The Malibu Times • October 20, 2022

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Malibu City Council Candidate Jimy Tallal drops out of race

Part three of getting to know your now five candidates campaigning for your vote this November Q&A

By THE MALIBU TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD

On Friday, Oct. 14, Malibu City Council Candidate Jimy Tallal announced that she was dropping out of the race.

Tallal released the following statement:

“I want to thank all of my many supporters for their ongoing help during my run for Malibu City Council.

Unfortunately, some things have come up, and I’ve decided to drop out of the race for personal reasons.

Instead, I ask my supporters to vote for Marianne Riggins and Doug Stewart for City Council, both of whom are excellent candi dates.”

Tallal had no further comment at this time.

City Council

As Tallal drops out of the race, campaigning continues for the five remaining candidates seeking election for the two open seats on Malibu’s City Council.

In alphabetical order by last name, the five candidates are Ryan Embree, Hap Henry, Marianne Riggins, Bill Sampson, and Doug Stewart.

As a follow-up to the last two weeks’ City Council Candidates 2022 Q&A, each candidate had the opportunity to answer the same list of questions from The Malibu Times Editorial Board in 150 words or less in addition to their introduction and statement at 200 words. In light of Tallal’s exit from the election, we have removed her answers from the questionnaire.

The candidate’s answers are pre sented in alphabetical order by last name. Please refer to last week’s paper for Part II and Oct. 6 for Part I.

Question: Can Malibu support an independent school district with a dwindling population and few er children enrolled in local public schools?

Pies delight at Malibu United Methodist Church

The Malibu Pie Festival returns in-person after two-year hiatus

nual Malibu Pie Festival on Satur day, Oct. 15.

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2016 Malibu High School grad’s first article appears in national publication

Story chronicles

Pepperdine students’ trauma losing a fellow classmate at the Borderline shooting and Woolsey Fire one day later

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu

As a little girl growing up in Mal ibu, Nancy Walecki was often called “the little girl with the big voice.” She earned the nickname due to her impressive singing ability that was often heard at Webster Elementa ry talent shows and as a standout

member of the award-winning Malibu High School choir that performed at prestigious Carnegie Hall in 2014. Now just out of col lege Walecki has found her voice as a writer with her first national magazine feature published in this October’s issue of Cosmopolitan “Cosmo,” as it’s known, is a young women’s empowerment publication with 61 million readers typically known for sex tips and dating ad vice, but Walecki’s piece focuses on a serious topic that affects many young millennials and Gen-Z’s. It’s about the Borderline mass shoot ing and Woolsey Fire resulting in compounding cumulative trauma and how it affects “young people

coming of age now.”

The well-researched article took a year to write. It chronicles a group of Pepperdine girls who went to the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thou sand Oaks for college night country line dancing on Nov. 7, 2018. That’s the tragic night a mass shooter took 13 lives, including his own and that of Pepperdine student Alaina Hou sley.

The very next night, the Woolsey Fire forced the same girls, in shock over the death of their friend and some recovering from injuries suf fered while escaping the shooting, to shelter in place with fellow dorm mates.

The free admission event fea tured activities, entertainment, and food selections for the whole family, and proceeds from sales at the event benefited church youth and family programs as well as community service projects.

Despite a gloomy day, the festi

val was well-attended.

Pastor Erin Stenberg said she was excited to have the commu nity come together for some pie.

“To be back here again in per son, we were ready and I think the community was as well because they didn’t let a little mist keep them away,” Stenberg said.

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Malibu Farmers market is squeezed out of regular Civic Center location

Farmers Market entreats officials to help find new location during construction phase of SMC satellite campus

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times

The organizer of the Malibu Farmers Market is imploring city officials to find a space for the weekly market and gather ing space that’s being displaced by construction of the new Santa Monica College satellite campus. Years ago, the Civic Center loca tion was designated for construc tion amid worries that the market could lose its Sunday spot in the county-owned property in front of the Malibu Library.

In 2016 a deputy from LACO Public Works assured the Mali bu Planning Commission that the market could keep its designated area, but that was upended after Labor Day when Debra Bianco of the Cornucopia Foundation went to set up the market and, without prior notice, discovered a fence erected at the site and half the space eliminated.

Without the proper ingress and egress to the library parking lot, the market was forced to set up across the street at Legacy Park, but that appears to violate the park’s Conditional Use Permit (CUP) restrictions. Bianco says

this not only affects the Malibu community, but also the vendors who travel far distances to provide fresh fruit and vegetables.

“We never know how the Farm ers Market is going to look each week, due to the lack of commu nication. This upsets the vendors and the residents because they have to find their new spot every week, and it creates a bit of chaos and confusion.”

“It keeps coming up in City Council,” Malibu City Coun cilmember Steve Uhring said.

“We need gathering places. After the fire we lost 400 and some odd homes. People left Malibu; they had to move to different cities be cause there wasn’t enough rent al housing here for them. Some have come back; some haven’t. It’s changed our community. These community gathering places are extremely important because it gives you a chance to meet your neighbors, you can swap a beer, you can tell stories, you can complain about stuff or say how good everything is. It helps build the community. Malibu Farmers Market is one of the important components of that. If you’re there on Sundays you see your friends. We’re buying fruit, food, it’s a good thing to do. Why the city has not become more aggressive in trying to help I don’t really un derstand?”

DeAngelis grew up attending the Pie Festival and said she has been attending as long as she could re member. She has participated in the event as a pie contest baker and a pie judge and said the event is important for the community.

“I think everyone is happy to be back. I’m certainly happy to

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By EMMANUEL LUISSI Special to The Malibu Times

Winners of the various categories of the pie-baking contest pose together Oct. 15 at the Malibu Pie Festival at Malibu United Methodist Church. Photo by Devon Meyers/TMT

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Racist views spanning among multiple races

LANCE SIMMENS OPINION COLUMNIST From the Left

Friends and admirers of coastal activist celebrated her life with memorial at Calamigos Beach Club

Democracy is under attack from California to the New York island (to steal lyrics penned by Woody Guthrie in 1940). And at the sake of using alliteration to drive home a point, democracy is dependent upon diversity, demeaned by divisiveness, and disintegrating before our very eyes.

thought too local or small to elicit great outrage, given their closeness to the people, is a clear indication that democracy is witnessing per haps its greatest challenge in our nation’s history. The emergence of never-ending conspiracy theories, distrust, if not outright hatred for established institutions of our gov ernmental process, and a national network pedaling suppression of voter and human rights, universal rejection of reproductive rights, and a seeming disdain for civility, rea son, and compromise in not only solving but discussing controversial issues threatens every region, city, and locality in our nation. Los An geles is no exception.

levels of government.

From the publisher HAYLEY MATTSON

Comic actress Fran Drescher launches 'N is for The Nanny' book at Malibu's Little Beach House

All proceeds go to her nonprofit "Cancer Schmancer Movement"

This is not only true in the sense of a nation struggling with its iden tity, but seemingly infecting state and local politics at an alarming rate. Former House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously invoked “all pol itics is local.” Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, when asked why politics in academia was so vi cious, simply replied in an either witty or sarcastic vein “because the stakes are so small.”

The extent to which our national miasma is seeping down into gover nance at levels heretofore seemingly

While largely promoted by a Re publican Party that has abandoned its moral center, it has reached into institutions that are considered sol idly Democratic, such as the LA City Council. Recent audio record ings of three members of the City Council and the president of the LA County Federation of Labor have shockingly exhibited a level of outright racism in what they thought were private conversa tions while discussing the thorny issue of redistricting. Through ger rymandering, a practice that is in herently antithetical to democratic process, districts across the country have grossly under- and over-rep resented elective offices at all

One of the first lessons I was taught as a wide-eyed staff mem ber in the United States Senate was simply this: Never say any thing that you do not want to read about on the front page of the Washington Post. Unfortunately this lesson has escaped many who car ry the weight of representing their constituents.

The seemingly casual and joking manner in which openly hostile and derogatory remarks targeting African-Americans, Asian-Amer icans, an openly gay white member of council and his parenting skills regarding his Black son are so re pugnant that I am not going to go through them here. You can easily enough access them on your own, but I feel certain that you will find them distasteful. Why it took a year to uncover this abhorrent behav ior is beyond comprehension. Why they were said in the first place is a far more serious problem.

The point is not to at least make an attempt to ensure that no one actually hears and or records your racist remarks, rather that it is wrong to hold them in the first

place. In this instance, several of the characters identified have sub mitted their resignations and those who have not are being strongly en couraged to do so. If they refuse, then City Council ought to take steps to forcibly remove them for conduct unbecoming an elected official.

And lest there be any doubt why we feel that democracy is crumbling around our very feet, the deeply inbred nature of racism in our nation has endured for over 400 years now. History teaches us about mistreatment that accompa nied waves of immigrant cultures entering our country throughout the past. Eastern Europeans, Irish, Catholics, Asians, Muslims, Ital ians, Africans, Mexicans, Haitians, Koreans, South and Central Amer icans, Vietnamese and numerous other influxes of immigrants have at one time or another been vili fied by groups that were like them, immigrants. It did not make sense then and similarly does not make sense to this day. If we do not learn to embrace a diversified society, there will con tinue to be more examples of ha

tred, violence, and condemnation cast upon people simply because of the color of their skin or the coun tries from which they were born, or the religions they practice. At this point we simply run the risk of turning the clock back on advances we have struggled to implement in our treatment of human kind. We run the risk of exposing embarrass ing examples of how our professed embrace of freedom and liberty are fine words but not backed up by our actions.

Racism is not limited to any sub set of political, religious, or cultural groups as the current episode sadly reflects. It is a cancer that must be eradicated in order for a healthy society to grow.

To finish with the lyrics of Woody Guthrie, “This land is your land, this land is my land, This land belongs to you and me.”

Lance Simmens is an independent columnist for The Malibu Times, he along with Don Schmitz write a bi-weekly column on national topics from the perspective of their political leanings you can forward any comments you have to editorial @malibutimes.com.

It's apple picking season

Just a two-hour drive outside Malibu at Yucaipa's Oak Glen lies the hub of apple farming

Racism is not the purview of any one race — individuals of all races suffer from it.

Ignorant racism isn’t predicated on the amount of melanin in our skin.

sure from the council, spoke about District Attorney George Gascon, stating in one of the recordings "F-- that guy.. he’s with the Blacks." She joked about the adopted black child of Councilman Mike Bonin, using a term that was Spanish for "little monkey," and complaining that he was being raised “like a lit tle white kid.” The reason for bash ing Bonin? They concluded that he voted with the Blacks because of his son. In discussing decisions by the City Controller Ron Galperin, Martinez said, “You need to go talk to that white guy ... It's not us. It’s the white members on this council that will mother-expletive you in a heartbeat”.

Association, and is a professor, senior analyst, and distinguished policymaker-in-residence at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, as well as a distinguished fellow for Climate, Environmental Justice, and Health at USC. How many of his racist views perme ated his influence in the legis lature, academia, and the City Council?

Emergency preparedness event hosted for senior community

The Malibu Foundation hosted the free event at the end of Emergency Preparedness Month

There has been a powerful philos ophy by some in America that only Caucasians can be racist, but that notion has been incontrovertibly debunked by the vile racist record ings of L.A. City Councilmem bers Kevin de Leon, Gil Cedil lo, and Council President Nury Martinez.

Their meeting pertained to re districting the council boundar ies, and it laid bare that there is a pervasive racist mindset in the po litical structure in L.A. Martinez, who resigned under intense pres

This naked racism is repugnant to any decent person and suffice it to say most of us wouldn’t want to have such people in our homes for a dinner party. Even more trou bling however is that these three represent some of the most polit ically powerful people in our area.

Kevin de Leon (D) was a state assemblyman, state senator, and the president pro tempore of the Senate. He ran for the U.S. Sen ate against Diane Feinstein and was a candidate for L.A. mayor this year. He was a labor orga nizer for the California Teachers

Letters to the Editor

Vote: Slow Growth candidates Bill Sampson and Ryan Embree

Dear Editor,

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*Letters to the Editor may not reflect the view, opinion and/or ethics of the The Malibu Times. They are however, letters from the people of Malibu. We support your right to express your opinion. Read "Write to Us" to submit your letter today.

Malibu residents, this election for City Council is more than conten tious.

Every candidate is claiming to be Slow Growth, but only two can didates have a record of actually being Slow Growth: Bill Samp son and Ryan Embree are the only candidates who have spoken out against large and commercial de velopment projects, standing up for Measure R (that gave voters a choice on big development and put limits on unwanted chain stores) and against MEASURE M (a development deal on open space parcels then owned by billionaire Jerry Perenchio/Malibu Bay Co.).

Their historically preservationist endorsements speak volumes on their platforms and integrity. They both have spoken in support of true fire victims being able to rebuild quickly and not mansionizing for

high-profit resale.

Most importantly, after watching Eastern Malibu’s Candidate forum, it is clear that certain candidates (Doug Stewart in particular) would be a continuation of the divisiveness of the current City Council.

Stewart purposely spread an in accuracy about me to try and put Mr. Sampson in a bad light as I was his supporter. I have always been very polite to Mr. Stewart, so not sure why he did this. Bill Sampson set the record straight and is a class act. Stewart’s demonstrated disre spect of vocal and strong minority women in Malibu disrespects the female voters and progressive male voters. Malibu sees through his cha rade of “saving Malibu” propaganda. We need to Save Malibu from him once again and vote for long-time residents committed to preserving the Malibu we love, Bill Sampson and Ryan Embree.

Joe Drummond, Big Rock resident

Ron Herrera, who was the head of the powerful County Federation of Labor was in the meeting. The federation represents 345 unions with 800,000 people, funneling co pious cash into campaigns, and di recting the votes of their members. Herrera told the three that they were the “little Latino Caucus.” He advised them to push for the appointment of a vacant council seat to Heather Hutt because she would support their Latino agenda, and, in fact, Hutt was appointed to the council on Sept. 10. Remember, the entire point of the meeting was to strategize on aggressive gerry mandering of the political bound aries in ways that would promote Latinos over Blacks, Whites, and Jews. This isn’t just offensive bigot ry, it is raw, naked political power, to pursue a racist agenda.

Gerrymander is the manipula

tion of the boundaries of an elec toral constituency to favor one party or class. Political parties of all stripes have historically tried this to gain advantage, which is why more communities are form ing nonpartisan committees to redraw political boundaries. The Supreme Court has upheld redis tricting for partisan purposes, but racial gerrymandering, which is in tentionally drawing district lines to diminish the voting power of a particular race, is illegal under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. That law was passed to address overt racial gerrymandering pri marily in the South to suppress the black vote. Reasonable people can and do argue over when redis tricting crosses the line, and there is currently litigation in the U.S. District Court over redistricting in Georgia. These questions hinge on population demographics and geography, yet sometimes it’s ob vious that race is the driving factor, like it is now in L.A.

For decades many on the left have abandoned the core princi ple of us being a meritocracy, and the dream of Dr. King that all should be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. When we hy

phenate what type of American we are, defining our “community” by the race of people within it, this type of balkanization becomes all but inevitable. In the 2020 census Hispanics were 39.4 percent of the California population, the largest ethnic group in the state, certainly not a minority.

One of my best friends is a prominent Democrat Latino pol itician — he and his wife are family to us. We often discuss this issue, and I argue that the time has come for us all to move past the ethnic classifications. How can we ever hope to achieve a color-blind so ciety when everything from the Chamber of Commerce to the legislative caucuses are broken up into ethnic classifications? Kudos to mainstream liberals calling on these three to resign, but we should all commit to expunging racial classifications from our civic and political organizations. E Pluribus Unum!

Don Schmitz is an independent columnist for The Malibu Times, he along with Lance Simmens write a bi-weekly column on national topics from the perspective of their polit ical leanings you can forward any comments you have to editorial@ malibutimes.com.

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Kim Devore, Emmanuel Luissi Mary Abbott, Anthony McDemas, Dorie Leo

am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”

“I am not bound to win, but

Abraham Lincoln

Honoring Malibu activist Sara Wan

DON SCHMITZ OPINION COLUMNIST From the Right

FROM THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

John F. Kennedy

The following incidents were reported between: Sep 16 - SEP 21

9/16 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Topan ga State Beach was broken into and ransacked. The victim left their keys secured in a magnetic lock box, but noticed it had been tampered with, and the key was taken from the lockbox. The vic tim's wallet and $400 in cash was taken. The victim received notification of fraudulent charges made at multiple stores for a total of $37,000. There were no secu rity cameras available in the area for evidence.

9/17 | Burglary

Two bicycles were stolen from a guest house on Malibu Road. The victim said they would pro vide the serial numbers at a later date. There were no surveillance cameras available for evidence.

9/18 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Solstice Canyon Road was broken into and ransacked. The victim said miscellaneous items were stolen, such as a FedEx uniform, duf fle bag, flashlight, radio, $100 in cash, and multiple credit cards were stolen. There were no sur veillance cameras available for evidence.

9/18 | Burglary

A vehicle parked near Rambla Vista Road was broken into and ransacked. The victim received multiple notifications of fraudu lent charges made to their credit cards at Cross Creek Road in Malibu. Charges were made at Urban Outfitters for $639 and at Whole Foods for $172. There were no surveillance cameras available for evidence.

9/19 | Burglary

A home on Nicholas Beach Road was broken into, and a toolbox worth $400 and a com mercial paint sprayer worth $600 were stolen. The victim told dep uties the suspects were seen on surveillance walking into the garage with a set of bolt cutters gaining access to the proper ty. The suspects appeared to be white adults.

Malibu to join 'Drop Cover and Hold On' exercise Oct. 20 for Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill

Join the City of Malibu and “Drop Cover and Hold On” for the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill on Oct. 20

Members of the public who are in City Hall that morning may volun tarily join the Drop Cover and Hold On exercise for one minute starting at 10:20 a.m. A public announce ment will be made and Malibu city staff will participate.

“We live in paradise here in Mali bu, but it is also earthquake country,” said Mayor Paul Grisanti. “Earth quakes are a very real threat, and it’s not a question of if, but when the ‘big one’ will strike. A major earthquake will have huge impacts to Malibu’s community, homes, in frastructure, daily lives, economy and more. It’s the responsibility of everyone in Malibu to be prepared, so I hope everyone will join us for the Great ShakeOut.”

Individuals or groups such as houses of worship, companies or schools, can conduct the exercise on their own. Just Drop Cover and Hold On for one minute at 10:20 AM on October 20, and review earthquake preparedness guides such as https://www.earthquake country.org/sevensteps.

Missing person found dead in Santa Monica Mountains; foul play suspected

Foul play is suspected in the death of a missing Camarillo man. The body of 35-year-old Jose Vel asquez was found around 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3.

Hikers discovered the body near the 2600 block of April Road in Agoura Hills, west of King Gillette Ranch. According to reports, the body was found wrapped in a tarp that was tied with a bungee cord.

According to the Ventura Coun ty Sheriff’s Department Velasquez had been missing since July and disappeared “under suspicious cir cumstances” which are being in vestigated by homicide detectives.

Velasquez’s whereabouts were last at the Janss Market Place shopping center in Thousand Oaks on July 27.

Just days later on Aug. 1, the man’s work van was found abandoned 4 miles from the shopping center.

Velasquez was a general contractor originally from Honduras. His fam ily has set up a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses in Virgin ia where he previously lived before moving to Southern California Caltrans gives updates on city projects during

Public Works/Public Safety joint meeting

During the Public Works and Public Safety Commission Joint meeting on Oct. 6, Caltrans rep resentatives provided an update on capital improvement projects on Pacific Coast Highway within the city.

Acting Deputy District Director for Program Project Management in Caltrans District 7 Gregory Far provided updates on improve ments project and construction and said some projects may be delayed during the winter due to rain and weather conditions. To see what projects are in development, watch the youtube video on the City of Malibu YouTube channel.

Organics recycling virtual training and kitchen caddy giveaway scheduled for Oct. 26

Malibu is offering a free kitchen collection bin (limit one per house hold) to encourage the community to participate in its mandatory or ganics recycling program. To receive a free kitchen caddy, attend this vir tual training on Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Each caddy is easy to fill, car ry (1.9 gallons), empty, and clean (dishwasher safe). Supplies are limited.

• Find out why this is such an im portant program and how you can help

Learn how to source separate organics to avoid contamination Discover the difference between organic and yard waste

After the virtual workshop, email Mbuilding@malibucity.org or call (310) 456-2489 ext. 390 to sched ule your pickup at City Hall. Then, you will show identification with a Malibu address and proof of atten dance (keyword will be provided in the presentation).

To join Zoom Meeting, go to us02web.zoom.us/j/89000989606# success. Meeting ID: 890 0098 9606, +16694449171; 89000989606# US; +16699009128,,89000989606# US (San Jose)

For more information about the statewide organic waste and food recovery law, visit www. malibucity.org/organics. Down load Waste Management's Food Waste flyer at malibucity.org/ DocumentCenter/View/14165/ WM-Food-Waste-Flyer?bidId=

Emily Shane Foundation announces fundraiser 'Soaring to Success'

The Emily Shane Foundation announced its November fundrais ers. "Soaring to Success” replaces the annual “Butterfly” event and is

one of two major annual fundraisers for the foundation.

1) Tickets to the Exclusive Wine Pairing Evening: bit.ly/STSexclu sivewinepairing

This is a limited-ticket evening at the Malibu Lumber Yard (Strange Family Vineyards Tasting Room) featuring Estate wines paired with cheese and charcuterie boards, beautiful harp music and more. On Thurs. Nov, 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

2) Student Success Sponsorship Campaign: bit.ly/sponsoraSEAstu dent

Replacing our annual Butterfly Sponsorships is a “Student Success Sponsorship Campaign” to allow us to serve as many underserved chil dren in need of our SEA Program as possible. Any and all amounts go directly to this work.

3) Link to the silent auction to be announced on Nov. 1. (And will be available on their website as of 11/1/22) An online silent auction with incredible, desirable items of all kinds to go “live” on Nov. 1 and end one week later, on Nov. 8. The Emily Shane Foundation provides essential academic tutoring and mentorship to disadvantaged mid dle schoolers, particularly those in underserved communities in Los Angeles. The SEA (Successful Ed ucational Achievement) Program's objective is to empower these chil dren to be successful students, so they can achieve their goals and dreams. Participants are guided on a path to success in school and in life. The foundation's "Pass it Forward" motto encourages kindness and so cial consciousness, as each student performs one good deed per session with their mentor/tutor.

For more information and where to donate visit, emilyshane.org. Event sponsorship opportunities, or donations to the auction, please con tact us by sending an email: info@ emilyshane.org.

Local author series at The Malibu Library features Stalcup, McCloskey, and Rubin

Join the Malibu Library on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. for the 2022 local authors series, featuring Ann Stalcup, who has authored 18 children’s books and will discuss her work “Leo Politi: Artist of the Angels”; Carla McCloskey, who will discuss her two books, “Grandma Told Me So — Lessons in Life” and “Love and Living in an Alien Body — Surviving Stroke”; and Susan Goldman Rubin, the author of many biographies for young people who will discuss many pieces of her work, including “Give us the Vote! Over 200 Years of Fighting for the Ballot.” Local author series is part of the Malibu Library Speaker Series, a program of LA County Library and the City of Malibu. It features published authors who

live and write in Malibu. Each event features two to four local authors participating in a panel discussion about their work and a reception with a book signing at Malibu Library.

Filing Period for write-in candidates ends on Oct. 25

Email City Clerk Kelsey Petti john at kpettijohn@malibucity.org or call (310) 456-2489, ext. 228, to schedule an appointment to file.

Malibu Film Society Film screenings

begin Nov. 4

The Malibu Film Society has announced 14 films for the season. In-person screenings will continue to take place at the Regency Agou ra Hills Stadium 8, which has just agreed to resume its free pre-show wine receptions. The society's first contender in the race for Best Doc umentary Feature, "Oleg," is the incredible life story of one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors. Doors will open 30 minutes before showtime so there will be plenty of time to grab your seats.

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Submission deadline is Monday at noon. Please email submissions to:

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Calendar Editor,

Only events with a connection to Malibu will be considered. Calendar events are scheduled in advance and subject to change.

sat oct 22

CINEMALIBU AND NEON NIGHT FEATURING 'GHOSTBUSTERS' AT MALIBU BLUFFS PARK

Pre-movie activities take to place an hour before sunset. The movie begins at sunset around 6:15 p.m. Stay after the movie to participate in "Neon Night," a glow-in-thedark candy hunt. Pre-registration is recommended at MalibuCity. org/Register. Free event, at Malibu Bluffs Park, from 5 to 10 p.m.

Pre-movie activities:

Giveaways

• D'Amore's Pizza Truck

• Kona Ice

• Wear a costume

October Donation DriveSocktober.

MORNING HIKE AT CHARMLEE WILDERNESS PARK

Enjoy the scenic landscape of Charmlee Wilderness Park on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Check-in is at 8:45 a.m. at 2577 Encinal Canyon Road Malibu. Familiar lookouts will look different in the morning glow.  Discover the wildlife and learn about unique native plants that call the Santa Monica Mountain region home. Terrain can be uneven, and participants will walk uphill to view the vast acreage of the park. Hiking boots, or sturdy closed-toe shoes, are recommended.  Bring water, and

dress in layers. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Trails are not stroller friendly. Registration is required for all hikes by visiting MalibuCity. org/Register

TUE oct 25

SILVER FOX WALK

Each month, staff will guide participants on a walk through one of Malibu’s parks or hiking trails. This month's walk will be at the Point Dume Trail. This will be a beginner’s level walk. RSVP required.

Led by Community Services Department staff. At Point Dume Trail. From 9 to 10 a.m. RSVP is required; call the Malibu Senior Center at (310) 456-2489 ext. 357.

wed oct 26

MALIBU CITY COUNCIL FORUM AT MALIBU HIGH SCHOOL

The Malibu High School and Middle School PTSA is cohosting a City Council Candidate Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6 to 8 p.m. Parents, administrators and students of Malibu High and Middle School will be involved in formulating and asking the questions. Moderated by Ian Roven. Meet the candidates: Marinne Riggins, Ryan Embree, Bill Sampson, Doug Stewart, and Hap Henry.

thu oct 27

MALIBU LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES

Malibu Library Showcase: Local Author Series on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Part of the Malibu Library Speaker Series. Featuring Ann Stalcup, Carla McCloskey, and Susan Goldman Rubin. Partnership event with the City of Malibu and Malibu Library.

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DECORATE YOUR OWN READING MUG AT THE MALIBU LIBRARY

There are few things more relaxing than curling up with a hot drink and good book. Join us to decorate reading mugs and check out the newest books at the library on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For teens ages 12 to 17. Registration opens on Oct. 20. Attendance is limited, and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party, including kids. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees. This event is held in-person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.

fri oct 28

HALLOWEEN BU-BASH CARNIVAL

Enjoy an afternoon at Malibu Bluffs Park from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Halloween Bu-Bash Carnival for ages 2-6. The $5 Event Pass includes: art activity, bounce houses*, carnival games, costume cat walk, food trucks, special guests, trunk-or-treat. Event Passes are available at MalibuCity. org/Halloween. Food trucks and face painting are an additional fee based on vendor prices. *Bounce Houses close at 3:45 p.m.

sat oct 29

FRIENDS OF THE MALIBU LIBRARY SPOOKTACULAR BOOK SALE

Mark your calendars for the Friends of the Library's first

post-pandemic all categories book sale! Items for sale will include: fiction and nonfiction hardbound books, small and large paperbacks, children's and young adult, coffee table and art books, audio books, CDs, and DVDs. Most items will be $1 with special items priced as marked. A members-only courtesy hour will be held from 8-9 a.m. Join online at https:// www.friendsofthemalibulibrary. com/ or join the morning of the sale.

MALIBU SEARCH AND RESCUE FUNDRAISER

Join the Malibu Search and Rescue Team on the beautiful trails of Paramount Ranch nestled in the Santa Monica Mountains, their turf for rescue missions, to hike, run, or race either 5k or 10k distance. On Saturday, Oct. 29. 10k starts at 7:45 a.m., 5k starts at 8 a.m. and 1k kids run starts at 9 a.m. Food booths, beer garden, kids bounce house, local business booths and post-race prizes raffle and more. To volunteer or for more information call 1-844920-6727. For details, or where to register go to: https://tinyurl.com/ msarrun

sun oct 30

TRICKS N TAILS AT THE MALIBU FARMERS MARKET Animal Rescue - Tricks n' Tails at The Malibu Farmers Market. Costume booths, kissing booths, photo booths and Halloween giveaways on Sunday, Oct. 30. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dress up your furry friend and stop by to support other animals and help them find their furever homes. For further info, direct message @ malibufarmersmarket. thu nov 3

EMILY SHANE FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER

The Emily Shane Foundation announced its November fundraisers. "Soaring to Success” is replacing the annual “Butterfly” event and is one of two major annual fundraisers for the foundation. Tickets to the Exclusive Wine Pairing Evening on Thursday, Nov 3, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is a limited-ticket evening at the Malibu Lumber Yard (Strange Family Vineyards Tasting Room) featuring Estate wines paired with cheese and charcuterie boards, beautiful harp music, and more. For more information visit, bit.ly/ STSexclusivewinepairing.

sat nov 5-

MALIBU HALF MARATHON

The 14th Annual Malibu Half Marathon scenic course offers runners a rare opportunity to run the storied Pacific Coast Highway and experience Malibu. The Malibu 5K Run/Walk takes place on Sat, Nov. 5, and the Malibu Half Marathon takes place on Sun, Nov. 6.

wed nov 9

FREE VACCINE CLINIC AT THE MALIBU LIBRARY

The LA County Department of Public Health is partnering with the LA County Library to provide free flu vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, and updated bivalent boosters to people 6 months of age and older, at the Malibu Library on Wed, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No health insurance is required. For more information, go to news briefs.

thu nov 10

WATER TASTING SERIES: PURE BEER“

Come enjoy a beer made with purified water from the Pure Water Project Demonstration Facility! Join us on Nov. 10 for an evening filled with water education, community, and beer. Event goes from 7 to 9 p.m. at Tavern Tomoko & Ladyface Brewery, 29281 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. The Las VirgenesTriunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) has come together to deliver the Pure Water Project, a sustainable solution that improves the health of the Malibu Creek and offers greater water security for its people. The Pure Water Project will use a state-of-the-art water purification process to transform recycled water into drinking water.

ONGOING

NIGHTS OF THE JACK AT KING GILLETTE RANCH

Nights of the Jack returns to King Gillette Ranch with interactive experiences such as a live pumpkin carver, gift shop, food trucks, and “The Spookeasy Bar,” which serves specialty spooky cocktails for those 21 and over. There is a half-mile long self-guided tour, which has tons of intricately carved and illuminated jack-o-lanterns to see. Event returns Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.tixr.com/groups/ nightsofthejack/events/nights-ofthe-jack-9-30-49073

HAUNT O’WEEN Haunt O’ Ween’s 200,000-squarefoot playground of Halloweenthemed games, performances, rides, and attractions is back in Woodland Hills beginning this Friday, Sept. 30, with the action continuing on select dates through Oct. 31. Go trick-or-treating, walk through thousands of pumpkins, play a multitude of games and rides, get your face painted, enjoy food and drinks. GA tickets run $36-$44. For more information visit, hauntoween.com.

MALIBU FILM SOCIETY FILM SCREENINGS BEGIN NOV. 4

The Malibu Film Society has announced 14 films for the season. In-person screenings will continue

to take place at the Regency Agoura Hills Stadium 8, and had just agreed to resume their free pre-show wine receptions. Their first contender in the race for Best Documentary Feature, "Oleg," is the incredible life story of one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors. Doors will open 30 minutes before showtime so there will be plenty of time to grab your seats. For the latest version of their downloadable screening calendar, visit www.malibu film society.org. The first seven shows are now listed on their website. To start booking your seats, submit your link requests for online screenings on mfsreservations.org. Reservations and link requests are FREE for all members of MFS.

For non-members: remaining seats to in-person screenings (if any) will be made available one week before each show, with advance ticket purchase required (please note: we do not offer dayof-show ticket sales).

CARDIO SALSA AND STRETCH

An energetic Latin dance workout that incorporates salsa, cha-cha, and merengue in an easy-to-follow format. The cooldown will include stretching to relax the body. No dance experience is necessary. Instructed by Jackline Daneshrad. Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Michael Landon Community Center, $5 per class.

CHAIR YOGA

Yoga is a wonderful way to stretch the body and calm the mind. This class helps you develop a strong and flexible spine, feel ease in your joints, and be steady in your balance. Get fit while you sit! Join this peaceful hour of exercise. Instructed by Daya Chrans. Class is organized on Mondays at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

KNITTING

Knit with Sheila Rosenthal is organized every Monday and Friday at the Senior Center at Malibu City Hall from 9 to 10:30 a.m. This is an ongoing drop-in complimentary program. No experience is required.

SENIOR STRETCH AND STRENGTH

Class is organized on Mondays from 1 to 2 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Participants will focus on flexibility, balance, circulation, muscle tone, and breathing techniques. Class will be held outdoors at Malibu Bluffs Park. Register for the month or pay a $5 drop-in rate. For additional information contact (310) 456-2489, Ext. 357, or visit Malibucity.org/seniorcenter.

FARMERS MARKET

Shop for fresh fruits and veggies, prepared food, and more at the weekly Malibu Farmers Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Market located at 23555 Civic Center Way.

MFS's downloadable screening calendar, visit www.malibu film society.org. The first seven shows are now listed on its website. To start booking your seats, submit your link requests for online screenings on mfsreservations.org.

Reservations and link requests are free for all members of MFS. For non-members: remaining seats to in-person screenings (if any) will be made available one week before each show, with advance ticket purchase required (please note: we do not offer day-of-show ticket sales).

Malibu General Municipal Election happening Nov. 8

The nomination period for candi dates for City Council in Malibu’s 2022 General Municipal Election closed on Aug. 17 at 5:30 p.m. Six candidates filed nomination papers before the deadline, and all six have qualified for inclusion on the ballot to fill the two open City Council seats. Malibu City Hall will serve as a Vote Center for 10 days leading up to and including Election Day, Nov. 8. City election information will be posted and updated on malibucity. org/190/Election-Information as it becomes available.

Free vaccine clinic at the Malibu Library

LA County Department of Pub lic Health is partnering with LA County Library to provide free flu vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines, and updated bivalent boosters to peo ple 6 months of age and older, at the Malibu Library on Wed, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No health insurance is required.

Updated bivalent boosters help protect against the original corona virus strain and the newer Omicron strains.

Make an appointment online at your preferred location to avoid longer wait times. Appointments available on myturn.ca.gov. Search by zip code.

*Open for walk-ins. Vaccines available while supplies last.

A consent form is required for all minors ages 6 months through 17 in order to be vaccinated.

• Youth ages 16 and 17 years of age should be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian if pos sible. If this is not possible, they must bring a consent form signed by their parent or legal guardian.

• Children ages 6 months through 15 years must be accompanied by their parent, legal guardian, or a responsible adult. If the child is ac companied by a responsible adult, the consent form must name the responsible person and be signed by the parent or legal guardian.

Project permitting processes updated to improve customer service for residents

The city has introduced several new modifications to the Planning Department’s project application process to improve the customer experience and make processes more

efficient and transparent for resi dents who are rebuilding, building, renovating, or repairing their homes. Most project submittals can now be made online through a new portal rather than submitting in person at City Hall or by email. For more information, visit malibupermits. ci.malibu.ca.us/PlApp.html.

Malibu General Municipal Election

“Measure MC” Transactions and Use (Sales) Tax

Measure MC, the city’s Trans actions and Use (Sales) Tax, will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot. If ap proved by voters, the measure will raise the sales tax in Malibu from 9.5 percent to 10 percent, and the city could use the revenue for, among other potential uses, to benefit the community:

Maintain public safety and emer gency services

• Address homelessness

• Clean and maintain parks and other public areas

Address traffic regulation

Maintain coastal waters

• Maintain and improve natural areas

• Provide support to local busi nesses

Additional information:

Certain groceries and prescription medications would not be taxed

• It is estimated that 73 percent would be paid for by tourists and visitors to Malibu (According to a report prepared by the City’s sales tax consultant, HDL Companies)

• Taxpayer Accountability Mea sures:

All funds generated by Measure MC will go to the City

• Mandatory financial audits and annual public reports

This information was also sent out by mail citywide to households in Malibu. This message is provided as a public service by the City of Mal ibu for your information only. For more information, visit the City’s Elections webpage at malibucity.

org or contact the City Clerk at CityClerk@MalibuCity.org or call (310)456-2489, ext. 228.

Wildfire season fire conditions update

Highlights from the Community Fire Season Briefing: Conditions for this fall and winter are anticipated to be near to above normal monsoonal showers and thunderstorms through mid-September, with rainfall well below normal in late September through December.

Temperatures are expected to be well above normal through De cember (but not as severe as the recent heatwave). A near normal amount of Santa Ana wind events is expected from October through December. Severe/extreme drought conditions continue for the region. Typical peak fire conditions occur in October, November, and December, with Santa Ana wind events coin ciding with dry fuels before green grasses emerge, resulting in about 8 high-risk days.

Live Fuel Moisture and Condi tions — LFM currently 61 percent (near critical) — As part of contin uous wildfire preparedness, the city tracks Live Fuel Moisture (LFM) as well as relative humidity, tempera ture, and dead fuel moisture to de termine fire conditions for Malibu. LFM is at 61 percent as of Sept. 29, down from 63 percent two weeks earlier. The LFM is the percentage of water content to dry matter in live vegetation. LFM can be as high as 200 percent and is considered crit ical at 60 percent and below. The Los Angeles County Fire Depart ment Forestry Division conducts sampling approximately every two weeks and posts the results at fire. lacounty.gov/fire-weather-danger/.

Low LFM levels reaching criti cal are typical for this time of year. Historically Malibu will not see an increase in LFM until substantial rainfall of 2 inches or more arrives, normally in late October and early November. However, below-normal rainfall and above-normal tempera tures are expected from now until December. Currently, fluctuating

temperatures and favorable humid ity, wind, and Dead Fuel Moistures have kept the fire hazard rating in the Santa Monica Mountains at “moder ate.” We will see Red Flag or highly hazardous fire conditions only with strong and consistent wind and low humidity. Conditions will worsen with the arrival of Santa Ana winds.

City Council declares local state of emergency for removal of homeless encampments

The Malibu City Council ap proved declaring a local state of emergency on Sept. 27, initiating a program for reducing the risk of wildfires associated with unpermit ted and unregulated camping within City limits.

The resolution enables the LA County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), LASD-Homeless Out reach Services Team (HOST), and the city to more quickly remove homeless encampments on pub lic property during wildfire season.

LASD and the City are prioritizing removing homeless encampments and unhoused people from the brush-covered hills and canyons of Malibu and placing them into emer gency shelters.

These efforts ensure that the peo ple being removed are connected to a network of healthcare, mental healthcare, and housing services.

The potential for fires originating from cooking and warming fires in homeless encampments poses a se vere threat both for residents and for people living in encampments who may become trapped during a fire.

The annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count in February showed 81 people experiencing homelessness in Malibu, a decline of 66 percent from 239 in 2020 and 157 in 2021.

The decrease in Malibu reflects the positive results of the work by the Malibu Homeless Outreach Team since being enlisted and funded by the city in 2016, in coordination with city staff and the HOST Team.

“I wrote this piece especially in light of 2020, when there were so many tragedies one after another,” Walecki said. “For people who are coming of age right now, I won dered how that might affect them.”

Walecki and her family missed the Woolsey Fire. They were in Connecticut to see her perform in a Yale University musical. Her Mal ibu home suffered smoke damage, but she was distressed about the tragedy in her hometown.

“Woolsey is still something I think about a lot and how it changed Malibu,” Walecki said. “I think it was hard for friends my age too, because that was our childhood and parts of it burned and aren’t going to be back. They (fires) happen all the time too.

Growing up you sort of get used to evacuating.

“That coupled with this really horrible act of mass violence that happened right the day before, I guess I’ve seen a little bit of how that affected the Malibu and Thou sand Oaks community, but I wanted

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to learn more about it.”

Walecki spoke to experts in the field of cumulative collective trauma for the article. This trauma affects those who’ve experienced multiple back-to-back, large-scale tragedies.

“Honestly what these girls went through was so awful and beyond horrible,” she said.

The 24-year-old’s article de tails how, while grieving over the shocking death of Housley, the Pepperdine students were or dered to shelter in place per the university’s protocol. Pepperdine’s campus was specifically designed

for wildfire emergencies.

The article describes a scary mo ment when a first responder mis takenly told the students to evac uate as the fire was bearing down onto Malibu.

“They thought they were safe and then had that upended.” said Walecki, who spoke with an expert who studies how “getting false or misleading information from an of ficial can actually make a traumatic event more traumatic for someone. They feel they can’t trust the people in authority.”

One student recounted to Wal

ecki how she had just put on fuzzy socks before going to bed then was mistakenly ordered to evacuate. In the scramble out the building while struggling to put on shoes she worried she’d be trampled all while crying over the death of her friend.

“It all cascaded at that moment for her,” Walecki said.

“It breaks my heart that people feel their safety is so provisional because they see these acts of vio lence,” said the recent Yale gradu ate, who is interestingly a staff writ er and associate editor at Harvard

Magazine. “When we think about gun violence we’re often talking about statistics. One in four peo ple killed in mass shootings are children and teens. We don’t nec essarily think about the individual stories.”

Walecki has written on a wide va riety of subjects, including a profile of the musician Esperanza Spald ing, the upward mobility gap in the U.S., and slime mold.

The Malibu native is currently writing a book about her family’s celebrated music store, Westwood Music.

be back, and it’s a really wonder ful thing to see everyone in the community coming back for this event,” DeAngelis said.

Festival attendees were offered a selection of barbecue foods, snacks, and beverages, and, of course, a wide selection of pies.

Guests were treated to a day of live musical performances by rock band U.S. 99, guitarist and vocalist Gabe Deibel, Ukamusic featuring Naomi Louise Warne, Malibu Middle and High School Soloists,

Among the musical performanc es was a tribute to the Melvin Eddy Blues Band.

Eddy was a member of Malibu United Methodist Church for over 20 years, was part of the church choir, and had performed in ev ery pie festival. Pastor Stenberg announced that the stage in the church courtyard would be re named the Melvin Eddy Stage, and would soon feature a plaque in his honor.

“He was with the pie festival from the very beginning, and since he means so much to us as a church

family, we felt it was appropriate to dedicate the stage to him,” Sten berg said.

The festival featured booths where guests could buy pie festi val merchandise, get a chiropractic massage, enter the pie eating con test and get coffee to enjoy with their slices of pie.

Guests could also bid on art during the festival’s silent art auc tion.

Children at the festival enjoyed the church’s nursery school play ground and were offered activi ties such as a face painting booth, spin art, Jenga XXL and cornhole games.

The main events of the pie fes tival were the pie baking and pie eating contests.

The pie baking competition was split up into five adult categories and two child categories.

The adult categories included apple, fruit, chocolate, vegan, and seasonal.

The child categories were split up by age group, ages 9-14 and ages 8 and younger.

The judges were made up of local community leaders representing Malibu City Council, Pepperdine University, Boys & Girls Club of Malibu, and Malibu United Meth odist Church, among others.

Former Malibu UMC Pastor Larry Peacock was one of the fes tival’s judges, his first time acting as a pie judge.

Peacock co-created the Malibu Pie Festival over 30 years ago and said it was a special experience to be part of an event that has carried

Uhring said he remembers that when he was on the plan ning commission and the SMC satellite location was brought up; County officials claimed they would not impact the market. “The discussion at that point in time was, ‘do we need to put this in writing?’ and somebody fool ishly said, ‘no, no.’ We’ve gone back to the County. They are ba sically not responding.”

A few weeks ago, the market set up at Legacy Park, and, according to Uhring, “it worked.”

on fundraising for the church for so many years.

“I’m excited, happy, overjoyed to see all the participation that’s happened for over 30 years.” Pea cock said.

Stenberg said Peacock loved pie and praised his idea for giving the church’s great bakers the oppor tunity to share their desserts with the community.

“Our church family has some in credible bakers, just phenomenal bakers and everyone knew that so he wanted to create an event for them that was geared for them,” Stenberg said.

Peacock said it was an interest ing experience to be a judge for the first time after being part of the event for so many years. He said he wasn’t allowed to participate as a judge in the past due to his knowledge of who baked the pies. He judged the apple and vegan categories.

“It was a sweet experience, to say the least,” Peacock said.

Valerie Seabaugh and Lynda Pingatore stood out among the winners of the pie baking contest. Each took home multiple ribbons for placing in the top 3 in multiple pie categories.

Seabaugh won first place in the vegan category, second in vegan and chocolate, and third in sea sonal.

Pingatore won first place in seasonal and apple, and third in chocolate.

Seabaugh, who is a member of Malibu United Methodist Church, said the contest for her is

Legacy Park, however, has re strictions as to how many events can be held. Uhring said the City’s CUP dictates the market can only be held on “institutional areas.”

However, Uhring cited the Trancas Market concerts, saying they have been unpermitted. “I’ve never seen so many speed bumps put up on a project like for this.”

Uhring recounted bringing up assistance for the market at the last council meeting. “Karen Far rer recognized and agrees with me we should be doing some thing for Legacy Park.” The other council members didn’t proceed, so Uhring says he will bring up

not about winning, but the fun of being in the kitchen and knowing she’s helping raise money for the church. She encouraged everyone in the community to come enjoy pie and help raise money for the church.

“Come and eat pie, how easy is that? You help raise money by eating pie, it’s the best way ever to raise money,” Seabaugh said. “It’s such a good cause. This church is part of the bedrock of this community.”

The festival concluded with the pie eating contest. The contestants lined up in front of the stage where each contestant received a choco late cream pie to eat. Contestants were not allowed to use their hands or utensils to eat their dessert, so they had to eat face first.

the market relocation at the next meeting. “We’ve got to help these folks out. I thought we were on a path to get it done. I was wrong.”

Bianco is asking County offi cials to live up to commitments they made to her, but it is unclear if those commitments are legally enforceable.

Malibu City Information Offi cer Matt Myerhoff told the Mal ibu Times that the City Manager reported to the City Council on October 10 that he explored try ing to relocate the market tem porarily to the city owned Chili Cook-Off lot. Unfortunately, he found out that LA County Health

The winner was 8-year-old Bay Bagshaw. She said the competition was fierce, but she trusted in her pie eating strategy.

“I was desperate, I was so scared I was going to lose but then I just dunked my face in the pie!” Bag shaw said, “I thought it was fun winning and eating so much pie quickly.”

Stenberg said she was happy the event continues to give the com munity a fun way to come together and support the church.

“Our vision as a church is to cre ate compassion and community, so we want to create this space for people to have fun, interact with one another, enjoy live music and be a community together. To have pie together is just icing on the cake,” Stenberg said.

Department regulations prohibit a farmers’ market to be held on a dirt lot. Myerhoff wrote, “The City will continue to work with the Farmers Market to explore all options that are permissible under City code.”

“When we were at Legacy Park, it was the most enjoyable Sun day we had in a long time. There was shade, and the vendors and residents were happy. Our job at City Council is we’re supposed to be taking care of the residents. We’re supposed to be improving the quality of their life. When it was at Legacy Park, it made peo ple happy,” Uhring concluded.

Pie-eating contest winner Bay Bagshaw, left, and Bardot Bagshaw are shown during the pie eating contest at the Malibu Pie Festival. Photo by Devon Meyers/TMT

Embree: Yes. The funding is more than adequate under all scenarios proposed by the current factions. Our schools have been at the bottom of the totem pole for far too long. It’s time to become independent and use our property taxes to fund state-of-the-art schools that will attract families and students. Reducing yearround STRs and Pacaso fractional ownership real estate will bring families back to Malibu.

Henry: Yes, although Malibu’s student population is currently low relative to when I graduated from Malibu High in 2010, I en vision Malibu having the nation’s premier school district in the near future.

This is an issue of local con trol, as we are currently within a District that neither understands nor meets Malibu’s needs as a community. We pay SMMUSD over twice as much in property taxes versus what we receive in return. We owe it to our students to offer the best possible public education and extracurricular programs, which they are not cur rently receiving. This has resulted in many families opting to send their children to private schools or homeschool.

As we limit STRs, continue Woolsey rebuilds, and explore housing options affordable to Malibu’s working class and young families, our student population will grow once again.

Riggins: The studies done by experts in our community show that a Malibu Unified School District is financially viable. Ad ditionally, we have seen that par ents have responded positively to a healthy, safe school site with the increase in enrollment at Mali bu Middle School. Having local control will allow our residents to make decisions in Malibu about how our schools operate, fund raise and educate our children.

We need to take additional steps to create a community that fam ilies want to live in by increasing our community recreation and fulfilling the unmet sport facili ties needs of our community out lined in our General Plan.

Sampson: Contrary to the “loaded” question, Malibu can and will support its students.

The population has indeed de creased - in large part due to Woolsey and the unacceptably slow rate of rebuilds. Every house converted to a short-term rental is a house that will deprive our schools and our community of school children. Every house sold to an eight-member LLC, such as Pacaso, for use as the equiv alent of a time share for once in a while, residents is a house that will not have school children. Part of addressing the school issues is addressing those other issues.

There are smaller and vibrant school districts. We have a pop ulation that values, I would say, cherishes education. We can most certainly have our own school dis trict once we unwrap the tentacles of SMMUSD.

Stewart: While the number of students in the schools today is listed as one of the considerations for a separate school district, it is reported not to be an essential requirement. It is well understood that the present less than satisfac tory nature of the local schools that is driving the demand for separation is also a deterrent to many parents to add their chil dren to the school population.

Build a better to best school system for Malibu, and there is little doubt that the school-age families and their children will return to Malibu and our schools in addition to future Woolsey rebuilds.

Question: How would you address the current situation at Camp Kilpatrick?

Embree: This is currently threatened litigation by the City. My comments are of record op

posing the intensification of use without a California Environ mental Quality assessment. The City was not consulted regard ing emergency evacuation or in mate re-capture scenarios. This is a Public Safety problem that the the Public Safety Commis sion should have tracked and reviewed.

Henry: High-level offenders have no place in a minimum-level facility, and I am committed to working with our County Super visors to address this irresponsi ble and short-sighted decision. Camp Kilpatrick is located in an extremely high-risk fire region, surrounded by private homes, and lacks the infrastructure and security to ensure that high-level offenders do not pose a threat to public safety.

Riggins: Our partners at the County and State level are mak ing policies that do not include input from all stakeholders, and this needs to change. The intensi fication of those being housed at Camp Kilpatrick was implement ed without considering the effects on neighbors, and any neighbor concerns were dismissed.

Our city leaders need to work with the County and State to change how their decisions are made, and they need to be shown that we are willing partners to find solutions to mutual issues, but our concerns are valid. The facilities at Camp Kilpatrick need to be improved to reflect the change in use both for the protection of the neighbors but also for the people who work and are housed at the facility and other facilities like it.

Sampson: The best solution would be to persuade the Los Angeles County Board of Super visors to rescind its decision to place serious offenders in a facili ty designed for lower level offend ers. I have personally worked with those lower-level offenders in an effort to provide them some hope in what, in almost all instances, have been very bleak lives. I have never felt threatened. Now I do.

The vote of our outgoing Su pervisor, Sheila Kuehl, was sim ply wrong in my opinion. What the Supervisors can do, they can undo, and we should certainly re quest same.

If all else fails, this may be an issue to litigate for the protec tion of our residents, a potential solution not lightly undertaken. It is expensive, and the results are never 100 percent certain. Lawyers specializing in the field should be consulted so that we may review our options to protect our residents.

Stewart: Kilpatrick and its po tential felons who are not really juveniles is a problem caused by the County and must therefore be solved by the County. Hav ing a new County Supervisor for our District 3 will hopefully bring a fresh view to the problem and a favorable solution. In the meantime, we must pursue our current approach of demanding the proper environmental review be in place before Kilpatrick ex pands operation, working with our fellow cities in the area for a regional voice of disapproval and potentially a regional legal response if needed.

Question: What is your plan to address homelessness in Malibu?

Embree: We need an outside Malibu facility, near medical and mental health resources, that we can offer housing to our home less population. We have a no -camping ordinance that can be enforced and can bring the unhoused to this facility if they oblige. I proposed an oversized vehicle ordinance in the 1990s, which was opposed by the City Attorney, who had ideas to crim inalize sleeping in vehicles and add no camping. They were two different concepts, and Malibu lost on historic prohibition of oversized vehicles as a result –conflating the two issues.

Henry: In 2017, Los Angeles

County voters approved Mea sure H, a quarter-cent sales tax increase to address homelessness. This year, Malibu did not receive any Measure H funds due to the narrow scope of qualifying proj ects, so we must work with our County leaders to ensure that we can utilize these funds in order to do our part to tackle home lessness.

Riggins: We need to continue to support our local groups that are working with the homeless, they are our frontlines and know best what policies and programs are working. We need to also work with the County of Los Angeles and State of California to ensure that we have access to the billions of dollars in funds that have been allocated to address homelessness. Our Homelessness Taskforce has been doing great work to find solutions for the proliferation of vehicles that have been parking overnight on our local streets. We need to provide tools to our lo cal law enforcement so they can effectively enforce our local laws when illegal activity occurs.

Sampson: I have served on the City of Malibu Homelessness Task Force for more than a year. I have learned quite a bit about the problem of homelessness. The problem was not caused by nor did it originate in Malibu. Malibu should not be called upon to fix a problem, not of its creation. Sym pathetic assistance in going to a location that can provide services is essential.

The City is currently pursuing the possibility of three beds out side of Malibu to which willing persons can be transported. Those unwilling to accept assistance should bear the consequences of that decision - not be tolerated abusing residents. Discouraging others similarly situated from moving here following other bad choices is one of my goals. If po tential new residents of this sort learn that bad behavior will not be tolerated, they won’t come - word travels fast in every community.

Stewart: Malibu has quietly addressed the homeless problem with its contract with the People Concern, the Sheriff’s Homeless Support and Mental Teams, and the volunteerism of its residents. The year-over-year reduction in the official homeless count is testimony to the success of those efforts. The impact of Martin v. Boise, the most recent extension of that decision, and the State’s passage of the CARES Act, brings another set of challenges to how we deal with the homeless. Clearly, we need a Boise compli ant Alternative Sleeping Location to address those still living on the street. However, this is a regional matter and should be addressed with the County and our area Cities to create an effective and efficient regional solution rather than a Malibu-only problem and solution.

Question: Where do you propose to put a tow lot?

Embree: The Civic Center is the proper strategic location for a year-round operation of a tow service and vehicle impound lot and has zoning conducive to this historic use.

That is totally different from the temporary detention/recla mation location that the Public Safety Commission and City Council improperly imposed on Point Dume. Malibu High School’s parking lot was unused on peak enforcement dates. A bet ter relationship with SMMUSD officials, and Board, could have implemented in that location. Because the City Council hears Appeals from Planning Commis sion, I know and will do better. My opponent, Doug Stewart, fills a seat on the Public Safety Commission and parroted a false narrative that 1,000 tows needed to be done, that the City made a substantial income from each tow, and that the Point Dume lot was essential. I served on Public Safety Commission longer than

Doug and know that was untrue and wrong and violated zoning.

Henry: The current tow lot location at PCH between Port shead and Heathercliff is not the correct location. I propose we re-engage SMMUSD to utilize space at Malibu High School for this purpose. Alternatively, us ing a small portion of the Chili Cook-Off site or another parcel in the Civic Center area may be an option.

Riggins: We have two needs when it comes to local vehicle towing and storage. We have a year-round need and a summer seasonal need. Our year-round towing and storage needs should be housed in our civic center area; unfortunately, there is not currently a location to meet that need. Our summer seasonal need should be located closer to our most popular beaches and public areas. Our Public Safety commis sion is focused on identifying lo cations for the future; we need to see what they identify as potential sites and determine what is best for our community.

Sampson: The term “tow lot” is a misnomer. We are talking about a temporary “impound” lot used until vehicles are towed to a true tow lot outside of Malibu. If an impound lot is truly needed, it should be where it has been in past years – in the upper park ing lot at Malibu High School. A little give and take with the school district should accom plish that task – as advocated by Councilmembers Uhring and Silverstein.

I do question whether an im pound lot is needed in Malibu at all. A better solution is to find ways to better prevent the need to tow vehicles in the first instance, and to have more tow trucks available to tow the vehicles to a true tow lot outside of Malibu – which also will help to reduce the number of vehicles requiring

towing once word gets out of the extreme cost and inconvenience to the offenders.

Stewart: There is only a need to have a temporary day impound location/lot during heavy visitor times of the year. This is in effect a parking lot to bring impounded cars to until the owner can re deem the vehicle that same day or have it transferred to the tow company’s actual tow yard outside of Malibu. There are only a few land parcels that are zoned for such a temporary site, and even most of those are not workable. One of the unused parking lots at the high school was the tradi tional location for this require ment. Because of the school con struction programs, this was not practical for the last few years.

However, the School District, as part of the recent City approvals for additional new construction, has agreed to work with the City to reopen the school lots in the future. This should solve the prob lem going forward.

Question: What is your plan for library set aside funds?

Embree: As I stated above, I support a Western Malibu Li brary project with the $16 mil lion funding becoming available for City use. A combined facility could provide meeting rooms for Seniors, Teens and soundproof

rooms for podcasts and musical instrument practice and record ing while continuing the Speakers Series.

Henry: I would explore using our library set aside funds for pub lic amenities such as a cultural and performing arts center, commu nity garden, meeting space, and youth and senior facilities. Malibu sorely lacks venues for residents to gather, and a multi-purpose meet ing space on the western half of town would be a valuable addition to our community.

Riggins: The library set aside funds should be used to continue and develop educational programs in our community. We should cre ate programs that highlight our environment and the great pro grams and policies that Malibu has implemented to improve our environment, including Malibu Dark Skies, Poison Free Malibu, and our Plastic straw/utensil ban. We should be hosting classroom programs throughout our com munity to show how fragile our world is and how to protect this great place we call home. We should also be creating programs to increase access to our local li brary. We should be making sure that everyone in our community has access to library programs and features, especially those with limited mobility.

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Sampson: The use of library set aside funds is governed by a “Memorandum of Understand ing” between the City and the County. The funds are for Mal ibu’s use alone. Use of the funds outside Malibu is a breach of the contract.

It appears that a substantial sum of Malibu’s money has been misappropriated for uses incon sistent with the contract. There will be legal and tactical decisions made as to whether recovery can or should be pursued. I’ll exer cise prudence in that regard. It is clear that mistakes were made and must be avoided going forward.

A West Malibu branch, a Chu mash exhibit, or a performing arts center added to the existing library are all possibilities. The County is holding our money for these purposes depending on resident desires.

Stewart: The Library set aside funds are governed by an agree ment with the County, and that agreement must be followed as to the use of funds and the library projects to serve the needs of Malibu. Since this agreement was created nearly two decades ago, the purpose and use of the Mal ibu library has evolved to meet the digital world. The underlying agreement needs to be followed and potentially updated to use the accumulated excess funds to deliver the library facilities and operations that Malibu should have to address the needs of the 21st century.

Question: What will you do to slow down speeds and increase safe ty on PCH?

Embree: The only tried-andtrue method that really works is ENFORCEMENT. The posted signage has little effect on com muter traffic. The CHP specializes in traffic law enforcement and is world-class. I was here for 10 years between 1982 and 1992 and saw myself the superior effectiveness of the CHP at keeping speeds on PCH down and performing their duty as a visible deterrent to road races and street take-overs. I will use my knowledge of statistics to expose PCH’s high-fatality rate as eligibility for enhanced safety fund ing (and CHP patrols). I would use my experience and political connections, and use the City’s lobbyist, in combination to repeal California Vehicle Code section 2400.6 which discriminates against Malibu, specifically, to withhold traffic law enforcement from the City of Malibu.

Henry: Racing on PCH is a dire public safety threat, and it is our responsibility to ensure that

law enforcement patrols the most prone areas, which are typically along the longest stretches between traffic lights. I support budgeting for additional patrolling, and lob bying the state legislature to bring the Highway Patrol back to PCH. I would explore installing radar devices along PCH to alert law enforcement when extremely high speeding occurs.

Riggins: We need to increase law enforcement on our local roads, including PCH. We need to provide them the resources and tools to be effective in educating our residents and visitors of our local speed laws. More needs to be done to increase awareness of the effect of excessive speed and noise on our neighborhoods. So many visitors do not respect that we are a residential community and we need to do more to communicate this both through education and enforcement.

Sampson: Malibu is far from alone in facing selfish, reckless, potential killers in motor vehicles. We should have patrols from the California Highway Patrol. A stat ute permits us to hire the CHP but does require that we pay it and it is possible that we are entitled to it without cost - I will join council members Silverstein and Uhring in pursuing that possibility. Asking the State of California to assume some of those patrol costs is worth the effort. I’m unaware of recent studies but given the number of beach and other visitors we have it is reasonable to assume that the bulk of the people on the state’s highway are not Malibu residents.

Decibel meters have been pur chased by the city already. They need to be put into use promptly. If the crazy drivers cannot make noise they are far less likely to come here to perform their menacing stunts. No stunt drivers - fewer wreckssafer highways.

Stewart: PCH through Malibu is 21 miles of state highway that since the early 1990s has been without CHP coverage due to state law (VC 2400.6). Only Santa Clara County has such an onerous pro vision besides Malibu. This must be changed to improve traffic en forcement and place the cost for such coverage where it belongs, at the state level. Additionally, due to both the costs as well as the limit ed availability of additional Sheriff Deputies, we must find more effi ciency and force multipliers to have more enforcement on the street. The reopening of the Sheriff’s sub station in the Civic Center which I fully support will provide the op portunity to reduce travel time to Lost Hills Station as well as put local Sheriff management closer to the Malibu Deputies’ assigned areas. This will yield more Deputy time for traffic enforcement which

is the foundation for controlling speed and improving traffic safety.

Question: Do you believe that anthropogenic C02 emissions con tributed to the intensity and severity of the Woolsey Fire and will contrib ute to the increasing frequency of wildfires over the next decade?

Embree: Yes. My 40 years of liv ing in the Santa Monica Moun tains interface comprises my per spective of how heat and wind cause the live fuel moisture content which directly affects wildfire vul nerability, and both have increased in severity. Temperature extremes in the Valley areas rose to 116 in the late 2000’s which I hadn’t ex perienced in my lifetime and has since hit 117 in 2018. Nationally, hurricanes are more frequent and destructive, tornados too. Undoubt edly, human-caused effects have contributed to regional and global climate conditions.

Henry: One reason I support establishing a community garden in Malibu is to educate the com munity on the benefits of natural farming practices--as promoting healthy, living soils to sequester car bon in our own backyards is one way each individual can combat anthropogenic CO2 emissions and reduce the intensity and severity of wildfires.

Riggins: Poor resource man agement of the Santa Monica Mountains contributed to the devastating effects of the Wool sey Fire and if something is not done it will contribute to the next fire that devastates Malibu. The County of Los Angeles, State of California and Federal government need to do more to mitigate the overgrowth of vegetation in the ar eas surrounding Malibu. Policies need to be implemented that ad dress the overgrowth of vegetation, while protecting the habitat. This has been done in many Wildland Interface Areas and it needs to be done here. Our city council needs to work with local stakeholders to find solutions to this important issue.

Sampson: This is a convoluted question about human-caused cli mate change. It does not matter what my or anyone’s belief is. The fact is that we are undergoing rapid climate change. The great body of evidence is that it is aggravated by human activity particularly emis sions of carbon dioxide.

Fire requires fuel, oxygen and heat according to a firefighter with whom I chat. The simple answer is that more heat means more and more intense fire. It’s a hoax un til your own house burns down. If we cause less heat we’ll have fewer fires.

We will have fires. I propose that a “Malibu Fire Czar” be appointed

with genuine authority to protect our residents as opposed to having only outside agencies ruling our re sponses. We should make certain that our city staff and council can be present during emergencieshelicopter or boat if necessary.

Stewart: CO2 and Climate Change are scientifically linked to the ultimate change in weather patterns. Those same studies cau tion not to link any one particular weather event such as a hurricane or in this case Woolsey to these changing conditions. What is fac tual is that our weather conditions are changing with deeper drought cycles, warmer weather, and po tentially more extreme weather events. Those cause the fuel, wind, and temperature conditions over time to support such a massive fire event as Woolsey as they do ex treme floods or hurricanes as is the case in other parts of the country. This is our new “normal” and we have to prepare and operate our emergency responses as such.

Question: Why should the resi dents of Malibu vote for you?

Embree: My long standing com mitment to this city that I love is evidenced in 30 years of testimony into the record of city council and commission meetings where my actions have made a difference to achieve better outcomes for items affecting our city. I am a good lis tener. I have attended over 1,000 Malibu Council, Commission, and City meetings and will use my institutional knowledge and experience, which goes above and beyond any of the other candidates by several decades. Facts matter. I bring to the table a track record of getting things done. I will hit the ground running with solutions for creative problem solving without trying to reinvent the wheel or sim ply reciting theories.

Henry: I am the candidate who represents a fresh perspective, new ideas, and new energy rather than a business-as-usual approach to leading Malibu forward. Being a lifelong resident and product of our public schools and youth rec reation programs, working in our local businesses and learning the challenges they face, studying lo cal government and urban planning at university level, and serving in a variety of leadership positions has given me a deep understanding of our community and prepared me to represent Malibu on our City Council. I offer a diplomat ic, solution-oriented, level-headed approach to addressing the issues we all face together.

I am committed to making Mal ibu’s government work for us and provide friendly, efficient service rather than making our lives more difficult and impeding necessary reforms. I aim to ensure maximum fairness and transparency at City

Hall, and work to preserve what we love about Malibu for generations to come.

Riggins: There are few people in Malibu that understand what it means to grow up, raise a family, and care for an elderly parent in Malibu. I do. I understand what the Malibu Way of Life truly means and understand the importance of our community. My goals as a city council member will be to bring the residents of Malibu much needed community recreation facilities like a community pool and other com munity facilities. I will continue pursuing the creation of a Malibu Unified School District so that the residents of Malibu can make the important decisions about our local schools. I will work hard to ensure that our government is fiscally re sponsible and maintains our high bond rating so we are in a strong fiscal position to improve the lives of Malibu residents. I ask you to vote for Marianne Riggins for Mal ibu City Council.

Sampson: Residents should vote for Bill Sampson because I have honorably and ably served this community in multiple capacities for over 40 years. I have served lo cal clients for 47 years of practicing law as an estate planner. Obviously serving clients in this role involves numerous important financial de cisions.

However, the most important aspect of this type of client rep resentation is personal. Families many times need to reconcile and I have facilitated that process. Hard decisions about the ability, or not, of the patriarch or matriarch or first successor must be made. Fi nancial? To be sure. Most import ant? Definitely not. Family is most important.

The city lost its way for several years, ignoring its “family,” con cerned primarily with balance sheets and bond ratings instead of our values - a unique, livable, com fortable, coastal village. It’s time to re-direct that emphasis. Communi ty values are not balance sheet lines. Bill Sampson For Malibu.

Stewart: Malibu faces chal lenges from all directions. Regu latory, economic, natural calami ties, crime, and the requirements of our residents are just a few of those challenges. With an annual budget of nearly $90 million and a large number of people directly or indirectly employed by the City, this is a major operation that is best served by leadership that has been tested, is experienced, and can be trusted. Malibu also needs lead ership that knows how to build a consensus, work with others both inside and outside of the City, and foremost, get things accomplished. I bring a decades long history of business and public service lead ership and experience to confront

the challenges that face our City. That is why our residents can feel confident in their vote for me, Doug Stewart, to the Malibu City Council.

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Joshua Malina stars in world premiere play at the Old Globe

Former Webster dad returns to theater roots

By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times

In his nine years as a dad to two Webster Elementary kids, the actor Joshua Ma lina could often be seen around campus volunteering or chaperoning sleepaway trips. Such is the life of an actor with downtime between projects; in Malina’s case, work on the hit television show “The West Wing,” where the popular actor was a series regular playing Will Bailey.

For the last 30 years, the New York-born actor has been busy in Hollywood with roles in the television shows “Scandal,” “Sports Night,” and “The Big Bang Theory” along with film roles in “Bulworth,” “The Amer ican President,” and scores of others. Now the former Malibu resident has gone back to his roots starring in the comedic and cap tivating play “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.”

Malina first landed on Broadway right out of Yale. “I graduated in 1988, and all I wanted to do was theater. I got a classic lucky break because one of my close friends, Aaron Sorkin, had written an incredible play called ‘A Few Good Men.’” Malina called the role a “dream come true.”

“I did the play for 15 months, had the time of my life, and mistakenly thought that a career in theater had been born.” But then stage acting took a backseat as Hollywood called and quickly gave Malina the opportunity to work in film and primarily television, with one of his first recurring roles on “The Larry Sanders Show.”

Malina has now come full-circle with his starring role in the world premiere of “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. It’s a comedy, and as the title suggests, it’s thought provoking. The play

was written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Nathan Englander, whose books Malina was already a fan of. “I read the play and was completely knocked out by it and also recognized it as one of the great roles of my career that I was being offered.” The two had never met until Malina won the starring role.

“It is time finally I have an opportunity, an incredible role in a terrific play, and I’m doing a play again for the first time essen tially in 30 years. I’ve done some things on stage, but not a full play,” the actor said.

“To some extent, I forgot my initial love for acting, which is to get in front of a live

audience and to get that feedback immedi ately. I’ve become used to acting in bits of 30 seconds here and two minutes there, and if you mess up, you go back to the begin ning. There’s something exhilarating about stepping on stage and doing a 120-page play over the course of the next hour and 40

minutes. All day I look forward to the 100 minutes I’m going to spend on stage with the rest of the cast. It’s a very funny play in addition to being moving and taking on some big issues.”

Salt Salon + Shoppe holds Grand Opening party in Point Dume Village last Friday

The newly remodeled space is open and ready for business

By JIMY TALLAL

Last Friday evening, the newly opened women-owned business, Salt Salon + Shoppe, held a Grand Opening bash in Point Dume Village. It seemed no expense was spared to wel come the community — especially the 20and 30-somethings — and show off the gorgeous new salon and gift shop. There were cakes decorated with fresh flowers, a tequila bar, a DJ, a long table spread with one goodie after another from local caterer Malibu Charcuterie, and a row of colorful gift baskets given away in drawings. The bash drew a large crowd that spilled out onto the covered balcony running along two sides of the salon.

The new Salt Salon+ Shoppe occupies the same second-floor space that Oceanne Salon Studio (now permanently closed) occupied for many years — upstairs from Café de la Plage and Sunlife. Two experi enced female hair stylists — Chelsea Bulte and Brooke Cortesi — are the proud own ers of the new establishment, which has been in the planning stages for over a year. It took a while for the space they wanted to open up and then three months for the remodel. Salt Salon actually opened for business over six weeks ago, but the owners

wanted a soft opening before the official Grand Opening last Friday.

“We want to bring the community to gether and be more than just a salon,” they said in an interview. “We want to do com munity pop-up events that bring people together and support local artists when possible.”

The “Shoppe” part of the business name is just that — there’s a small, charming shop inside the salon featuring a well-cu

rated selection of perfect last-minute gifts. Customers there can find hair accessories, bags, totes, slippers, candles, charcuterie boards, coffee table books, and more. It also features jewelry from popular Malibu jewelry maker Brevn Designs. The business partners met when they both freelanced at the generically named Hair Salon at Trancas Country Market, but both have also worked at various oth

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A crowd enjoys the Grand Opening bash for Salt Salon + Shoppe on the balcony of Point Dume Village in Malibu. Photo by Julie Ellerton

(From left) Greg Hildreth as Mark, Rebecca Creskoff as Debbie, Sophie von Haselberg as Lauren, and Joshua Malina as Phil perform in "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank."

Photo by Jim Cox

Malibu activism in action at museum soiree

MALIBU SEEN

By Kim Devore, Entertainment Editor

It’s one of the premier events in Hollywood’s social and entertainment circles. Behind the shimmering hedges and fragrant flower-filled rooftop of the Hammer Museum, locals like Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw mingled and dined with the likes of guest and artist Martin Creed, who was wearing his stylized cowboy hat and cherry red neckerchief. Kate sported a racy lacey showstopper while Estella Provas wowed the crowd in a printed high-necked satin num ber. The starry A-list gala is one of the top gatherings merging the world’s art and entertainment. “Art and Activism” was the theme of this swanky soiree.

Three new exhibitions celebrated the Hammer’s first gala since 2019.

The centerpieces were the dynamic “Picasso Cut Papers,” Joan Didion’s “What she Means,” and Bob Thompson’s “This House is Mine.”

The latter two featured what Hammer Director Ann Philbin said represented the institution’s core values.

“Embedded in the DNA of the Hammer are the

twin engines of art and activism” Philbin announced before the glamourous gathering. There were unions across all kinds of artistic mediums.

Funnyman Will Ferrell tipped his hat to Mark Brad ford during the middle of the Thompson exhibit and Hilton Als and Steven Spielberg walked side-by-side down the stairs into the Hammer’s courtyard preparing to take their seats for a gourmet dinner.

Before relaxing into their Chiavari chairs there was more meet and greet with Laverne Cox, Andrea Bowers and Colman Domingo holding court.

Many recalled Thompson, who died at 39, had a brief but prolific career and examined themes of justice as well as art.

Toasting the wedding

PERSPECTIVE

By Burt Ross, Contributed Column

My bride and I just returned from Italy where our son Isaac married Iris van Berne. As you can tell from the “van,” Iris is from Holland or the Netherlands. In other words, she is Dutch.

This was the first destination wedding I ever attended. My bride and I got married in our backyard. At first I didn’t know why they chose Italy for their nuptials because it’s not halfway between Holland and America, but the halfway point would be somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. It turns out they could not have found a more perfect wedding site — an old seaside villa once owned by J. Paul Getty and only 40 minutes outside Rome.

It was great seeing my son so happy and reconnecting with many of his friends whom I haven’t seen since high school. Both Isaac and Iris have many good friends, which is a tribute to who they are. Iris is an international model, and Isaac is the CEO of recently launched Guest in Residence, a company specializing in cashmere clothing.

Everything was perfect — the weather, the music, the actual service performed by one of Isaac’s closest friends, the fireworks, and, of course, the food, but most moving was the love from those gathered in support of the newlyweds. It was literally one of the four happiest days of my

As the attendees took their seats, Philbin read a per sonal note thanking the evening’s honorees. Cox dressed in a racy sheer black Avant guard number, took the stage to introduce Chase Strangio, the evening’s first nominee. She praised his “unconditional” love for and involvement in trans and queer members of society.  The presentation revolved around LGBTQ and how the fight is far from over.

“This has been an unprecedented year for any trans legislation at the state level,” Cox said during the pre sentation. “Over 250 pieces of anti-trans legislation were introduced this year alone and far too many of those bills have been signed into law.”

Another honoree spoke of the need to lift up diverse voices in art. This year’s honorees join a prestigious list of past inductees, including Diane Keaton, Joni Mitchell, Frank Gehry, and Cindy Sherman.

There was praise and applause, a bit of bubbly, and first-class eats, but the real highlight of this elite affair was the Hammer endeavor which raised a jaw-dropping $2.2 million before the evening was over.

Julie Andrews Turns 87

One-time local  Julie Andrews is known for her

many famous movie roles, but now she has some thing else to celebrate: her 87th birthday. She was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in Surry, England.

In 1956, she created the role of Cockney flow er girl Eliza Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady,” which became one of the biggest hits in Broadway history. But it was the story of an English nanny co-starring fellow Malibuite Dick Van Dyke that made her a household name. “Mary Poppins” became a family favorite, earning her a Grammy and an Oscar. She soared to even greater heights with her role as a nun in the” Sound of Music,” one the highest grossing films of all time. She did a brief stint back at the theater before returning to film, working with hubby Blake Edwards. In the hit “10,” we saw her in roles like never before. Then came “S.O.B.” in 1981 followed by the “The Princess Diaries.”

She was married to Edwards and the union con tinued until his death in 2010. She has one child from a previous marriage as well as several adopted kids and stepchildren.

So happy birthday, Julie; may your four-octave singing voice fill the hills forever more!

life, including my marriage to my bride, the birth of my daughter, and the birth of my son. Since I am approaching 80, that means I average one of these happiest days every 20 years.

I want to share with you parts of my toast: “When I told Isaac that I would be the oldest person at his wedding, he asked if I wanted him to invite somebody older. I thought that was a great idea. As we all know, Isaac is well-connected, and I heard a rumor that he tried to get the Pope to come, but the Pope could not attend because of a scheduling conflict.

Again, that is just a rumor.

I am thrilled that Isaac is marrying a Dutch girl. I have always had the greatest respect for the Dutch. Ever since I read that back in the 1600s the Dutch bought Manhattan for $24 worth of beads and trinkets, I said those are my kind of people. To be honest, I am not sure I would have thrown in the trinkets.

Now I know that both Isaac and Iris love children, but I am a bit worried about my future grandchildren. Isaac is 6 foot 4 inches and Iris is 5 foot 10 inches, and I am shrinking. I tried to calculate at what age I would have to look up to my grandchildren, and I came up with the age of 4.

“Isaac and Iris, you are both talented, beautiful, but most important, you are caring people. You care about your families, and your friends, and, of course, each other. And so I think I speak for everybody here when I wish you a long life of good health and happiness. So let’s raise our glasses and say as the Dutch do ‘Proust’ and as the Jews do, ‘L’Chaim.’”

CPR instruction given at latest Malibu NSDAR meeting

his piece as about “friendship, belief, and passionate ideas.” “The theater is in the round, and you’re liter ally peering into a kitchen where two best friends are reunited after 20 years, and one is radically secular, and one is Hassidic. I’m very interested in how we remember the Holocaust, not just as Jewish people. This story happens to be set in a Jewish milieu, but it has to reach across those lines, or it doesn’t work.” The playwright described Malina in the lead as a “dream get.” “I love his general person presence even before I met him. I find him charming onscreen and off. He’s electric in this role. What he brings to it. I love watch ing his range in it.”

Malina reminisced about his days as a Webster par ent while he was an ensemble player on “The West Wing.” It was a “dreamy dad job,” he said, that allowed for many days off. He even arranged for a history class (not his children’s) to take a field trip to the set of the hit TV show when they were studying the White House.

Now no longer in Malibu, the actor said, “It was a beautiful place to live. I miss the people. My kids had very good experiences in the public school system.”

The play runs through Oct. 23. Because it was com missioned by Lincoln Center, those involved are hop ing it makes its way to New York.

Locals gather in the garden at the Hammer Museum during the recent gala. Photo Courtesy of Hammer Museum

JOSHUA MALINA STARS IN WORLD PREMIER PLAY AT THE OLD GLOBE Continued from B1

(From left) Nathan Salstone as Trevor, Rebecca Creskoff as Debbie, Joshua Malina as Phil, Sophie von Haselberg as Lauren, and Greg Hildreth as Mark in "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank". Photo by Jim Cox

Burt Ross’s son, Isaac, and Iris van Berne recently got married in Italy. Photo by Burt Ross

T he Malibu Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Malibu United Methodist Church. Donna Gilbert gave non-certificated CPR instruction, and the chapter presented the 2022 community service award to Karen Smith of the Malibu Creek Docents.

Photos Courtesy of Ann DeMartini/Malibu NSDAR.

Propelled by Senior Night triumph, Sharks girls volleyball makes playoffs

Second-place berth in Citrus Coast League sends Malibu to CIF playoffs for the first time since 2017

By MCKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

Malibu Sharks girls volleyball player Lucia Granados put her body on the line late in the Sharks’ regular-season finale against Santa Paula on Oct. 12 in the Malibu High gym.

With the match knotted at two sets apiece, the outside hitter and team captain’s pursuit of vol leyball sent her crashing into chairs positioned on the Malibu sideline. As the leaping Granados’ legs banged against the seats, her locked-together hands connected with the ball and sent it over her head and back into play.

“It felt so surreal,” said Granados, a senior. “That was the play of my career. It was crazy. It was per fect.”

Senior middle blocker Bebe Bushnell said the way Granados hustled after the ball as it went out of play was one of the best plays she has seen.

“It was so crazy watching it happen right in front of me,” she said. “It really goes to show her dedica tion to the sport and her teammates.”

Granados’ backwards bump sent the ball to Malibu sophomore Catherine McDonough, who, with an overhead bump of her own, sent the ball over the net. Santa Paula knocked the ball back to the Sharks’ side of the net. Then, after a hit and a set, McDonough rose up and spiked the ball over the net for the kill. Granados later nailed the match-winning point for the Sharks in front of over 100 fans in the stands, who stormed the court in celebration when Malibu’s victory was secured.

Whoa, what a senior night.

The 3-2 victory put Malibu in second place in the Citrus Coast League standings and sent them

to the CIF playoffs for the first time since 2017. That Malibu bunch advanced to the tournament’s semifinals.

Granados, 16, and Bushnell, 17, are the only se niors on this year’s team, and have played volleyball together for four years. They were honored before the match against Santa Paula, and could feel the support from their teammates, family, and friends throughout the evening.

“Senior night was such an incredible experience,” Bushnell recalled. She said it was one of her favorite happenings in her volleyball-playing years. Grana dos said the evening couldn’t have been any better.

“Closing out on a win and securing second place in the league is something we’ve wanted to do for so long,” she said. “It’s an extremely huge success for our program.”

Sharks head coach Derek Saenz said festive en ergy was in the air.

“It was nice to have a loud gym and to have peo ple excited about Malibu volleyball,” he stated.

Granados described the Sharks as a sisterhood but said her relationship with Bushnell is tighter because of the ups and downs the team has had, including the extreme down of losing a season to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Experiencing senior night with her is the best possible thing because I love her as a teammate and a friend,” Granados said of Bushnell.

Their coach said Bushnell improved her volleyball skills each season.

“We saw the best of her this year,” Saenz said. “You could see a change happen in her. She was able to take on more responsibility.”

He said Granados is enthusiastic and brings lots of energy to the gym.

“She isn’t just a smiling happy person,” Saenz said. “She is a worker. She is extremely dedicated to the sport.”

Bushnell called her classmate kind and loving.

“We’ve grown so close, especially during this sea son,” she said of Granados. “I am so grateful for that.”

The two seniors played volleyball as freshmen, but the pandemic eliminated their sophomore seasons. The Sharks were mostly first-year players a season ago, so victories were sparse.

This year’s squad, though, Saenz said, is talented.

“There is that pressure of ‘Oh, we should win,’” he said. “We haven’t felt that responsibility and pressure in a long time. The girls handled that re sponsibility and pressure really well.”

Malibu finished the regular season with a 10-18 overall record, including an 8-4 record in the Citrus Coast League. Malibu downed South El Monte and Le Lycee once each and recorded two wins apiece over Carpinteria, Channel Islands, Fillmore, and Santa Paula.

Saenz said the first victory over Carpinteria stands out because the Sharks didn’t play well but also didn’t give up.

“We scraped through it,” he said. “I told them [that] at every level there are great teams that have days they don’t play well, but the truly great teams don’t give up. They find a way. If you aren’t passing well, serve really tough. Do something else if one category isn’t working for you. A lot of the kids figured that out in that Carp match.”

The Sharks, Granados said, grew together.

“We saw what our faults were and worked to gether to fix them,” she said. “It led us to lots of victories.”

Malibu played the Coast Union Broncos from San Luis Obispo County’s seaside on Tuesday in the first round of CIF Southern Section Division 8 Girls Volleyball Championships. The winner plays the victor of California Lutheran vs. Liberty on Saturday.

Bushnell said Malibu has the prowess for post season success.

“Being able to apply that skill during games and communicate with each other is what will get us through the playoffs,” she said.

Granados said making the playoffs is a great feeling.

“I have a lot of confidence in our ability,’” she said. “I expect the best out of my teammates.”

Malibu/ Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce to hold 2022 Women’s Leadership Awards Luncheon

Tickets are still available for this second annual event being held at Duke’s Malibu

By JIMY TALLAL Special To The Malibu Times

T he newly formed Malibu/ Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce has announced details for its upcoming 2022 Women’s Leadership Awards Luncheon.

The event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Duke’s Malibu restaurant (21150 Pacific Coast Hwy.) A full lunch will be served, including dessert and an open bar, and live music will be provided by local recording artist Eduardo Del Signore. Dr. Denise Ledbetter will be the keynote speaker as well as an honorary speaker Captain Jen nifer Seetoo, of the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station, and past recipient of the Andy Cohen Safety Award.

The nomination period for the Women’s Lead ership Awards closed on Oct. 17. Awards are given in seven different categories: Philanthropy, Safety,

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er places over the years. Brooke has spent years in the hair business as both a hairstylist and make-up art ist, much of it at the John of Italy salon in Westlake Village. Much of her well-established clientele there will be following her move to Malibu.

Chelsea, a Malibu resident, is an experienced small business owner. Salt Salon is her third salon, and she also brings a loyal following to the business. She’s a hairstylist and color ist with a special certification in hair extensions.

Salt Salon’s services include cuts, color, hair extensions, Brazilian blow outs (done outside on the covered bal cony, in the fresh air), and facials. They hope to soon add massages to the list.

The Salt Salon already has a num ber of stylists signed up besides the two owners, including Charlene Har rison, Gary Dowler, Rhonda Johnson, and Jhanna Nichiporovich. They also offer an aesthetician/facialist.

Bulte and Cortesi say they’re al ways looking for more stylists to join them and can offer a variety of days and hours, with benefits like a free massage.

Salt Salon is located at Point Dume Village, 29171 Heathercliff Road, Suite 220, Malibu. Its phone number is (310) 589-1020.

isades Chamber of Commerce. “We’re also honoring both communities that are now part of the Chamber with ‘Pride of Malibu’ and ‘Pride of Pacific Palisades’ awards.”

The Leadership winners will be decided by the

Women’s Leadership Committee, chaired by Er ica Segel, which meets monthly. There have been 50 women nominated for these awards from both Malibu and Pacific Palisades. The exact date for an nouncing the winners has not been determined.

Bruderlin explained that the merging of the Mal ibu and Pacific Palisades Chambers of Commerce just became official earlier this month; and that many Chambers around the state have consolidated in re cent years as a means of sharing administrative costs, etc. For example, all of Santa Barbara County is now under one Chamber, as well as the entire Conejo Valley.

Event sponsors so far are Pepperdine University and The Malibu Times at the Platinum level; Santa Monica College and Tanenbaum Law Offices at the Gold level; International Protective Services and Milestones Ranch Malibu at the Silver level, and Malibu Table Maven and CurtCo at the “Champions of Women” level.

Tickets for the awards luncheon are $100 for Chamber members and $120 for non-mem bers. Tickets may be purchased online by visiting malibu.org.

The Malibu High girls volleyball team earned a spot in the CIF playoffs. Shown from left are Catherine McDonough, Kate Mulder, Jasmine Bellamy, Lucia Granados, Avery Greco, Mia Thomas, Coco Lupo, and Bebe Bushnell. Photo contributed.

Health, Community Service, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, Women Breaking Barriers, and Life time Legacy.

“People are excited about the seven categories,” said Barbara Bruderlin, CEO of the Malibu/ Pacific Pal

Photos by Julie Ellerton

Malibu Foundation partners with beauty company Clarins in third annual replanting event at Paramount Ranch

up into three distinct phases of impact: Relief, Rebuild, and Resilience.”

Replant Love 2022 is supported by a team of sponsors, brands, and influencers from all around the country who care about preserving and advo cating for the environment.

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

Clarins and the Malibu Foundation are part nering together again for the third annu al Replant Love event on Nov. 5. Since 2019, the Malibu Foundation has replanted 12,000 plants in the Santa Monica Mountains. This year, they plan on planting 5,000 new plants in the ground.

Paramount Ranch is part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMN RA), a unit of the National Park Service. The ranch is an integral part of Hollywood's history. The location served as an iconic backdrop for de cades of film production, generating hundreds of TV shows and commercials.

On Nov. 8, 2018, the Woolsey Fire destroyed 88 percent of the Santa Monica Mountains, impact ing nearly 97,000 acres, including the historical Paramount Ranch. Since then, the Malibu Foun

dation is committed to rebuilding areas affected by the fire.

“Our goal is to ensure a climate-resilient com munity that is sustainable,” its site states. “To

achieve this, we coordinate with organizations in the public sector that provide economic devel opment, emotional support, and advocacy to help us leverage our impact. Our mission is broken

Clarins, a family-owned, plant-based beauty company offers skincare innovations for face and body, makeup, men’s care, and treatment fragranc es. With unique expertise in phyto-chemistry, Cla rins Laboratories are considered pioneers in the fields of plant science and technology.

The two have teamed up to replant trees and shrubs that will help restore the mountain land scape and prevent future fires.

“Our goal is to help restore the Santa Monica Mountain landscape and prevent future fires by planting resilient native plants,” the website says.

“Native plants create fire hardened landscapes and encourage pollinator activity. This year, we’re du ally focused on conserving water as California is in its third year of the mega-drought.”

In addition to a day of fulfilling work, partic ipants can look forward to food trucks, compli mentary beverages and snacks, seed bomb stations, and other fun goodies.

Those interested in volunteering, visit replant love.com. The event takes place on Sat, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m.

St. Aidans Episcopal Church hosts the 17th annual Harvest of Hope Fundraiser for three recipients

Funds raised benefit the Malibu Community Labor Exchange, IRIS, and the Red Cross

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, a 501(c)3 nonprofit held the 17th annual Harvest of Hope Fund raiser on Saturday, Oct. 1, which benefits local organizations such as the Malibu Community Labor Exchange, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ser vices (IRIS), and The International Committee of the Red Cross.

"We were overwhelmed this year by the generosity of the Malibu business community," St. Aidan’s Har vest of Hope Wine Festival, Silent Auction Co-Chair Rebecca Sprigg said. "We set records for funds raised. This would not have been possible without help from the many businesses that donated their products and services to the Silent Auction. Most importantly, all funds raised went to nonprofits promoting peace and social justice in Malibu and beyond."

The annual Harvest of Hope raises funds for organi zations working for peace and social justice in Malibu and surrounding cities.

Attendees enjoyed an evening at the Malibu church overlooking the Pacific Ocean, live music, delicious food, and an opportunity to support the organizations.

The Malibu Community Labor Exchange provides day laborers with jobs as well as training and support.

Interfaith, Refugee, and Immigration Services (IRIS) offer refugee resettlement assistance, employment placement, and immigration legal aid.

The International Committee of the Red Cross helps those affected by armed conflict around the world and promotes compliance with international humanitarian law.

Individuals also participated by making donations or placing an ad in their event program; rates were: quarter page $250, half page $500, or full page $1,000. Purchasing tickets to events, suggested donations were $50 individual and $100 family.

Malibu Arts Commission accepts donated art piece by David Kramer

Panel looks to create formal policy on accepting donations, seeks community input for arts center at City Hall

By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times

The Malibu Arts Commission met on Sept. 27. Commission members raised multiple ques tions regarding temporary use permits to host events.

Commissioner Peter Jones asked Community Service Deputy Director Kristin Riesgo if the poetry jubilation event required a temporary use permit.

"It did not, we kind of go by intended use, and we we're only expecting less than 30 people," Riesgo said.

"That's what the part is made for, to have an event of that size and it wasn't disrupting parking and we didn't need extra restrooms; those kinds of things disrupt TUPs."

Vice Chair Fireball Tim Lawrence provided an Ad

Hoc Committee update on the recent art exhibition featuring S. Heather Edwards which took place on Sat, Oct. 1, at Malibu City Hall. Her exhibit will run through Nov. 10. As for ad hoc updates, the Malibu Middle School Poetry Workshops began on Oct. 6 and Distance Learning begins on Oct. 18.

The commission discussed the arts center commu nity survey and statement and will address the types of questions they will ask in the next meeting.

Recreation Coordinator Amanda Rigali presented the request from artist David Kramer regarding a donation of a stained-glass art piece installation to be displayed at City Hall. The art features four multicolor surfboards on a blue background. Rigali provided potential display locations inside City Hall.

Jones quickly rejected the donation due to a list of resources and requirements such as insurance, mainte nance, and more.

"The artist would have to clearly state and sign an agreement that the city of Malibu, the Arts Commis sion, and any other entity that we can consider, has no liability whatsoever," Jones said. "So under those terms, I recommend that we turn down the gift offer and that

we consider whether or not this piece meets the aesthetic criteria that we may enjoy."

Commissioner Barry Haldeman also agreed with Jones about rejecting the donation.

Commissioner Julia Holland spoke with Kramer and said the piece would be an excellent addition to City Hall.

"I think more people should donate," Holland said. "I feel like we should have more art in this place."

Malibu Arts Chair Lotte Cherin agreed with Jones on rejecting the donation.

"I think if we're going to have a collection, we need to address this as a commission, and we need to have the finances and resources to take care of things," Cherin said. "Otherwise, I think a lot of people are going to be donating and we're not quite sure what to do, how to handle, how to insure, I think there needs to be a formal procedure."

Lawrence said they shouldn't reject donations upon request.

"As an arts commission, we want to promote these kinds of things, [but] we have to make sure that we're covered...," Lawrence explained in reference to whom

would be responsible for the art work if it was vandalized and wanting to look into adding it to the insurance policy.

Kramer joined the call and said the art piece would be a donation and not require liability.

"It's a piece of artwork that's 18 inches by 22 inches; doesn't take up a lot of room," Kramer said. "I would like to donate it to the city, no liability, and I would like for the people of Malibu to see it along with the other surfboards that are in the city."

After hearing Kramer's comments, Lawrence said they should consider accepting the donation to get the ball rolling. Jones said they could display the art pieces for one year.

Cherin said they can accept the art piece for a year until they create a formal policy.

"I'd like to accept the pieces as a loan and thank Mr. Kramer for his thoughts on donating it," Cherin said. "This is a great and generous gesture and I think it's good to accommodate this."

The commission moved to add the item to the agenda.

The next Malibu Arts Commission meeting is sched uled for Oct. 25.

National Park Service also teams up to beautify and restore the Santa Monica Mountains

Since 2019, the Malibu Foundation has replanted 12,000 plants in the Santa Monica Mountains. It looks to add more on Nov. 5 at the third annual Replant Love event. Contributed Photo

St. Aidan's Episcopal Church Harvest of Hope fundraiser on Oct. 1 offered delicious food and live music (from the band Old Dawgs New Tricks) for its audience. Contributed Photos

Lucy Larson (left) and Sandy Harrison enjoy themselves at the St. Aidan's Episcopal Church Harvest of Hope fundraiser on Oct. 1.

A fundraiser attendee checks out some of the items up for bid at the Silent Auction, which was part of the St. Aidan's Episcopal Church Harvest of Hope event.

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Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of: HEATHER AMBER STONE ON BEHALF OF MINORS: LUNA STONE AND CELESTE STONE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner HEATHER AMBER STONE a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name: a. CELESTE STONE b. LUNA STONE

Proposed Name: a. CELESTE HEATHER MALDONADO b. LUNA XOCHITL MALDONADO

The Court orders that all persons interested in this mat ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing:

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Petitioner JOAQUÍN RAMIN SERRANO TOWNSEND a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name: JOAQUÍN RAMIN SERRANO TOWNSEND

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The Court orders that all persons interested in this mat ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing:

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-18-825804CL Order No.: 730-1803359-70 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/14/2007. UN LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Iris Martin, an unmarried woman Recorded: 2/16/2007 as Instrument No. 20070337577 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGE LES County, California; Date of Sale: 10/27/2022 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Pla za, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $4,343,545.36 The purported property address is: 27009 SEA VISTA DRIVE, MALIBU, CA 90265 Assessor's Parcel No.: 4460-017-038 NOTICE

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bid ding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY

OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgag ee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-18-825804-CL

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an "eligible tenant buyer," you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an "eligible bidder," you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-18-825804-CL to find the date on which the trustee's sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee's sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee's sale. If you think you may qualify as an "eligible tenant buyer" or "eligible bidder," you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional im mediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE OWNER-OC CUPANT: Any prospective owner-occupant as defined in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee's sale shall provide the required affidavit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee's sale or shall have it delivered to Quality Loan Service Corporation by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee's sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to

the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-825804-CL IDSPub #0181190 10/6/2022 10/13/2022 10/20/2022

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T.S. No.: 22-6432

Notice of Trustee’s Sale Loan No.: *******193 APN: 2010-021-013 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 2/7/2007. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceeding Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: William P Thurber, A Married Man As His Sole & Separate Property Duly Appointed Trustee: Prestige Default Services, LLC Recorded 2/15/2007 as Instrument No. 20070330959 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 11/3/2022 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Vine yard Ballroom Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $493,422.44 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 8944 Nevada Ave West Hills California 91304 A.P.N.: 2010-021-013 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be ob tained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. All checks payable to Prestige Default Services, LLC. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 793-6107 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 22-6432. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Notice To Tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (800) 7936107, or visit this internet website www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 22-6432 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the

amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 9/15/2022 Prestige Default Services, LLC 1920 Old Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, California 92705 Questions: 949-427-2010 Sale Line: (800) 793-6107 Briana Young, Trustee Sale Officer MALIBU 230

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EDWARD DATANGEL PAJE CASE NO. 22STPB09568

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of EDWARD DATANGEL PAJE.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ESTEFANIE RESURRECCION in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ESTEFANIE RESURRECCION be appointed as personal representa tive to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the es tate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal represen tative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/02/22 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objec tions or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

JOSHUA R. DRISKELL - SBN 294616, LAGERLOF, LLP 155 N. LAKE AVENUE, FLOOR 11 PASADENA CA 91101 BSC 222314 10/6, 10/13, 10/20/22 CNS-3630190#

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-22-912121SH Order No.: 220179499-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DE FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/22/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JASON H. SCHWARTZ A SINGLE MAN Recorded: 12/30/2004 as Instrument No. 04 3391630 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 11/30/2022 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain lo cated in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $49,440.33 The purported property address is: 5716 SKYVIEW WAY UNIT NO.B, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301 Assessor's Parcel No.: 2051-006-084 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the

highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for pay ing off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post poned one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 619-846-7649 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-912121-SH

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an "eligible tenant buyer," you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an "eligible bidder," you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 619-846-7649, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-22-912121-SH to find the date on which the trustee's sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee's sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee's sale. If you think you may qualify as an "eligible tenant buyer" or "eligible bidder," you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional im mediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE OWNER-OC CUPANT: Any prospective owner-occupant as defined in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee's sale shall provide the required affidavit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee's sale or shall have it delivered to Quality Loan Service Corporation by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee's sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 619-846-7649 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-22-912121-SH IDSPub #0181292 10/13/2022 10/20/2022 10/27/2022

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AS:

COUNTY 2. C/O GATEKEEPER BUSINESS MGMT INC 15010 DOTY AVENUE, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if applicable):

Registered Owner(s):

1. RICHARD K GIBBS 6744 DUME DRIVE, MALIBU, CA 90265

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Orga nization

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true infor mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, RICHARD K GIBBS, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/05/2022.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GEN ERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDI VISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EX PIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSI NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Notice is given that proposals for the contract for Armed and Unarmed Security Services for Public Works Headquarters (BRC0000344) will be received per the instructions listed on the RFP until 5:30pm, Wednesday, November 9, 2022. There are no mandatory conference and walk-through requirements for this solicitation. The estimated annual contract amount is $1,800,000. The Request for Proposals (RFP) with contract specifications, forms, and instructions for preparing and submitting proposals may be accessed at: http://pw.lacounty.gov/ brcd/servicecontracts or will be e-mailed upon request by calling (626) 300-2652 or TDD at (626) 282-7829. 10/20/22 CNS-3632325#

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NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids for the City of Malibu, ENCINAL CANYON ROAD DRAINAGE REPAIR PROJECT SPECIFICATION NO. 2098, will be received by the City Clerk, at Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, California, 90265, at or before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday November 17, 2022, at which time they will be publicly opened and read by the City Clerk (or designated representative).

SCOPE OF WORK

In general, the proposed improvements consist of drain age repair on Encinal Canyon Road or adjacent proper ties. The improvements include the replacement of the existing CMP along with appurtenant work including but not limited to the installation of new storm drains, embankment reconstruction, excavation, clearing, grub bing, pavement removal, asphalt pavement, concrete curb and gutter, AC dike, concrete headwall, concrete apron, construct CMP, stamping, temporary traffic con trol, and all other appurtenant work included and shown in the Contract Documents and Specifications.

The bid shall be submitted and the work shall be per formed by a Class “A” State of California licensed con tractor in strict conformance with the project specifica tions for Encinal Canyon Road Drainage Repair Project, Specification No. 2098 now on file in the City’s Public Works Department.

The City reserves the right to retain all bids for a period of 90 days after the bid opening date for examination and comparison and to delete any portion of the work from the Contract. The City reserves the right to deter mine and waive non-substantial irregularities in any bid, and to reject any or all bids. The bid shall be balanced so that each bid item is priced to carry its share of the cost of the work and also its share of the contractor’s overhead and profit. The City reserves the right to delete any bid item to the extent that the bid is qual ified by specific limitation. An unbalanced bid shall be considered as grounds for rejecting the entire bid. The City shall award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder as the interest of the City may require.

In accordance with the provisions of Division 2, Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code, the California Department of Industrial Relations has established the general prevailing rates of per diem wages for each craft, classification and type of work needed to execute contracts for public works and improvements. The per diem wages published at the date the contract is adver tised for bids shall be applicable. Future effective wage rates which have been predetermined are on file with the Department of Industrial Relations, are referenced but not printed in said publication. The new wage rates shall become effective on the day following the expiration date and apply to this contract in the same manner as if they had been included or referenced in this contract. The website for California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Unit is currently located at www.dir.ca.gov, prevailing wages are locat ed on the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/pwd/ index.htm.

The wage rate for any classification not listed by the California Department of Industrial Relations, but which may be required to execute the proposed contract, shall be in accord with specified rates for similar or compa rable classifications or for those performing similar or comparable duties, within the agency’s determinations.

At the time of submitting the bid the Bidder shall be registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with the provisions of Section 1771.1 of the California Labor Code, as amended by Senate Bill 854. No public work contract may be award ed to a non-registered contractor or subcontractor.

Without exception, the bidder is required to state the name and address of each subcontractor who will perform work or labor or render service to the prime contractor and the portion of the work which each will do in their bid as required by Section 23, "Subcontracts", of the Standard Specifications and in conformance with Public Contract Code, Sections 4100 to 4113, inclusive.

The City will not consider awarding any contract based upon any bid submitted by any contractor nor consent to subletting any portions of the Contract to any subcon tractor located in a foreign country during any period in which such foreign country is listed by the United States Trade Representative as discriminating against U.S. firms in conducting procurements for public works projects.

All bidders are hereby notified that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Business Enterpris es must be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin consideration for an award.

The Contractor may substitute securities for retention monies pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300.

Date this 10th day of October 2022 CITY OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA

Troy A. Spayd, Assistant Public Works Director/Assistant City Engineer

Published: Malibu Times on October 20 and October 27, 2022 MALIBU 236

applicable): 202201410264

Registered Owner(s):

1. LIL LOG CABBIN, LLC

18671 AMALIA LANE, HUNTINGTIN BEACH, CA 92648

If Corporation or LLC- CA State of Incorporation/Orga nization CA

This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

The date registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/2022.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true infor mation which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime). Signed, LIL LOG CABBIN, LLC, MICHELLE PIERCE, MANAGING MEMBER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/11/2022.

NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GEN ERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDI VISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EX PIRATION.THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (SEE SECTION 14411 ET SEQ., BUSI NESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FOLLOWING PERSON IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS

1. COMPOSERS BREAKFAST CLUB

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An electronic copy of plans and specifications may be obtained by prospective bidders from the Public Works Department through mpublicworks@malibucity.org.

All prospective bidders shall abide by the provisions of the Bid Terms and Conditions listed in the project’s specifications.

MALIBU VILLAGE

CROSS CREEK RD #23359, MALIBU, CA 90265, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

18671 AMALIA LANE, N/A N/A, HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648

Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number (if

MOUNTAINS RECREATION & CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meeting for the Malibu Lower-Cost Accommodations Public Works Plan

The Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority (MRCA) is soliciting input from reviewing agencies and the public regarding the scope and content of the Malibu Lower-Cost Accommodations Public Works Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The EIR will be used by the MRCA when considering approval of the plan and by other agencies to support their discretionary actions related to the plan.

The Malibu Lower-Cost Accommodations Public Works Plan serves as the plan for implementing, operating, and managing a variety of park facility improvement projects, public outreach programs and operation and management at the Malibu Bluffs Open Space as well as operation and management of the existing campground at Ramirez Canyon Park.

The project description, location, and potential environ mental effects are included in the Notice of Preparation (NOP) and can be reviewed at: mlcapwp.com.

A Scoping Meeting will be held virtually for property owners, residents, community groups, and affected agencies on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. The Scoping Meeting will discuss the plan and any environmental concerns as well as solicit input on the scope and con tent of the Environmental Impact Report.

RSVP by visiting the link below: tinyurl.com/MalibuPWP

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The 60-day public scoping period began on October 17, 2022 and ends on December 16, 2022.

Written comments related to the scope of the environ mental analysis may be sent to:

Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

RE: Malibu Lower-Cost Accommodations Public Works Plan Attn: Mario Sandoval, Project Manager 26800 Mulholland Highway Calabasas, CA 91302

Comments may also be emailed to: public.comments@ mrca.ca.gov

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Pepperdine's Mallette shooting for more wins

Sophomore guard finished the 2021-22 campaign as the Waves' top scorer at 13.6 points a game

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

Pepperdine Waves men's basketball player Hous ton Mallette was unsure how much dribbling and shooting he would do in games heading into the Waves' first contest of his freshman season nearly a year ago.

Mallette started Pepperdine's game against the Rice Owls on the bench, but early foul trouble for the Waves resulted in the 6-foot-5 guard subbing into the contest early and getting more playing time than expected.

Mallette scored a team-high 18 points, including five three-pointers, and dished out five assists in 37 minutes in the Lone Star State arena. Pepperdine lost the game though, 82-63.

"You just get in the game and you play," Mallette recalled. That he did. All season long.

Mallette finished the 2021-22 campaign as the Waves' top scorer at 13.6 points a game. He also led the team with 71 three-pointers. He was named to

the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team, along with teammates Maxwell Lewis and Mike Mitchell Jr. Mallette was named to the preseason All-WCC team on Oct. 6.

Despite his personal success, Pepperdine finished the year with a 7-25 record. The group closed the season with a seven-game losing streak. The Waves were picked to finish seventh in the 10-team WCC this season by the league's coaches. Perennial powerhouse Gonzaga was

predicted to finish first. Pepperdine was sandwiched between Santa Clara and San Diego in the poll. Mallette described his first collegiate hoops season as a storm because the Waves never found chemistry on the court. "It was really bad," he said. "We didn't click. It was a lot of different situations we were in. You learn from it; you grow from it. That feeling we all had as a team last year sits with us. It tells us now it is time to go out and compete. I don't want to feel like we did last year."

Mallette was a standout player at Pacifica Christian High School in Newport Beach. He was a McDonald's All-American nominee in 2021 and a three-time AllCIF Southern Section first-team player. Mallette also graduated summa cum laude and was on the dean's list. Waves head coach Lorenzo Romar began recruiting Mallette to Malibu when the player was a 10th-grader. Mallette decided to attend Pepperdine because of the trusting relationship he developed with Romar and his assistant coaches.

The 19-year-old scored in double-figures 19 times and had eight 20-point games as a first-year college hoopster. Mallette's season high was a 31-point outing against BYU, the fourth-best scoring showcase ever by a Pepperdine freshman. He also hit a three-pointer in 26 straight contests. However, personal recognition, the sophomore said, isn't important.

"What matters to me is being a great teammate, being a leader," Mallette said. "Those things matter to me. Be

Pepperdine men’s water polo wins consecutive Player of the Week honors

With an 11-10 record going into Tuesday's game against Princeton, Waves host USC at 12 p.m. Saturday

By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times

The Golden Coast Confer ence Player of the Week was a Pepperdine Waves men’s water polo player for two

straight weeks this month. At tacker Dennis Blyashov, a gradu ate student, received the honor on Oct. 13. Freshman attacker Adam Csapo garnered the weekly award seven days earlier.

Blyashov, a two-time All Amer ican at Harvard before graduat ing in 2021, was named the GCC Player of the Week after he record ed three goals and three assists in Pepperdine’s conference-opening win over San Jose State on Oct. 9. Blyashov rang up two goals in the first half. During Pepperdine’s 8-0 scoring run to take control of the contest after halftime and se cure the 13-10 victory, Blyashov

assisted on the tying and go-ahead goals and tossed his third score in the net.

Csapo, a member of the Hun garian National Team system since he was 8, won the player of the week recognition on Oct. 6, four days after he had 12 goals and six assists in a five-game stretch. He had a team-high 18 points in the Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 Gary Troyer Tournament, in which Pepperdine went 4-0, and the Waves’ loss to UCLA on Oct. 2.

Csapo recorded three goals in the loss to UCLA. In the tournament, he had six goals and three assists in a victory over Pomona-Pitzer,

tallied three goals and two assists in a defeat of Air Force, and re corded one assist in a triumph over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. He didn’t register a goal or assist in the downing of Concordia.

Blyashov had three goals in the Waves’ 18-13 loss to Pacific on Oct. 15.

Csapo was scoreless.

Csapo has 41 goals and 20 assists this season, while Blyashov has a team-leading 43 goals and is sec ond on Pepperdine with 31 assists. Pepperdine had an 11-10 record going into their game against Princeton on Tuesday. The Waves host USC Saturday at 12 p.m.

ing someone my teammates can talk to about anything."

Mallette wants to be known more as a defender than an offensive player.

"I want to be WCC Defensive Player of the Year," he said. "That is more important — being able to guard, rebound — things of that nature. The good thing is we have multiple people on the team with that same attitude."

The 19-year-old said the Waves, led by head coach Lorenzo Romar, want to stop opponents from scoring consistently.

"We need to make our identity defensive," Mallette said. "We have to bring it everyday and be passionate about what we do. All the guys love each other; we love playing for one another; and we get along really well."

Pepperdine's season began on Oct. 14 with Orange & Blue Madness at the university's Firestone Fieldhouse. The team will host Rice to tip-off the regular season on Nov. 7.

The Waves' 15-man roster is young. There are only three upperclassmen — senior Jan Zidek, graduate stu dent Jay Yoon, and redshirt junior Majok Deng. The rest are sophomores and freshmen.

Mallette said Pepperdine must improve from last season and learn how to win.

"Twenty-five losses are a lot of losses," he said. "I look back at those games and shake my head. It has to be better. The result we want as a team is to win."

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Pepperdine guard Houston Mallette, now a sophomore, is shown in action during the 2021-22 season. Photo by Morgan Davenport

Dennis Blyashov was named the GCC Player of the Week on Oct. 13. Photo by Charlie Blake.

Adam Csapo won the GCC Player of the Week honor on Oct. 6. Photo by Jeff Golden.

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