First-year law student manages balancing community service along with grueling study load
As a first-year law student, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law’s Bill Melcher manages a full schedule of classes and studying. But Melcher’s dedication to public service extends far beyond the classroom.
Franklin and Palisades fires.
Malibu and surrounding communities are bracing for heavy rainfall from Wednesday, Feb. 12, through Friday, Feb. 14, with the most intense downpours expected on Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flash flood watch from Thursday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. through early Friday at 4 a.m.
Excessive rain may lead to flash flooding and dangerous debris flows, particularly in recent burn scar areas such as those from the
NWS has warned that heavy rainfall over these burn scars could trigger life-threatening flooding and fast-moving debris flows capable of carrying mud, rocks, and even large objects. Residents in affected areas should remain alert and prepared for possible evacuation orders.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced that Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) will remain fully closed between Chautauqua Boulevard in Los Angeles and Carbon Beach Terrace in Malibu until further notice. The closure follows recent debris flows and the upcoming storm, which may
Rosemarie Ihde and her son valiantly defended their Big Rock home from the Palisades Fire
She steadfastly stood her ground. She was very prepared. She told the Palisades Fire to stand down — and, amazingly, it did.
She’s Rosemarie Ihde, 80, who, along with her son, Thomas Ihde, managed to save the family home in the Big Rock neighborhood — the home that Rosemarie and her husband bought in 1975. The home where they raised their family. The home where they made 50 years of memories.
When one asks Rosemarie about the experience, she recounts the details of the ordeal with surprising equanimity and, importantly, one discerns that she and her family did all they could to prepare. She epitomizes the colloquialism “forewarned is forearmed.”
She discussed the preventative measures she took around the home to prepare for fire. “I installed special vents and placed them on top of the roof and the side of the house,” Rosemarie explained. “I enclosed the deck with mesh so no sparks could get under the deck.”
Then, she discussed how it all went down on the day of the fire.
“We filled up the large trash bins with water and made sure
For nearly seven years, the 25-year-old has been a Volunteer on Patrol (VOP) with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, primarily serving the Malibu community. Along with his studies and a job in real estate, the young volunteer manages to put in an incredible 50 to 100 hours of community service every month as a VOP. His commitment to law enforcement, community service, and public safety, especially during the Palisades Fire, has earned him recognition from his law school and deepened his resolve to make a difference.
Inspired by an uncle who is a reserve deputy, Melcher enrolled as a Malibu VOP when he was just 18 years old. Since then, the young man has put in countless unpaid hours with the team, patrolling,
Council prioritizes storm preparedness and navigates rebuilding plans for fire-affected areas
The Malibu City Council met on Monday, Feb. 10, to address a range of critical issues impacting the city, including the prolonged absence of City Manager Steve McClary and ongoing recovery efforts from the devastating Franklin and Palisades fires.
Despite numerous closed-session discussions, there has been little transparency regarding McClary’s status, leaving residents uncertain
conducting traffic control, and assisting deputies with major incidents.
Unfortunately, there have been a few devastating landmark incidents in Malibu during the last few years in which Melcher and his team have been at the center, helping to keep the public out of harm’s way. Just months after joining the team, Melcher found himself responding to the Woolsey Fire.
“We were called into the valley side to assist with evacuations and traffic control in Agoura Hills and Calabasas. That was the first eye opener into the world of lawenforcement,” the volunteer said.
Then in a career-defining moment and tragedy that affected all of Malibu, Melcher was on scene at the Oct. 17, 2023, crash on Pacific Coast Highway, where four Pepperdine students were killed. The emotionally overwhelming scene working alongside other first responders for hours made a lasting impact.
“Part of our role is to support victims and those involved in incidents like this, but it was definitely a two-way street that night,” Melcher said, admitting it was the hardest call of the team’s careers. “We were supporting those who were there, and they were also supporting us, so it was a pretty
about Malibu’s leadership at this critical time.
McClary, who left for vacation in late November 2024 and was expected to return in January, has yet to resume his duties. At the previous council meeting on Jan. 27, Interim City Attorney Trevor Rusin stated that there was nothing new to report on McClary’s absence, and at the most recent meeting, he once again provided no update. With Assistant City Manager Joseph Toney continuing to act in his place, some residents have begun to question whether this temporary arrangement could become indefinite.
Councilmember Steve Uhring
shifted the conversation to Malibu’s rebuilding efforts, specifically addressing contracts for replacing the water system in Big Rock. With another round of storms approaching, he emphasized the urgency of preparing the area. Public Works Director Rob Duboux reassured the council that two contracts had been awarded to replace storm drain systems and that crews had been actively placing K-rail and sandbags to prevent further damage.
As the city prioritizes clearing debris basins for effective drainage, questions remain about the full scope of the necessary work. The
Remembrances and tributes are pouring in for one of the victims who died in the Palisades Fire, Betty O’Meara. The longtime Malibu resident was one of 29 people known to have died in January’s devastating wildfires. For some unknown reason, the 94-year-old O’Meara refused to evacuate from her Big Rock home as the fire was bearing down on her bluff side neighborhood.
This reporter caught up with O’Meara in 2017 when Regal Theaters, who were then the owners of the Malibu Cinema, decided to close the theater that she owned and ran with her husband years earlier.
At that time, the loss of Malibu’s only movie theater was heartbreaking for many local residents who also lost another part of what they called “old Malibu” — a town that no longer exists — when life was simpler
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Crews clean up debris after mudslides followed recent rains that followed the Palisades Fire. Officials fear more slides with the forecast of rainy weather this week. Photo Courtesy of Caltrans
This photo shows Thomas (left) and Rosemary Ihde in Big Rock several days after the fire, during which they saved their family home. Photos Courtesy of Thomas Ihde
O’Meara, shown here in
undated photo, who used to run the
Theater with her husband David, was one of 29 people known
have died in the Palisades Fire last month. Photo Courtesy of Betty
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Malibu’s forgotten fire: Why the Franklin Fire Must Be Included in Disaster Relief
Dear Editor,
On Dec. 9, my home burned in the Franklin Fire in Malibu. Just 19 days after it was contained, the Palisades Fire ignited and raged all the way to my neighborhood. The fire was only stopped because there was simply nothing left to burn.
Despite this undeniable connection, Franklin Fire victims are not included in disaster relief efforts, leaving me and my neighbors in a dire situation with no support.
During this time, I was unable to return to my property. Homes on my street still lack drinkable water and essential utilities. The communication poles burned down, making recovery even more challenging. The already difficult job of dealing with the Franklin Fire has been compounded by the Palisades Fire, yet we have been left out of relief efforts.
The housing market is overrun, and price gouging has made anything available unaffordable. I don’t qualify for help because my fire “doesn’t count.” I don’t qualify for free toxin testing or free debris removal from the Army Corps of Engineers. I don’t qualify for streamlined tax relief or financial benefits. I am still waiting for any assistance to cover my family’s initial six-week stay in a hotel with our pets.
What was initially expected to be a few months of hardship has now turned into an estimated two-year ordeal — because I am at the bottom of every priority list.
The most devastating realization is that I am woefully underinsured for this disaster. If I were allowed to combine my insurance policy, I would have the funds needed to rebuild. But because the Franklin Fire is not included in the broader emergency declaration, I am prohibited from accessing this option. If the Franklin Fire were bundled with the officially recognized wildfires, I could qualify for the necessary coverage to repair my home.
It is heartbreaking to see that just 19 days after the Franklin Fire, victims of the Palisades Fire have been granted sweeping benefits and streamlined permits. They will be able to rebuild their homes “like for like” plus an additional 10 percent without the need for permits — not even for homes or septic systems. Meanwhile, I don’t qualify for this exemption. I don’t qualify for statebacked relief efforts. My neighborhood, which was undeniably part of this disaster, is being ignored. Instead, I am left with nothing but bureaucratic red tape and empty reassurances.
Why is my neighborhood excluded from these crucial relief efforts?
The answer is simple: Gov. Gavin Newsom has not signed off on it. Other fires across Los Angeles — including those caused by arsonists — have been bundled into the broader wildfire relief programs. Fires that never even touched the Palisades are included. So why not the Franklin Fire?
Malibu is not just a playground for
the rich and famous. It is home to multi-generational families like mine. I was born and raised in Malibu. My grandparents’ home on Pacific Coast Highway, which they purchased in the 1940s, was lost in the Palisades Fire. My parents’ home — my childhood home — was lost in the Palisades Fire. My own home, where I lived with my husband and child, burned in the Franklin Fire just 19 days before. The Franklin Fire was still smoldering when the Palisades Fire ignited. We were still in a hotel, not yet having found a place to rent. We are part of this disaster, yet we have been erased from its response. It is time for the Franklin Fire to be included in the state of emergency declaration. We need access to relief, insurance flexibility, and the same streamlined rebuilding process granted to our neighbors. We are victims of this disaster, and we deserve to be recognized as such.
Marni Kamins Malibu
In praise of Betty O’Meara
Dear Editor,
Betty O’Meara lived in the Big Rock area of Malibu for over 55 years, many with her late husband, David, overlooking the ocean. Betty was such a sweet, warm human being. She tragically died recently, at the age of 94, in her home, all alone, during the horrific Palisades Fire (presumably, she refused to be evacuated by the first responders).
Betty touched the lives of so many people in our small town, always with a warm smile and with pleasant things to say. After David passed away in 1993 at the age of only 64, Betty remained in their Big Rock home alone, always entertaining friends and neighbors. Every time we’d visit Betty, we saw David’s hat and coat, prominently displayed on her dining room table, as if he just came home from work. Over the years, she never moved those items, honoring her late husband.
Every Christmas, Betty would send her friends beautiful 3x5 handmade greeting cards. These unique artistic creations included a beautifully hand-painted colorful image of a nature scene by Betty, and a Japanese saying, in her own hand, along the side of each card. She completed the card with a small, rubber-stamped symbol in the corner. These very personalized annual greeting cards were wonderful and elegant, not unlike those that would be found in high-end fashionable art studios.
Betty’s wonderful husband purchased a one-screen movie house, the Malibu Cinema, in 1972. This became their source of income. Back then, the movie house was literally the only show in town, as there wasn’t any TV reception in Malibu, cable was more than a decade away, and, 1972 predated VHS tapes and their rental stores, such as the Wherehouse and Blockbuster, by 12 years. Only the wealthy few had the budget to afford the installation of huge, 20foot wide satellite dish antennas, with the ability to remotely rotate them in search of the limited satellite feeds. These massive antennas weren’t even
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MATTSON
“By rebuilding community, we become proud of our society, proud of our institutions, proud of our nations, proud of ourselves. By coming together we discover who we are. We ignite our capacity for empathy and altruism. Togetherness and belonging allow us to become the heroes of the story.”
— George Monbiot
available until 1979. And, all this predated DirecTV by 22 years.
So, if anyone, including the Hollywood celebrities, as well as the rich and famous, wanted to see a movie, their only choice was to see what was showing that week at David’s onescreen, Malibu Cinema. He charged $5 per person, including the famous celebrities — a sparse few of whom had the audacity to demand that they shouldn’t have to pay, since their film was showing at the time. “It’s $5 for everyone; I have to make a living,” was his justifiable response!
The Shakey’s Pizza Parlor, next to the movie house, became an informal gathering place for an eclectic group of locals, informally led by David, which included tow-truck drivers, scientists, writers, realtors, and grocery store clerks, to name a few.
The gals that served the popcorn were also a diversified group of teens. One young teen, Lisa-Ann Gershwin, become close friends with David, who, along with Betty, became her mentors in life. Lisa was absolutely brilliant, a diamond in the rough, who, through the O’Mearas’ encouragement over the years, became a reknowned marine biologist. She earned a Ph.D in integrative biology at UC Berkeley on a full scholarship, then awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, and obtained her second Ph.D in marine biology at the James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia. Currently living in Australia, she has published two highly successful reference textbooks on jellyfish, and is currently an international expert in the study of this venomous class of marine life.
Lisa attributes her success, in large part, to her times with David and Betty, who played key roles of loving surrogate parents during her tumultuous, formative years.
David’s friends at the pizza parlor also filled in when his movie counter kids didn’t show up for work. We graciously assisted with the popcorn and candy sales, soft drinks, and even collecting tickets from the customers, as David went upstairs to run the film projector. We did this for fun, to help maintain and support his movie house. One time, when I was collecting tickets, a 20-year old Pepperdine student actually recognized me. It turned out that, as an HRL lab physicist and a Pepperdine adjunct professor, the school paper, The Graphic, did a story about me, including a photo of me in my laser lab. The student was obviously confused, asking me why a prominent Pepperdine professor and scientist was collecting tickets at a theater. I was actually speechless for once in my life.
David approached me, put his arm on my shoulder and responded to the student, “You don’t think we’d hire just anyone to collect tickets?”
Denise and I really miss Betty and David, as do so many other Malibu neighbors and friends. May they both rest in peace together.
David and Denise Pepper Malibu
Will history repeat itself or is this the wake-up moment?
Dear Editor,
I am reading the Malibu Times report of Jan. 30 on the meeting at MHS between the Malibu residents and representatives of various agencies. The article boasts a photo showing a line of dignitaries sitting at a long table facing angry Malibu residents. This is reminiscent of an identical meeting after the Woosley Fire. Has the Woosley Fire meeting resulted in anything meaningful? Anybody living in this city can easily answer this question.
Will the burn-rebuild, burn-rebuild cycles continue endlessly?
Shouldn’t the prevention also play a major role?
This brings to mind a drive of mine through Pebble Beach along its famous 17-Mile Drive a number of years ago. The traffic was obstructed by the herds of goats systematically clearing the vegetation within the town! On a recent drive through Morro Bay, the traffic was disrupted by the controlled burn activities conducted in the area. By the way, let me remind the readers that Palisades Fire extended to the Franklin Fire burn. In a sense, Franklin Fire served as a controlled burn preventing the Palisades Fire from destroying the rest of Malibu.
The most instructive though is an article published in The Atlantic a few weeks ago, addressing numerous fire-related issues including insurance, housing etc.
Of particular interest in the article is the example of the nearby community of Montecito, as of what can be done to mitigate the future disasters . For a number of years, Montecito has been implementing steps which resulted in the remarkable result: Only seven Montecito houses burned in the horrific Thomas Fire. The bottom line is there are communities with forward-looking, competent governments addressing preventive fire-related measures.
Maybe the mayor and City Council should make a site visit or at least read the Montecito fire prevention guidelines/ordinances.
In the meantime, please ask the governor (we need an executive order to handle this essential issue) to get rid of the idiotic ESHA protection of brush within the city limits. There are a number of these ESHA-protected brush areas waiting to contribute to burning the city down.
M.Pilepich
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Protests erupt over EPA’s plan to process hazardous waste at Will Rogers State Beach
Many concerned residents took to the streets on Sunday to protest the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to establish a temporary hazardous waste processing site at Will Rogers State Beach. The demonstration began at 10 a.m. in Santa Monica before marchers made their way to the designated site at the beach parking lot, voicing their strong opposition to the plan.
The EPA is currently tasked with removing hazardous materials from the aftermath of the Palisades Fire, including batteries, propane tanks, paints, and pesticides. The agency has about 1,200 workers spread between the Palisades and Eaton fire zones, operating at three different storage locations. However, the prospect of a hazardous waste site so close to the shoreline has sparked outrage among local residents and environmental activists.
“We are profoundly disappointed by the plan to repurpose this invaluable local resource — a sanctuary of tranquility, biodiversity, and recreation for all — into a hazardous waste sorting site. This decision is not only short-sighted but also presents significant risks to public health, our ecosystem, and local economy,” reads an online petition organized by protest leaders. The petition warned that toxic contaminants could leach into the soil and waterways, while strong onshore winds might carry hazardous particulates into nearby communities.
“We recognize the extreme devastation the recent fires have caused — homes reduced to ash, businesses lost, and lives upended. The urgency of cleanup is undeniable. But this decision is not a solution — it is a new crisis,” the statement continues.
Critics argue that placing hazardous waste near the coastline increases the risk of contamination, threatening marine life and recreational beachgoers. Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park, who represents West Los Angeles, has emerged as a vocal opponent of the plan.
“This obviously poses major concerns about potential impacts on our coastal environments,” Park said in a news statement. “I think there are a lot of questions and concerns about the lack of transparency and the lack of community engagement.”
Park has suggested that the processing site be set up in a previously burned area rather than near the ocean. However, the EPA maintains that a large, flat site with easy road access is necessary for efficient operations.
“There’s not a lot of flat space in the Palisades and in Malibu, especially in comparison to the Eaton Fire zone,” explained EPA Deputy Incident Commander Karl Banks during a town hall meeting on Thursday. “We understand the sensitivity of this issue, but we are creating a controlled environment for these operations.”
Despite reassurances from the EPA that the site will be temporary and operated under strict environmental safety guidelines, opposition remains strong.
Park and other local officials have urged the EPA to consider alternative government-owned locations further inland. She has been in discussions with the governor’s office, FEMA, and the EPA to explore other possibilities, but the agency remains firm in its decision.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath has taken a neutral stance, focusing instead on coordinating overall cleanup efforts. “I want to thank public works staff for simultaneously overseeing the cleanup process with the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while also preparing Los Angeles County areas for rain,” Horvath said in a statement.
Some residents have also raised concerns about the existing waste sorting site at Topanga Beach, questioning the necessity of another coastal site. However, the EPA has confirmed that the Topanga location is already operational and will remain in use.
The EPA insists that establishing a centralized sorting site is the most effective way to handle the massive cleanup operation. According to EPA Deputy Director Steve Calanog, there are approximately 900 damaged parcels in Malibu alone requiring extensive hazardous waste removal.
“There is a tremendous amount of traffic. We would need so many trucks to transport waste directly to disposal sites that it would delay our ability to quickly remove hazardous materials from the damaged areas,” said an EPA official. “It is more efficient to consolidate the various waste streams at one location before shipping them off.”
Despite ongoing protests, the EPA is moving forward with construction of the processing site, which is expected to be operational for approximately 30 days before being dismantled.
As cleanup efforts continue, the controversy surrounding the location of hazardous waste collection sites highlights the complex balance between environmental protection, public health, and the logistical challenges of disaster recovery.
Under fire over $500K salary, LA’s Chief
NEWS BRIEFS
Recovery Officer
Steve Soboroff to work pro bono
After facing intense criticism over his planned $500,000 salary for 90 days of work, the city of Los Angeles’s Chief Recovery Officer Steve Soboroff will work pro bono. His salary was to have been funded entirely by charitable organizations. Soboroff, who has made millions as a developer, initially defended the arrangement, arguing that his expertise justified his compensation. However, LA Mayor Karen Bass requested that he forgo payment to avoid distractions from the recovery effort, and Soboroff agreed.
The revelation of his salary sparked outrage among residents and city leaders, as it far exceeded what any city employee — including the mayor — earns.
Soboroff, who built the Whole Foods in the Park shopping center in Malibu despite the project being rejected by Malibu voters in 2014, is expected to provide a direct connection between Los Angeles city officials and fire victims. However, critics, including LA City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and other public figures, have condemned the payment. Rodriguez called the amount “obscene,” particularly given that fire victims are still struggling.
Now, Soboroff and his deputy, Randy Johnson — who was set to receive $250,000 — will both work without pay. Soboroff emphasized his commitment to the recovery, citing his extensive civic experience.
The recovery efforts for the Palisades Fire are likely to be impacted by a fractured response overseen in part by the city of Los Angeles, the county of Los Angeles, the city of Malibu, the State of California, the federal government, and various agencies and departments with overlapping and uncertain jurisdiction.
County to assess costs for Malibu’s water system upgrades
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Lindsey Horvath is calling for an independent review of Malibu’s water system performance during recent wildfires. Horvath is urging a comprehensive assessment of Los Angeles County Waterworks District 29, which serves Malibu, Topanga Canyon, and Sunset Mesa.
County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella has suggested that Malibu has not fully supported the water district’s efforts to upgrade infrastructure, including new pipes and storage tanks — an initiative that could exceed $50 million.
Horvath is pushing for a full review of the water system’s performance during the Palisades Fire, an analysis of past recommendations, and an examination of funding options and administrative hurdles that may have delayed infrastructure projects. She also seeks an independent after-action report on the fires and a detailed update on planned water system improvements, including project timelines and reasons for any delays.
Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners meets for the first time since December
The Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners met on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for the first time since December 2024 to review the Los Angeles Fire Department’s (LAFD) response to the recent devastating wildfire in Southern California. The meeting also focused on emergency preparedness and response challenges.
Fire Chief Kristin Crowley addressed widespread media criticism of the city’s emergency response, stressing the balance between wildfire containment and maintaining emergency services across Los Angeles.
Union representatives, including United Firefighters of Los Angeles City (UFLAC) President Freddy Escobar, expressed solidarity with firefighters on the ground. The board reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing emergency protocols to ensure better preparedness for future disasters.
California launches dashboard to track LA fire recovery, adds new services finder
California has launched a new dashboard on CA.gov/LAfires to track Los Angeles fire recovery efforts, providing real-time data on assistance efforts, debris removal, school reopenings, water systems, and air quality. Additionally, the state introduced a recovery services finder tool, helping survivors and businesses connect with vital resources such as housing assistance, employment support, and personal document replacement.
The updates enhance the CA.gov/LAfires website, which was rapidly deployed in response to the firestorms and later revamped to integrate with in-person Di saster Recovery Centers. Since its launch, the site has received over 550,000 visits, and the latest im provements ensure that impact ed residents can access the same resources online as they would in person.
Governor Gavin Newsom di rected the Government Operations Agency, California Department of Technology (CDT), and Office of Data and Innovation (ODI) to im prove the digital experience after hearing directly from survivors.
“The outcome of this was solely focused on how to get survivors what they need, and the team was laser-focused on making the new site work for them,” said Govern ment Operations Agency Secretary Amy Tong, commending CDT and ODI for their swift execution of the project.
States Geological Survey (USGS), provides the official names used in Google Maps, ensuring compliance with government decisions.
In addition to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, President Trump’s executive order also reinstates the name Mount McKinley for Alaska’s tallest peak, reversing former President Barack Obama’s 2015 decision to rename it Denali in recognition of indigenous heritage. Google has indicated that this change will also be implemented “quickly” once the GNIS is updated.
Trump’s executive order described the renaming efforts as a move to “honor American greatness,” criticizing Obama’sdecision to rename Mount McKinley as “an affront to President McKinley’s life, his achievements, and his sacrifice.” The order also drew historical parallels between Trump and McKinley, emphasizing McKinley’s advocacy for tariffs and his assassination as a symbol of the nation’s values.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice on Monday informing pilots and navigational bodies of the geographical name changes, ensuring that updated terminology is reflected in official aeronautical charts and federal documents.
Google’s decision to implement these changes underscores the broader implications of political influence on geographic naming conventions. As of Tuesday, U.S.based users of Google Maps now see the body of water labeled as the Gulf of America, though the changes have yet to appear in international versions of the platform.
business hours
The City of Malibu has resumed normal business hours, with counters available by appointment only to provide personalized service. The Development Portal remains open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For updates, visit MalibuCity.org/ Palisades-Fire. A new recovery website was launched on Feb. 11.
Residents needing assistance for minor exterior damages from the Broad, Franklin, and Palisades fires can schedule an appointment by calling (310) 456-2489 ext. 390 or emailing MalibuRecovers@malibucity.org. These joint appointments, managed by the Planning and Environmental Sustainability Departments, aim to address concerns in a single session.
For other recovery-related inquiries, contact (310) 774-5227.
• Public Works: (310) 456-2489, ext. 391 | MPublicWorks@malibucity.org
• Community Services: (310) 456-2489, ext. 349 | CommunityServicesDepartment@malibucity.org Public Safety: (310) 456-2489, ext. 313 | PublicSafetyDepartment@malibucity.org
Google renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America in maps update
Google has officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps application, following a recent executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Google confirmed that the name change aligns with its long-standing practice of adopting official government designations.
The change comes after the federal Board on Geographic Names formally approved the new designation on Monday. The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), maintained by the United
Ollo’s special,
Indulge in exclusive dishes like Black Truffle Surf & Turf and Lobster Spaghetti while supporting Ollo’s dedicated staff recovering from recent fires
By HAYLEY MATTSON Publisher, Editor in Chief
This Valentine’s Day, Ollo Malibu invites you to enjoy a luxurious culinary experience with a special, limited-time menu that is sure to impress. Indulge in delicious dishes such as Black Truffle Surf & Turf and Lobster Spaghetti, offering a perfect pairing of flavors that will elevate your romantic celebration. The menu will feature a variety of exclusive items for this occasion, available only for a short time, giving you a reason to make a reservation
initial focus has been stabilizing the area before determining longterm solutions.
Uhring also sought details on the newly established fire recovery office, questioning who would be leading the initiative and which staff members would be involved. Toney responded that while the office would house approximately 20 people, including several consultants, a manager had yet to be appointed. Uhring stressed the importance of having a strong team in place, stating, “People need to feel comfortable with the team in place.”
Toney acknowledged the scale of the recovery effort and announced that three new planners had joined the city’s staff that Monday. While residents welcomed the news, Toney cautioned that Malibu would still need to hire consultants to manage the overwhelming workload. “There’s no way we can handle this with our current
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and enjoy the unforgettable taste of Ollo’s signature dishes.
Ollo Malibu, a beloved local favorite, reopened its doors on Jan. 16 after being temporarily closed due to the devastating Palisades Fire. The restaurant, which was also impacted by the Franklin Fire in December, has long been a cornerstone of the community. For years, Ollo has been more than just a restaurant — it’s been a gathering place for families, friends, and locals celebrating milestones, enjoying cozy dinners, or simply stopping in for a cup of coffee.
However, the recent fires have not only affected the restaurant itself but also its dedicated staff. The closure of Ollo has left many employees without work, and some are facing even more personal challenges, including property damage and displacement. In light of these hardships,
staff and not repeat the mistakes made during the Woolsey Fire,” he warned.
Councilmember Bruce Silverstein raised concerns over the city’s handling of its recovery response, particularly regarding budgetary specifics on hiring decisions. He called for transparency, warning against rehiring consulting firms that were widely criticized for their role in the Woolsey Fire recovery. “This is triple the workload of normal duties ... we need a dedicated project manager who can assemble a competent team to handle largescale reconstruction efficiently,” Silverstein said. A short discussion note was made about whether to waive rebuilding fees, as was done during the Woolsey Fire recovery. While Silverstein pushed for clear policies on fee waivers, a debate ensued with Councilmember Marianne Riggins over balancing financial relief for homeowners with ensuring contractors remain accountable. Mayor Doug
Valentine’s Day Menu released
Ollo is reaching out to the community for support. The restaurant’s team has always shown immense dedication to serving the Malibu community, and now, the community is being asked to give back. As Ollo begins to rebuild, it’s more important than ever to show your support. Whether you dine in for a special Valentine’s Day meal, make a donation, or simply share your good wishes, every little bit helps. Local businesses in Malibu, like Ollo, rely on the strength and spirit of the community to weather difficult times.
For those who have cherished memories at Ollo, now is the time to help those who have given so much to make every visit feel like home. Let’s come together to support Ollo and its team as they navigate these challenging times and continue to offer the unforgettable dining experiences that make Ollo a treasured part of Malibu.
Stewart assured residents that a comprehensive plan to manage the surge in rebuilding projects would be presented.
Another significant debate centered on whether to prioritize local architects and contractors for Malibu’s rebuilding projects. Some council members and residents argued that Malibubased professionals are better equipped to navigate local building requirements, while others worried that relying solely on in-house expertise might slow down the rebuilding process. The council discussed the possibility of creating a fast-track process for homeowners rebuilding likefor-like structures while allowing larger development projects to proceed at a measured pace.
The city introduced a twoyear lease agreement with Wave Enterprises, Inc. for a dedicated Fire Rebuild Office at 23805 Stuart Ranch Road. The lease, costing $15,254.35 per month with a 3 percent annual increase, will serve as a central hub for
rebuilding efforts, offering permit processing and consultation services.
Silverstein questioned whether alternative locations had been considered, and Toney admitted that the city had focused solely on this property, citing its proximity to City Hall as a key advantage. Silverstein also asked whether FEMA would reimburse the city for the expenses. Toney confirmed that the city planned to submit all costs for potential reimbursement.
The council also reviewed the city’s security contract renewal.
Silverstein questioned whether a formal bidding process had taken place, and Toney explained that the city typically solicits multiple quotes but was unsure which companies had been contacted.
Councilmember Haylynn Conrad sought clarification on the contract’s scope, which covers both City Hall and the newly leased Fire Rebuild Office. She also proposed expanding security measures to local schools and neighborhoods, a topic for future discussions.
A special presentation from LA County Assistant Fire Chief Drew Smith highlighted the benefits of using goats for fuel reduction and fire prevention. Smith emphasized that managed grazing could create natural firebreaks, reducing wildfire risks. The council unanimously supported the idea, with Conrad inquiring whether the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) had approved the plan. Smith also suggested
further destabilize the area.
controlled burns and other fire mitigation strategies, urging the city to engage residents in proactive land management efforts.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Soderlund provided an overview of 2024 crime statistics and praised the Malibu Fire Brigade and Volunteers on Patrol for their efforts. He also clarified that Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) remains indefinitely closed and that reopening would depend on Caltrans’ timeline. “PCH will not be the same for some time,” he warned.
During public comment, several residents expressed concerns about the city’s rebuilding efforts, urging stronger support for fire victims.
One community member requested that the Franklin Fire be formally included in all recovery discussions.
Silverstein voiced frustration over Malibu being overlooked in the broader response to the Palisades Fire, noting that state and county officials appeared to prioritize areas like the Palisades and Altadena. He called for efforts to bring national attention to Malibu’s needs and suggested hiring a dedicated “rebuild team” familiar with the recovery process.
Additionally, Silverstein and Uhring raised concerns over Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).
While some residents wanted it fully reopened, others in fireaffected areas feared looting and disruptions. Silverstein proposed hiring private security to monitor access to impacted neighborhoods, stating that the situation remains confusing for many residents.
Geotechnical assessments indicate significant slide activity, particularly north of Big Rock Drive and beneath Porto Marina Way. Officials warn that even in dry conditions, the saturated soil remains highly unstable, increasing the risk of additional slides.
Access to PCH is restricted to essential workers, including first responders, recovery agencies, and utility crews. Malibu and Palisades residents with valid passes can access their homes via Chautauqua Boulevard. Motorists are urged to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
During the closure, crews will continue vital safety operations, including:
Installation of steel plates to reinforce slopes at Porto Marina Way.
• Debris removal by Los Angeles County Public Works (LACPW).
Ongoing clearing of roadways by emergency crews.
Placement of K-rail barriers at critical locations.
Caltrans and LACPW will reassess conditions daily to determine when PCH can safely reopen. Officials emphasize that safety remains the priority in light of the unstable landscape and predicted rainfall.
The extended closure of PCH is causing significant disruptions for Malibu residents and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. According to Superintendent Antonio Shelton, school staff and buses must now take detours, leading to multi-hour commutes.
“We appreciate our bus drivers, staff, and teachers who are enduring long drives to support students in Malibu,” said Shelton. To assist affected staff, the district has implemented vanpools from Santa Monica using alternative routes.
The City of Malibu has activated its storm response plan and is closely monitoring conditions. Measures include:
Patrolling city streets to clear debris and check hillsides.
Placing K-rails, wattles, and drainage reinforce -
Mayor Doug Stewart noted that he had been the only councilmember to attend a recent tour of Emergency Operations Area (EOA) sites with local officials.
As the meeting concluded, the newly appointed council — elected last November before the Franklin and Palisades fires — Conrad, Silverstein, and Uhring to appoint representatives to various city commissions, including Arts, Parks & Recreation, Planning, Public Safety, Public Works, and Wastewater Advisory.
The council also discussed increasing the frequency of meetings, potentially convening weekly, to ensure meaningful progress on rebuilding efforts.
The most pressing concerns remain Malibu’s leadership uncertainty, the city’s ability to support fire victims, and the long-term recovery of PCH. The council stressed the importance of Gov. Gavin Newsom signing an order to officially recognize Franklin Fire victims as part of the emergency rebuilding efforts. Additionally, the city must ensure that PCH’s recovery allows residents and businesses to return to normalcy as quickly as possible. With the city’s leadership status still unresolved and crucial recovery efforts underway, Malibu residents are eager for decisive action and clear communication from their elected officials. The coming weeks will be pivotal in shaping the city’s response to its ongoing challenges.
ments to prevent road hazards.
Sheriff’s Volunteers on Patrol (VOP) assisting with neighborhood monitoring and response.
• Preparing emergency backup generators for potential power outages.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has issued a Phase 1 forecast, meaning minor debris and mudflows are possible, with some streets potentially flooding. Certain structures may be at risk, and residents in vulnerable areas should remain prepared for possible evacuations.
Residents in burn scar regions must remain vigilant, as just half an inch of rain per hour can trigger debris flows. These flows are more powerful and dangerous than typical mudslides, carrying large objects at high speeds with little warning.
Motorists should drive cautiously, keep headlights on, and remain aware of emergency work crews. Power and traffic signal outages are possible, and drivers should come to a complete stop at malfunctioning signals, per California law.
To help protect homes from potential flooding, Malibu residents can access sandbags at the following locations:
• La Costa Post Office (21229 PCH) – Pre-filled and empty bags.
• Fire Station #70 (3970 Carbon Cyn. Rd. at PCH) – Sand & bags.
• Fire Station #71 (28722 PCH at Zumirez Dr.) – Empty bags.
• Fire Station #72 (1832 Decker Cyn. Rd.) –Empty bags.
• Fire Station #88 (23720 Malibu Rd.) – Empty bags.
Fire Station #99 (32550 PCH at Encinal Cyn. Rd.) – Empty bags.
All LA County Fire Stations have sandbags available. Residents are reminded that plastic sandbags are prohibited in Malibu; only burlap and jute bags are allowed. Additionally, removing sand from beaches for sandbags is illegal and harmful to the coastal ecosystem.
Residents should remain alert and monitor official alerts from Caltrans, LACPW, and the City of Malibu for real-time updates. Given the continued risk of landslides and road instability, officials stress that public safety remains the highest priority.
Ollo Malibu is offering a special, limited-time Valentine’s Day menu that is sure to impress. Photo courtesy of Ollo by Chris Wizner
incredible feeling. Everything that I had learned and trained for leading up to that moment prepared me to handle that as best I could. I think about it every day to this day.”
The VOPs then attended a memorial at Pepperdine for the young women. The outpouring of support from the victims’friends and the Pepperdine community further strengthened his connection to the university and influenced his decision to attend Pepperdine Law.
In January, Melcher once again found himself in the middle of a crisis and going beyond the call of duty when the Palisades Fire broke out. While studying at the Pepperdine Calabasas Library, he received a call from a friend in the fire’s path. Without hesitation, he dropped everything and rushed to help. Over the next several days, he and his girlfriend Lilly Bradshaw, also a first-year Pepperdine law student, joined other off-duty VOPs and fought the fire with garden hoses, working to save his friend’s home.
Once the immediate danger passed, Melcher returned to official duty, working around the clock on repopulation efforts, spot fire suppression, and residence checks. Despite the grueling schedule, he remained dedicated to both his law school studies and his responsibilities as a VOP.
Melcher’s selfless service did not go unnoticed.
The Pepperdine Caruso School of Law recognized both him and Bradshaw for their efforts during the
Palisades Fire. Their story was featured in the law school’s Surf Report, highlighting their bravery and commitment to the community. For Melcher, the recognition was humbling. While he had always expected to respond to emergencies
we had on leather shoes, jeans, gloves, goggles and good jackets. I put on a cashmere sweater because wool doesn’t easily burn,” she said, “The flames came from Tuna Canyon into Big Rock and sparks were flying everywhere and the wind was howling.”
One has to be strategic and very smart to outsmart a merciless wildfire.
“When the neighbor’s shed caught fire, we decided we had to let it burn so that we could concentrate on the main house.” Rosemarie shared. “Overall, out of the 11 houses, we saved four houses on our street, including ours. It is so very painful to watch neighbors’ houses burn. We lost approximately 70 percent of the homes in Big Rock.”
The Ihdes’ home was assaulted by a lot of radiant heat, she noted,
and going to the movies was a special, more intimate experience than streaming or at multiplexes.
Betty and David O’Meara moved to Malibu in 1969. An 87-year-old Betty described her late husband as an executive for a big company “sitting behind a big mahogany desk telling others what to do.” In the early ’70s, David O’Meara had met some sheriff’s personnel at a local watering hole and got to know them. It was then that the local law enforcement told O’Meara they had a problem: The youth in Malibu had nothing to do after school and needed something like a golf course or other activity to keep them busy and keep them out of trouble in the nearby hangout of Santa Monica.
“One day the local sheriff asked my husband, ‘Mr. O’Meara, would you mind opening some kind of business for the young people to stay inside Malibu?’ So, my husband just happened to have a little luck in the Malibu shopping center and he opened the cinema,” Betty
recalled. “It was small. He wasn’t used to running something so small. He was new to being behind the counter, exchanging money with customers. At first some people thought he was not fit to be the cinema owner.”
It may have been a rocky start for David O’Meara, as his widow explained in 2017, that her husband was a “martinet” about people smoking or being ill-mannered in the theater. “My husband was not used to dealing with customers — he was very strict with them,” she described. “Customers would have to behave in the cinema. There was no smoking or drinking allowed. People didn’t like him at all at first.” Other locals complained that opening the theater would cause more traffic on what was then a sleepy Pacific Coast Highway.
“Malibu people didn’t want any big businesses then, either,” Betty remembered. “But the local people in the industry supported Dave when he opened the cinema. They all came.”
It wasn’t long before Dave’s kindnesses brought him success
as part of his VOP duties, he was particularly moved by Bradshaw’s decision to step up without hesitation. Inspired by what she witnessed, she has since applied to join the VOP team herself, eager to contribute to the same community that Melcher
adding that one part of a rain gutter melted.However, luckily, the fire did not light up the roof.
All in all, she added, “Thomas, my son, and I were awake for 36 hours! We drank water and ate chocolates for quick energy.”
Thomas chimed in adding details.
“We had no firefighters providing structure protection on Big Rock as far as I know, at least not on Piedra Chica,” he said. “My mom and I were visited by, I think, a Los Angeles County Fire Department pickup truck around midnight on Jan. 8, the day after the fire started. They had heard from Chris Frost, I believe, that my mom and I were defending homes on that street and they came to check on our status.
“We told them ‘we’re defending!’ When asked to do so, we declined to evacuate. They wished us well and said to be safe, and then they drove away.”
Staying behind to fight a fire conjures up one’s greatest intestinal fortitude. Staying behind to fight a fire and save your home when you are a lady in her 80s is quite another thing. This is one of those times when a writer searches for proper adjectives to adequately describe someone. In this case, none are strong or apt enough. Rosemarie has moxie, guts, balls. She is a rugged individualist who is fiercely independent. Those phrases come somewhat close to describing Malibu’s Rosemarie Ihde.
“My mother being there at the fire gave me a sense of comfort and safety,” Thomas said. “Although I was worried about keeping track of her location because we relied on verbally shouting to one another at a distance. I am glad she was there to direct our firefighting efforts, spraying and wetting down the house and vegetation that was on fire and spotting new fires needing attention. She also helped to move the 200-foot-long hoses she had bought earlier and had hooked up to the fire hydrant by her mailbox.
“My mother was extremely determined to save our house — we looked around trying to figure out what we could quickly grab if we evacuated and, in our personal situation, we determined that it was easier to stay and defend — this was a very fast fire and we watched as one of our neighbors’ vegetation erupted into flames like an explosion and blew right over our heads, melting our rain gutter.”
in his new small endeavor. When the theater finally closed in 2017, The Malibu Times spoke with many people about wonderful memories at the old Malibu Cinema, including 30-plus year resident DeeAnna Staats.
“There were a few times way back when, when I would show up and we didn’t have our wallets or we didn’t have cash and they would tell us just to go in, enjoy the movie and the next time we came back we could take care of it,” Staats shared.
“And they never asked for our name — nothing. They were just sweet. They recognized our faces and it was just really nice.”
Another former resident, Nilo Falamaki, remembered the laidback atmosphere.
“When you entered the theater, the guy who sold the ticket would then run over to the popcorn machine and sell you popcorn, and then he’d run and tear up your ticket and then show you to your seat and then you’d go in and all your friends would be inside,” Falamaki said. “It was like a party.”
While Dave was often behind the counter, Betty worked behind the scenes from home, booking the films to be shown. Betty laughingly recalled that the theater’s telephone number was still hanging on her wall at home years later.
“At the beginning, they didn’t want to give me a good movie because it was a small theater and nobody knew of it,” she said. “But then I explained to them that my customers [Academy voters] are the ones voting for this because they were in the industry. So, they decided to give me a better picture.”
Betty recalled seeing many celebrities buy tickets including Flip Wilson, Lee Marvin, Johnny Carson, Barbra Streisand and
even the reclusive Bob Dylan. She claimed her late husband would even drive some kids home, including the children of actor Martin Sheen.
“It was a local cinema, just opened, and it was very exciting at the time,” she said. “We had a nice community and they helped us a lot.”
David ran the Malibu Cinema from 1972-1991. It was sold to Hollywood Theaters and then taken over by Regal Cinema until its closure.
After the original article ran in the The Malibu Times in 2017, this reporter received flowers and a hand-painted notecard from Ms. O’Meara.
has been serving for years. After law school, Melcher says he’d be “happy to do this job for free for as long as I can because I truly feel the impact that we have on the community. My plan is to do this as long as I possibly can.”
When asked if he’d ever experienced a fire like that, Thomas recalled that in 1973, when he was 12, his father and another man saved the family home in Big Rock in a ferocious fire.
“I would like to emphasize that preparation is key — one needs to fire proof his home as much as possible,” Thomas shared. “Brush clearance and having defensible space are critical — people should strictly follow all of the recommendations from the LAFD.”
On the day of a fire, fill large garbage containers with water, he suggested, “because the water source is not reliable — we ran out at approximately midnight. People leave their sprinklers on when they flee from a fire and plumbing is often damaged.”
For his part, when The Malibu Times caught up with Frost, who is a member of the Malibu Fire Brigade, he spoke admiringly of Rosemarie and Thomas.
“I spoke with Rosemarie and her son about an hour before impact,” Frost said. “We were evacuating the neighborhood and prepping the structures. She was not going to leave. She said she had been in this situation before, and she was confident that she and her son could protect themselves and save their home.”
Like many rugged individualists such as Rosemarie and Thomas, Frost also speaks directly. Summing things up, he simply stated, “Strong woman. Strong son.”
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department VOP Bill Melcher got plenty of shots showing the chaos and destruction of the Palisades Fire last month. Photos Courtesy of Bill Melcher
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Betty O’Meara (left) is shown with her sister Frances O’Meara in this undated photo. Betty O’Meara, a long-time Big Rock resident, 94, was one of 29 victims of the Palisades Fire. Photo Courtesy of Betty O’Meara’s family
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Malibu Life
Sharks girls soccer nets Senior Night win
TBy MCKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times
he Malibu High Sharks girls soccer team had a handful of games scratched from their schedule due to wildfires. However, the squad capped their regular season with a dominant Senior Night victory and earned a CIF postseason berth.
Sharks senior captain Jess Kletter said she and her teammates wanted have a good time on the soccer field in the wake of the Malibu community experiencing the Franklin Fire in December and Palisades Fire last month.
“We wanted to enjoy our season and have fun,” she said. “We wanted to enjoy the experience. Everyone on the team is pretty resilient given what we went through.”
Sharks head coach Leado Shyrane is proud of the way his squad played.
“It’s been so tough for the girls,” he said. “The fires affected a lot of them. I wanted to normalize things as much as I could, make things positive, make things fun.”
Malibu defeated Nordoff 6-0 on Feb. 4 to close the regular season. The match was the setting for the team’s Senior Night celebration. Twelfth-grade team members Kletter, Caidyn Ovsiowitz, Lauren Florendo, Sailor Graham, Sasha Mendez, Malia Mosshart, and Payton Pollak were honored.
Shyrane said the seniors are a great group. “They are talented players,” he said. “They are good positive kids, who
are great to coach.”
The Sharks played conservative soccer most of their abbreviated season since their schedule featured teams from bigger schools, but with the seven seniors set to play the majority of the match against Nordoff, Shyrane told the team they were taking the “hand brake off”
before the match.
“It showed because we got the 6-0 victory,” he recalled. “The girls played well. We went all out and played with super intensity, high pressed. We finished on a high”
Kletter, Malibu’s top goal scorer this season, booted in three goals in the vic -
tory. Juniors Carmen Brunel and Ava Niccol and freshman Maya Elliot each kicked in one score.
Kletter’s “hat trick” occurred in different ways. She dribbled past defenders to maneuver inside the box to kick for one score. A pass from Graham led to Kletter netting another. Kletter’s third goal was
a strike from just inside the box.
“As a senior, it was nice going out with a hat trick,” the 17-year-old said. “We played with a lot of energy in the second half.”
Four days after the win, the Sharks received an at-large bid into the
From devastation to renewal, Malibu community unites in relief effort
Point Dume Residents Association’s donations provide fire victims with essential household items
By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times
“It all began as Gabrielle Harris’s brainstorm and she got Charlie Solomon involved and then Charlie called me and we were off on a mission!” Candace Bowen explained as she sat amidst a plethora of donated household essentials, all beautifully displayed at the Point Dume Club House so that fire victims could have a helping hand in beginning all over again. The volunteers operated a disaster relief center on Feb. 1 and 2, making sure to check people’s identification to verify they were from a fire-stricken area.
“We saw there was a need and we answered it and spread news about our event through social media. Even when disaster victims are in rental ac
commodations, they still need all the basic household stuff,” Bowen observed. “Ultimately, they can use it in their new homes after they have rebuilt.”
There were pots and pans, dishes, cups and glasses, towels, sheets and rugs. There were cooking utensils and appliances and laundry hampers. There
were even some lovely serving dishes as well as beautiful candles, lamps, picture frames, artwork, and flower vases.
The Malibu High girls soccer team poses
Photo courtesy of Rachel Roberts
Malibu Seen: Local knowledge
MALIBU SEEN
By Benjamin Marcus, Entertainment Editor
Skylar Peak speaks from experience(s)
Skylar is a womb-to-the-tomb Malibu citizen. He was a LACoFD lifeguard, a graduate of Pepperdine University, and twice elected mayor of the City of Malibu.
Today, he operates a small business, Peak Power Electric Inc., and is a planning commissioner for the City of Malibu. He volunteers as a member of the LACoFD Community Brigade which formed post-Woolsey Fire.
More importantly, he is a dad and a waterman.
Skylar Peak speaks about the past, present, and future of Malibu and firestorms.
Where are you right now?
I took a little break and drove up to Mammoth to snowboard with some friends. I even ran into the Richards family (Val Surf) in the lodge.
How is it up there? That was a cold rainstorm we just had.
I did some rain prep at home, then headed up to Mammoth for some carving turns, and right now I’m behind a snowplow on the way home.
As a member of the Community Brigade and a former member of the Malibu City Council and one of the five members of the Malibu Planning Commission, you are looking at the Palisades Fire from a few angles. Yes.
In 50 words or less how would you describe your Palisades Fire experience?
Two friends died in the fire. I am very grateful that there were not more lives lost. Randall Miod and Rory.
Rory?
Rory lived near LACoFD Camp 8 with his mother, Shelley. The tragic loss of her son is very sad.
What did you learn from this?
Have a plan. As a community that lives in a high wildfire risk area, we must learn from this to make our homes safer. We must trust the science behind wildfire risk in California as a whole. We all have a lot to learn ahead.
I just watched the House Judiciary Committee hearing on California fires and the consequences of overregulation testimony. It got a little … heated. One fire expert called for a half-mile cleared barrier around structures. That makes sense, because there’s no way anyone will be allowed — or able — to clear all the brush out of the Santa Monica Mountains. Trust the science.
I’m surprised more houses weren’t burned in the Franklin Fire, and more people weren’t lost in the Palisades Fire. Likewise.
I did a drive through Palisades two Saturdays ago, and people are going to have to look at the houses that survived. I mean, they’re just sitting there unscratched in the middle of devastation.
Day 2 or 3 of the incident, my volunteer LACoFD Brigade team was assigned Rapid Damage Assessment by CAL FIRE in the alphabet streets from the mountain to the bluff, devastating. That’s what I said. I’ve described it as “Hiroshimic” and someone got mad at me. I also said it’s satanic. The destruction is so complete, and the emotional toll is
so profound, it’s almost like the fire was driven by a supernatural, evil force.
The city of LA learned a lot from a fire that was in the ‘60s called the Bel Air Fire.
Yeah, I saw a YouTube of that. That was 60 years ago and they still happen. Just sweep like a fire tsunami.
We learned from Woolsey and need to take more ownership of the risk associated with living in and adjacent to the lush landscape of the Santa Monica Mountains, and to be more proactive about vegetation management adjacent to residential neighborhoods. As time went on, environmentally, we started to protect more things, but the last prescribed burns in the Santa Monica Mountains were maybe in the early ‘90s. And then I grew up with them as a kid. We need to bring things like that back, so we can have effective fuel modification to better allow the fire department to do what they can and protect our homes. We’re not set up to deal with a wildfire that’s being moved with hundred mile an hour winds. So we have to learn from that.
I watched that timeline the LA Times did, detailing what time and where the fire broke out and how fast they responded and the chaos of the evacuation. A guy you and I know who was LA County Fire for many years said the mistake made in the Palisades Fire was LA City tried to handle it on their own — they
didn’t call in resources from LA County and Cal Fire.
As another Cal Fire guy said, they should have called “broken arrow” and brought in everyone. Camp 8 was only 6 miles from the fire source. If they had helicopters watered and loaded, they could have been on top of it in minutes. Because minutes is all they have. How much time before a wind-driven fire goes out of control, do you think?
I don’t know the truth to that at all, because when we as a brigade were assembled, we were initially sent to the Sunset Mesa area behind the Getty. The fire had not reached that area yet, but by the time we rounded Topanga, you could see the black darkness, and I think the hair raised on my back. Everybody in my vehicle — in Brigade Team Five — knew that fire wasn’t stopping ‘til it hit the Pacific Ocean.
I remember I emailed you from Hawaii during the Woolsey Fire, and you said it would be catastrophic. You knew this one would be even worse than Woolsey?
The wind and low relative humidity were cause for the perfect firestorm. I referenced this to a couple of people. At one point, I was being a lookout for my team, and I was up in a residence in the Las Flores area. And I’m a big guy. I weigh about, approximately 250 pounds — give or take five ...
And it almost blew you over. It blew me over. You’ve seen wind, I’ve seen wind.
We’ve been a few places. We’ve seen a few things. I’ve never seen wind like that. Ever, anywhere, and especially not a clear sky gale.
A wind-driven wildfire, when you hit winds that are hurricane speed, it’s one of the scariest things one will ever experience.
That’s exactly right. You cannot outrun it …
Nope. I said it was like Random the Dragon got drunk and mean and flew around firehosing structures wholesale and at random.
Again, I can’t reiterate how important it is for people to respect
our fire departments and all of the first responders that are trying to save lives and adhere to those warnings, because I think some people might have got a little more complacent in the recent fires that we had in Malibu, the Franklin Fire and the Broad Fire. They were no comparison to this.
That’s what Brian Rapf said. He said the Franklin Fire was a camp fire compared to this. He was on Rambla Pacifico and it was raging. Agreed.
I heard the top speed up in Camp Eight was 84 miles an hour. I’m sure there were some other
tion (RAWS) in the Santa Monica Mountains that were clocked higher than that.
Well, my point is that the only way you’re going to beat these things, you got to nip them in the bud. At the beginning. How long do you think you have until it goes out of control?
Palisades was out of control from the time I saw it. All the aircraft were doing was trying to slow it down so they can get resources to the homes and us get residents out.
The Sheriff’s [Department] were amazing too, assisting with evacuations.
Remote Automated Weather Sta -
(Top Left) Malibu resident Jessica Serfaty and former Malibu Mayor Skylar Peak do humanitarian work in the wake of the Palisades Fire (Top Right) The sky shows an orange hue because of the flames as a Point Dume fire vehicle is shown during the Palisades Fire. (Bottom) The smoke is seen rising up from Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire. Photo Courtesy of Skylar Peak
Where to begin: Malibu confronts the challenges — and opportunities — of rebuilding
As Eastern Malibu rebuilds, residents can seize the day and insist on a redesigned area of the city that is safer and more efficient
By BARBARA BURKE
Alittle more than one month after the Palisades Fire ravaged parts of Malibu, residents, individually and collectively, are slowly beginning to go forward, planning their next steps in recovering from the tragedy. The task of rebuilding is daunting on an individual level — every affected homeowner and business owner must navigate reviewing and completing mounds of paperwork: documents communicating with insurance companies; documents that must be filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA); documents while dealing with architects, geologists, structural engineers, planners and expediters, septic experts, builders
and contractors and utilities, children’s schools; and documents exchanged with landlords who are providing victims with temporary housing.
The task of rebuilding part of Malibu is daunting for the community. Decisions — tough decisions — must be made, many quite quickly. For instance, after Malibu residents vociferously protested when the Environmental Protection Agency proposed using a Civic Center parcel in central Malibu for a staging area for organizing hazardous materials, officials responded by finding an alternative location at the base of the burn scar. Clearly, time was of the essence and the community rallied together, thereby obtaining the result citizens demanded.
Seizing the day
Many more communal decisions await. Shall we use the need to rebuild Eastern Malibu as an opportunity, as many advocates implore, to redesign Pacific Coast Highway to be safer for driving and bicycling as well as to be more efficient for evacuating in emergencies? Shall we — as Malibu native Carl Randall posited in a recent town hall — build a continuous seawall in part of Eastern Malibu so as to strengthen the residences that are rebuilt along that gorgeous stretch of coastline? When Randall brought the topic up, a represen -
tative of the Army Corps of Engineers expressed openness to that idea. Perhaps it makes imminent sense to explore that option as a community. Shall we, as one person posting on social media suggested, build a sewer system for part of Eastern Malibu, resulting in a more hygienic coastline sans the stench of septic systems leaking? The community’s long-standing recalcitrance for doing so has been due to a fear of unwieldy development. Indeed, such recalcitrance was at the heart of Malibu incorporating as a city. However, if the system is properly designed, might it not make imminent sense?
Simply stated, due to an unspeakable tragedy, Malibu is presented with an opportunity to redesign part of the town. Perhaps we should seize the opportunity to begin our town planning again in a comprehensive, wise and sustainable fashion. Perhaps we should be vocal — very vocal — with elected leaders at all levels of government, pointing out that we seek — or, as many locals would say, we demand — the undergrounding of electrical power poles. Residents have strongly implored the utility companies to do so, only to hear that the process is too arduous and expensive. However, won’t the rebuilding process itself be arduous and expensive? If efforts to force SCE to underground electri -
“Then, we’ll look to put our stamp on the game and take it to them,” he said.
CIF-Southern Section Girls Soccer Division 6 playoffs. Malibu faced the Segerstrom Jaguars in the first round on Feb. 12. The winner advanced to a second match against the victor of Carpinteria vs. St. Monica Prep on Friday, Feb. 14. Shyrane said the Sharks wanted to play a cautious game against Segerstrom in the first portion of the contest since they are an unfamiliar opponent.
Malibu began its campaign in November with the cleats aimed at putting a stamp on this season due to the number of experienced players and talented freshmen on the roster.
“I was confident,” Shyrane remembered. “I knew some of the girls coming in would be able to step up. I knew we were going to have a good season.”
The Sharks began the season with a 3-0 win over Villanova Prep, and after
past. There were also many smiles. Most of all, there was a lot of love and a lot of thank yous.
“It was like joy and pain all together at the same time,” Bowen noted. “Some ladies showed us pictures of their burnt-out homes, crying at the sight of them, but also, they were so very grateful.” When one door closes, another opens Fire victims came from everywhere, from Pasadena, Altadena, Malibu, and Pacific Palisades. There was a gentleman who shopped for his neighbors who had burnt out, Bowen noted, and many families with children who were delighted to see an array of toys on show.
“It’s amazing how helpful this is,” said Casey Ovsiowitz, whose home was destroyed in Sunset Mesa. “You walk through here and
cal poles are unavailing, perhaps those in Eastern Malibu should take the lead of local Joe Geus, the citizen advocate who spearheaded undergrounding the utility poles in the Broad Beach neighborhood. There is an established procedure for residents to take that initiative. They can organize a neighborhood effort, create an assessment district, and coordinate with the utility and with all other service providers using the poles, such as telecommunication companies. It is a years-long process, Geus once told this reporter, and it all starts with getting the citizens in the neighborhood to agree to the effort.
However, those who own scorched properties in Eastern Malibu who are victims do, indeed, have the requisite time. First, the properties must be cleared by the EPA. Next, the debris must be removed. Then, the permitting process begins. Clearly, there is time for Eastern Malibuites to gather, agree, and organize so as to have undergrounded poles.
Whatever the outcome of any such efforts, clearly, there is no more crucial a time for each of us to individually exercise our franchise and to advocate strenuously for how we want the newly rebuilt part of Malibu to look. Clearly, it is time. It is our time. We should seize the day.
a loss to Santa Maria, they recorded a 2-0 victory over St. Bonaventure and 1-0 triumph over Heritage Christian on the second day of December. Their next game, a 3-1 loss to Tri-Valley League opponent Channel Islands on Dec. 6, was their last match for over a month due to the wildfires
The team had canceled matches and couldn’t practice. Their slate of 12 games against Tri-Valley League competition was slashed to six.
Malibu played five league games after
realize that you need all of these everyday items.”
the fires subsided. The Sharks had a 1-0 victory over Santa Paula on Jan. 24.
“We got the win and everyone was super happy about that,” said Kletter, who scored Malibu’s goal in the win.
The team then tied Carpinteria 0-0 three days later and Hueneme by the same score on Jan. 30. Both games went into double overtime. Malibu lost to Fillmore 4-1 on Jan. 31 and then beat Nordoff.
Malibu’s 2-2-2 league record qualified them for the playoffs.
Cole Ovsiowitz chimed in, saying, “Your mind gets fogged up when you’re a victim of a disaster and it’s nice that the ladies who organized this thought ahead for us and realized all that we will need.”
Bowen discussed how other victims reacted.
“One lady saw a crystal bowl that reminded her of a crystal that she was given when she got married, while another was taken with a lamp that had an elephant as it reminded her of a lamp from her childhood,” she said. “Overall, there has been more gratitude than sadness.”
“What I love about Malibu is that we bring our hearts together and we open up our hearts and our purses when people are in need. That includes our business community as reflected by Pavilions kindly donating some food for our volunteers,” Bowen declared. “We know we are blessed here in Malibu and when you bless others, you’re blessed!”
The Shyrane said playing the league games last month with very little practice time was tough.
“However our record alone was decent form to make the playoffs,” the Sharks’ coach stated.
Kletter noted how the team rallied together.
“We wanted to finish the season and keep trying to win,” she said. “It would have been really easy to give up. We turned it around and gave it our best shot.”
2025015377
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: MALIBU WASTEWATER
16755 HALSTED ST, NORTHRIDGE, CA 91343, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s):
MARTIN SALGADO BATRES
16755 HALSTED ST, NORTHRIDGE, CA 91343
If Corporation or LLC- 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: 01/2025
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, MARTIN SALGADO BATRES, OWNER
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/23/2025 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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2025014534
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: GREEN DEPOT BUILDING SUPPLY GREEN DEPOT 25019 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU, CA 90265, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):
Registered Owner(s): SUITE MODULAR MANUFACTURING LLC 996 E RIVERPARK LANE, BOISE, ID 83706 If Corporation or LLC- State of Incorporation/Organization ID 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, SUITE MODULAR MANUFACTURING LLC, PIERCY ROBINSON, MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/23/2025 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
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST LOAN: SP1549 / ROBBINS OTHER: 91232640
T.S.#:24148-RT YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/8/2022. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE is hereby given that REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., as trustee, or successor trustee, or substituted trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by BRIAN ROBBINS and ALEXANDRA ROBBINS, husband and wife as Joint Tenants, recorded on 11/18/2022 as Instrument No. 20221090208 in Book —, Page -- of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to
LEGAL NOTICES
Sell thereunder recorded 10/22/2024 in Book Page —, as Instrument No. 20240719018 of said Official Records, WILL SELL on 2/28/2025 At The Courtyard located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at 11:00 AM AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), 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 hereinafter described: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N.: 2017023-023 The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 23951 Eagle Mountain Street, (West Hills Area), Los Angeles, CA The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the undersigned within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $1,221,148.53. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note(s), fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. 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: January 24, 2025 REDWOOD TRUST DEED SERVICES, INC., as said Trustee ATTN: ROBERT CULLEN P.O. BOX 6875 SANTA ROSA, CA 95406-0875 By: ROBERT CULLEN, President 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 (800) 683-2468 or visit this Internet Web site: www. servicelinkASAP.com, using the Trustee Sale number assigned to this file, T.S. #24I48-RT. 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 property 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 (800) 683-2468, or visit this internet website www.servicelinkASAP.com, using the file number assigned to this case 24148-RT 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, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, 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. A-4833622 02/06/2025,
02/13/2025, 02/20/2025
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2025017482
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:
PILLARS OF CREATION REKORDS
GENUFLUX.MUSIC
SUSPIRIUM ART SPACE
SUSPIRIUM TACTILE GOODS
4314 DUQUESNE AVE, CULVER CITY, CA 90232-2904, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): GENUFLUX LLC
4314 DUQUESNE AVE, CULVER CITY, CA 90232-2904
If Corporation or LLC- 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: 01/2025
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, GENUFLUX LLC, COLLYN MCCOY, PRESIDENT
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/28/2025
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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2025017475
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS
AS: VMAX PACKS AND COLLECTIBLES
22601 CALVERT ST, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91367, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): DILLON ZOHAIR SHAMMA 22601 CALVERT ST, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91367
If Corporation or LLC- 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, DILLON ZOHAIR SHAMMA, OWNER
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/28/2025 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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nization
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, JEFFREY GUTIERREZ, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/29/2025 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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BID NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SMMUSD invites sealed proposals for: RFP #25.15 – DISTRICTWIDE ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE, TESTING AND REPAIR SERVICES . All proposals must be electronically submitted via Secure Bids at https://colbisecurebids. com/o/smmusd/2515 on or before: Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:00 P.M. RFP forms and specifications may be obtained in the link provided within this notice. MALIBU 26
PUBLIC NOTICE
2025018774
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: BLUE BIRDIE PLUMBING 18632 LANARK ST, RESEDA, CA 91335, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): JEFFREY GUTIERREZ 18632 LANARK ST, RESEDA, CA 91335 If Corporation or LLC- State of Incorporation/Orga-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 24-03045-SMCA Title No. 240537663-CA-VOI A.P.N. 4458-021-092 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/10/1991. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Ryan Embree, a single man Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 10/29/1991 as Instrument No. 91 1705410 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: : 03/20/2025 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, Vineyard Ballroom, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $85,763.23 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 23901 Civic Center Way #346, Malibu, CA 90265 A.P.N.: 4458-021-092 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. 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. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded. 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 prop-
erty 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 800-280-2832 or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 24-03045-SMCA. 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 website. 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 a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may be able to 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 property 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 888-264-4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com , using the file number assigned to this case 24-03045-SMCA 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 a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.
*Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only to public auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended. Date: 02/04/2025 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany and Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888-264-4010 Sales Line 800-280-2832; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com Connie Hernandez, Trustee Sales Representative A-FN4834308 02/13/2025, 02/20/2025, 02/27/2025 MALIBU 27
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RICHARD MARVIN BUTKUS CASE NO. 25STPB00984
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of RICHARD MARVIN BUTKUS.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NICOLE PARISH in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NICOLE PARISH 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 with limited authority. (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 in this court as follows: 03/04/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 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
J. PETER WAKEMAN, ESQ. - SBN 116317
WAKEMAN LAW GROUP, INC.
4500 E. THOUSAND OAKS BLVD. #101
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
ANTHONY G. SONSINI AKA ANTHONY GREGORY
SONSINI
CASE NO. 25STPB00961
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ANTHONY G. SONSINI AKA ANTHONY GREGORY SONSINI.
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD L. SHOLTY, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD L. SHOLTY, JR. 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 in this court as follows: 03/04/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 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
C. TRACY KAYSER - SBN 230022
KAYSER LAW GROUP, APC 1407 N. BATAVIA ST., SUITE 103 ORANGE CA 92867
Telephone (714) 984-2004
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BOWERBIRD INTERIORS 4337 VASSAR ST JANA HILDRE AT BOWERBIRD INTERIORS, VENTURA, CA 93003, VENTURA COUNTY
Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): JANA HILDRE 4337 VASSAR ST, VENTURA CA, CA 93003
If Corporation or LLC- 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: 02/2025
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, JANA HILDRE, JANA HILDRE, OWNER
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 2/6/2025
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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Pepperdine freshmen shine on the court
Pisaric and Poertner earn WCC weekly tennis honors
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Acouple of first-year Pepperdine Waves men’s tennis players snagged West Coast Conference weekly awards last week.
Freshman Aleksa Pisaric, who is from Serbia, won the WCC Singles Player of the Week on Feb. 4, and he and his classmate and doubles partner, Lasse Poertner, who is from Germany, garnered the conference’s Doubles Team of the Week honor on the same day.
The awards stem from the duo’s play in the Waves’ victories over Loyola Marymount University and ninth-ranked Texas A&M the first two days of this month at Pepperdine’s Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
Poertner and Pisaric’s doubles wins occurred in dominant fashion, and Pisaric’s singles wins secured victories for the Waves.
In Pepperdine’s 4-0 win over LMU on Feb. 1, the twosome defeated Yousef Sadek and Nikola Kuraica 6-1. Poertner and Pisaric broke the LMU pair on the deciding point in the fourth game to grab a 3-1 lead. The Waves held serve for the match with Poertner serving on the deciding point. LMU returned Poertner’s backhand long.
Poertner and Pisaric beat Tiago Pires and Matthis Ross 6-3 in the Waves’ 6-1 triumph over Texas A&M the next day.
The Waves forced deciding point in the fourth game and broke Texas A&M off a double fault. Poertner and Pisaric then got four straight points to take a 4-2 lead. Pepperdine won the match when Texas A&M returned Pisaric’s serve wide.
Pisaric defeated Sadek 6-4, 6-2 in sin -
gles play in the Waves’ LMU victory. The win was Pisaric’s first on Pepperdine’s home court. Pisaric broke through in the seventh game to snag a 4-3 advantage, and then the match was played on serve for him to win the first set. The Wave broke his opponent in the third game of the second set and increased his
lead. Pisaric broke Sadek to take a 5-2 lead and went on to victory. Against Tokac in the Texas A&M matchup, Pisaric lost the first set 4-6, but won the second 6-4. Pisaric gained the advantage in the third game with a break-point winner. He broke Tokac in the final game for a 6-3 win.
Pepperdine defeated Arizona State 4-3 on Feb. 6. The squad was beaten 4-0 by Arizona three days later. The Waves have a 5-3 record heading into their home match against USC on Friday at 2 p.m. Pepperdine plays at UCLA in Los Angeles on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Sharks make waves in CIF playoffs
Malibu High girls water polo squad advances to quarterfinals for second consecutive year
The Malibu High girls water polo team advanced to the third round of the CIF playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Sharks faced San Dimas in the quarterfinals of the CIF-Southern Section Girls Water Polo Division 4 Championships on Wednesday, Feb 12. The winner advanced to a semifinal matchup between the winner of Beaumont and Ayala on Feb. 18. The title game is scheduled for Feb. 22 at
Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Malibu’s swim to the quarterfinals began with an 8-7 victory over Yorba Linda in the opening round of the postseason on Feb. 4. The Sharks downed Louisville 11-6 three days later in the second round. Malibu also beat Louisville in the second round of the playoffs in 2024.
Sharks head coach Hayden Goldberg said Ceylon Zappa, Tallula Murphree, and Olivia Wild-Mullarkey led Malibu in their first two playoff wins, and goalkeeper Neko Kincaid “was a wall in the goal.”
“The girls are locked in and the key is defense,” he said. “We have great defensive structure.” Goldberg said Malibu, champs of the Tri-Valley League, are playing at their highest level.
“The girls know each other and trust their movements and the capabilities of each other in the games,” he said.
Meet Luna!
Say hi to Luna A5672799, a gorgeous six-year-old husky mix. Luna was surrendered to Agoura with Pyometra. She was immediately brought to the private vet, where she underwent emergency surgery. Now that she’s on the mend, her spunky personality is beginning to emerge.
Luna’s a bit reserved when you first meet her, but she absolutely craves human affection and quickly becomes a velcro dog once she knows you. She’s the kind of girl who opens up at her own pace and loves to hang with her volunteer friends and walk laps at the shelter - she’d probably *really* love to go on some leisurely neighborhood walks with you even more.To meet Luna or her other adoptable friends, please stop by the Agoura Animal Care Center!
Care Center Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-5pm Closed* on Sunday and holidays 29525 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 agoura@animalcare.lacounty.gov
The Agoura Shelter is at 29525 Agoura Rd., Agoura Hills. Occasionally pets have already been adopted. To check availability, call 818-991-0071 or visit animalcare.lacounty.gov
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