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While factors such as the Woolsey Fire and the COVID-19 pandemic take part in the challenges of organizing events in Malibu, events, in general, have been hard to come by.

On Sunday, Jan. 22, an automotive event, “Zuma Cars and Co ee,” took

Four outstanding students — Diego, Anthony, Irena and Emily — shared their personal story of adversity, goals for the future, and ways the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu (BGCM) has impacted their lives during the Youth of e Year competition on Friday, Feb.

3. According to the Boys & Girls Club of America they do not supply the students last names due to safety standards. e event provided inspiration, motivation, and leadership. e winner, Anthony, will move on to the LA Countywide Youth of the Year event. Judges and representatives include Jennifer Smith (SMMUSD school board member), Alicia Mignano (SMMUSD school board member), Amber Vanderbilt

(community member), Adam Sabet (BGCM board member), Stacey Rouse (SMMUSD school board member), Marilyn Figueroa (BGCM Wellness Advisory Board), Marianne Riggins (Malibu City Council), Astrid Hertz (community member and donor), Austin Cyr (representative from County

Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s o ce).

Student Irena thanked the BGCM and the wellness center for their guidance.

“BGCM is my past, present and future,” Irina said. Rouse congratulated the four

On Feb. 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, announced that a place at Aviator Nation Dreamland, the restaurant and events venue in Malibu. And while the uno cial event was highly enjoyed by sports car enthusiasts, the City of Malibu issued the property owner a citation for the unpermitted event. e City of Malibu announced the citation on social media, which can be viewed by visiting @cityofmalibu on Instagram.

“Events branded under the name, ‘Zuma Cars & Co ee,’ have been e latest re burned one acre near Tuna Canyon and Pacific Coast Highway on Jan. 21, with LA County Fire able to get it under control within 30 minutes. e issue of repeated homeless res at that location was discussed at the latest Public Safety Commission meeting on Feb. 1 by Public Safety Director Susan Dueñas, as well as at the most recent City Council meeting.

Local residents are getting fed up with the number of wild res started in homeless encampments in Tuna Canyon in eastern Malibu. The eastern Malibu area hasn’t burned in 30 years, and is now an especially high re danger area. e encampments are widely considered to be a threat to residents’ safety.

During the Malibu homeless count on Jan. 25, local volunteers reported there were no longer any unhoused people camping out in Tuna Canyon, but tents and trash had been left behind.

Fresno hairstylist and an actress have been charged in a 12-count indictment. e Department of Justice is alleging that the pair defrauded Dr. Mark Sawusch, an ophthalmologist who practiced in the Paci c Palisades and lived in a Malibu beachfront house, out of more than $2.7 million before his death in 2018. They then attempted to defraud his estate out of an additional $20 million.

Anthony David Flores (aka Anton David), 46, a hairstylist from Fresno, was arrested the last week of January in Fresno by federal agents and pleaded not guilty to charges against him. He is scheduled for a detention hearing on Feb. 10 in the Eastern District of California.

Co - defendant Anna Rene Moore, 39, actress and former yoga

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