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Talia Swindal wins SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach The victory put surfer, a past Malibu Sharks team member, atop the North America QS rankings

By MCKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

Fathers and daughters dancing together at the Malibu Pacific Church annual Father and Daughter Dance on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Photo by Devon Meyers

Malibu Pacific Church’s love letter to Malibu: Parent-child dances delight

Over 200 attendees enjoyed the mother-son dance and 425 attended the fatherdaughter dance this year

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

“It’s my 22nd year attending the father-daughter dance,” said Domenic Mastrippolito as he proudly accompanied his 13-year-old daughter Xue, the youngest of his five daughters, to Malibu Pacific Church’s annual father-daughter dance on Feb. 10. “It’s been a great night every year for every one of my daughters and the dances are always cherished.”

As the sun gently set below the horizon, the Mastrippolitos paused at the entrance of the event venue, smiling broadly as they viewed the elaborate, beautiful setting, flush with tables formally decorated

with delicate rose centerpieces and a dance floor that beckoned all attendees to join in the fun. Wow! What a wonderful place to hold such a special occasion.

But first a magic show and other activities! Arcades, face painting, photo booths, arts and crafts, popcorn, cotton candy — all were there to enjoy.

The church was full of attendees viewing a magic show with rapt attention.

“How did he do that?” A little one wondered aloud, as Luigi the Magician fascinated the audience with his mysterious, entertaining tricks and juggling act.

Outside in the foyer, little Ciel Grundman, 6, and her sister, Soleil, 4, basked in their doting dad Paul’s TLC. Two delighted little girls with their daddy out on the town, they smiled and giggled as they

thoroughly enjoyed their cotton candy.

“This event is the perfect start to the new year,” Paul said. “It’s heartwarming and something we have all needed. It’s great to see all the fathers and daughters from the community, it’s as if we were throwing a birthday party for the town.”

The band began to play and debonair daddies wearing formal suits soon accompanied their dazzling daughters onto the dance floor.

They twirled and twirled and danced and danced! The little girls’ glitter shoes tapped to the rhythm and their tiaras and fancy dresses swayed with the beat. Above, disco balls shot rays of multi-color lights and one of the musicians circled the group blowing bubbles as the group began to form a train.

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California Coastal Commission approves rebuild despite neighbors’ objections Applicant waited 12 years for approval to rebuild after home destroyed in 1993 fire

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times

A Malibu homeowner has won approval from the California Coastal Commission (CCC) to rebuild a Big Rock area home that had previously been destroyed by fire. The CCC voted in favor of the applicant Feb. 7 after hearing comments from the attorney

representing the applicant and an attorney representing residents opposed.

CCC staffer Deanna Christensen explained the project, which includes a garage, detached cabana, and new onsite wastewater treatment system, was approved by the city. The site on Inland Lane is in the Big Rock landslide area on a bluff abutting Pacific Coast Highway.

Christensen indicated a dewatering program is in place to maintain groundwater levels.

The original home was destroyed

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times

Less than a year after his controversial hiring, Alex Reisfield is out as head coach of the Malibu Seawolves, the swim club contracted through the City of Malibu. It was the hiring of Reisfield and abrupt firing of former Seawolves coach Erik Ran that led to the split of Malibu’s swimming community

and formation of a new club, the Malibu Marlins.

After Ran’s firing in June by the Malibu Aquatics Foundation (MAF), which runs the Seawolves, he was hired by the newly formed Marlins to continue as head coach.

There was rancor between the two swim clubs as only one could be awarded community pool time as the city’s official contractor to provide a swim program. The Seawolves, with a history of providing service to the city, was awarded all available time slots at the community pool located at CONTINUED ON PAGE A5

Talia Swindal celebrates her win at the WSL Qualifying Series event in Pismo Beach on Jan. 27. Photo by World Surf League

won the men’s North America QS 3,000. Sanoa Dempfle-Olin won the women’s Pro Junior Final and Kai Kushner won the men’s Pro Junior Final.

Swindal defeated her friend Bella Kenworthy in the QS final.

Kenworthy surfed up a score of 7.33 out of possible 10 to begin the final, while Swindal rode her initial wave to a score of 6.00.

However, Swindal surfed back and earned 8.00 on a running righthander with numerous critical sections. Her opponent failed to get a score that would overcome

City Council motions to bring back School Safety Assessment Parents share their concerns about not receiving updates on the assessment since it was initiated in 2022

By SAMANTHA BRAVO

in the 1993 Old Topanga Fire.

Of The Malibu Times Seven neighbors appealed the project, contending the structure To start off the Malibu City partly embedded underground Council meeting on Monday, Feb. would decrease stability of the 12, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff ’s landslide, not minimize risk to life Sgt. Chris Soderlund provided a and property, and that a variance brief report on the recent crime, to the factor of safety standard of enforcement, rainstorm, and the the LCP should not have been 4.5-magnitude earthquake that granted by the City of Malibu. occured on Friday, Feb. 9. The The appeals also raised concerns temblor was centered 12 kilomeabout the size and visual impact ters northwest of Malibu per the (USGS) United States Geologiof the house.

The city’s geotechnical staff cal Survey. The quake was felt in concluded there would be minimal Malibu, Agoura Hills, Thousand CONTINUED ON PAGE A6 Oaks, and surrounding areas. No reports of damage or injuries so far.

Soderlund said they did a critical facility check and said there were no damages or injuries reported.

Soderlund thanked the City Council for the recent purchase of six LiDAR (light detection and ranging) speed guns to assist the LA County Sheriff ’s Department in its traffic safety enforcement activities on PCH and canyon roads in city limits.

Soderlund also reminded the community of the recent approval of a long-term two-year contract Then Malibu Seawolves head coach Alex Reisfield is shown during practice in August with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on Jan. 22. The 2023. Photo by Devon Meyers/TMT.

Recently hired coach of Malibu Seawolves Swim Club let go

Economics appears behind decision to eliminate the position of head coach

The first wave Talia Swindal caught as an amateur surfer was at the SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach in 2022. She advanced to the second round of the event.

The 18-year-old returned to the surfing spectacle on Jan. 27, but this time she surfed away victorious.

Swindal won the North American Qualifying Series (QS) 3,000 women’s event at SLO Cal Open Pismo Beach. The victory put Swindal, a past Malibu Sharks team member, in the top spot of the North America QS rankings.

She said winning the event was a surreal experience.

“It was insane,” Swindal recalled.

“It didn’t hit me at first. Once I came home and saw all my friends and the people I surf with everyday it really sank in. It feels really good.”

Surfers who are not currently eligible for the WSL’s Championship Tour compete in QS events to earn enough points toward qualifying for the following year’s Championship Tour.

Swindal was one of four victors at Pismo Beach. Taj Lindblad

contract includes a three-officer traffic enforcement task force dedicated to patrol Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) within city limits. The financial commitment is not to exceed $2 million.

On crime, Soderlund said there were 35 part one crimes. Compared to last January 2022, with 44 part one crimes, it was a 20.5 percent drop.

Soderlund said there were two residential burglaries in January, both in the Malibu West area. He said he will be meeting with Malibu West HOA on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. about burglaries, things to look for, and how to keep your home safe.

For council updates, Mayor Steve Uhring said the Adamson House will be offering a tour on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 9 a.m. Join California State Parks and Nature Nexus Institute for a free, twohour guided tour of Malibu Lagoon State Beach and the Historic Adamson House. The event is free with RSVP. To RSVP, email AH.Specialtours@parks.ca.gov.

Comfortable shoes, layers for the weather, binoculars, and sun protection are recommended. Paid parking is available at Malibu Lagoon State Beach or Surfrider Beach parking lot.

Uhring asked staff for an update on the hiring of consultants to help speed up projects and applications. While the Planning Department continues to CONTINUED ON PAGE A9

the first-time WSL winner.

Two of Swindal’s supporters hoisted her upon their shoulders in celebration when she returned to the beach. Soon after, Swindal was awarded a surfboard-shaped trophy.

The work Swindal put in to claim her first WSL triumph includes surfing up to three hours a day and exercising. Her friends and family, she noted, are also key.

“It truly takes a village to get where I am today and where I want to be eventually,” said Swindal, CONTINUED ON PAGE A7

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this week

Malibu’s Hand in Hand community celebrates Valentine’s Day |B1

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . .A2 News Briefs . . . . . . . . . .A3 • 4.5-magnitude earthquake jolts Malibu last Friday Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . .A4 • Events Business . . . . . . . . . . . A6 • Forewarned is forearmed: Strategies for documenting damages from disasters to make insurance claims Real Estate . . . . . . . . . A8 Malibu Life . . . . . . . . . .B1 • Local Malibu student designs new Prince Street ‘Spring Fling’ pizza People . . . . . . . . . . . . .B2 • Ben Marcus: Who loves ya, Baby?

Legal Notices . . . . . . . . .B3 Business & Directory . . . B5 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B5 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . B8 • Waves tennis’s Savannah Broadus named Player of the Week after downing top player

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February: A short month with a lot of holidays

By JOHN COPELAND Guest Columnist

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or being the shortest month of the year, February certainly has a lot of “holidays.” It is also the only month of our calendar not named for a God, a Roman emperor or a number. It was named for the Roman festival Februa, a monthlong festival of purification and atonement.

The festival of Februa is very old, older even than Rome. It was originally an old Sabine festival honoring their god Februs, god of the underworld. The Sabines were a pre-Roman tribe that lived in the Apennine Mountains of Italy and were conquered by the Romans. Rome merged Februs with Pluto. No, not Mickey Mouse’s — Pluto was the Roman god of the Underworld and the Dead.

On Feb. 2, while the Romans were beginning to festively purify themselves, other cultures were celebrating a fire goddess and sheep (I know that sounds a little scary). During the Middle Ages, Feb. 2 was the time for blessing church candles, celebrating bears, and later still, groundhog meteorologists. Each of these observances have Feb. 2 in common.

Now, when you stop and think about it, all these events seem random and unrelated; truth is, they are not!

Feb. 2 is a cross quarter day.

During the year, our seasons are marked by both quarter days and

cross quarter days. They are some of the oldest holidays still widely recognized around our planet.

They are at least as old as New Year’s and possibly older.

Quarter days are astronomical events marking the winter and summer solstices, and spring and vernal equinoxes. Cross quarter days fall midway between the quarter days. The quarter days are Feb. 2 (Groundhog Day), May 1 (May Day), Aug. 1 (Gule of August) and Oct. 31 (Halloween).

Feb. 2 is the first cross quarter day of the year and it heralds the triumph of spring over winter and birth over death. This was a big day in early cultures as revealed by the many festivals associated with Feb. 2.

For ancient Celts, it was the festival of Imbolc, celebrating that ewes were soon to give birth to lambs, a sure sign that spring is not far off. In ancient Gaelic the word “Imbolc” literally means “lamb’s milk.”

Feb. 2 is also Brigid’s Day. Brigid, was a Celtic fire goddess that was so popular with the common folk, she was embraced by the church and canonized as a saint.

Brigid represents the light half of the year, and the power that will bring people from the dark season of winter into spring.

Feb. 2 is also Candlemas, when the candles that would be used in the church during the coming year were blessed. This custom lasted in England until Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans

Letters to the Editor Malibu Moves plan a half marathon, 10K and 5K events, and a ‘Movement Festival’ after getting permit The event will raise funds to benefit youth organizations, collaborate with local schools

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Beat the PCH Blues Dear Editor, Feeling hopeless about PCH? Why wouldn’t you be! This problem has been forever. My grandmother was one of the women behind the 1911 Los Angeles headline: “Feminine Drivers To Clash in Auto Race.” She had already gotten a speeding ticket downtown in 1908 at age 17, going 23 mph in a 12-mph zone.

But we are not alone. I recommend the New York Times Magazine article, Jan. 10, “Why Are American Drivers So Deadly?”

Here’s what makes Malibu a special place for being part of the solution to this nationwide problem: media attention. With this week’s rainstorm, I’m sure you received similar texts to my friend’s from rural England: “You okay?

The news says Malibu hit hard.”

Let’s get really creative and even unusual with PCH solutions —what about a “Slow Malibu” movement akin to the Slow Food movement? Wow! We could have fun promoting: Enjoy the beauty AND have less stress! What about colorful signage that lets through-drivers know that playful families live here? What kind of character might we present? The media would love reporting on wacky originality coming out of Malibu — instead of the usual

stars and surfers (yawn) — and as a side effect we might help other municipalities with deadly roads that don’t have the media magnifying glass.

Getting that hopeless feeling again? ‘’That won’t solve the middle-of-the-night high-speed reckless young men?” Hey, I never said culture change was fast or easy. But it could be fun.

The country is seeing more anger, and more “I don’t care” attitudes. We have a presidential candidate hinting at “death and destruction.” Post-pandemic, with our democracy possibly at stake, the timing for fresh messaging couldn’t be better.

The City of Malibu has just added a “Contact Us” button to the PCH Safety webpage. Please contribute. Hopefully they will take the next step I’ve advocated, of making our ideas visible there, so we can build on each other’s, and perhaps it could become some grass roots projects together.

The “Three E’s” (Education, Enforcement, Engineering) are all great. But why not, in addition, a positive, refreshing pronouncement on who we are and why we want to stay alive?

Margot Smit, Malibu

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HAYLEY MATTSON “ There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.”

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banned the practice. However, the symbol of lighted candles had a strong hold on common folk and was not entirely cast aside. Traces of this festival held on until recently in the British Isles like little lights that refused to be blown out.

That brings us to the groundhog. Well, originally, it wasn’t a groundhog. European folk traditions marked Feb. 2 as the date bears emerged from hibernation to inspect the weather and if they returned to their lairs it meant that winter would continue for another 40 days.

In colonial days, German immigrants brought their traditions with them. Finding no bears but lots of groundhogs, or woodchucks, they adopted them to fit the lore. It’s one of the early examples of job outsourcing — the bears lost their weather job to a woodchuck. According to legend, if a groundhog sees its shadow on this day, there will be six more weeks of winter.

Feb. 10 is Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year.

The Lunar New Year is celebrated

by more than 20 percent of the world’s population. It is the most important holiday in China and many other Asian nations. It’s considered a time to honor ancestors and to be with family. The Lunar New Year usually sparks a rush of travel that the New York Times has called the world’s largest annual human migration.

The Lunar New Year is based on the ancient Chinese lunar calendar, and it falls on the second new moon after winter solstice, which always occurs between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19, so unlike Jan. 1, which begins our year, the date of the Lunar New Year moves from year to year. This year, 4722, in China, is the Year of the Dragon.

Dragon years are about opportunities, changes, and challenges.

The Super Bowl took place on Sunday, Feb. 11. It marks the second time since 2003 that the Super Bowl has not been held on the first Sunday in February.

Wednesday, Feb. 14, is Valentine’s Day, a very popular holiday. According to U.S. florists, 110 million roses, most of them red, will be given to sweethearts

across America on Valentine’s Day. We will also exchange about 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards. Americans will also buy more than 58 million pounds of chocolate and a lot of that will come boxed in 35 million heartshaped boxes. This is what lays in store for us in just the first half of February. We acknowledge Lincoln's Birthday (Feb. 12), Washington’s Birthday (Feb. 22) and President’s Day (Feb 19). It is also Black History Month and Heart Health Month.

2024 is a leap year and Saturday, Feb. 29, is Leap Day. What’s the big deal about leap years? If there were no leap years, eventually February would be a summer month for the Northern Hemisphere and a winter month in the Southern Hemisphere.

That’s because the Earth’s trip around the sun takes roughly 365 and one-quarter days. Keeping a calendar in sync with the year’s season is something that humans have struggled with for as long as there have been calendars. This month, we make the every-fouryear adjustment.

future. I am hoping that our mayor and City Councilmembers will look into these tax credits to see Dear Editor, if they can benefit Malibu. (and Thanks to Congress, cities can yes, we will need to have charging now take advantage of tax credits stations and battery storage, also!) to help electrify municipal vehicle fleets.

Marilyn Green, Malibu The Inflation Reduction Act’s Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle Credit can be used to direct- Death of Malibu’s adopted ly offset the upfront capital costs native resident of electrifying light-duty and medium-duty municipal fleets. The Dear Editor, acquisition of new equipment I’ve had the opportunity to visit (like vehicles) for public use is one the King Center several times in of the most direct and immediate the past. It’s quite a place to tour. ways governments can begin to Its been 38 years that America decarbonize. A lower upfront cost has celebrated Dr. Martin Luther means an earlier break-even point King Jr.’s birthday as a national over the lifespan of the vehicle. So federal holiday. But this January these newly accessible tax credits 2024 has been one of triumph. present a strong economic arguIn the wake of Dexter Scott ment for making the switch; the King’s death, we pay special sooner our city breaks even on homage to his legacy. The oldest their purchases, the sooner they son of Coretta and Martin Lucan start reaping the longer-term ther King Jr. was an outstanding benefits of the EVs’ lower-cost role model himself. He will almaintenance and fuel. ways be remembered for many It’s an unprecedented opportu- talents. Dexter was considered nity to cut emissions, save costs, to be a nice-looking gentleman and advance public health. This who carried on his father’s legacy. is a pivotal moment to lead our He never had an offspring. That community towards a sustainable too, is also admirable.

Ninety-five years after the birth of America’s most formidable civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born, his youngest son Dexter Scott King succumbs to prostate cancer. Although the founders of our country abolished the idea to establish an American monarchy, I myself as an African American indirectly deem the Kings’ lineage as our country’s Black royal family.

May Dexter Scott King’s soul rest in peace.

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4.6 earthquake jolts Malibu last Friday A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook Malibu on Friday, Feb. 9, at 1:47 p.m. The temblor was centered 12 kilometers northwest of Malibu per the (USGS) United States Geological Survey. The quake was felt in Malibu, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, and surrounding areas. No reports of damage or injuries so far.

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CA, surrounded by family and friends reminiscing years of happy living, his big hug poses/smile, his love of life, and all the cool cars, trucks, and rides. Rock was a huge sports fan.

Rock was with his wife Cathy when he took his last breath listening to “Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Eric Clapton).

His last recorded words were said with warrior spirit: “I love you so much” and “I love you a lot.” Russell donated his body to the Omega Society with the Science of Care program. He called it “Rock’s Plan” and wanted everyone to “learn” from what happened to him.

Please share at his dedicated website: https://raa.rocks There are more pictures, videos, and stories.

Goodbye to my dearest husband of my life, Happy Valentine’s Day! “The Wife” Cathy Crystal

erospace engineer, avid surfer, favored Malibu Tennis Club partner, Sierra Club mountain guide, writer, movie stand-in for Tom Hanks, and most proudly, spreading joy as the Pt. Dume Christmas Eve Santa Claus, Richard “Dick” Corman, age 95, died peacefully at his Pt. Dume home of 58 years, actually in his post-fire, manufactured home, on January 25, 2024. Born December RICHARD “DICK” CORMAN 21, 1928, he was a kind, fun-loving, 1928-2024 adventurous, self-made man. & Married for 67 years to Ida IDA K. CORMAN Koestner Corman, a renowned 1933-2021 garage sale aficionado, she worked

with her friends at the local cable company for 20 years and famously knew where everyone lived. Ida loved and was dearly loved by her Malibu girlfriend’s crew of 55-plus years. She espoused female friend power, filling the house with lady laughter and monthly Spruzzo ladies’ lunches until the end. Ida died peacefully at home, age 87, lunching and laughing until the end on January 12, 2021.

They are survived by son Richard Corman, daughter Corki Corman, granddaughter Sage Grazer, grandson Riley Grazer, and son-in-law John Ferry.

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 1/5 | Vehicle Burglary A couch cushion worth $5,733 was vandalized from a property near Point Dume.

The security footage recorded a white male, wearing a hooded jacket and shorts with white shoes, walking into the property. The victim said they did not recognize the suspect.  1/6 | Petty Theft $40 worth of food was stolen from the Starbucks at Trancas Country Market. The victim saw the suspect grab the items and run out of the store without paying. The incident was recorded on video, however, the victim would need to contact corporate to obtain the footage.  1/6 | Vehicle burglar A vehicle parked near Zuma Beach was broken into and ransacked. The victim left the key fob inside with his dog inside and the windows down, went surfing and upon return his keys were stolen and the car had been ransacked. His dog was not stolen during the incident. The victim was charged for $6,400 at an Apple Store in Beverly Hills. There were no security cameras available for evidence.

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siblings, Cathy’s two brothers and Mom (Isabelle), and over 60 Nieces, Nephews, and their children.

Russell graduated from Port Hueneme High School Class of 1972. He was a veteran of Bergstom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas, working as a corrosion control specialist. He had an uncanny skill set with math and worked as a bowling statistician as a teenager. His bartending career included Tournament Bowl, Shacks Landing, and Sam’s Saloon in Oxnard, CA. Pierpont Inn in Ventura, CA., Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Point Dume Room, Beau Rivage, and Spruzzo Bar and Restaurant in Malibu. He always had a prescience of being social.

Rock’s celebration of life happened on December 6th, 2023, at “The Raven Tavern” in Oxnard,

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 1/4 | Vehicle Burglary A vehicle parked near the Malibu Pier was broken into and ransacked. The victim placed the key fob inside a lockbox, attached it to the door handle, and upon return, the key was still inside the box. However, he noticed he was missing items from his vehicle. The victim received a notification of an unauthorized charge was made for $6,672 at an Apple Store at the Grove.

Homeless Count in Malibu shows significant decline in homelessness

ty volunteers. The local count showed 51 people experiencing homelessness in Malibu, the lowest number since 2016, when the City began participating in the Homeless Count, and a 30-percent decline since the 2023 Count. The data follows reports from the city’s Homeless Outreach Team through The People Concern that they helped 51 people in Malibu exit homelessness in 2023 through placement in permanent and interim housing, or family reunification. For more information about the City’s efforts to address homelessness, visit the webpage at malibucity.org/ homelessness.

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 1/4 | Vehicle Burglary A vehicle parked near Solstice Canyon Road was broken into and ransacked. Two designer bags worth $240 were stolen from the trunk of the vehicle. The victim received a notification of a purchase made at a Lululemon in Cross Creek for an estimated $2,888. There were no security cameras available for evidence.

& Rescue, LA County Fire Department, and California State Parks responded to a hiker stranded on a boulder above fast-moving water. The hiker was unable to safely extricate himself. LA County Fire Department Air Operations helicopter 18 made quick work of the operation, safely hoisting the hiker.

On Jan. 24, the City of Malibu participated in the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count along with The Los Angeles Homeless Service On Friday, Feb. 9, Malibu Search Authority (LAHSA) and communi-

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RUSSELL “ROCK” ALBRECHT 1954-2023

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ussell “Rock” Albrecht started his journey on August 26th, 1954. He walked his path until he died on October 16th, 2023.

Russell was born in New Jersey.

He is survived by his best friend and wife of 27 years, Cathy “Crystal” Curtiss Albrecht, six Albrecht

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On Jan. 30, city staff coordinated clearance of an encampment in the Rambla Vista area in response to community concerns. City staff worked proactively to engage with the person experiencing homelessness on multiple occasions in hopes of providing outreach services but were unable to engage with the person.

The encampment was cleared, and debris was removed. City staff will work with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to ensure the area remains free of any encampments. For more information about the city’s efforts to address homelessness, visit the webpage at www. malibucity.org/homelessness.

Applications are being accepted through March 29 for general fund grants to support local nonprofits

Applications are being accepted through March 29 for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 General Fund Grant Program from local nonprofit organizations to fund efforts that benefit residents of the community.

All Malibu community-based organizations are encouraged to apply for a General Fund Grant. Applications will be reviewed by the City Council’s Administration and Finance Subcommittee in mid-spring. The subcommittee’s recommendations will be presented to the City Council for award during the annual budget approval in June. For more information and to apply, visit the webpage at malibucity.org/generalfundgrants.

way at Corral Canyon Road, in place through this spring for work to convert the culvert at PCH and Corral Canyon Road into a bridge.

It is the first of three shifts during the course of the project. Two lanes will remain open in each direction, except at night, when there will be intermittent lane closures, with one lane remaining open in each direction. The lane closures began in mid-December. Watch for workers and work vehicles in and around the roadway. Under California law, fines for traffic violations are doubled in construction zones.

The project is part of a larger project to upgrade stormwater drainage along PCH and restore access to spawning habitat for the endangered Southern California steelhead trout. The larger project, which is expected to be completed in mid-2025, includes rehabilitating 13 culverts along a 25-mile stretch of PCH between Pacific Palisades and the Los Angeles County Line. The culvert at PCH and Corral Canyon Road currently prevents trout from accessing spawning habitat upstream in Solstice Creek.

Temporary Use Permit Ordinance hearing on Feb. 12 rescheduled, date to be determined

The public hearing by the City Council to consider the Temporary Use Permit (TUP) proposed ordinance scheduled for Feb. 12 has been rescheduled to a later date to be determined. Meeting details will be announced as soon Lane shift and as the new date is set. The hearing nighttime lane is to consider an ordinance and the Planning Commission’s recommenclosures announced dations on updating regulations for for PCH at Corral TUPs, which are permits for events at non-residential properties. For Canyon Road more information about TUPs, visit Caltrans has implemented a the webpage at malibucity.org/368/ lane shift on Pacific Coast HighCONTINUED ON PAGE A7

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orothy Maxine Vrungos passed away Monday evening, January 15, 2024, in West Hills, California, at the age of 96.

She was born in Creston, Iowa, and raised on a small farm with her four siblings and late mother and father, Hilda and Inar Peterson. Upon graduating from Creston High School in 1944 at the age of 17, she attended the American Institute of Business, where she received business training. She then left Creston in 1944 to work for the United States Government at Wright Patterson Airforce Base in Dayton, Ohio, for six years. There, she met James Vrungos, whom she married in 1950, and soon moved to Westwood, California, after James was offered a job at Hughes Aircraft.

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Always industrious, Dorothy held multiple job roles during her career, beginning as a Senior Typist/Clerk at UCLA library from 1951-1953, a First-Grade teacher at Carden School in Malibu from 1971-1974, a Secretary III to the Principal at Malibu Park Junior High from 1979 to 1994, and after retiring there, an Office Manager for her nephew’s structural engineering firm for the next six years.

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She was a full-time, dedicated mother who raised three children in Reseda and then Malibu, in addition to attending Santa Monica City College and UCLA, finishing only a few courses shy of an associate degree.

Dorothy enjoyed several hobbies during her lifetime. In addition to being a gourmet cook throughout her life, she loved clogging and was an avid rubber stamper, making beautiful, elaborate handmade cards.

In addition to her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her brothers Willard, Harold, and Leonard Peterson. She is survived by her three children, Craig Vrungos (Debbie) of Whidbey Island, Washington, Kim Vrungos of Los Angeles, California, and Shelley Vrungos of Huntington Beach, California; her sister, Linnea Levine (Donald), as well as many nieces and nephews.

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A private Celebration of her Life will take place on February 17, 2024. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Red Cross or Salvation Army.

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Properly dispose of certain types of household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronic waste on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the upper parking lot Families will sing, move, and of City Hall. All containers must play child-friendly instruments be clearly labeled to identify the together. For children ages 0-3 and their caregivers. Sponsored by contents. Maximum amount of the Friends of the Malibu Library. paint/motor oil accepted is 15 At the Malibu Library from 11 to gallons or 125 pounds per trip.

Accepted materials list: 11:30 a.m.

• Paint (water-based only) • Used motor oil FRI • Anti-freeze feb • Automotive and household batCLASSICAL GUITAR CONCERT teries • Compact fluorescent bulbs (unAT THE MALIBU LIBRARY broken) Join the Malibu Library and the • Electronics Pepperdine Guitar Department The city schedules its events on the on Friday, Feb. 16, from 3 to third Saturday in February, April, 4 p.m. for a concert featuring June, August, and October. Rain musicians studying with worldrenowned classical guitar virtuoso cancels the event.

Christopher Parkening. For adults. Masks are not currently required at this public event. Participants are strongly encouraged to remain FRI in their vehicles. Please stay feb home if you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, have OPEN HEARTS FOUNDATION been asked to quarantine, or have GALA recently traveled internationally.

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Paul. You’ll enjoy an incredible sat experience on Presidents’ Day feb weekend with our family of donors, sponsors, volunteers, CAFFEINATED VERSE and charity partners, featuring Caffeinated Verse includes a entertainment by Alisan Porter featured reader, Kim Dower, and Keith Harken. Porter will followed by an open mic format, on

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City Hall will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19, for Presidents Day. Special holiday hours for city parks and facilities will be posted in the News & Announcements section of the website homepage the week prior to the holiday.

Sheridan Hall. In 2024, the Pinewood Car Derby Race will have two prize categories: “Fastest Car” and “Best Design.”

MALIBU LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES WITH CLARE FRANK

The Malibu Library Speaker Series presents former firefighter Clare Frank, discussing her book “Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire.” Frank served as the State of California’s first and only female chief of fire protection.

She began firefighting at age 17 and worked her way through the The Malibu Municipal Code ranks, handling fire and rescue prohibits construction of any emergencies and major disasters kind on city holidays (M.M.C. in both urban and rural settings.

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Along the way, she earned a spot on an elite state command team, a bachelor’s in fire administration, Tue a law degree, a master’s in creative feb writing, and several leadership awards. Frank’s book, “Burnt: MOMMY AND ME MUSIC CLASS WITH LOCAL TEACHER A Memoir of Fighting Fire,” SIERRA DRUMMOND AT THIRD was published in 2023 and is an inspiring, richly detailed, and SPACE open-hearted account of an Sing, dance, learn, and play extraordinary life in fire. The event with local music teacher Sierra Drummond. Little ones will shake, takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Malibu Library. drum, sing, and dance during this 45-minute Parent and Me music class. No instruments needed — THU we will provide shakers and little feb ones will use Stapelstein elements to drum on. On Tuesday, Feb. 20 SENIOR EXCURSION: REDONDO and Feb. 27, from 11 to 11:45 a.m. BEACH WHALE WATCHING Cost: SINGLE CLASS - $25 Malibu Senior Center staff will per Child / $40 for two siblings. lead participants on an exciting THREE CLASS SERIES - $70 day trip to a variety of locations per Child / $210 for two siblings. throughout Los Angeles County.

No refunds, returns, or exchanges. The bus will pick up participants at Malibu Bluffs Park at 8:30 a.m. and will be dropped back wed off at Malibu Bluffs Park by 4:30 feb p.m. Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes, bring a water MALIBU SCOUT PACK 224 PINEWOOD CAR DERBY RACE bottle, and snacks. Fee is $40.

Malibu Scout Pack 224 is planning For more information, email to have its biggest event of the year malibuseniorcenter@malibucity.

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THE RIPPLE EFFECT: A GENERATIVE POETRY WORKSHOP

When things ripple, they emanate from a center and move outwards. Ripples are an unfolding interaction. In terms of poetry, poems “ripple out” from us and join the ripple of existing and yetto-be-penned poems which creates a dialogue that continuously overlaps. Join us for a generative, poetry writing workshop where we will sit in the “ripple” of each other’s energies, read, and discuss poems to stimulate our imaginations, and write original poems from prompts provided in the workshop. This workshop is for everyone, regardless of ability level. Participants should bring a pen and a notepad! Led by Malibu Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall. On Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Join the Malibu Library for another great presentation by the amazing Topanga Actors Company on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24 and 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Malibu Library meeting room. For adults. In 1945, six top German nuclear scientists find themselves interned in an English country house owned by the British Secret Service.

Unbeknownst to them, the house is bugged and their conversations are being recorded. Katherine Moar’s fascinating new play eavesdrops as the men bicker, play board games, and worry about their individual futures. Then comes the inconceivable news that the Americans have succeeded in building an atomic bomb.

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Shop for fresh fruits and veggies prepared food, and more at the weekly Malibu Farmers Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Market at Legacy Park.

The art of coloring activates different areas of the brain, using logic, forming colors, and creativity.

Join this free, unstructured program at The Malibu Senior Center.Instructed by Judy Merrick. Complimentary program.

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

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

For more information, contact the Malibu Senior Center at (310) 456-2489 ext. 357, or at malibuseniorcenter@malibucity.org.

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The attendees are invited to join our chapter for a hosted lunch following the presentation. The presentation, lunch, and parking are free and open to all.

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The Malibu City Council meets regularly on the second and fourth Monday of every month at the City Hall Chambers at 6:30 p.m.

The meeting will be livestreamed at www.malibucity.org/video and via Zoom Webinar.

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The Malibu Little League 2024 spring season will start with a kickoff parade on March 2 at 8 a.m. at the Malibu Country Mart.

It will be followed by the Opening Day ceremony on the Majors field at the Malibu Bluffs Park at 9:30 a.m. The revived MLL parade starts at the Malibu Country Mart (PCH and Cross Creek Road), where decorated floats will assemble. The parade will proceed to Cross Creek through Civic Center Way to the Webster/OLM parking lot, where kids will be picked up at 8:45 a.m. The parade is followed by the Opening Day ceremony at Malibu Bluffs Park at 9:30 a.m. The MLL Opening Day will be filled with inaugural events, family fun, and, of course, baseball and softball.

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

Visit malibucity.org for dates and times.

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Learn ways to help release tension and stress, balance energy in the body, and promote a sense of wellbeing. Leave each workshop with restored inner harmony and receive the healing benefits of community connection. Instructed by The Mindry, TheMindry.com. The first workshop is Yin Yoga and Group Meditation on Jan. 20 at 9:30 a.m.

Ages 18 and over. Followed by a Restorative Soundback at 2:30 p.m. for ages 55 and over. The third workshop is Breathwork and Stress Management on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. for ages 12 through 17. Preregister at malibucity.org/register.

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California Highway patrol personnel provides update on Pacific Coast Highway enforcement during Public Safety Commission meeting

ing, our officers will decently impound the car, straight speeding it’s a very fine line between liability on the department side and our policy. If they’re doing over 100 [mph], it’s reckless driving, the car is more likely going to be impounded, but if they’re doing 70 or 80 in a 55, they’re going to get an expensive speeding ticket, but they’re not going to lose their car as a result.”

Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff 's Sgt. Chris Soderlund provided a report on the recent traffic and safety enforcement in Malibu as well as a storm update.

Soderlund mentioned the mudslide that occurred near Corral Canyon.

“Caltrans was quick to set up cones and come out and scrape the mud off,” Soderlund said. “The next area was Paradise Cove, they lost about 15 parking spots, and the lower parking lot next to the pier that fell into the ocean.”

The rain storm lasted nearly a week and caused various canyon closures, such as Malibu Canyon on Feb. 4 and Topanga Canyon on Feb. 5, as they were experiencing rock and mudslides. Cross Creek near Whole Foods also experienced some flooding on Sunday, Feb. 4. The water was cleared out the following day.

Soderlund acknowledged Deputy Frank

Espinoza after saving a worker clearing out brush in Serra Retreat in Malibu Creek.

“The deputies had to rescue him; they were able to get him a rope and throw it out to him; he was hanging on for dear life out in the middle of the creek there; they were able to rescue him and pull him back to shore,” Soderlund said.

“Topanga got hit hard, Topanga Creek overflowed the banks and onto Topanga Canyon, and they had two feet of mud and water, and about half a dozen cars got swept; fortunately, no one got hurt,” Soderlund said.

Commissioners thanked Public Works and Caltrans for their efforts during the storm.

Chief of Traffic Operations District 7 Abdi Saghafi also attended the meeting and said he was happy to see Sherrif ’s and CHP work together and enforce speed.

“Of all the cities that I’ve worked with, Malibu has always been forthcoming with helping us with improvements on PCH; they go after money from Metro or their own funds,” Saghafi said. “There have been bumps in the road, but because we are dealing with so many moving parts, I’ve always said PCH is a commuter route, it’s a tourist attraction, and it’s Malibu’s main street. Not many highways have those three characteristics all in one, so to meet the needs of all these categories, is a challenge. You got the commuters who want to get from A to B, regardless of what’s in between, you got the tourists, and you have the folks who live here and who have to deal with all this, with the speeding and everything else that goes on here.”

Public Safety Director Susan Dueñas said they are preparing for the next Public Safety Expo in June and are hoping to host it near the Malibu Library.

The next Public Safety Commission meeting is scheduled for March 6, in-person at Malibu City Hall Multipurpose Room.

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has been impressed by their willingness to step up and demonstrate real leadership and we feel confident we have made the right choice for the long-term viability and strength of our club. Beyond our current roster, the MAF will be looking to expand our coaching staff and bring on even more talent in the weeks and months ahead. With the spring session starting in just a few weeks, making this change now positions us for growth while ensuring we continue to deliver a quality program.”

Marlins Treasurer Robert Brinkmann commented on the dramatic coaching change.

“I find it ironic that the Seawolves are doing the exact same thing in the exact same manner that started this whole issue,” he said. “They fired the coach without telling their own community and are doing the same mistake all over again. We’ve heard they reached out to a swim school, which is an out-of-the-community, for-profit business, to take over their program, which in my opinion is basically an admission they can’t run it themselves.”

A Seawolves memo was emailed this week: “As some of you may have heard by now, on Friday night the Board of Directors of the Malibu Aquatics Foundation notified Coach Alex Reisfield we had made the difficult decision to eliminate the position of Head Coach due to financial conditions.

Our decision was not based on Coach Alex’s

performance nor was it a disciplinary action of any kind, but instead the result of the board exercising our fiduciary duty to ensure the long-term solvency of the organization.”

Asked if Brinkmann would like to see a restructuring of the Malibu-based swim clubs, he answered, “Absolutely. The Marlins swim community has always been open to compromise and cooperation.

Our one non-negotiable demand is we that have democratic and transparent governance. We don’t want to be dictated to by a small board of appointed members.

The board has to be accountable to the membership. That’s why we formed this club. The community should have a voice. We should be able to express our concerns. If they’re willing to talk, that’s great.”

Sichta responded, “We also want the Malibu aquatics community to know that the leadership of the Seawolves and the Marlins have been in ongoing conversations for many weeks now as both sides seek common ground to heal this rift in our community. In this moment of new beginnings lies perhaps the best opportunity we have seen in nine months to change the tone and set a new course together. We are hopeful talks can continue and that a workable compromise can be found to accomplish what matters most — getting all the kids back in the pool together and loving swimming.”

Sgt. Soderlund provided storm update; city hopes to host Public Safety Expo near the Malibu Library

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Lopez attended the Public Safety Commission meeting last week and provided an update on the PCH enforcement since the City Council approved the long-term contract in January.

According to the city’s website, CHP officers issued 88 citations from Jan. 23-28.

Most violations were for speeding.

Lopez said they have seen a decrease in speeders.

“More proactively and in view, speeds have come down,” Lopez said. “We’ve actually started at the beginning of the year; even though the contract just started, we had our unincorporated areas in the north and south that we have already been patrolling, our officers have already noticed a slight decrease in the amount of speeders.”

The CHP specializes in highway safety and traffic enforcement. The contract includes a dedicated three-officer traffic enforcement taskforce to patrol PCH in city limits. The CHP officers will be dedicated to traffic enforcement in Malibu only. The two-year contract is not to exceed $2 million. Despite PCH being under Caltrans jurisdiction, the city remains committed to doing everything possible within its jurisdictional ability to make PCH safer.

Commissioners expressed their appreciation for the city’s, the sheriff ’s, and CHP’s efforts in making PCH safer and hope CHP can do more, such as impounding vehicles.

“We’re kind of big in enforcement now, and in the penalty phase, and I think that

California Highway Patrol Sergeant Lopez attended the Public Safety Commission meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7, and provided an update on enforcement on PCH. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

the sheriffs are on board with impounding vehicles ... I’d like to see CHP do that, I understand that we don’t make the call, but I just wanted to communicate that with you, there is a level of expectation in this community that we’re doing,” Commissioner Josh Spiegel said.

“The Highway Patrol, the way our impound system works is that we don’t have our own tow company, nor [do we] have our own tow lot, every tow company that works for the highway patrol is subcontracted by us, so they have their own rules,” Lopez said. “If it’s an arrestable offense such as reckless driving, so if they’re rac-

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Malibu High School, leaving the Marlins the only option available: to rent lanes from the school district at the only time left, 6:30 a.m., which was inconvenient for many swimmers.

MAF Co-President Joe Sichta sent the following statement to the Malibu Times: “Over the past few months, the MAF has held many advisory discussions with successful local-area swim teams and the takeaway was a program built around one key person was not the best approach, both fiscally and strategically, given the smaller-sized, geographically unique market we have in Malibu. Instead, we are redirecting our resources to staff a diverse, talented coaching roster of current and former Pepperdine swimmers who have taken the career initiative to become USA Swimming-certified swim coaches. We also have one of our former Seawolves team members who is now swimming at the collegiate level for Cal Lutheran and we love the idea of continuing to source talent from within our own program.

“All of these coaches have been with our program since at least August of last year and we are excited at the prospect of empowering them to bring their full energy and expertise to the pool deck for the benefit of our wider community. Already the board

A notice for swim lessons is shown on the wall at the Malibu Aquatics Center. Photo by Samatha Bravo/TMT

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Forewarned is forearmed: Strategies for documenting damages from disasters to make insurance claims Area residents can apply for tax relief for damage from winter storms within 12 months of the occurrence

By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times

With residents of Serra Retreat and other areas in Malibu and the nearby canyons dealing with significant challenges after the recent historic rains caused mudslides, downed trees, and flooding, and Malibu and nearby areas enduring a 4.6 earthquake and some aftershocks on Feb. 9, it is wise to assess what one can do to prepare in case they have to make insurance claims and apply for available governmental relief to help residents recover from such disasters if their homes or other property sustain damage.

When disaster strikes and one wants to make an insurance claim, one of the most difficult things is being able to prove what property is damaged or lost and its fair market value.

Public insurance adjusters and common sense advise that homeowners and renters document all the inventory in homes, second homes, commercial and rental properties as well as recreational and other vehicles.

own expedites your insurance claim. For more valuable items, it pays to obtain an appraisal before disaster hits.

Many insurance companies accept a video or photographed inventory. It’s wise to check with your insurance company ahead of time. Keeping a list digitally as well as a hard copy in a safe place away from your home will help to ensure you have the data you need should a disaster strike.

Possible sources of available recovery in addition to insurance Area residents can apply for tax relief for damage from winter storms within 12 months of the occurrence. Dubbed Misfortunes and Calamity Tax Relief, the program, administered by the Los Angeles County Assessor, applies if one’s property is damaged or destroyed by a calamity such as fire, flood, or earthquake. To qualify, residents must file an application for reassessment of property damaged or destroyed by misfortune or calamity — form ADS820 — with the assessor’s office within 12 months from the date the property was damaged or destroyed. The loss must exceed $10,000 of current market value.

Additionally, if a property was destroyed or substantially damaged by a governor-declared disaster, Prop. 19 provides for your property’s tax base to be transferred to a comparable property within the same Although one may have a general idea of your collateral. Further, having a cat- county or another California county.

For more information, visit assessor.laof the property he owns, when under stress egorized, organized list of your valuables after a disaster, it is hard to think of all and photographs documenting what you county.gov and boe.ca.gov.

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risk with the home’s deep pile construction assuring stability within the LCP hazard policy and the commission’s geologist concurred adding the structure’s stability would not adversely impact stability of neighboring structures.

The CCC staffer explained the approved project includes water

gas lines with swing joints, electrical cables with coil loops to protect against breakage, and utility lines in shallow channels for easier repair and inspection.

Christensen stated, “The very small increase in subsurface water input would not cause any important threshold relative to groundwater level and slope stability to be exceeded.” The appellants also argued the

than adjacent homes therefore blocking ocean views, but private views from neighboring properties are not protected under the city’s LCP. Attorney Jackson McNeill, representing some Big Rock neighbors asked the commission to consider “the project’s serious geotechnical deficiencies.” He called the city’s geotechnical analysis “woefully lacking. As the

notes, the city’s geologist did not perform a seismic slope stability analysis as required by the LIP.” McNeill claimed the last geotechnical investigation was completed in 2011. He requested more time for geological study and commented the home would be over twice the size of the home it replaces. “The largest house in the surrounding landslide area,” McNeill said adding, “This sets a dangerous precedent. Courts have held that variances should be granted rarely. We are talking about a variance from the factor of safety to create the largest house in the neighborhood, on top of a bluff, and on top of an active landslide, all based upon outdated onsite geotechnical investigations that our geologist believes are faulty and incomplete.”

Malibu activist Jo Drummond appealed to the commission, “Developments with septic systems caused the first landslide in Big Rock which is why this is the first hearing you’ve heard for a project here because no new construction has ever been allowed since then.”

Drummond stated the city’s approval of the project was not unanimous at a 2-2 split by the Planning Commission and 3-2 vote by the City Council. She claimed there is water ponding

“It’s so dangerous,” neighbor Sabrina Zaretti said. “For public safety please postpone the hearing for necessar y geotechnical reports. The proposed build is super unsafe due to so many factors, water seepage, erosion, landslides that are currently happening now in the little rainfall we’ve had. Big Rock is known to have mudslides.

It’s going to be a monstrosity of a house. It’s going to be dangerous for people on PCH.” One last c aller named Rosemary chimed in, saying as a 40-year Big Rock resident she has seen numerous landslides.

She questioned a proposed seepage pit on the lot. “The whole thing doesn’t make sense,” she said.

The applicant’s representative, Fred Gaines, told the commission the project is consistent and in compliance with Malibu’s certified Local Coastal Program.

The commission unanimously approved the project with Commissioner Dayna Bochco noting the applicant endured 12 years in the process.

The commission also addressed another Malibu issue when it approved changes in the city’s wireless ordinance over the objections of Planning Commissioner Kraig Hill.

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Women’s Leadership Committee Member Spotlight Feature:

Alice Meyering

Associate Dean, Santa Monica College Malibu Campus Short Bio: Alice Meyering began her career with Santa Monica College in 2008, first in the Superintendent/President’s Office with Community Relations and Public Programs.

For over a decade, she went on to oversee Community Education, a fee-based program. She assumed the position of Associate Dean of Santa Monica College’s Malibu Campus in 2023.

A proud graduate of UCLA, Alice was inspired to pursue a career in education after working a decade in corporate America. She served two terms as the Community Education co-counsel leader/ board member at the Association of Community and Continuing Education (ACCE), working with state legislators and other practitioners advocating for Community Education.

Her deep belief in the transformative power of education led her to the Getty Villa, where she has been a site docent since 2010, educating the public during her spare time.

Something Personal: As the daughter of immigrants who came to this country with very little, Alice understands the value of education and the possibilities it holds for those who seek a better future. Alice has previous work experience in the import and export industry and worked for years as a corporate accountant with American International Group (AIG).

Her many years of industry experience only affirms her belief that education and lifelong learning are the keys to personal fulfillment and professional satisfaction.

Hobby/Interest: Alice enjoys quiet walks in the neighborhood, jigsaw puzzles, and quality time to connect with friends and family. She finds traveling the world a great way to discover other cultures and peoples, as well as ourselves.

Contact Information Email: meyering_alice@smc.edu Phone: (424) 902-4701

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Talia Swindle (in light blue top) poses with other winners at the SLO CAL Open Pismo Beach. Photos courtesy of World Surf League

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who envisions one day winning the WSL Championship Tour’s title.

Swindal finished in third place at the World Junior Championships in Oceanside one week earlier, so she was confident when she stepped onto the Pismo Beach sand.

“I felt really good,” Swindal remembered. “I was flowing. I took so many positives from the event previously that I knew what to do

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Registration is now open for the next CERT training, starting April 18 Registration is now open for the city’s next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. As part of its ongoing efforts toward community-wide wildfire and disaster preparedness, the city is offering the next round of the highly popular free training with seven classes to be held on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m., April 18 through May 30, at Malibu City Hall. The program is administered by the city and other public safety agencies across the country and empowers community members to help themselves and their neighbors during disasters. Through hands-on training, participants learn the most up-to-date information on basic disaster preparedness, the use of a fire extinguisher, disaster medical care, first aid, search and rescue, disaster psychology, and neighborhood team building. For more information and to sign up, visit the webpage, at malibucity.org or email publicsafety@ malibucity.org, or call (310) 4562489, ext. 237.

Revised work plan for PCH traffic signal synchronization project to address traffic congestion

In response to community concerns, the City of Malibu Public Works Department has announced adjustments to the ongoing PCH Traffic Signal Synchronization project to keep two lanes open in each direction on PCH by shifting one travel lane into the center median.

Two lanes will be kept open in each direction to alleviate traffic conges-

tion. Work hours: weekdays from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The adjustment is designed to address congestion issues, while maintaining the production schedule and prioritizing the safety of construction workers and motorists. The new plan will be implemented as soon as possible after approval by Caltrans.

One common question from the community has been why the work cannot be conducted at night. The Public Works Department considered nighttime work, but found that it would significantly slow down the project timeline and increase project costs by approximately $1 million due to required safety mitigation measures. The project is on track for completion as planned by the end of 2024. The city appreciates the understanding and cooperation of residents as we work to implement public safety improvements on PCH. The construction work started at the Topanga Canyon intersection and is moving westbound towards John Tyler Drive. The Traffic Signal Synchronization Project is the city’s most significant measure to date to improve safety and mobility on PCH. The project will make PCH a safer “Smart Corridor” by installing communication lines between the existing traffic signals on PCH from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to John Tyler Drive to synchronize the signals to existing traffic conditions.

It will allow signals to be controlled remotely by the Caltrans Traffic Management Center to lower traffic speeds and reduce congestion.

Watch for workers and work vehicles in and around the roadway.

Under California law, traffic citation fines are doubled in construction zones. For more information about the city’s efforts to address PCH safety, visit the PCH Safety webpage at malibucity.org/pchsafety.

and trusted my surfing.”

The Malibu surfer defeated Demphie-Olin in the QS semifinals.

Swindal was one of three surfers Demphie-Olin outlasted in the Pro Junior Final.

Swindal began surfing on a shortboard at age 5. She learned the sport at Malibu Makos Surf Club. The young surfer was a member of the Malibu Sharks Surf Team in middle school and her freshman year of high school. Point Dume will always have a special place in her surfing heart, but her favorite place to catch waves now is Hawaii.

“I love Hawaii,” Swindal said. “It’s super sick.”

She began surfing in events sponsored by USA Surfing two years ago, but this year she plans to participate in the most competitions possible to accumulate points for the Championship Tour.

Swindal, who will surf in a competition in Florida next month, is enjoying the wave she is on currently.

“I have a long way to go in surfing, but I’m going to keep doing what I have been doing,” she said. “It’s fun to look back at the journey and soak it all in.”

brush clearance deadline, but you can still complete your mandatory brush clearance. Many Malibu residents received brush clearance notices from the Fire Department for the first time due to updated maps.

Proper brush clearance is required by law and is one of the most important ways to protect your home and property from wildfire, and to slow the spread of fires in our community. For questions about brush clearance, contact the city’s fire safety liaisons at FireSafety@ MalibuCity.org or call (310) 4562489, ext. 388. For information on brush clearance in Los Angeles County, including a list of vendors, a checklist, and FAQs, go to fire. lacounty.gov.

Scouts, said. “We at the Malibu Scouts intend to offset that influence with no-device policy. We let the kids create unique cars with tools and a block of wood under supervision of experienced den leaders. The Pinewood Car Derby is one-of-a-kind experience and a childhood memory everyone should have!”

In 2024 the Pinewood Car Derby Race will have two prize categories: “Fastest Car” and “Best Design.” Among the expected judges are OLM science teachers and Bruce Silverstein, City Councilmember and former mayor of Malibu, and Father Matt Murphy of Our Lady of Malibu Church.

Malibu Scouts Pack 224 offers affordable hands-on education for children ages 5-10. We offer camping, hiking, and marine science programs with financial aid to underprivileged families.

City Hall staff undergo Emergency Operations Center (EOC) training exercise

on-one consultations about any fire rebuild project. Contact Aakash Shah at ashah@malibucity.org to set an appointment for a meeting by phone or online. For ideas about how to get started with your project, as well as numerous handouts, forms, and resources, visit the Rebuild webpage at malibucity. org/901/Malibu-Rebuilds.

ADU ordinance Adopted On Jan. 8, the City Council adopted an ordinance to regulate Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in the city, taking a significant step toward addressing Malibu’s housing challenges while balancing the need to preserve the community’s rural coastal village character.

The staff report is available on the website at Malibucity.org. The city will next submit the Local Coastal Program Amendment to the California Coastal Commission for certification review. The state has identified ADUs as an important tool to create more affordable housing amidst California’s housing crisis and has passed several laws to make it easier to build ADUs. The city began developing an ordinance to be consistent with the state laws and has been gathering community input to ensure the regulations reflect Malibu’s needs and characteristics.

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

City staff goes through the EOC trainings every year. The EOC is the central hub where the city coordinates with the LA County Fire and Sheriff ’s Departments and other partner agencies on the Malibu Scounts planning, response, and communications to the public during a disas- annual Pinewood ter. The Malibu CERT Team also Car Derby Race participated and has a key role in the EOC and the city’s response in Malibu Scout Pack 224 is planthe community. ning to have its biggest event of the year the Pinewood Car Derby Race on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. The Planning location will be Sheridan Hall at consultations and Our Lady of Malibu School. The Complete required Annual Pinewood Car Derby Race rebuild resources is a unique experience for the chilbrush clearance to available dren.

“In this digital age social media protect your home The Fire Rebuild team is avail- and cell phones are taking over our from wildfire able Monday through Friday at children’s attention,” Anna GorJune 1, 2023, was the LA County City Hall for complimentary one- by, committee chair of the Malibu

67th Malibu Little League Season opens March 2

The Malibu Little League 2024 spring season will start with a kickoff parade on March 2 at 8 a.m. at the Malibu Country Mart. It will be followed by the Opening Day ceremony on the Majors field at the Malibu Bluffs Park at 9:30 a.m.

The revived MLL parade starts at 8 a.m. on March 2 at the Malibu Country Mart (PCH and Cross Creek Road) where decorated floats assemble. The parade will proceed to Cross Creek through Civic Center Way to the Webster/OLM parking lot, where kids will be picked up at 8:45 a.m. The parade is followed by the Opening Day ceremony at the Malibu Bluffs Park at 9:30 a.m. The MLL Opening Day will be filled with inaugural events, family fun and, of course, baseball and softball!

Malibu Little League is determined to live up to its slogan, “The Greatest Setting in Little League Baseball.”

“We’re extremely excited by the continuing growth we’ve seen

with our program and have lots of new initiatives planned,” said John Alfano, the new MLL president. “We have tons of new field improvements! We installed new benches in the dugout, ran power to our pitching machines in the batting cages, and just installed a temporary snack shack that will be serving up hot food including hot dogs, hamburgers, vegetarian options, drinks, and snacks. Finally, we are putting in two new scoreboards this year thanks to our volunteer parents and sponsors. The thing I’m most excited about is our annual kickoff parade for Opening Day by City Hall in Malibu with all our ballplayers, team sponsors, and floats thanks to the Malibu community working together to support our children and families.”

Founded in 1955, MLL is dedicated to nurturing a love for baseball and softball by fostering a sense of sportsmanship and community among our young athletes and their families cheering them on! Its mission is to provide a safe, welcoming environment where children can grow their skills, play a team sport they love with their best friends, and have the most fun they’ve ever had in their lives!

John Alfano adds: “Youth sports like baseball and softball create the opportunity for communities to show children how to work together as a team and compete, have fun, play outside, build lifelong memories and friendships.

Thanks to athletic programs like MLL, children learn how to support one another and put others before themselves. This helps them become not only better athletes, they become better people.”

“Three years ago in the midst of the pandemic, we had less than 80 kids,” Alfano said. “This year, our registration efforts have brought in over 250 kids, 23 teams, and a full softball league for girls.”

The Malibu Little League serves children ages 5-13 in all levels including tee-ball, baseball, and softball for both boys and girls. MLL’s mission is to support America’s greatest national pastime.

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“Let me hear you sing!” The DJ admonished. “Move two steps to the right, now backwards, now three steps to the left.”

Large feet in formal shoes juxtaposed with tiny ballet shoes and Mary Janes maneuvered on the floor in unison as the dads and daughters joyously danced. Their singing and giggles filled the space, creating that rare, awe-inspiring sense that one delightedly enjoys as he realizes that such magical moments are making magical memories.

“This is an amazing event that has turned into a special family tradition with my two girls,” John Alfano said.

“We are going on year 5 with many more to come.”

The inaugural mother-son dance was Fathers and daughters (above) took to the dance floor one night after the mothers and son (below) did so at Malibu Pacific Church. Photos by Samantha Bravo and Devon Meyers also a spectacular success.

“Joel Dunn and Shannon Dunn are involved in the community and they shared that all the moms at Little League wanted a mother-son event,” Pastor Andy VomSteeg said. “The event was a huge hit and the moms were saying ‘this is our date!’ and they were talking about dancing with their sons.”

Smiling as she surveyed the event, Shannon Dunn reported that the inaugural mother-son dance that debuted on Feb. 9 was a huge hit.

“We volunteers say that these dances are our love letter to Malibu,” she said.

“We love this city and we wanted to put on something special again this year.”

Sons of all ages accompanied their mothers, Dunn said, adding, “I brought my 11-month old son, Paxton. He loved all the music!”

The annual event was superbly well attended as it is every year. According to VomSteeg, 213 attendees enjoyed the mother-son dance and 425 attended the father-daughter dance.

Expressing sentiments shared by many attendees, little Sienna Malibu Amini said, “I was so happy to be with my daddy at the dance and to have so, so much fun with him and many of my friends. We can’t wait for next year’s dance!”

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struggle with the backlog, the city hired additional consultants to help with applications. However, Uhring said he had not received an update on the progress since that initial meeting.

“We are where we are, I’d just like to see a little more focus that says if we are going to do something let’s manage the project and if something goes out, let’s talk about it,” Uhring said.

Councilmember Marianne Riggins asked if there was any progress in those backlogs, and Planning Director Richard Mollica said the projects on backlog are in progress of being determined to move forward or being returned to the applicant to withdraw or re-submit their application.

Public Safety Director Susan Dueñas presented the School Safety Assessment. On Oct. 24, 2022, the City Council authorized the mayor to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Guidepost Solutions LLC for a Comprehensive School Safety Assessment. The assessment began in December 2022, and a draft report was provided to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) in August 2023 for review. The report also includes 11 recommendations for improved policies and procedures to improve physical security.

In April 2023, SMMUSD and the City of Malibu joined together to conduct a survey as part of the Comprehensive Safety and Security Assessment for public schools in Malibu. In response to a series of tragic school shootings in 2022, the City Council established a School Safety Ad Hoc Committee consisting of then Mayor Bruce Silverstein and Councilmember Paul Grisanti, that Started working on the School Safety Assessment in partnership with SMMUSD and the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriff ’s Station.

A few months after the survey was initiated, Kevin Keegan, president of the Malibu High School Parent Teacher Association and the Middle School Parent Teacher Student Association said, “In our opinion, complacency is dangerous and the perception that school safety is not being prioritized is unsettling.”

Keegan noted that although the PTSA had been assured by the City of Malibu and the Santa Monica Malibu School District that it would be provided with a summary of a recently funded private study assessing school safety in Malibu schools before school commenced, to date, the summary still has not been provided.

In December 2023, staff met with SMMUSD representatives to finalize the report and discuss progress and next steps. Out of the total recommendations, 205 are related to school facilities,

Parent Jake Lingo stands in front of the City Council during its Monday, Feb. 12, meeting to address the school safety assessment. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

and the school district representatives informed staff that they have already created work orders to implement 140 of the recommendations. In addition, school district representatives said they planned to meet with each school community individually to discuss the recommendations and implementation progress specific to each school site.

Malibu parents spoke and shared their concerns that they have not received an update on

the report and hope the council will work on getting more security on their campuses.

“We never got a pilot program, we got a report,” Parent Jake Lingo said. “It does not anywhere in the report address armed security on Malibu school campuses.

We’ve waited almost two years to address this. If you go back and watch those hearings, 50 percent of the conversation was around armed security, if you read those surveys contained in the school

safety report, at least 20 parents discussed armed security on campus and yet the report does not even discuss it.”

Parent Jo Drummond mentioned a recent play she saw at Malibu Middle School and said she felt unsafe without having any security at night.

“After school, during the plays and musicals, swim, everything everything after school needs to be protected, not just during school hours,” Drummond said. “I

think that needs to be a priority on their list, just making sure people can’t come in during a show. I don’t I really want armed guards inside the school, [but] I think anything outside the perimeter, not harming our children in any way, not putting our kids in any risk is good.”

After a discussion, the council motioned to bring back the school safety assessment. Motion passed.

The council approved the Exterior Elevated Elements (E3)

Ordinance.

Assistant City Manager Joseph Toney presented the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Second Quarter Financial Report and Mid-Year Budget Amendments. The council received and filed the report.

Deputy City Manager Alexa Brown presented the Agreement for Community Outreach and Education Related to CityOwned Vacant Lots.

Initial funding for these services was included in the Adopted FY 2023- 24 Budget in Public Works Engineering, Professional Services, Account 100-3008-5100. The account has a budget of $75,000 for this project. Additional appropriation is required for the full scope of services identified in the RFP. A request was reviewed and approved by the Administrative and Finance Subcommittee during a special meeting on Jan. 17 to allocate General Fund Undesignated Reserve funds in the amount of $55,000, to supplement the total agreement at a not-to exceed amount of $130,000 for FY 2023-24. As of Dec. 31, 2023, the General Fund Undesignated Reserve is projected at $67.9 million for the year ending June 30. This item supports the Master Plan for City-Owned Vacant Lots priority identified in the Adopted FY 2023-24 Strategic Priority Project List. The council approved the item.

The council reviewed the proposed options for the return/relocation of the Malibu Farmers Market. The market will return to the county property this Sunday, Feb. 17.

The next City Council meeting is on Feb. 26 at the City Hall Council Chambers.

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Malibu’s Hand in Hand community celebrates Valentine’s Day with dance Participants of all abilities dance the night away in joyous celebration

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red carpet, streamers, balloons, and glamorous photo-op backdrop greeted those attending the Hand in Hand Valentine’s dance Friday night at the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue.

The community venue was transformed into a Hollywood-style, glittering affair for the young adults who cherish the beloved Malibu program Hand in Hand.

Hand in Hand is a social inclusion program pairing teens and young adults with disabilities with non-disabled peers for social activities. Once a week, the group gathers for singing, cooking, and “fostering friendships for the people with disabilities to have time with peers who are not disabled,” said special educator Lisa Szilagyi, one of the founders of the group along with Janet Ettenger and Rabbi Marcelo Gindlin. Hand in Hand has a profound effect on everyone involved including the many volunteers who help participants one on one with activities while fostering friendships.

“People with significant disabilities are often isolated in classrooms, in therapies; they don’t really get to just be kids very often hanging out with peers just having fun that isn’t in a therapeutic setting,” Szilagyi explained. “Hand in Hand was started so we could provide, with supervision, an opportunity for people with and without disabilities to come together to just have fun through different activities; music, crafts, and outings designed to work on skills

Several teens and young adults with disabilities joined with their non-disabled peers recently for the Hand in Hand Valentine’s dance at the Malibu Jewish Center. Photo courtesy Dana Rubin Photography

supported by their peers who don’t have disability. We started the dance because most of the participants with disabilities don’t get to go to school dances, proms, and social events other kids get to go to.

It takes a lot of effort.”

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Some of that help comes from caregivers and volunteers, especially from Pepperdine University and Malibu High School, who decorate, socialize, and dance with attendees during the formal. Pepperdine freshmen Nicole Castro and Abby Heffer-

nan were just two of the volunteers Friday night.

“I’ve been coming to the Hand in Hand events. It’s just my passion,” said Heffernan who also volunteered in high school with a group for people with visible and

non-visible disabilities. She said she hopes to continue volunteering throughout college and into her professional career.

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Local Malibu student designs new Prince Street ‘Spring Fling’ pizza Twenty percent of the proceeds go towards the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu

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n celebration of National Pizza Day, the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu (BGCM) and Prince Street Pizza teamed up on a pizza design contest, with one winner claiming an indefinite spot on Prince Street Pizza Malibu’s menu.

Eighth-grader Misgana E.’s pizza called “Spring Fling” won with her spicy marinara, smoked mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, and olive oil drizzle recipe.

“I’ve always loved meat and spicy, and it reminds me of my home and my friends, and I decided to put it all together,” Misgana said.

Misgana also made an appearance on Fox LA and Good Day LA to share her creation. Misgana said she and her friends decided to participate in the competition and turned in their drawings. She said her other favorite pizza location is Spruzzo.

“A lot of my friends from school love pizza, my family, my brother as well as my neighbors who love pizza,” she said.

“I prefer a more thinner dough because I like to have a lot of cheese on there to enjoy the pizza and add a lot of spices and other vegetables.”

Prince Street Pizza is actually new to the Malibu community as a food estab-

Misgana E. shows off “Spring Fling,” the winning entry in the Prince Street Pizza/Boys & Girls Club pizza design contest. The pie consists of spicy marinara, smoked mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, and olive oil drizzle, and was added to Prince Street’s menu. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT

lishment. Prince Street Pizza and Irv’s Burgers opened their doors simultaneously at The Park at Cross Creek and held a well-attended opening night last year in Malibu. Prince Street carries both gluten-free and vegan pizza crusts and pizzas. Prince Street also participated in the annual Chili Cook-Off last year. The food

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establishments draw all ages, from kids to young adults to grandparents — there’s something for everyone’s taste buds.

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Matt Rapf (1962-2024): A tribute to Malibu’s favorite son, father, husband, rascal, realtor “The sea was angry that day, my friends.”

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ecause this is The Malibu Times entertainment column and because Matt Rapf Jr. (1962-2024) was kind of a smart-alecky, Yin/Yang but entertaining show biz kid raised by his ever-patient show-biz father Matt Rapf Sr. (1920-1991) who produced a lot of entertaining television in the second half of the 20th century — “The Loretta Young Show” (1953-54), “The Great Gildersleeve” (1955-56), “Ben Casey” (1961-65), and “Kojak” (1973-78). It is hopefully not trite or disrespectful to steal an entertaining line from an entertaining character in an entertaining TV show to describe ocean conditions during the memorial paddle-out for Lyon Herron Thus spake George Costanza in Seinfeld: “The sea was angry that day, my friends.”

Or, to put it another way, like Cassius from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”: “Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark!

The storm is up and all is on the hazard.”

The sea was angry and on the hazard at Zuma Beach on Sunday, Feb. 4, for the friends and family memorial paddle out for another Malibu son: Lyon Herron, who passed away on Dec. 17 at the age of 31 after a very long battle with a rare condition called Gardner’s syndrome.

Planned many weeks in advance, that memorial day was right in the middle of a Def Con One, atmospheric river, school-canceling, snow-dumping, Topanga-threatening, global-warming-is-not-ahoax winter tempest that menaced all of California with flooding and destruction. No one could have predicted how really ooky the very exposed Zuma Beach would be that day. But this is Malibu, home to experienced water people from Duke’s to Neptune’s Net, so come hell or high water, the paddle-out paddled out. Matt Rapf was one of hundreds and maybe thousands

who gathered by the ocean to pay tribute to Lyon Herron. Even experienced water people chose to stay warm and dry ashore and out of the cold, blustery winter ookiness.

But Matt was an experienced waterman who wasn’t afraid o’ nothing’. He paddled out, something went wrong, and he became one of many many water-people — young and old — who had a heart attack in the water.

Matt was rescued and unsuccessfully resuscitated by friends.

At risk of being trite or disrespectful, but having been the focus of Matt Rapf ’s “critical and condescending” sarcastic wit more or less, one has to wonder what Matt would have thought about the ironic circumstances of his own passing: Having just accepted a righteous bucks offer he couldn’t refuse for his beloved home, he and his family moved on up like the Jeffersons, taking a load of stre$$ off all of them. And then he had a heart attack.

A kook move or a cool move?

Did Matt move on doing what he loved, in the ocean he adored?

What would Matt have thought about the whole deal?

To quote another entertainer, Kanye West: “I guess we’ll never know.”

From well back in the 20th century and well into the 21st, Matt left behind a legacy of sometimes angry, sometimes benevolent, territorial rascalism. Everyone who knows Matt has an opinion or story–some they will speak on the record, but others off–because Malibu is a small town: People talk about people who talk.

Anonymous has a story about Matt regulating a violent backyard fisticuffs between Malibu kids attending Harvard Westlake and Malibu Locals Only.

Matt was known to be a water regulator from his Third Point days barking at Valleys and out-oftowners or anyone who raised his ire, to Point Dume, where he was loudly not fond of longboarders or standup paddlers.

One of Matt’s fellow Realtors tells a story about Matt barking at some people in the water at Little Dume who he forgot were prospective clients, and losing a very big real estate deal.

Six figures? I guess we’ll never know.

On the record, former Station

88 engineer and top waterman Gene Rink paid homage: “In the 1980s, Matt was a key player elevating the state of the art in high-performance surfing at Third Point during its heyday. Matt lived around the corner and was one of the heaviest locals, bringing Hawaiians like Louie Ferreira, Mark Liddell, Buttons and surfing with Tom Curren, Willy Morris, Scott Daly, and an underground charger named Mike Sherman. Allen Sarlo was a grom then. Matt was a grom, too.”

A lot of people had stories to tell about Matt, but none of them tell the stories as well as Matt told on himself.

Matt left behind his wife Jill, his 20-year-old son Luke, his 18-yearold daughter Chloe, and a lot of friends and neighbors.

Matt also leaves behind an unpublished autobiography called “Tres Parties,” a funniliterate self-expose confessional Matt wrote more than a decade ago about his life four decades ago.

Good stuff, but he was too busy surfing, yelling at standup paddlers and longboarders, selling real estate, and raising lovely children to get around to publishing.

A mistake, because “Tres Parties” is swellegantly written and a time capsule back into the 20th century.

But a mistake this column is meant to correct.

Your Humble Narrator first proofed “Tres Parties” many, many years ago while hanging about at Malibu Kitchen. Most people don’t write that well, and YHN spent many many years pestering Matt to publish that sucker.

He never did, but YHN is re-reading “Tres Parties” now to write this column and a longer memorial brochure for Matt similar to that done for Janet Macpherson “Tres Parties” is providing a lot of background and quotable material. Once the memorial is over and the smoke clears, YHN is going to push and assist the Rapf Ohana to illustrate, lay out, and publish “Tres Parties” posthumously as a tribute to Malibu’s father, friend, foe, enforcer, regulating realtor, and neighbor.

Matt wrote the book about himself, focusing on the 1980s when he was a Privileged Punk, growing up under the wary, concerned eye of Matt Sr. and loving mother Carol, in a sunny, beautiful, privileged, easternmost corner of a sunny, beautiful,

Burt’s Eye View:

privileged, gated Colony on the feral edge of a sunny, beautiful, privileged, nice, quiet little beach community.

“Growing up” is a bit of a stretch, as “Tres Parties” is a self-expose by a Boomer who was booming with the 1980s, doing way too many (relatively benign compared to Y2Toxic now) drugs, dropping out of college, and having way too much fun surfing Third with his hoodlum friends, partying with Valley Girls, rocking out to The Clash and The Dead Kennedys and defiling himself physically, mentally, and spiritually.

It’s a confessional. Matt is in his early 20s, and doesn’t really know what to do with himself. He tells anyone who will listen — from his scoffing father to naive Valley Girls to his Beverly Hills shrink (appropriately named Dr. Bender) — that he wants to be “a writer.”

This is a sample from “Tres Parties”, in which Matt describes the good, bad, and the ugly of growing up in the Malibu Colony in the 1980s, when drugs were still recreational and not near-fatal, the Colony and Malibu were still affordably wild. It was summertime, the surf was pumping, the dolphin were jumping, the cotton was high, but the surfers were higher, and the living was easy.

Matt’s parents left for Europe warily firing caveats as they left Matt in charge of their Colony home.

“Growing up in the Colony is pretty much the opposite of real life.

Whereas most people work hard their whole lives and then retire, my friends and I grew up retired, and then after a long retirement begrudgingly went to work, looking forward to retiring again soon. Like most kids what we grew up with and around is all that we knew. As far as we were concerned, our gated beach community of Malibu Colony was its own planet. My friend Jan called the Colony ‘The world’s most expensive prison — once you’re in, you can never leave.’ But why would we want to leave? We lived rent free on the beach in our parent’s (sic) houses, had our own private beach and surf spot, and fervently supported each other in our pursuit of terminal adolescence. People sometimes assume that life in Malibu is cushy and problem-free. I assure you; it is not. While we don’t dodge mortar rounds, perpetuating a life unencumbered from responsibility requires a unique skill set.”

Shown here is the potential book jacket of Matt Rapf Jr.’s unpublished autobiography “Tres Parties.”

Could we see the story published after Rapf’s tragic death earlier this month? Contributed Photo

Matt Rapf Jr.’s name is painted onto a beach wall after his death Feb. 4 at the paddle-out for Lyon Herron. Photo by Skylar Peak

Good stuff. That dude had a lot buzzing around in his Gulliver, but had the talent to put it on paper.

Some Malibu citizens have read a draft of this memorial and warned against deifying someone who could be demonically, Dickensianly angry at times. And that is true.

There was a substantial amount of Yang bouncing around in Matt’s id that Dr. Bender couldn’t exorcize, although he did evolve from his rascal ‘80s into a mature, responsible adult, husband, and father of two.

The question remains: What would Matt have thought about the circumstances of his passing?

This anonymous friend and neighbor might have said it best: “I completely forgot about his book, but yes, he did really want to be considered a good writer, so this is gonna be a big compliment to him. I think at one point Matt had a death wish, but given where

his life was now he would have not been happy with dying in any shape or form.”

All the more reason to immortalize him with “Tres Parties” and fulfill his decades-old longing to be a writer.

“Tres Parties” will be his immortality, and he would like that.

Do they hand out Pulitzers for surf books? They do. William Finnegan won a Pulitzer for “Barbarian Days.” A posthumous Pulitzer for Matt Rapf? He would like that, too.

And if it’s a hit, and Hollywood produces an ‘80s-nostalgic version of “Tres Parties” with a killer soundtrack, who would play Matt?

The ‘80s Matt?

At first Jill said “Matthew McConaughey or Woody Harrelson” and then she changed her mind to “Bradley Cooper circa ‘Silver Linings Playbook.’”

Stay tuned.

Taylor Swift

PERSPECTIVE

By Burt Ross, Contributed Column

W

e all aspire to being “in,” and I no less than my fellow man. I have come to realize that I have never written a column about Taylor Swift, and until I do so, I will not be remotely “in” but rather very far out and grossly behind the times.

The lead up to the Super Bowl was bizarre, to say the least. Two weeks before the big game I thoroughly enjoyed watching the football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens. It was an exceptionally well-played and exciting game. Now, you might ask what any of this has to do with Taylor Swift, and that would be an intelligent question. The answer is strangely “everything.”

You see, Taylor is in love with Travis Kelce, a hunk of a man who happens to be the star tight end for the Chiefs. He had a monster game against the Ravens, catching one pass after another, and broke the NFL re-

cord for the most touchdown passes caught in postseason play.

Every time Travis caught a pass, and he did so throughout the game, the television cameras went directly to the VIP box, where Taylor Swift exploded with enthusiasm.

After the game was over, Taylor managed to get on the field, where she gave Travis a big smooch for all to see.

How, you might ask, did the press cover the game? Did The Daily Beast dwell on the Chiefs’ victory or Kelce’s record-breaking performance? Hell no! The banner headline announced, “Taylor Swift is Going to the Super Bowl.”

Lest you think that elite publications like The New York Times did not partake in this Swift phenomenon, you would be wrong. The day after the game, the Times reported on how the Biden campaign was working on how to involve Taylor Swift.

In other words, there seemed to

be more excitement about Taylor Swift than about the actual game to the consternation of many a football fan. The Taylor Swift hype did not end before or during the Super Bowl. Although an estimated $23 billion was bet on the game, people were also betting on whether Taylor Swift would make it from her concert performance in Japan to Las Vegas in time for the kick-off.

She did to the delight of 13-yearold girls everywhere.

Yes, the cameras made sure to continue telling the story of the love connection between the AllPro tight end and his pop star lover, and no, contrary to conspiracy theorists, Taylor Swift did nothing at the game to alter history.

Most of us were glued to our television sets this past Super Sunday.

We watched creative commercials, enjoyed Usher singing and dancing, and, of course, were witness to this love story. By the way, there was

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift embrace after the playoff game that put the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Photo credit National Football League

actually a football game played, so congratulations to the winner, the Kansas City Chiefs, who came from behind to win it all. You could argue that the real winner though

was the love story which topped the sports story, that Valentine’s Day trumped Super Bowl Sunday.

What is this world coming to!

Now I feel that I have exhausted

everything I know about Taylor Swift. It has been a cathartic experience, and now I consider myself very “in.”

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COMMUNITY

HAND IN HAND Continued from B1

Entertainment who kept the party going with bubbles, beaded necklaces, smiles, and beats that had even those in wheelchairs out on the dance floor.

“At one of our first dances one of the parents watching her daughter dancing was in tears, saying, ‘I never thought my daughter would be able to participate in something like this.’ It’s so much fun,” Szilagyi recalled.

The Hand in Hand program is hosted by MJCS, but is nondenominational. It’s open to anybody who wants to join. Participants range from age 13 to their 30s.

“We have people with a wide spectrum of different abilities,” Szilagyi said. “Our volunteers just need to have a heart and want to be here. We provide training to communicate with someone who doesn’t use spoken language, help someone with physical limitations get involved with cooking activities and crafts. We try to make everything accessible to everyone and as easy as possible to come and have fun.”

The program is funded through grants. There is no charge to participate.

A group of teenagers and young adults with disabilities came together with their non-disabled peers to celebrate at the Hand in Hand Valentine’s dance hosted at the Malibu Jewish Center. Photos courtesy Dana Rubin Photography

Dressed for the occasion, one participant named Margaret stated, “Hand in Hand is one of my favorite groups to be with. I love to swim and of course I do their performances.”

Gindlin commented, “We felt the need to do this for them because everybody deserves a night of celebrating love and dance and joy and being united through movement. Most importantly after the pandemic we have the need to gather in person to do

things that will bring the community together, especially this community.”

Since the pandemic, the group meets every Thursday afternoon online, easing the preparation for those in wheelchairs where traveling takes time-consuming preparation.

“Our Thursday afternoon gatherings are a highlight in everybody’s week,” Szilagyi said.

Once a month the group meets in person for an activity such as

‘SPRING FLING’

COMMUNITY SPTLIGHT

Continued from B1

stands out as a bright, authentic individual who adds a touch of spunk to everyone she encounters.

Misgana’s winning pizza was inspired by her friends and the desire to infuse a spicy element into the pizza.

Boys & Girls Club of Malibu Chief Executive Officer Kasey Earnest said the competition provided an opportunity for kids to participate but also for Prince Street to be part of the community.

“A, it’s still just pizza, but B, it’s a testament to Prince Street Pizza and being part of the community and support kids and community here, and we just really appreciate their level of engagement,” Earnest said. “Prince Street’s team said, ‘What can we do’ and ‘How can we be involved with your kids,’ and so when someone gives an invitation to support and participate, all the creativity grows and it’s just been a really nice partnership.”

Misgana shared a few words about being a part of the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu.

“It’s an amazing thing; it’s such a fun thing, with its programs and events— it’s just amazing,” Misgana said.

Misgana’s pizza made its debut on Friday last week at Price Street Pizza’s location in Malibu. Twenty percent of the proceeds will support the BGCM and its mental health services and educational initiatives for youth.

trips to parks or the zoo.

“Everyone who has a friend or family member who needs a space to socialize and foster friendships that will last a lifetime should come and join Hand in Hand, which is a wonderful community of teenagers and young adults of all ‘diversabilities.’ They socialize, learn yoga, singing, woodwork, cooking, who doesn’t like to eat,” said Gindlin. “This Valentine’s winter formal celebrates love. We need to bring love to this world.” Hand in hand cofounders Szilagyi and Gindlin

Misgana E. stands in front of Prince Street Pizza, which introduced the “Spring Fling” pizza, which she designed as part of a contest with the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu.

Kasey Earnest (left), CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu, taste-tests the pizzas at Prince Street Pizza.

Heal the Bay Foundation held a restoration community event at Point Dume in Malibu on Feb. 3. Photos by Benjamin Hanson Misgana’s pizza made its debut on Friday last week at Price Street Pizza’s location in Malibu.

Twenty percent of the proceeds will support the BGCM and its mental health services and educational initiatives for youth. Photos by Samantha Bravo/TMT

PUBLIC NOTICE T.S. No.: 2023-04794 APN: 700-0-010-315 TRA No.: 71037 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/14/2023. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by 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. The sale will be made, 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: ZERO GROUP INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION Beneficiary Name: AUSTIN CHING-CHI YUEN, A MARRIED MAN , AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 200,000/300,000

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INTEREST; LING WANG, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 100,000/300,000 INTEREST Duly Appointed Trustee: INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 2/22/2023 as Instrument No. 2023000013085 in book ---, page --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, Date of Sale: 2/22/2024 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice located at 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $307,687.47 The property heretofore is being sold “as is.” The street Address or other common designation of real property is purported to be: 9533 DEER CREEK ROAD, MALIBU, CA 90265 Legal Description: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N.: 7000-010-315 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. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed

since such recordation. 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 1-844-477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.stoxposting.com/sales-calendar, using

the file number assigned to this case 2023-04794.

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 1-844-477-7869 or visit this internet website site http://www.stoxposting. com/sales-calendar, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-04794 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

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“NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: WE REQUIRE CERTIFIED FUNDS AT SALE BY CASHIER’S CHECK(S) PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO “INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES, INC.” TO AVOID DELAYS IN ISSUING THE FINAL DEED”. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 1/18/2024 INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, as Trustee 1551 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 840 Santa Ana, California 92705 (800) 2328787 For Sale Information please call: 1-844-4777869 MICHAEL REAGAN, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER PUB: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15/2024 LEGAL CM 23

NOTICE OF HEARING TO CONDUCT MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE COMMISSION TO CONDUCT ADDRESS OF PREMISES 22637 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU, CA 90265 NAME OF APPLICANT MALIBU BLISS MASSAGE & SPA, INC. / RICHARD OLSON DATE OF HEARING 02/28/2024 TIME OF HEARING: 09:15 P.M. ``ANY PERSON HAVING OBJECTIONS TO THE GRANTING OF THE LICENSE MAY, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE DATE ABOVE NAMED, FILE WITH THE BUSINESS LICENSE COMMISSION HIS OBJECTIONS IN WRITING GIVING HIS REASONS THEREFOR, AND HE MAY APPEAR AT THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE HEARING AND BE HEARD RELATIVE THERETO`` OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION: BUSINESS LICENSE COMMISSION 500 W. TEMPLE STREET, RM 374 LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 CN103654 Feb 1,8,15, 2024 MALIBU 27

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 23SMCP00570 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: TRACEY GWYNETH TAYLOR TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TRACEY G TAYLOR a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: TRACEY GWYNETH TAYLOR Proposed Name: TRACE GWYNETH TAYLOR-MARTLEW The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: FEBRUARY 23, 2024 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: K The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 1725 MAIN STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times Date: 10/25/2023 HON. LAWRENCE CHO, Judge of the Superior Court DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court PUB: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22/2024 The Malibu Times MALIBU 28

2024010783 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. CARBLIP 31293 VIA COLINAS, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. BLIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 31293 VIA COLINAS, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization CA

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This business is conducted by: A CORPORATION The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, BLIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ERIC BROOKS, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/17/2024.

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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2024000083 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. CLOAK & DAGGER ARTIST MANAGEMENT 303 N BUENA VISTA ST #205, BURBANK, CA 91505, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. CLOAK & DAGGER ARTIST MANAGEMENT LLC 303 N BUENA VISTA ST #205, BURBANK, CA 91505 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization CA This business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, CLOAK & DAGGER ARTIST MANAGEMENT LLC, STEPHANIE SHOULDERS, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/2/2024.

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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2024019349 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. CATALYST GROUP 4607 LAKEVIEW CANYON SUITE 300, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. FILMS BY JOVE, INC. 4607 LAKEVIEW CANYON SUITE 300, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization CA This business is conducted by: A CORPORATION The date registrant commenced to transact business

under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2024.

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, FILMS BY JOVE, INC., JOAN BORSTEN VIDOV, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 1/26/2024.

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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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 24SMCP00056 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: RONIT WERTHEIM TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RONIT WERTHEIM a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: RONIT WERTHEIM Proposed Name: RONIT HEIMANSON The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing: Date: 03/24/2024 Time: 8:30AM, Dept.: K The address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 1725 MAIN STREET, ROOM 102, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county (specify newspaper): The Malibu Times Date: Judge of the Superior Court DAVID W. SLAYTON Executive Officer/Clerk of Court PUB: 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29/2024 The Malibu Times MALIBU 42

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Los Angeles County Hearing Officer will conduct a public hearing to consider the project described below. A presentation and overview of the project will be given, and any interested person or authorized agent may appear and comment on the project at the hearing. The Hearing Officer will then consider to approve or deny the project or continue the hearing if it deems necessary. Should you attend, you will have an opportunity to testify, or you can submit written comments to the planner below or at the public hearing. If the final decision on this proposal is challenged in court, testimony may be limited to issues raised before or at the public hearing Hearing Date and Time: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

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2024027753 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. ATLAS RANCH, MOLLY MARLER PHOTOGRAPHY 3915 COTTONWOOD GROVE TRAIL, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301, LOS ANGELES COUNTY Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable): Registered Owner(s): 1. MARLER VENTURES, LLC 3915 COTTONWOOD GROVE TRAIL, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301 If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/ Organization CA This business is conducted by: A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/2024.

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, MARLER VENTURE, LLC, MOLLY MARLER, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 2/7/2024.

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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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE OF 515 Ordinance No. 515 (the “Ordinance”) proposes to add Chapter 15.30 (Exterior Elevated Elements Inspections) to Title 15 (Buildings and Construction) of the Malibu Municipal Code and find the same exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. The Ordinance implements the inspection, maintenance and construction requirements for balconies, decks and other exterior elevated elements. Pursuant to State law, these requirements were enacted as a result of tragic balcony collapses at multi-family properties due to the deterioration of these balconies, decks and other exterior elevated elements. The Ordinance implements a variety of inspection and maintenance requirements for the structural integrity of the building components supporting decks, balconies and other exterior elevated elements including a stamped/signed written report by the required Statelicensed inspector.

A full copy of the Ordinance is available for review in the City Clerk’s office.

Ordinance No. 515 was introduced by the Malibu City Council at its meeting held on February 12, 2024. Second reading and adoption of the Ordinance are scheduled for February 26, 2024.

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SPORTS Waves tennis’s Savannah Broadus named Player of the Week after downing top player in a rowdy atmosphere

Pepperdine’s Savannah Broadus was named West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week for the fourth time after a big win over Oklahoma State’s Ange Oby Kajuru, the second-ranked singles player in the nation.Photos by Justin Choi (left) and Jessie Furrow

Broadus rallies from first-set loss to defeat Oklahoma State’s Ange Oby Kajuru in front of loud Cowgirls fans

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

Pepperdine women’s tennis player Savannah Broadus lost the first set in her match against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls’ Ange Oby Kajuru, the second-ranked singles player in the nation, on Feb. 3 at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Broadus, ranked 21st at the time, was battling Oby Kajuru in the second set — nearly matching her serve for serve — but with every point Oby Kajuru scored, the rowdy, festive Oklahoma State supporters that dominated the stadium’s 350 seats cheered. 

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Instead of bowing her Waves visor-adorned head, Broadus, now rated sixth, fed on the crowd’s intense zeal.

“I love that type of energy,” she said. “It makes it more exciting. I felt myself finding my range and finding what I need to do. The atmosphere was great. Rather than focusing on points I was playing and what I was doing, I enjoyed being out there.”

That energy boost powered Broadus’ racket swinging and overall play into winning the second set and then dominating the third to win the match 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. It is the highest-ranked singles win of her career.

The victory led to Broadus capturing the West Coast Conference Singles Player of the Week award three days later.

Broadus said winning the weekly honor a fourth time is a good feeling.

“It is nice to be acknowledged for winning a pretty tough match,” said Broadus before reciting a motivational quote from Bruce Lee. “But of course, happy but never satisfied.”

She has won the WCC Doubles Team of the Week award 10 times with her partner, senior Janice Tjen.

This is the third time this season a Wave has won the Singles Player of the Week.

Graduate student Lisa Zaar won it on Jan. 16 and Jan. 30.

In her match against Oby Kajuru, Broadus broke the stalemate in the second set when she took a 6-5 lead. She then won the first three points off her serve in the next game before Oby Kajuru won her first point. Broadus smashed an ace near the center service line to win the set 7-5.

Broadus dominated the final set. She went up a break in the second game. In the third game, Broadus broke her opponent with forehand winner on a deuce point to take a 3-0 advantage before securing the victory.

Broadus said, “After every point I lost, OSU was loud. I thought, ‘OK, I’m not going to lose any points then.’”

Broadus lost to Oby Kajuru in the Freeman Memorial Championships in Las Vegas in January. She said heading into the rematch that she just wanted to perform better.

“I was focusing on everything we had been working on in practice,” Broadus recalled.

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The next day, they beat California 4-2.

Broadus defeated Cal’s Jessica Alsola 6-3, 6-4. Broadus and Tjen downed Mao Mushika and Hannah Viller Moeller 6-2 in doubles.

The Waves wrapped up its three-match stint at the ITA tournament with a 4-2 win over #16 USC on Sunday afternoon.

Broadus defeated 20th-ranked Emma Charney 6-3, 6-3 in that one as five Pepperdine singles players posted wins. She also teamed with Tjen to defeat Charney and Eryn Cayetano 4-2 in a match that was stopped after USC had clinched the doubles point with wins in the other two matches.

Broadus said Pepperdine has had challenges this season, but she is looking forward to the group improving throughout the season, which stretches until late April.

“I try not to be too results-oriented,” Broadus explained. “I really want to focus on every time I step on the court, leaving it all out there with no regrets. No matter if I win or lose, I want to have done what I was supposed to.”

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Broadus and her Pepperdine teammates play in front of modest crowds when they host opponents at the Ralph-Straus Tennis Center on Pepperdine’s campus.

When they take the court on the campuses of bigger schools such as USC, UCLA, or Texas, the attitude of the onlookers is more feverish.

“They cheer blatantly against you,” Broadus explained. “Some people don’t like it, but I’ve learned to enjoy it and feed off of it.”

Pepperdine was defeated by the Texas Longhorns in the super regionals of the NCAA Championships. The contest was at the Longhorns’ Texas Tennis Center in Austin.

Broadus said that was the rowdiest crowd in which she has swung a tennis racket.

“Texas people know how to cheer, that’s for sure,” said Broadus, a native of Carrollton, Texas. “I grew up with it.”

Pepperdine lost the team match to Oklahoma State 4-2. The Waves were defeated by Virginia on Feb. 9 by the same score in their first of three contests in the ITA National Team Indoor Champion-

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