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Arriving in 1925, Millie Decker remembers a Malibu inhabited solely by the original ranching/homesteader families. Pacific Coast Highway was just a dirt track with gates at both ends, guarded by the often terrifying figure of Mary Rindge, the “Queen of Malibu.”

“As a child,” Millie smiles, “I was scared to death of Mrs Rindge. She used to go around in these long dresses, wearing a great big old western gun belt with guns on both sides!” Millie, herself is a force to be reckoned with, a wild haired woman with steely blue eyes... writes contributing editor Amelia Fleetwood about living legend Millie Decker in our cover story, Thank you to Malibu icon Millie Decker for allowing us to feature her and for giving us a first hand account of true Malibu history! -Steve and Cece Woods

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NEWSWORTHY NEWSWIRE BY SAM HALL KAPLAN “Council, Planning Commission Wonder: Is anybody listening,” was the front page headline in the Malibu Times, topping a story in which city leaders bemoaned that few residents attended what they thought was a critical hearing on the fate of the civic center; Whatever, their concerns are grist for my city observed commentary, heard on KBU and everywhere on radiomalibu.net.

IS ANYBODY LISTENING?

“We need to figure out a way to get a lot more people involved,” stated Mayor Rosenthal, in particular the noted design professionals she knew lived in Malibu. The front page headline of the Malibu Surfside News simply stated in bold face, “Help Wanted,” This prompted me to talk with several talented architects I know whether they were interested in volunteering. Trading candor for anonymity, all replied that though concerned with the drift of planning in the “bu they loved, they hesitate to become involved “It is not that we are not listening. It is that the city doesn’t listen, or frankly doesn’t understand the issues” declared an internationally respected “placemaker“ whom I have had the pleasure to work with on some imaginative projects. Over lunch, as is his style, he casually rattled off several ideas for a more livable Malibu that no doubt would cost the city big bucks in consultant fees and staff time if proffered privately. When I asked him, as I did others, why he didn’t donate his time, he reminded me of my experiences, in particular, as a volunteer advocate of view protection. He suggested I recall what happened: that it might serve as a cautionary tale. I agreed. It should be be noted that if the city staff at the direction of past partisan councils would have enforced existing codes, a view restoration and preservation ordinance would not have been needed, just civic resolve. But they hadn’t, and eight years ago Malibu overwhelmingly approved a referendum calling on the city “ to adopt an ordinance that would require the removal or trimming of landscaping in order to restore and maintain primary views from private homes.” A city appointed task force of which I was chair and included several experienced attorneys. We reviewed ordinances of similarly challenged cities while weighing comments of local stakeholders with varying prejudices and perspectives. It was a time consuming effort by volunteer residents, and for naught. The committee’s recommendation in the form of a professionally crafted ordinance was deep sixed; the council wasn’t listening, at least not to the committee it had selected, but rather to special interests, as is its practice. Nor was the present Council listening when told by planning savvy residents that vertical landscaping should not count as open space. And just recently it didn’t even bother asking more knowledgeable residents if a structure can or should be erected on the county’s Zuma Beach for several months to house a pricy private photo exhibit. Indeed, these failures raise the issue of civic responsibility and municipal oversight, prompting the questions “what for, and for whom, local government?” and whether Malibu as a municipal conceit no longer is a viable democratic construct?

“IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE NOT LISTENING. IT IS THAT THE CITY DOESN’T LISTEN, OR FRANKLY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES” DECLARED AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ‘PLACEMAKER’.

But is anyone listening?

A RARE FEBRUARY BRUSH FIRE TAKES THE LIFE OF A FIREFIGHTER Shawna Lynn Jones, who died after being struck by a falling boulder in Malibu, is the first woman inmate in state history to lose her life while battling a wildfire. Jones, 22, had joined the state’s Conservation Camp program in August and was working fire lines near Mulholland Highway early Thursday Feb 25 when she was struck in the head by a large rock that fell 100 feet. “Her death is a tragic reminder of the danger that inmate firefighters face when they volunteer to confront fires to save homes and lives,” state corrections Secretary Scott Kernan. “On behalf of all of us in the department, I send my deepest condolences to her family.” People in the Community who are thankful for those who the fight fires that save our homes can donate to the families who have sacrificed their services can donate to firefamilyfoundation.org

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NOT DIGGING THE DIGGING NEW CONSTRUCTION ON BONSALL CAUSES CONTROVERSY AS OWNER PREPARES TO BUILD ON A CHUMASH BURIAL SITE. BY STEVE WOODS A 7,000 square foot house proposed for a Bonsall Drive property recently came up for public comment before a City Council meeting. With well over 3,000 cubic feet of grading proposed on the property that has documented evidence of a Chumash occupation and a burial cemetery, it is no wonder that local residents and a local Chumash representative are a little upset that they were not notified. “The City overlooked procedures, planning process, archeological resources” said area resident Tiffany Murray telling the City Council during public comment at the Feb. 23 meeting. “I live on Bonsall. At least eight property owners received no notice of this application, despite living within 500 feet of the project. It’s disturbing. This oversight has prevented us from participating.” Robert Hayman, who also lives on Bonsall Drive, said he does not know the applicant but is concerned that an important cultural heritage site may be at risk. “I realize the rights of property ownership are sacred in this country, but this is something that’s maybe a little bit more important than that,” Hayman said. “Would we want the Chumash building something in Arlington Cemetery, or anybody building on the Washington Monument? If it is a burial ground or sacred ground, we have to look at it.” The City overlooked procedures, planning process and archeological resources,” area resident Tiffany Murray told the City Council during public comment at the Feb. 23 meeting. “There are burials right there.” Dominguez said. “It’s time to draw the line. You can’t dig there until there are proper procedures done.” Dominguez said he investigated the site and observed extensive evidence of Chumash artifacts, including middens which are refuse heaps, and a piece of human bone. “I walked the site and recorded it,”said David Paul Dominguez , who is an admitted a ‘Heinz 57 bloodline’ of Native American genetics “If anybody digs there I am going to have to call the cops because they will be in violation. We have laws now. It’s been really ignored by city planning but we are supposed to be contacted. You have to call our representative before any building is permitted.” City Manager Jim Thorson told the audience that City was now aware of the situation and added “Planning was made aware of this about a week ago and are looking into the situation,” he said. “It was approved by the Planning Commission but we have reached out [to the property owner]. One condition was to have an archaeologist on site to stay out of the archeological site.” Long time Malibu local and author, Suzanne Guldiman of themalibupost.blogspot.com has vast knowledge of Malibu history noted that most of the damage to Chumash cultural sites occurred before Malibu became an independent city in 1992. In the 1970s, a major Chumash cemetery and shrine site was bulldozed to make way for the Point Dume Mobile Home Park. A street named Indian Mound Lane is the only reminder of the site.

“WOULD WE WANT THE CHUMASH BUILDING SOMETHING IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY, OR ANYBODY BUILDING ON THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT?”

In 1968, more than 100 skeletons were excavated by amateur archeologists at what is now the parking lot of the Trancas shopping center. UCLA archaeologists David Thomas and John Beaton stepped in to supervise the excavation after neighbors reported that the illicit dig was turning up human remains. The site, radiocarbon dated to approximately 310-430 B.C., was so thoroughly disturbed that no trace of it was reportedly detected during construction of the new shopping center. Records reveal that many significant cultural heritage sites were destroyed in the 1920s, when Pacific Coast Highway was constructed. PCH was built on top of an ancient cemetery in the heart of the Chumash settlement that gives Malibu its name—Humaliwo. According to a book called “Social Dimensions of Chumash Mortuary Populations in the Santa Monica Mountains Region,” by Patricia Martz, a 15,000-square-foot portion of the cemetery, estimated to more than 1000 years old, is under the road. The State legislature established the Native American Heritage Commission in 1976, but there was almost no protection for California Native American cultural resources until Senate Bill 447 went into effect in 1988. The bill amended the Public Resources Code to make it a felony to obtain or possess Native American remains or associated grave goods. “I would appreciate it if my ancestors are left undisturbed,” Dominguez told the council. He also asked the city to include the Chumash community in the planning process. “We are in a new time,” he said. “We, as Chumash people, can help you.” The Council members seemed to be sympathetic and wanted to find a resolution that overlooked a permitting process that protects native American Archaeological sites.

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KILLER CHEMICAL ON THE LOOSE... GLYPHOSATE DR. STEPHEN FRANTZ

Malibuites need to know this…Yes, we are all aware of the scandalous gas leak at Porter Ranch, but how many know of the much larger chemical “release” that pervades us all on a global scale? Are we aware of what pesticides are being used in our neighborhoods? Ignorance is not bliss…and can be deadly. Glyphosate is one of the most merciless of pesticides, and is a primary ingredient in Roundup® herbicide. This Monsanto product is used on food and non-food crops, as well as non-crop areas such as lawns, playgrounds, rights-of-way, park trails, etc. It kills nearly any plant life it contacts above ground and under water (Yes, there are aquatic versions!). Unfortunately, glyphosate product residues are found everywhere: food, water, air, many cotton products (including tampons and sterile gauze) and in you, your children, pets, and other animals. The long debate on the health relevance of glyphosate is over because a treasure trove of Monsanto’s own research data has recently been exposed. We now know, through this and other independent peer-reviewed research, that we’ve been misled by industry, university, government scientists and officials who told us that glyphosate did not present an unreasonable risk of adverse effects to humans, animals, or the environment. In March 2015, the World Health Organization declared it a probable carcinogen. In fact, glyphosate in its various formulations is responsible for a large variety of cancers and organ failures, morbidity and mortality in humans and other animals. Glyphosate’s toxicity is greatly intensified when combined (which it always is) in formulations such as herbicides. It harms or kills honey bees and monarch butterflies. The loss of common milkweed in the United States due to glyphosate spraying is a major contributor to the decline of the monarch butterfly population - approximately 90% loss in the last 20 years. It also causes death, mutations, cancer, etc. in amphibians, fish, mice, rats, dogs, pigs, poultry and cattle, many microorganisms, and other life forms. Another negative effect on animals is by destroying the vegetation on which they depend for food and shelter. Glyphosate is the most popular herbicide the world, and today has more than 91 producers in 20 countries. The global market is expected to reach $8.79 billion by 2019 so it’s clear that there are huge corporate profits at stake. Monsanto first unleashed glyphosate in 1974, and it became the “first billion dollar product” of the pesticide industry. The estimated total global production of glyphosate in 2012 was 1.6 billion pounds; about 45% of that was for genetically modified (GM), glyphosate-tolerant crops (GMOs). Glyphosate and it’s breakdown products are found in: air, surface water, groundwater, rainfall, soil, dust, plants, animals, people, etc.; hence, it significantly contributes to the general pollution of the biosphere. People are most often exposed through contaminated food crops. Further, industrial farming operations feed cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens and even farm-raised fish a diet of largely GM materials laced with glyphosate (via Roundup® and other glyphosate-based herbicides). Therefore, animal products, including meats, eggs, butter, cheese and milk, are contaminated with glyphosate and other pesticide residue. Recently, the CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation decided that glyphosate products must be labeled “cancer causing”; and, as expected, Monsanto is contesting this labeling requirement. Meanwhile, just last weekend there were reports of Recreation and Parks staff spraying Roundup® and other herbicides in various Malibu parks while people, children, and pets were nearby. Studies have shown that glyphosate-exposed and GM crops are nutritionally inferior to conventional, and, especially to organic crops. Organic agriculture offers the most viable alternative for low-toxic ecological sustainability and less pesticide contamination of the food chain. Thus, you can make a difference: grow and buy organic food. And, since glyphosate is widely sold by garden shops, hardware stores, and agricultural suppliers, ask that they stop selling these poisons. Tell all government agencies to stop applying glyphosate and related environmental toxins. The chemical companies are making a killing killing us…why should that be allowed? ———————————————

Horse eating grass contaminated with glyphosate in the Santa Monica Mountains. Photo: H. Stern

U.S. farmers spray millions of acres of crops with it each year.

A farmer mixes Round-Up prior to application. Photo: Mother Earth News

This is the first of a series; for more information, see: www.laprogressive.com/glyphosate

You would think that the City of Malibu, thought to be one of the most environmentally conscious Southern California cities would have taken the lead with respect to the pesticides ban, but it looks like a city from behind the Orange Curtain has beat Malibu to it. The result of the Irvine City staff report and more than an hour of passionate public comments from dozens of residents — most of them rallied by the community group Non Toxic Irvine — ended with a the Irvine City Council voting 5 to 0 to amend the Integrated Pest Management Policy to prioritize use of organic compounds in pesticides and herbicides over products based on synthetic chemicals. Malibu could have been a leader, on the cutting edge of organic alternatives to toxic chemicals, but instead, is a reluctant follower. Are there legal fears of powerful unseen entities that need to continue poisoning our environment? Taking unusually swift action for a government process, the Irvine City Council in early February unanimously approved only using organic pesticides and herbicides on all city-maintained landscaping, including parks, athletic fields and public buildings. Non Toxic Irvine already had persuaded several homeowners associations and the Irvine Unified School District to stop using certain products containing the chemical glyphosate. It is the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, which Irvine Unified School District stopped using after meeting with the group in November to hear its concerns about possible harmful health effects. - STEVE WOODS

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BIG CLAY NUMBER 7 BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

BY STEVE WOODS

Perhaps you have captured a glimpse of it as you were driving down PCH near Paradise Cove. Maybe you thought you were hallucinating when you saw silver reflections from the tops of trees. Though it is mostly obscured from PCH by a grove of eucalyptus that block ocean views, neighbors say that a newly installed mega art structure is blocking their blue water views. According to a report from KBU 97.5, a 45 foot high metal art sculpture called “Big Clay Number 7” is resting on a 20 foot by 20 foot base and blocking neighbors’ views - a big No-No with the City of Malibu zoning code and LCP. Currently, the LCP doesn’t make any provisions for art installations, so the city is referring to Big Clay #7 as a ‘structure’, and a ‘structure’ built without a permit is breaking the law. The owners are not known but their attorney is Ken Ehrlich is listed as the applicant and is asking the city for a variance for the 45 foot tower metallic marvel. This is the same house where the monstrous sky scrapper construction crane was seen towering above the horizon during the lengthy construction of the $35 million project that resembles more of a modern museum than a your typical beach house. The lease of these construction cranes can add up quickly so rumor has it that the owner saved himself some money by purchasing it rather than wasting money on a long term lease. It will be interesting to see how this art versus law plays out with those who enforce Malibu’s building codes.Though the applicant is hoping for a variance, the City Staff is recommending that “Big Clay Number 7 “ get the big ‘Heave Ho’. City Staff is saying a variance would be illegal since no one else in Malibu has a 45 foot high sculpture on there front yard blocking the neighbors ocean views. The metal masterpiece will go before the next Planning Commission to determine it’s fate.

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LOCAL BROAD BEACH:

BROAD SPECTRUM OF PROBLEMS BY STEVE WOODS

As more El Nino driven swells bombard the West Coast, the once Broad Beach is again receiving an emergency dose of boulders to help protect beach homes and septic systems from an encroaching Pacific. Large surf during high tides have dislodged parts of the massive boulder sea wall that was installed several years ago. A fenced off staging area was set up this last week at the western end of the Zuma Parking lot where truck loads of more boulders are being delivered. Heavy equipment will then transport the boulders into place during low tides. Homeowners along the beach are part of the Broad Beach Geologic Abatement District (GHAD ) who are investing tens of millions of dollars to replenish the beach in a massive sand restoration project in the hopes of widening the beach and protecting homes. Other than making emergency repairs on the sea wall, the sand replenishment project is running into more delays due to the traffic impacts that are projecting 40,000 truck loads needed to transport sand from quarries in Ventura to Malibu. Truck traffic in Fillmore and Moorpark could average over 400 truckloads a day and about 50 plus trucks an hour. These same trucks will also be crossing the aging Trancas PCH bridge which is slated to be replaced by Cal Trans in the near future. Because of the possible logistic, environmental and liability problems concerning truck traffic across Ventura County roadways, other sand sources are being sought. Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for GHAD are still confident to remain on track to haul sand in by next fall or early winter. One has to wonder what impacts the early winter storms will have on the pricey new deposits of sand as it is being dumped into the strong currents and large surf. Without rock jetties or any natural barriers, there is no guarantee that the sand will obey the wishes of the home owners. There is no doubt that much of the sand will naturally migrate east towards Zuma and around Big Dume . Meanwhile just down the beach at Zuma, Beaches and Harbors has turned the beach into a year around construction project. With a fleet of new diesel belching tractors and bulldozers, rarely a day goes by without the constant groan of heavy equipment marching up and down the beach building up berms higher and higher in front of the restroom facilities, maintenance yard and Lifeguard headquarters. Though the ocean tides and surges rarely rise high enough to erode the the berms or threaten any of the county structures, workers are told to keep building them wider and higher. In some places, the berms reach a height of 15 feet but even on the highest tides during the largest swells the water barely reaches the base. When Beaches and Harbors is not preparing for a Fukushima sized tidal wave, they spend endless hours driving the grooming raker attachment up and down the beach from Trancas to Big Dume even during mid week and mid winter but for what? That one candy wrapper or paper cup? Or is it the need to eradicate human footprints from the taxpayers perfectly groomed Zen Garden?

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COVER FEATURE

ALONG FOR THE RIDE MALIBU ICON MILLIE DECKER BY AMELIA FLEETWOOD

PRODUCED BY TARA OWENS, PHOTOS BY JOHN PAUL

“Riding horses was like bread and milk for us, just an everyday common thing,” remarks Millie Decker, one of Malibu’s oldest and most treasured residents. Arriving in 1925, she remembers a Malibu inhabited solely by the original ranching/homesteader families. Pacific Coast Highway was just a dirt track with gates at both ends, guarded by the often-terrifying figure of Mary Rindge, the “Queen of Malibu.” “As a child,” Millie smiles, “I was scared to death of Mrs Rindge. She used to go around in these long dresses, wearing a great big old western gun belt with guns on both sides!” Millie, herself is a force to be reckoned with, a wild haired woman with steely blue eyes. She’s tucked her western shirt neatly into her leather gaucho pants that show off a huge turquoise belt buckle. Married three times to men from the original ranch families of the area, Harold Lewis, Warner Mandeville, and Jimmy Decker, this mother of three is still lithe, and walks with a cane only when she is calling to her horses or taking her blue heeler dog out on a walk. To say she is tough is an understatement. Mille was the youngest daughter of Percy and Rose Meek. Her father was meek in name only; he was a rancher, a bronc rider, a hunting-dog trainer and a lion tamer. He was even called to hunt down criminals for Ventura County with his thirty blood hounds. Percy moved his family to Malibu and settled at the Mesa Ranch, now known as Circle X Ranch in Decker Canyon. He needed space to train his lion hunting blood hounds. He’d planned a trip to Manchuria to hunt Mongolian tigers. “My father was the bravest man I ever knew. We had a mountain lion staked out between the house and the barn that Daddy used for training his dogs. I remember the time the mountain lion got loose, knocked me over, killed a few chickens and ran up a tree.” Millie laughs. As the story goes, her father climbed the tree, put a choke collar on the mountain lion and headed home. At first the family was meant to spend only the summer in the small cabin at the Mesa Ranch, but they never left. Those early days of family square dances at Yerba Buena school, hunting on horseback, running horses and cattle, living off the land now exist only in the Malibu of Millie’s memory.

“AS A CHILD,” MILLIE SMILES, “I WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF MRS RINDGE. SHE USED TO GO AROUND IN THESE LONG DRESSES, WEARING A GREAT BIG OLD WESTERN GUN BELT WITH GUNS ON BOTH SIDES!” There were always plenty of animals. “Mama had a pet skunk who hated other skunks and would spray whenever it met one. Mama would end up retching.” Millie laughs. “I even had a pet coyote pup my father gave me.” In Millie’s case, that old saying,“I could ride before I could walk,” is actually true. “When I was a year old my father put me on a mare to babysit me. A year later I had a horse of my own and I’ve owned horses ever since.” In the pasture behind her house she keeps two retired horses, with bloodlines that run back to her father’s original stock. “I keep asking my horse trainer son, Chip Mandeville, to buy me a nice gentle horse.” Millie says with a raised eyebrow. “Every time I ask, he tells me he hasn’t found one yet. I don’t think he is really looking that hard.” “Anyway, I’m over the hill now,” she laughs. “I do love that expression. I think it’s a Western sort of expression.”

COVER FEATURE With no sons, and being the Meeks’ youngest, Millie was raised by her father as the son he never had. She and her sisters rode rodeo with their father. “We were put on the bulls in the bucking shoots and we would just hang on until Daddy would ride up and pick us up off the bulls. I think we were just too scared to fall off!” When she was older, Millie began team roping with her father. Her son Chip explains: “My mother could hold her own with the guys whether she was roping or trading goods out of the trade bag at the end of the day at the rodeo.

“WE WERE PUT ON THE BULLS IN THE BUCKING SHOOTS AND WE WOULD JUST HANG ON UNTIL DADDY WOULD RIDE UP AND PICK US UP OFF THE BULLS. I THINK WE WERE JUST TOO SCARED TO FALL OFF!” “When the cattle gathers happened at the local ranches, the ranch men would show up to help rope and brand the cattle. Millie was the only woman at those old gathers. It was a test of skill - only the top horsemen were allowed to do the roping and drag the calves to the fire, and that was pretty much all my mother did. “They had to respect her because she was the best.”

“I WAS VERY LUCKY TO LIVE THE LIFE I HAVE LIVED OUT HERE LIKE THIS. BEING OUTSIDE IN THE SUN SEEMS TO DO MORE GOOD THAN ANYTHING ELSE.”

At age twelve Millie was one of the first female jockeys to get her jockey card. She rode her father’s race horses at the Los Alamitos Race Course. “In the 1930’s it was most definitely a man’s world. Initially there was a lot of animosity from the owners and other jockeys. Millie earned their respect by winning, and they soon figured they better pay her some attention.” Millie Decker laughs: “Well, I can’t say how much of a lady I am.” A self-proclaimed tomboy, this fascinating woman has walked a long ways in her cowboy boots, (she boasts of owning a pair in every color). These days Millie spends her time with her family at her ranch in Decker Canyon. Millie says of her years spent in Malibu, “I was very lucky to live the life I have lived out here like this. Being outside in the sun seems to do more good than anything else.” Amelia Fleetwood ameliafleetwood71@gmail.com http://www.ameliafleetwood.com

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ROAD TRIP... CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN CENTRAL COAST STORY AND PHOTOS BY JACKIE ROBBINS

Being a Californian all my life, I sometimes take it for granted how incredibly beautiful this state really is. California has it all, mountains, lakes, rivers, valleys, snow, sunshine and rain (when we are lucky)! But it’s coastline rivals any in the world in my opinion. I’ve traveled California’s coastline for a good 50 years from the time I was a little girl with my parents, to the present day. It never changes; the spectacular beauty where land meets the sea is always magical to me. Drove right up the 101 freeway strait into Monterey on the first day, after waking up to the clear and sun-shinning beauty that California is famous for, and started the journey back home through the ‘17 mile drive’, Carmel by the Sea and ‘Los Lobos State Nature Preserve’. The Preserve leaves one speechless at the dramatic beauty of the shoreline and the fairy-tale quality of the landscape, with it’s twisted and knurled varieties of trees and plants that weather the wind and salt from the sea. Each curve of the trail brings one to vistas of hobbit-inspired coves and clusters designed by Nature. In order to reach the evening’s destination of Ragged Point at the south end of Big Sur it was necessary to drive past so many majestic and scenic points of view along the way on the Coast 1 route. The whole drive is indescribably beautiful in so many ways. One could spend days just exploring this section of coast, high above the water’s edge, just to experience the dramatic sheer cliffsides and vast panoramic views of California’s golden coast. As the sun was setting, driving down the last of the steep and windy highway to arrive safely at Ragged Point Inn was ‘edge of the seat’ exciting. An excellent 5 star dinner was had in the charming restaurant and I loved the modern clean appointments in our small but very adequate room above the lobby section of the Inn. So quiet, fresh flowers, and the most comfy king-sized bed…heaven. I had to be somewhat dragged from that wonderful bed early the next morning for the experience of a dramatic sunrise off the bluffs. The sun’s shifting rays of light waking up the vegetation and trees, a waterfall in view, and even a steep cliff side path with a bit of a healthy hike down to a small private cove on the beach. The grounds of the Inn are magical, with majestic views in every direction. The Inn’s little coffeehouse brews your favorite drink to order to sip from a bench enjoying the clean fresh air, solitude and birds singing. Later that morning continuing on down the coast, past San Simeon, Hearst’s Castle and San Luis Obispo, enjoying a brief stop at Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery, in time to see hundreds of sea lions during their early Spring birthing time and basking in the sun. Along the way Morro Rock boldly juts out of the ocean and around that Bay area are many good fresh seafood places to stop for lunch. The trip winds down on through the lower central coast’s vineyards of the Santa Ynez Valley until Solvang then heading on through Gaviota to Santa Barbara where there is a pale pink sunset in progress… Arriving home in Malibu is never a sad ending…. but oh how I love the Central Coast of California.

POSTSCRIPT; When one experiences the tremendous beauty of a protected area like Los Lobos it is a reminder that without individuals of foresight and the required government agencies to back them we would not have these amazing places to visit and enjoy. The current battle over the authority of our own Coastal Commission is something we need to continue to support in every way possible for this reason. In the year 1933, Alexander Allen purchased the land that makes up the Los Lobos Natural Reserve to prevent it from being developed. The California Department of Fish and Game along with the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative protects this stretch of coastline today. There are countless stories like this that patch together the beautiful and pristine area we call the Central Coast of California. Most of us agree that we need to continue this kind of activism for California’s entire remaining pristine coast. In the year 2033, which is not that far away, let us hope that our children and grandchildren will still enjoy these kinds of road trips and be inspired to continue an active stewardship of these State treasures.

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The revolt is real and there are new ( and seasoned ) voters coming out in droves to the polls letting the establishments know they are sick and tired of the lazy politicians, making brilliant stump speeches with no follow through. Each establishment, since the beginning of this campaign season, has laughed off Sanders and Trump - yet they are the only two with record polling numbers. Each party calculates their delegates differently along this journey of caucuses and primaries One upsetting factor to me is Bernie Sanders, who rightfully won the New Hampshire primary, yet Hillary Clinton ran away with the most delegates. Sanders won 60% of the vote in NH, and because of the “super delegates” factor put in place by the democratic party in order to have more control over the process, the party’s ‘chosen one’, Hillary Clinton took over as the winner of that state. Life is all about numbers. We must never forget that and the GOP begins facing their ‘winner takes all’ states on March 15th. Ohio will be state to watch out for as Kasich, once a beloved politician there but popularity among GOP voters has waned since many felt he sided too often with Obama policies. Kasich believes he did so in compromise but will that strategy ultimately cost him the win in his home state? Former governor, Mitt Romney, decided to come out as what seemed like a last ditch effort to derail the Trump train slamming the front runner with the trained typical verbiage used by Rubio and Cruz on the campaign trail. However, the numbers say Romney’s effort backfired as did Rubio’s incessant ‘con man’ rant about Trump’s business dealings. At press time, Rubio’s numbers are so low, that although he was once thought of as establishment’s ‘golden boy’, Rubio is being called out to leave the race and it seems Cruz, who has not been popular among his constituents, is now the establishment’s first choice and is the only GOP candidate with the most wins against Trump. It seems both the Democrats and the Republicans have been blindsided by the public and these two political outsiders. There is no doubt that social media played a huge role in the rise of their popularuty and has officially changed the face of politics. One can only wonder if we would have had the same presidents ( historically ) if they had been vetted the same as the candidates are in now in 2016.

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PLAYING IN BAGHDAD BY THE BAY! BY TRAVEL EDITOR LESLIE WESTBROOK 1.PLAY - San Francisco. At just seven square miles, San Francisco is one of the world’s favorite playgrounds for cutting edge cuisine, culture, consuming and more. Here’s a weekend worth of tips for a swell time in Bagdad by the Bay. There’s great public transport, but UBER carpool is almost as much fun at the famous trolley cars, if you want to meet locals, as well as tourists, along your play routes. 2.SLEEP - Oasis in the city. The Inn at the Presidio has 22 spacious rooms and suites in a historic three-story building (elevator for handicapped) in former bachelor officers barracks. Great design, big rooms, flick on fireplaces, comfy beds, helpful staff and in addition to great hiking trails, plenty of attractions and diversions within the Presidio as well as just outside the former military base gates. There’s plenty to do in the Presidio (Disney Museum, a bowling alley and even a YMCA) but don’t miss a hike or drive and short walk to see the Sagrada Familia of California: Andy Goldsworthy’s SPIKE, a 90’ soaring high cathedral-like tower built of eucalyptus trees. There’s even jazz in the officers club on Friday nights. www.innatthepresidio.com 3. EAT - Top restaurants in “the city” can cost as much as $200 -$400 per person for tasting menus (Atelier Crenn. Aquerello, Coi, Quince and Saison at $398) but you can get a great fish taco for $5 and guacamole ($6) as well as choose from a myriad of tequilas just steps away from the Inn at the Presidio at Arguello http://www.arguellosf.com/ in the Officers’ Club; killer desserts at the lively Presidio Social Club from recently dubbed top pastry chef under 30 by Zagat (beignets to die for) or splurge on amazing and decadent “Omakase” (chef menu) at Roka Akor (the name is a palindrome) http://www.rokaakor. com/san-francisco for $138 (wine pairing $80). If that’s too rich, check out the happy hour in the downstairs bar and order the amazing Japanese sourced Uni from Hokkaido, the most northern island in Japan. Served with chicarrones, it’s smaller than Santa Barbara Uni and more concentrated in flavor.

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WELLNESS When I think about the words “Essential Oils”, it’s the word “essential” that jumps out at me. An oil is “essential” in the sense that it contains the “essence” of a plant’s fragrance. Essential oils are extracted from a plant by distillation using steam. Thereby you have a concentrated more potent substance. These oils have been used medicinally in history and are known for their powerful anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and immune boosting properties. Additionally they are used in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, household cleaning products, and for enhancing flavor to food and drink. Interest in essential oils has been revived in recent years for it’s healing properties. They are also a great tool to enhance meditation, yoga and spiritual practices by balancing the energy centers (chakra systems) in the body.

IS IT ESSENTIAL? BY DIANA NICHOLSON

When I first started meditating I found it difficult to quiet my mind, essential oils enabled me to relax and reach a deeper meditative state. Before meditating the oils can be vaporized in a diffuser or blended with coconut oil and applied topically by rubbing to corresponding chakra areas, as well as the feet. 1. Root Chakra Located at the base of spine in tailbone area, this is the Chakra that grounds you, your feelings of self-preservation, personal survival and our identification with the physical world. Health issues: Joint pain, lower backache, obesity, constipation, anorexia, and poor immune system function. Use patchouli, myrrh, and basil for an enhanced sense of grounding and stability. 2. Sacral Chakra The lower abdomen is about our relationships, creativity, sexuality, control and money. Health Issues: Uterine or bladder problems, impotence, lack of flexibility, sciatica, lower back pain, Ylang yang, black pepper, and wild orange act as an aphrodisiac to aid in our sexual and reproductive energies, as well as enhancing flow. 3. Solar Plexus Chakra The upper abdomen. This chakra connects us with the energy to take action and is the seat of self-esteem and expressing our personal power. Our relationship to the world around us, and our beliefs about our place within it come from this chakra. Health Issues: diabetes, hypoglycemia, gallstones, nervousness, low energy, muscle cramps, stomach problems, liver disorders. Use cinnamon to help heat up this power center, or peppermint and grapefruit to cool any excess fire in the system. 4. Heart Chakra Located in the center of the chest just above heart. When the heart chakra is open, our immune systems are healthy. The higher chakras cannot be accessed till we pass through the heart. To have a healthy heart, you must allow these suppressed emotions to surface, heal, and fall in love with yourself. Health issues: high blood pressure, breathing difficulties, circulation problems, shortness of breath, chest pains, disorders of the heart, tension between the shoulders. The scent of rose, ylang ylang and thyme are related to the heart, and enhance romance and love. They are also helpful in alleviating depression and insomnia 5. Throat Chakra Located in the throat this chakra manifests what we want in life. A healthy throat chakra makes your voice clear and it resonates with truth. Since it’s between the head and the heart it works to maintain integrity between what we think and what we feel. Self-empowerment is the main lesson of this chakra symbol. Health issues: fever, ear infections, weariness, thyroid problems, disorders in the throat, ears, voice, neck, cervical spine, hypothalamus and esophagus problems. Eucalyptus will help clear sinuses and cure a sore throat or coughing, allowing this passageway to become free and clear for self-expression. 6. Third Eye Chakra At the forehead and in between the eyes is the gateway to our intuition. Health issues: headaches, eye problems, pituitary and pineal glands, neurological problems. Lavender, and clary sage oil is incredibly calming and will help you reach a higher state of consciousness. 7. Crown Chakra The very top of the head is our universal connection to beauty and spirituality. The life force from the creator penetrates into our energy system through the crown, and moves down through the other energy centers to the root chakra. Health Issues: Migraines, brain tumors, coma, amnesia, nervous system and muscular system disorders, mental issues, and skin disorders. Frankincense, and helichrysum are a few of the most spiritually-charged oils. They have been around for thousands of years, and they will bring us mental peace and clarity.

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Soothing, healing, regenerating… these oils can become an essential part of your life!

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THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO ANYTHING YOU DO! BY TED MC DONALD According to a recent article from the Harvard Medical School, participation in yoga is up more than 50% in that last 4 years. In 2012 there were 20.4 million Americans doing yoga, now it’s over 36 million. And of course, the benefits are still amazing. Increase your overall health, improve your cardiovascular fitness, increase your flexibility, improve your balance, better your quality of life, reduce anxiety and stress, and on and on! When I first began taking yoga classes over 19 years ago, I could not believe that only a very small section of the population was doing it. None of my friends were doing it. I had recently graduated from UCLA where I played lacrosse. Growing up, I played football, baseball and lacrosse, I was always an athlete. When I finally made it to my first yoga class, I was amazed by how it made me feel. It was a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual cleanse all-in-one. I felt refreshed, purified and relaxed. It was as though I took a huge sigh of relief. Then I was sore for 4 days! That’s right, I didn’t even know I had muscles in my back and on my side. My hamstrings felt like they had done the biggest workout of their life, but wait, wasn’t this a stretching class? I was blown away by the fact that not having any weights, not running and not doing push-ups, I could be so sore. Obviously, I knew it was making me work because I was dripping sweat and I could barely hold my up my own body weight. I immediately fell in love with the yoga practice and in all this time I haven’t gone more than a week without practicing. Yoga has helped me in times of stress, it’s helped me in times of physical injury, it’s helped me in times of addiction and it’s helped me in times of extreme pressure. I’ve used the yoga practice to help me quit smoking, stop eating meat, stop drinking coffee and ultimately to find a better me. It helps from the airplane to stressful family situations. It helps before a race, after a race and the principals even help during a race. So no matter what you do, I recommend practicing a little yoga. It’s only going to make your experience of life a little sweeter. And if you feel like an outsider, that’s normal. It’s okay to be a beginner. In Zen, there is the concept of the beginner’s mind. It’s great to be new, in fact, it is encouraged. It’s amazing to see life with innocence, so come take a yoga class, be new again and rejuvenate your life!!

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2- 6 oz. pieces Wild Salmon 2 tsp. BBB Vegan Coconut Dill Garlic Oil 4- ¼ in thick sliced yams rounds cut in half 10- ½ in. thick sliced zucchini 2 small purple potatoes, sliced ¼ in. in rounds 3 cups baby spinach 2 Tbsp. BBB Vegan Coconut Lemon Honey Oil 1 avocado, diced 2 small handfuls One Gun Bio-Dynamic greens Olive oil Seasoned Rice Vinegar Salt and pepper to taste Directions: In a large sauté pan or sheet pan, place the vegetables except for the spinach, on the pan. Dot with the lemon honey oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Place the 2 pieces of salmon in a small sauté pan and dot with the dill garlic oil. Place the vegetables and salmon in the oven and bake 10-12 minutes. Meanwhile, dice the avocado and place the greens on two plates sprinkling with the avocado. Sprinkle lightly with olive oil and rice vinegar. After the vegetables are done, place in a pretty way (copy pic if you want), on top of the lettuce and then place the salmon in two pieces. Enjoy with a nice crisp and dry white wine!

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OPINION Sadly, It’s a pattern. EPA’s malfeasance has been exposed by their actions in Flint, Michigan, where the EPA put politics above public health. They have even been caught throwing out samples of lead contaminated water, to avoid hard evidence of what EPA ‘experts’ in toxic chemicals should have known without tests. This seems to be a pattern at EPA and not an isolated event in EPA region 5. PCBs were banned by Congress in 1976: Despite a crystal clear Federal law and over 40 years of scientific research on harm, EPA’s Region 9 is following the Flint pattern, ignoring hard evidence of serious PCB contamination. PCBs, just like lead, cause serious learning and development issues and they are being found in our nation’s schools at alarming levels. And just like the EPA in Flint, Michigan, EPA in Malibu, California is sitting idol with EPA certified tests in their hands showing illegal dangerous contamination. Kids are being poisoned because EPA is not doing their job. After receiving indisputable evidence of PCBs in the caulking above federal law, EPA’s region 9 suggested to the school district to not test the caulking to identify the extent of toxic hazard to kids. Instead EPA recommended cleaning hazardous toxic waste with wet rags, which flies in the face of Congressional law. One of region 9’s upper management even said “it is a shame that the district tested the caulk in the first place.” Is this an appropriate action of an agency tasked with protecting human health and enforcing Federal law?

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Congress makes the law: Federal law clearly states that any use of PCBs over 50 ppm is unauthorized, an unreasonable risk to health and must be properly disposed of. Yet, Region 9 has actually said that they no longer plan to enforce the law -- but they didn’t get permission from Congress, our country’s legislative body. Instead the EPA has decided on its own to side step the legislative process and to create a policy on a different set of risk factors -- risk factors that the EPA has admitted openly that they do not have scientific evidence for. Every American has learned this in our schools: Article 1 of the U.S, Constitution, Congress makes the laws; Article 2, the Executive Branch enforces the law. EPA, as part of the executive branch, has no authority to push Federal law aside and rewrite TSCA with a policy in conflict with current law; yet that is exactly what they have done. PCBs like lead cause lower IQ, but PCBs, unlike lead cause cancer: Just like lead in the water in Flint, PCBs also lower IQ by 5 points, cause ADHD, interfere with learning and behavior. But unlike lead, PCBs cause cancer. And at the Malibu schools, with PCBs verified at 11,000 times the legal safety limit, there are over 30 teachers and alumni that have reported thyroid cancer, thyroid disease and melanoma. There is not a scientific dispute on the dangers of PCBs. Simply put, they cause cancer in humans.

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Forty years ago, PCBs were the only chemical called out for a ban by Congress. The legislative history states: “EPA is not one of vigorous and quick action. This amendment defines PCBs’s to be bad, hazardous, and dangerous, and it mandates a program for their gradual removal, beginning with those uses which are outside of enclosed containers.” This makes the intent of Congress and EPA’s directive clear -- to identify and remove PCBs in schools both in the caulking and other building materials. Research for the past forty years has only shown that PCBs even at low levels are more dangerous, not less. EPA Malfeasance illustrated in their emails: Just like in Flint, there are emails from EPA region 9 that show their top management more interested in countering PR generated by Malibu’s name and Supermodel Cindy Crawford’s generous offer to pay for proper testing of the caulking, rather than protecting the kids and teachers from cancerous, hazardous levels of toxic waste, 11,000 times the legal limit. Levels that violate Federal law.

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When EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy was provided certified test results from a US Congressman on Oct 29th, 2015 as evidence of widespread contamination, rather than answering, she sent this evidence to EPA Region 9 who dismissed this evidence -- 31 violations of Federal law for hazardous levels of PCBs in arms reach of children -- and told a US Congressman that it was irrelevant to their policy. EPA deflected attention to air testing which is not ever mentioned in Federal regulations; an obvious bait and switch tactic to avoid enforcing the law. There are emails to the EPA from the California Administrators Association lobbying them not to act upon illegal levels of PCBs in Malibu calling it a “mostly white, affluent” city implying that these children did not deserve a safe school. EPA emails also criticized the Mayor of Malibu for “caving to the pressure” of their community parents, students and teachers who simply want PCBs in excess of Federal law to be removed from their schools implying the Mayor of Malibu did not have the ability to think for himself. According to EPA’s own emails, EPA blames their lack of enforcement to remove PCBs from schools on money and manpower. So it seems that rather than do their job -- protect human health and the Environment -- EPA opted to create a policy to avoid dealing with the problem altogether by avoiding proper testing and even making unsubstantiated claims of children’s safety from exposure to PCBs.

Dr. Carpenter speaking with parent Larry Droeger.

Public education tax dollars being used as a private piggy bank by some School Board Members to protect their own liability for bad decisions: The school district has admitted to spending over $8 million and there is no end in sight. They are still hiding behind defense lawyers who are using tax payer money to fund their devious tactics to avoid complying with Federal law. What is worse, is the EPA region 9 allowing this, encouraging it at times, providing the district protective cover to break the law, or at the least, sitting idol watching this nightmare unfold. It’s time to expose EPA and hold each and every EPA official accountable, like Susan Hedman in Flint and the others who turned a blind eye to a clear and present danger. It is time to hold region 9’s EPA administrator, Jared Blumenfeld and his entire Waste Management team accountable for their discretions. Its time to hold lobbyists like Laura Preston from the Association of Administrators accountable because environmental justice does not discriminate based on the color of a child’s skin or the income of their parents -- every child deserves an education that does not jeopardize their health.

A room of over 100 concerned parents attend a lecture from world expert David Carpenter at Pepperdine University, hosted by the Environmental Law Society, to learn about the health effects of PCBs that have been identified at the Malibu Schools.

PCBs are deemed a known human carcinogen. They are a serious danger to human health, especially precious children who’s brains and bodies are still developing. They are so dangerous that they were banned by Congress forty years ago. If EPA won’t do their job, then it’s time to find leaders who will. Our country needs leaders that have the vision to see the path ahead and the courage to pave the way. That path means actively creating healthy, toxic-free classrooms for all children across the entire nation, and not in 1 year or 10 years, but today. “We the people of the United States’ -- parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, alumni – want a county that says yes to precautionary measures to protect our nation’s children. It’s time to champion our children, in Malibu, in Flint and in every city across America. Children’s environmental and civil rights do not discriminate. American citizens do not see race, income, or age when it comes to children, only the twinkle of our nation’s future in their eyes. Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2016/01/28/epas-fall-in-flint-an-aberration-or-part-of-a-pattern/

David Carpenter, M.D interviewed by the local news.