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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Julie Wuellner

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It’s hard to believe that this issue wraps up an entire year of our new Malibu Magazine, and it’s equally hard to believe that once again the holidays are upon us. From family get-togethers to holiday parties, baking and Christmas tree lots, this truly is the merriest season. It’s also a time to reflect on the year that has almost come and gone, and with that we look back on our first year as well. We could not be more thankful for the support and positive feedback we have received from the community.

This year was a tremendous success for Malibu Magazine, much better than we could have ever dreamed, and we are far from finished. With every issue, we strive to grow and give you, our readers, a stronger magazine brimming with topics close to the hearts of our fellow Malibuites. We have been working hard on our editorial content to bring you articles like this issue’s “How Safe is Malibu?” report that delves a little deeper into crime in our hometown and explores residents’ inspiring and unrelenting belief in a safe Malibu (Page 50). We also take a look at what is behind Malibu’s frequent power outages this time of year (Page 58).

On a lighter note, to round out the year, our editors put together the ultimate list of “Must Try Dishes” from of our favorite restaurants around town, both new and old (Page 86). And of course, we can’t forget about the upcoming holidays! To help you celebrate the season and have the best winter yet, we put together a festive winter bucket list, filled with activities like ice skating, local Hanukkah celebrations, meet & greets with Santa and holiday baking classes (Page 113). Speaking of food, local chef Monica Castillo took the time to share her favorite winter squash soup recipe with us and trust me, it was delicious! We wholeheartedly recommend adding this one to your list of holiday recipes (Page 116).

This issue, director and builder extraordinaire Scott Gillen graces our cover. Over the years, he has made quite a name for himself in Malibu, most recently undertaking the impressive task of building the new Malibu Castle. With that project under his belt, Gillen now moves on to his next and arguably even grander project: a record-breaking five home development on prime Malibu real estate named The Case. We were fortunate enough to sit down with Gillen and speak to him about the project and the incredible mindset behind his luxurious undertakings (Page 122).

From a digital standpoint, we are excited to announce our new Malibu Magazine app with which we hope to bring Malibu Magazine to even more readers. On the app, you will be able to read the current and all past issues so that you can catch up on any stories you may have missed. Look out for it in the apple and android app stores, available now!

Lastly, if you would like to get involved with Malibu Magazine, we’d love to have you join our team! Whether you’re a writer, editor, photographer, sales person or a Malibuite with pitches and ideas, we are looking for more contributors. You can email us directly at julie@malibumag.com 2018 was an incredible year for Malibu Magazine and we have no doubt 2019 will be even better. Happy Holidays and we wish you a fantastic new year!

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NEWS SEPT - OCT RECAP From an escaped convict in Lost Hills to the results of Malibu Methodist’s pie contest, a debriefing of recent local news.

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PEOPLE EVENT ROUNDUP Coverage of Malibu’s top events in the past two months, People We Love, plus our readers share their favorite Instagram photos.

50 HOW SAFE IS MALIBU? A string of horrific crimes in Malibu has left some residents with questions about public safety.

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SPECIAL REPORT HOW SAFE IS MALIBU? In the wake of the Tristan Beaudette murder and other high-profile crimes in Malibu, we investigate how safe our community really is.

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SHOPPING WHAT’S HOT FOR WINTER 58 POWER OUTAGES Why does Malibu lose power during the Santa Anas?

64 RAIMAN ROCKS Stunning rings, watches and more.

A Malibu gift guide for the holidays from Elizabeth Lamont, plus drool-worthy baubles from Raiman Rocks.

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FASHION BED|STÜ Covet-worthy winter looks for both men and women from this perennial Malibu Village favorite.

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WELLNESS BEAUTIFUL WINTER SKIN

62 FRED SEGAL RETURNS The old Malibu movie theatre space will soon

house a new, high-profile tenant.

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Veronica Skin & Body Center’s Veronica Barton-Schwartz gives us the lowdown on keeping skin hydrated and glowing all winter long.

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RESTAURANTS BEST DISHES IN MALIBU Our run down of the top dishes in Malibu, from V’s mouthwatering steak to a secret off-menu dessert at Tra Di Noi.

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FITNESS HEALTHY HOLIDAYS Looking to keep off the holiday pounds? 90265 Yoga’s Ted McDonald is here with a few expert tips.

116 MONICA CASTILLO’S WINTER SQUASH SOUP Looking for a stunning appetizer for your next holiday party? Monica Castillo’s got you covered.

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HOLIDAYS THE ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST From the city’s best ice skating rinks to activities right here in Malibu, our guide to making the most of the holiday season.

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112 HOLIDAY BUCKET LIST Our favorite festive activities around L.A.

106 HIKING Beautiful Malibu Lake Overlook.

COVER STORY SCOTT GILLEN The acclaimed designer of the New Castle on his Malibu legacy and his latest Bluffs project, his most impressive yet.

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REAL ESTATE HOMES ON THE MARKET Sundance Ranch and its Hollywood pedigree, plus a sit-down with Malibu Realtor Ani Dermenjian.

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5 QUESTIONS FOR JULIA HOLLAND

122W SCOTT GILLEN The Malibu designer and builder is known for his ambitious projects. With his latest home, he’s pushing the envelope even further.

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The much-beloved and multi-talented Point Dume resident answers Malibu Magazine’s 5 questions.

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Must-Try Dishes Around Town HOLIDAYS The Ultimate Bucket List SHOPPING Holiday Gifts around Malibu

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Police Raid Cher‘s Malibu Home Ventura County Sheriff Deputies raided the Malibu home of superstar Cher on September 28 executing a search warrant after arresting the son of one of Cher’s employees on suspicion of possession for sale of a controlled substance. Authorities took Donovan Ruiz, 23, into custody in connection with a two-week narcotics investigation that began when someone died after overdosing on fentanyl in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County sheriff’s MM Capt. Garo Kuredjian said.

Citizen Volunteers Needed to Help Sheriffs

Source: KTLA ANTHONY RAUDA was taken into custody on Oct. 10, in Malibu Creek State Park.

Survivalist Arrested in Possible Connection with Beaudette Shooting Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Anthony Rauda, 42, in Malibu Creek State Park on October 10. Rauda, was taken into custody on a warrant relating to probation violations.

He is suspected in a series of burglaries over the past two years in and around the park. LASD Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced the arrest at a press conference on October 10, stating officers will investigate whether Rauda possibly committed as many as eight break-ins and several unsolved shootings, including the shocking murder of Tristan Beaudette who was shot in the presence of his two young daughters at Malibu Creek State Park on June 22. Rauda was apprehended without incident after detectives searched an area in the Santa Monica Mountains near the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, which was broken into the day before.

McDonnell explained that Rauda was found after detectives observed fresh boot prints leading up a steep ravine. “Detectives followed the boot prints approximately 50 yards,” McDonnell said. “Shortly after that, they heard movement amongst the brush, followed by observing a male adult wearing black clothing, walking quickly, who resembled the suspects in the burglaries.” McDonnell also stated that officials seized Rauda’s firearm for ballistics testing. He emphasized that it is unclear whether Rauda was involved in a series of shootings in the area MM that began one month after the burglary incidents, including Beaudette’s murder.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department needs citizens to serve as Volunteers on Patrol (“VOP’s”). The volunteers actively patrol the City of Malibu acting as “eyes and ears” for deputies advising them of suspicious activities, accidents, and other safety hazards. VOP’s also help maintain public safety by providing services such as traffic control, parking enforcement and otherwise assisting deputies and civilians.

The VOP’s receive specialized training from the Sheriff’s Department in traffic control, disaster response, first aid and CPR, parking enforcement and assisting with special events such as bicycle races, parades and other crowd-attracting events in Malibu. Volunteers must commit to working a minimum of 16 on-duty hours per month, pass an oral interview and background check, and pass minimum driving standards. Residents can MM email malibuvop@gmail.com

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Inmate Escaped from Sherriff‘s Station Edis Gonzales-Lopez, 19, an inmate assigned to work duty at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, escaped on October 16 and, as of press time, has not been apprehended. According to a Los Angeles County Sheriff Department alert, Gonzales-Lopez “is described as a 19-year-old male Hispanic, 5’08”, 150 lbs, brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and an unknown color of pants.” He was arrested on Sept. 17 for burglary and is known to frequent Pacoima in the San Fernando area, according to officials. Anyone with information is advised to call the LASD Major Crimes Bureau, Metro Detail, at 562-946-7893 or submit information anonymously through Crime Stoppers (800-222-8477). MM

Dark Sky Ordinace Takes Effect

Caitlyn Jenner Attacks President Trump‘s views on LBGQT Rights

Malibu’s Dark Sky Ordinance became effective on October 15. The policy, unanimously adopted by the City Council in April, 2018, is aimed at conserving energy and natural resources and reducing light to protect wildlife and habitats from light pollution, preserve citizens’ enjoyment of the night sky, and to preserve “Malibu’s rural coastal village character.” The City’s Planning Department holds special public counter hours at Malibu City Hall on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. to provide outdoor lighting information to businesses and residents and to help ensure that necessary changes are made to MM meet the new requirements.

Malibuite, transgender rights activist and author, Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican, wrote an opinion column in the Washington Post on October 25 expressing extreme disappointment about President Trump’s position regarding the rights of LBGQT citizens. Her piece, reacting to the White House’s announced new plan to eliminate all federal civil rights protections for transgender persons, notes Jenner thought Donald Trump was a gay rights champion, but now, Jenner states “Sadly, I was wrong. The reality is that the trans-community is being relentlessly attacked by this president. The leader of our nation has shown no regard for an already marginalized and struggling community. He has ignored our humanity.

He has insulted our dignity. He has made Trans people into political pawns as he whips up animus against us in an attempt to energize the most right-wing segment of his party, claiming his anti-transgender policies are meant to protect the country. This is politics at its worst. It is unacceptable, it is upsetting, and it has deeply, personally hurt me.” She ends her column writing, “The world needs to hear us. The world needs to know us. We will MM not be erased.”

38 Restaurants Make Malibu‘s 2018 Clean Bay List Thirty-eight restaurant establishments in Malibu were recognized by the Bay Foundation and the City of Malibu as 2018 Clean Bay Certified Restaurants, a certification that honors food establishments that integrate sustainability and ocean-mindedness in their business practices by properly labeling storm drains and prevented polluted runoff to storm drains, maintaining a recycling program, properly maintaining grease traps and keeping properties trash-free utilizing trash bins that are properly closed and do not leak. “I am proud of Malibu’s local restaurants whose management and staff have shown how much

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they care about the environment and the community by making the Clean Bay Restaurant list,” said Mayor Rick Mullen in a City-issued Press Release on October 26. “This great program rewards those restaurants by giving them a stamp of approval, and lets customers know which restaurants they can support for being green.” More than half (62%) of the food service establishments in Malibu met all Clean Bay Certified criteria. Malibu has participated in the program since 2008. Certified establishments receive a window decal to let customers know they are supporting a busiMM ness that protects the environment.

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City Offers Advice On How to Address Homeless Encampments

Mattew Biancaniello‘s Mon Li Opens Many foodie and libation aficionados have entrusted their palate to cocktail chef extraordinaire, Matthew Biancaniello, when he graced several upscale L.A. drinking establishments, delighting diners with his innovative, infused creations. Biancaniello opened Mon Li in Malibu, a true Omakase sipping and dining experience, on October 11. Only twelve drinkers at a time enjoy a twelve-course adventure at one of Malibu’s most upscale, enjoyable venues, Calamigos Beach Club. Luscious libations made from locally sourced ingredients delight the palate and make this innovative eating experience exciting as customers enjoy a two-hour journey through a Mediterranean medley of drinks supplemented by five sustainable bite courses.

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A pre-dawn brush fire that started on Malibu Canyon Road near HRL Laboratories on October 19 has been confirmed by the Los Angeles County Fire Department to have been started by a cooking fire used by a trespasser on private property. The fire, which covered approximately three acres before being extinguished, happened during dangerous fire conditions. Noting that the fire “underscores the very real wildfire threat that homeless encampments present,” the City of Malibu On October 24, the City issued a press release offering guidance to residents about how to respond to homeless encampments. The City urges property owners to submit a form to allow Sheriff’s deputies to quickly remove reported trespassers on private property. The press release noted that the City and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies at Malibu/ Lost Hills Station urge property owners in Malibu to file “Letters of Agency” that will enable Deputies to remove trespassers on private property more quickly in order to reduce the wildfire threat that warming or cooking fires pose.

The release stated “a Letter of Agency empowers Deputies to remove trespassers on private property when reported by a third party and Deputies are unable to con-

tact the property owner.” Property owners can download or print out, fill in, and submit a form to the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station in person, by mail, or by email.

Once submitted, a Letter of Agency has to be renewed each year. “Filing a Letter of Agency is especially important for properties that are vacant or are not used regularly,” The Press Release noted, adding.

“It is also important for property owners to post signs that read “Private Property, No Trespassing” to help Deputies enforce trespassing laws.” The City’s press release stated “Wildfires are the number one public safety threat to the Malibu community.

The City of Malibu and the Sheriff’s Department are actively working to remove illegal encampments because of the very real possibility that fires used for warmth or cooking in encampments could start wildfires that threaten homes, lives, infrastructure and public safety.” Citizens may wonder why the press release was issued.

Officials cited the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion of Martin v. City of Boise, which held that if a person experiencing homelessness has no option for sleeping indoors, a city cannot cite him or her for violating an ordinance disallowing MM sleeping outside in a public space.

Local Kids Bake for 29th Annual Malibu Pie Festival On October 13, one of the Malibu’s sweetest traditions drew record crowds. The 29th annual Malibu pie festival, hosted by Malibu Methodist Church, once again launched Fall’s festivities and featured a panoply of pies. Attendees sampled dreamy, creamy pies, mouth-watering meringues, crunchy cobblers, and flavorful fruit pies. Some of Malibu’s youngest cooks through their hat in the ring with impressive, indulgent creations. Judges pondered and paused but, after much deliberation, chose winners Molly and Sadie Reagan’s Crocker Crumble in the Aged 8 and Under category, Lucas Doyle, Bennet Shugot and Martin Kurial in the Aged 9 – 13, and Ara Bradley’s Coconut Cream Pie in the 14-18 category.

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MALIBU’S EVENTS NOV - DEC From the annual Turkey Day Dash to breakfast with Santa Claus, Malibu and the surrounding areas have a full schedule of events to keep the community entertained this holiday season.

Saturday, November 17, 9 - 12 p.m.

Thursday, Nov 22, 2 & 5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov 22, 7:30 - 10 a.m.

Join the Mountain Restoration Trust on a wilderness exploration this November.

This outing welcomes all ages to assist in the effort to restore Malibu Creek State Park. This is a hands-on activity that’s perfect for friends and family. The morning will include planting trees and flowers that are native to the area and removal of invasive plants. Those interested must register online to attend.

Reserve your spot soon for a lovely Thanksgiving dinner at the Malibu Farm Cafe on the pier. The evening will offer families and loved ones a place to connect and celebrate over a delicious, Thanksgiving meal. Visit malibu-farm.com for reservations and more information.

Kick off your Thanksgiving morning by participating in this year’s Turkey Day Dash located in Thousand Oaks.

This 5K is a traditional family-friendly event that joins together folks from various communities in a fun and festive environment. The Kids 1K race begins at 7:30 a.m., while the Adult and Family 5K begins at 8:00 a.m. Register before November 18 to join in on the race. Visit runsignup.com to register.

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Malibu Farm Thanksgiving Dinner

Turkey Day Dash

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Sunday, Nov 25, 9 & 11 a.m.

Saturday, Dec 15, 8:30 - 12 p.m.

Spend time with friends and family at this a one-of-a-kind gingerbread decorating workshop and brunch with host Trevor Zimmerman at Malibu Farm Restaurant. Going on for 15 years, this holiday gathering isn’t one to miss.

Taking place at Malibu City Hall, this morning meal is open to the public, no reservations required. With two seating times available, 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., this wondeful holiday fesitivity is accessable to all. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

Gingerbread Decorating with Trevor Zimmerman

Friday, Nov 30, 8 - 10 p.m.

Nicole Henry Holiday Performance

Taking the stage at the Pepperdine Smothers Theatre, jazz singer Nicole Henry is bringing holiday cheer to Malibu. Tickets are for purchase online.

Saturday, Dec 1 - 31, 5 p.m.

Let it Snow: Eco-Friendly Snow on the Malibu Pier

During the month of December, Malbu Farm Cafe on the pier will be delighting visitors with a series of eco-friendly, artificial snow productions.

Join them in the experience of a snowy Christmas season.

Breakfast with Santa Claus

and the Malibu Lumber Yard will be hosting a series of festive events. This includes photos with Santa Claus and a live ice sculture artist located at the Country Mart. Crafts and activities will also be taking place, for times and more information visit patch.com.

Friday, Dec 21, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m

Sips ‘n’ Giggles Comedy Show

Saturday, Dec 9, 5 & 7 p.m.

Santa Lucia - Swedish Christmas Celebration

Featuring two ceremonies, Malibu Farm will be offering a church-like experience, complete with carols and traditional Swedish character.

Sunday, Dec 10, 3 - 5 p.m.

14th Annual Malibu Christmas Woodie Parade

This 21+ event offers laughs alongside a delectable selection of wines, located at Malibu Wines. Hosted by esteemed comedian, James Frey, this show is sure to be a hoot. Reserve tickets online today, or grab them at the door.

Saturday, Dec 8 - 9, 7 p.m.

Performance by Guitarist, Dick Dale

Casa Escobar will be hosting renowned guitarist, Dick Dale, this December. Enjoy a plate prior to an evening of professional rock music. Tickets can be purchased at livefrommalibu. com.

Saturday, Dec 9, 12 - 5 p.m.

Merry Merry Malibu

As a first installment of the Merry Marry Malibu weekend, Malibu Country Mart

Monday, Dec 31, 6 - 2 a.m.

New Year’s Eve PubCrawl 2019

As a continuation of the Merry Merry Malibu events, Malibu Country mart is hosting the annual Christmas Woodie Parade. The parade will feature displays of historic woodies: types of cars that have a wooden rear-portion. Join community members at this unique event. The parade will begin at 3:00 p.m., running until 5:00 p.m. During these events, toy donations will also be collected for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Celebrate the start of 2019 with beer and cocktail specials all night long.

This New Year’s Eve, beginning on Main St. in Santa Monica, this pub crawl will take you and your friends to all of the downtown hotspots to ring in the new year. Be sure to designate a driver and explore throughout the evening with the venue map provided at check-in. Tickets will be on sale through December.

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Participants included Steve Howey, Ellie Kemper, Joel McHale, Timothy Olyphant, Karla Souza, and Steve-O. Grey’s Anatomy’s Martin Henderson finished 1st in the celebrity male division with a time of 1:43:07.

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On Thursday, September 13, The Surfrider Foundation hosted its 4th annual One Ocean Fundraiser to support the protection of clean water and healthy beaches. The event was held in the lovely Bel-Air Bay Club with guests such as Surfrider’s CEO, Dr. Chad Nelson, surfers Kassia Meador and Danny Fuller as well as actors Eric Balfour and David Chokachi. Guests were invited to bid at a silent auction and enjoyed music

by Rayland Baxter, a cocktail hour as well as a gourmet seated dinner.

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Photography by Tara Ziemba, Steven Philbrick and the Surfrider Foundation.

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Malibu Fashion Weekend took place on Oct 19-21. The event featured a wide array of local designers and was held at Cure Spa. Guests were able to test drive the new Lamborghini Urus, the world’s first Super Sport Utility Vehicle as well as experience complimentary Cure Spa offerings such as facials, massages, cryotherapy, beauty touch up’s by All Tressed Up, yoga classes by 5 Point Yoga and sip wine from Rosenthal Winery all while overlooking the Pacific Ocea.

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Honor the Ocean Event The City of Malibu celebrated the Marine Protected Areas that preserve our coastal environment at Honor the Ocean, Saturday, October 20, at Zuma Beach. The day started off with a traditional blessing ceremony led by Chumash Elder Wati Maya next to a Tomol, a hand-constructed Chumash canoe. Mayor Pro Tem Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner, was there to speak about protecting Malibu’s coastal environment. Malibu Makos Surf Club offered free surfing lessons to yougn students. Los Angeles Country Lifeguards taught a sidewalk CPR Session. The Bay Foundation hosted a fun, educational scavenger hunt and USC Sea Grant led a guided beach walk. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wishtoyo Foundation, the City of Malibu Environmental Sustainability Department, Heal the Bay, Bay Foundation and other organizations that are part of the Marine Protected Areas had educational booths.

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Homes for Dogs Event On Sunday Oct 14, Chris Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker, Paw Works rescue organization, and the Malibu Farmer’s Market teamed up to help find rescue pups their furever homes at Chris’s Pasitively Barktacular Coldwell Banker Homes for Dogs Project Event.

The event was held at the Malibu’s Market and featured accessories such as toys and tshirts for sale as well as many adorable dogs and cats available for adoption.

Numerous specialty vendors came out to the farmer’s market to be part of the special day. The adoption event was part of Coldwell Banker “Homes for Dogs” national campaign’s third annual adoption weekend.

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Annual Trancas Shrimp Show On Sunday, Oct 21, Trancas and Riders and Ropers held its annual Shrimp Show at the Malibu Equestrian Center. The show was open to kids ages 12 and under, with the youngest rider being just three years old.

Everyone was most excited about the Halloween Costume Contest, a tradition that dates back 30 + years.

Kids and parents dressed themselves and their ponies up in their bes halloween costumes and were able to win ribbons in a number of different costume categories.

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MALIBU CAPTURED It’s no secret that our little hometown by the Pacific is one the most gorgeous places in the world. It’s only natural then that people take stunning photos of Malibu on a daily basis. Every month, MALIBU MAGAZINE gets tagged in hundreds of these photos on Instagram. Here, we share some of our favorite images readers have tagged us in during the past two months. Tag us @malibumag for your chance to be featured next issue.

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HANYU FU (@FLHY.RAW) Hanyu Fu captures this incredible phoho of one of Malibu’s lifeguard towers at sunset.

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BERIL GUTIERREZ (@ACTIVITYMONSTER) Gutierrez captures this gorgeous shot, congratulating all the women surfers.

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SAM HWANG (@WEAR.IS.SAM) Hwang campturing a bucket list moment FAKE TEXT the pop-up cafe quickly became p quickly meeting the Giraffe at Malibu became permanent and Stan ikly became permanent and Wines. ikly became permanen

DREW NEWMAN (@THEDREWNEWMAN) “Give every day the chance to be the most beautiful day of your life” - Mark Twain

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JOHN RYAN HERBERT (@JOHNRYANHERBERT) A serene moment in the Malibu hills.

MICHELLE (@THESOUTHERNGYPSEA) “best grilled cheese of my life” Michelle writes of her lunch at Malibu Farm.

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DANTÉ FATTORUSO (@DANTE.VIN CENT) “These West Coast sunsets never get old”

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ELIZABETH DONOVAN (ELIZABETHNOELDONOVAN) A stunning Paradise Cove sunrise.

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PEOPLE WE LOVE

EDUARDO ENRIQUEZ

A Beloved Malibu Figure Says Good-Bye This January, Malibu will lose one of its most beloved faces when USPS’s Eduardo Enriquez will transfer his route. Enriquez will be leaving the community just short of his 20th year in Malibu, which he would be celebrating in March.“This is like my second home,” said Enriquez. “I’m going to be sad to leave. I’ve seen these people everyday. I have one family who I knew when they just got married. Now, they have three kids.” This wasn’t the plan. When Enriquez first volunteered for his current Malibu route, which covers the Civic Center, City Hall, Malibu Colony, Serra Retreat and parts of PCH, it was a last-minute-decision. The route’s previous mail carrier had had an accident, and in taking the vacant route, Enriquez thought he might set himself up to be placed on a route closer to home. However, things didn’t exactly go as planned. “After 18 months I was stuck,” he said. “I love the place.” His new route will take Enriquez closer to his home in Long Beach, where he loves to go kayaking and spend time with his two daughters, ages 19 and 29. Still, saying goodbye to Malibu won’t be easy. “It’s hard, getting ready to say bye to people,” Enriquez said. “That’s why I’m not going to say bye. I’m just going to come back and visit.”

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Eduardo Enriquez for being a valued member of the community for two decades, and for his great sense of humor.

CHRIS WIZNER

Creating Entrepreneurial Success in Malibu Chris Wizner was born to be an entrepreneur. Growing up in Malibou Lake with his single mother, Wizner dreamed of building his future. “I knew I wasn’t going to be able to afford college, I was dirt poor with holes in my shoes,” he says. His entrepreneurial streak started early with him selling tadpoles to his classmates and later learning to build and fix computers for neighbors at $25.00 an hour. By the age of 12, Wizner began teaching himself to code HTML and at just 16 years old Wizner founded his digital agency Vivid Candi. Now almost 20 years later, Wizner walks to his Malibu office that overlooks the Pacific. He starts his morning routine with coffee and analytics, managing campaigns nationwide and representing the majority of local advertising in Malibu. He is most excited about rebranding the company into a digital tech agency and is happy to say, “We have a leg up on every startup out there in Silicon Valley, being able to incubate and accelerate our ideas faster than anyone.” Wizner was recently brought onto a Bravo TV show as a marketing expert but when asked about his proudest moment, he stepped away from talking business and highlighted a moment in his personal life, “When I proposed to the most beautiful love of my life, Natalie Camacho.”

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Chris Wizner for his ambitious character and his belief in finding success by focusing on health and having fun.

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JIM ROBERTSON

Bringing Aboriginal Skills to Life Naturalist and aboriginal skills expert, Jim Robertson, has been serving the Malibu community through his teachings of nature appreciation for nearly two decades. Robertson, at 79 years old, frequently takes visits out in the Santa Monica Mountains accompanied by small groups of people yearning to discover the parts of themselves that Robertson believes to be innate. Up to 35 people join him per class to learn aboriginal skills and fascinating tidbits about the local environment. He says, “We are nature, literally, we’re a part of it.” Robertson continues, “It’s pretty much - with a lot of people - been lost, but it’s never gone.” Like a walking encyclopedia, packed full of wisdom and knowledge, Robertson offers a gentle nudge to city-dwellers to become in tune with their instinctive, personal connection to the earth. “Ultimately, what it gets down to is coming from the heart...coming from the deepest, most honest, compassionate place we can possibly come from, that’s the intention. Doing that is, I’d say, call it a primary gift that we all have to give to one another, just being ourselves.” One person at a time, Robertson is changing the perspective in which Malibu lives.

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Jim Robertson for his teachings and appreciation of nature.

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ERICA MACVITTIE

Organizing a Better Malibu Marathon When Erica MacVittie took over as the Race Director for the Malibu Marathon, the first task she took on was partnering up with the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu. “I wanted to organize an event that inspires a positive message but more than anything supports the club,” she says. Thanks to MacVittie, the Malibu Marathon has become one of the main avenues to sponsor the Boys and Girls Club in Malibu and is an annual opportunity to bring the community together. MacVittie came to Malibu from Italy in 2011 and our community quickly became a second home to her. “I really felt like I belonged to Malibu after starting to organize the Malibu Marathon.”

Organizing the race is a huge production and MacVittie makes it clear that it truly takes a village. “I wouldn’t be able to do what I do without the support of our volunteers.” Every year, over 300 volunteers come out for the event to celebrate the community and give participants the opportunity to live the Malibu experience for a day, running the Pacific Coast Highway without having to fight traffic. One of her favorite moments of the event, “The positive tension at the starting line with the sun coming up and the National Anthem playing is absolutely incredible.”

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Erica MacVittie for her dedication to bringing the community together to share experiences that celebrate Malibu and its beauty.

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PEOPLE WE LOVE OSCAR MONDRAGÓN

A Career in Helping Others Oscar Mondragón’s work in Malibu is based on building personal relationships with people who are seeking help. “The passion is simple. How can you help people?” he says. Before coming to Malibu, Mondragón worked with the United Farm Workers alongside American civil rights activist Cesar Chavez for over 20 years. Mondragón has been the Center Director for the Malibu Community Labor Exchange (MCLE) since its inception in 1993. He has helped over 20,000 people from all over the world to find work in Malibu. When asked about his role as the Center Director, he says there are many phases, “On the surface, we are a center that helps people find jobs, but we are also a human type of organization. People are coming from stressful situations and they need someone to talk to.” One of the biggest differences between the MCLE and other hiring sites in the area is Mondragón himself.

Mondragón feels truly satisfied when he is able to look at the person sitting across from him and know he can offer help, whether it be job placement, providing resources, or lending an ear. He is on a first name basis with the people who come through the center and defines the center as “A place where hope becomes a reality.”

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Oscar Mondragón for making a career out of helping others by providing work to the men and women seeking aid in the Malibu community.

GERALDINE GILLILAND

Putting a Stop to Animal Cruelty Renowned chef and animal-lover, Geraldine Gilliland, moved to Malibu in the 1980s. She has since run a successful non-profit organization called Chiquita’s Friends, “a coalition to stop cruelty to animals.” In addition to finding new homes for these canines, Gilliland set up her own property to serve as a sanctuary for dogs that have been saved from laboratory testing or neglected by society. “You have to realize they’re totally helpless,” she states, “they cannot speak for themselves, it’s up to us.” Gilliland wakes at 5:00 a.m. each morning to feed the rescue dogs before having even a sip of water herself. When she’s not taking them for walks or on trips to the veterinarian, she can be found maintaining her two restaurants in Santa Monica, immersing some time in the California Wildlife Center, or serving in position as Class Client for the Marketing and Advertising Agency of Pepperdine University; all of which she considers to be a great honor. Gilliland’s caring spirit and generosity was a compelling factor in the institute of Chiquita’s Friends and all her other community endeavors.

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Geraldine Gilliland for her involvment in animal rescue efforts and the community.

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Spreading Awareness Like many other high schoolers, Malibu High juniors, Jade & Lana King, are looking forward to getting their driver’s license and enjoying their time spent with friends. What sets Jade and Lana apart is their passion for bringing awareness to their fellow classmates. During their freshmen year, the sisters started the club, “Stop the Traffic”. Now in its third year, “Stop the Traffic” focuses on bringing awareness to human trafficking, an important topic that Jade and Lana realized many of their classmates were entirely uneducated on. This year, they are most excited about bringing an exhibit to Malibu High titled The Apathy Effect. The exhibit aims to educate students on international stories featuring resilient young human trafficking survivors with the objective to empower classmates to empathize and respond to the issue. In the future, Jade and Lana hope to attend one of the UC schools studying Engineering. But for now, a full schedule of club soccer, karate, three musical instruments, and taking online mandarin courses all while maintaining straight A’s keep the twins busy.

How do they balance it all? “Scheduling the week in advance, prioritizing and thinking ahead” Jade says.

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Jade and Lana King for promoting community awareness in their fellow classmates.

ANDY LOPEZ

The Invisible Gardener Speaks for the Trees Since 1985, Andy Lopez has been known as the Invisible Gardener here in Malibu. He began his terrain expertise in college, he says, “I did my gardening stuff at night, under the light of the full moon.

Nobody ever sees me, they get up in the morning and there it is.”

He continues, “The name is really perfect because I really work with nature and nature is what’s invisible.” His business, Invisible Gardener, tends to give the impression that Lopez is a gardener, when, in fact, he considers himself something else entirely: nature’s helper.

“I’m doing a radio show soon to try and explain to people more about what I do,” he states. “It’s still difficult to explain to them what it is that I do because what I do is so radically different than anyone else on the planet.” Being an arborist first, and later becoming an expert on soil, Lopez helps people in Malibu with their properties. “I work with trees...but a long time ago I discovered the truth, I looked into the soil.” His business primarily practices soil treatment, but Lopez dedicates a great deal of his time educating people through his online column and radio show. He says, “What I do, a lot of it is education...

I try to work with the gardeners.” His online presence serves as a valuable resource in regards to organic and safe gardening practices.

MALIBU MAGAZINE loves Andy Lopez for his commitment to bettering the soil our community stands on.

If you have suggestions for community members to feature in our next issue, email us at info@malibumag.com To read full interviews, go to our website at www.malibumag.com

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HOW SAFE IS MALIBU? A recent spate of tragic, high-profile crimes in Malibu has spurred new questions about public safety in the community. ✎ written by Holly Bieler  photographed by Julie Wuellner

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he murder of Irvine scientist Tristan Beaudette shook Malibu to its core.

Hardly ever in the city’s history had the facts of a homicide committed within its jurisdiction proved so heinous; murdered in cold-blood on a well-traversed stretch of Malibu Creek State Park, as his two young daughters, aged 2 and 4, slept just feet away in the family’s tent.

What’s followed in the months since the June murder, however, is entirely without parallel for Malibu; revelations from The Local that at least 7 shootings had occurred near the park grounds prior to Beaudette’s murder, one only days before. Soon thereafter, the discovery of a mutilated body just miles from Malibu Creek State Park, initial reports hinting at a link to the Beaudette murder before infamous L.A. gang MS-13 was ultimately deemed culpable. In

August, the mysterious disappearance of a young Simi Valley man, Matthew Weaver, who drove to Las Rosas outlook before sunrise, sent a distressed text message to his friend later that afternoon, and hasn’t been seen or heard from since. And then, in late September, the almost hallucinatory image of SWAT teams descending on Malibu Creek State Park, massive tankers lumbering towards the grounds’ modest, craggy hills like a bank in the midst of a standup, in search of an ex-military survivalist thought to have been living in the park for years, and wanted in questioning with Beaudette’s murder.

This stunning spate of tragedy has not gone unnoticed by the rest of the world.

Outlets from People to the UK’s Independent have run stories on the unparalleled bizarreness that has been life in Malibu since July. Central to much of this coverrage is the question Malibu-ites have been

asking themselves since July: How does an idyllic, sleepy hamlet where almost nothing ever happens, overnight become the location of a string of horrors? And what, if anything, does it mean for our future?

As is true of most questions relating to public safety in Malibu, there are no easy answers. In a city boasting crime rates far below the national average, where residents are constantly talking about how they feel so safe they don’t lock their doors at night, crime might not sound like an especially important or harried issue. The opposite is true. The topic of public safety is a significant and complex one in Malibu, and one in which the city’s thorny relationship with insularity is laid particularly bare.

Long endemic to the discussion of public safety in Malibu has been the more complex discussion of how Malibu is changing, and how we should deal with those changes. “The internet and social media has real-

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Body found at Bluffs Park An early-morning hiker in this popular outdoor destination discovered the decomposing body of a man authorities later determined was a local transient.

Four months later, Eduardo Ray Nunez, a local homeless man, was charged in connection with the murder.

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The body of 52 year-old Francisco Reynaldo Cruz was discovered in a drainage ditch with extensive physical trauma. Authorities ultimately determined Cruz had been killed by sharp force injuries to the neck and chest, and named L.A. gang MS-13 responsible for the murder.

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In the early morning hours of June 22, sheriffs deputies responded to reports of shots fired in Malibu Creek State Park anddiscovered Beaudette, an Irvine scientist and father of two, dead by a gunshot to the head. His two daughters, aged 2 and 4, were still in the the family’s tent just feet away.

Immediately the story gained international headlines, especially in light of revelations that 7 shootings had been reported in the area prior to Beaudette’s murder, one just days before. Incidents ranged from a couple being shot at while sleeping on the campgrounds in their car, to someone trying to shoot out the wheels of a Tesla driving through Malibu Canyon.

In the weeks following Beaudette’s murder, police discovered few leads. However on October 10, a survivalist named Anthony

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TRISTAN BEAUDETTE WITH HIS FAMILY The Irvine scientist was camping with his two young daughters when he was shot to death.

Rauda, who was wanted for questioning in connection with the murder, was arrested in Malibu Creek State Park.

Still, questions abound surrounding Beaudette’s murder, one of the most high-profile the city has ever seen, and its repercussions for Malibu moving forward.

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String of 6 Burglaries in Malibu Knolls Area Burglars hit at least six houses in the Malibu Knolls neighborhood in the early morning hours of July 5, ransacking both cars and residences.

Early reports indicated nothing of value was taken.

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Roger Eli Chavez-Barahona body discovered On July 27, officers from the Malibu/ Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station received calls that a body had been seen on an embankment to the side of the road on the 12000 block of Piuma Canyon Road in the Santa Monica Mountains. There, officers discovered the body of 19 year-old Honduran immigrant Roger Eli Chavez-Barahona, whom they later determined had been killed by multiple gunshot wounds. Eventually the sheriffs department deemed gang violence culpable, although no suspects have been named in the case.

Chavez-Barahona had only immigrated to the U.S. two months prior.

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First Night of West Malibu Burglaries Residents of West Malibu near the area of Calpine Dr. awoke to find that numerous homes and cars in the neighborhood had been burgled. Reports indicate that at least 2 houses and 3 cars were burglarized, and one car was stolen. It’s unclear if the car was ever found. There were also additional reports of ransacked cars in the area.

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MATTHEW WEAVER The 21 year-old Simi Valley man disappeared near Malibu Creek State Park sometime around August 10.

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Point Dume Attempted Car Thefts Two men attempted carjacks in the broad daylight. When residents confronted them, the thieves sped away, running into a ditch where they were apprehended by police.

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Matthew Weaver disappears Just after midnight on June 11, Lost Hills Sheriffs Deputies received calls of cries for help near Stunt and Shueren Roads. When they arrived, deputies reportedly heard cries for help as well, however after an extensive search, found no one. The

next morning they located a silver BMW on a remote trail, which they traced back to 21 year-old Simi Valley man Matthew Weaver.

After speaking with family, deputies learned Weaver had been missing since the day before, when he dropped off a friend in the early morning hours of August 10 in Chatsworth.

Based on cell phone and Snapchat records, authorities ultimately placed Weaver’s last known location at Stunt and Saddle Peak Roads. Weaver’s last-known communication was with a friend, to whom he sent a series of texts to in the afternoon of August 11, indicating he was in distress.

Weaver has not been seen since, despite widespread law enforcement and volunteer searches in the months since he disappeared, included expansive air and canine rescue teams.

Weaver’s family is currently offering a $50,000 reward for any information on his disappearance

For the second night in a row, Western Malibu residents found themselves targeted by thieves. Just one night after the Calpine Dr. break-ins, homes on Horizon Dr. and the surrounding area were burglarized in the early-morning hours. On Nextdoor, one woman described prized possessions having been swiped from a Moving Pod on her property.

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MEDIA ATTENTION The crimes which have occurred around Malibu Creek State Park in recent months have gained attention nationally as well as locally. In October, L.A. County Sheriff candidate Alex Villanueva held a press conference at the site.

Marlene Matlow, a decades-long Point Dume resident, said that while she fears recent increases in tourist traffic has led to an increase in crime in Malibu, it’s important to remain inclusive of visitors.

“The internet and social media has really put a face on Big Dume beach,” she said. “The public knows about it now and they’re certainly entitled to use it. But we’ve become more visible. And as a result, I think [crime] will continue to get worse.

[With that] visibility, comes a responsibility to protect it.”

Matlow’s sentiments are not rare; numerous residents interviewed for this article said they had sensed an up-tick in crime in Malibu in recent years.

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that annual rates of reported larceny, robbery and grand theft vehicle in Malibu have remained relatively unchanged over the past decade. The average number of larcenies over the past decade has remained around the mid-200s, with an average of 0 homicides annually and robberies in the high one digits. Compared to other cities in L.A., Malibu’s numbers are low. To compare— Malibu sees approximately 247 reported incidents of larceny annually.

Just an hour away in West Hollywood, that number balloons to 6,255.

However when compared to neighboring areas, the image of crime in Malibu becomes a little more complicated. If the city’s annual number of reported larcenies looks like nothing compared to West Hollywood, it is still relatively high for the

area, on average 25% more so than the next highest city under the Lost Hills Sherrifs Department jurisdiction, Calabasas.

More cars are also stolen in Malibu on average, about 7 more annually than Agoura and Calabasas, and 15 more than in Westlake Village.

According to law enforcement and elected officials, one reason for these increases is indeed the high number of visitors to Malibu each year, approximately 13 million annually.

“Overall, crime [has been] relatively stable in Malibu over the past decade or so,” said Malibu Mayor Rick Mullen. “And when you look at the fact that the amount of visitors [in that time] has increased dramatically, even the small increases [in crime] we’ve experienced, although they’re cer-

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MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK The numerous mysterious crimes around Malibu Creek State Park in recent months has prompted resident concerns and widespread media attention. In the weeks after Tristan Beaudette’s murder, revelations followed of numerous shootings in near the park.

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HOW MALIBU’S CRIME STACKS UP

MALIBU CRIME RATES, 2009-2017 Data from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department below shows reported incidents in Malibu from 2009 to 2017.

Crime rates across most categories have remained relatively steady in Malibu over the past decade.

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tainly cause for concern, are not that bad.”

Lost Hills Sheriffs Department Captain Joshua Thai echoed this sentiment, although he said there was always room for improvement.

“I’d like to see thefts and larceny go down [in Malibu],” Captain Thai said. “Something that frustrates me is reading reports and seeing: ‘car left unlocked’ or ‘keys left on the front wheel.’ Things that we can avoid. Back in the day, when I was a kid, you could just leave your keys in the ignition. You didn’t have to worry about it. But you can’t do that anymore, anywhere. Malibu isn’t immune to anything.”

While this might sound like an obvious statement, if you live in Malibu you’ll know it feels somewhat antithetical to the way of life here, which often can seem immune to the ills that befall larger cities.

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“I was never fearful in this neighborhood,” said Lilla Freijea, 13-year Trancas Highlands resident. “We were always lax about keeping our doors locked, all of that.” This changed in the early morning hours of September 20, when Freije awoke to a flashlight beam through her bedroom window. Peering outside, she immediately saw a dark, hooded figure creeping around the inner parameter of her gate, who bolted for her gate as soon as Freije confronted them.

Later, as Freije and her husband surveyed their property while waiting for sheriffs, they discovered that their front door had been broken into and their cars ransacked, though the intruder hadn’t taken anything.

The next morning the couple learned some of their neighbors had fallen victim to the same intrudor. Theirs had been just

the latest Western Malibu neighborhood to be targeted by robbers, just a month after nearby Calpine and Horizon Drives had been victimized in a two-night string of burglaries, thieves making out with valuables from multiple homes, and one car.

Freije said the incident has had a lasting impact.

“I think we’re just a little bit freaked out,” she said. “We set up motion lights, now we always lock all our doors. It’s kind of a different way of living now, for us.”

Point Dume resident Pamela Comely-Ulich knows this feeling well. While at home one afternoon in December of 2016, she noticed an unknown man entering her property, and when she confronted him he became verbally aggressive. Although he eventually left without incident, Comely-Ulich had been at home alone with her

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teenage daughter at the time, and the experience immediately made her reassess her surroundings.

“Never, never, never had anything like that happened,” she said. “It was scary.”

Comely-Ulich began researching safety measures other nearby neighborhoods had adopted, and eventually founded a Neighborhood Watch in Point Dume.

Ever since, the program has worked to spread awareness about public safety throughout the community, encouraging residents to speak up if they see suspicious behavior, and providing integral information about the state of crime in the city during group meetings with local law enforcement.

“We’re educating the community to be aware,” she said. “I think information is power.”

Source: Los Angeles Sherriff’s Department

Captain Thai said programs like Comely-Ulich’s were one of the most helpful ways local communities could be of aid to law enforcement, and help combat the proliferation of crime themselves.

“It’s a crucial factor in solving crimes,” he said. “Let’s say in Malibu right now, we have four to 5 cars. Just picking one small community, like Malibu Colony, if all those people are keeping an eye out, our force just multiplies. That’s how powerful it is to get the community involved.”

For many residents, just as important is not allowing the realities of a changing Malibu and fear over the threats this might pose, to change too drastically those things which makes the city special.

“I think its unfortunate people want to live behind their 30 foot high fichus hedges and security gates,” said Malibu resident

Pete Anthony. “Our new neighbors live behind a locked gate with no doorbell. We have a batch of cookies in our kitchen we can’t give them.”

Anthony can understand this urge—after two laptops were stolen from his home office last year, he was quick to install a security system and cameras throughout his home, his doors-unlocked Malibu household overnight transforming into a locked one. For a while, he says, he looked at people in the community a little differently, wondering if one might be the culprit. But then he stopped himself.

“The thing about Point Dume that we loved from the beginning is we walked everywhere, we knew everybody, the kids could go in and out of yards,” he said. “So I’m wanting to resist the descent into living MM behind barbed wire.”

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WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY POWER OUTAGES? When the Santa Ana winds pick up, many parts of Malibu are often left experiencing hours-long power outages, a fact that has led to vociferous complaints by community members in recent months. ✎ written by Barbara Burke

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n October 22, 2018, the Malibu city council took members of Southern California Edison, Malibu’s electricity provider, to task in light of the lengthy and extensive October 15 blackouts that left many areas of the city, ranging from western Malibu to Rambla Pacifico and to many other areas in between, without electricity until well into the evening. According to Diane Forte, Government Relations Manager for SCE, at its peak, the outage affected 5,500 Malibu residents – slightly less than one-half of the City’s population.

When the power outages occurred, consternation and fury were rampant as residents struggled to carry on daily activities, tried to drive on roads devoid of operative street lights, and dealt with the fact that area businesses were closed.

Power Line Outages Seem to Be the Primary Cause for Power Outages.

At the city council meeting, John Abbott, Operations Supervisor for SCE’s Thousand Oaks District which encompasses Malibu, stated that outages were caused by power lines going down due to winds or because trees fell down. Councilpersons and community members strongly criticized SCE for failing to prepare for Santa Ana winds. “What really gets me . . . is the fact that we lose power so easily,” Councilmember Laura Rosenthal said. “This was not even in the top 30

Santa Ana events that I’ve certainly lived through in my many years in Malibu.”

Councilmember Rick Mullen, a seasoned firefighter, simply stated that “in 2018, power lines should not go down.”

He strongly admonished SCE for not adequately clearing trees. “SCE should probably implement a robust system built to withstand Santa Ana winds,” he said.

“Maybe we need to implement a system where trees are not pushing on wires.”

SCE Planned Power Outage Policy Puzzles and Infuriates Citizens In addition to pervasive and vocal crit-

icism by both citizens and community leaders regarding recurrent power outages when the Santa Ana winds kick up in late autumn and early spring, there are widespread complaints about SCE’s policy to implement preemptive “de-energization of power,” or, in layperson’s terms, planned power outages, when the utility deems that a “Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) event,” has occurred. SCE’s guidelines state a PCPS will occur only “as a last resort,” and “in high fire risk areas to reduce fire risk during extreme and potentially dangerous weather conditions.” The October 15 power outage closely followed

POWER OUTAGES MID OCTOBER The screenshot above was taken on Oct 15 from the Southern California Edison website. It shows that Malibu is not the only affected area in Los Angeles.

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FIRE DANGER In an effort to prevent fires during “red flag” weather conditions, the SCE plans to implement controversial Public Safety Power Shutoffs.

HISTORICAL UTILITY POLES The first wooden utility poles came about in the 1840’s and caught on quickly from then, spreading all across the United States.

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a highly charged public forum at Gillette Ranch sponsored by SCE on October 9 at which citizens strongly criticized the PCPS policy. “At the October 22 city council meeting, SCE denied that the October 15 power outages were due to the utility implementing a PSPS power outage,” said Scott Dittrich, a Public Works Commissioner for the City of Malibu and the Vice President of the Rambla Pacifico Homeowners Association. “Rather, trees fell on the wires and it viewed that as a security issue.”

Many Malibuites found it particularly irritating that SCE changed its story about whether it implemented a PSPS event.

First, city officials were told by SCE that a power outage was contemplated in one region of Malibu because the utility determined there was a PSPS event, a fact that Forte acknowledged at the city council meeting. However, before the PSPS could be implemented, power outages due to electric line complications and downed trees occurred, according to Abbott.

Without electricity, Malibu’s citizens and public services cannot function properly, which does not merely involve citizens having their activities disrupted. Rather, if a PSPS is implemented and there is a fire or other emergency, Dittrich and members of the city council fear that a tragedy could ensue because citizens would not be able to be informed about emergency details. Electrical outages can compromise cell phone towers and water systems and citizens with medical needs can experience complications.

“What happened on October 15 is a dress rehearsal for SCE’s unbelievably ill-conceived disastrous PSPS plan,” Councilmember Lou LaMonte stated.

Therefore, Mullen noted city officials are highly interested in exploring the idea of putting electrical wires underground wherever possible, an approach Dittrich and others advocate. Rosenthal noted that all members of the area Council on Governments oppose PSPS. Concerned Malibuites can contact their city council representatives. One thing is for sure - the Santa Ana winds are forthMM coming.

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FRED SEGAL RETURNS Fashion icon, Fred Segal will return to Malibu in the spring of 2019. The brand has a long history here in Malibu, with Fred Segal being one of the founders of the Country Mart in 1975.

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red Segal, an iconic retailer worldwide, is returning to Malibu in the Spring of 2019.“Returning?” readers may query.

Alison Samek, CEO of Fred Segal, visited with Malibu Magazine and explained the store’s connections with Malibu.

“Fred was a founder of the Malibu Country Mart in 1975 and stayed there until the early 1980’s, Samek said. “Fred Segal is delighted to return to Malibu where

our store has a long history.” Fred Segal – the founder of the establishment – first graced Malibu’s landscape when he remodeled a run-down motel-turned-apartment-complex at 3835 Cross Creek Road and opened a Fred Segal boutique. In 1980, he developed another group of boutiques across the street at 3900 Cross Creek Road. Segal was instrumental in bringing fashion retail to Malibu.

The new Fred Segal store will have 4,000 square feet in Malibu Village in the space long occupied by the movie theater.

“The Malibu store will feature women’s apparel, men’s appar-

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FRED SEGAL WORLD WIDE The fashion powerhouse has stores throughout the world from LA to Japan to Switzerland.

NEW MALIBU STORE The new location will be located in the 1975 Fred Segal was one of the founders of the Malibu Country Mart and instrumental in bringing fashion to Malibu. Malibu Village and feature designers like Cotton Citizen.

el, gifts such as books and candles and accessories,” Samek said.

Designers represented will include Mara Hoffman (gorgeously designed dresses and swimwear), Sea New York (easy-to-wear, but polished and chic, one-of-a-kind pieces), Lemaire (Coton et satin laqué d’acétate - Oui!), PS1 by Proenza Schouler (gorgeous leather satchels), Cotton Citizen (lovely, casual, easy-to-wear choices) and Shaina Mote (an LA-based designer who blends minimalism with lovely accents).

Think hip interfaces with classic at the three-way intersection of luxurious, lush and lavish. Think purchasing items of clothing that are timeless investment pieces. Think casual but chic.

The store will also offer upscale jewelry and an exclusive sneaker shop. Carefully curated beauty items will add to the available beauty essentials in Malibu. Fred Segal aficionados will

be delighted to hear that the store’s own brand also will be available, including modern, luxe essentials for men and women such as denim, t-shirts, leather jackets and cashmere sweaters.

Maris Collective, which operates the women’s store at Fred Segal Sunset, Collective at Fred Segal the retailer’s flagship location, is curating the selection.

Fred Segal will add a vibrant vestiarie to Malibu – a perfect launch for Spring.

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RARE DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD From fine wholesale gems to jaw-dropping jewelry, Raiman Rocks is the perfect place for shoppers in the market for incomparable diamonds at great value.

Raiman Rocks jewelry is expertly crafted.

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rom fine large and color diamonds to jaw-dropping jewelry, Raiman Rocks is the perfect place for shoppers in the market for exquisite diamonds at incomparable value. With over 35 years of experience in selling and buying large diamonds, Gall Raiman’s wealth of expertise and deep-seated industry connections have made him a sought-after figure for shoppers in the market for diamonds of incomparable beauty and quality.

Raiman Rocks, Gall’s elegantly-appointed Calabasas showroom, provides a shopping experience that’s truly unparalleled, both in terms of quality and diversity of product. While the store’s intimate environs and personalized service might suggest a smaller operation, don’t be fooled: Raiman Rocks’ inventory is vast and incredibly varied, as are the customers they serve. Wholesalers have long relied on Raiman Rocks for GIA certified

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large, rare and natural fancy color diamonds, a specialty of Gall Raiman’s that has earned him a reputation throughout the industry. However individual shoppers can take advantage of Gall’s impeccable eye and knowledge base as well as the value he brings to diamond buyers as well as those wishing to depart from their diamond and maximize their returns. Raiman Rocks boasts an inventory of stunning jewelry, all meticulously crafted utilizing some of the most spectacular and rare gems on the market, and all offered at great value. From stunning drop-earrings and exceptionally rare pink and blue diamonds, to an array of large-carat canary diamond pieces to large colorless sparkly rings, a trip to Raiman Rocks is truly like being a kid in a candy store. Except much, much betMM ter.

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An exquisite Canary diamond ring.

CUSTOMER SERVICE Gall and Galit Raiman offer exemplary, personalized service to every customer who visits their Calabasas showroom.

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SOMETHING SPECIAL “The magic is in the make”, says Gall Raiman, President of Raiman Rocks. “We will match you with the perfect diamond to fit your imagination and desire, according to your budget”.

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ALDIK HOME

HOLIDAY MAGIC One of the Most Dazzling Christmas Displays in the Country, and Still One of LA’s Hidden Gems.

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hough Aldik Home has been wowing customers, celebrities, and holiday décor enthusiasts for more than 60 years, this spectacle—the best Christmas display in the country—is still remarkably one of Los Angeles’ hidden gems. Situated on an unassuming lot on Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys, stepping into Aldik Home is nearly cinematic. Reminiscent of stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia, or walking into Hogwarts, you simply enter a different world when you step into Aldik Home. Every inch of this 24,000 square foot showroom is designed to dazzle and delight. Nearly 60 fully-decorated Christmas trees—as large as twelve feet tall—loom ahead, each with a distinct style and story to tell.

It all starts with the best artificial Christmas trees in the country. Aldik Home’s line of Neuman Trees represents the best quality artificial Christmas trees that money can buy. Featuring the Brilliant Lighting System, the Neuman Tree is the only tree manufacturer to create customized light sets specifically for Christmas trees, resulting in perfectly-lit trees that are incredibly realistic. With trees that are leaps and bounds better than

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any trees sold online, Aldik Home helps thousands of people fall in love with the Christmas tree of their dreams.

The amount of Christmas décor in Aldik Home defies imagination. There are glittery stems, spools upon spools of luxurious ribbon, elves, Santas, and ornaments of such intricate beauty that you may just stare at them in reverence. If you get overwhelmed at all these gorgeous options for decorating your tree and home, Aldik Home’s team of talented designers can work with you to pick a color palette and help you curate your perfect holiday look. They even make custom designed arrangements, garlands, wreaths and more! If you’re still looking for a little more sparkle, Aldik Home’s Light Room offers a stunning array of LED lights that will help put your Christmas display over the top. Whether it’s the retro coolness of a neon rope light, the hypnotic melody of a color-switching LED wire light, or the sheer luminance of the 2,000 light compact twinkle LED set, you won’t see lights like this anywhere else!

If you’ve never heard of Aldik Home before, then it just means you get to experience it for the first time during its most beautiful Christmas display yet. A place this special doesn’t deserve to be MM hidden for too long.

NEUMAN TREES Featuring the Brilliant Lighting System, Neuman Tree is the only tree manufacturer to create customized light sets specifically for Christmas trees.

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DAZZLING SELECTION From spools of luxurious ribbon, intricate ornaments, elves, reindeer, Santas, to high-quality Neuman trees to their Light Room featuring a wide array of LED Lights, Aldik Home has everything you need for the most festive Holiday season yet.

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HOLIDAY GIFTS

ELIZABETH LAMONT’S

Holiday Favorites Around Malibu This time of year is so special to me as I love to find special gifts that are not just personal, but something that can be fun and make a difference in your loved one’s lives. Here’s a list of my picks for the holiday season, all sourced from shops right here in Malibu.

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Limited Edition Matsuda Sunglasses in Merlot, 9026-Eyes Steve and Jen ( My neighbors) have owned 9026Eyes for 21 years and have a great following in the Malibu community. One of their specialties is a service for people who have a drawer full of unusable glasses. Maybe the lenses are scratched, maybe they need repair? Whatever the case may be, bring in the bag and they will go through them with you, update an Rx, repair, adjust, etc.

Make them perfect and wearable again. Best of all — this service is FREE!

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Why not gift a little sparkle this season? One of the things I love most about my job is the ability to work one-on-one with clients to design special pieces. The same is true when it comes to jewelry, but for that, I leave it to the experts at Tova Malibu! Local designer Tova’s latest “A Star is Born” collection is a great introduction to her collection, featuring a beautiful ensemble of three necklaces each sold separately.

Tova Malibu, $450 - $550

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Rose Quartz Crystals

In keeping with my blush theme this season, let me introduce these lovely quartz crystals that make a great home addition or elegant yet cost-effective gift. Nothing says love like Rose Quartz.

We love them at any time of the year. Its loving energies help to enhance self esteem, balance emotions and promote happiness.

It enables us to see good in ourselves and in others, bringing peace to our lives. Who doesn’t need a bit of that? At Room at the

Room at the Beach, $135-$275

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Fitness Class Pack

I love to give the gift of health, and a packet of classes at Malibu Pure Barre is truly the perfect gift for any recipient. Owner Cynthia Webb will help you mold your body into its finest condition, utilizing Pure Barre’s trademark series of low impact, isometric movements which synthesize to produce incredible results.

In each class, you’ll utilize a range of equipment, from light weights to the stuiod’s ballet bars, to target different areas of the body, from the legs to the abs to the glutes. The Pure Barre craze has taken off all over the country, and right her ein Malibu, the Cross Creek studio has gained a cult following throughout the community.

Cynthia Webb’s gift-store in her Malibu studio is also not to be missed.

Pure Barre Malibu, 10 classes, $229

About Elizabeth Lamont With over 20 years of experience, Elizabeth Lamont is one of the most reognized and lauded figures in the Malibu design world. The founder and owner of Cross Creek home goods store and design firm Room at the Beach, Elizabeth has a reputation for guiding her clients through design projects that give them the confidence to let their homes reflect their unique personalities.

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Handmade Cake Stands and Bonbon Jars

Spending time with family is really the best gift, and holiday baking is a great way to do it. Homemade treats are such a wonderful gift, and the time spent preparing them is a gift to you. So why not present your sweet and savoury culinary creations in a display worthy of your talents, with handmade cake stands and serving domes that combine glass and natural wood, or one of our handmade bonbon jars.

Room at the Beach, $45 - $165

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Stunning Jewelry From a Local It-Girl Malibuite Jillian Dempsey specializes in gold and lockets, and right now I am in love with her delicate bracelet meant to stack!

Her collection of beautiful pieces are available at Cross Creek favorite Maxfield Malibu, which always offers clients a personalized shopping experience.

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Maxfield, $1,650 - $2,100

Rose Gold Tennis Shoes and Down Sweater Now that you know rose gold is the color of the season, why not extend the palette to your wardrobe? Blush is the way to go for holiday 2018, and look what I found at Ted Baker. I’m always drawn to clean, pretty tennis shoes, and the comfort they provide is all the more important as we run around for the holidays. So what could be more perfect than a beautiful trainer, elevated with blush accents and adorable bow detailing? Pair this with Ted Baker’s Lilac Puffer

Ted Baker, Puffer: $245; Trainers: $160

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CHARLES, TEAK RUSTIC, $195 Slip on this sleek looking Chelsea boot and carve your own path.

Its simple on/off design makes your life easier, without sacrificing comfort.

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CAPACITY, BLACK SUEDE, $145 Sophistication is in the details. This boot features a wingtip toe, and broguing details throughout.

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BLAIRE, TAN RUSTIC, $245 The perfect height for all day comfort, this bootie features front perforation, back leather lacing, side zipper, and pull tab. Get ready to celebrate the changing seasons in this knockout pair.

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SHOPPING GUIDE Over the next couple of pages, we will introduce you to the most note-worthy fashion brands and stores in Malibu and surrounding areas.  The stores marked with hearts are our highly recommended editor’s picks.

FASHION

ALLSAINTS (310) 494-9310 Edgy, stylish and one-of-akind all describe AllSaints perfectly. The quality of their leather jackets is phenomenal and the Malibu store has been hailed as having some of the best customer service around.

3939 Cross Creek Rd. us.allsaints.com

effortless resortwear as well as accessories from around the globe.

3828 Cross Creek Rd. aliciabell.com

collection perfect for the worldly woman.

23410 Civic Center Way Suite B-2 monvictoire.fr

ENCORE (310) 456-7292

PLANET BLUE (310) 317-9975

Encore has been a Malibu staple for over 20 years.

Having recently moved to a new Cross Creek location, the beloved store is still bringing its customers the casual, chic beach wear that it is loved for.

3900 Cross Creek Rd. Suite 7 encoremalibu.com

CANVAS (310) 317-9895 Inspired by an appreciation for contemporary art and design, husband and wife duo Jac and Arlington Forbes provide an array of classic clothing made with high quality fabrics and impeccable attention to detail.

23410 Civic Center Way. canvasmalibu.com

ALL THINGS BELL (310) 456-7809 Created by designer, Alicia Bell, the new Malibu Village boutique is inspired by beach towns all over the world, from Santorini to Malibu. The store features a beautiful array of hand printed, colorful and

HIPTIQUE (310) 399-6105 Since opening its second L.A. outpost in the Trancas Country Mart last summer, Hiptique has become a go-to for Malibu shoppers looking for casual yet chic wears. The store features 1,600 square feet packed with much-loved contemporary lines such as ALC, Ulla Johnson and Marissa Webb.

30745 Pacific Coast Hwy. hiptique.com SUNROOM (310) 317-0944 For beautiful, design-forward pieces from hard-tofind designers, head to Sunroom, a new addition at the Malibu Country Mart.

3900 Cross Creek Rd. Suite 3A shopsunroom.com

RRL & CO. (310) 317-9592 This Malibu staple has the perfect selection of vintage, one-of-a-kind, limited edition clothing pieces for the Ralph Lauren lover. Stop by in the Malibu Country Mart.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. ralphlauren.com AVIATOR NATION (310) 456-1532 Aviator Nation embodies everything great about the 1970’s and combines it with the relaxed vibes of Southern California. Their clothing is always recognizeable right off the bat by the brand’s colorful stripes that adorn most of the handmade clothing.

22967 Pacific Coast Hwy aviatornation.com

VICTOIRE (310) 317-0020 French clothing store Victoire counts locations in some of the most glamorous cities around the world: Paris, Saint-Tropez, Lyon and now Malibu. This chic, sophisticated store brings together an exclusive and unique team of designers and brands to curate a

If you’re looking to nail the beachy yet elegant Malibu look, no where compares to Planet Blue. The brand describes itself as, “Malibu Born” and is truly the epitome of effortless, beachy sophistication.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. shopplanetblue.com

PISTOL & LUCY (310) 456-3616 If you are looking for unique clothing from all around the world without leaving Malibu, head over to Pistol & Lucy. This Malibu staple has the perfect collection of clothes for the fashion-forward woman.

21221 Pacific Coast Hwy. pistolandlucy.com M. FREDRIC (310) 317-8601 M. Fredric is known for its charitable efforts and ever evolving, trendsetting clothing collection.

Frequented by celebrities, stylists and anyone looking to stay on trend, M. Fredric brings you a collection of clothes that are truly unique, chic and high-end.

23410 Civic Center Way mfredric.com

SQN SPORT (310) 633-4966 SQN sport brings its customers a line of effortless, luxury sports wear. From comfy leggings to stylish tops, this line focuses on versatile, minimalistic pieces that can take you to the gym just as well as around town.

23410 Civic Center Way Suite D-1 sqnsport.com

 NAKED CASHMERE (424) 387-2918 It is generally the naïve shopper who ventures to Malibu in search of a good deal. Or, as it turns out, one in the market for good cashmere. Offering luxury cashmere at very reasonable prices, Naked is one of Malibu’s best-kept secrets.

23405 Pacific Coast Hwy. nakedcashmere.com 9026EYES (310) 456-9991 Long-time Malibu residents Steve and Jen specialize in curating a unique collection of high-quality eye wear and meticulously repairing the glasses you already have.

3835 Cross Creek #20 9026eyes.com

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 BURRO (310) 456-3700 Be it hand-dyed gift wrapping paper, a trendy Lacausa slip dress or an ironic coffee table book, if you’re in the market for something cute, Burro is your store. With wonderful little knick-knacks and wellpriced jewelry galore, we dare you to go in without buying something.

23410 Civic Center Way Unit #3 burrogoods.com

BEAUTY

BEAUTY COLLECTION (310) 317-0117 Featuring cult brands like

By Terry and Cosrx as well as a large range of haircare products, Beauty Collection has everything you could ever dream of among the 500+ brands they carry in store. This is truly a one-stop beauty shop and the knowledgeable staff is there to help find the perfect product for you.

3900 Cross Creek Rd. Suite 2 beautycollection.com

 L’OCCITANE (310) 317-0780 Whether you are looking for natural skincare, bath or hair products, this swoon-worthy little french boutique has everything you need to keep your body glowing and your hair shiny all year round, right in the center of the Malibu Village.

3900 Cross Creek Rd. #4 usa.loccitane.com

FLORAL

 SEA LILY (310) 457-8100 If you are looking for stunning floral designs made from flowers grown by local farmers, head over to Sea Lily. The eco-friendly floral boutique focuses on creating a wide range of bouquets in a sustainable manner. Find everything from romantic, garden bouquets to contemporary succulent designs.

6444 Trancas Canyon Rd. sealilymalibu.com MALIBU GARDEN FLORIST (310) 894-6721 With an extensive variety of fresh, premier flower varieties, Malibu Garden Florist can provide beautiful bouquets for any occasion. Also recognized for outstanding customer service and attention to detail in their custom arrangement services, look no further to style your fairytale wedding.

globe, no local store beats Oasis Imports. Their large inventory features one-of-akind pieces from Argentina to Burma.

3931 S. Topanga Blvd. oasisimports.com  ROOM AT THE BEACH (310) 456-9777

MALIBU COLONY CO. (310) 317-0177 This Country Mart staple offers high-end gifts and home accents that fit perfectly into the beachy, luxurious Malibu lifestyle.

From diamond-encrusted starfish to crisp linens, this one-stop-shop has it all.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. malibucolonyco.com

23200 Pacific Coast Hwy. malibugardenflorist.com

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MALIBU MARKET & DESIGN (310) 317-9922 Looking to outfit your new Carbon Beach place?

Malibu Design Center is your place, with a range of furnishings and accessories that perfectly capture the Malibu look. If you are in the need for some design assistance, Malibu design center also offers complete interior design services tailored to your needs.

25001 Pacific Coast Hwy, www.malibumarketdesign. com SORENITY ROCKS MALIBU (310) 387-8373 Owner Lenise Soren created not just a store filled with crystals and art by local malibu artists, but a venue for community, offering meditation events, wellness workshops and more.

Stop in for unique jewelry, crystals and wellness.

3939 Cross Creek Rd. sorenityrocksmalibu.com

With over 20 years of design experience, owner Elizabeth Lamont opened Room at the Beach with a strong eye and passion for classic California-chic interiors. Featuring a curated selection of furniture, bedding, lighting, tableware and much more, this is one of the best spots in town for casual yet sophisticated home goods.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. Suite 23, roomatthebeachmalibu.com

OUTDOOR

 INNER GARDENS (310) 457-9091 Having recently taken over the Nagel Nursey space, Inner Gardens now offers Malibu residents full-service design, installation and maintenance of gorgeous interior gardens and landscape projects. Previous clients include the famous Soho House and numerous high end residences throughout the area.

6432 Busch Drive innergardens.com OASIS IMPORTS (310) 456-9883 For indoor and outdoor furniture from around the

PETS

 MALIBU GROOMING CO (310) 456-6088 Next time your four-legged friend is in need of a wash or cut, head here for friendly service and reasonable prices. While you wait, peruse their boutique for excellent doggie accessories or if you think your pooch needs a little more zen in its life, sign him or her up for the “doga” massage therapy and yoga class.

22523 Pacific Coast Hwy. malibugrooming.com PACIFIC COAST PETS (310) 317-8600 (Colony) (310) 317-9755 (Zuma) Happy and healthy pets are at the heart of this Malibu pet store. Pacific Coast Pets not only offers a wide variety of treats, toys, food and other pet supplies but also works with various shelters and rescues to hold recurring adoption events. There are two locations in Malibu to better serve the needs of all Malibu pet lovers.

23705 Malibu Rd .(Malibu Colony Store) 29575 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Zuma Store) pacificcoastpetsmalibu. com

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SHOPPING TIPS FOR OUT OF TOWN LOS ANGELES

 EARTH + ELEMENT HOLIDAY SHOP Artist and owner, Elizabeth Di Prinzio creates beautiful, handmade ceramic and ealthly goods in her home studio in Topanga Canyon.

This season, find Earth + Element at its Holiday Shop on Sunset Blvd.

3100 Sunset Blvd earthandelement.com

SANTA MONICA

 PEBBLES (310) 314-6472 For an inspired and colorful experience, visit Pebbles on Main St. Parents can find an array of quirky clothing for their little ones, and even a little something for themselves too.

2400 Main St. #A2 pebblesclothing.com

 LUNYA (310) 395-2666 Fall asleep wrapped in luxurious sleepwear found in “The Bedroom,” this company’s first of only two locations. Lunya not only takes care of all your beauty-sleeping needs, but also feathers a dreamlike experience.

1032 Broadway lunya.co BONJOUR (424) 335-4618 This French-inspired gift shop offers a truly magnificent array of gifts, clothing, and accessories, all exclusively manufactured in France to provide

an authentic sense of European style.

1921 Main St. bonjour-la.com

BEVERLY HILLS

 THE LADY & THE SAILOR (424) 204-9526 This boutique is full of classic, comfortable staples and accessories such as cotton tees, loose-fit button-ups and breezy

layering pieces. Whether shopping for a gift or for your own closet, this boutique’s selection is perfect for a laid-back, California lifestyle.

427 N. Canon Dr. #108 theladyandthesailor.com SUGARFINA (323) 510-4087 Head to Sugarfina to shop for all your stylish, sweet-tooth desires. With a wide variety of gourmet candy flavors like “Champagne Bubbles” and “Rosé All Day,” their treats are perfect as holiday gifts and special occasions, or to simply enjoy yourself.

9495 S Santa Monica Blvd. sugarfina.com

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VERONICA SKIN & BODY CARE

PREMIERE WELLNESS Winter is around the corner, and so to is the threat of dry, flaky and irritated skin.

Malibu Magazine sat down with Veronica Barton Schwartz, owner of Veronica Skin & Body Care Center, for her tips on keeping skin glowing as the temperatures drop.

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older temperatures can wreak havoc on your skin, both face, and body. It gets flaky, dry, and can be painful and itchy. In order to alleviate these problems, I put together my top tips on keeping your body’s largest organ hydrated and healthy during the winter months.

water inside of your body. When it’s cold and dry, water evaporates off the surface of our skin faster. Use a humidifier to prevent dryness and drink extra water. Humidifiers are a good way to add moisture back into your home, especially if you use a fireplace and heater.

1. Use products that are gentle on your

mally, your skin barrier is going to be compromised because of the cold air and dryness. Twice a week is enough during the winter months. Avoid taking hot baths and showers, turn the water temperature down. In the winter months, taking showers and not moisturizing can dry out and age your skin. If the skin is not moisturized immediately, the skin surface gets exposed to air, resulting in ‘winter itch’.

3. Exfoliate less than you would nor-

face and body during this time. Without cleansing, your products can’t do their job. It’s important to use a cleanser that softens water and gently rids the skin of impurities without stripping the skin of its normal pH.

2. Keep your environment from being too dry. Our skin is the barrier that keeps

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VERONICA BARON SCHWARTZ is the

founder and owner of Veronica Skin & Body Care Center, here in Malibu.

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WELLNESS

VERONICA MALIBU One of Veronica’s

favorite products is Epicuren’s Body Lotion.

VERONICA MALIBU The new line of products developed by Veronica Skin &

Body Care Center are created to keep your skin hydrated and healthy for that gorgeous glow.

4. Hot water dehydrates our skin, so after you pat dry, moisturize your face and body. Use products that contain hyaluronic acid to keep the barrier of your skin from using a lot of water. Don’t go outside in the cold with damp skin. If your skin is damp and you go out in the cold, it’s going to chap more. It’s the same as when you lick your lips, it makes the problem worse.

5. Use your moisturizer often. Using a good moisturizer is crucial for keeping skin hydrated throughout the winter.

6. Naturally occurring compounds from plants, phytoestrogens function similar to estrogen in the body. They are used in skin care to combat the effects dry skin, a con-

VERONICA MALIBU It’s important to always

properly cleanse your skin before applying products.

tributor that accelerates signs of skin aging. Plant-based products are much more widely used in skin regimens now than in previous years thanks to more research and development using today’s standards. These products have been proven to promote skin cells to hold onto water, as well as stimulate collagen production in the dermis. Benefits include fewer superficial wrinkles and dark spots caused by sun damage and improved overall texture of the skin. I like Epicuren’s Body Lotions to combat dry winter skin. Epicuren After Bath Body Moisturizers are precisely blended with plant-based oils and natural emollients and have an exquisitely light feel. My favorite is the French Lavender.

We use it in all of our body treatments at our spas.

7. Using a good hyaluronic acid (HA) is important to add to your facial creams and serums during the winter months.

HA pulls moisture from the atmosphere and traps it in the skin to hydrate it, giving it a plumper look. Our bodies are constantly in a battle to stay hydrated, so a hyaluronic acid-rich skin-care regimen is really beneficial.

Skin care isn’t one-size-fits-all, but these tips all share the same happy ending of healthier, hydrated, glowing skin. MM VERONICA SKIN & BODY CARE CENTER

24955 PCH #B101, #B103, #B104 Malibu, CA 90265 (310) 456-8883 www.veronicaskincare.com

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STEAMED MAINE LOBSTER AT GEOFFREY’S Bearing a steamed lobster at the weight of one and three-quarters of a pound, Geoffrey’s Steamed Maine Lobster proves equally as impressive in taste as it does in presentation. From the center outward, the exhibit of flavor begins with a buttery puff pastry basket, topped with seared vegetable ribbons and a slew of Madeira butter. Each bite, coated in a creamy vanilla lobster sauce, holds a simple, yet elegant introduction to the curious mouths it encounters.

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RESTAURANTS

CROSS CREEK TO TRANCAS

MUST-TRY’S IN MALIBU RESTAURANTS From classic favorites to secret gems and exciting new eats, Malibu Magazine put together the ultimate list of dishes to try around town.  photographed by Julie Wuellner

While Malibu may seem like a small town in many respects, our quaint, beach-side home has an abundance of restaurants that rivals cities much larger in size and population. From Malibu institutions like Taverna Tony’s that serves hungry tourists and locals with some of the best Mediterranean food in the area and Sunlife Organics with its wide array of brightly colored smoothies to new-comer Caffee Luxxe which supplies locals with not just a killer cup of coffee, but also that laid-back coffee shop vibe, it can be hard to choose where to go, let alone what to order. Truly, there are few bad choices when it comes to Malibu’s flourishing restaurant scene, but some are, undoubtedly, better than others. For this issue, Malibu Magazine ed-

JEFF PETERSON became the owner of Geoffrey’s in 1999, after having been with the restaurant for 12 years.

itors set out to put together the ultimate list of “Must-Try” dishes from our favorite Malibu restaurants. We included some long-time favorites such as the sumptuous skirt steak with chimichurro from V’s restaurant simply because these can’t be missed, but we didn’t stop there. At Bui Sushi, we skipped the classic rolls and instead found the seafood carpaccio to be the real hero, and for dessert, we tracked down Tra Di Noi’s rumored Strawberry Crostada, made from a recipe handed down to the restaurant’s owner by his Italian grandmother. From breakfast to appetizers, seafood, steak, numerous desserts and even coffee, we compiled a list of Malibu’s “Must Try Dishes” guaranteed to have something for everyone.

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SKIRT STEAK WITH CHIMICHURRO AT V’S Malibu steak lovers shouldn’t miss out on the Grilled Prime Skirt Steak with Chimichurri at V’s Malibu. Seasoned and grilled to perfection, this juicy steak is packed full of flavor. Topped with a garden-fresh chimichurri sauce, the steak is served with creamy roasted shallot mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. Pair it with a glass of red wine or one of V’s expertly crafted mixed drinks such as the pomiranian with key lime and pomegranate juice.

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VASSIL PERTCHINKOV After being the General Manager at Guido’s for 19 years, Pertchinkov opened V’s Restaurant with co-owner Yassen Tonev.

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SEAFOOD CARPACCIO AT BUI From extraordinarily fresh sashimi to delightful miso butterfish and expertly crafted special rolls, there are few poor options on Bui Sushi’s menu. However, head chef, Francesco Valesco’s take on classic seafood Carpaccio outshines the rest. The dish is as beautifully presented as it is expertly garnished. The plate of carefully sliced sashimi is glazed in citrus yuzu sauce that balances exquisitely with the raw density of each fish. Although the array of fish presented in this dish is not found on the menu and must be custom ordered, the variety is highly recommended as it offers a different sensation in each bite and allows room for accommodation. Featuring fresh and top-quality yellowtail, salmon, red snapper, tuna and albacore, the Seafood Carpaccio excites the taste buds in a rich yet light demeanor.

To finish off the plate, crispy onion chips and feather-like garnishes are sprinkled over the top. Altogether, the subtly-detailed dish serves an ornate experience for sushi-lovers of all kinds.

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SPICY RED CURRY AT CHOLADA

SAWAI THEPRIAN has owned Cholada with her husband, Nikorn Sriwixhailumpanin since 2000.

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If you are looking for authentic thai food in a relaxed, completely unpretentious atmosphere, head to none other than favorite, Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine. The little blue shack bordering the Palisades has long been one of Malibu’s best local secrets. Generally packed on both weekends and week nights, the restaurant has a full menu of delicious and authentic Thai food but a standout and alltime favorite is the Red Curry. The curry is made with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, bell pepper and fresh basil, either chicken, tofu, veggies, beef or pork. You can choose your preferred level of spice.

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FLAMING SAGANAKI CHEESE AT TAVERNA TONY’S For an appetizer that is equal parts a show-stopper and a delicious treat to share, try Taverna Tony’s Flaming Saganaki Cheese. Traditional Greek sautéed kefalograyere cheese is flamed with cognac to create a cheese experience that is crispy on the outside and perfectly melty on the inside. The cheese can be eaten with bread or even on its own. Don’t let this one sit though as the cheese is the best when it is freshly flamed and will quickly harden up again.

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TRI-COLOR GNOCCHI AT TRAMONTO Between the delicious Paesena finished off in a giant cheese wheel and the Pescatora served with an array of fresh seafood, it’s hard to pick just one pasta dish at Tramonto Bistro, but at the end of the day it was the Gnocchi that we fell in love with. Served with an option of five different sauces (from left to right: Marinara, Quatro Formaggio and Pesto), the Gnocchi offers the perfect combination of comfort food and sophisticated dining. Finish it off with the Ice Cream Extravaganza made directly at your table, created with a blast of liquid nitrogen.

WILFREDO BARRERA After spending 14 years at Sage Room, Barrera, became the owner of Tramonto Bistro in 2016. He is pictured above making the Ice Cream Extravaganza, one of his secret recipes.

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BLUE MAJIK SMOOTHIE AT SUNLIFE Blue Majik, the latest health food trend, truly lives up to its name. The substance, derived from sea algae spirulina, is, similar to its green spirulina cousin, extremely nutrient and anti-oxidant dense, and as you might have guessed, turns everything a beautiful aqua color. If you’ve been wanting to give this new health craze a try, head into Sunlife Organics. Made with coconut meat, medjool dates, Himalayan pink salt, lotus pollen, collagen, whey protein isolate, hemp milk, pineapple juice and of course blue algea, their Blue Majik smoothie tastes as good as it is pretty.

VANILLA CHIA SEED PUDDING AT OLLO FRANCESCO VELASCO is the head chef for Ollie’s, Ollo and Bui Sushi.

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Stop by one of Malibu’s favorite breakfast spots for chef Franscesco’s Chia Seed Bowl for a healthy and sumptuous breakfast. As delicious as it is trendy, the bowl is made with coconut milk, house-made strawberry preserve and topped off with blueberries and shredded coconut. This breakfast option is creamy and delicious all while being packed with massively nutrient and fiber-rich chia seeds.

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STRAWBERRY CROSTINI AT TRA DI NOI While everyone has been to Tra Di Noi, few have tried the elusive Strawberry Crostada, a recipe passed down to the owner by his Italian grandmother. Besides being jaw-droppingly beautiful, the Crostada is also crunchy, creamy and fruity all at the same time.

Made from a thin pizza-like crust, it is then topped off with an Italian crema (here the secret recipe comes in) and packed with fresh, perfectly-ripe strawberries and finished with crushed nuts.

TARCISIO MOSCONI Co-owner of Tra Di Noi, Tarcisio Mosconi, was born in Rome, Italy and teamed up with Atonio Alessi in 1995 to co-own the restaurant.

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What Is Your Favorite Dish

ALAINA HAUSLEY

ALEXA ASHLEY

ANDREW KENNEDY

“The Black & Blue Burger from Malibu Burger Co. I like it because it’s different.

It’s not like your typical burger place.”

“I love the Italian Salad from John’s Garden. It just has so many different things in it. It has artichoke, the croutons are so good and the balsamic vinagrette. It’s just really good the whole mixture.”

“My favorite dish has got to be the Chicken Soup from Taverna Tony or the Meatloaf from Malibu Kitchen.

They’re both just really good...they’re amazing.”

JANE DAMIAN

JUAN CARLOS HUGUES

LAUREN DATTILLO

“There’s so many different ones that I like! I do like the Bolognese from Tra Di Noi. The meat sauce feels like a homecooked bolognese sauce. It tastes like grandma made it. ”

“My favorite place to go eat is Lily’s Malibu. I love their Veggie Tacos and I especially look forward to their green salsa everytime I go. It’s spicy but really good that you still want more afterwards. It’s addictive.”

“I really like Ollie’s Duck and Dive. They have a build your own bowl and you can do rice, beans and chicken. It’s really good. Right now that’s my favorite food. They also have good drinks and it’s a fun atmosphere.”

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In Malibu?

Malibu Magazine hit the streets to ask locals about their favorite eats in Malibu.

NATALIE CHAN

NICOLE RENFROE

SHAWNA FOSTER

“The Surfer Princess sandwich at John’s Garden. I love the texture of the avocado with the roasted turkey.”

“My favorite meal in Malibu is the filet mignon from Duke’s. The dish is complemented by its Maui onion jam that I absolutely cannot get enough of. The filet and mash potatoes are my favorite combination ever.”

“I would probably say Nobu.

My favorite dish is the ribeye with truffle butter sauce. It’s thinly sliced and they put it in a truffle butter sauce with crispy onions. It’s really good.”

SCOTTY BROWN

FLETCHER ALLEN

ALLI WILLETZ

“Nobu is my favorite. It’s the best food in the world...I’m not kidding. I really like the popcorn shrimp with the spicy mayonaisse and the miso seabass.”

“Casa Escobar, I go there all the time. I like the Enchilada Combo. It’s a lunch menu special, so you get a spinach and cheese enchilada with ashredded chicken taco, rice, beans, and a salad. ”

“Malibu Farm on the pier is delicious. My favorite thing to eat is their salad. I forget what it’s called but it’s the best.”

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RESTAURANT GUIDE Over the next three pages, we will introduce you to the most note-worthy restaurants in Malibu and surrounding areas. From burgers to sushi, Malibu has it all.  The restaurants marked with hearts are our highly recommended editor’s picks.

AMERICAN

 OLLIES DUCK AND DIVE (310) 589-2200 Point Dume favorite Ollie’s offers a range of dishes for every palette in a homey, neighborhood atmosphere.

Favorites include the truffle fries and green lentil burger, as well as a classic, well-made margarita.

The menu also features some excellent lighter fare such as a a chia bowl with broiled salmon.

29169 Heathercliff Rd. olliesduckanddive.com PARADISE COVE BEACH CAFE (310) 457-2503 Few Malibu eateries boast a view quite like Paradise Cove. A perennial favorite of out-of-towners and locals alike, the old-world charm and beachfront location draw in crowds.

The kitchen really shines at breakfast, with its out-ofthis-world pancakes and egg dishes.

28128 Pacific Coast Hwy. paradisecovemalibu.com MALIBU BURGER CO (310) 317-0153 Head to Malibu Burger Co. if you’re looking for your burger with a side of ingenuity. While the eatery offers standards like

cheeseburgers, its more unorthodox creations are the real standouts, including a tuna wasabi burger and the great black and blue burger with blue cheese mousse.

23359 Pacific Coast Hwy. malibuburgerco.com

CALIFORNIAN

GEOFFREY’S (310) 457-1519 Geoffrey’s is the perfect place to go to for a special occasion. The restaurant has sweeping ocean views and was frequented by much of Old Hollywood including stars like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra.

27400 Pacific Coast Hwy. geoffreysmalibu.com

egg rolls, Mr. Chow can’t be beat. And while the it might not be the original Beverly Hills location, it does have the infamous champagne cart.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. mrchow.com

enjoyed while soaking up the sun and watching kids play at the Cross Creek playground.

3835 Cross Creek Rd. johnsgardenmalibu.com

ITALIAN

HEALTHY

INN OF THE SEVENTH RAY (310) 455-1311

 OLLO (310) 317-1444 This farm-to-table restaurant is a Malibu brunch favorite. It has a modern, comfy athmosphere and serves some of the best locally sourced foods alongside organic coffee.

23750 Pacific Coast Hwy. ollomalibu.com MARMALADE CAFE (310) 317-4242 This SoCal chain is one of the remaining holdouts of old Malibu, having stayed in its location for more than a decade. The food might not score points for creativity, but it’s reliable and decently-priced.

3894 Cross Creek Rd. marmaladecafe.com SUNSET RESTAURANT (310) 589-1007 Located at the end of Westward Beach, Sunset restaurant serves up-scale pasta and seafood amidst its all-around ocean views.

6800 Westward Beach Rd thesunsetrestaurant.com

Known as one of LA’s most romantic restaurants, Inn of the Seventh Ray serves dishes made with local and organic ingredients in an enchanting, creek-side Topanga location.

128 Old Topanga Canyon Rd. innoftheseventhray.com

CHINESE

 KAISHIN (310) 317-9777 For delicious Cantonese food in a stylish setting, head to Kaishin. Their traditional menu offers upscale takes on favorites from orange and kung pau chicken to crab rangoon.

23715 Malibu Rd. kaishinmalibu.com MR. CHOW (310) 456-7600 If you’re looking for a side of old school L.A. with your

 SUNLIFE ORGANICS (310) 456-7070 With tantalizing, vibrantly hued juices, smoothies and acai bowls, SunLife has become an adored Malibu destination to “Love, Heal and Inspire” with nutrient-abundant options for everyone.

3835 Cross Creek Rd #3 29169 Heathercliff Rd #101 sunlifeorganics.myshopify.com MALIBU FARM (310) 456-1112 The restaurant and cafe duo on the Malibu Pier have quickly turned into a Malibu staple. Both serve locally sourced, farm based dishes with the entire family in mind.

23000 Pacific Coast Hwy. malibu-farm.com JOHN’S GARDEN (310) 456-8377 This has long been one of the go-to places for lunch.

John’s Garden specializes in serving customers ginormous salads and delicious sandwiches full of fresh, healthy ingredients to be

 TRA DI NOI (310) 456-0169 Tra Di Noi is a Malibu favorite for both lunch and dinner. The restaurant serves classic Italian dishes in a laid-back, comfortable environment.

3835 Cross Creek Rd Ste 1e. tradinoimalibu.com SPRUZZO’S (310) 457-8282 Right across from Zuma Beach, Spruzzo’s is known for its pizza, family-friendly atmosphere and heated ocean view. The Thai Chicken Pizza is recommended.

29575 Pacific Coast Hwy. spruzzomalibu.com TRAMONTO BISTRO (310) 317-6769 For a taste of Tuscany on PCH, head to this local neighborhood favorite.

With unfussy Italian classics like papardelle bolognese, spaghetti carbonara and a selection of delicious pizzas, this is a perfect spot for a relaxing weekday meal.

22235 Pacific Coast Hwy. tramontomalibu.com

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RESTAURANT GUIDE GRAVINA MALIBU (310) 457-0711

CORAL BEACH CANTINA (310) 457-5503

GLADSTONES (310) 454-3474

SUSHI

COFFEE SHOPS

This family-owned Italian restaurant serves authentic pastas, pizzas and more in a warm and friendly setting created to make you feel right at home. Among customer favorites is their homemade spinach ravioli in butter sage sauce. If you feel like dessert, Gravina also makes a homemade daily selection for you to try.

28925 Pacific Coast Hwy. gravinamalibu.com

A Point Dume icon since 1979, Coral Beach Cantina has affordable prices, delicious Mexican food and an ambiance that will make you feel right at home.

Dinners always begin with crispy tortilla chips and fresh salsa.

29350 Pacific Coast Hwy. coralbeachcantinamalibu.com

If you are looking for a place to indulge in fresh seafood and refreshing cocktails all while enjoying sweeping ocean views, Gladstones is the place to go. For 44 years, this restaurant has greeted customers with its family-friendly atmosphere and beautiful sunsets.

 NOBU (310) 317-9140

SEAFOOD

17300 Pacific Coast Hwy. gladstones.com

 LE CAFE DE LA PLAGE (310) 457-3380

FISH GRILL (310) 456-8585

MEXICAN

 CASA ESCOBAR (310) 456-1999 Since 1946, Casa Escobar has been serving authentic Mexican food to its customers. Located right off PCH across from the Malibu Pier, its colorful Latin ambiance makes you travel to Mexico while enjoying the best guacamole and margaritas in town.

22969 Pacific Coast Hwy. casaescobar.com CAFE HABANA (310) 317-0300 This Cuban-Mexican restaurant is frequented by celebrities for its up-beat atmosphere, good food like the Baja-style fish tacos and great outdoor seating directly in the heart of the Malibu lumberyard.

3939 Cross Creek Rd. habana-malibu.com

 DUKE’S (310) 317-0777 Ocean views, Hawaiian sea food and umbrella drinks are all staples of Duke’s.

Duke’s infuses classic seafood with true aloha spirit.

Especially noteworthy is the Furikake Ahi Steak with shiitake mushrooms and coconut bamboo rice.

If you are looking for a fun Tuesday night hangout, Duke’s taco Tuesday’s can’t be beat.

21150 Pacific Coast Hwy. dukesmalibu.com MALIBU SEAFOOD (310) 456-3430 This no frills seafood shack has been serving customers with some of the highest quality fish since 1972.

The fish n’ chips are a local favorite but if you’re in the mood to cook at home, their fresh fish also comes highly recommended.

25653 Pacific Coast Hwy. malibuseafood.com

For some of the best fish in Malibu served up in a classic beach setting, head to Fish Grill. This modest eatery offers up a comprehensive menu of grilled and fried fish classics such as fish tacos, sandwiches and fish and chips.

22935 Pacific Coast Hwy. fishgrill.com MASTRO’S OCEAN CLUB (310) 454-4357 This world class restaurant serves a variety of food including sushi, steak, and seafood in an elegant atmosphere over the Pacific. Live entertainment further ensures that you are being immersed in the restaurant’s enchanting and sophisticated atmosphere.

18412 Pacific Coast Hwy. mastrosrestaurants.com MOONSHADOWS (310) 456-3010 Serving seafood dishes with Asian, Italian, and American influences, Moonshadows is highly recommended for both brunch and dinner if you are looking for a high-class but still fun dining experience.

20356 Pacific Coast Hwy. moonshadowsmalibu.com

Nobu is one of Malibu’s most famous restaurants for a reason. The beachfront views are first class and Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s inventive dishes are sure to dazzle any customer.

22706 Pacific Coast Hwy, noburestaurants.com BUI SUSHI (310) 456-1500 Bui Sushi serves top-quality sushi in a casual, up-scale atmosphere. The outdoor patio is the perfect place to enjoy specials like the miso butterfish and the paradise roll.

23733 Malibu Rd Ste 700, buisushi.com

THAI

Full of beach-goers and locals who are eager to savor the mouth-watering, seasonal, organic ice cream menu and sip on espresso, Le Café De La Plage creates a standalone experience, conveniently located in the Point Dume Plaza.

29169 Heathercliff Rd. lecafedelaplagemalibu.com CAFFE LUXXE (310) 394-2222 Started by two owners with a passion for artisanal espresso and community, the new Caffe Luxxe is the destination for a coffee connoisseur looking for the perfect, cozy café to come unwind.

22333 Pacific Coast Hwy. caffeluxxe.com THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF (310) 456-5771

 CHOLADA (310) 317-0025 This small shack on the side of PCH might not look like much, but Choloda has long been a favorite among locals and is packed on the weekends for its standout thai dishes and relaxed atmosphere.

18763 Pacific Coast Hwy, choladathaicuisine.com

For a flavorful midday pick-me-up, stop in to this adored SoCal chain and savor locally roasted and ethically-sourced products, conveniently located in the Malibu Country Mart.

3835 Crosscreek Suite #7, coffeebean.com

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BRENTWOOD

 TAR & ROSES (310) 587-0700 Chef Andrew Kirschner has created a rustic dining experience with a wide variety of options centered all around a wood fired oven.

Tar & Roses is an excellent place to gather with friends to share dishes.

602 Santa Monica Blvd. tarandroses.com

 WINSTON PIES (310) 207-5743 Owner and piesmith Brianna Abrams has people flocking to Brentwood to satisfy their pie craving and with gluten-free and vegan options there’s a hand made, freshly baked slice for everyone.

11678 San Vicente Blvd. winstonpies.com

LUNETTA ALL DAY (310) 581-4201

BAR TOSCANA (310) 826-0028 Bar Toscana is a neighborhood gem. Find incredible cocktails and authentic Italian dishes in an intimate atmosphere.

11633 San Vicente Blvd. bartoscana.com

Lunetta All Day is a dream come true for brunch connoisseurs with its cozy outdoor patio. Enjoy a bloody mary to go along with menu favorites like the lemon ricotta pancakes.

2420 Pico Blvd. lunettasm.com BELCAMPO MEAT CO. (424) 744-8008 Eat your burger and fries with a craft cocktail at this beautiful restaurant and butcher shop that uses Organic, grass-fed meat sourced exclusively from their own CA farm.

1026 Wilshire Blvd belcampo.com FORMA (424) 231-2868 Offering over 70 varieties of cheese tasting options along with a contemporary menu of small plates and entrees, Forma is the perfect place for date night.

1610 Montana Ave. formarestaurant.com

BEVERLY HILLS

 MAUDE (310) 859-3418 The Maude culinary team highlights Piedmont, a region in northwest Italy for their final menu of the year.

Head to Maude for a truly special dining experience.

212 S Beverly Dr. mauderestaurant.com

DR. SANDWICH (310) 278-7777 Dr. Sandwich provides unique and delicious sandwiches with flavors and tastes from the Mediterranean regions. A Kosher Restaurant, Dr. Sandwich also has options such as Shawarma and Falafel.

9113 W Olympic Blvd drsandwich.com NATE’N AL (310) 274-0101 Established in 1945, Nate’n Al features staples like corned beef, brisket, potato salad and stuffed cabbage.

414 North Beverly Dr. natenal.com

AGOURA

 WOOD RANCH (818) 597-8900 Award winning BBQ and a full drink list including beer flights makes Wood Ranch the place to go to satisfy your cravings for savory dishes including the signature Wood Ranch Tri Tip topped with their Original BBQ Sauce.

5050 Cornell Rd. woodranch.com AGOURA’S FAMOUS DELICATESSEN (818) 889-9113 Specializing in catering as well breakfast, lunch and dinner, Agoura’s Famous Deli takes comfort food to the next level with customer favorites like their two hot biscuits and country gravy or their generously

sliced deli sandwiches.

Great for a quick meal on the go or organizing food for a large event.

5915 Kanan Rd. agourasfamousdeli.com LAL MIRCH INDIAN RESTAURANT (818) 312-9690 With spices imported directly from India, Lal Mirch will become your favorite place for Traditional Indian Cuisine. Lal Mirch offers classic dishes like tandoori chicken, aloo ghobi, and sagh dal in a comfortable, casual atmosphere.

5146 Kanan Rd. lalmirchagourahills.com

BLUE TABLE CAFE & WINE BAR (818) 222-5195 Featuring an extensive cheese and wine list, and specialty food items, Blue Table Cafe & Wine is a European style cafe with side-walk seating and communal tables.

4774 Park Granada bluetable.net

WESTLAKE

HUGO’S RESTAURANT (818) 707-0300 Enjoy a delightful afternoon at Hugo’s Restaurant.

The simple all day cafe features a menu emphasizing health-focused Californian fare with plenty of vegan and gluten-free options such as green tamales and eggs or almond energy pancakes.

28914 Roadside Dr. hugosrestaurant.com

CALABASAS

 THE SIX CHOW HOUSE (818) 222-6969 The Six Chow House offers inventive American grub like mac and cheese fritters and a popular happy hour accompanied by live music in a casual atmosphere.

23536 Calabasas Rd. thesixrestaurant.com

 NONNA (805) 497-8482 Nonna in Westlake is a date night destination with its Italian rustic decor and dim lighting offering homestyle italian recipes and craft cocktails.

951 S. Westlake Blvd. #102 nonna.restaurant FINNEY’S CRAFTHOUSE (805) 230-9950 Finney’s Crafthouse is the place to enjoy the company of friends. The restaurant offers HDTVs for game day and a dog friendly patio for the entire family.

982 S Westlake Blvd. #2 finneyscrafthouse.com LURE FISH HOUSE (818) 651-6611 Lure Fish House features all things seafood using only the freshest sustainable seafood from trusted sources. The restaurant has elegant atmosphere with a raw bar serving a variety of fresh oysters.

30970 Russel Ranch Rd. lurefishhouse.com

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OVERLOOK TRAIL

MALIBOU LAKE In every issue this year, we will introduce you to one spectacular Malibu hike. Extending just over four miles in total, this hike to Malibou Lake features extraordinary views of the glistening water, rolling hills, and breathtaking scenery along the way. ✎ written by Brenna Spalding  photographed by Julie Wuellner

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MOUNTAIN VIEWS The trail is located directly in the Santa Monica Mountains and once hikers reach the top, they are rewarded with grand mountains views.

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ust steps from the rushing road behind me, I find myself immersed in bushels of green. Each step I take interrupts the essence of quiet that lies before me. It feels exotic. For a moment I am swept away by the immense size of the mountains ahead. I take a deep breath, a swig of water, and start on my way to my final destination: Malibou Lake.

Malibou Lake is one of the many inland allures that is often overlooked by both locals and tourists due to the sheer unmistakable presence of the Pacific Ocean throughout Malibu. It seems any worthy hike in coastal, Southern California will offer an unprecedented vista overlooking the endless sea of blue, but our featured Hike of the Month offers Malibuites a break from the expected by taking them to one of Malibu’s best-kept secrets, Malibou Lake, and on the way reminding them of the wonders that are held deep inside the mystical Santa Monica Mountains

that surround us. This day hike begins at the Cistern Trailhead, along Mulholland highway. Although the trail is difficult to find, the marvelous Malibou Lake views make the journey well worth it. This hike takes explorers into the heart of a historical parkland that serves as an oasis for anyone seeking a minute getaway.

Within the surrounding area of this hike, there are miles of unexpected trails that, if followed, may lead to an experience that’s entirely unplanned. This makes the Cistern Trail the ultimate outing for any nature-loving extraordinaire. Harboring geological terrain millions of years in the making, one can explore the meadows, woodlands, and canyons that the expanse has to offer.

The sign posted at the Cistern Trailhead lingers just tucked away from the road, making it tough to spot. Once found, this sign acts as a gateway to four miles of unparalleled beauty. The Cistern Trail hike is a two-mile journey to a mesmerizing over-

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look of Malibou Lake, with bountiful opportunities to break off and visit historical Hollywood sites, rock pools, and even Century Lake.

Cistern Trail begins by delving into a wilderness that, although lying just moments away from an active highway, will make you feel as if you’ve found your own exclusive paradise.

The trail takes a quarter-of-a-mile long downhill slope to the intersection of Lookout Trail. After a right turn here, the hike continues deeper into the foothills of the astonishing Santa Monica Mountains. After a short climb, the hike remains mostly on a downward slope. This offers a forgiving introduction to a somewhat demanding, but well-worth-it, hike. Throughout these first few stretches, the cordial bird-chirping and relaxing gusts of wind reveal quite a welcoming sentiment.

Continuing along, you will find that there are several junction points along the path. To remain on your way, simply stay to the right past the top of Cage Creek Trail - about three-quarters of a mile in - and turn left to hike upward along Deer Leg Trail shortly after. Be sure to carry a map and plenty of water, as these turns can prove to be exhilaratOUR SPECIAL TIP ing, and equally exhaustive. The To explore a different destination on this trail, journey continues only for anturn left at the bottom of other mile once yielding left past Cistern Trail onto Lookout the connection to Yearling Trail, Trail, then right onto and one subsequent left turn onto Crags Road. After that, Lake Vista Trail. From here, one turn left down Century Lake Trail. Continue down will gear up to cross the top of this path to visit the small Lake Vista Trail, glimpsing an unreservoir of Century Lake; paralleled view of Malibou Lake. a quaint spot, merely a The small reservoir surroundpond in its grand environed by the massive, rolling hills of ment. the Santa Monica Mountains is striking in comparison to the dehydrated landscape that inland Malibu is all-too-familiar with.

This historic body of water thrives as a sought-after hiking destination, but its glimmering invitation frequently draws in hikers, fishermen, and even filmmakers. The remarkable view of Malibou Lake throughout history has served as a renowned Hollywood filming backdrop featured in creations such as: M*A*S*H*, The Planet of the Apes, and The Seven Year Itch.

When admiring the reservoir, hikers and history buffs can relish in the historic and esteemed beauty it holds.

The wondrous journey to Malibou Lake offers many adventureful pleasures throughout the miles of mountains and woods that surround it. In addition to the overlook of immensely scenic Malibou Lake, you’ll find that this wilderness exploration is home to plenty of exceptional sights that continue to captivate any curious visitors that wander there. To explore a path engaged in history, or to find a path that’s entirely new, begin your journey on the Cistern Trail and you’ll be sure MM to discover fascination at every turn.

ABOUT THIS HIKE Distance: 4.1 miles Elevation change: 350ft Hiking time: Approx.

2 hours and 15 minutes Location: Agoura Hills, CA Open to: Hikers, dogs & horses Fees & Permits: no fee required THE BASIC DIRECTIONS FOR THIS LOOP ARE: 1. To start the hike, set out from the Cistern Trailhead found on the south side of Mulholland Highway, just up the road from a dirt turnout.

Trail sign is set back from the road, making it difficult to see.

2. Hike down to the bottom of Cistern Trail, about a quarter mile, and turn right at the fork onto Lookout Trail.

3. While on Lookout Trail, stay to the right past the top

of Cage Creek Trail, of which you’ll pass after nearly a half mile. (0.68 miles) 4. A few moments after, turn left uphill onto Deer Leg Trail, this is about three-quarters of a mile into the hike.

5. After another quarter mile, stay to the left while passing a downhill connection to Yearling Trail.

6. Only a short distance later, turn left onto Lake Vista Trail, heading uphill.

7. Cross the top of Lake Vista Trail after a half mile and enjoy the hilltop view of Malibou Lake.

8. Come to the end of Lake Vista Trail and turn left down Edison Service Road and continue to the end of this road to reach another vista.

9. To return, turn around at this point and enjoy the trek home.

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he holidays are coming, and we all know what that means: parties, food, social events, food, a lot less time for ourselves, and yes, more food! While many of us love the holidays and the spirit of giving that comes along with them, some of us don’t always welcome the level of unwanted stress. The sad truth is that many of us get out of rhythm, lose our commitment to well being, and skip our workouts. Here are my top 6 tips to help you stay in shape during the holidays.

1. During meals choose more veggies, less sugar and less fried foods. We’re all going to eat a bit more during this holiday season, but believe it or not you can make healthier choices. A great example from WebMD is to eat more anti-inflammatory foods. They recommend more fruits, veggies, plant based proteins like beans and nuts, and fatty fish. I concur. You may have to sift through some of the main dishes, but with a little effort, you can find some healthy choices.

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TIPS FOR HEALTHY HOLIDAYS

The year is nearing an end and the holidays are once again around the corner. Staying healthy during the season can seem almost impossible, but with these 6 simple tips and tricks you can stay in shape and make this your strongest, healthiest season yet.

2. Going for a walk after dinner. This is a great way to socialize and burn a few calories. We all know about the L-tryptophan in turkey and how it’s the reason we all fall asleep after our Thanksgiving meal. According to a study done in Germany, if you can get up and go for a walk, even for just 15 minutes, you’ll actually burn a few calories, help your digestion, and your blood sugar control.

3. Schedule some activities or workouts along with the holiday parties.

The sooner we commit to something physical the less likely we are to stay stagnant. And if you schedule it with a friend you’re much more likely to show up. Having a friend or trainer as an accountability partner will help you show up for yourself. I know that I’ve been guilty of hitting the snooze button in the morning when I’m answering to myself. When I have a friend meeting

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DE-STRESS THROUGH MEDITATION Try some a simple at home meditiation practice to help combat the stress of all the holiday shopping and cooking.

me, there’s about a 95% greater chance I make it to the workout. I totally made that number up, but it’s very unlikely I’m going to cancel on my friend.

4. Getting a good night sleep is one of the most important things you can do for your overall well being. Avoid caffeine and alcohol four to six hours before bed when possible. Later evening antics can negatively affect not just our sacred night time, but our entire day after. Harvard’s Healthy Sleep website, a division of their Sleep Medicine department, notes that while alcohol will sometimes put people to sleep, it later becomes a stimulant and advises against drinking alcohol before bed.

5. Meditate. Wait, what? How is that going to help me be healthier? For many of us the holidays can be a time of stress.

We run around to the grocery stores, malls, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, ugh! I’m getting stressed out just writing about it. A little meditation goes a long way to having a healthier holiday season. A consistent meditation practice will put you more at peace and most likely even more present. When you’re more present you’ll make better choices and possibly avoid that second yummy dessert.

You can start a basic meditation practice by sitting upright, closing your eyes,

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and simply noting your inhales and exhales. Time yourself for 1-3 minutes to start and see if you can build to 5-20 minutes for each session. There are loads of free meditation apps to help such as Calm and Insight Timer.

6. Try skipping a meal when you know you have a big holiday meal or party.

Calorie restriction has long been shown to help with longevity. There is more and more science showing you can avoid some of the major life threatening diseases like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes if you limit your caloric intake to 8-10 hours each day. While there have been limited studies on humans, there is a very famous study by Dr. Satchin Panda at the Salk Institute.

He had 2 groups of mice, both eating a high fat, high sugar diet. One group was given access to food 24 hours everyday.

The other group was given access to the food for just 8 hours. The 8 hour group avoided many of the common ailments like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and more.

That can be challenging during social events and the holiday season, but if you skip breakfast knowing you have a big dinner or skip the dinner buffet by eating a healthy meal before you go out you will increase your chances of making unhealthy choices.

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As one of Malibu’s leading fitness and wellness experts, Ted McDonald spends his days teaching yoga at his own studio in Malibu, 5 Point Yoga, training for Ironman and sharing his vast knowledge on how to lead a healthier lifestyle with people near and far through his blog, teddymcdonald.com.

McDonald has been teaching yoga for over 10 years now, focusing on meditation and restorative yoga to strengthen and align the body. He trained in both Iyengar and Ashtanga styles of yoga. Now he uses his knowledge to not only teach yoga classes but also to create wellness retreats around the world. Through the combination of adventure and yoga, these retreats inspire everyone to be their best and healthiest selves.

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THINGS TO DO FOR THE HOLIDAYS From ice skating to dazzling lights, Christmas tree lots and holiday baking classes, we’ve put together the ultimate bucket list to celebrate the holiday season. ✎ written by Julie Wuellner

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s the temperatures begin to drop (if ever so slightly), neighbors put up holiday décor and pumpkin treats are replaced by eggnog and peppermint candy, the holidays are in the air, ushering in the merriest time of the year. This holiday season will once again be filled with a flurry of festive activities, no matter which holidays you chose to celebrate.

From elaborate twinkly light installations

to blissful holiday baking classes and entertaining local plays, Malibu and surrounding areas are bursting with fun, festive activities to partake in. This year, switch up your regular holiday routine of heading to the nearest tree lot to pick out your Christmas tree and instead head over to Christmas Ranch Tree Farm for a more traditional experience of chopping down your own tree, before sitting back to marvel that your handiwork with cup of delicious hot chocolate. If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, take a

weekend, pack up your kids, your loved ones and even your dog to head to the snow for fun-filled days of sledding, snow man building and skiing. If you’re looking for a frosty experience a little closer to home, head to either the Santa Monica or the Thousand Oaks Ice Skating Rink. Of course, the holidays are always filled with plenty of baking so why not take this time to partake in a fun-filled holiday themed baking class? And perhaps most importantly, in the spirit of the holidays, take the time to give back to the community.

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CUT DOWN YOUR OWN TREE

Christmas Ranch Tree Farm 1586 Pederson Rd., Thousand Oaks (818) 584-6651

If you are looking for a more traditional and hands-on way to pick out your Christmas tree this year, Christmas Ranch Tree Farm is the place to go. The farm has been around since 1971 and allows you not only pick out your own tree, but also cut it down yourself. For convenience, the farm offers bow saws (sorry, no chainsaws allowed) and carts to transport trees back in from the field, as well as Jeep rides, hot chocolate and hand-made holiday wreaths and garlands. As full service tree farm they also offer freshly cut trees for customers not interested in cutting down a tree themselves. Committed to giving back, Christmas Ranch is proud to participate in Trees for Troops. The ranch has two locations, one in Thousand Oaks and one in Simi Valley.

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HEAD TO AN ICE SKATING RINK

Ice Presented by Plaza at SM 1324 5th St., Santa Monica (310) 260-1199

Los Angeles might not get a lot of snow and ice, but that doesn’t mean you can’t

grab your friends and family and head to an ice rink for a frosty holiday experience. For Malibuites closer to LA, we suggest heading to ICE in downtown Santa Monica which features a 8,000 sq. ft., full service ice rink. If you’re headed into the Valley, we suggest checking out the Holiday Ice Rink at The Lakes in Thousand Oaks. For a truly stunning skating experience head to the Pershing Square Holiday Ice Skating Rink, located amidst the city’s skyscrapers in the heart of Downtown LA. All three ice rinks allow customers to rent ice skates for an additional fee and serve hot beverages such as hot chocolate.

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HAVE FUN AT A THEME PARK Universal Studios 100 Universal City Plaza (800) 864-8377

Theme Parks might be fun all year round, but come the winter months many local parks break out the holiday décor, special activities and treats for a unique and truly festive experience. Harry Potter fans be sure to check out the return of “Christmas in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal Studios where nightly snowfall, uniquely themed décor, and holiday treats turn the quaint Hogsmeade village into a magical winter wonderland. More of a Disney fan? Head to Disneyland to experience the happiest place on earth in full holiday spirit. From holiday foods and lights to and Christmas parades, Disneyland is sure to be hit for anyone looking for a festive day trip. Of course, Knotts Merry Farm will return as well with special seasonal activities such as, nightly snow in Ghost Town and their beloved Christmas crafts village.

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HANUKKAH WITH CHABAD OF MALIBU

Chabad of Malibu 22943 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu (310) 456-6588

Join Chabad of Malibu in celebrating Hanukkah. This year’s annual Hanukkah festivities will kick off at the Malibu Lumber Yard on Dec. 2, the holiday’s first night, where families will have the opportunity to help build a giant 6 ft. menorah entirely out of Legos. The celebration continues on December 5th at the Point Dume Village, with a night of live music and arts and crafts. On the seventh night, guests are invited to participate in the lighting of a giant menorah at the corner of PCH and Webb Way. Closing out the holiday on its eighth and final night, Chabad will hold a celebration at the Trancas Country Mart with children’s activities and treats.

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VISIT WITH SANTA

Malibu Country Mart 3835 Cross Creek Rd, Malibu (310) 456-7300

This year there will once again bring plenty of opportunities to tell Santa your Christmas wish list. Head to the Malibu Country Mart for a visit from Santa, Mrs. Claus and their reindeer, catch him while

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picking fruit at Underwood family farms or take priceless photos with him during a holiday shoping trip to Santa Monica Place’s center plaza.

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PLAY IN THE SNOW

Big Bear Lake 630 Bartlett Rd, Big Bear Lake (909) 866-7000

While Malibu might not get a lot (or, for that matter, any) of snow, there are a few options for people looking for a weekend getaway or quick day trip. If you’re just looking to do a bit of hiking, make snow angels or go sledding for a few hours, head to Frazier Park, which is only about an hour and a half from Malibu. If you’re looking for a scenic weekend getaway with plenty of opportunities to go skiing, head to beloved Big Bear Lake or make the trek to Mammoth.

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TAKE A HOLIDAY BAKING CLASS

The Gourmandise School 395 Santa Monica Place (310) 656-8800

The holidays are always filled with baking, so this year why not take a class to learn how to elevate your favorite holi-

day recipes? Not only are baking classes informative, but they also offer a way to spend some quality time with a friends and loved ones over good food. For the holiday season, the Gourmandise School in Santa Monica offers a variety of holiday-themed, hands-on classes such as classic cookie decorating classes, a Scandinavian Christmas pastries class and the 7th Annual Yule Log Bake & Take Class.

Classes are available to anyone from beginners to professionals. In order to keep classes intimate, they are limited to a small number of people, so make sure to sign up early!

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GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

One Voice Holiday Program 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica (310) 458-9961

There’s no better time to give back to the community than during the holidays and there are plenty of charities and organizations to choose from, no matter which cause is near and dear to your heart. With the goal of helping less fortunate children throughout the US to experience the joys of Christmas, Toys for Tots has various drop-off sites that allow you to donate new, unwrapped toys for collection during the months of October, November, and December. Alternatively, the One Voice Holiday Food Program spends 4 days (Dec. 20-23) each year providing roughly 2,500 families living in poverty in the LA area with food baskets, toys, and books. If you are interested in participating, head to the Barker Hangar to help sort and package food prior to the giveaway and/or to meet the morning of the 23rd for assignment to one of their 7 giveaway locations.

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WATCH A LOCAL PLAY

Los Angeles Ballet 11755 Exposition Blvd, LA (310) 477-7411

From The Nutcracker to Elf to A Christmas Carol, there are plenty of entertaining holiday plays, concerts, and ballets to choose from. Each year, the Los Angeles Ballet puts on their iconic rendition of The Nutcracker set in 1912 Los Angeles for a traditional holiday story with a historic Southern California spin. A little closer to home, Pepperdine is holding their annual Christmas Concert on Nov. 29 as well as Nicole Henry, Set for the Season on Nov. 30.

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Candy Cane Lane Intersection of Lubaor & Oxnard Street, Woodland Hills

For a fun and festive night out, head over to Candy Cane Lane in Woodland Hills. Homeowners on the Lubao & Oxnard Streets have been putting on elaborate holiday lights and decor displays for years now. The display begins on the 2nd Saturday of December and generally last through the end of year. Visitors can drive or walk to see the display.

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MONICA CASTILLO Private Chef and former model, Monica Castillo specializes in healthy, clean foods, full of vibrant, dynamic flavors. She traveled all over Europe, learning different ways of cooking and graduated from The New School of Cooking in 2015, before moving to Malibu to grow her family and career as a private chef.

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WINTER SQUASH SOUP Having grown up on a farm, I know what real food should look and taste like. My main focus when creating a recipe is always to source good quality ingredients. Having perfect technique won’t matter if you are not cooking with quality products. Buying organic and local when possible is the only way to ensure that you are giving your body maximum nutrition while also supporting your local farmers!

A perfect example is The Hersel Project family farm, here in Malibu, who provided me with organic sweet potato for this dish.

I also know that the holidays can be overwhelming! This heart warming, silky vegan soup will make your life a whole lot easier by keeping it simple, yet wonderfully delicious.

Winter is butternut squash season so you will be able to find them everywhere! If you want to impress your friends and family, serve it as a starter for a holiday dinner, or if you are like me, have it for lunch with a grilled cheese!

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INGREDIENTS 2T Olive oil 1 medium size butternut squash 1 medium size yellow onion 1 medium size sweet potato 2-3 garlic cloves 1 can of coconut milk 2 C vegetable stock 1 1/2 T curry powder 1/2 t ground ginger 1/2 t turmeric Salt and pepper to taste Smoked paprika for garnishing Minced chives for garnishing

MONICA CASTILLO Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Monica Castillo experienced the true meaning of farm-to-table eating from an early age. After moving all over the world, Castillo finally settled down in Malibu with her husband and two young kids. Now she works as a private chef and focuses on clean, locally-sourced, healthy food.

STEP 3 Add the coconut milk and bring it to a boil. Lower the temperature, cover and let it simmer until the squash and sweet potato are soft and fully cooked.

STEP 2 Heat the oil in a large heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat.

Add the squash, onion, sweet potato and garlic. Add the curry powder, ginger, turmeric, salt and pepper, and saute until lightly browned and the onion is translucent

STEP 1 Wash all the produce. Peel the Squash and then cut into wedges.

Scoop out the seeds, cut off the rind, and dice the squash. Repeat the steps with the sweet potato and onion.

STEP 4 Place the cooked squash in a blender. Blend for 3-5 minutes or until the mixture is very smooth. Add vegetable stock half a cup at a time until desired consistency. Season generously with salt and pepper and top each serving with smoked paprika, chives and some coconut cream That’s my method.

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OCTOBER MARKET TEMPERATURE

Source: Zilllow/Own Research

BUYER

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While Malibu’s market temperature during Q1 and Q2 leaned more towards a seller’s market, Q3 saw a shift towards a buyer’s market. Currently, there are around 210 single family homes on the Malibu market.

SALES CURVE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

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The above chart shows Malibu’s market fluctuations, with 2017 and 2018 so far averaging a higher number of sales than 2016.

The median sold price is on average 10% lower than the median listing price.

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These sales are made up of 193 residential, 43 condo and 37 land sales.

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Malibu local Scott Gillen, the founder of design and building firm UNVARNISHED, isn’t a stranger to making seemingly untenable dreams come true. With his latest project, The Case, he’s testing those limits like never before.

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✎ written by Holly Bieler  photographed by Erich Chen

alibu is a city of design nerds.

A drive down almost any street in this small city provides a veritable master class in modern California architecture at its highest level, from Carbon Beach Richard Meiers to Broad Beach’s glassy Ed Niles behemoths. Of the 7,200 homes which fall within the city’s jurisdiction, no less than 215 can lay claim to an Architectural Digest feature. And if you’re looking to buy designer home decor you will find more places to do so in this city than you will cartons of milk.

And yet, even here, Scott Gillen stands out.

The founder of UNVARNISHED, the Malibu design and bespoke home Design/Building firm behind some of the most jaw-dropping homes built in Malibu in recent years, Gillen takes design-wonkiness to a new level. He is the kind of design-obsessive who waxes poetic about the most aesthetically pleasing angle at which an ajar door can rest.

“Do you let it fall back a little bit, or does it open at a 90-degree angle?” Gillen says, his eyes engaged and sparkling. “For me, it shouldn’t fall back a little bit. That’s lazy.

People don’t realize that at the right distance,

doorstops are made to have the door open at 90 degrees. [A door] should be built so that when it’s open, it’s at a perfect 90 degrees.”

Lest you imagine Gillen’s a normal guy who just happens to be deeply obsessed with door angles: he is not. He is, in fact, as deeply obsessed with many other things that are contemplated by the general public just as seldom.

Staircase rises, for example, (“They should be 6 ¼ inches maximum. 6 3/8—that would be crazy.”), or which finishing process will yield the most beautiful yet organic grooves from raw teak (“We never sand, always scrape.”), or how to make the process of drawing a shower less physically-taxing (“I don’t make you reach in to turn the water on because then you arch your back. And you shouldn’t have to arch your back.”)

GILLEN IS INFAMOUSLY OBSESSIVE ABOUT THE DESIGN DETAILS OF HIS HOMES.

Everything, Gillen obsesses over, down to the hundreds of small tiles that line his bathrooms. Pausing at the entranceway of one of his homes’ master bathrooms on a recent tour, Gillen walks us through how each is produced: first custom-hued, then custom-designed with his tile maker, and then hand-fired out of clay, never porcelain, because clay looks more refined.

If this is starting to sound a little crazy— how special can a white tile be?—what’s more crazy is that Scott Gillen’s white tiles actually are. In the harsh Malibu sun the bathroom’s tile floor refracts a spectacular light throughout the space, dazzling but soft, in keeping with the organic feel of the home. They’re perfect.

“Not perfect,” Gillen corrects. “We have them handmade. They’re specifically not perfect.”

That every tile in Gillen’s properties receives this level of painstaking thought and investment, one might glean that UNVARNISHED’s homes measure about 100 square feet. They do not. Gillen’s homes, and most notably his latest, The New Castle, a spectacular 15,500 square foot stunner perched high above Malibu Creek that boasts five bedrooms, a 450-bottle wine cellar, humidor, and a record-breaking $85 million price tag, are about as ambitious and stunning as homes get. And that’s Gillen’s trade-

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“I’VE ALWAYS LIKED TRUE CRAFT, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW TRUE CRAFTSMEN THESE DAYS.” mark— every inch of his properties display an obsessive dedication to perfect aesthetic, functionality and an almost extinct level of old-world craftsmanship. If you’ve recently built or renovated a home, you’ll know that finding someone who ticks all these boxes is basically unattainable. Finding someone that can tick all those boxes at 15,500 square feet?

Well, that’s impossible. Unless you’re working with Scott Gillen.

Gillen knows this. Walking through The New Castle one recent afternoon, Gillen’s pride in his work is palpable. He designs for himself, he says, homes that he would want to live in. As a result, each of his properties are deeply personal. A home built by UNVARNISHED is a window not just into the purest form of Scott’s unique design or his deep capabilities as a builder, but what gets him excited, what makes him tick. For instance: the synthesis of aesthetic and function at the highest level, a remnant of his yearsago career as a top commercial director. Or his obsession with hand craftsmanship, a deep-seated disdain for cutting corners, that goes back to his childhood.

“I liked when building was building,” he said. “Like Frank Lloyd Wright. I wasn’t even born then, but I’ve always liked true craft, and there are very few true craftsmen these days. Really good carpenters, really good painters, are a dying breed.”

That his building team is populated by these kinds of people almost exclusively makes all the difference, he says.

As Scott walks the property he exuberantly launches into a laundry list of intricate details with the same fever as a kid showing

FAMILY LIFE Gillen has lived in Malibu with his family since 2000.

Above, Gillen’s daughter, and below, his wife Teri.

you their latest toy: the teak bathtub that was hand-sanded for many weeks, the fourteen different shades of white paint he mixed to achieve the color for his walls, the customized system by which Gillen installs all the insulation in his home, a process which produces an airtight quality to his homes, a palpable density which I can only describe as expensive. Expensive air. Achieving the perfect air density might sound ridiculous to some builders. To Gillen, it’s a necessity at this level.

“The insulation gives the home a richer,

more solid, sound proof feel.”

This meticulous attention to detail extends, of course, to Gillen’s larger design considerations as well. Huge as his great rooms, which in The Castle is over 6,000 square feet, Gillen’s design ensures that two people at either end can easily hold a conversation, while someone just above them in the master bedroom can enjoy a book in complete silence. And how the Malibu sky’s brilliant light seems to travel with you as you go about your day—luminous in the great room and kitchen as you enjoy your morning

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coffee, then brilliant and golden yet never straining your eyes as you eat dinner—that’s not an accident.

“Life is about ergonomics” Gillen says.

His designs have been meticulously choreographed to compliment the rhythms of daily existence—amplifying the good parts while methodically simplifying the arduous ones.

Not that you would know this. Exquisite as the details of Gillen’s homes are, they’re not meant to jump out at you. Instead each element, tiny and large, from the bathroom’s hand-crafted tiles to the overall flow

of space, is treated as a part of a whole, the culmination of which is an incredibly good feeling-that everything makes sense, that everything is where it should be-when you walk in the door.

“I think the magic of the house is that it doesn’t feel forced,” Gillen says of The New Castle. “This house was extremely complex to build, and proportions are a massively important piece of the puzzle. If something stands out, then I’ve missed the boat. It just feels good when you walk in.”

JACK OF ALL TRADES Gillen had a long and esteemed career in directing before transitioning into building, directing car commercials for auto industry titans from Audi and Toyota to NASCAR. Gillen says the overlap between directing and building are great. “Proportion is so important [in both],” he said “It’s either great or it’s dramatically wrong. [Both should have] seamless transitions. [In film] you’re walking with me and we’re flowing through a shot and you’re watching the story evolve. If it’s too cut-y, too frenetic, you can’t track the story. You want a seamless transition, like I want you to walk through the house seamlessly.”

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ABBOT KINNEY Gillen’s first home was completed in Venice in 2004.

STASSNEY LANE His second project, on Stassney Lane was built in 2006.

PARADISE COVE This ocean-abutting home is currently being built.

PARADISE COVE A second Paradise Cove home is also under constuction.

CLIFFSIDE DR One of Gillen’s latest projects, located on Point Dume.

And how does one go about learning to build extremely complex, 15,500 square foot homes that somehow feel preternaturally homey?

Do not ask Scott Gillen. If there are countless topics on the intricacies of building about which he can soliloquize uninterrupted for a half hour, how exactly he learned to do any of them is not one. Ask him how he’s building these homes never having gone to architecture school, never having worked on a construction site before his first project, never, for that matter, having cracked open an architecture book, and Gillen looks about as flummoxed as anyone.

“It comes very easy to me and I just do it,” he says. “I’ve been very lucky to be where I am today and have found an incredible team of craftsmen to work with me at UNVARNISHED. Many who’ve been here since the beginning of my first home on Abbot Kinney.”

However, if common sense informs much of Gillen’s aesthetic sensibility, it’s clear that his life experiences, notably his long and diverse career path before he started building in 2003, have been just as integral in his evolution as a designer. His projects display an array of talents and experiences, of highs and lows, the kind of confidence and tenacity of someone who’s spent their entire life making seemingly unattainable dreams come true.

Born in Laguna Beach, growing up in Sherman Oaks, many of Gillen’s early years were dedicated to an enduring fascination with cars. At a young age Gillen had already taught himself complex repairs, and by 17 he had landed a part time gig as a tire buster at Supershocks, a Van Nuys Blvd. hot rod shop frequented by some of L.A.’s biggest power brokers. While working there Gillen caught the eye of Paul Picard, a famed Hollywood producer who was immediately impressed by the teenage Gillen’s advanced facility with cars. If the car-obsessed Gillen hadn’t considered a career in entertainment before, when Picard offered him a job as a technical advisor on his newest show, Cruisin, a halfhour drama about speed racing and cruising on Van Nuys Blvd., Gillen jumped at the chance. A few weeks later Gillen was on staff, checking dialogue and all plot points involving cars for accuracy.

While Gillen loved his new job, his enthu-

“TO ME IT’S COMMON SENSE. I TRY TO DO THINGS THE WAY I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE.” siasm was short-lived: only a few episodes in, rumors began to swirl that Cruising was already headed for cancellation. With his plum new gig on the chopping block and his prior one at Supershocks already filled, Gillen began to mull his next move when he got a call from Picard that the show would indeed be cancelled.

“So,” Picard asked him. “What do you want to do?”

As the producer on a slate of successful shows, Picard was in a position to place Gillen on a new set immediately, in virtually any role he desired, he said. Gillen didn’t hesitate before he answered.

“I said, ‘I want to be a stunt man,’” Gillen recalled. “And Picard said, ‘Great. How about Dukes of Hazard?”

By the next Monday Gillen found himself on-set with Catherine Bach ,Tom Wopat and John Schneider performing Dukes of Hazards’ array of trademark stunts behind the wheel of the world-famous General Lee with an aptitude that was soon earning him a name in the industry. Gillen would work on Dukes of Hazards for four years before setting off on other projects, working as a stunt driver on films and TV shows such as Hooper, The Blues Brothers, The Fall Guy and Enos, during the ensuing six years.

However during filming Gillen injured himself, and his doctor sidelined him from stunts for 6 months as he healed. In the interim Gillen began picking up odd jobs on set, mounting cameras or configuring rigs, eventually taking up second

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“I THINK THE MAGIC OF THIS HOUSE IS THAT IT DOESN’T FEEL FORCED.” unit work for a director friend. One day on the set of a commercial, as Gillen and the producer paused to review a couple of Gillen’s takes.

“He looked at me and said, ‘This is really good,’” Gillen recalls. “So we did a spec reel, and even though everyone said you can’t just become a Director, I did it anyway.”

Almost immediately Gillen began booking commercials, his comfort and experience with cars and burgeoning reputation for an exacting eye and beautifully composed shots winning him work with some of the biggest car companies.

By 2000, Gillen was at the top of his game.

A highly successful director of automobile commercials, Gillen’s schedule was packed with back-to-back projects for some of the industry’s most high-profile clients, from Audi and Toyota to Nascar and Mercedes.

In 2001, Gillen purchased an old artist’s loft in Venice’s up-and-coming Abbot Kinney neighborhood. However everything came to a screeching halt just a year later in 2002, when a contractual dispute suddenly left him unable to work for a year. Only recently gazing upon a jam packed calendar, almost overnight Gillen found himself with the next 365 calendar days completely wide open.

If he didn’t have the slightest idea what he wanted to do with that time, there was one thing that he knew he had to do: renovate his new loft. The property was beautiful and light-filled but a textbook fixer-upper, with cold floors and an industrial bungalow feel. When he bought the property Gillen had entertained fantasies of transforming it into a truly unique old-meets-new space,

Scott Gillen’s Unvarnished 3806 Cross Creek Rd, Malibu, CA Phone: (424) 346 2616, www.scottgillen.com

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THE CASE Gillen earned headlines when he paid $50 million for a 24-acre parcel of land on the Bluffs, the highest amount ever paid for land in Los Angeles.

Today he’s already hard at work on the project slated to rise there, a 6-home luxury development slated for finalizing in 2020.

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MID-CENTURY IN MALIBU “You know I learned in my directing career that you are constantly reinventing yourself,” Gillen says of his departure into mid-century design for his latest project, The Case. “If you don’t, you go stale.”Gillen says his design inspiration for his latest project is Palm Springs in the 1960s.

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envisioned a one-of-a-kind property unlike anything he’d seen on the market. Until then his vision had been just that, a fantasy. Now, though, Gillen suddenly found himself with more free time on his hands than he ever had. And so, he got to work designing a spectacular loft.

Gillen decided early on that he would oversee the design and construction of his remodel entirely by himself. Soon he was engrossed in the study of his new craft, researching building materials like he used to brand guidelines, obsessing over room placement like he once had over plot points.

Almost immediately he recognized the overlap between his profession and new obsession.

“Proportion is so important [in both film and design],” he said “It’s either great or it’s dramatically wrong. [In film] you’re walking with me and we’re flowing through a shot and you’re watching the story evolve. If it’s too cutty, too frenetic, you can’t track the sto-

ry. You want a seamless transition. The same is true for a home-I want you to walk through the house seamlessly. I want you to see what you see when I want you to see it...the story will evolve.”

Now the end of 2003 and the year-long dispute resolved, Gillen deep into renovations, had fallen in love with design and building, he says, the way it flexed his muscles as a creator in entirely new ways.

“When you get a storyboard for a commercial, it’s just a board,” he said. “It’ll have six or ten shots in it, and as a director it’s your job to take that and to evolve that board into a story that has a beginning, middle and end.

You’re always striving to tell the complete story. I think with the houses, I try to build a blank box, and then as I build it I let it evolve by itself so it becomes its own animal.”

By 2004 the Abbot Kinney project was completed, and Gillen was over the moon about the final result. His finished loft was unlike anything that had been built in L.A.,

featured an elegant contemporary studio layout increasingly in-vogue for the area, but with a dramatic architectural twist: smack in the middle, Gillen had suspended a historic 1928 bungalow as the second floor, So in essence the old bungalow was the new master bedroom.

“It was pretty cool,” Gillen said.

There was only one problem. During those unworkable 365 days of 2003, which had once loomed so empty and objective-less, had actually turned out to be some pretty eventful ones for Gillen, who during that time met, proposed to and married his wife Teri. Now Teri was pregnant, and the Venice bachelor pad, with its levitating 1928 bungalow, wasn’t exactly what either had in mind as a place to raise a child.

The Gillen’s decided to list the property, picking up and moving back to Malibu, where Scott had previously resided for almost fifteen years.

Listed at 1 p.m., the house had sold by 2

NEW PROJECT Always on the move, Gillen had already purchased the land where he would construct his new project, The Case, before the New Castle had even been completed. Now Gillen is hard at work on the new project will finalize in 2020.

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p.m., at the time fetching the highest price for a home in Abbot Kinney’s history. It was then that Gillen realized his newfound passion for design could also be a lucrative one.

“I was pretty shocked. It was one of those rare ah-ha moments you have in life that literally changes your course” Gillen said.

Bolstered by the sale, as the Gillen’s settled into their new Malibu home on Beckledge Terrace and he began transitioning his efforts and time from directing to building, and as owner, designer and builder was soon working on projects from Malibu to Venice, Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. Establishing UNVARNISHED in 2005 from the Cross Creek office where his company is still headquartered to this day, Gillen’s aesthetic and meticulous designs had soon gained him a reputation throughout the city. One thing Malibu residents especially appreciated was his distinctly local eye. Gillen, now a thirty-year resident of Malibu, soon became known for homes that served as perfect complements to the city’s beauty; from his eye for rare, organic materials to his trademark exposed beams and great rooms and openair layouts, where his directors’ intuition for framing and light were on full display.

“I love it here” Gillen says of his hometown.. “I very rarely leave the ‘bu. In the city it’s like a pressure cooker. Here, it’s a different world.”

By 2015 Gillen’s name had earned a considerable amount of local cache, having built homes across the city for big names like Matthew Perry to David Duchovny.

Never fulfilled, however, it was in this year Gillen decided to embark on his most daunting project to date, a house so ambitious it would go on to earn him headlines around the world.

This home would serve as something of a reinvention for both UNVARNISHED and for Malibu, set to sit in the footstep of oil heiress Lily Lawrence’s famous Cross Creek mansion, the Castle Kashan. Fashioned after a 17th century style Scottish castle but made almost entirely of wood (and paper mache), the manor’s imposing faux-stone walls had sat like an abandoned film set in the hills above Malibu Creek for decades.

If opinion had long been divided in Malibu over whether Castle Kashan was a gaudy eyesore or a delightful local novelty, the

“I TRY TO BUILD A BLANK BOX, AND THEN LET IT EVOLVE BY ITSELF SO IT BECOMES ITS OWN ANIMAL.”

debate ended when it burnt to the ground during a 2007 fire and was ready to be reincarnated.

The lot would sit vacant for nearly a decade when Gillen finally purchased it in 2015, spending the next three years erecting his Magnum Opus, which he calls The New Castle. When he finally listed it in 2018, the home was one of the most luxurious ever to hit the Malibu market. It was also the most expensive, listed at a record-breaking $85 million.

“I’m always striving to set my bar so high that I will never reach it.” Gillen said. “For me it’s about evolving and building lasting architecturally significant homes that will add to this beautiful city for generations.” I want to look back and say “I did that.”

So what’s the next rung on Scott Gillen’s ladder after the record-breaking New Castle? Turns out he’s already hard at work on it, has been, for a year now.

While putting finishing touches on The New Castle, Gillen made headlines when he paid $50 million for a 24-acre parcel of land on the Bluffs, the highest amount ever paid for land in Los Angeles.

Gillen says he had long had his eye on the property, eventually closing on the deal in 2017. Today he’s already hard at work on his next project, The Case. You can already see the foundation poured in place when driving down PCH. The Case is a 24-acre luxury guard gated development that will feature 5 homes ranging from 10,500-square-feet to 12,500-square feet, and lot sizes from 2.45 to 5.78 acres, slated for completion by 2020.

This newest project represents a contin-

uation of Gillen’s luxury sensibility, if, once again, a complete reinvention of his talents.

Known primarily for his timeless sophisticated beach aesthetic, with The Case, named after Case Study Houses, Gillen is venturing into unknown territory, designing each home with an intentional and conscience reference to a mid-century modern aesthetic.

And while Gillen concedes his record-breaking initial investment in the land for the project was a “gross amount of money” and a foray into mid-century design presents a big departure from what he’s done in the past, his experience has taught him that it would be a bigger gamble not to.

“You know as a director you are constantly reinventing yourself,” he said. “If you don’t, you’re done. As a builder and designer I feel it’s the same creative challenge just a different medium.

There’s also the fact that no matter the style, a Scott Gillen home is always a Scott Gillen home. If The Case homes present a bit of a design departure for Gillen—his style inspiration is in part Palm Springs in the 1960s, he says— his eye and inherent sensibilities will still guide the way, as they have for nearly two decades. Details will still be exquisite, materials will be rare and world-class, his trademark great rooms will feature stunning ocean and coastline views, yet remain intimate.

“You’ll see a lot of the features of The New Castle and my other homes, but I’m making The Case very, very specific,” Gillen says. “It’s driven architecturally, versus my past projects, which were good architecture, but not necessarily driven to be architectural. It will be very different.”

If he doesn’t sound the least bit worried about this latest gambit, it’s because he’s not. Experience has taught Gillen to believe in certain things; the strength of the Malibu market, his ability to build structures that seem unfeasible on paper, and his eye.

“People want to experience this life,” he says one day at the New Castle, reclining in a modern leather club chair abutting its central glass wall, taking in the awe-inspiring view of the Pacific.

Eventually his gaze turns back to the great room.

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27580 WINDING WAY Southen California splendor blends with equestrian refinement on this almost 11 acre Malibu Ranch.

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OUTDOOR LIVING Sundance Ranch provides outdoor living at its finest, boasting a fire pit, private garden, jacuzzi, pool and more, not to mention a spectacular view of the Pacific.

Photography by Simon Berlyn EQUESTRIAN DREAM The property is a horse lovers’ dream, and includes offers two barns with 24 new stalls, 7 large turnouts, tack rooms and riding arena.

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OLD MEETS NEW The property’s ranch house was originally constructed in 1953 and still retails its old-world charm.

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here the Santa Monica Mountains meet the ocean on Malibu’s prestigious Winding Way. Peaceful country living, only 15 miles from Santa Monica.

This extraordinary Malibu equestrian property, once ownedAcademy Award-winning director, George Roy Hill, offers breathtaking panoramic ocean views and spectacular grounds.

Enjoy privacy, serenity and luxury. This sprawling gated compound includes the original 1953 ranch house once owned by a high-profile celebrity. It has been updated, but remains true to the California rancho living. Perfect as a Zen sanctuary or to build one of the grandest estates in Malibu. There are four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an office with ocean views, an entertainer’s dream kitchen and cozy corners for reading books. Superb union of rustic elegance is achieved with vaulted exposed wood beams and floor-to-ceiling windows that perfectly capture magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean.

Enjoy outdoor living at its finest - load surf boards onto a golf cart and head to Paradise Cove, Escondido Beach, or ride the Backbone Trail and return to a private garden Jacuzzi, pool, and

outdoor shower. Entertain around the barbecue or dine al-fresco and end the evening around the fire pit under the stars. Perfect flow for large events, parties, and fundraisers with parking that can accommodate over 200 cars.

This phenomenal property offers two barns with 24 new stalls, seven large turnouts, tack rooms, riding arena, round pen, fruit trees, expansive lawns and plenty of opportunity to expand and build. Enjoy Malibu life at its finest with this unique offering that affords the most discerning buyer an opportunity to step into this quintessential lifestyle at a level that has never come to market.

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REAL ESTATE

7 MISTAKES WHEN SELLING A MALIBU HOME Earlier this year a house on Carbon Beach sold for $110 million, breaking records as the most expensive house sale in Los Angeles. However, selling houses can still be problematic as people continue making these 7 mistakes. ✎ written by Lucy Robertson

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Overpricing the Property Despite record-breaking sale prices, it is still possible to overprice a home in Malibu. Across the country, years of rising prices is taking its toll and in California showing activity was down 6.5% in July 2018 compared to the year before.

Without sales and market data to back up a home’s perceived quality, vendors will fail to convince buyers of a property’s great value, and other similar but lower priced properties will be seen as a bargain and quickly snapped up.

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Taking a Blinkered View These days, there are many options to show a house without potential buyers even stepping over the threshold. Technology is no doubt making an impact on the home buying process; virtual reality and 360° photographs can offer a great opportunity to view a home thoroughly and at leisure. Although Malibu is only a small community of 13,000 inhabitants, it is a global destination that welcomes potential residents from all over the world. This technology is especially useful for buyers from out of the area, and, if a vendor fails to use it, they could missing out on a potential offer.

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Making A Poor Choice of Realtor It can be difficult to move property in higher priced markets and 63% of listings fail to sell in Malibu during the

itive market. If apparent issues don’t put buyers off at first, failure to disclose them only causes problems later at the home inspection stage of the sale.

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course of a year. This makes choosing a highly competent, professional realtor all the more essential. Real estate transactions require attention to detail, and even though a realtor with low, flat fees might seem an attractive option, their level service is likely to be diminished.

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Narrow Marketing Strategies A good realtor will also ensure that your property is presented and marketed in the best way possible and not simply rely on a traditional marketing approach.

Much house buying activity, like bookings and viewings, takes place outside of the conventional working day, so a strong online presence with high quality pictures, video and content is important.

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Neglecting Home Improvements Of course, even the best realtor will struggle to promote and sell a neglected home. One of the biggest mistakes sellers make is not presenting their homes in the best way possible for a compet-

Overlooking the For Sale Sign Whether selling through an agent or privately, a For Sale sign is still a powerful tool in any property marketing plan. Many people take their vacation in Malibu or simply drive through it for pleasure and, even though extensive advertising might be available on the internet, seeing a sign in front of a desirable property will immediately draw the attention of passers by.

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Limited Sales Methods If, however, the For Sale sign is in danger of becoming a permanent fixture, it might be time to consider other methods of selling. An auction creates a sense of urgency and excitement around a property that has been on the market for some time, and can reach out to a wider range of potential buyers. This is especially useful for unique properties that are harder to price and that will appeal to a niche market.

Despite the obvious attractions of Malibu, there’s still no room for complacency when selling a house here. However, by avoiding a few simple mistakes and offering a home to match the beauty of the area and the quality of life it promises, the chances of a successful sale are MM greatly increased.

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Calabasas

681 COLD CANYON ROAD 3BD/3BA | $1,745,000 | Sq. Ft. 3400 Located in Monte Nido Minutes to Malibu Beaches, PCH and Calabasas Private with Mature Landscape Magnificent Views Open Floor Plan w/ Upgrades State of the Art Media/Theatre Room Huge “Bonus Room” perfect for musicians, offices, or other bedrooms.

Decks, Patios, Yard, Trails and Creeks.

The Sheri Karp Group DRE: 968763 | 818.232.1851 Westlake Village Brokerage | 3075 Townsgate Rd., Ste. 100 Westlake Village, CA 91361 Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered (or unregistered) service marks used with permission. Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Real estate agents affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. SIR DRE License Number: 899496

$5,499,000 | 1101 Cold Canyon Road, Calabasas | 6BD/7BA

$8,750/mo | 2202 Stunt Road, Calabasas | 4BD/5BA

JANE CUDWORTH 818.402.6231 Lic # 01045026

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6962 WILDLIFE ROAD 4 ACRE BLUFF COMPOUND

$65,200,000

33740 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 6 BR | 8 BA | NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED

$48,500,000

BROAD BEACH ROAD $37,500,000 TWO ADJACENT OCEAN FRONT PARCELS

6970 WILDLIFE ROAD

5 BR | 7 BA | BLUFFTOP ESTATE

$25,950,000

23634 MALIBU COLONY ROAD 4 BD | 7 BA | OCEAN FRONT HOME

27465 WINDING WAY

10 BR | 12 BA | OCEAN VIEW ESTATE

$22,500,000

$23,500,000

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23556 MALIBU COLONY ROAD 4 BD | 4 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$16,750,000

26524 LATIGO SHORE DRIVE 4 BR | 5 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$13,995,000

26820 MALIBU COVE COLONY DRIVE 5 BD | 6 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$10,950,000

27140 MALIBU COVE COLONY DRIVE 5 BR | 7 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$10,500,000

$10,000,000

31636 SEA LEVEL DRIVE 4 BR | 4 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$8,995,000

3640 NORANDA LANE

APPX 24 ACRES

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31506 VICTORIA POINT ROAD 5 BR | 5 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

$8,995,000

30385 MORNING VIEW DRIVE $8,950,000 APPROVED OCEAN VIEW ESTATE PROPERTY

32453 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 7 BR | 12 BA | OCEAN VIEW ESTATE

$8,850,000

6201 MURPHY WAY 5 BR | 8 BA | OCEAN VIEW HOME

$8,450,000

23838 HARBOR VISTA DR. 5 BR | 6 BA | OCEAN VIEW HOME

$6,250,000

34305 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY APPX. 20 ACRES

$7,450,000

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6172 BONSALL DRIVE $5,995,000 2 BR | 3 BA | GATED 1.5 ACRE PROPERTY

6368 SEA STAR DRIVE 6 BR | 6 BA | OCEAN VIEW HOME

6205 BUSCH DRIVE 6 BD | 6 BA | OCEAN VIEW HOME

$5,795,000

2710 COUNTRY RIDGE ROAD $5,750,000 6 BD | 9 BA | NEARLY 12 ACRE EQUESTRIAN ESTATE

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6415 MEADOWS COURT 6 BR | 7 BA | OCEAN VIEW ESTATE

$5,450,000

18908 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 3 BR | 4 BA | OCEANFRONT HOME

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27589 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY $4,995,000 4 BR | 4BA | MEDITERRANEAN-STYLE HOME

6701 PORTSHEAD ROAD APX. 2.64 ACRES WITH BEACH RIGHTS

$4,750,000

3030 ENCINAL CANYON ROAD $4,390,000 4 BD | 4 BA | APPX. 13-ACRE COMPOUND

1445 EL BOSQUE COURT, PACIFIC PALISADES ONE-OF-A-KIND APPX. 2 1/3 ACRE LOT

$3,995,000

21569 PASEO SERRA $3,995,000 4 BD | 3 BA | PANORAMIC OCEAN VIEW HOME

2451 NALIN DR., LOS ANGELES $3,799,000 LARGE FLAT BEL AIR CANYON VIEW LOT

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31546 VICTORIA POINT ROAD TWO-VACANT OCEAN VIEW LOTS

$3,495,000

11770 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY #U $2,695,000 3 BR | 4 BA | BEACH KEY ACCESS TO 2 SANDY BEACHES

0 ENCINAL CANYON $1,495,000 APPX. 42 ACRE OCEAN & MOUNTAIN VIEW PROPERTY

0 BALLER ROAD APPX. 73.4 ACRES W/OCEANS VIEWS

$895,000

4600 VIA VIENTA STREET APPX. 2 ACRES W/ OCEAN VIEWS

27835 BORNA DRIVE THREE PARCELS W/OCEAN VIEWS

$635,000

$850,000

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REAL ESTATE

5 MOST EXPENSIVE MALIBU NEIGHBORHOODS Malibu once again makes the list of most expensive neighboorhoods in Los Angeles during Quarter Three of 2018. Point Dume takes lead as Malibu’s most expensive neighboorhood with a median sale price of over $3 Million. ✎ written by Malcolm McLellan # City Neighborhood Median Sale Price Q3 2018

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alibu makes the list among the most expensive neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area.

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Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Flats $7,425,000 The most expensive transac2.

Beverly Hills Trousdale $6,300,000 tion of Q3 2018 lies in Malibu at 26848 Pacific Coast Highway, a 12,000 square3.

Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Gateway $5,700,000 foot mansion known as La Villa Contenta which closed at $48,750,000. The Malibu 4.

Manhattan Beach Hill Section $3,950,000 West neighborhood took the 17th spot on 5.

Santa Monica North of Montana $3,940,000 the most expensive neighborhoods in 6.

Los Angeles Bel Air $4,125,000 the Los Angeles area with a median sale price in Q3 of $2,250,000. This neigh7.

MALIBU Point Dume $3,155,000 borhood also saw the largest increase in year-over-year median price growth in 8.

Manhattan Beach Sand Section $3,000,000 Malibu at an increase of 40.6% including a total of 5 transactions. Broad Beach in 9.

MALIBU Big Rock Mesa $2,850,000 Malibu makes the list of most expensive neighborhoods at #16 even with a -41% 10.

Los Angeles Windsor Square $2,555,000 y-o-y median price growth. The medi11.

Los Angeles Pacific Palisades $2,550,000 an sale price of this neighborhood in Q3 2018 was $2,300,000. The neighborhood 12.

Manhattan Beach Tree Section $2,539,500 of Malibu Park was the busiest neighborhood in Malibu with ten transactions. The 13.

MALIBU Malibu Park $2,520,000 two neighborhoods of Malibu that made the top 10 are Big Rock Mesa and Point 14.

Los Angeles Cheviot Hills $2,450,000 Dume. Taking #9 on the list with six trans15.

Los Angeles Beverly Crest $2,350,000 actions and a Q3 2018 median sale price of $2,850,000 is Big Rock Mesa located at 16.

MALIBU Broad Beach $2,300,000 the eastern end of Malibu. The most expensive neighborhood in Malibu is Point 18.

Los Angeles Brentwood $2,150,000 Dume and took 7th place on the list of the 20 most expensive neighborhoods 17.

MALIBU Malibu West $2,250,000 in the L.A. area. Although the neighborhood was among the lowest for y-o-y me19.

Los Angeles Hancock Park $2,140,000 dian price growth, Point Dume had nine transactions with a median sale price of 20.

Los Angeles Hollywood Hills West $2,310,000 MM $3,155,000 in Q3.

Source: Property Shark

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ANI DERMENJIAN

SELLING A LIFESTYLE

Malibu Magazine sat down with local agent and architectural specialist, Ani Dermenjian, to learn more about her passion for making client’s dreams come true ✎ written by Malcolm McLellan  photographed by Julie Wuellner

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ith more than 20 years of industry experience, Ani Dermenjian is one of Malibu’s most respected and successful real estate brokers. Having immediately fallen in love with Malibu’s natural beauty and community of stunning homes, Dermenjian has been working in the city for years, and currently serves as the Board Director for the Malibu Association of Realtors.

Her honesty, integrity and dedication to building long-term relationships is why close to 80 percent of her business comes from repeat clients and referrals.

Dermenjian prides herself on selling Malibu’s lifestyle, not just a home.

How long have you been representing properties in Malibu?

Going on 25 beautiful years and it never gets old! There is no transaction that is ever the same and I love the sense of fulfillment in closing a deal each time.

There’s never a dull moment in real estate.

Was Real Estate your first career choice?

Originally I worked in banking while I finished my degree in psychology. Banking was the perfect transition to my career in real estate. I was taught the discipline and work ethic that is needed to excel in real estate by interfacing with clients through honesty and attention to detail.

What kind of properties do you specialize in?

I’m known as the Queen of La Costa to my colleagues but I’ve specialized selling in Big Rock and all over Malibu from hills to ocean front to architectural masterpieces. I focus on the lifestyle of the individual area that I am selling.

Representing Architectural properties is like showcasing a unique piece of art that creates such a thrill for me. As an architectural specialist, I market these properties as fine art to capture target audience’s imagination and enhance the value.

How do you describe your relationship with your clients?

I am always trying to exceed their expectations. My clients are my number one focus and I also have been blessed with amazing assistants that know and encompass my motto so even if I am out of town, my office continues to run smoothly. My goal is to earn my clients trust through honesty and confidentiality, building a long-term relationship and partnership.

How do you like to spend your free time?

Every Friday night is date night with my college sweetheart and husband of 28 beautiful years. We have two amazing boys and love traveling and enjoying quality time together. My passion is running.

I run the LA marathon every year along with a handful of other half marathons.

Its a magical feeling, it allows me to set my mind free and just dream one mile at a time.

What is your favorite place in Malibu?

My favorite place in Malibu is the La Costa Beach Club. It’s home away from home

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ALWAYS MOVING Whether running the Malibu Marathon or organizing one of her many events, such as the Annual Veteran’s Day Public Ceremony, Ani Dermenjian enjoys staying involved in the community she loves so much.

and where my children were raised. I host the Malibu Armenian Picnic there every year. It’s a wonderful place to bring people together.

Who has been the most influential person in your life?

My mother, she always has been and always will be. Although I lost her over eight years ago, I feel her legacy lives through me. She has made such strong footprints in my heart that I know during times of stress all I need to do is ask myself, “What would my Mother do?” My mom lived and led by example every day. Her strength and persistence has taught me to never give up on my dreams.

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING When not at work, Dermenjian enjoys spending quality time with her husband Raffi and their two children Christopher and Alexander.

What excites you about the future of Malibu?

The upcoming new luxury development projects that are currently under construction and selling prior to completion. Since I love new and architectural, I am ecstatic to announce my upcoming ultra-exclusive Carbon Beach Terrance MM estates. Stay tuned.

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31824 Seafield Dr.

Offered at $16,950,000

Breathtaking ocean views can be enjoyed from nearly every room in this entirely reimagined ocean bluff property with a rare attached additional parcel. Designed to perfection by the acclaimed Doug Burdge and built by the renowned Scott Halley, no expense was spared in the development of this one of a kind property. Infused with the finest amenities, this modern masterpiece rests perfectly on a large private lot with stair access to the best beach in Malibu.

The incredible top floor master suite has stunning coast-

Sean Landon | Malibu Real Estate Specialist (310) 926-4028 | seanlandonestates@gmail.com

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line views from the bed and bath, a massive walk-in closet and a large infrared sauna. The chef’s kitchen has all the high-end amenities one needs with stair access off of the deck to the garden below. On the bottom floor, you have a game/media room with a Subzero wet bar, a huge connoisseur wine cellar, humidor and two more guest beds. Outside, the Zen garden and gazebo provide a perfect yoga spot with a large koi pond and outside shower upon your return from the beach.

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Sophistication on Colony Beach $28 000 000

Seaside Mid-Century Modern $14 200 000

Malibu Road Hideaway $7 450 000

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Love Nest in Malibu West $2 395 000

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REALTOR • ATTORNEY • MALIBU RESIDENT

MARK S. GRUSKIN WEA MALIBU Located in the Malibu Country Mart 23410 Civic Center Way, Malibu mark@MalibuMark.com

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efore becoming a Realtor Mark was a real estate attorney for over 15 years. His professional background gives him unique perspective and experience in how to work with, counsel and guide an upscale real estate clientele. Mark is considered a trusted advisor and his clients often say they feel better protected knowing their agent is also an attorney. Mark is a Malibu local and has lived in the area for well over

35 years - originally coming to Malibu to be able to surf while attending Pepperdine Law School. In addition to his law background, Mark has been a full time Realtor for over 15 years and is the Managing Partner of Westside Estate Agency’s Malibu Office “WEA”, an office that has closed many record sales both in Malibu and Beverly Hills.

Mark has an amazing reputation for integrity, personal service and getting great results for his clients.

His goal is to serve wisely, communicate

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MALIBU’S MUSIC MASTER JULIA HOLLAND Malibu Magazine interviewed local music teacher Julia Holland about her experience teaching Malibu’s youth, her years with the Malibu Playhouse and current projects.

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Can you tell us about your years at the Malibu Playhouse?

At the Malibu Playhouse, I acted, directed, produced and also served in many capacities from secretary, treasurer to managing director to executive director for 9 years through many regimes of boards of directors.”

What are some of your current projects?

Lately, I have been working as a director for a wonderful organization called the Nine O’Clock Players, an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Los Angeles that is a wonderful group of actors that has existed for almost ninety years. This adult group of actors produces two major What drives you to musicals a year and enables teach Malibu’s youth?

12,000 disadvantaged children The best thing about to experience the magic each working with the kids in Malyear. I am also still involved ibu is watching them grow up with the Eco Hero Kids. My into beautiful adults and being passion for the environment proud that you may have had a started when I was a kid and tiny hand in that, and that you I have been involved in many have been a good influence. projects through the Eco Hero You really establish strong Kids Foundation since 2010 bonds when working with artwhen I wrote an album of pop ists, young and old, because songs for kids performed by music touches your soul. Many kids. Eco Hero Kids’ newest singers and actors go on to do project is working with a water JULIA HOLLAND Holland ran a children’s theater company in Malibu for thirteen years, founded Once Upon a Time Children’s other things, but that discimanagement system to try to Theatre and currently operates the Julia Holland Vocal Studio. pline they acquired, learning encourage Malibu residents to how to work as a team and the be mindful of their water use, confidence they build carries them into sional and are working on finding their which is so important because that is adulthood. Living in a community like voice. Somewhere along the line, somenon-renewable resource. We need to Malibu is so special because we are all so one may have told a student they were be gentle to our planet. close. too loud, or just to mouth the words in choir. These are traumas. I deal with a How would you characterize Why do you also teach adults? lot of traumas that live in people’s bodies your legacy?

Many [of my older and profes- not only about music or singing, but othYou get to watch families grow, sional student] are working on er emotional traumas that can be released kids mature, get married etc. I have partheir vocal technique and performance through singing. Singing can help break ents all the time telling me how much before they go into the studio to record. up those traumas, chip them, soften them, their children got out of doing theater MM However, many others are non-profesuntil they can move through the body. and music in Malibu.

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