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THURSDAY 

2016 Energy Code Training 

Workshop 

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 

Thursday, Aug. 11, Malibu 

City Hall, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road, Malibu. This 

free hands-on course is designed 

for examiners and 

building inspectors to offer 

tips, skills and plans to 

enforce the 2016 Energy 

Code for residential projects. 

Continental breakfast 

and lunch will be provided. 

Reservations are required 

to attend. To register, 

contact Josette Young at 

josie@aae-hers.com. 

Silver Fox Walk 

10-11 a.m. Sara Wan 

Trailhead, 25623 Pacific 

Coast Highway, Malibu. 

Experience the benefits of 

being active, social and 

outdoors while enjoying 

the many scenic regions of 

Malibu. Each month, the 

group meets in a new location 

for a 2-3 mile walk. 

This month meet at the Sara 

Wan Trailhead by Malibu 

Seafood, and join us afterward 

for Local’s Lunch. 

Bring water, a snack, and 

wear comfortable clothing. 

RSVP for more information 

and meeting location 

by calling (310) 456-2489 

ext. 357. 

FRIDAY 

Election Nomination Period 

Ends 

4:30 p.m. The nomination 

period for the Malibu 

General Election (Nov. 8) 

for three seats on the City 

Council ends. 

SUNDAY 

Cars and Coffee 

7-9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 

14, Malibu Bluffs Park, 

24250 Pacific Coast Highway, 

Malibu. Enjoy a 

morning with car enthusiasts 

and their automobiles, 

along with a cup of coffee 

at Malibu Bluffs Park. 

Country Mart Block Party 

Noon-3 p.m., Aug. 14, 

Malibu Country Mart, 3835 

Cross Creed Road. The 

fun-filled free event, which 

turns Malibu Country Marty 

into the a street fair, offers 

activities for all ages 

including face paintings, 

a petting zoo, caricature 

portraits, Henna tattoos 

and Tarot card readings. A 

mobile photo booth will be 

available to capture guests’ 

favorite moments and take 

home as a fun keepsake. 

For more information, visit 

www.malibucountrymart. 

com. 

MONDAY 

Get Your Stuff Day - 

Middle School 

8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Monday, Aug. 15, Malibu 

High School Quad, 30215 

Morning View Drive, Malibu. 

Get Your Stuff Day is 

an opportunity for students 

to get their stuff so they are 

prepared for the first days of 

school. Students will need 

to complete the 2016-2017 

registration forms and return 

to school at GYS Day. 

Students can also purchase 

a bus pass, have a photo 

taken for their Student I.D. 

card, purchase P.E. gear, 

purchase a student planner 

and get included in the student 

directory. Parents can 

sign up to volunteer for a 

variety of parent groups, 

become a member of the 

PTSA and provide critical 

funding support for Malibu 

High School by contributing 

to the Shark Fund’s 

Annual Direct Donation 

Drive. For more information, 

call (310) 457-6801 or 

visit www.malibuhigh.org. 

Sixth Grade Welcome at 

the Club 

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Monday, Aug. 15, Boys 

and Girls Club, 30215 

Morning View Drive, 

Malibu. Incoming sixthgrade 

students get to meet 

their new classmates, ask 

questions about the school 

and The Club, play games, 

enjoy a barbecue and receive 

a personalized tour 

of their classes from the 

Club’s high school interns. 

For more information, call 

(310) 457-2582. 

New Parent Orientation 

and Lunch 

11:50 a.m. Monday, Aug. 

15, Malibu High School Library, 

30215 Morning View 

Drive, Malibu. Incoming 

sixth-grade parents, and 

parents new to Malibu 

High, are invited to a new 

family light lunch and orientation. 

The school will 

go over important school 

policies, helpful logistical 

information, and will provide 

ample opportunities 

for questions. For more information, 

call ((310) 457- 

6801 or visit www.malibuhigh.org. 

Planning Commission 

Meeting 

6:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Malibu 

City Hall, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. The regular 

meeting of the City’s 

Planning Commission. 


(310) 456-2489 ext. 374 or 

visit www.malibucity.org. 

TUESDAY 

Get Your Stuff Day - High 

School 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, Aug. 16, Malibu 

High School Quad, 30215 

Morning View Drive, Malibu. 

Get Your Stuff Day is 

an opportunity for students 

to get their stuff so they 

are prepared for the first 

days of school. Students 

will need to complete the 

2016-2017 registration 

forms and return to school 

at GYS Day. Students can 

also purchase a bus pass, 

have a photo taken for their 

Student I.D. card, purchase 

P.E. gear, purchase 

a student planner, purchase 

subscriptions to the Malibu 

Current, purchase ASB 

Card with free bonus of a 

“Malibu Discount Card” 

and get included in the student 

directory. And get a 

Student Parking Decal (HS 

only) Parents can sign up 

to volunteer for a variety 

of parent groups, become 

a member of the PTSA and 

provide critical funding 

support for Malibu High 

School by contributing to 

the Shark Fund’s Annual 

Direct Donation Drive. 


(310) 457-6801 or visit 

www.malibuhigh.org. 

UPCOMING 

TK & Kindergarten Parent 

Welcome 

6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, 

Aug. 18, Juan Cabrillo Elementary 

School Cafeteria, 

30237 Morning View Drive, 

Malibu. Parents of transitional 

kindergarten and 

kindergarten students can 

meet their child’s school 

principal and district leadership. 

Join parents from the 

school the child attends and 

other schools in the area for 

this welcome night. Event is 

for parents with students at 

Juan Cabrillo, Point Dume 

and Webster. For more information 

or to RSVP, contact 

Sarah Wahrenbrock at 

swahrenbrock@smmusd. 

org. 

Grief Camp 

Aug. 19-21, Camp 

Bloomfield, 35375 Mulholland 

Highway, Malibu. 

OUR HOUSE Grief Support 

Center is hosting the 

second and final installment 

of Camp Erin-LA for 

kids ages 6-17 who have 

experienced the death of a 

parent, sibling or guardian. 

The camp is free. 

Zuma-Paradise Cove Race 

6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 

23, Zuma HQ to Paradise 

Cove in Malibu. A group 

is putting new life into the 

annual Slippery Dick Haddock 

Race, which includes 

a run and swim. Food and 

beverages will be available. 

The winner will receive a 

gift card to Paradise Cove 

Restaurant. For more information 

on where and how 

to participate, email ccwshari@earthlink.net. 

Movies in the Park: 

‘Finding Nemo’ 

5:30-10 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 27, Malibu Bluffs 

Park, 24250 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu. All are 

invited to a watch “Finding 

Nemo” at Malibu Bluffs 

Park. The movie begins at 

dusk. There is no cost to 

attend, and attendees may 

bring blankets and chairs. 

Food trucks – Apollo’s 

Expresso & Shave Ice and 

Berlin Food – will be at the 

event. A special guest and a 

photo booth will be offered 

for all to enjoy. For more 

information, call (310) 

317-1364. 

ONGOING 

Rotary Club 

Noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays, 

Pepperdine University 

Drescher Campus, 


Malibu. This is the 

regular Rotary Club meeting. 

For more information, 

Please see Calendar, 18

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Malibu Creek State Park 

Researchers hope 

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ended up south of 

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Submitted by the National 

Park Service 

Evidence of a black bear 

in the Santa Monica Mountains 

was discovered last 

Tuesday by National Park 

Service employees. The 

researchers were reviewing 

photos from two camera 

traps set up in Malibu 

Creek State Park to monitor 

for wildlife movement and 

came upon images of the 

mammal dated July 26. 

The Santa Monica Mountains 

have not had a resident 

bear population since 

the 1800s, when grizzlies 

were extirpated from California. 

Since then, black 

bears have settled in the 

mountains bordering the 

north end of Los Angeles, 

including the Santa Susana 

and San Gabriel Mountains, 

but it is extremely 

rare for a black bear to be 

found south of the 101 

Freeway. 

Stories and evidence of 

bears in the area do occasionally 

surface, however, 

such as the one killed in 

2014 on a 101 Freeway 

off-ramp in Westlake Village. 

A wildlife crossing is 

proposed for neighboring 

Agoura Hills after research 

on local wildlife has indicated 

the need for habitat 

connectivity between 

the Santa Monica Mountains 

and open space to 

the north. In particular the 

small mountain lion population 

in the Santa Monica 

Mountains has some of 

the lowest known genetic 

diversity anywhere in the 

west. During the course 

of the 14-year study, researchers 

have documented 

only one occasion when a 

mountain lion has successfully 

crossed into the Santa 

Monica Mountains from 

the north. 

“The ecological health of 

the Santa Monica Mountains 

depends in part on our 

ability to maintain natural 

connections with areas 

north of the freeway,” said 

David Szymanski, superintendent 

for Santa Monica 

Mountains National Recreation 

Area, a unit of the 

National Park Service. 

National Park Service 

researchers will be checking 

camera traps around 

Liberty Canyon, where the 

wildlife crossing in Agoura 

Hills is proposed, to see if 

the bear may have crossed 

there. 

“Malibu Creek State 

Park is over 8,000 acres of 

open space and is connected 

to a much larger network 

of habitat,” noted Craig 

Sap, district superintendent 

for the Angeles District of 

California State Parks. “If 

this bear decides to stay, 

let’s see what we can do to 

co-exist with it.” 

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Council to get involved in PCB problem 

City staff to contact, 

work with local EPA 

before forcing hand 

of school district 

Eric Billingsly, Freelance 

Reporter 

The Malibu City Council 

didn’t want to butt into 

school district business, 

but citing public and children’s 

safety, members of 

the board felt compelled to 

intervene. 

While the council decided 

Monday, Aug. 8, not 

to use its Malibu Municpal 

Code against the Santa 

Monica-Malibu Unified 

School District, it took a 

first step toward by empowering 

staff, mainly 

City Attorney Christi Hogan, 

to work with the local 

Environmental Protection 

Agency on taking a harder 

look at four Malibu schools 

that many feel may contain 

high concentrations of 

polychiorinated biphenyls, 

better known as PCBs. 

In the meeting packet, it 

stated that Hogan and staff 

were tasked with investigating 

if the council could 

declare a possible highlevel 

of PCBs in public 

schools a “nuisance” under 

the Malibu Municipal 

Code. 

Doing so may have made 

the issue actionable for the 

council, which then could 

possibly require SMMUSD 

to conduct additional tests 

for the presence of PCBs 

and abate such nuisance 

conditions on its properties 

within the city. 

Instead, however, the 

City decided to first try 

working with the Environmental 

Protection Agency, 

which council members 

contended was “dragging 

its feet” on getting involved, 

to participate and 

even regulate more testing 

in other Malibu schools. 

While council members 

discussed the issue, some 

didn’t mince words when 

it came to how the situation 

has been handled by the 

combined school district. 

Mayor Lou La Monte 

told a representative of the 

district that this is just one 

example of why Malibu 

is fighting to separate and 

become its own school district. 

“We would have never 

handled it the way you guys 

have,” he said. 

The district represenative 

failed to answer council 

members’ questions about 

further testing at other 

schools, which only furthered 

the council’s desire 

to get involved and push for 

more testing. 

The contentious issue 

dates back to 2009 and 

2010, when testing of air 

and soil samples at Malibu 

High School and Juan Cabrillo 

Elementary School 

revealed PCB concentrations 

in excess of those 

permitted by the Environmental 

Protection Agency, 

according to the meeting 

report. 

In response, SMMUSD 

enlisted experts from the 

EPA and California Department 

of Toxic Substances 

Control to analyze compliance 

with the Toxic Substances 

Control Act. 

The EPA has classified 

PCBs as probable human 

carcinogens; the long-term 

effects of PCB exposure include 

harm to the nervous 

and reproductive systems, 

immune system suppression, 

hormone disruption, 

and skin and eye irritation. 

Experts concluded PCB 

levels were either nondetectible 

or within the 

health-based EPA safety 

threshold. On that basis, 

SMMUSD re-opened its 

MHS and JCES campuses. 

In fall 2014, the City 

Council adopted a resolution 

urging SMMUSD to 

take immediate action to 

conduct source testing for 

PCBs at all Malibu school 

campuses and remove 

source PCBs in compliance 

with the TSCA. 

Subsequent testing by 

activist Jennifer deNicola, 

who spoke at Monday’s 

Activists protest for the remediation of PCBs in Malibu 

schools, an effort which may soon include the support of 

the Malibu City Council. 22nd Century Media File photo 

meeting, in 2015 revealed 

levels of PCBs in excess of 

the threshold set by federal 

law. 

While SMMUSD consulted 

with the EPA and 

agreed to remove PCBcontaining 

materials from 

certain areas within the 

schools, the meeting report 

states, it has refused or has 

been slow to test additional 

areas within MHS and 

JCES that are likely to contain 

building materials with 

levels of PCBs in excess of 

those allowed by the EPA. 

For this reason, America 

Unites for Kids and Public 

Employees for Environmental 

Responsibility commenced 

a lawsuit against 

SMMUSD on March 23, 

2015, alleging violations 

of the TSCA. The trial was 

held on May 17, 2016, and 

the court has not yet ruled 

on the issue. 

Malibu City Council 

City to purchase 35-acre Trancas Field for $11.4M 

Land buy is part of 

lawsuit settlement 

Joe Coughlin 

Managing Editor 

A 35-acre land parcel 

with significant Malibu history 

will soon be owned by 

the city’s government. 

The Malibu City Council 

approved Monday, Aug. 8, 

a lawsuit settlement that 

includes the $11.38-million 

purchase of a 35-acre plot 

of land off Trancas Canyon 

Road and Pacific Coast 

Highway. 

If all goes according to 

plan, the City could own 

the proprety by Oct. 20. 

The owner of the land 

commonly referred to as 

Trancas Field agreed to sell 

the property to the City as 

part of a lawsuit settlement, 

which is also contingent on 

an appeals court vacating a 

decision ordering the City 

to pay $119,802 in attorney 

fees. 

Beside approving the settlement, 

Council members 

also had to decide where to 

pull the funds for the major 

purchase. 

While the City boasts 

plenty of reserve funds, an 

$11.4 million draw would 

push the reserve balance below 

the council-suggested 

minimum of 50 percent of 

the operating budget, according 

to a memo from 

City staff. Therefore, City 

Manager Reva Feldman 

suggested the City issue 

Certificates of Participation, 

which are similar to bonds 

and pay tax-exempt interest. 

Please see Trancas, 9 

ROUND IT UP 

A brief recap of other City Council action Aug. 8 

• Mayor Pro Tem Skylar Peak led a discussion on 

adding a ban to plastic food storage products to the 

Malibu Municipal Code. 

• A reduction in speed limit, from 30 miles per hour 

to 25, was approved for portions of Big Rock Drive, 

Busch Drive and Carbon Canyon Road. 

• Salaries and job scopes were officially approved 

for four new positions, all included in the approved 

budget, with the City of Malibu.

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A successful mission for some Malibu moms 

Group of Malibu 

mothers get antivaccination 

movie 

to play in Agoura H. 

Berkley Mason 

Freelance Reporter 

A group of Malibu 

moms who are activists 

for child health have successfully 

managed to bring 

an anti-vaccination documentary 

film about the 

Measles-Mumps-Rubella, 

or MMR, vaccine, to a theatre 

in Agoura Hills. 

After surpassing the 

minimum number of 

tickets purchased for the 

screening, the “Vaxxed” 

will officially playing on 

Aug. 22 at the Regency 

Agoura Hills Stadium 8 

at 7:30 p.m., said Malibu 

resident and child health 

advocate Corinne Denson. 

“Not all vaccines are 

good, but not all of them 

are bad either,” Denson 

told the Malibu Surfside 

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moms, this is very 

important information to 

consider. A lot of pediatricians 

don’t know the ingredients 

in a vaccine, so 

it’s important for parents 

to ask their doctors questions. 

If the doctor isn’t 

giving them answers, then 

it’s really important that 

they do their own research 

before making any decisions.” 

The anti-vaccination 

movement all started with 

a paper that was published 

in February 1998 in a London 

medical journal called 

The Lancet. 

Authors of the article 

were two doctors and a 

professor who, at the time, 

worked for a hospital in 

London. Ultimately, the 

paper implied there may be 

a link between the MMR 

vaccine and autism. 

At the conclusion of the 

paper, the scientists stated 

the evidence they found 

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Malibu pilot dies in small-plane crash 

Joe Coughlin 

Managing Editor 

A Malibu man died Tuesday, 

Aug. 2, when his sport 

plane crashed into a building 

in Van Nuys. 

Arthur Miller, 78, of 

Malibu, was killed at the 

scene, according to the Los 

Angeles County Coroner’s 

Office, after he lost control 

of the small aircraft. 

According to reports 

from the Federal Aviation 

Association, Miller was 

flying an Arion Lightning 

kit aircraft and was practicing 

touch-and-go landings 

that day. 

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correlation. 

With that, Dr. Andrew 

Wakefield, who was the 

lead author of the 1998 

paper, went on to direct 

“Vaxxed,” which aims to 

advocate for children’s 

health by examining the 

MMR vaccine. Through a 

series of interviews with 

a variety of professionals 

and families of “vaccineinjured” 

children, the film 

aims to promote children’s 

health and attempts to inform 

American citizens 

of an “appalling cover-up 

committed by the government,” 

according to the 

film’s website. 

The documentary particularly 

focuses on the Center 

for Disease Control and 

Prevention, stating in the 

film that the CDC could no 

longer be trusted to “police 

itself.” Despite the “explosion 

of cases of autism” 

post-vaccination, the CDC 

continued to look the other 

way knowing the MMR 

Autism risk. 

Denson admires Wakefield 

and all of the other 

doctors responsible for the 

making of the documentary. 

“I met them personally 

when they screened 

the film in Westlake a few 

months back,” Denson 

said. “They’re like our 

heroes for jeopardizing 

their career and their reputation 

to go against our 

government organizations. 

They’re amazing.” 

But there also exists evidence 

that suggests that the 

MMR vaccine has no correlation 

to autism. A more 

recent study was conducted 

in April of last year 

with findings that opposed 

Wakefield’s implications 

from his study in 1998, ac- 

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cording to a Forbes article 

by Steven Salzberg. 

The conclusion of the 

2015 study states the following: 

“Receipt of the 

MMR vaccine was not 

associated with increased 

risk of ASD [autism spectrum 

disorder], regardless 

of whether older siblings 

had ASD. These findings 

indicate no harmful association 

between MMR vaccine 

receipt and ASD even 

among children already at 

higher risk for ASD.” 

Furthermore, the CDC 

relays its own vaccine 

schedule to American citizens 

by which they are 

required to abide. For the 

MMR vaccine, the CDC 

recommends that children 

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receive it between 12 and 

18 months of age. 

That requirement was 

formulated despite “strong 

evidence” suggesting that 

the younger the child is 

when getting the MMR, 

the higher the risk of autistic 

regression, Del Bigtree, 

medical journalist and producer 

of the documentary, 

said in an email. This is especially 

the case with African 

American males, who 

are at a much higher risk 

of getting autism, he said. 

A previously recorded 

question and answer session 

will follow the screening 

of “Vaxxed” on Aug. 

22, said Jennifer Lopez, 

publicist for the film. 

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from Aug. 11-Sept. 

9. Eligible applicants must 

be currently enrolled in 

high school, undergraduate 

or graduate students. 

Interviews are scheduled 

to be held the week of 

Sept. 19, with interns starting 

the week of Sept. 26. 

The City of Malibu Student 

Intern Program exposes 

students to public 

service and promotes a career 

interest in local government. 

At the same time, 

the City benefits from the 

skills and fresh perspective 

a student intern can bring. 

Student interns are utilized 

in the various City 

departments (administrative 

services, clerk’s 

office, environmental 

sustainability, parks and 

recreation, planning, and 

public works) and have the 

opportunity to work on administrative 

assignments 

and special projects. 

Additional information 

is available at www.malibucity.org/StudentIntern, 

or contact Heather Glaser, 

acting city clerk/student 

intern supervisor, at hglaser@malibucity.org 

or 

(310) 456-2489, ext. 228. 

Adopt a Park Program 

seeks volunteers 

The Parks and Recreation 

Department is looking 

for community members 

interested in assisting 

with keeping City parks 

clean and beautiful. 

Two of the largest parks, 

Malibu Bluffs Park and 

Legacy Park, require many 

hours of weeding, planting, 

watering and mulching 

in order to keep the 

parks’ planted areas as 

healthy as possible. Volunteers 

would help with these 

basic gardening tasks under 

the supervision of the 

City’s naturalists, who also 

teach while they work. 

The City is currently 

accepting volunteer registrations 

for monthly 

weeding days at Legacy 

Park to be held on the following 

Saturdays: Aug. 

13, Sept. 10, Oct. 15 and 

Nov. 12. Volunteers will 

meet from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 

at Legacy Park and will 

receive expert training and 

education about native and 

non-native plant species. 

Water and snacks will be 

provided. 

This is an excellent opportunity 

for anyone who 

enjoys being outside and 

working the earth and 

could be the perfect project 

for school groups, Girl 

or Boy Scout troops, or 

students looking for service 

hours. 

For more information or 

to sign up as a volunteer, 

contact Amy Crittenden, 

recreation manager, at ac 

rittenden@malibucity.org 

or (310) 456-2489 ext. 337. 

Information provided by City 

of Malibu or www.malibucity. 

org. 

Police checkpoint of 600 

vehicles leads to 21 arrests 

Submitted by the Malibu-Lost 

Hills Sheriff’s Station 

The Los Angeles County 

Sheriff’s Department Malibu- 

Lost Hills Station arrested 21 

people during a DUI and drivers 

license checkpoint on Friday, 

Aug. 5, at Pacific Coast Highway 

and Webb Way. 

The checkpoint took place 

between the hours of 7 p.m. and 

3 a.m. 

Complete Checkpoint Results 

592 Vehicles screened 

3 DUI-alcohol suspects arrested 

2 Arrested on other criminal charges 

16 Drivers cited/arrested for operating a 

vehicle unlicensed or while suspended/ 

revoked 

2 Vehicles were impounded for 30 Days 

4 Vehicles were stored for one day 

10 Vehicles were released per checkpoint 

guidelines 

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Police Reports 

Car scratched with ‘no parking’ was parked legally 

Between July 20-23, an 

unknown suspect allegedly 

used a sharp tool to vandalize 

a woman’s car, which 

was parked in front of her 

own residence on Malibu 

Road. 

The suspect allegedly 

carved the words “no parking” 

on the rear and front 

driver doors. Police said the 

woman was parked legally 

in front of her property. 

The woman had been out 

of town during the time of 

the incident, according to the 

report. 

In other police news: 

Aug. 2 

• A green tent, $46 and a 

bottle of Adderall were 

allegedly stolen from a 

man’s vehicle parked on 

Encinal Canyon road. The 

man parked in a dirt lot 

and went on a hike. When 

he returned, he found his 

items missing. The man 

said he had forgotten to 

lock his vehicle. 

July 31-Aug. 1 

• Four paddle boards and 

multiple paddles were 

allegedly stolen from a 

man’s commercial trailer 

on Pacific Coast Highway 

and Corral Beach. The 

door lock to the trailer was 

allegedly damaged by the 

suspect or suspects. 

July 31 

• An iPhone 6, several 

clothing items and jewelry 

went missing after a 

suspect allegedly shattered 

the rear passenger window 

of a woman’s car parked in 

the 22000 block of PCH. 

The woman went inside 

the location, then came out 

an hour and 15 minutes 

later. She initially did not 

notice anything missing. 

• An American Express 

card was allegedly stolen 

from a vehicle parked at 

Malibu Lagoon. The suspect 

reportedly damaged 

the driver and passenger 

door handles with a tool 

used to punch hole in the 

door locks. The suspect 

also tried to charge $5,300 

on the victim’s credit card 

in Simi Valley. 

July 27-29 

• A suitcase and two duffle 

bags were allegedly stolen 

from a residence on 

Malibu Road. Some of the 

victim’s clothing was also 

cut and torn. The closet 

door was found pried and 

broken. 

July 19-26 

• Miscellaneous disaster 

preparation supplies and 

equipment were allegedly 

stolen in the 3800 block 

Las Flores Canyon. The 

suspect allegedly entered a 

storage structure and took 

items. Locks for the rollup 

door were found missing. 

July 15-18 

• A generator, two chainsaws 

and three weed 

whackers were allegedly 

stolen from a location in 

the 3600 block of Winter 

Canyon Road. 

The Malibu Surfside News 

police reports are compiled 

from official records on file at 

the Los Angeles County Lost 

Hills/Malibu Sheriff’s Department 

headquarters. Individuals 

named in these reports are 

considered innocent on all 

charges until proven guilty in a 

court of law. 

Public Safety Commission 

Commission files updates to several City projects 

Cassandra Stephenson 


The Malibu Public Safety 

Commission received and 

filed project updates pertaining 

to traffic and safety 

on Pacific Coast Highway 

on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 

its regular meeting. Discussion 

focused mainly on 

issues of unsafe pedestrian 

crossing and excessive vehicle 

speed on PCH. 

Four speed advisory 

signs are expected to be 

installed in the Point Dume 

area in September, the 

commissioners said. Two 

more signs will be installed 

on Busch Drive. 

The project is part of 

a general push for more 

signage. More than 400 

signs will be ordered in the 

next two weeks, said Public 

Works Superintendent 

Arthur Aladjadjian. The 

signs are meant to combat 

illegal parking, especially 

in problem areas around 

the El Matador and Surfrider 

beaches, and increase 

awareness for pedestrians 

and drivers. 

Another project will 

lower speed limits from 

30 mph to 25 mph in six 

segments of City roads as 

suggested by an engineering 

and traffic survey. The 

segments include sections 

of Big Rock Drive, Busch 

Drive, Carbon Canyon 

Road, Cliffside Drive, 

Wildlife Road and Bluewater 

Road. 

The survey’s establishment 

of speed limits was 

approved and adopted by 

the Malibu City Council on 

June 27, though they chose 

not to lower the speed limit 

on Civic Center Way, according 

to City documents. 

The new speed limits were 

scheduled to be adopted by 

the Council on Aug. 8. 

Those projects are a response 

to serious issues 

with unsafe pedestrian 

crossing, excessive speed, 

and worsening congestion, 

especially notable in areas 

near beaches, such as El 

Matador, the commissioners 

said. 

Mark Russo is team leader 

for the Malibu Volunteers 

on Patrol, an organization 

that works with the Los Angeles 

County Sheriff’s Department 

to promote safety 

in the community. The VOP 

helps patrol the community, 

including beachfront areas, 

and helps monitor parking 

by issuing citations. 

Russo said the VOP 

spends as much as 25 percent 

of their time patrolling a 

loop encompassing Paradise 

Cove, the Point, Westward 

Beach, Zuma and Broad 

Beach on the weekends. A 

second car patrols the areas 

around Surfrider beach. 

“I’ve been doing this out 

in Malibu for six years, and 

I’ll tell you, the last two 

years it has exponentially 

gotten more congested up 

there in terms of pedestrians 

and parking,” Russo 

said, noting that increased 

social media attention may 

play a role in recent traffic. 

Russo said pedestrian 

crossing dangers likely 

stem from pedestrians who 

are unfamiliar with the area 

and drivers who are distracted 

by glaring sunlight, 

scenery and the search for 

parking. 

“They run the gauntlet 

up there,” Russo said, referring 

to pedestrians on 

El Matador Beach. “We’ve 

just verbally warned people 

up there because, I mean 

literally, they don’t seem to 

get the concept that they’re 

in a traffic lane walking 

three feet into it with their 

kids and their ice chests 

and cars are going by at 55 

miles an hour.” 

The commission discussed 

placing more signs in 

the area to address the problem, 

and plans to continue to 

request signs for pedestrian 

crossing from Caltrans. 

Caltrans spokesman 

Patrick Chandler told the 

Malibu Surfside News by 

phone that though he cannot 

comment on any specific 

projects in the works without 

more information from 

the Committee and Caltrans 

engineers, there is frequent 

communication between engineers 

and the Committee. 

“We do work closely 

with the City of Malibu, 

the City of LA and the City 

of Santa Monica as part of 

the PCH taskforce as well 

as PCH Partners to address 

the safety concerns and 

operational issues along 

PCH,” Chandler said. 

Chandler also said that 

one key aspect of safety 

on PCH is the need for pedestrians 

to be mindful of 

their surroundings to cross 

safely, and that it is better 

to cross at stoplights and 

intersections where traffic 

comes to a stop. 

Caltrans reported recent 

repairs to medians, brush 

clearance, and shoulder 

grading, according to City 

documents. However, 

Commissioner Meril May 

still has concerns about the 

condition of the surface of 

PCH and the effects of unfilled 

cracks on biker safety 

and road wear. 

“A higher standard of 

surface integrity should 

exist for PCH versus a 

highway through Barstow 

or something,” May said. 

“This is a bike lane. This 

should be bike lane standard.” 

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Surfers swap boards to benefit Sharks surf team 

Eric Billingsly 


Ted Silverberg, of Malibu, 

has been surfing since 

1972. He has traveled to 

Costa Rica, Fiji, Mexico, 

Nicaragua, Hawaii, Puerto 

Rico and other locales in 

search of great waves and 

to satisfy what he calls a 

“healthy addiction.” 

On Saturday, Aug. 6, 

Silverberg found his stoke 

locally, organizing a surf 

swap at Paradise Cove to 

help raise money for the 

Malibu Sharks surf team. 

The competitive team is 

made up of middle and 

high school kids from the 

Malibu area. 

“I have a love of surfing 

and helping others,” said 

58-year-old Silverberg. 

“This event is a way of 

matching these two loves. 

When you are into surfing, 

you want to surround yourself 

with other people who 

have the same passion.” 

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Susan Mintz shows her jewelry during the swap. 

Malibu Sharks surf team, 

and vendors selling jewelry, 

clothes, yoga accessories 

and crystals. 

Malibu residents, visitors 

from other Southern 

California communities, 

surf legends, children, 

teens and even a few celebrities 

attended Saturday’s 

event. 

All of the proceeds from 

the bake sale went to the 

team, and attendees were 

welcome to make financial 

and equipment donations 

to the cause, said Silverberg, 

who has helped organize 

similar events in the 

past. 

Bradley Johnson, 25, and 

Lexi Journey, 28, drove 

down from Santa Barbara 

for the swap. Johnson 

moved from Georgia to 

Santa Barbara a year ago 

and took up surfing. It’s his 

first board sport. 

“I love the challenge 

and growth of surfing,” 

Johnson said as he perused 

a large selection of surfboards 

and SUPs on the 

grass by the Paradise Cove 

basketball courts. “Every 

Bradley Johnson crouches to inspect a surf board while Lexi Journey stands by during 

the surf swap event on Saturday, Aug. 6, at Paradise Cove. 

Photos by Eric Billingsly/22nd Century Media 

time I go out, something 

new happens and I improve 

a level.” 

Journey surfs sometimes 

and recently took an interest 

in SUP. 

“With SUP you can go 

out any time,” Journey 

said. “It’s peaceful and 

beautiful. We’re so lucky, 

because there’s so much 

wildlife.” 

Tom Sekanovich, 53, has 

been surfing since the late 

1970s and spent about 20 

years shaping surfboards 

in the San Diego area. His 

interest in the swap was a 

little different than others: 

He was looking for boards 

to convert into three-dimensional 

works of art. 

Sekanovich was not 

showing artwork at the 

Please see Surf Team, 10 

Mitch Taylor (right) and Brian Weissman inspect a surf 

board at the event.



Soak up summer with Malibu 

Country Mart block party 

Staff Report 

Summer is almost over, 

but don’t tell that to the 

Malibu Country Mart. 

The shopping center 

will host a summer block 

party Sunday, Aug. 14, 

from noon-3 p.m. that will 

feature various attractions 

suitable for children and 

adults alike. 

Malibu residents can 

enjoy complimentary carnival 

treats and entertainment, 

along with a photo 

Beauty pop-up store takes 

residence at Lumber Yard 

Submitted by Autumn 

Communications 

A clothing store and 

blow dry bar have joined 

forces this summer to provide 

a pop-up store in Malibu 

Lumber Yard this summer. 

The store opened on 

July 1 and will go through 

October. 

Ali & Jay and Blo Blow 

Dry Bar will provide their 

Commission 

From Page 7 

If You Go ... 

When: Noon-3 p.m. 

Sunday, Aug. 14 

Where: Malibu Country 

Mart, 3835 Cross 

Creek Road 

Cost: Free 

booth, henna tattoos, a performance 

by a steel drum 

band, tarot card readings, 

face paintings, sno-cones, 

and many more. 

The event is free. 

services to Malibu residents 

and visitors during 

the summer. The blow dry 

bar will be open Friday- 

Sunday, according to a 

press release. 

The pop-up store will be 

open Monday-Sunday from 

10 a.m.-7 p.m. 

The Malibu Lumber Yard 

is located at 3939 Cross 

Creek Road in Malibu. 

Public Works Director 

Bob Brager said that “every 

roadway should have some 

maintenance every few 

years,” and a yearly maintenance 

program replaces 

roads that are deteriorating. 

Another less drastic method 

of repair is coating the 

roadways with slurry to fill 

cracks and even the surface. 

Though Brager said he 

cannot comment on Caltrans’ 

approach, he said they 

will pass the maintenance 

request on to Caltrans. 

Additionally, an ordinance 

specifying that valets 

wear high-visibility clothing 

will go into effect on 

Aug. 11. After that, the new 

ordinance will be a condition 

of permits where valet 

parking is to be used. 

The California Incline 

Bridge Replacement project 

is also slated for completion 

in September of 

2016. 

Homelessness task force 

receives $100,000 grant 

Submitted by the 

Malibu Task Force on 

Homelessness 

The Malibu Task Force 

on Homelessness, along 

with the Ocean Park Community 

Center, received 

a multi-year grant of 

$100,000 from the Conrad 

N. Hilton Foundation, the 

task force announced on 

Thursday, Aug. 4. 

The grant funds outreach 

efforts geared toward connecting 

the homeless population 

in Malibu to comprehensive, 

integrated services, 

and permanent housing solutions. 

The grant will also 

be used to help fund a threeyear 

contract with OPCC, 

the agency responsible for 

carrying out the day-to-day 

outreach work. 

Consisting entirely of 

Malibu residents, MTFH 

Trancas 

From Page 4 

to Feldman, allows the City 

the most cash flexibility, 

which is especially important 

with the current hefty 

monetary obligation of the 

Civic Center Wastewater 

Treatment Facility and the 

constant risk of fire because 

of high temperatures and 

drought conditions. 

In the late 1970s and early 

’80s, planners were set 

on turning Trancas Field 

into a residential hotspot 

with 15 single-family 

homes and dozens of townhomes, 

according to City 

documents. 

Despite plans being approved 

by LA County 

boards, the location was 

has been working since 

February to raise funds to 

facilitate OPCC’s outreach 

services in Malibu. Combined 

with significant gifts 

and pledges from other 

community members, and a 

recently-approved $38,000 

grant from the City of 

Malibu, the grant from the 

Hilton Foundation brings 

MTFH almost halfway to 

its new goal of $555,000 — 

the amount needed to fund 

OPCC’s work in Malibu for 

three years. 

“We deeply appreciate 

the Hilton Foundation’s 

extraordinary support of 

our efforts to reduce homelessness 

in Malibu, and to 

help our neediest residents 

find permanent housing 

and critically-needed services,” 

said Jay Scott, cochair 

of MTFH. “Many of 

us who provide volunteer 

never developed because 

multiple lawsuits were filed 

against the plans. 

The current lawsuit 

against the City of Malibu, 

an agreement to which 

council members had before 

them Aug. 8, was the 

final one pending. 

While there are many 

complexities ahead if 

the City were to own the 

property, a City-commissioned 

appraisal valued the 

property at $26 million. 

Though, according to the 

agenda report, “some of the 

hiller portions of the property 

are unstable and not 

suitable for development.” 

The property owner said he 

spent millions of dollars in 

failed development and ensuing 

lawsuit battles. 

assistance to homeless individuals 

in Malibu realize 

that OPCC’s professional 

approach, vast experience, 

and comprehensive services 

will bring deeper and 

more lasting help to our 

homeless neighbors than 

anything we could possibly 

provide ourselves.” 

OPCC expects to begin 

work in Malibu later this 

summer with a two-person, 

full-time professional outreach 

team that will engage 

homeless individuals on the 

streets, hillsides and beaches 

of Malibu. They hope to 

gradually build trusting relationships 

with the goal of 

linking them to services. 

OPCC Executive Director 

John Maceri welcomes 

support from foundations 

and community groups who 

are committed to meeting 

the needs of the city’s most 

Community concern halts 

Point Dume traffic fixes 

The collective voice of 

residents of Malibu’s Point 

Dume neighborhood was 

too loud for City Council 

members to ignore. 

The residents’ concerns 

were met with action by 

the council, which during 

the meeting suspended one 

prong of a six-pronged plan 

to improve traffic issues on 

neighborhood streets. 

While five steps in the 

plan were smoothly carried 

out, the final step that 

required property owners 

to remove landscape encroachments, 

except mature 

trees, from the public rightof-way 

had Point Dume 

neighbors up in arms. 

vulnerable residents. 

“We are very excited to 

begin the next phase of our 

collaboration with the Malibu 

Task Force on Homelessness 

and the City of Malibu 

to serve our homeless 

neighbors,” Maceri said. “It 

takes a community working 

to assist people experiencing 

homelessness to make 

the transition into housing 

and toward self-sufficiency. 

The efforts and commitment 

of all the partners, 

including the tremendous 

generosity and support of 

the Hilton Foundation and 

City of Malibu, along with 

several individuals and congregations, 

have provided 

the necessary resources to 

begin this important work.” 

For more information 

about the Malibu Task Force 

on Homelessness, email 

scottjc42@verizon.net. 

In response, City Manager 

Reva Feldman decided 

additional information was 

needed before proceeding 

with the improvements. 

Back in March, after two 

community meetings with 

Point Dume residents, the 

City Council unanimously 

approved the Point Dume 

Traffic Calming Improvements. 

The first five parts 

of the plan — which included 

speed bumps, radar 

speed advisory signs, lowered 

speed limits and more 

— were completed. But 

residents did not support 

the sixth and final effort. 

A survey from the City 

was recently sent to Point 

Dume residents in an effort 

to gather ideas on how to 

proceed.



Surf Team 

From Page 8 

swap, but showed photos to 

the Malibu Surfside News 

of one piece of art that has 

two electric guitars shaped 

out of the interior core of 

the surfboard. He’s made 

similar pieces with an octopus 

and seagulls as central 

figures. 

Attending events like 

the swap is a chance for 

Sekanovich to stay in 

Come visit our showroom 

touch with people in the 

surf community. 

“It’s all about knowing 

the people,” Sekanovich 

said. “I do more business 

deals with people in the 

water than I do on land.” 

The Malibu Sharks 

Surf Team has about 25 

members who are in high 

school and 30-40 members 

who are in middle school. 

Beginning in September, 

the team will meet twice 

a week in the early morning 

at Zuma Beach to work 

with coaches. They compete 

against other teams in 

the region at a variety of 

surf breaks. 

The competition season 

culminates with a championship 

event in April in 

Oceanside, Calif. In addition 

to doing fundraisers 

such as the surf swap, the 

team sells apparel throughout 

the year and has sponsors 

to help cover costs. 

Linda Zielski, surf team 

manager, has a 17-year-old 

son who’s on the team. The 

kids can’t wait to get in the 

water, she said, and it’s a 

healthy way for them to 

start the day. After the early 

morning practices, they’re 

ready to go to school and 

they’re focused. 

“Our thought on being 

involved with surfing is 

that it’s a great way to get 

out, have fun, be part of a 

community, get in the water 

and connect with nature 

and each other,” Zielski 

said. 

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Dementia ‘virtual tour’ to 

raise awareness for disease 

Submitted by the City of 

Malibu 

The Malibu Senior Center 

has partnered with 

Homewatch CareGivers of 

Thousand Oaks to provide 

the Virtual Dementia Tour 

on Aug. 22 to promote 

awareness about dementia, 

improve the quality of 

care for those living with 

dementia, and aid in maintaining 

the independence 

of local seniors. 

The tours, which will 

take place at Malibu City 

Hall from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. by 

appointment only, will allow 

participants to experience 

firsthand what those 

with failing senses due to 

dementia endure. Homewatch 

CareGivers will 

present the Virtual Dementia 

Tour to provide a deeper 

understanding of dementia 

to healthcare professional, 

family caregivers and the 

public to help them move 

from “sympathy to empathy.” 

If “walking in another’s 

shoes” is the key to empathy, 

this virtual tour will 

allow people to walk with 

the tingling feet of a person 

with neuropathy, write 

a note with fumbling fingers 

or try to select what to 

wear as a person who can’t 

discern colors. 

The event is free, but appointments 

are required. 

To make an appointment 

or for more info, call the 

Malibu Senior Center at 

(310) 456-2489 ext. 357. 

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Children receive dental free screening before story time 

Alex Vejar, Assistant Editor 

Malibu children were 

treated to a free dental 

screening on Friday, Aug. 

5, at Malibu Library. 

Dentist Suzy Berger was 

on hand for any children 

who needed a screening in 

order to fulfill a requirement 

to enter kindergarten. 

One boy who attended 

took advantage of the service. 

The screening was bookended 

by two story time 

readings by children’s librarian 

Lauren Kratz. The 

two books that were read 

had titles of “Never Take a 

Shark to the Dentist (and 

other things not to do)” 

and “The Nowhere Box.” 

For more information 

on the Malibu Library’s 

programs, call (310) 456- 

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Ramage holds out his toy. Photos by Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media 

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Malibuites make terrariums inside glass orbs at City Hall 

Suzy Demeter 


A Succulent Orb Workshop 

was held at Malibu 

City Hall on Friday, Aug. 5. 

Instructor Mattie Garske 

guided participants in creating 

an ornamental 5.5- 

inch succulent orb terrarium. 

Using cuttings from 

her own garden, Garske 

explained that succulents 

easily propagate, even from 

their leaves. 

“A plant will grow a 

brand new plant of itself,” 

Garske said. 

Participants learned how 

to successfully make the 

arrangements in the glass 

orb. Steps involved placing 

river rock to provide good 

drainage followed by a layering 

of succulent soil mix. 

The class then decorated 

the back and sides of their 

orbs before setting five or 

six succulent cuttings in 

the middle. Adornments 

included sea glass, moss, 

shells and sand. 

A string was tied on top 

to suspend the orb. The 

succulents only require two 

Judie Graham-Bell places the succulents in the center of 

the orb. 

small capfuls of water every 

10 days. 

Garske said she often receives 

comments that creating 

the orbs is Zen-like and 

that it promotes creativity 

and focus. This was evident 

as the attendees took time 

and great care with their 

terrariums. 

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Children pose, hear 

stories during Yoga 

Story Time event 

Suzy Demeter 


The Malibu Library on 

Wednesday, Aug. 3, filled 

with downward dogs, warriors 

and trees. But it’s not 

what you’re thinking. 

The Malibu Library presented 

a Yoga Story Time 

event with yoga instructor 

Natalie Backman and 

children’s librarian Lauren 

Kratz. 

Stories read were enacted 

with yoga moves, leading 

the children and their parents 

to follow poses like 

“cobra,” “down dog” and 

“mountain pose.” The 

interactive program “gives 

kids an opportunity to express 

themselves in yoga 

poses in a fun and creative 

way,” Backman said during 

the program. “It incorporates 

their imagination instead 

of just the alignment 

of their poses.” 

“Good Night Yoga” by 

Mariam Gates and “You 

are a Lion” by Taeeun Yoo 

were among the stories told 

Wednesady. A crown-coloring 

art activity followed 

the class. 

Instructor Natalie Backman leads a group of children through a pose during the Yoga Story Time event on 

Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Malibu Library. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Lale Parfar performs the cobra pose. 

William Snyder follows along with the pose 

demonstrated by the instructor. 

Children’s librarian Lauren Kratz reads and performs a 

yoga pose at the same time. 

The group colors crowns after their yoga class.

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Malibu Unification Negotiations Committee 

Revenue sources chosen for post-split comparisons 

After months of 

meetings and some 

snags, committee 

makes first decision 


In a topic it has discussed 

for several weeks, the Malibu 

Unification Negotiations 

Committee on Aug. 2 chose 

which sources of revenue 

from the Santa Monica- 

Malibu Unified School District’s 

unrestricted general 

fund to include in calculating 

where the two cities 

will be financially after the 

school district separates. 

Four umbrellas of revenue 

exist in the district’s 

unrestricted general fund: 

AMPS to raise funds at Malibu Lumber Yard event 

Submitted by Advocates 

for Malibu Public Schools 

The Advocates for Malibu 

Public Schools, the organization 

fighting for a Malibu-only 

school district, will 

hold a fundraiser Aug. 24 at 

Mailbu Lumber Yard. 

The event will be split 

Local Control Funding Formula 

sources, Federal Revenue, 

Other State Revenue 

and Other Local Revenue, 

according to the district’s 

budget documents. Each 

category has multiple items 

included in it. 

The committee decided to 

include the majority of the 

revenue sources from the 

unrestricted funds, with the 

exception of lottery funds, 

the mandated cost block 

grant and money raised by 

the Santa Monica-Malibu 

Education Foundation. The 

group spoke briefly about 

federal revenue, but largely 

ignored it because most of 

that revenue flows into the 

district’s restricted general 

fund. 

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and entertainment. 

There will also be a Super 

Summer Scavenger Hunt, 

ping pong competition and 

other activities. 

In the second portion of 

With the decision, however, 

the committee is not 

yet deciding how to divide 

the funds between the two 

sides after a separation. 

“We’re not talking about 

who gets what,” Santa 

Monica team member Paul 

Silvern said. “The question 

is what’s in the revenue pot 

that determines the difference 

between a Santa Monica-only 

and the existing 

district.” 

In discussing the LCFF 

funds, the committee also 

decided to exclude the portion 

that corresponds to state 

aid, which can fluctuate 

depending on whether the 

resulting districts become 

state, minimum or basic aid 

after the SMMUSD splits. 

the fundraiser, from 6:30- 

9:30 p.m., the Lumber Yard 

will turn into a cocktail party 

featuring food, games, 

drinks and a live DJ. 

Tickets for the event 

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“That has to be treated 

separately,” Silvern said. 

Initially, Silvern suggested 

to include all of the revenue 

sources and only exclude 

SMMEF money. But 

Santa Monica team member 

and attorney Tom Larmore 

felt the committee should 

also exclude lottery funds 

and the mandated cost block 

grant because revenue from 

those sources are generated 

depending on how many 

students each district has in 

its schools. 

By that measure, the total 

amount of revenue is not affected 

by fluctuations in students 

for either city. 

The committee also 

agreed that excluding the 

lottery funds and the mandated 

cost block grant 

would simplify the financial 

calculations. 

“That’s good because, as 

Tom said, the simpler we 

get, the easier for people to 

understand and calculate at 

whatever basis we calculate 

it, the easier it will be,” 

Santa Monica team member 

Debbie Mulvaney said. 

Another agreement the 

committee made last Tuesday 

involved an order of 

principles the group wanted 

to tackle in the financial portion 

of the negotiations. 

The committee decided 

to start with identifying 

what revenue sources to 

include in their talks, and 

made progress with that step 

Tuesday. Then the committee 

will define what the term 

“revenue neutrality” will 

mean for the negotiations, 

and how to achieve that 

goal. 

The next steps for the 

committee after that involve 

deciding on a time frame, 

figuring out which data 

sources to use, and working 

out what they called “mechancis.” 

From there, they group 

will discuss any criteria that 

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the negotiations and clarify 

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

Protecting your plants from the drought 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

This year in Malibu, 

we will see temperatures 

never seen 

before in this area. What 

does this mean to you? 

Having a beautiful garden, 

landscape, roses, lawn, 

even vegetable gardens is 

not an easy task, especially 

with the current drought, 

high temperatures and hot 

winds. 

So let me go over some 

basics for you to follow 

that will help you not only 

to get a control on your 

water usage, but also to 

allow your property not to 

suffer at the same time. 

These are not rules, but 

basic guidelines, a wide 

path that you can follow 

in your own way. By now 

you should know that I 

am an all-organic freak. 

I do not believe in using 

chemical fertilizers, chemical 

pesticides, etc. I have 

always been 100 percent 

organic in what ever I do 

and so my first “guideline” 

is to follow the way of 

sustainability. 

In ecology, sustainability 

is how biological systems 

endure and remain diverse 

and productive. Longlived 

and healthy wetlands 

and forests are examples 

of sustainable biological 

systems. In more general 

terms, sustainability refers 

to the endurance of systems 

and processes. 

The organizing principle 

for sustainability is sustainable 

development, which 

includes the four interconnected 

domains: ecology, 

economics, politics and 

culture. Sustainability 

science is the study of the 

concepts of sustainable 

development and environmental 

science. 

To me it means just that 

every year, you not only 

grow, but you actually 

have a surplus in both the 

product you are working 

on and in the structure that 

you are working in. 

And you also are improving 

on the conditions 

that you started with. I 

believe in leaving things 

better than what I start 

with. By doing this as your 

foundation that you work 

from, you look at things 

differently and therefore 

set up systems that promote 

them. 

In reference to your 

property, how does this 

work? Water being in 

limited quantity must be 

dealt with in a sustainable 

manner if you wish to 

have any hope of having 

anything living on your 

property. If your goal is to 

just allow your property to 

be as natural and as native 

as possible, then allowing 

your property to do its 

thing is an easy path if you 

want to go that route. 

It is not hard to be invisible 

on your property and 

to allow nature to do its 

thing but this is not possible 

with many folks that 

have properties that require 

support in maintaining its 

current structured system. 

So for many folks the 

question is, “How do I 

maintain what I have under 

these conditions?” 

So here is my answer: 

Be aware of your 

limitations and act accordingly. 

Be active in politics 

especially local and strive 

to obtain a balance between 

environmental and business 

needs seeking long term 

sustainability. Ask yourself, 

“Is this sustainable?” 

Look at water as a 

limited resource and use it 

wisely. Keep all water below 

ground including lawn, 

there are many systems 

that can capture the shower 

water and recycle it back 

for green lawn use, etc. 

Learn to use mulch as 

a way to retain water and 

to help keep the soil at an 

even temperature. I would 

use an in-line drip system 

which add nutrition on a 

regular bases every time 

the sprinklers run: 

Use Rock Dust for 

minerals, Compost for 

the microbes, and Azalea 

mix — we need soil to be 

more acid here in Malibu 

— as a mulch. I would 

apply this mix every few 

months as needed. It is 

important to protect the 

soil from the heat while at 

the same time, to provide 

deep watering to trees. 

Trees will die if they only 

get shallow watering every 

few days. Trees should get 

a good deep watering once 

a week and twice a week 

during really hot times. Do 

not water everyday or even 

three times per week. This 

will only cause diseases 

and stress out the trees. Yes 

the lawn will look great but 

don’t water for a few days 

and that lawn will probably 

die since it does not have 

deep enough roots. 

Too many folks are over 

watering in an effort to 

keep their properties looking 

good. This will only 

cause diseases and more 

pests. Aerate the lawn 

several times per year. 

Add a drip system just 

for the trees as they need 

a very different watering 

program. 

If you do not pay attention 

to the soil, it will dry 

up and bake and turn into 

stone. 

Use a deep root feeder 

nursery — available at 

Green Thumb Nursery 

in Ventura — attach to 

hose. Stick into ground 

at high end of property 

above the tree about 6 feet 

away. Stick the deep root 

feeder into the ground and 

turn water on slowly. If it 

comes out, move to another 

spot. If the water doesn’t 

go down. Then it shows 

you have hard pan. You 

will need to slowly water it 

over time to allow the area 

to soak in water without 

run off. Use an EZYGRO 

unit attacked to the hose 

and put a good organic 

fertilizer with micros into a 

panty hose then place that 

inside the ezygro unit. 

It will slowly add 

microbes to the soil which 

will help to bring the soil 

back to life. Move the deep 

root feed around the tree 

every 6 feet or so. Do not 

over water. Water the tree 

twice a week for the first 

month then only weekly. 

Make sure you apply rock 

dust, compost and then 

mulch it over well. 

Any questions? Email me at 

andylopez@invisiblegardener. 

com 

Calendar 

From Page 2 

visit www.maliburotary.org. 

Gan Malibu Preschool Tours 

10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Gan Malibu 

Preschool, 22933 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu. The preschool 

conducts weekly tours of its school. 

For more information, contact Jennifer 

Sherman jsherman@ganmalibu.com 

or call (310) 456-6573. 

Malibu Cars and Coffee 

7-9 a.m. Every second and 

fourth Sunday of the month, 

Malibu Bluffs Park, 24250 Pacific 

Coast Highway, Malibu. 

Southern California’s top enthusiasts 

will enjoy a drive down 

the coast to meet at Malibu 

Bluffs Park, to drink a coffee 

while admiring some of the 

world’s finest automobiles. For 

more information, call (310) 

317-1364. 

Malibu Farmers Market 

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, Malibu 

Library Parking Lot, 23555 

Civic Center Way, Malibu. For 

more information, visit www. 

cornucopiafoundation.net. 

Senior Choir 

9:45-10:45 a.m. Mondays, 

Malibu Senior Center, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road, Malibu. Learn 

the fundamentals of singing and 

perform different styles of music 

with instructor Laura DeMieri. 

For more information, call (310) 

456-2489 ext. 357. 

Play Group 

9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and 

Thursdays. St. Aidan’s Preschool, 


Malibu. This is a free play group 

for children younger than 2 years 

old, with a parent participant. For 

more information, call (310) 457- 

8899. 

Walking Club 

10-11 a.m. Tuesdays, Legacy 

Park, 23500 Civic Center Way, 

Malibu. Increase your step count 

by joining the Walking Club at 

Legacy Park for an easy walk in 

a fun, social atmosphere. Wear 

comfortable shoes, dress for the 

weather and bring water. For 

more information, call (310) 456- 

2489 ext. 357. 

Baby and Toddler Story time Series 

11 a.m. Tuesdays, Malibu Library, 

23519 Civic Center Way, 

Malibu. Babies and toddlers up 

to age 2.5 can enjoy great books, 

lively songs and rhymes, and 

meet other babies and toddlers 

in the neighborhood during the 

playtime that follows. For more 

information, call (310) 456-6438. 

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Get involved, get informed 

Joe Coughlin 


Our front-page story 

raises an important 

question: When 

is it appropriate for one 

governmental body to 

regulate another governmental 

body? Like many 

questions worth asking, 

the answer is complicated 

and dependent on a host of 

variables that not everyone 

understands. 

Just because, though, 

there is not an easy answer 

does not mean the question 

is not worth asking and 

debating. In fact, doing just 

that is of the utmost importance, 

especially during a 

local election season. 

On a local level, the answer 

to that specific question 

— should one body 

overrule another? — can 

be even more complicated, 

as more emotions and loyalties 

are involved. With 

the sensitive issue at hand 

(PCBs), this is especially 

true. 

Involved in the Malibu 

issue are: the City, the 

State, the school board, 

local advocacy groups, and 

yes, at one point, even law 

enforcement. 

Everybody wants what 

is best for the community, 

and many seem to have 

different ideas of what 

exactly that is. 

The school district is 

currently holding off on 

any more testing for PCBs. 

Aware of and possibly frustrated 

by this, Malibu City 

Council members wanted 

to know if they could — or 

should — force the district 

into action, which would 

be more testing and more 

random testing of PCBs. 

Power struggles are 

always interesting, but they 

can quickly become more 

about power than about 

betterment. 

It is yet to be seen how, 

exactly, this situation will 

shake out, but it is clear 

that the PCBs story line is 

far from over. 

The issue will surely 

make its way into the 

November election campaigns. 

School Board and 

City Council seats are 

both be up for grabs. Julie 

deNicola, president of 

America Unites for Kids, 

who did her own testing, 

has pulled her papers for 

a City Council seat. If she 

finishes her application 

and qualifies, the issue will 

surely be flung into the 

spotlight as Election Day 

approaches. 

It is an important time in 

Malibu. Issues like this lay 

like a fog over the city’s 

beautiful landscape, and 

they are not going away. 

Still pending, too, is the 

Measure R lawsuit and debate, 

as well as the larger 

divisive issue of development 

in general. 

Election season will 

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Second Sips and Strokes fundraiser at Paradise Cove a success 

Barbara Burke 


The T&L Foundation for 

Child Care Information’s 

second annual Summer 

Sips and Strokes fundraiser 

was held on Saturday, Aug. 

6, in the community center 

above Paradise Cove. 

The foundation is aimed 

at ensuring child care environments 

impact the whole 

child and to help young 

children flourish through 

physical and mental wellbeing. 

Toward that laudable 

end, the foundation 

provides mini-grants, education 

and outreach programs 

to daycare organizations 

to strengthen quality 

child care and early education 

programs through participation 

in and education 

about health and wellness. 

The event seemed to 

intrigued those attending 

because it allowed them to 

enjoy painting with friends, 

to sip on wine while overlooking 

Malibu Cove, and 

to benefit kids in daycare. 

One of those attendees was 

Geri Fineroff. 

“I’m all about kids,” 

Fineroff said. “Any organization 

that supports education 

for healthy kids is important 

to me. It’s fun. You 

have a little wine, a little 

food, and, in my case, I try 

to paint. If I make a mess of 

that, nobody cares because 

it’s all for a great cause.” 

Those attending weren’t 

entirely on their own for the 

painting part of the event. 

Brandon Pizzola of Paint 

and Sip Studio LA, an art 

studio that offers a fun and 

unique way to uncork creativity, 

showed participants 

how to re-create a featured 

painting. Pizzola provided 

paint and canvases, and 

guided those at the event in 

the process of unleashing 

their inner Van Gogh. 

Cori Riggs (left) and Holly Barber work on their paintings 

during the class. 

“This is a great cause 

to help kids in childcare,” 

Cherry Papanicolaou said. 

“The painting I did last year 

is on my wall at home. I 

need more art in the house, 

and this year’s painting will 

hang right next to it.” 

In 2015, the inaugural 

Summer Sips and Strokes 

fundraiser took in $3,600. 

The foundation’s board 

members carefully reviewed 

more than 1,000 

applications and the foundation 

is currently funding 

gardens, nutrition education 

and safe physical activity 

environments in child 

care settings. 

“Upon receiving the 

great news that we were 

one of the agencies 

awarded the T&L Foundation 

mini-grant, we were 

thrilled and excited to 

launch our Ready, Set, Go! 

project,” said a representative 

from Evergreen Child 

Care, Inc. “The materials 

purchased will help our 400 

day care providers expand 

their knowledge about nutrition 

and portion control 

and instill what they will be 

learning in their everyday 

practices.” 

Michelle Slimak’s company, 

Apple Valley Family 

Child Care, was awareded a 

mini-grant, and was excited 

that per program received it. 

“I can now set up a 

separate and comfortable 

The class watches the instructor apply the first layer to the painting they will be 

replicating. 

Instructor Brandon Pizzola (far left) works with (left to right) Cherry Papanicolaou, Nicole Monbarren and Charlie 

Von Bermuth during the second annual Summer Sips and Strokes event on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Paradise Cove 

Community Center. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

breastfeeding space in my 

child care,” Slimak said. “It 

is really great, and I would 

like to support the mothers 

with a comfortable place to 

feed their babies.” 

The Sips and Strokes 

fundraiser featured silent 

auction items including 

Disneyland tickets, hotel 

stays and restaurant gift 

cards, as well as a signed 

baseball by Mike Scioscia, 

manager of the Los Angeles 

Angels.

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Malibu natives start beer company, create hybrid brew 


Just a few years ago, Malibu 

natives Brendan Sindell and 

Keegan Gibbs hadn’t figured 

out what their direction in life 

would be. Sindell was just out of 

college and working in finance 

and wealth management, while 

Gibbs was making documentary 

films and art in addition to doing 

photography for advertising. 

Until one day, during a casual 

conversation with a friend 

about the state of beer and the 

alcohol industry, a light went off 

in Sindell’s head. He wondered 

why there didn’t exist any beer 

in between traditional and easily 

drinkable American lagers 

like Coors Light, or ultra-niche, 

heavy craft beers. 

So he decided to try and answer 

that question. 

“We wanted a specific type 

of beer and we felt there wasn’t 

anything really in the marketplace 

that fit our desire,” Sindell 

said, “so we decided to create 

it.” 

There was only one problem. 

“When we first launched, we 

didn’t know anything about the 

beer industry or beer,” Sindell 

said. “We just drank a lot of it 

growing up.” 

But after years of education 

and hard work, Sindell 

and Gibbs — now 29 and 31, 

respectively — have launched 

House Beer, and have already 

taken Malibu by storm. Their 

product is available at Vintage 

Grocers, Malibu Colony Liquor, 

Duke’s Malibu, Ollie’s Duck 

and Dive, Ollo and others locations 

around the city. 

Sindell and Gibbs met when 

they were about 8 or 9 years old 

and grew up in Malibu. Sindell 

attended Point Dume Marine 

Science School, and graduated 

from Malibu High School. 

In addition to initially being 

novices in the beer industry, 

the business partners had other 

“When we first launched, we didn’t 

know anything about the beer industry 

or beer. We just drank a lot of it growing 

up.” 

Brendan Sindell — Co-founder of House Beer 

struggles getting their company 

off and running. As a 

startup, Sindell and Gibbs 

did not have the hoards of 

cash available that allows 

a major beer company to 

market and advertise to 

consumers. 

“We’re up against the 

big guys who have all the 

capital in the world to do 

what they want,” Gibbs 

said. 

Gibbs called he and 

Sindell “disrupters” in a 

market that has been traditionally 

controlled by big 

beer companies or independent, 

“culture-heavy” 

craft brew companies, 

adding that they wanted to 

venture out of those two 

options and try something 

different. 

“We’ve had a lot of 

naysayers because we’re 

not going the easy path 

and we’ve had to learn a lot 

along the way about how 

to forge our own path,” 

Gibbs said. “It’s been really 

entertaining, but really, 

really tough because we’re not 

choosing an easy path to get to 

where we want to go.” 

But although the path hasn’t 

been easy, Sindell has relished 

proving wrong those who have 

said he wouldn’t make it in the 

beer industry. 

“I’m a pretty competitive person,” 

Sindell said. “If someone 

tells me I can’t do something or 

I’ll be unable to do it, it kind of 

Pictured is a can of House Beer, 

which is available at various locations 

around Malibu. Photos Submitted 

pushes me further and makes 

me want to work harder.” 

Gibbs said the brand he and 

Sindell created has a leg up on 

its competition because they 

market to consumers who are 

just like them. 

“We do have the upper hand 

on them that we are our own target 

demographic,” Gibbs said. 

“It’s made by us, for us.” 

Matt Osterman (right) and Brendan Sindell, along with a dog, do 

some research in Denver-based brewery Sleeping Giant. 

In speaking about the product’s 

name, Sindell said it came 

about because the house beer is 

the favorite of those who brew 

it, and that he wanted consumers 

to feel that same sentiment. 

“We wanted House to be the 

go-to beer for everyone,” Sindell 

said, “whether it’s on a hot 

summer day at the beach or they 

want something to compliment 

their beer, like a burger or a pizza 

or what have you.” 

Sindell and Gibbs hope to expand 

their business in the near 

future to cities like New York 

and Philadelphia, while also becoming 

a success story in California. 

It seems like they’re well 

on their way, and having the 

time of their lives doing it. 

“We’re creating beer,” Sindell 

said. “It seems like there’s not 

many better jobs out there.”

24 | August 10, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Life & Arts 


Oil painting class also touches on color theory 

Barbara Burke 


Malibu Creative Arts 

Studio, an arts center 

launched by Malibu resident 

Julia Holland, started 

its fine arts workshop series 

with a two-day class 

for adults and teens on 

Aug. 6-7. The workshop 

immersed students in the 

science of color and the 

properties of oil paint, 

which artists often view 

as a difficult medium to 

work with. 

The studio’s Visual Arts 

Coordinator Leslie Lienau 

taught the workshop. 

Lienau is the founder of 

the Oklahoma-based Conservatory 

for Classical 

Art, an studio providing 

youth and adults with focused 

fine arts training in 

the classical tradition. 

On Saturday, Aug. 6, 

Lienau lectured on the 

science of color so students 

can successfully 

mix them. Students completed 

numerous exercises 

aimed at instilling pivotal 

problem-solving skills. 

“The workshop is an 

exercise-based discussion 

about the color wheel, the 

use of color in painting 

and understanding how to 

harmonize color,” Lienau 

said. “Having this essential 

knowledge is the key 

to successful painting.” 

Lienau introduced 

painting concepts to students 

because, as she 

said, the course is “where 

we start to learn how to 

paint in oil properly.” She 

also focused on teaching 

proper painting practices 

to students, including 

use of proper materials 

and brush and palette hygiene. 

Please see Painting, 25 

Painting together are (left to right) Gary Springer, Michelle Swain, Cheryl Rich and Carla Bates during the first of a two-day painting workshop on 

Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Malibu Creative Arts Studio. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

\Leslie Lienau talks about brush cleaning techniques during her class. 

Travis Springer focuses on his oil painting.

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Playhouse to showcase 2 events in 1 night 

Barbara Burke, Freelance Reporter 

On August 13, Malibu Playhouse 

Theater will feature 

“Salam Neighbor,” a compelling, 

game-changing documentary by 

Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple, 

directors of the award-winning 

film, “Living on One Dollar.” 

In “Salam Neighbor,” the 

filmmakers fully embedded 

themselves in Jordan’s Za’atari 

refugee camp, the second largest 

refugee camp in the world 

where 80,000 displaced souls try 

to cope and desperately hang on 

to hope. 

The documentary is sponsored 

by Creative Visions, a Malibubased 

nonprofit aimed at effecting 

social change through the 

arts. 

“Creative Visions’ support 

of films, documentaries and art 

aimed at making a difference 

is as good as foundation work 

gets,” said Kathleen Keifer, 

whose art will be exhibited to 

benefit Malibu Playhouse starting 

at 7 p.m. on the evening of 

the “Salam Neighbor” screening. 

“Salam Neighbor,” which 

If You Go ... 

What: Kathleen Keifer Exhibit 

Fundraiser, 7 p.m. and 

Salam Neighbor, 8 p.m. 

Where: Malibu Playhouse 

Theater, 29243 Pacific Coast 

Highway 

More info: (310) 589-1998 

Malibuplayhouse.org 

translates to “Hello, Neighbor,” 

brings home to viewers 

the precarious plight of resilient 

refugees. In making the film, Ingrasci 

and Temple collaborated 

with Mohab Khattab and Salam 

Darwaza, co-founders of 1001 

MEDIA, a company focusing on 

telling the stories of Arab communities 

in order to transcend 

politics and engage audiences 

on an emotional and educational 

level about extremely challenging 

conditions suffered by many 

refugees and displaced persons. 

The film makes very real the 

heart-wrenching conditions of a 

refugee camp that houses some 

of the most endearing and engaging 

people. Like 10-year-old 

Ra’ouf who lives in Za’atari and 

somehow manages a constant 

smile despite being traumatized. 

Ra’ouf, who hopes to be a doctor, 

refuses to go inside a school 

because his school at home in 

Syria was bombed. 

Salam Neighbor has had a 

tremendous impact and is really 

making a difference. Recently, 

Ra’ouf virtually presented 

250,000 petitions to world leaders 

at the World Humanitarian 

Summit in Istanbul, asking them 

to increase education funding in 

emergencies. 

As the summit session wrapped 

up, foreign ministers and heads 

of state from around the world 

pledged a total of $90 million 

dollars to the Education Cannot 

Wait Fund to help ensure displaced 

children like Ra’ouf get 

the chance at an education. This 

will help affect approximately 

750,000 children like Ra’ouf and 

his friends. 

The filmmakers have also partnered 

with Save the Children, as 

well as the UNHCR, the United 

Nations refugee agency, and International 

Rescue Committee. 

These groups will receive a share 

of the documentary’s profits to 

use for their work with Syrian 

refugees. 

Temple, 26, and Ingrasci, 25, 

have amazing talent. They don’t 

just film and edit a story. Rather, 

they totally and literally immerse 

themselves in a story. 

In doing so, in Salam Neighbor 

they succeed mightily at 

depicting daily, gut-wrenching 

challenges suffered by refugees 

living literally on the edge of 

both war and their very survival. 

Before the documentary plays, 

Keifer, an amazing California 

artist with an ongoing love affair 

with Malibu, will begin the night 

at 7 p.m. with a special charitable 

art exhibition to support the 

Malibu Playhouse. Keifer lauded 

of the work of documentary 

producers such as Ingrasci and 

Temple, and foundations such as 

Creative Visions. 

“They are all aimed at taking 

the ‘other’ out of our way 

of thinking,” as in “those other 

people,” Kiefer said. 

Keifer, who has been characterized 

as the leader of new California 

Realism, sees magic in a 

real place and depicts what she 

sees in her works. 

“I get seduced by a new idea 

and I have to paint new things,” 

the painter said. 

Her works show in 14 galleries, 

including the Weisman Museum 

in Malibu, Coast Gallery in 

Laguna Beach and Dion Gallery 

in Redondo Beach. 

When Keifer was asked what 

one often wants to ask an artist, 

“How do you ever let a work 

go?” she responded, “Of all the 

images in the world, the buyer 

has chosen to hang my painting 

on their wall. I am so honored 

when that happens.” 

Keifer’s exhibit will feature 

pieces from her coastal icons, 

contemporary landscapes, palms, 

LA-X and pop art series. 

The Keifer family was one 

of the original benefactors of 

Malibu Playhouse. If you choose 

to buy one of her pieces, all art 

purchases are 100 percent tax deductible 

and proceeds benefit the 

Playhouse. 

New jazz ensemble to hold first auditions 

Submitted by the City of Malibu 

Jazz musicians in Malibu now 

have a new place to gather and 

play standards together. 

PAinting 

From Page 24 

The Malibu Parks and Recreation 

Department launched 

the Malibu Jazz Ensemble, with 

the first rehearsal coming up on 

Wednesday, August 24, 6:30-8:30 

p.m., at Malibu City Hall, located 

at 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd. 

The Parks and Recreation 

Department invites any and all 

Malibu musicians of all ages 

“Painting with certain 

oil paints can be toxic — 

there are heavy metals in 

paint,” Lienau said. “It is 

best to keep it off of your 

hands. I teach palette etiquette 

to make sure painters 

are safe, neat and tidy.” 

Lienau also gave students 

tips on how to take 

good care of paint brushes, 

whether they are made 

from natural hair or are 

synthetic. For oil brushes, 

she advocated using lavender-based 

spike oil as 

opposed to more abrasive, 

toxic cleansers. The attentive 

students asked many 

questions and took notes. 

The Malibu Creative 

Arts Studio, which is built 

around the conservatory 

model, has plans for more 

such workshops in order 

to provide students with 

classes that bring elite, 

artistic instructors and students 

together for a unique 

learning experience. The 

studio envisions workshops 

being hosted by very 

experienced and shown 

artists such as Lienau. 

The next workshop at the 

studio include Limited Palette 

Figure Painting by Sarah 

Sedwick, scheduled for Sept. 

16-18, which will teach 

techniques used by Swedish 

who would be interested in joining 

the band to attend the first rehearsal, 

read charts and help determine 

the instrument balance 

for the group. 

painter Anders Zorn. That 

workshop costs $550. 

The expanding Malibu 

Creative Art studio continues 

to offer private 

lessons in singing, guitar, 

piano, and drums, and 

provides a children’s glee 

chorus and rock classes 

with top-notch professional 

musicians. 

For more information or to 

RSVP, please call (310) 456-2489 

ext. 357, and be sure to mention 

which instrument or instruments 

you play. 

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26 | August 10, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Dining Out 


The Dish 

Ollo brings two new summer specials to its menu 

Barbara Burke 


Led by executive chef 

Francesco Velasco, Ollo is 

producing a delicious, refreshing 

summer menu that 

features local and organic 

purveyors’ foods. “Using 

simple, basic, farm fresh ingredients 

and mixing them 

all together is the magic 

skill that chefs have,” 

Velasco said. “Blending 

them together is like writing 

a song – when it works, 

it is fantastic.” 

Velasco, who is the executive 

chef for Ollo and 

its sibling establishments 

Ollie’s Duck & Dive and 

Bui Sushi, has been a professional 

chef for 19 years. 

He is originally from Chile 

and was raised in Milan, 

Italy, where he learned culinary 

arts. 

Ollo prides itself on being 

a family purveyor of 

locally sourced California 

cuisine with both Mediterranean 

and Italian influences. 

The summer menu 

creatively captures both 

genres of cuisine. 

“In summer, we’re all 

about fresh vegetables,” 

Velasco said. “The key is 

to locally source them and 

to make sure the fruits and 

vegetables are absolutely 

as fresh as possible. For 

instance, tomatoes must be 

perfectly ripe. We get them 

locally from Thorne Farms 

and they pick the tomatoes 

at exactly the right time. 

That makes all the difference.” 

Conveniently, breakfast 

at Ollo is served until 3 p.m. 

Try the Crab Cake Benedict 

($17), which features 

two poached eggs, English 

muffins, hollandaise, fried 

capers, house potatoes and 

The Shaved Baby Artichoke Salad is an appetizer built 

for two or more. 

mixed greens. It’s light and 

airy and it has some – but 

not too much - zest, which 

Velasco says is attributable 

to using just a wee bit of 

Worcestershire sauce. 

For lunch or dinner, 

the Summer Truffle Pizza 

($25) is not too filling and 

features mozzarella, Swiss 

chard, green onions, and 

shaved black summer truffles. 

The crust is just right. 

“That pizza features the 

perfect mix of crust and 

content, said Kaya Ramos, 

Ollo’s director of operations. 

“I love that mix.” . 

Velasco elaborated on the 

pizza. 

“It’s a totally different 

pizza because we use 

a mother dough and we 

keep feeding that dough.” 

Velasco said. “It’s like if 

you overcook a pasta, it’s 

too heavy and your body 

cannot process it right. 

Whereas if you cook pasta 

al dente, it’s perfect for you 

because your body can process 

it right and you don’t 

feel too full. It’s the same 

with pizza dough. We use a 

no-yeast dough that makes 

for a great pizza” 

Ollo updates its menu often, 

segueing to new dishes 

Ollo 

• 23750 Pacific Coast 

Highway 

• (310) 317-1444 

•www.ollomalibu.com 

with the change in seasons, 

and when the availability of 

fresh ingredients changes. 

“Francesco is an awesome 

chef who is always 

using seasonable items 

creatively,” Ramos said. 

“We are always changing 

our specials every month or 

so.” That doesn’t mean that 

all dishes go away. Customer 

favorites stay on. 

For instance, the scrumptious 

Shaved Baby Artichoke 

Salad, which is an 

excellent accompaniment 

to any entrée or pizza, has 

been a staple since the restaurant 

opened. 

Ollo’s presentation of 

dishes is unique and very 

aesthetic, as is the ambiance. 

There is an open, airy 

feel to the place, in part due 

to the beautiful Olive tree 

in the middle of the restaurant 

and the lovely art on 

the wall. 

“We feature new artists 

each month or so,” Ramos 

said. “We like to give back 

The crab cake Benedict melts in your mouth and is a unique twist on an old breakfast 

favorite. Photos by Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media 

The Summer Truffle Pizza is light, but packed with flavor. 

to the community by offering 

local artists a venue to 

show their artwork.” 

Other dishes not to miss: 

•Squid Ink Pasta ($21): 

Featuring tagliolini, a traditional 

type of pasta from 

the Emilia-Romagna and 

Marche regions of Italy, 

as well as snow crab, rainbow 

peppers, green onions, 

garlic, parsley, and a white 

wine sauce. 

•New Zealand Lamb 

Shank ($32): Featuring turmeric 

rice and a pomegranate 

raitta sauce, an Indian 

yogurt-based sauce used to 

cool the palate.

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Faith Briefs 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 Morning 

View Drive) 

Speaker from Japanese 

internment camp 

August 21, 1 p.m. June Aochi 

Berk will speak about her experience 

in a Japanese internment 

camp following WWII. Refreshments 

will follow. 

Wednesday Night Dinners 

5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

The church will cook free dinners. 

The Listening Post 

9:45 a.m.-noon. Call for location. 

These free classes are for 

individuals to learn communication 

skills that can be used 

for personal growth and awareness, 

as well supporting one in 

all of their relationships. Open 

to the Malibu community. All 

aspects of this program as held 

in confidentiality. For times and 

locations, call (310) 457-7505 

or email TheListeningPostMalibu@gmail.com. 

Yoga with Jodi 

6:30 p.m. Mondays and 

Wednesdays. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Sundays, noon and 

7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, 

noon and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 

noon and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, 

noon and 8 p.m. Fridays, noon 

and 5 p.m. Saturdays. 

Bible Kids 

3-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays for kindergarten 

through second-grade 

children, 3-4:30 p.m. Thursdays 

for third through fifth-grade 

children. Bible Kids is a biblebased, 

after-school childcare 

program. 

Prayer and Healing 

7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. All 

community members are welcome 

to join in interfaith worship 

and healing, located in the 

Sanctuary. 

Al Anon Meetings 

7:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 

a.m. Saturday 

Youth Group 

6:30-9 p.m. Fridays. For middle 

through high school students. 

Sunday Worship 

10:30-11:30 a.m., Childcare 

available. Sunday morning children’s 

program held during worship. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 Malibu Canyon 

Road) 

Believe the Story 

Sunday, September 11th, We 

begin a new sermon series called 

“Believe the Story” and we go 

back to two services at 9 a.m. 

and 10:45 a.m. 

Beth Moore Simulcast 

Saturday, September 17th, 

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 

Compassion Sunday 

Sunday, September 18th, 

Compassion International is a 

well-known organization that 

provides the opportunity to 

“sponsor” a child. 

UM Summer Nights 

8-9:30 p.m. Thursdays during 

summer. The location will 

change monthly. For more information, 

call (310) 456-1611 or 

visit www.malibupres.org. 

Summer Breakfasts 

9-9:45 a.m. Sundays before 

Service. 

Sunday Worship Services 

10 a.m. Sundays. 

Men’s Breakfast 

7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at 

Marmalade Cafe, 3894 Cross 

Creek Road, Malibu. 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue (24855 Pacific 

Coast Highway) 

Religious School 

3:45-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays 

Tuesday Mamas 

4 p.m. Tuesdays 

Tot Shabbat with Cantor Marcelo 

11:30 a.m.-noon. Fridays. Join 

Cantor Marcelo and our preschool 

as they celebrate Shabbat 

with prayers, music and dancing. 

Shabbat on the Beach 

6-9 p.m. Fridays. Bring a picnic 

dinner and join us at Westward 

Beach as we welcome 

Shabbat at the beach. Don’t forget 

to bring a chair and a blanket. 

For more information, visit 

www.mjcs.org or call (310) 456- 

2178. 

Torah Study 

9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturdays 

Waking Up to Jewish Ethics 

7:30-9 a.m. Every Thursday. A 

discussion group based on Talmudic 

sources. It will be held in 

Rabbi Judith’s office. For more 

information, call (310) 456- 

2178. 

Hand in Hand 

4-5:30 p.m. Every Thursday. 

Hand in Hand is an inclusion 

program that integrates youth of 

all abilities in an after-school social 

program. For more information 

on how to participate, email 

cantor@mjcs.org. 

Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning View Drive) 

Midweek Bible Study 

7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Pastor’s 

house. Pastor Brian La Spada 

holds a Bible study weekly 

that walks throuth the book of 

Genesis. For more information, 

email info@calvarychapelmalibu.com. 

Service 

10 a.m. Sundays with Pastor 

Brian La Spada. 

Pre-Church Prayer 

9:30 a.m. Sundays, Juan Cabrillo 

picnic tables. 

Mindfulness Meditation (For location, call 310-456- 

3591) 

Meditation Group 

7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Check 

out our open, ongoing sitting 

group in central Malibu. Meditate 

to the sound of the waves. 

Non-denominational, free, welcoming. 

Simple guidance offered. 

For more information, 

contact Carol Moss at (310) 

456-3591 or email greenlotus@ 

earthlink.net. 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive) 

Waveside Espanol 

5:30-7 p.m. Last Monday of 

every month. Waveside’s Spanish-language 

worship service in 

Malibu. Those interested should 

meet at the Boys and Girls Club 

of Malibu. For more information, 

email info@wavesidechurch.com. 

Service 

10:10 a.m. Sundays 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter Canyon 

Road) 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Mondays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Christian Women’s Bible Study 

7 p.m., Mondays, Okoneski 

Room. 

Al Anon Meetings 

8 p.m. Mondays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Evening Bible Study 

6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays, Lower 

Conference Room. This event 

comes with a light meal. Do you 

want to learn more about the 

roots, history, and rich heritage 

of the Roman Catholic faith? 

About how you may respond 

to God’s call in your daily life? 

Come to our in-depth study and 

dialogue of the Bible. We will 

explore the Gospel of Mark, the 

first to be written and the only 

scripture that depicts Jesus from 

an intrinsically human perspec- 

Please see Faith, 30 

In Memoriam 

Gregory Metcalfe Joujon-Roche 

Malibu resident Gregory 

Metcalfe Joujon-Roche died 

July 31 after a 16-month battle 

with cholangiocarcinoma. 

He was 49. 

Joujon-Roche is survived 

Joujon-Roche 

by his wife Irma, their two children Dylan 

and Helena, his mother and father, Sharon 

Osborn and Pierre Joujon-Roche, his stepmom 

Nancy Joujon-Roche and his sister 

Aynee Osborn Joujon-Roche. He lived 

many lifetimes in his one, big, beautiful 

life, and lived for the oceann. 

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Not really sure how 

many times I’ve 

mentioned that I 

love writing these articles. 

For many reasons, but one 

being that I get to visit 

areas of this town that I 

didn’t even know existed. 

When the opportunity to 

visit my next Ride of the 

Week came up, I checked 

my map app and saw 

and sure enough, I was 

headed to an area of town 

I’d never been — up in 

the canyons on a remote 

hillside with what would 

surely be a spectacular 

view. And it was. 

Cut to: The home of 

film lighting director Ian 

Kincaid and his 1962 4X4 

Willy’s Wagon. Now, as I 

headed up, the first thing 

that struck me in this 

part of the hills were the 

beautiful homes peppered 

throughout. And as I left 

most of them for a time, 

I hit Kincaid’s secluded 

abode, a modern piece he 

built a while back. It was 

perfect for his pride a joy: 

his yellow Willy’s Wagon. 

I rolled up and was 

greeted with an instant 

smile from his family and 

Kincaid washing the beast. 

And as we spoke for a bit 

while the truck got sprayed 

with a cool Malibu bath, 

the glistening yellow panels 

began begging me for a 

Ian Kincaid and his daughter stand beside his 1962 4-by-4 

Willy’s Wagon. Fireball Tim Lawrence/22nd Century Media 

great shot. Then, Ian began 

filling me in on some 

details, one of which was 

a Chevy short block with 

posi-traction rear end. 

“I purchased the Willys 

in 1973 for $900 from the 

original owners in Pacific 

Beach,” Kincaid said. “In 

the 70s, all beach towns in 

So Cal had miles of hills 

to explore and every kid 

wanted a 4-by-4. I love 

taking my kids to school 

driving down [Pacific 

Coast Highway] in the 

Willys. They sit up high 

and can see more than in 

our other cars.” 

Kincaid and his family 

use the vehicle primarily to 

go to the beach and get the 

kids to school and I could 

see that it would be a blast 

to do exactly that. 

“I saw some 4-by-4s 

trying unsuccessfully to 

climb a steep hill in Park 

City, Utah,” he said. “I 

locked the front hubs in, 

crawled right up the mountain, 

made a U-turn on the 

summit and drove right 

back down past all the big 

frustrated Land Rovers, 

Broncos and newer Jeeps.” 

That’s the power of Positraction, 

friends. 

As a lighting director in 

the movies, Kincaid has 

done a ton. Traveling the 

far corners of the world, 

we both have worked on 

some of the same projects, 

but it’s Malibu that 

he makes home for a very 

good reason. Must be the 

cars, right? 

Well, maybe, but most 

likely it’s because our town 

is simply one of the most 

beautiful places on Earth. 

And for a place with such 

beauty, it makes sense to 

have a vehicle that can 

pretty much go anywhere. 

“I’ve traveled all over this 

planet and there is no place 

I’d rather drive than in our 

lovely city,” Kincaid said. 

We all know that the key 

to success is gratitude. And 

if you aren’t grateful, what 

you have can easily disappear. 

So, it’s pretty easy to 

be reminded by living here 

in the Bu that life is about 

giving. 

From sights to sea to cars 

and treats. This ensures that 

success is for everyone. 

Now, if only all of us could 

have a cool car. 

Wait. Anything’s possible, 

right? Let Kincaid’s sunny 

Wagon be a symbol for all 

things good here in the Bu. 

That no matter what the 

weather is, the sun is always 

shining on our noggins.

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FAith 

From Page 27 

tive. Bring your bible, or 

let us know if you need 

one. For more information, 

call sonia@olmalibu. 

org. 

Narcotic’s Anonymous 

Meetings 

7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Circle Prayer Group 

8 a.m. Thursdays, Rectory. 

Thursday Morning Bible 

Class 

10:30 a.m.-noon. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

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Going rate 

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Type ADDRESS LP D.O.M ST DATE BR/BA SP 

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MMH 

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LSE 23736 Malibu Colony $175,000/mth 118 8/1/16 6BR/6BA $175,000/mth 

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32 | August 10, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Puzzles 


Surfside puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

This is more than your average crossword. The Surfside Puzzler features clues pertaining to Malibu each week. 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Seed covers 

6. Shaggy animals 

10. “Hey, over here!” 

14. Maui neighbor 

15. Act in collusion 

16. “Beetle Bailey” 

pooch 

17. Shenanigan 

18. Spruce or sequoia 

19. Make waves 

20. Completely motionless 

22. Bearing 

23. Newspaper page 

24. Pepperdine’s 

____ Park 

26. Nightclub dancing 

30. Push 

32. Start 

33. Pepperdine College 

35. Hence 

37. Organize 

39. Cut back 

44. Regard 

46. Bully 

47. Muse for poets 

51. Life’s partner 

53. British Conservative 

54. Discerning 

56. Been in bed 

58. Flower cluster 

59. Unfortunate 

65. Sultanate 

66. Abandon 

67. Eucalyptus 

muncher 

68. Buttons and 

Skelton 

69. Hightail it 

70. ____ Bird Special 

71. Waiter’s need 

72. Treaty subject 

73. Armani creation 

Down 

1. “Ah, me!” 

2. Go ballistic 

3. Division word 

4. Non-clerical 

5. Michael Moore film 

6. Go on and on 

7. Abbreviate 

8. Boat part 

9. Inscribed monument 

10. Noisy toy 

11. Does a slow burn 

12. Aussie way of talking 

13. Small bird 

21. Poinsettia, e.g. 

25. Relaxed 

26. Org. famous for 

cookies 

27. “__ the rampart’s...” 

28. Pike fish 

29. Reproductive cell 

31. Before poetically 

34. Furnish with a fund 

36. Ploy 

38. Sushi order 

40. Take the cake 

41. She was part of a 

“bed in” for peace 

42. Alpine evergreen 

43. Tina of ‘’SNL’’ 

45. Structure near a flour 

factory 

47. Chaperone 

48. Dr. Seuss, notably 

49. Fighting fleet 

50. Itty-bitty 

52. Electromagnetic 

wave enhancers 

55. Pronouncements 

57. “The ____ gun” 

60. Salacious glance 

61. Loud noise 

62. Endangered 

63. Tubing joints 

64. There are 14 in a 

fortnight 

MALIBU 

Duke’s Malibu Restaurant 

(21150 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu; (310) 

317-0777) 

■6-10 ■ p.m. Wednesdays 

through Aug. 12: 

Duke’s Big Wednesday 

including drink specials 

and raffle prizes. 

■4 ■ p.m.-close. Every 

Friday in the Barefoot 

Bar: Aloha Hour with 

Hawaiian dance performers 

Malibu Wines Tasting 

Room 

(31740 Mulholland 

Highway, Malibu (818) 

865-0605) 

■7:30-9:30 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Aug. 11: Malibu 

Movie Nigh Under the 

Stars - “Jaws” 

■6-9 ■ p.m. Friday, Aug. 

12: Live Band Karaoke 

at Malibu Wines 

■11 ■ a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 13: Cake & 

Punch Flower Crown 

Pop-Up 

Moonshadows 

(20356 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu (310) 

456-3010) 

■7 ■ p.m.-12 a.m. Every 

Thursday: Live DJ 

■7 ■ p.m.-1 a.m. Every 

Friday and Saturday: 

Live DJ 

■3-9 ■ p.m. Every Sunday: 

Live DJ 

Paradise Cove 

(28128 PCH, Malibu 

(310) 457-2503) 

■5-9 ■ p.m. Every Tuesday: 

Live jazz band 

Ollie’s Duck and Dive 

Gastropub 

(29169 Heathercliff 

Road, 102, Malibu (310) 

589-2200) 

■9 ■ p.m. Fridays: The 

Living Room Sessions 

with special guests 

every week. 

■9 ■ p.m. Saturdays: Local 

independent bands 

■9 ■ p.m.-midnight. Every 

Thursday: Live DJ. 

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answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has 

been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. 

To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must 

contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

LEVEL: Medium 

Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

Play Ball 

Children 

learn basics 

of America’s 

favorite pasttime, 

Page 34 

Breaking 

Records OLM 

student, track runner 

earns national 

rankings at Junior 

Olympics, Page 36 

malibu surfside news | August 10, 2016 | malibusurfsidenews.com 

Jens Cole sits beside the pool 

at Pepperdine University, where 

he plays water polo. 

Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media 

MHS graduate and Pepperdine Wave 

Jens Cole looks to find ways to contribute 

on water polo team, Page 35

34 | August 10, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Sports 


Kids play ball at baseball camp 


For a few Malibu children 

last week, baseball 

served as the City of Malibu 

camp of choice. 

But while there was no 

seventh-inning stretch 

or singing of “Take Me 

Out to the Ballgame” and 

“Sweet Caroline,” the kids 

did swing for the fences 

during the camp. 

Two coaches — one of 

which was a former baseball 

player at Malibu High 

School — took the children 

through various games designed 

to teach the group 

baseball fundamentals. 

They played games of 

pickle, competed in timed 

baserunning bases, and 

also worked on hitting and 

fielding ground balls. 

“We’re getting them to 

learn the game as much 

as possible,” said Shaun 

Kort, coach of the varsity 

baseball team at Harvard 

Westlake High School 

who led the Malibu camp 

last week. “But just with 

some 5-year-olds and 

some 6-year-olds, we have 

to keep it really basic for 

the whole group. 

Kort said the two main 

goals of the camp is to 

keep all the children safe 

and having fun. 

“I think any time you 

can get the kids out of the 

house, instead of just being 

in front of the TV, is a 

plus for them and their parents,” 

Kort said. “I think 

with this age group...I 

think keeping them safe 

and letting them have fun 

is the most important thing 

because they’re still learning 

how to catch the ball 

and hit the ball.” 

RIGHT: Win Vest, 8, fields a 

ground ball at the camp. 

Harrison Solomon, 8, rounds first during a baserunning 

race at the camp. 

Andy Uznis, 8, prepares to take a rip at the City of Malibu baseball camp on Wednesday, 

Aug. 3, at Malibu Bluffs Park. Photos by Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media 

Buzz Mecham, 6, avoids being tagged by Matt Rafeedie during a game of pickle.

malibusurfsidenews.com Sports 


Cole focusing on ‘small things’ to improve his game 


While at Malibu High 

School, Jens Cole was 

one of the stars of the water 

polo team. He played 

multiple positions, scored 

a ton and essentially did 

anything we wanted in the 

pool. 

But when he started his 

collegiate career at down 

the road at Pepperdine 

University, Cole suddenly 

found himself struggling 

to find minutes. He sat 

out his first year due to a 

shoulder injury and began 

to lose the confidence he 

built while at MHS. 

“It was frustrating, especially 

knowing I wanted 

to go into college playing 

my first year,” Cole said. 

“Not being able to do that 

was definitely a downfall, 

definitely a negative side 

to my freshman year.” 

The struggles didn’t 

stop there. Despite playing 

nine games for the 

Waves last year and being 

named a Scholar-Athlete, 

Cole still struggled with 

his confidence and did not 

play many minutes. He 

said he was “boggled” by 

playing at such a high level 

in high school only to be 

relegated to a role player 

at the next level. 

Cole, however, attempted 

to come into his second 

year with a new approach. 

“Coming into my sophomore 

year, there was 

kind of that mentality of... 

really wanting to play in 

game,” Cole said. “So I 

took things a lot more seriously.” 

After multiple moments 

of self-reflection and focusing 

on any minutes he 

did receive, Cole realized 

the way he can get more 

“I don’t want to ever be 

complacent with how I work. I 

want to always be better.” 

Jens Cole — water polo player at Pepperdine 

University and Malibu High School graduate 

Jens Cole’s Sophomore 

Year as a Wave 

Games Played: 9 

Named a Pepperdine 

Scholar-Athlete 

time in the pole is to embrace 

his bench role. The 

way he’ll do that, he said, 

is getting back to basics 

and focusing on the little 

things in his game such 

as his swim stroke, faking 

and defense. 

That way, he can prove 

to the coaches that he deserves 

to be out in the 

water contributing to the 

team. 

“It’s definitely just the 

small things,” Cole said. 

“If you can do all the fundamental 

things right, then 

they love you [and] play 

you every single minute.” 

Cole said one of the biggest 

differences between 

high school and college 

is the level of competition. 

In high school, it was 

easier to be more complacent 

during games, Cole 

said, but that’s not the case 

nowadays. 

“Any team you play at 

the college level, you’re 

going to be matching up 

with guys who were All- 

Americans in high school, 

if not already All-Americans 

in college,” Cole 

said. “So everybody you 

play is good at their craft 

and they’re talented at 

what they do. So it’s just a 

constant adjustment.” 

One of the things that 

has helped Cole adjust to 

his new environment has 

been his teammates, Cole 

said. All the Waves players 

are very close, much 

like the units of which 

Cole was a part at MHS. 

Cole said his relationship 

with his teammates 

has made the adjustment 

from high school to college 

much easier. 

“It was almost like you 

almost didn’t feel it because 

you had that tightknit 

community, you had 

that tight-knit group of 

friends,” Cole said. 

Cole has been playing 

water polo for almost 10 

years, he said. And after 

he graduates Pepperdine, 

Cole said he will feel comfortable 

ending his water 

polo career and pursing 

sports journalism or 

broadcasting. 

In the pool, Cole said he 

eventually wants to earn a 

starting spot on the Waves. 

But right now, he understands 

he has to focus on 

being a role player. 

Cole knows that if he’s 

to reach his goal, he’ll 

need to perfect the fundamentals, 

and the rest will 

come later. 

“I don’t want to ever 

be complacent with how I 

work,” Cole said. “I want 

to always be better.” 

Jens Cole wants to contribute to his team as much as possible during his junior year. 

Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media

36 | August 10, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Sports 


OLM athlete 

runs national 

times during 

Jr. Olympics 

Athlete of the Week 

Submitted Content 

Our Lady of Malibu track 

and field athlete Willem Kline 

earned national rankings recently 

after competing in three 

races at the Junior Olympics in 

Houston, Texas. 

Kline, who competed in the 

11-year-old age group, competed 

in the 100-, 400- and 

800-meter races during the 

competition. 

He recorded personal-best 

times in each of the events at 

the meet. 

Our Lady of Malibu student Willem Kline runs a race 

during his recent Junior Olympics appearance in 

Houston, Texas. Photo Submitted 

Kline’s race times and national rankings 

100 meter: 14.08 seconds - ranked 74th in the 

nation. 

400 meter: one minute, seven seconds - ranked 

52nd. 

800 meter: 2:39, ranked 41st. 

All-girl youth baseball team wins 

U10 national tournament 

Team includes Malibu resident 

Pictured are the 

members of the LA 

Monarchs all-girl 

baseball team that 

won the Under-10 

portion of the Baseball 

for All national 

tournament. Baseball 

for All, a nonprofit 

organization that 

promotes girls playing 

baseball, is headed 

by Malibu resident 

Justine Siegal, who 

is the first female 

coach in Major 

League Baseball. 

Malibu resident Zoe 

Doyle plays for the 

Monarchs as well. 

Photo Submitted 

22nd Century Media File Photo 

10 Questions 

with Ryan Janov 

Ryan Janov is an incoming 

junior at Malibu High 

School who races sailboats. 

How did you get 

involved in sailing 

and when did you get 

started? 

I got involved in sailing 

because my Dad introduced 

me to it. I started when I 

was 7. 

What do you like most 

about sailing? 

I like sailing because it 

is athletic, competitive and 

mentally challenging. 

What is the most 

difficult aspect of 

sailing? 

The wind and ocean are 

always changing. 

Who is your role model 

and why? 

My dad because he is 

someone that I would want 

to be like. 

What are your plans 

for after high school? 

I want to go to the best 

college possible and get a 

degree in business. 

If you could have any 

superpower, what 

would it be and why? 

The power to not need to 

sleep or eat food so I could 

keep doing everything I 

need to. 

You’re president for a 

day. What’s your first 

order of business? 

I would eradicate terrorism. 

Do you have any 

rituals before you sail? 

I go to a quiet place to put 

my gear on, then I meditate 

and put on my sunblock. 

Describe Malibu in one 

word. Why did you 

choose that word? 

Home, because I have 

lived here my whole life. 

What is your guilty 

pleasure? 

Sailing. 

Interview conducted and 

edited by Assistant Editor 

Alex Vejar

malibusurfsidenews.com Sports 


Pepperdine Athletics 

Soccer player named to South African women’s Olympic roster 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 


women’s soccer alumna 

Roxanne Barker will be 

making her second trip 

to the Olympics as she 

was recently named to the 

South African women’s 

soccer roster for the 2016 

games in Rio. 

Pepperdine Athletics 

Barker became the first 

Wave to compete in the 

Olympics when she played 

for South Africa in the 

2012 Olympic Games in 

London. She has been 

serving as the starting 

goalkeeper for Banyana 

Banyana in the national 

team’s recent friendlies 

against the United States 

and The Netherlands. 

Barker was born in Pietermaritzburg, 

South Africa, 

and has made 28 caps 

for the national squad. She 

is one of 10 players on the 

2016 team who also competed 

in the 2012 Olympics. 

Barker started Banyana 

Banyana’s opening 

match of the 2012 games 

while she was heading into 

her senior season at Pepperdine. 

Barker played for the 

Waves from 2009 to 2012 

and was eventually drafted 

by the Portland Thorns FC 

in the fourth round of the 

2013 NWSL Draft. She had 

been playing professionally 

for Thór/KA Akureyri in 

Iceland and recently signed 

a one-year deal with SC 

Heerenveen Vrouwen in 

the Dutch Eredivisie. 

While at Pepperdine, 

Barker was a four-time 

All-WCC selection and 

helped the Waves to a 

conference title and Top 

10 national ranking in 

2011. She is still the program’s 

all-time leader in 

wins (47) and starts (79), 

and ranks second in goals 

against average (0.87), 

shutouts (31.0) and saves 

(311). Barker is also seventh 

in saves per game 

(3.93) and compiled a 

career record of 47-22-10 

during her time in Malibu. 

South Africa will be in 

Group E at the 2016 games, 

along with Sweden, China 

and Brazil, and will open 

the competition on August 

3 against Sweden. 

Waves men’s tennis adds to its coaching staff 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 


men’s tennis has a new 

face in the coaching ranks 

as head coach Marcelo Ferreira 

recently announced 

the hiring of Martin Parkes 

as assistant coach. Parkes 

brings over 16 years of 

coaching and playing experience 

to the program. 

“I am extremely excited 

to have Martin join our 

program,” Ferreira said. 

\“He fully understands 

Pepperdine’s mission and 

definitely embraces what 

we are trying to accomplish 

with our program. He 

brings with him years of 

experience coaching at the 

developmental, professional 

and collegiate levels and 

has certainly excelled in all 

of them. Martin’s passion 

and knowledge of the game 

will really help us get to the 

next level and I cannot wait 

to get this partnership started 

so we can help our guys 

grow as players and mature 

as individuals.” 

He joins the Waves’ family 

after most recently serving 

as the assistant coach 

and interim head coach 

for both the men’s and 

women’s tennis programs 

at Saint Leo University in 

Tampa, Fla., since August 

2012. 

“I would like to personally 

thank Steve Potts, head 

coach Marcelo Ferreira and 

all who supported my candidacy 

for this great opportunity 

to become part of the 

Wave family, tradition and 

culture,” Parkes said. “I am 

humbled and honored to be 

part of such a great tennis 

program with such a rich 

history and tradition of success 

and I am ready to bring 

my professional experience 

and investment into 

inspiring the program with 

Marcelo to new heights. 

Pepperdine is truly a very 

special place that inspires a 

great feeling of community 

and pursuit of excellence in 

a way that coincides with 

my own philosophies in the 

development of successful 

young athletes into professionals 

in all aspects of life 

through the sport I have 

grown to love.” 

While with the Lions, 

he quickly made an impact 

for both teams and was 

named Intercollegiate Tennis 

Association National 

and South Region Assistant 

Coach of the Year after the 

2014-15 campaign. 

In 2016, he helped lead 

the men’s program to an 

appearance in the NCAA 

Division II Championships 

where the squad finished 

as runner-up. The squad 

finished with a nationalbest 

27-2 overall record 

and claimed the program’s 

first-ever Sunshine State 

Conference Regular Season 

and Tournament Championships 

crowns. The 

team also produced the 

program’s first #1 Oracle/ 

ITA national ranking, a feat 

maintained throughout a 

solid portion of the season. 

He coached two studentathletes 

to ITA All-American 

honors in both singles 

and doubles and led senior 

Alex Theiler and freshman 

Alberto Barroso-Campos to 

a No. 1 final doubles ranking 

to close out the season. 

On the women’s side in 

2016, the Lions also earned 

both a SSC Regular Season 

and Tournament Championship 

title. The team earned 

a berth in the NCAA Tournament 

and competed in 

the semifinals against topranked 

and eventual NCAA 

runner-up BYU-Hawaii. 

In 2015, Parkes helped 

the men’s squad earn national 

and regional acclaim 

after leading the team to 

a postseason berth in the 

South Region, eventually 

making it to the regional 

title match. The team finished 

16-6 overall and saw 

many program firsts including 

a victory over Lynn. 

Throughout his time with 

the Lions, he was also responsible 

for administrative 

duties, player development, 

success accountability of 

the student-athletes and 

program development. 

Prior to and throughout 

his time at Saint Leo’s, 

Parkes spent a wealth of 

his time working at Saddlebrook 

International Tennis 

as a Mental Performance 

and International Tennis 

Federation Team Group 

Leader. He began in 2007, 

coaching top-ranked juniors 

all over the world on 

the ITF junior and senior 

circuits, including current 

Pepperdine women’s tennis 

All-American standout 

Luisa Stefani. Under his 

coaching skills, Stefani 

earned a #10 ITF juniors 

ranking. 

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performance and international 

traveling coach, 

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sports psychologist and 

personal coach to Jonathan 

Marray since 2006, helping 

the athlete to a win in the 

2012 Wimbledon Men’s 

Doubles Championship. 

While serving as a personal 

coach, he earned the 

head coaching positions at 

Leeds University for women’s 

tennis from 1999-2001 

and at Saddlebrook Preparatory 

High School. He led 

SPHS to a State finalist run. 

Parkes wasn’t always 

on the sidelines, however, 

competing at NCAA Division 

I Campbell University 

as a student-athlete from 

2001-2004. He served as 

team captain and earned 

the team’s Most Valuable 

Player award after working 

towards 20-6 singles and 

23-9 doubles records in the 

2003-04 season. 

He earned the coaches 

award and a #60 doubles 

ranking in 2002-03 and led 

his team to Atlantic Sun 

Conference tournament 

runner-up status in 2004. 

He competed in ATP juniors 

from 1994-99, playing 

in ATP Futures, British 

Tour, German League and 

Wimbledon pre-qualifying 

during his career. 

Parkes earned his Bachelor 

in Science with a dual 

major in Psychology and 

Exercise Science from 

Campbell in 2004 and garnered 

a Masters of Business 

Administration with 

a specialization in Sports 

Business from Saint Leo in 

2015.

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Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the tive appointed by the court within the 

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THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requestsEXPIRES 

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TICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 

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FICTITIOUS THE PETITION BUSINESS requests NAME the STATE- decedent's 

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DATE. The filing of this statement does not Notice of Divide Publication 

of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious 

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in said County for publication 

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prior Whereas, to the onMay public 3, 2016, hearing I, JOSEPH at 

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to probate. The will and any 

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to probate. The will and any A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been 

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of tax-defaulted persons unless property they will havebe 

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to in the file kept by the court. 

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interested 

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