office building” or “looks like a hospital” or “looks like the HRL mini-me” and wish the Scottish Castle would rise from the ashes. But

that was then and this is now. The New Castle is still up there but the price has come down. As unprepossessing as the New Castle as seen from below — it’s better at night — the view from on high looking down from the 31-foot sofa in the 120-foot great room — or from the 75-foot infinity edge pool — is the shiznit. The price now for a house that puts the “spec” in “spectacular” is $34.9 million according to Zillow. What are you waiting for? Write a check, wrap a big red bow around that sucker and give it to the one(s) you love.

ALONG THE MALIBU: THE ART OF PAUL DUBOSCLARD (2023) — $25 John Brewer found the art of Frenchman Paul Dubosclard (1892-1974) to his liking. He did some digging and ended up writing the first book on the artist who was a prisoner during World War I, an aircraft engineer vital to the

WWII effort, had wives and mistresses, and also produced postcard art that showed a love of Malibu, Topanga, and environs. Dubosclard gets it, and his story is as beguiling as his artwork. Get yours at Malibu Newsstand, or topangahistoricalsociety.org NATE’S CHOICE — PRINT! PAPER! — $4 TO $40 There’s more to Malibu Newsstand than Financial Times, AD and back issues of The Atlantic and Playboy. After 30 years of serving Malibu, owner Nate Knows Malibu and has these suggestions for Malibucentric Christmas gifts: “With the holiday season upon us, you can almost feel the excitement of someone (over 30) opening their old-timey media gift. Print! On paper!

Yes! We have some helpful suggestions for those who enjoy the printed word.

Biographies/tell alls are so HOT right now, from Babs to Britney and a lot in between: Elon Musk, Prince Harry, Pamela Anderson and local football player Steve Wright. We have books about Malibu, which are always in season (even one by local bon vivant, raconteur Ben Marcus). Tide calendars to prevent you and yours from being swept out to sea. Magazines for most proclivities and interests. For that impossible to please uncle, or friendly, sentient robot there is always the festive and distinguished gift of notarization, which we are happy to provide at a nominal fee.” Malibu Newsstand and Notary, 23717 ½ Malibu Road.

(310) 456-1519.

Part two coming next week!

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few months back, I submitted a column about how I intended to keep my ultimate demise a secret, thereby allowing my publisher to continue printing posthumously all those columns, which are currently languishing somewhere in the depths of my computer.

My friend and loyal reader, Dr. David Pepper, in no way affiliated with the soft drink Dr. Pepper, wrote me an email that I wish to share with you.

David raises a very good question, namely, if I keep my death a secret, then how will people know when I still remain among the living. You might say this is literally an existential question. A scientist by both profession and inclination, Dr. Pepper wrote me in the hope that he might discover my current status: “Dear Burt, In addition to his exploits on the polo and soccer fields, Malibu’s Wyatt Goldberg also likes to hit the waves and is an avid fisherI just read your Malibu Times column with great concern. I am concerned man. Photos courtesy Brian Goldberg if you are, in fact, still alive. Please respond to this email if you are still roaming the hills of Malibu —- above ground.

However, just to verify that your response is not automatically generated by some sophisticated AI computer algorithm, please answer the following three security questions: 1. What fruit did you kindly deliver to us in a shopping bag shortly after we got to know you? a. Apples b. Avocados c. Tomatoes d. None of the above 2. One time, we visited you and Joan, without advance notice. How were we dressed? a. As clergymen b. As tennis players, c. As Malibu Times reporters d. As special process servers to deliver a summons

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polo player and he has an uncanny ability to ride any horse calmly — when we play polo, for two of the chukkers you play you’re 3. What breed of dog do we own? on horses you’ve never played before and Wyatt can pretty much a. A Shih Tzu get on any horse and accomplish b. A Papillon a lot in the game, which is hard c. A stuffed dog to do.” Claudia Uretz, coach of d. The Peppers do not own a dog the Santa Barbara Polo Club Interscholastic team, said. “He Regards, also has a wonderful ability to David and Denise (both living).” stay calm — he’s a quiet person and can also keep a horse calm, Unfortunately, I think I answered question #2 incorrectly, and so my which is important. I really enjoy friends, the Peppers, still won’t know whether I exist. coaching Wyatt as he listens and

applies whatever he’s told.”

Although polo defines Wyatt’s field of dreams, the MHS soccer field is another place where he demonstrates both athletic and intellectual prowess.

“I’ve had the pleasure of coaching Wyatt for three years,” MHS boys soccer coach Liam Anderson said. “His raw athleticism, coachability, and impressive dedication to practice and personal development set him apart. Wyatt’s leadership qualities shine as the captain of our JV boys soccer team.” “ Wyatt leads by example, fostering a competitive envi-

ronment that motivates his teammates to excel,” Anderson continued. “In his first year, Wyatt contributed to an undefeated season in the AYSO Extra program, followed by two successful seasons in the AYSO United Club program. His commitment and achievements make him a standout player.”

With regard to Wyatt’s academic abilities, Brian proudly notes that Wyatt has been a straight-A student since he was young.

“Math is cool and I like art as well,” Wyatt said. “I’m in all the honors classes that I can take and I enjoy honors biology.”

During the time he spends away from athletics and academics, Wyatt thoroughly enjoys fishing. He and his family belong to a boat club and fish around Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands. His greatest catch? Perhaps the yellowfin tuna he caught in Cabo.

“That’s because we made super good poke!” Wyatt said.

Wyatt’s blessed future, both with regard to academics and polo — and hopefully even fishing — can be summed up in one phrase defining his potential, stated by Jeff Scheraga, director of the Santa Barbara Polo Academy: “The sky’s the limit.”

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COMMUNITY Malibu High School Mock Trial Team makes the quarterfinals MHS advances along with seven other high schools to the state championship in March 2024

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Special To The Malibu Times

T

he MHS 2023-24 Mock Trial team, advised

by Kimberly Auer, made it to the quarterfinals of Los Angeles County’s Mock Trial Competition. More than 2,200 middle and high school students competed in the Teach Democracy Los Angeles County Mock Trial Competition at Stanley Mosk Courthouse starting on Nov. 2. Los Angeles County middle and high school students competed to secure their place to advance to the Mock Trial State Championship Los Angeles.

“They have made it to the quarterfinals! It is a very exciting achievement, as our students have been working for months to prepare their case,” Jolynn Regan said in an email to The Malibu Times.

The competition kicked off on Nov. 2 with

124 private and public school teams. MHS has advanced to the quarterfinals along with seven other high schools who competed to secure their place in the California State Mock Trial Championships in March 2024. Students portray the roles of attorneys, witnesses, clerks and bailiffs to solve hypothetical criminal cases in front of real judges and attorneys. In the courtroom, students are judged on their understanding of the law and their ability to argue their legal case.

For more than 42 years, Teach Democracy, a Los Angeles‐based nonprofit that provides nonpartisan civic education through interactive programs for youth, has brought high school mock trial programs to counties throughout California. With more than 8,000 students participating statewide, the program teaches working knowledge of our judicial system as participants develop critical and analytical thinking, and communica- Congratulations to the Malibu High School 2023-24 mock trial team, advised by Kimberly Auer, for making it to the quarterfinals of Los Angeles tions skills, and gain an understanding of their County’s Mock Trial Competition. Contributed photos. obligations and responsibilities as participating members of our society.

Loquet, Raya Israel, Brienna Brandau, Irina Lee Tantet, Cole Zampas-Klean, Sean Perl, Vera The MHS 2023-24 mock trial team is: Columbeanu, Sasha Mendez, Caidyn Osviow- Kibler, Kyla Walser, Cooper Rose, Hank Norby, Sophie Regan, Felix DeRaspide Ross, Chloe itz, Payton Pollack, Ore Porat, Aidan Colburn, and Rayan Mirmohammadsedeghi.

David Torrence Legacy Foundation to hold youth race in Peru On Sunday, Peruvian runners ages 5 to 18 will compete in a cross country race being held in Torrence’s memory

By MCKENZIE JACKSON Special To The Malibu Times

O

lympic and professional middle-distance runner David Torrence was jaunting toward making his dream of aiding young runners in Peru, his mother’s native country, a reality before he died over six years ago.

Torrence, who represented Peru in the 5,000-meter race at the 2016 Olympics, wanted to establish healthy eating, exercise programs, and hold training clinics for young runners in the South American country.

On Sunday, Peruvian runners ages 5 to 18 will compete in a cross country race being held in Torrence’s memory in Huancayo, a city in the central highlands of Peru.

The race is being organized by the David Torrence Legacy Foundation.

Malibu Realtor Bianca Torrence, David’s mother and the foundation’s president, said a number of young runners are expected to participate in the event. She said the running spectacle will include seven divisions of male and female runners. All the participants will receive a medal. The top three finalists of each category will receive prize money, Bianca said.

“The prize money idea was so kids can have something for Christmas,” she said.

“This is the first time we are trying this.

They are excited and if this goes well we will do this every Christmas.”

David Torrence was found dead in a Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment complex’s swimming pool on Aug. 28, 2017. He was in Arizona training for a race.

He died a little over a year after competing in the Olympics. Torrence had begun to set Peruvian running records in professional races after his appearance in the Olympics. Torrence was the first Peruvian to ever qualify for an Olympic final in track and the first Peruvian to run the mile in less than four minutes. Before, he donned Peru’s red and white colors on the track, Torrence competed in one-mile, as well as 800-, 1,000- 1,500-, 3,000- and

5,000-meter professional races across the globe for nine years.

He was a standout runner at the University of California, Berkeley and before that a star runner at Loyola High School in Los Angeles.

The Malibuite often trained on the track at Pepperdine University or would run up and down Pacific Coast Highway.

The David Torrence Family Foundation donated running shoes and other running gear such as shorts and T-shirts to 93 athletes at an event in Huancayo in April 2022.

David’s mother said promoting and supporting youth running events is challenging sometimes, but the kids’ excitement makes it worth it.

“It truly is priceless,” Bianca Torrence said. “It warms my heart.”

Torrence said many Peruvian athletes are inspired by David’s belief that runners from the country could compete with the best in the world.

“This message has, in essence, empowered kids,” she said. “They feel more confident. They feel the support or mental shift to believe in themselves. David used to say, ‘Don’t let anyone tell you that you cannot

David Torrence (center) runs alongside Peruvian kindergarteners during a school visit while training for the 2016 Summer Olympics. On Sunday, Dec. 16, Peruvian runners ages 5 to 18 will compete in a cross country race being held in Torrence’s memory in Huancayo, Peru. Contributed Photo

do it — even if it’s yourself.’”

Torrence said continuing her son’s dream of empowering young Peruvian athletes has given her life more meaning, purpose, and fulfillment.

“I know we are making a difference,” she said. “Small progress with some of the

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2023244400 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. SHERMAN OAKS LAW BUILDING 4630 VAN NUYS BOULEVARD, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. SHERMAN OAKS LAW BUILDING LLC 16530 VENTURA BOULEVARD SUITE 555, ENCINO, CA 91436 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2023.

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NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. MINIK MARKET 2507 LAKE AVE, ALTADENA, CA 91001, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2. MINIK 1032 N SIERRA BONITA AVE, PASADENA, CA 91104 Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. MINIK MARKET LLC 1032 N SIERRA BONITA AVE, PASADENA, CA 91104 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2023.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

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NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. PLANES, BOATS & AUTOMOBILES, LTD MALIBU 16062 SUNBURST STREET, NORTH HILLS, CA 91343, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. PLANES, BOATS & AUTOMOBILES, LTD MALIBU 16062 SUNBURST STREET, NORTH HILLS, CA 91343 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by A CORPORATION The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

Signed, PLANES, BOATS & AUTOMOBILES, LTD MALIBU, ROLANDO ANDRES LEMUS JR., CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/13/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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athletes, but we try to be consistent. I honestly feel that David is proud and smiling in heaven. I am grateful for all the support to the David Torrence Legacy Foundation; every little bit helps.”

For more information or to make donations, visit DTLF.org.

1. WOMEN OF THE ROUND TABLE 516 FERNWOOD PACIFIC DRIVE, TOPANGA, CA 90290, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. MARIA KELLY 516 FERNWOOD PACIFIC DRIVE, TOPANGA, CA 90290 2. HELEN REALE 2484 S. BUNDY DR, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/2023.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

Signed, MARIA KELLY, GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/17/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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PUBLIC NOTICE TS#2308-631(3960 Decker Edison Rd.) APN 4473-005017 Notice of Trustee’s Sale Note: There is a summary of the information in this document attached You are in default under a deed of trust, dated 06/25/2022, Unless you take action to protect your property, it may be sold

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at a public sale. If you need an explanation of the nature of the proceeding against you, you should contact a lawyer. On December 20, 2023, at 11:00 AM, the undersigned, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to: Deed of Trust recorded 07/01/2022, as Instrument No. 2022 0685954 in the Official Records of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and executed by Tao Guan, a married man as his sole and separate property Will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash or cashier’s check drawn on a financial institution authorized in Civil Code Section 2924h(b), at: By the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, Ca 91766 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State as more fully described in said Deed of Trust. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3960 Decker Edison Rd., Malibu, Ca 90265 APN 4473-005-017 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid balance of the note(s), secured by said Deed of Trust, to-wit $1,137,520.42 including as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trust created by said Deed of Trust. Notice of default and election to sell the described real property under the deed of trust was recorded in the county where the real property is located. Notice to potential bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Notice to property owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (949) 860-9155 for information regarding the trustee’s sale], using the file number assigned to this case: TS#2308-631. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the propertMaliy if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (949) 860-9155 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website www.innovativefieldservices.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case TS#2308-631 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. For trustee’s sale information please call (949) 860-9155 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: November 21, 2023 MFTDS, INC. A California Corporation dba MASTER FUNDING CO. By: Steve Wheeler, President (951) 694-3903 41911 5th St., Ste 202, Temecula, Ca 92590 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2467, Temecula, C 92593-2467 (IFS# 32973 11/30/23, 12/07/23, 12/14/23) MALIBU 279

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2023253530 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. SAVVY + SANE MARKETING 4500 PARK GRANADA UNIT 202, CALABASAS, CA 91302, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 2. SAVVY + SANE PRODUCTIONS 4500 PARK GRANADA UNIT 202, CALABASAS, CA 91302 3. SAVVY + SANE LIFE 4500 PARK GRANADA UNIT 202, CALABASAS, CA 91302 Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. PAMELA JAMESON 2506 ASHMORE CIRCLE APT 23, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91362 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/2023.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

Signed, PAMELA JAMESON, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/27/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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2023250137 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. PASSPORT 2 PLEASURE 1823 20TH STREET 102, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. KAVANOS LLC 1823 20TH STREET 102, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization CA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

Signed, KAVANOS LLC, ALYSSA ISEMAN, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/20/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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1. FAZIO FINE ART 31751 COTTONTAIL LN, MALIBU, CA 90265, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. MICHAEL D. FAZIO 31751 COTTONTAIL LN, MALIBU, CA 90265 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Organization This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime).

Signed, MICHAEL D. FAZIO, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/27/2023.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Los Angeles County Hearing Officer will conduct a public hearing to consider the project described below.

A presentation and overview of the project will be given, and any interested person or authorized agent may appear and comment on the project at the hearing. The Hearing Officer will then consider to approve or deny the project or continue the hearing if it deems necessary.

Should you attend, you will have an opportunity to testify, or you can submit written comments to the planner below or at the public hearing. If the final decision on this proposal is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing Hearing Date and Time: Tuesday, February 06, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.

Hearing Location: 500 West Temple St., Rm. B4 (Board Room C), Los Angeles, CA 90012. Virtual (Online) at bit. ly/ZOOM-HO. By phone at (669) 444-9171 or (719) 3594580 (ID: 824 5573 9842).

Project No.: 2017-005950 Project Location: 2011 Delphine Lane within the Santa Monica MountainsPlanning Area Applicant: Daniela Bernhard CEQA Categorical Exemption: Class 3 and 4 Project Description: To authorize a new single-family residence within the R-C-20 (Rural Coastal—20 Acre Minimum Required Lot Area) zone.

More information: William Chen, Senior Planner, 320 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. (213) 974-6411. wchen@planning.lacounty.gov. planning.lacounty.gov.

Case Material: https://bit.ly/PRJ2017-005950 If you need reasonable accommodations or auxiliary aids, contact the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator at (213) 974-6488 (Voice) or (213) 617-2292 (TDD) with at least 3 business days’ advanced notice.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Notice is given that proposals for On-Call Elementary School Environmental Education Program (BRC0000477) will be received by the Los Angeles County Public Works per the instructions listed on the RFP until 5:30pm, Wednesday, January 3, 2024. There will be no Proposers’ Conference. The estimated annual contract amount is $950,000. Instructions for accessing the RFP document are available at the following link: http://pw.lacounty. gov/brcd/servicecontracts or may be mailed to you upon request by calling (626) 458-4050 or TDD at (626) 2827829.

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IRA BETTELMAN Case No. 23STPB13124 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of IRA BETTELMAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Sanford Bettelman in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Sanford Bettelman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: WANDA G COUTEE ESQ SBN 318744 HROMADKA GAUKLE & COUTEE LLP 11661 SAN VICENTE BLVD STE 410 LOS ANGELES CA 90049-5112 CN102259 BETTELMAN Dec 14,21,28, 2023 MALIBU 288

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 23SMCP00609 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: LILY EVE ANNENBERG WEINGARTEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LILY EVE ANNENBERG WEINGARTEN a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: LILY EVE ANNENBERG WEINGARTEN Proposed Name: LILY EVE ANNENBERG The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: 01/19/2023 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: K The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 1725 MAIN STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times Date: 11/21/2023 HON. LAWRENCE CHO, Judge of the Superior Court DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court PUB: 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2023, 01/04/2024 The Malibu Times MALIBU 289

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Pepperdine volleyball coach garners WCC Coach of the Year honors Scott Wong has coached several standout players and racked up over 100 career wins

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

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hen Scott Wong was a standout high school volleyball player in Hawaii, he didn’t envision himself one day stepping into the coaching ranks.

The All-American player still never saw himself directing players from the sideline during his four-year college career with the Pepperdine Waves men’s volleyball team.

That changed when Wong coached a successful 16U San Fernando Valley boys volleyball team three years after graduating from Pepperdine in 2001.

Wong caught the coaching bug.

“People, relationships move me,” he said. “I was emotionally moved by the team, the experience, and coming together as a team. That, along with the sport I love, grabbed ahold of me, and led to me coaching.”

Now 19 years later, Wong, the head coach of the Pepperdine Waves women’s volleyball team, is the West Coast Conference’s Coach of the Year.

The Waves head coach of nine years said winning the award is an honor.

“It’s a reflection of our team doing

great things,” Wong said. “You win as a team, and then start winning all these individual accolades that reflect back on the team.”

The top Wave won the postseason accolade after coaching Pepperdine to its 12th WCC Championship ever.

The Waves went 15-1 in the nineteam conference, while recording a 19-8 overall record in the regular season. Pepperdine won 17 consecutive games during their campaign and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season and fifth time in the last six years.

The squad was defeated 3-2 by Dayton in the first round of the tournament on Dec. 1.

This season, Wong stated, was meaningful because all the Waves’ hard work from this year and recent seasons paid off. He recalled how Pepperdine secured the WCC crown with a Senior Night sweep over San Diego on Nov. 11.

“To see how much it meant to our team,” Wong noted. “The emotion behind it. It was a pretty special day when we clinched the WCC championship. What a cool testimony to our young ladies working hard, grinding, talking about that day coming, and it came. It was pretty special.”

The Waves’ successful season led to them tallying a litany of other postseason honors.

Junior pin hitter Grace Chillingworth was named the WCC Player of the Year. She led the conference in

kills and attacks per set and was the WCC Offensive Player of the Week four times.

Isabel Zelaya, a graduate student, was the WCC Setter of the Year. She led Pepperdine in assists in every match and had six double-doubles.

Graduate student Riley Patterson was named the WCC Libero of the Year. Patterson had double-figure digs in 20 matches and led Pepperdine in digs in 19 matches.

Chillingworth, Zelaya, Patterson, senior middle blocker Meg Brown, and senior outside hitter Birdie Hendrickson were all named to the AllWCC First Team.

Sophomore attacker Emily Hellmuth was named to the All-WCC Second Team. Sophomore middle blocker Vanessa Polk was an AllWCC honorable mention, and defensive specialist Laine Briggs was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team.

Additionally, Chillingworth was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s All-Pacific South Region first team. Patterson and Zelaya received honorable mention status.

Pepperdine had the fifth toughest non-conference schedule in women’s college volleyball before they began WCC play, and it showed. The squad began their campaign with a 1-6 record.

The team had a two-hour meeting in the locker room after Hawaii

swept them on the second day of the Sept. 7-10 OUTRIGGER Volleyball Challenge in Honolulu.

The group discussion was a problem-solving session, Wong said.

“Team sports are challenging,” he said. “We talked through things. At that moment, I knew great things were going to come. At that point, we were as tight as possible.”

Pepperdine defeated Liberty 3-1 the last day of the challenge. The victory was the beginning of their 17-match winning streak. The streak ended with a 3-2 loss to Pacific on Nov. 16.

Wong describes himself a collaborative coach. His message to the team was simply “Let’s get after it today.

Let’s be our best today,” amidst the string of wins.

Wong played several sports as a youth in Perl City, on the island of O’ahu. He decided to focus solely on volleyball in the eighth grade. Wong played at Punahou School in Honolulu before joining Pepperdine’s men’s volleyball team in 1998.

He won MPSF and AVCA Freshman of the Year awards his first season at Pepperdine. Along with being a three-time All-American, Wong was a four-time All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation player.

He was an outside hitter and libero on the U.S. Men’s National Team that won gold at the 2001 World University Games. Additionally, Wong played professional beach volleyball

Pepperdine’s Scott Wong earned West Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors after leading the Waves to their 12th WCC championship. Photo by Pepperdine Athletics.

for seven years.

However, coaching was in his heart.

Wong was an assistant coach for Pepperdine men’s volleyball coaching legend Marv Dunphy from 2005 to 2009, and credits Dunphy for influencing his coaching style.

“If you are around him, you are constantly taking notes in your mind,” Wong said. “Like Coach Dunphy, I try to surround myself with great people.”

Wong was an associate coach for the Hawaii women’s volleyball team from 2010 to 2014, and also coached Hawaii’s women’s sand volleyball team during those years.

Since taking the Waves’ head coaching reins, Wong has coached

several standout players and racked up over 100 wins.

Wong is just as competitive as a coach as he was as a player despite his calm demeanor on the sideline.

“I see the game pretty well because I played at high level,” he said. “I’ve grown a ton. How I communicate, lead, and manage has changed significantly.”

Wong is honored that other WCC coaches voted him as Coach of the Year. It is not an award he strove to receive.

“It meant a lot for the other coaches in the conference to feel like I did a good job,” Wong said. “I’m really appreciative of our team really getting after it this year.”

Pepperdine Athletic Director Steve Potts announces retirement

Waves athletics teams have won 63 conference regular season or tournament championships during his tenure

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

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epperdine University Director of Athletics Steve Potts will retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic

year.

Potts is stepping down from the position after a tenure of nearly 13 years, during which Waves sports teams snagged a variety of big wins.

In a Dec. 6 statement, Potts said he has worked alongside talented and dedicated coaches, staff members, and student-athletes during his years as Pepperdine’s athletic director.

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“I am proud of what we have accomplished during my time as the director of athletics and am energized by the prospective continued and renewed success for all of our teams with significant facility upgrades on the horizon,” he said. “The best is yet to come for the Waves!”

Guided by Potts, Pepperdine captured the I-AAA Athletic Director’s Association All-Sports Award — which goes to the top-performing non-football school in Division I — at the end of the last two academic years and the 2011-12 year. Pepperdine finished in second place for the award at the end of the 2016-17, 2018-19, and 2020-21 academic calendars. Pepperdine finished in third place twice — 2014-15 and 2017-18.

Ten years after Potts, a Pepperdine Caruso School of Law graduate and past Pepperdine law school professor of 17 years, became the university’s director of athletics the Waves men’s golf team won the 2021 NCAA championship.

Pepperdine began sponsoring women’s

beach volleyball under Potts’ leadership and won the inaugural AVCA national title in 2012 and then again in 2014. The volleyball team finished second in the 2017 NCAA Championships.

Overall, Waves athletics teams have won 63 conference regular season or tournament championships since Potts became Pepperdine’s athletic director in 2011.

Other notable achievements sports teams had under Potts’ direction include the men’s basketball team winning the postseason College Basketball Invitational in 2021, the women’s soccer team reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2014 and 2021, and the women’s swimming and diving team winning the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference title in 2022 and 2023.

Additionally, the women’s tennis team advanced to the national championship match in 2021, the baseball team advanced to the Super Regional in 2014, and the men’s volleyball team won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title in 2019 and advanced to the NCAA, and then captured

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the MPSF crown again in 2022. The men’s water polo team won the Golden Coast Conference tournament in 2016 and 2019.

Pepperdine has ranked as high as 58th in the end-of-year NACDA College Directors’ Cup standings, which includes all Division I schools.

A March 2020 AthleticDirectorU study that identified the top Division I athletic director hires ranked Potts 14th out of 229 schools that had changed athletic directors over the past decade.

Potts, a Nashville, Tennessee, native, said he has been blessed to work as a law professor and as the athletic director at Pepperdine. He thanked several people including former Pepperdine President Andrew Benton, current President Jim Gash, Senior Vice President Tim Perrin, former Director Of Athletics John Watson and Caruso School of Law Dean Emeritus Ron Phillips.

“May God continue to richly bless Pep- Pepperdine Director of Athletics Steve Potts has perdine University and the Pepperdine announced his retirement after 13 years in the position.

Photo by Morgan Davenport Waves,” Potts said.

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