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A has officially reached Los Angeles 

County, health officials warn, Page 3 

Headed to court Malibu 

business hit with lawsuit after alleged 

discrimination incident, Page 4 

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author, artist highlighted 

at Depart Foundation event, Page 7 

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THURSDAY 

Wastewater Advisory 

Committee 

6 p.m. Sept. 28, Malibu 

City Hall Multipurpose 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. The Wastewater Advisory 

Committee will hold 

its regular meeting. For 

more information, email 

rnelson@malibucity.org. 

Town Hall Meeting 

7-9 p.m. Sept. 28, Malibu 

City Hall Council Chambers/Malibu 

Civic Theater, 

23825 Stuart Ranch Road. 

The City of Malibu will 

hold the second in a series 

of Public Safety Town Hall 

Meetings. The meeting will 

offer information on “mass 

violence” incidents such 

as mass shootings or vehicle 

ramming attacks. The 

meeting will feature speakers 

from the L.A. County 

sheriff’s and fire departments, 

as well as Malibu’s 

Public Safety Manager 

Susan Dueñas. No RSVPs 

necessary. Refreshments 

provided. For more information, 

call (310) 456-2489 

ext. 313 or email sduenas@ 

malibucity.org. 

FRIDAY 

Ribbon Cutting/Family Fun 

Event 

5-8 p.m. Sept. 29, Boys 

& Girls Clubs of Malibu, 

30215 Morning View 

Drive. The Boys & Girls 

Club of Malibu will welcome 

the community to 

its new Wellness Center, 

which will offer wellness 

and counseling services 

to those in kindergarten 

through 12th grade as well 

as their families. A ribbon 

cutting will occur at 6 p.m. 

Food trucks, raffle prizes, 

a children’s zone, local 

health and wellness booths, 

and more will be on offer. 

Family Yoga/Art Workshop 

12 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 

30, Malibu Bluffs Park, 

24250 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The City of Malibu 

will host this workshop led 

by yoga instructor Natalie 

Spirova and art instructor 

Ivo Spirov. All levels are 

welcome, and attendees are 

asked to bring a yoga mat if 

they have one. The cost is 

$10 per person or $30 for a 

family of four; pre-registration 

is required. To register, 

visit www.malibucity.org/ 

register. 

SUNDAY 

‘Go, Dog, Go’ 

2-4 p.m. Oct. 1, Smothers 

Theatre, 24255 PCH, Malibu. 

Childsplay will present 

“Go, Dog, Go” by Allison 

Gregory and Steven Dietz, 

adapted from the book by 

P.D. Eastman. Tickets are 

$10-$20 for adults and $10 

for those 17 and under. To 

buy tickets, visit arts.pepperdine.edu 

or call (310) 

506-4522. 

Family Art Day 

12-2 p.m. Oct. 1, Pepperdine 

University Gregg 

G. Juarez Courtyard, 24255 

PCH, Malibu. Join for special 

art projects and Weisman 

Museum tours at Family 

Art Day, which is free 

and open to the public. 

TUESDAY 

Music and Motion 

11 a.m. Oct. 3, Malibu 

Library, 23519 Civic Center 

Way. Linnea Richards 

will conduct a musically 

rewarding and motivating 

class. This class for babies 

and toddlers ages 0-3 and 

their caregivers offers is 

sponsored by the Friends 

of the Malibu Library. For 

more information, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

WEDNESDAY 

Illustrated Lecture: 

Leonardo da Vinci 

6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Malibu 

Library, 23519 Civic 

Center Way. Leonardo da 

Vinci (1452-1519) is one of 

the most captivating figures 

in art history. Trained as a 

painter and sculptor in Florence, 

he was also a brilliant 

scientist and inventor. This 

lecture, presented by Dr. 

Cynthia Colburn, associate 

professor of art history at 

Pepperdine University, will 

analyze his work in its historical 

context during the 

period of the Italian Wars. 

For teens 14+ and adults. 

THURSDAY 

Roger McGuinn Concert 

8 p.m. Oct. 5, Pepperdine 

University Smothers Theatre, 

24255 PCH, Malibu. 

Roger McGuinn, a founding 

member of The Byrds 

and an eventual solo artist, 

will perform. For tickets 

— which cost $22-$50 for 

the general public and $10 

for Pepperdine students — 

call (310) 506-4522 or visit 

arts.pepperdine.edu. 

UPCOMING 

Legendary Ladies of 

Motown 

8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

7, Pepperdine University 

Smothers Theatre, 24255 

PCH. This concert will 

feature Mary Wilson of 

The Supremes and Martha 

Reeves & The Vandellas. 

This performance is 

sponsored by the Office of 

Andrew K. Benton, president 

of Pepperdine, and 

The Law Offices of Hiepler 

& Hiepler. For tickets — 

which cost $40-$70 for the 

public and $10 for Pepperdine 

students — call (310) 

506-4522 or visit arts.pepperdine.edu. 

‘Take Me to the River’ 

Concert 

7-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 


Smothers Theatre, 24255 

PCH. “Take me to the 

River,” a Memphis soul 

and rhythm & blues revue 

featuring Grammy winners 

William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite, 

Bobby Rush and 

more comes to Pepperdine. 

The historic show celebrates 

the intergenerational 

and interracial musical influence 

of Memphis in the 

face of pervasive discrimination 

and segregation. The 

event is sponsored by the 

Flamminio family. Tickets 

— which can be purchased 

at arts.pepperdine.edu or by 

calling (310) 506-4522 — 

range from $25-$45. 

ONGOING 

San Salvador Replica Sail 

2-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 

12; 2-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 

13; 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 

14, Malibu Pier, 23000 

Malibu Pier. In celebration 

of the 475th anniversary of 

Cabrillo’s visit to Malibu, a 

structurally precise replica 

of the San Salvador will 

be on display. A three-hour 

sail will be conducted, and 

a four-hour sail on Oct. 14. 

The voyage can accommodate 

no more than 40 people; 

each passenger must be 

able to climb a rope ladder 

and step over a boarding 

rail. Tickets are available at 

www.adamsonhouse.org or 

at the Adamson House Visitor 

Center at 23200 PCH. 

Smart Driver Program 

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, 

Sept. 28, and Friday, Sept. 

29, Malibu City Hall, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. The senior 

center and AARP will 

offer Smart Driver courses 

for seniors. The cost is $15 

for AARP members and 

$20 for non-members. Participants 

must attend both 

classes to obtain a certificate. 

To register, call (310) 

456-2489 ext. 357. 

Spanish to Improve 

Memory 

10-11 a.m. Thursdays, 

Sept. 28-Nov. 2, Malibu 

Senior Center, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. This Spanish 

language class, instructed 

by Robin Rapaport, is 

meant to improve memory. 

The class includes beginning 

grammar, vocabulary, 

conversation and activities 

to provide real-life situational 

dialogue. The sixweek 

class costs $45. For 

more information, or to 

register, call (310) 456- 

2489 ext. 357. 

‘Sea Sick in Paradise’ 

Through Saturday, Sept. 

30, Depart Foundation, 

Malibu Village, 3822 Cross 

Creek Road. “Sea Sick in 

Paradise” will be on display. 

Circle Mirror 

Transformation 

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 

3-Friday, Oct. 6; 2 p.m. and 

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 


Lindhurst Theatre, 24255 

PCH. When four lost New 

Englanders who enroll in 

Marty’s six-week-long 

community-center drama 

class begin to experiment 

with harmless games, 

hearts are quietly torn 

apart, and tiny wars of epic 

proportions are waged and 

won. A beautifully crafted 

diorama, a petri dish in 

which we see, with hilarious 

detail and clarity, the 

antic sadness of a motley 

quintet. This show contains 

adult situations and 

language. Tickets are $15. 

No late seating allowed. 

Join a talk back with the 

actors and director after the 

Wednesday, Oct. 4 performance. 

For more information, 

visit arts.pepperdine. 

edu or call (310) 506-4522. 

Have an item for calendar? 

Deadline is noon Thursdays. 

To submit an item to the calendar, 

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Malibu surfside news | September 28, 2017 | 3 

From Sept. 19 

Hepatitis A outbreak reaches LA County 

Lauren Coughlin, Editor 

“Because the most recent 

new cases appear to 

be locally acquired,” the 

Los Angeles County Department 

of Public Health 

declared a county outbreak 

of hepatitis A on Tuesday, 

Sept. 19. 

“Public Health has confirmed 

10 total cases of 

hepatitis A among high-risk 

individuals (those that are 

homeless or in institutions 

that serve the homeless) in 

Los Angeles County,” the 

release notes. “Of the confirmed 

cases, four had been 

in San Diego and one had 

been in Santa Cruz during 

their exposure period. 

Three secondary cases occurred 

in a health care facility 

in Los Angeles County. 

The two most recent cases 

appear to have acquired 

their infection locally within 

Los Angeles County.” 

A presentation from LA 

County Department of Public 

Health noted that there 

have not been any cases 

of hepatitis A among the 

homeless in LA County in 

the past two years. In 2005- 

2006, 48 cases were seen in 

the county’s homeless, the 

report also noted. 

Vaccinations are especially 

recommended for 

those who are homeless, 

use drugs or who have contact 

with individuals from 

either group. 

San Diego and Santa 

Cruz counties are also currently 

combating hepatitis 

A outbreaks. 

“Public Health has been 

proactively preparing for 

an outbreak for some time 

and is working diligently 

to prevent spread in local 

communities. Our priorities 

are to keep all our 

residents both safe and well 

informed of the situation,” 

said Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, 

an interim health officer at 

Los Angeles County. “Vaccination 

is the best protection 

against Hepatitis 

A. With this in mind, our 

outreach teams and clinics 

are offering free vaccine to 

persons who are homeless, 

active drug users, and those 

who provide services and 

support to those individuals.” 

The department of public 

health notes that Hepatitis 

A can be contracted if 

an individual comes into 

contact with an infected 

person’s feces through contaminated 

food or objects. 

The virus can also spread 

if a person does not properly 

wash their hands after 

going to the bathroom or 

changing diapers. 

“Other modes of transmission 

include certain 

sexual practices, sharing 

equipment related to illicit 

drug use, and consumption 

of food or water contaminated 

with the virus,” the 

Please see Hep A, 9 

More information on hepatitis A 

Symptoms of acute hepatitis A are: 

• fever • malaise • dark urine • nausea 

• lack of appetite • stomach pain • jaundice 

• Symptoms generally last for less than two months, 

though some may have prolonged or more severe 

illness. 

Steps to prevent hepatitis A: 

• Get vaccinated for hepatitis A. 

• Don’t have sex with someone who has hepatitis A 

infection. 

• Use your own towels, toothbrushes and eating 

utensils. 

• Don’t share food, drinks, or smokes with other 

people. 

• Wash hands with soap and water after using the 

bathroom, changing diapers, and before preparing, 

serving or eating food. 

* Information provided by the Los Angeles County Department 

of Public Health

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malibu City Council 

City debates when, if to consider FEMA maps 

lauren coughlin, Editor 

With the recent unveiling 

of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency’s 

proposed floodplain maps, 

the Malibu City Council 

weighed how to approach 

potentially impacted projects 

during its Monday, 

Sept. 25 meeting. 

However, some members 

of the public had deeper issues 

with the maps, which 

can be appealed by members 

of the public through 

Nov. 6. City Attorney 

Christi Hogin noted that 

there are property owners 

in Malibu who are currently 

appealing the maps. 

The council, with Councilmember 

Jefferson Wagner 

teleconferencing in, unanimously 

voted to continue its 

discussion of the item. 

One of the dilemmas, 

which was on the agenda, 

had to do with how they 

should approach projects 

in the pipeline. The options 

presented included considering 

projects under the 

new proposed FEMA maps 

(which wouldn’t come into 

play until August 2018), 

considering projects using 

the current FEMA maps, 

or opting out of the FEMA 

National Flood Insurance 

Program. 

However, it was clear to 

the council that there was a 

separate conversation that 

the City needed to consider. 

Realtor Paul Grisanti 

was among the evening’s 

public speakers, and he 

referenced the mystery behind 

FEMA’s science that 

created the maps. 

“It’s like dealing with a 

magician, and you know it’s 

fake, but you’re not quite 

sure how he came up with 

it because he isn’t going to 

show you how he came up 

with it,” Grisanti said. 

round it up 

A brief recap of action from the Monday, Sept. 25 meeting of 

the Malibu City Council 

• The council voted 5-0 to send a letter to the California 

Coastal Commission that supports marine-based 

delivery of sand for the Broad Beach project. 

• The council voted 5-0 to send letters to the Federal 

Aviation Administration Administrator and the Los 

Angeles World Airports CEO asking for solutions to 

excessive noise from low-flying planes traveling over the 

Malibu coast. Mayor Pro Tem Rick Mullen and Public 

Works Director Bob Brager were appointed to attend 

roundtable meetings on the topic. 

Developer Norm Haynie 

also opposed the maps, saying 

that Malibu ocean engineers 

were unable to duplicate 

FEMA’s calculations. 

“We take high tide and 

we raise that with a storm 

surge, and then we take 

the highest wave that we 

can come up with,” Haynie 

said. “And then the safe elevation 

is two feet above 

that and we consider rise of 

sea level over time. FEMA 

does not consider rise of 

sea level, and they still 

have [calculations] several 

feet above ours.” 

Wagner said FEMA’s 

maps “didn’t work along 

any lines of common sense.” 

He also noted that the 

Environmental Protection 

Agency’s maps had significant 

differences. 

“So we have two federal 

agencies here, reporting two 

different things,” Wagner 

said. “I think that for people 

in Malibu ... this clarity 

needs to be presented before 

we make a decision.” 

Mayor Pro Tem Rick 

Mullen said it would be 

“silly” to consider the proposed 

FEMA maps for development 

in the pipeline, 

as it could lead to drastic 

construction changes that 

may not be necessary. 

Mayor Skylar Peak said 

the council would ask 

FEMA to explain how they 

came up with the maps. 

“That should be public 

information,” Peak said. 

The council also asked 

staff to look into the cost 

of having an expert review 

the maps. 

Staff was also directed 

to try to get a FEMA representative 

to come to the 

council’s next meeting. 

Haynie said he would also 

encourage ocean engineers 

to attend, too. 

A nearly unanimous 

evening 

The council unanimously 

approved all but one agenda 

item. The outlier was a 4-0 

vote on Community Choice 

Aggregation, a vote which 

Wagner abstained from. 

The evening’s approval 

paved the path for the City 

to consider the item in the 

future by giving staff direction 

to review a report by 

the UCLA Luskin School 

of Public Affairs - Luskin 

Learning Center for Innovation, 

which is heading a 

study in Santa Monica. The 

council also appropriated 

$7,000 to hire a consultant 

who will start around the 

time that report becomes 

available, which should be 

in mid-October. 

Peak was selected as the 

City’s representative to select 

a CCA option for the 

negotiations ahead. 

Rosenthal Estate wines subject of discrimination lawsuit 


From Sept. 20 

A lawsuit was filed Sept. 

20 against Malibu-based 

Rosenthal - The Malibu 

Estate Wines following an 

alleged racial discrimination 

incident on Aug. 27. 

Law firm Ivie, McNeill 

& Wyatt noted in a Sept. 

20 press release that the 

winery “forced Jonnae 

Thompson, an African- 

American woman, and 

Marilyn Mercado, to leave 

its pool during a social 

event, and threatened to 

have Thompson arrested 

for trespassing, while allowing 

white attendees to 

use the pool.” 

Rosenthal Estate took to 

Facebook Sept. 1 to post 

about the incident, which it 

said it “thoroughly investigated” 

before terminating 

a staff member involved in 

the incident. The business 

noted that the employee’s 

actions were “outside the 

guidelines and expectations 

of our company.” 

Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt’s 

release noted that Thompson 

was a guest of Mercado 

— who has reportedly 

been a wine club member 

since 2006 — at an Aug. 

27 Member Social. 

“Mercado sat at the edge 

of the wading pool in the 

center of an outside area, 

and put her feet in the water 

as she and many other 

guests had done at previous 

social events,” the law 

firm’s press release states. 

“After some time, Thompson 

joined her at the pool, 

at which point the manager 

of the estate, a white woman, 

forced them to leave the 

pool immediately. Thompson 

and Mercado then witnessed 

two white women 

sit with their feet in the 

wading pool unbothered 

for a considerable amount 

of time before leaving on 

their own accord.” 

The release states that 

the winery’s manager, accompanied 

by four white, 

male employees then 

“cornered” Mercado and 

Thompson, “demanding 

to know if Thompson had 

accused the manager of being 

a racist.” 

A staff member then 

reportedly said Thompson 

was going to be arrested 

for trespassing, at 

which point Mercado and 

Thompson left the event. 

Firm Partner Rodney 

Diggs said in the press 

release the winery “acted 

maliciously and with no 

regard of Ms. Thompson 

and Ms. Mercado’s rights.” 

“Their actions were 

substantially motivated 

by Ms. Thompson’s race 

and were downright appalling,” 

Diggs continued. 

“Ms. Thompson and Ms. 

Mercado suffered humiliation, 

discomfort and extreme 

emotional distress.” 

Rosenthal Estate wrote 

on Facebook that, “Racism, 

sexism, antisemitism, 

ageism and any other 

forms of discrimination or 

hate have never been tolerated 

within our company. 

“We are intensifying our 

present mandatory sensitivity 

and diversity training 

for our entire workforce. 

Our pledge is to provide 

our staff with the skills and 

knowledge necessary to ensure 

an enjoyable, respectful 

and relaxing environment 

for everyone.” 

Calls and emails to 

Rosenthal Estate were not 

returned by press time. 

For more on this and 

other breaking news, visit 

MalibuSurfsideNews.com.



Wildlife crossing report now available to public 

Suzanne Guldimann 

Freelance Reporter 

The Liberty Canyon 

wildlife crossing will be 

the first of its kind in California, 

and the preliminary 

environmental assessment 

for the plan to build a special 

bridge for wildlife over 

the 101 Freeway in Agoura 

Hills is now complete, 

marking a major milestone 

for the project. 

The goal is to provide 

a safe way for animals to 

cross the 101 Freeway, relinking 

habitat in the Santa 

Monica and Simi mountain 

ranges that was divided 

when the multilane road 

was built. 

The project, first proposed 

more than 20 years 

ago, has gained new urgency 

recently because studies 

have revealed that the 

mountain lions of the Santa 

Monica Mountains face almost 

certain local extinction 

from inbreeding, lack 

of genetic diversity and territorial 

fighting due to their 

freeway-imposed isolation. 

The bridge would aid 

other struggling local species 

such as bobcats, which 

are also faced with decreasing 

genetic diversity. Project 

proponents hope the 

proposed project will also 

help mitigate anticipated 

future effects of climate 

change on the current distributions 

of species across 

habitats, the report states. 

Caltrans has evaluated 

three alternatives for 

the project: Alternative 

1, which proposes to a 

165-foot-wide by 200-footlong 

bridge across US-101 

immediately west of Liberty 

Canyon Road; Alternative 

2, which extends 

Want to weigh in? 

Public comment period 

runs through Oct. 26 

• Written comments 

can be submitted to 

liberty.canyon@dot. 

ca.gov or to Ronald 

Kosinski, Deputy 

Director, Division 

of Environmental 

Planning, California 

Department of 

Transportation, 

District 7, Division 

of Environmental 

Planning, 100 S. Main 

Street, MS-16A, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. 

• To view the complete 

environmental review 

report, visit www.dot. 

ca.gov/d7/projects/ 

libertycanyon/. 

the overpass across Agoura 

Road; and a no-build alternative, 

which would rely 

on existing wildlife fencing 

to keep animals out of the 

road but would do little to 

get them across the freeway. 

Wildlife advocates prefer 

Alternative 2, which would 

offer the greatest opportunity 

for wildlife to safely 

navigate the network of 

roads. Two designs were 

examined for the Agoura 

Road crossing: a 48-foot 

wide bridge and associated 

retaining wall system along 

Agoura Road and a more 

robust 54-foot wide bridge. 

According to the report, 

both design options for 

the Agoura Road overpass 

would consist of a vertical 

clearance of 18 feet, and 

both would keep the road 

open during construction. 

Two tunnel alternatives 

were also examined, “but 

were not fully developed.” 

The larger tunnel, 32 feet 

wide by 15 feet high, would 

have been more expensive 

than the proposed overpass 

and would require road 

closures on the 101; the 

smaller, a 13-foot by 13- 

foot “jack box,” would not 

be located in the right location. 

The report states that 

neither tunnel would “accommodate 

the same range 

of wildlife as the overpass.” 

The research the 

report studied indicates 

that mountain lions are extremely 

unlikely to use a 

tunnel of any size. 

The preferred overpass 

would consist of two spans 

supported on columns and 

“spread footings” in the 

freeway median. The project 

includes retaining walls 

at both the north and south 

ends of the bridge, and 

sound walls along the outer 

edges of the bridge to mitigate 

traffic noise and block 

light in order to make the 

crossing more conducive to 

wildlife crossing. 

Native vegetation would 

be planted on and adjacent 

to the bridge to create an 

extension of the surrounding 

wildlife habitat and 

connect the crossing to the 

existing riparian corridor. 

An irrigation and drainage 

system is planned to maintain 

the landscaping. 

The exiting wildlife fencing 

would be replaced or 

modified to “funnel” animals 

onto the bridge, and to 

keep them off the freeway. 

The report points out that 

the crossing protects motorists 

as well as wildlife. 

An accident involving a 

vehicle and an animal, especially 

larger species, like 

deer, can be deadly. The 

freeway, one of the busiest 

in the country, would remain 

open during construction. 

The wildlife would be 

sharing the overpass with 

hikers and bikers. A “multiuse, 

single-track compacted 

dirt recreational trail” for the 

use of humans is also proposed 

for the crossing. 

The report concludes that 

“Without the addition of a 

wildlife crossing, the ecological 

and environmental 

impact on wildlife that resulted 

from the construction 

of US-101 will persist 

and the fate of many wildlife 

species within the Santa 

Monica Mountains will remain 

in jeopardy.” 

Advocates for the project 

describe it as a race against 

time to save the Santa Monica 

Mountains from a local 

extinction event that will 

have major implications for 

the range’s entire ecosystem. 

A public meeting on the 

project is planned for 6-8 

p.m. Oct. 12 in the auditorium 

at King Gillette Ranch, 

26800 Mulholland Highway.

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Author, artist shed light on meaning of surfing at salon series 

Barbara Burke 


One only needed to gaze 

at the excited audience 

spilling out into the Depart 

Foundation parking 

lot on Sept. 19 to know the 

evening would be thoughtprovoking 

and memorable. 

The audience was gathered 

for the Depart Foundation’s 

literary and arts 

salon, which featured author 

William Finnegan and 

artist Barry McGee. 

Surfers, some just off the 

beach, mingled with artists, 

writers, and cognoscenti as 

they admired installations 

by McGee, an internationally 

acclaimed graffiti artist 

who sometimes uses 

surfboards as a canvas for 

his thought-provoking art. 

Many were enthralled to 

hear McGee’s insights on 

the emotive aspects of surfing 

and how intriguing it 

has been to bring graffiti art 

into museums. 

Attendees were also elated 

that the event featured 

Finnegan discussing “Barbarian 

Days,” his Pulitzer 

Prize-winning autobiography 

that takes readers along 

on his sometimes perilous, 

sometimes joyous journey 

surfing all over the world. 

It is a brilliant work 

that brings the reader into 

Finnegan’s addiction and 

adoration with surfing and 

into his world as he evolved 

as a person, a writer, and a 

human being over more 

than four decades. The 

piece speaks of the impact 

surfing has on one’s psyche 

— it predominates one’s 

soul, sometimes compromising 

relationships and 

work life, sometimes serving 

as a catalyst for lifelong 

friendships and for 

internal transformations 

as one grows as a person. 

The reader grows up with 

Finnegan as he segues from 

a SoCal boy, to a frustrated 

and emotively lost youth 

searching for his life’s aim 

which always, always had 

to include writing, to now, 

years later, as he views 

surfing and his journeys 

with the wisdom of years, 

seemingly regretting nothing 

and having thoroughly 

enjoyed the wild ride. 

The comprehensive work 

also often decries how the 

waves Finnegan enjoyed 

in remote places all over 

the globe were transformed 

and ruined for dedicated 

surfers by the commercialization 

of surfing. 

“Barbarian Days” was 

awarded the 2016 Pulitzer 

for autobiography. 

Finnegan, a longtime staff 

writer at The New Yorker, 

is also the author of “Cold 

New World,” “A Complicated 

War,” “Dateline 

Soweto,” and “Crossing 

the Line,” and he contributes 

to Comment, The New 

Yorker’s political editorial 

space. He has spent his life 

going into dangerous places, 

both on land and in the 

surf, and surfing has often 

been his refuge from the 

atrocities he has observed 

and written about as a political 

writer. 

McGee, a San Franciscobased 

internationally influential 

artist, emerged from 

the graffiti and art scene in 

the 1990s. His pieces employ 

bold use of geometric 

shapes, clusters of framed 

drawings and paintings, 

iconic characters, and use 

of objects such as empty 

bottles, surfboards and 

ephemera incorporated into 

his immersive installations. 

In the free-flowing, 

thought-provoking and 

creative colloquy, set amid 

installations by McGee and 

other works at Seasick in 

Paradise, the Depart Foundation’s 

exhibit, Finnegan 

and McGee discussed their 

creative works which examine 

how surfing fits into 

their personal lives and into 

the world’s narrative overall. 

The City of Malibu Arts 

Commission helped sponsor 

the event, which was 

moderated by Jon Christensen, 

senior fellow and 

journalist-in-residence at 

the UCLA Institute of the 

Environment and Sustainability, 

Laboratory for 

Environmental Narrative 

Strategies and Center for 

Digital Humanities. 

“It has been famously 

said that writing about music 

is like dancing about architecture, 

and that phrase 

has been adapted to many 

situations,” Christensen 

said. “Some might say that 

talking about surfing, or 

writing, or art, is like, well, 

I’ll leave that to your imagination.” 

The audience laughed. 

“Because if there was 

ever any doubt about 

whether it’s possible to 

write about surfing, Bill 

ripped that up, Bill will 

lead us into each act with a 

short reading,” Christensen 

said. 

The conversation started 

with a discussion about 

surfing and writing. Christensen 

noted that Finnegan 

has written so well about so 

many very difficult things, 

from apartheid South Africa 

to the cold new world 

of the far suburbs of Southern 

California. Finnegan’s 

“Barbarian Days” is about 

surfing, an addiction he has 

to the waves, his growing 

up in Southern California 

in the ’60s, surfing in 

Malibu, Venice, at what is 

now Leo Carrillo and then 

his worldwide odyssey 

surfing in the planet’s most 

remote places. That literary 

endeavor is so variant from 

Finnegan’s political pieces, 

yet in each type of work, 

his gifted writing takes the 

reader along and immerses 

one in the moment, all the 

while providing insights 

into one trying to find one’s 

place in the world, in the 

global narrative, and into 

how mesmerizing waves 

are and how reading waves 

is a lifelong challenge and 

endeavor even for the most 

experienced surfers. 

Finnegan read an excerpt 

from his novel: “But surfing 

always had this horizon, 

this fear line, that made it 

different from other things 

... everything out there was 

disturbingly interlaced with 

everything else. Waves 

were the playing field. 

They were the goal. They 

were the object of your 

deepest desire and adoration. 

At the same time, they 

were your adversary, your 

nemesis, even your mortal 

enemy. The surf was your 

refuge, your happy hiding 

place, but it was also a hostile 

wilderness – a dynamic, 

indifferent world.” 

McGee, who considers 

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his visual pieces to also 

constitute writing, said 

“Surfing and graffiti got on 

the same parallel course for 

me in the early ’80s, all of 

these things flow into the 

same river.” 

McGee’s drawings, 

mixed media installations 

and paintings, inspired by 

street art, tramp art, and 

muralists worldwide, make 

the viewer think, and, like 

Finnegan’s insights, often 

bemoan the commercialization 

of surfing. 

Talk turned to surfing, 

style, representation and 

the dichotomy between 

insiders and outsiders — 

those who understand 

what surfing really means 

and those who simply see 

it superficially from the 

land or, from McGee and 

Finnegan’s perspectives, 

those who have commercialized 

the sport. 

“People outside of surfing 

don’t know the tribal 

language we speak,” 

Finnegan said, noting that 

in writing his work he had 

to hit a sweet spot between 

writing for surfers 

and writing for those who 

don’t surf and including 

enough explanation about 

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Both speakers lamented 

that surfing has markedly 

changed over the years. 

“The culture of surfing 

is changing and in the Bay 

area where I live, I feel that 

surfing now has become 

more diverse and inclusive, 

and that is great,” McGee 

said. “But I wish those out 

in the water would be more 

mellow. Many in the tech 

industry have become intense 

out there in the water 

and have taken over the 

water and changed surfing. 

That’s the worst thing 

known to man. That has 

nothing to do with what I 

do or what surfing means to 

me. I avoid surf shops.” 

Finnegan agreed. 

“I wish surfing would 

become uncool like rollerblading 

did,” he said, 

triggering hoots from the 

audience who nodded their 

heads in agreement. “Commercialism 

of surfing is 

rampant; it’s out of control.” 

Inevitably, the conversation 

turned to how surfing 

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More than 60 members of Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Urban Search and 

Rescue team were transported to Mexico on Sept. 20 to aid those impacted by the 

earthquake. Photos Submitted 

LA County Fire aids Mexico after earthquake 

Staff Report 

The day after a 7.1-magnitude 

earthquake on Sept. 

19 in Mexico, more than 60 

members of Los Angeles 

County Fire Department’s 

Urban Search and Rescue 

team were en route to the 

country to provide earthquake 

rescue and assessment 

assistance. 

The team, known as 

USA-2, was deployed as 

part of the USAID Disaster 

Assistance Response Team. 

“USAID has deployed 

urban search and rescue 

teams, including USA-2, 

approximately 16 times 

since 1988, most recently 

for the 2015 Nepal earthquake 

and 2011 Japan 

earthquake and tsunami,” 

a release from LA County 

Fire stated. 

The department notes 

that the team is made up of 

firefighters and paramedics 

rescue specialists, emer- 

A U.S. Air Force aircraft transported rescuers from the 

LA County Fire Department. 

gency room physicians, 

structural engineers, heavy 

equipment specialists, canine 

search dogs and handlers, 

hazardous materials 

technicians, communications 

specialists and logistics 

specialists. 

“The Department of Defense 

provided this support at 

the request of a United States 

Agency for International Development 

request that originated 

from the Government 

of Mexico,” noted a Sept. 21 

release from United States 

Northern Command. 

The LA County Fire 

Department also took the 

opportunity to remind its 

residents that the county is 

prepared for emergency incidents. 

The Los Angeles County 

Emergency Survival Guide 

can be viewed at lacoa. 

org/pdf/emergencysurvival 

guide-lowres.pdf.



Stag hit on Malibu Canyon Road 

Injured animal 

unable to be saved 


Gigi Awbrey said she 

saw a “horrific scene” on 

Malibu Canyon Road on 

the morning of Sept. 11, 

when a rarely glimpsed 

stag was hit by a car. 

The California Wildlife 

Center was notified, and 

Dr. Duane Tom, director 

of animal care at the Calabasas-based 

organization, 

responded but was unable 

to save the injured animal. 

It’s a scenario that Tom 

said occurs at least a couple 

times a month, but CWC 

has only been able to treat 

and release about half a 

dozen deer in the last few 

years, he said. Oftentimes, 

an injured deer has to be 

euthanized, he said, but 

CWC is able to treat animals 

that have head trauma. 

In that instance, the animal 

would be sedated, an 

IV catheter would be inserted 

and staff would give 

the patient Mannitol, which 

decreases brain swelling, 

Tom explained. Once it 

wakes up, the animal is 

monitored in an outdoor 

pen, and released if and 

when it appears to be ready. 

“That’s the best case scenario,” 

Tom said. “Sometimes 

they never recover.” 

Hep A 

From Page 3 

release states. 

Last week, on Sept. 13, 

the Los Angeles County Department 

of Public Health, 

Malibu Methodist Church 

and Malibu’s Community 

Assistance Resource Team 

joined to offer free vaccines 

at the church’s weekly dinner 

for the homeless. 

Dr. Duane Tom, of the California Wildlife Center, checks 

on a buck after it was hit by a car on Malibu Canyon 

Road earlier this month. Photo Submitted 

Injured deer with broken 

legs or broken backs are unlikely 

to be saved, he said, 

and are often euthanized. 

Tom said anyone who 

hits an animal or observes 

an injured animal can always 

give CWC a call at 

(310) 458-9453, and they 

can determine if the animal 

could be rehabbed or if animal 

control is a better fit to 

handle the incident. 

Tom believes speeding is 

often to blame for animals 

Vaccinations are available 

at Los Angeles County 

Department of Public 

Health clinics or through 

health care providers. 

The department of public 

health notes that county 

residents can call 2-1-1 

from any phone within the 

county in order to receive a 

referral to providers offering 

either complimentary 

or reduced-cost vaccines. 

being hit. 

“I always see people 

speeding on Malibu Canyon 

Road and then they see 

something [and] they cant 

slow down,” Tom said. 

Awbrey, in an email to 

the Surfside, said she believed 

speeding to be the 

culprit in this incident, stating: 

“Slow down and watch 

out motorists for the other 

special residents that share 

our roads.” 

“Infection can be prevented 

in close contacts of 

patients by vaccination or 

administration of immune 

globulin within two weeks 

following exposure,” the 

release notes. 

For more information on 

hepatitis A, visit www.pub 

lichealth.lacounty.gov. 

For more on this and 

other breaking news, visit 

MalibuSurfsideNews.com. 

Police Reports 

Car, computer snatched from Malibu home 

A residence reportedly 

was burglarized and vehicle 

reportedly stolen Sept. 

1 on West Winding Way. 

The alleged victim said 

when he returned home, he 

did not immediately notice 

one of the vehicles missing 

from the residence because 

his children often use the 

car. When the family gathered 

later that evening, he 

realized the car was gone. 

Upon further investigation, 

the alleged victim discovered 

somebody also had 

been in the house, moved 

items and stole a MacBook 

Air computer. 

Sept. 7 

• A Leica camera, 15-inch 

MacBook Pro and bag containing 

clothing reportedly 

were stolen from a vehicle 

in the 30600 block of Pacific 

Coast Highway. The 

total estimated value of the 

missing items is $9,500. 

The alleged victim traveled 

to multiple locations during 

a visit to Malibu and left 

the windows down while 

he was away from the vehicle. 

The missing items were 

stored in the trunk, the police 

report noted, which is 

accessible by folding down 

the seats. When he arrived 

at the airport, he realized 

the items had been stolen. 

Sept. 5 

• A MacBook Pro computer 

worth $1,200 reportedly 

was stolen from a vehicle at 

the Tuna Canyon trailhead. 

The alleged victim parked 

at the trailhead, locked the 

vehicle and proceeded to 

go on a hike. Upon returning, 

there were no signs of 

forced entry. The following 

day, she reportedly discovered 

the computer missing 

from beneath the passenger’s 

seat. The only time 

the vehicle had been left 

unattended for an extended 

period of time was during 

the hike. 

• A rental car reportedly 

was vandalized while 

parked at Malibu Lagoon at 

23200 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The alleged victim 

was visiting the Los Angeles 

area from England. 

After walking around the 

area for approximately one 

hour, he returned to the vehicle 

and discovered the 

driver’s side door handle 

snapped off and the front 

hood ajar. The reporting officer 

noted the door handle 

was snapped off with some 

sort of tool, and there were 

gouges in the metal portion 

of the locking mechanism. 

Sept. 4 

• A car key, men’s wallet 

and $20 in cash reportedly 


in the 35000 block of PCH. 


and locked his vehicle at 

the location and went surfing 

nearby. Upon returning, 

he discovered the car key 

that was left under the rear 

left wheel missing. Once he 

gained entry to the vehicle, 

he also discovered his wallet 

and cash missing. 

Sept. 3 

• Two Tesla car charging 

cables, a woman’s handbag 

and clothing reportedly 


parking in the 24000 block 

of PCH. The total estimated 

value of the missing items 

is $10,800. The alleged victim 

parked her car with a 

valet at the location. When 

the car was returned, she 

discovered it had been ransacked 

and the items were 

missing. The valet who returned 

the vehicle was unaware 

it had been burglarized 

because there were no 

signs of forced entry. 

Sept. 2 

• An iPhone, plastic container, 

bag of clothes, three 

pairs of women’s shoes, 

an orange bag, $400 in 

cash and an extra Porsche 

key reportedly were stolen 

from a vehicle parked at a 

residence on Malibu Road. 

The total estimated value of 

the missing items is $1,875. 


the vehicle and believes 

he left it unlocked. Upon 

returning in the morning, 

he discovered the items 

missing, but there were no 

signs of forced entry. The 

reporting officer noted fingerprints 

on the front doors 

above the windows. 

Sept. 1 

• A football helmet, football 

jersey, Adidas shoes, 

two backpacks, handbag, 

wallet, $300 in cash and a 

key chain reportedly were 

stolen from a vehicle at Escondido 

Beach near Meadow 

Court and PCH. The 

alleged victims parked the 

vehicle and left it unlocked 

while they went down to 

the beach. Upon returning, 

they discovered the items 

missing and no signs of 

forced entry. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: 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. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

of law.



Malibuite awarded Mexico’s Aztec Eagle 

Submitted by the office of 

David Dreier 

Following approval of 

the Mexican Congress, 

President Enrique Pena 

Nieto has directed his 

Secretary of State to bestow 

its highest honor to 

foreign nationals, the Aztec 

Eagle, on The Honorable 

David Dreier. 

Since his election to the 

U.S. Congress in 1980, 

Dreier has championed 

the bilateral relationship. 

He was a leader for over 

three decades of the annual 

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary 

Group,having 

introduced the first NAF- 

TA legislation, organized 

support for the Merida 

security initiative and promoted 

comprehensive immigration 

reform. 

At a ceremony on Sept. 

12 at the Mexican consulate 

in Los Angeles, 

Secretary Carlos Sada 

said: “Congressman Dreier’s 

bipartisan efforts to 

strengthen the relationship 

between our two countries 

is needed now more than 

ever.” 

“It is an honor to receive 

the Aztec Eagle, 

not for myself but rather 

for the many millions of 

Americans who know 

how important the relationship 

between our two 

great countries is,” Dreier 

said. 

Dreier represented eastern 

suburbs of Los Angeles 

in Washington from 

1981-2013. 

Past recipients of the 

Order of the Aztec Eagle 

include Dwight D. Eisenhower, 

Queen Elizabeth 

II, Nelson Mandela, Walt 

Disney, Placido Domingo 

and Bill Gates. 

RIGHT: Ambassador 

Carlos Sada (left), Mexican 

Secretary of State for 

North America, presents 

Malibu resident David 

Dreier with the Aztec Eagle 

earlier this month. 

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One session remains for Paramount Ranch’s ‘ghost’ program 

Events highlight 

historic property’s 

eerie occurrences 

Barbara Burke 


The “Ghosts” of Paramount’s 

Past is a free, Fido 

and family-friendly fun, 

spooky event. 

The final session of the 

free event will be held at 7 

p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. 

When Malibu Surfside 

News visited Sept. 16, 

almost 200 people excitedly 

queued, equipped 

with flashlights and hiking 

shoes as they waiting 

expectantly for the hike to 

begin. Park Ranger Scott 

Sharaga warmed up the 

crowd. 

“This tour provides you 

a view of the eerier side 

of Paramount’s history,” 

he said. “The term ‘ghost’ 

refers to strange happenings 

here over the years. 

People like to experience 

the eerier and weird side of 

things.” 

The sun had gone down, 

the stars were coming out 

and it was getting to be 

that dark, shadowy time of 

night. 

One felt that she was 

standing at the intersection 

of movie nostalgia and the 

spooky and eerie that foreshadows 

the Halloween 

season. 

Attendee Karen Simondet 

shot her hand in the 

air when Sharaga asked if 

anyone had a ghost story 

to share. 

“So, my friend Deanna 

and I were in high school,” 

she began. “We were alone 

in the house getting ready 

to go out. Just as we were 

getting ready to leave, we 

heard a creak and then a 

scratchy voice say “De–a– 

nna!” We were terrified. 

We ran out of the house 

and sat on the curb until 

her parents came home.” 

“Are you sure there was 

no one else in the house?” 

an attendee asked. 

“I’m absolutely sure,” 

Simondet said. “At least, 

they didn’t call out my 

name.” 

The crowd was silent for 

a moment, digesting what 

she said. 

“Oooh! Scary!” a few 

people mumbled. 

Still sharing, Simondet 

told another ghost story. 

“Another time, I was getting 

the mail outside of my 

house at night,” she said. 

“As I was taking the letters 

out of the mailbox, I felt 

a strong tap on my shoulder. 

Then, when I turned 

around, there was no one 

there. I never get my mail 

at night anymore.” 

Children wiggled and 

the hair on the back of 

some necks stiffened. 

“Maybe we’ll see some 

ghosts tonight,” said 

6-year-old attendee Jude 

Winslow. 

Then, it was off across 

the bridge and down the 

trail to the old western 

town where many old classic 

movies and television 

shows were filmed. Always 

interesting, the train 

depot, saloon, jail, and 

the livery and other shops 

take on a spooky, ethereal, 

haunted air at night. People 

poked their heads near 

the windows, peering in. 

The crowd made its 

way further down the path 

and up a hill, where an 

enormous, beautiful oak 

tree swayed softly in the 

breeze. 

Sharaga stopped the 

crowd. 

“The Renaissance Pleasure 

Faire was held here 

from 1966 to 1988 and this 

is where the gypsies and 

witches hung out,” he said. 

“We call this ‘Witches 

Wood.’” 

The outline of the huge 

tree silhouetted against 

the dusking sky convinced 

many that if branches and 

tree trunks could talk, 

there would be quite a few 

spooky stories to hear. 

Then, as the crowd hiked 

down the hill, Sharaga explained 

that there was a 

large race track at the site 

in the 1960s. 

“A lot of people came 

to see the cars race. It was 

very popular,” he said. 

“However, during the 

course of one weekend 

there were two tragedies. 

Two fatalities happened. 

One driver spun out and 

another could not make 

a turn. Then, because the 

insurance company said it 

would no longer provide 

insurance, they closed the 

racetrack.” 

There were many people 

who went to the race track. 

However, Sharaga explained 

there was one especially 

prominent guest. 

“Elvis Presley often 

came to have lunch by the 

tracks,” he said. “He was 

here filming ‘Spinout.’” 

The crowd made its way 

back to the old western 

town, stopping to view the 

train depot where the television 

show “Dr. Quinn, 

Medicine Woman” was 

filmed. 

Then, they stopped by 

the sheriff’s station and the 

jail. 

“I was here one night 

at about 11 p.m.,” Sharaga 

told the crowd. “They 

were filming ‘Four Winds,’ 

a film that featured Civil 

War soldiers. They had 

set up a partially filtered 

big light to serve as a full 

moon, and they showed 

some smoke. The soldiers 

were looking for some 

rebels in the woods. Then, 

boom! A shot rang out. It 

A recent tour of the historic Paramount Ranch property highlights eerie occurrences 

over the years. The final, free ‘ghost’ tour will be offered at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30. 

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was very scary.” 

A few people shuddered 

at the thought, envisioning 

the scene. 

At the jail, children and 

adults alike took a turn at 

being behind the bars, pretending 

to be prisoners. 

“Oooh, wow. This is the 

real world thing,” Emma 

Donahue, 8, said, giggling 

nervously. “It’s scary.” 

As the evening drew to 

a close, Sharaga led the 

crowd to the church which 

was constructed for HBO’s 

“Westworld.” 

He paused for a moment, 

showing the attendees the 

glory of the night sky, with 

the Little Dipper pointing 

to Polaris, the north star 

that centers one and helps 

her find her way. Many attendees 

were city dwellers 

and took in the evening sky 

with wonder and gratitude. 

“This was real fun and 

spooky at the same time,” 

said Luke Andrade, 11. “I 

liked the ranger and the 

stories.” 

Just in time for Halloween, 

the “Ghosts” of 

Paramount’s Past provides 

wonderful, ghoulish 

insight into the movie 

ranch’s haunts and secrets. 

Paramount Ranch is located 

at 2903 Cornell Road 

in Agoura Hills. For more 

information, contact the 

Santa Monica Mountains 

Interagency Visitor Center 

at (805) 370-2301.



Malibu Monarch Project spreads wings with new partnership 


The Malibu Monarch 

Project has a new partner 

in its fight to protect the 

monarch butterfly. 

This month, it was announced 

that the Malibu 

organization became a 

Monarch Joint Venture 

partner, which offers benefits 

including a network of 

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connections and up-to-date 

educational resources. 

Malibu resident and 

Malibu Monarch Project 

member Georgia Goldfarb 

is among the group’s 

14 members and helped to 

author the grant application, 

which outlines future 

objectives for the group, 

among other details. 

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Registration begins at 9:00 AM 

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Call City Hall at 310-456-2489 

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One of the largest anticipated 

hurdles for the 

group is its goal to protect 

and identify overwintering 

sites for the monarchs. 

Goldfarb notes that 

California is unique compared 

to other states that 

are working to protect the 

monarch. In California, she 

said, it may be quite complicated 

to secure a stretch 

of protected land without 

a larger force leading the 

way. In the long run, she 

said, it’s hard to envision 

a successful plan being 

achieved on a city-by-city 

or county-by-county basis. 

With a need for broad 

uniformity in mind, Goldfarb 

is among members of 

the Malibu Monarch Project 

who are interested in a 

statewide consortium. 

To date, Malibu Monarch 

Project has made 

myriad contributions to 

protecting and educating 

on the monarch. 

“We host ongoing special 

events programs to 

bring awareness to the 

community at large of 

the plight of the monarch 

population,” the group’s 

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provide pesticidefree 

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plants to encourage home 

growers to start their own 

monarch butterfly waystations. 

Donations go 

towards updating and expanding 

this educational 

outreach program.” 

The group also oversees 

several butterfly gardens 

within the city and 

encourages elimination of 

poisons through collaborations 

with the City of 

Malibu and Poison Free 

Malibu. 

The group has also been 

a three-time participant in 

annual Thanksgiving and 

New Year monarch counts, 

among other activities. 

Malibu residents who 

want to get involved with 

aiding and protecting 

monarchs are encouraged 

to plant native pollinator 

plants. Supporting measures 

to protect the monarch 

or getting involved 

with Malibu Monarch 

Project is also helpful, 

Goldfarb said. 

The Malibu Monarch 

Project was formed in 

the spring of 2014 after 

members noted a decline 

in Malibu’s overwintering 

population. 

To contact the Malibu 

Monarch Project, email 

malibumonarchproject@ 

gmail.com. For details on 

upcoming events, visit 

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Families invited to relax, create 

at yoga and art workshop 

Submitted by the City of 

Malibu 

The City of Malibu will 

be hosting a Family Yoga 

and Art Workshop at Malibu 

Bluffs Park at 12 p.m. 

on Saturday, Sept. 30 

The workshop is one 

of the series of Creative, 

Health & Wellness, and Informative 

Workshops that 

the City of Malibu Community 

Services Department 

offers to the community. 

In the Family Yoga 

and Art Workshop, led by 

yoga instructor Natalie Spirova 

and art instructor Ivo 

Spirov, participants will be 

introduced to simple yoga 

poses and creative group 

games, along with mindfulness-based 

art activities. 

The workshop is a great 

way to introduce children 

and adults to yoga and encourage 

collaboration and 

cooperation among family 

members. All levels are 

welcome. Attendees are 

asked to bring a yoga mat if 

they have one. 

The workshop is $10 per 

person or $30 for a family 

of four and pre-registration 

is required. To register for 

this or any of the other 

community workshops, 

visit www.malibucity.org/ 

register. For more information 

about the instructors, 

class topics and materials, 

call (310) 456-2489, ext. 

239. 

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CART facilitates complimentary dental, vision screenings 

Barbara Burke 


Malibu’s Community 

Assistance Resource 

Team, an advocacy group 

that helps the homeless, 

and UCLA Stein Eye Institute 

Mobile Eye Clinic 

hosted the third annual eye 

clinic at the Malibu Library 

on Sept. 21. 

The effort also helped to 

identify the dental needs of 

clients. 

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Clients received an eye 

exam, including tests for 

color vision, stereo vision, 

alignment, acuity, 

eye health and a refraction 

test. Patients who were 

determined to require eye 

glasses were given a prescription 

and could choose 

a frame. They can collect 

the glasses in six to eight 

weeks at the library. 


News visited, Dr. Laura 

Syniuta, an opthamologist 

with the UCLA Stein 

Eye Institute, kindly took 

her time with each patient, 

painstakingly ensuring that 

all visual diagnostics were 

done and explaining the 

process each step of the 

way. Similarly, Dr. Thomas 

Hirsch, a local dentist, 

and his assistant provided 

dental consultations. 

Clients were provided 

dental screenings and were 

given education about dental 

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The dental services 

were offered in conjunction 

with Rainy Sawicki, 

of Venice Family Clinic. 

“Yesterday was quite an 

interesting experience,” 

Hirsch said. “My assistant 

Danni and I truly enjoyed 

ourselves. What I found 

most enjoyable about the 

entire CART encounter 

was how unselfish the 

people in our community 

truly are. The number of 

individuals that go out 

of their way to help the 

homeless and less fortunate 

people are definitively 

amazing. To give of 

their time and resources 

is what God would have 

all of us do. The Golden 

Rule applies here: ‘Do 

unto others as you would 

have them do unto you.’ If 

everybody just continues 

to do a little part to help 

the needy, then the great 

challenges that we face as 

a community, national and 

world might just become a 

little less ominous. Many 

hands get the task completed 

quicker and easier.” 

The clients were grateful 

and sincerely appreciated 

the medical and dental services. 

“It’s fantastic to be 

here,” John Seth-Hunter 

said. “I am so glad to have 

an examination.” 

Andrew Kite, another 

client, agreed wholeheartedly. 

“The volunteers and the 

community who help the 

homeless are a true blessing 

to those of us in need,” 

he said. 

The need for consistent 

dental care is marked in 

the homeless population. 

Factors Associated with 

Reported Need for Dental 

Care Among People who 

are Homeless Using Assistance 

Programs, a study 

conducted by Christopher 

Okunseri for Special Care 

in Dentistry, ncbi.nlm.nih. 

gov, found that overall, 

10 percent of people who 

are homeless reported that 

dental care was their most 

needed service and that 

programs such as the one 

in Malibu that are sensitive 

to the needs of the homeless 

may improve their oral 

health and reduce their 

dental-disease-related 

morbidity. 

Oral health is central to 

overall good health. Eye 

health is equally important, 

with the added element 

that vision impairments 

can preclude one 

from being able to see and, 

hence, can compromise 

one’s mobility. 

Fortunately, CART and 

the UCLA Stein Eye Institute 

are helping the homeless 

in Malibu to get muchneeded 

dental care and the 

dental screenings offered 

by the Venice Family Clinic 

ensured that the clients 

could get quality vision 

care in one central place in 

a convenient and efficient 

way. 

CART consistently and 

superbly serves the homeless 

population in Malibu. 

At 2 p.m. on Nov. 2, 

CART will be offering free 

flu vaccines at the library. 

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of Mother Nature and the 

hand of man. 

“Surf spots are created 

and destroyed, both naturally 

and by human enterprise,” 

Finnegan read from 

his book. “Kirra, one of the 

world’s best waves vanished. 

... A new dredging 

regime at the mouth of the 

Tweed River, a mile or two 

south, poured sand into the 

cover where Kirra broke, 

and in a matter of months, 

the miraculous wave was 

gone. 

“ ... I found these sudden 

changes to be unsettling. I 

remember a winter storm 

when I was in high school 

that flooded the lagoon at 

Malibu and changed the 

shape of the famous point. 

I simply could not accept 

the fact that Malibu was a 

different wave. ... Malibu, I 

believed, was eternal.” 

The times must change. 

Waves will do so as well 

in their own time, perhaps 

on Mother Nature’s terms, 

perhaps because man intervenes. 

Men will evolve on their 

brief journey here on Earth. 

The magic in the salon 

was that, for one night 

in Malibu, the worlds of 

a phenomenally talented 

writer, a highly gifted visual 

artist — both surfers 

who live for the waves — 

and an adoring, engaged 

audience enthralled by the 

marriage of art, writing and 

surfing, all collided, culminating 

in a memorable, 

thought-provoking creative 

conversation that no one in 

attendance will forget. 

“I feel like the lecture 

went very well,” McGee 

said. “It was nice to see a 

large crowd converging 

upon the Depart Foundation. 

It reminded me of how 

important it is for communities 

to get together, in 

real time, for lively discussions.”

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to be rubbed on the belly. 

Unfortunately, we lost 

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He had a good life filled with much purring. 

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Business Briefs 

Various bills authored by 

Bloom OK’d 

Assembly Bill 544, 

authored by Assemblymember 

Richard Bloom 

(D-Santa Monica), passed 

32-5 at the California State 

Senate on Sept. 12 and 

62-15 in the Assembly on 

Sept. 13. 

The bill aims to extend 

California’s Clean Vehicle 

Decal program through 

2025 and amends the 

length of time that decals 

may be used for. 

“The transportation sector 

is the single largest 

source of greenhouse gas 

emissions in California; 

we cannot reach our climate 

change goals without 

significantly reducing 

these transportation-related 

emissions,” Bloom 

said, according to a release. 

“The Clean Vehicle 

Decal program is an invaluable 

tool that must be 

extended as we continue to 

undertake ambitious environmental 

goals.” 

AB 544 will now head to 

the governor for signature. 

Bloom’s AB 1568, 

which concerns financing 

for affordable housing, 

was also approved 29-11 

by the Senate on Sept. 13. 

The bill reportedly “allows 

a portion of sales and use 

tax revenue to be spent on 

infrastructure and affordable 

housing.” 

“AB 1568 gives local 

governments a creative 

and sustainable way of 

generating funds for affordable 

housing in dense, 

transit areas,” Bloom said, 

according to the release. 

“Funding for affordable 

housing is pivotal to addressing 

the state’s housing 

affordability crisis. Although 

reliable sources of 

funding have been elusive, 

AB 1568 is a promising 

step in the right direction.” 

AB 1568 will head back 

to the Assembly for concurrence. 

On Sept. 14, Bloom’s 

AB 1228 passed the California 

State Assembly 

and will go to the governor 

for signature. The bill 

authorizes the California 

Department of Fish and 

Wildlife to implement an 

Exempted Fishing Permit 

program. 

“AB 1228 will make it 

easier to conduct scientific 

research and conservation 

engineering,” Bloom 

stated. “Our ocean habitats 

are precious resources that 

provide environmental, 

economic, and recreational 

benefits. Existing law limits 

the fishing industry’s 

ability to protect these resources 

in an innovative, 

flexible, and cost effective 

way. Innovation will help 

us protect the environment 

while helping struggling 

anglers and moderating 

consumer prices.” 

Bloom represents California’s 

50th Assembly 

District, which includes 

Malibu. 

LAHSA ensures service 

for homeless who are 

transgender, genderdiverse 

The Los Angeles Homeless 

Services Authority 

Commission voted unanimously 

to approve a policy 

that requires providers to 

serve homeless clients in 

accordance with their gender 

identity, a Sept. 5 release 

states. 

“It pertains to six service 

areas: access to sex-segregated 

services and facilities, 

access to family programs 

and facilities, access 

to bathrooms, ensuring 

safety and privacy, use of 

names and personal gender 

pronouns, and Homeless 

Management Information 

System data collection and 

intake forms,” the release 

notes. 

LA County Department of 

Mental Health promotes 

suicide awareness 

In September and October, 

the Los Angeles 

County Department of 

Mental Health will work to 

promote suicide awareness 

and prevention through a 

partnership with hip-hop 

radio station Power 106. 

The duo’s marketing 

campaign will target Latinos 

and African-Americans 

in the area and aims 

to educate on the warning 

signs of suicide as well as 

where to turn for help. To 

view videos from suicide 

survivors, visit www.youtube.com/LACDMH. 

Further, Sept. 10-16 was 

declared as Suicide Awareness 

Week in Los Angeles 

County. 

The release notes that 

more than 800 county residents 

die by suicide each 

year, according to the Los 

Angeles County Department 

of Public Health. On 

average, another 11 people 

are hospitalized daily for 

suicide attempts and eight 

people a day require emergency 

treatment in LA 

County. 

The LACDMH urges 

anyone who is struggling 

or who knows someone 

struggling with thoughts 

of suicide to call the Suicide 

Prevention Lifeline at 

(800) 273-TALK and visit 

suicidepreventionlifeline. 

org, which offers 24/7 free 

and confidential assistance 

from trained counselors. 

The website www.suic 

ideispreventable.org offers 

further resources and information. 

Public defender’s mental 

health program earns 

accolade 

The Jail Mental Health 

Liaison Program, a Los 

Angeles County Public 

Defender program that aids 

incarcerated, mentally ill 

and developmentally disabled 

clients was awarded 

a Productivity and Quality 

Award. 

The program — developed 

in January 2016 in 

collaboration with the Department 

of Mental Health 

(Health Services), the 

sheriff and the district attorney 

— enables licensed 

clinical social workers to 

have direct access to their 

clients. This allows staff to 

moderate correct medication, 

provide proper interventions, 

and offer more 

humane treatment and alternatives 

to remaining in 

custody. 

To date, the program 

has served more than 400 

mentally ill and developmentally 

disabled inmates. 

The program will be 

among the Top 10 entries 

which will be honored Oct. 

18 during the 31st Annual 

Productivity and Quality 

Awards event at the Dorothy 

Chandler Pavilion Music 

Center’s Grand Ballroom. 

Stern challenges Trump’s 

Election Integrity 

Commission 

State Sen. Henry Stern 

authored Senate Joint 

Resolution 11, which was 

approved Sept. 15 by the 

State Legislature. 

According to a release 

from Stern’s office, the 

resolution “calls upon 

other states to join California 

in refusing to share 

sensitive election data 

with President Trump’s 

Election Integrity Commission.” 

In the release, 

Stern goes on to call the 

commission “nothing but 

a tax-payer funded attempt 

to fuel misguided conspiracy 

theories.” 

“This measure is a rallying 

cry for other states to 

join a growing coalition 

of election officials, Attorneys 

General and civil 

rights watchdog groups in 

protecting the sanctity of 

electoral data by not yielding 

to the demands of this 

fraudulent commission,” 

Stern said. 

Stern serves as chairman 

of the Senate Committee 

on Elections and Constitutional 

Amendments. He 

represents the 27th Senate 

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Malibu’s Drescher prepares for third annual Health Summit 

Submitted by Cancer 

Schmancer 

Cancer Schmancer will 

present its third annual 

Health Summit, hosted by 

Malibu resident Fran Drescher, 

from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 

on Oct. 24. 

The information-filled 

day, held at the Dorothy 

Chandler Pavilion (135 N. 

Grand Ave., Los Angeles), 

is educational and will 

transform attendees from 

patients into medical consumers. 

There will be a multitude 

of informative panels 

and Q&A opportunities on 

topics including robotic 

surgery, biodynamic farming, 

natural alternatives to 

overcoming addiction and 

dependence on prescription 

drugs, detoxing the 

home, current environmental 

issues like water quality, 

bio-identical hormone 

replacement, using snake 

venom to “paint” and identify 

cancer cells, nutrition, 

exercise, heart health, dealing 

with trauma, and much 

more. Speakers include Dr. 

Hyla Cass, Dr. Aly Cohen, 

Dr. Gail Jackson, Dr. Zuri 

Murrell, Dr. Mel Kurtulus, 

Cristina Ferrare, Samantha 

Harris, Leslie Michaelson, 

Dr. Zuri Murrell, Dr. Jim 

Olson, Dr. Dean Ornish, 

Dr. Pam Taub and others. 

Funds raised support 

Early Detection Fran Vans, 

which offer free mammograms 

to marginalized 

women who don’t 

have access to health care, 

and Cancer Schmancer’s 

School Assembly Prevention 

Program that teaches 

middle and high school 

students to make healthy 

choices and avoid toxins in 

their daily lives. 

Purchase tickets by visiting 

www.CancerSchman 

cer.org/whs. VIP tickets are 

$500 and include a postevent 

VIP champagne reception 

with Drescher and 

select speakers, and premium 

seating. General admission 

is $300. All ticketholders 

receive beverages, 

breakfast and lunch.

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

Compost, rock dust are key, especially with citrus 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

Recently, I was 

approached by a 

lovely lady who 

said “I am an avid organic 

gardener and so I have 

been following your column 

for years.” 

“I make my own compost 

and only use organic 

fertilizers, but my citrus 

was looking bad after everything 

I was doing to it, 

all organically of course,” 

she continued. “Then my 

neighbor brought over a 

bag of urea and told me 

that this would really 

green up the tree, which 

at first I said no to but 

then gave in and let him 

fertilize the citrus with the 

urea. And lo and behold 

the tree within weeks was 

looking beautiful again. 

Can you explain what just 

happened?” 

After asking her a few 

questions, I explained 

what happened. Now, 

I will share the secret 

behind this miraculous 

recovery with the rest of 

you. 

First off, I found out 

how she was making her 

compost. She must have 

missed my article on 

compost and the importance 

of rock dust. I guess 

she also didn’t see where 

I said that you need to 

have some type of animal 

manure in the compostmaking 

process. 

The urea worked because 

the citrus needed 

nitrogen. Citrus trees are 

high nitrogen users. They 

also require more minerals 

than most fruit trees to 

make their juice sweet. 

When you apply urea or 

any other chemical fertilizer, 

whether you apply 

into the soil (as in this 

case) or foliar spray, the 

nutrient is immediately 

available to the plant. 

It bypassed its normal 

systems, just like when 

you are in a hospital and 

are fed through a drip line 

into your veins, and your 

body uses it. That bypasses 

the stomach and all 

that it does. This is what 

happened with chemical 

fertilizers. They do not 

need to be absorbed, and 

instead are processed right 

away. 

The organic fertilizers 

were not working 

because the compost was 

not working and, in turn, 

the soil was not working. 

Compost, if properly 

made, is composed of 

various animal manures 

and multiple sources of 

minerals (like rock dust), 

as well as with different 

sources of organic matter. 

If you do not use any animal 

manure or rock dust 

(as was the case here) in 

order to add microbes and 

minerals to the compost, it 

will not have the nutrient 

available to pass on to the 

plants’ roots system which 

then processes it and 

makes it available to the 

plants. Simple, huh? 

If you were to stop eating 

and only had nutrients 

fed to you via a drip line 

inserted into your vein, 

your stomach would stop 

functioning, and you 

would die. The same goes 

for citrus. So it may look 

good now, but it is not a 

healthy situation. High 

nitrogen gives the appearance 

of a healthy green, 

lush plant. High nitrogen 

promotes rapid growth 

at the expense of available 

minerals. It produces 

trees like the citrus with 

a false Brix level reading, 

which will drop and drop 

as the tree gets weaker 

and weaker. High nitrogen 

reduces the plant’s 

ability to absorb minerals. 

It produces a tree with 

high simple carbohydrates 

(which insects love). This 

lady’s citrus will likely be 

attacked by leaf miners 

and other pests. If the lady 

had been using animal 

manures and rock dust 

in her compost, then the 

organic fertilizers would 

have worked. 

Also, she could have 

taken that organic fertilizer 

and made a tea out of 

it which she then would 

have sprayed on her citrus, 

and she would have gotten 

the same results except 

that the tree would be 

healthier and less prone to 

insect and disease attack. 

If you do not make 

compost it is important 

that you buy live compost 

made with a variety 

of animal manures and 

a variety of rock dust 

sources. This will give 

the compost, and then 

the soil, a wide range of 

microorganisms needed 

for healthy soil and in turn 

healthy pest- and diseasefree 

plants! That is why I 

do not buy compost if it is 

in a plastic bag. That tells 

me there is nothing alive 

in that bag that I or the 

soil would want. Seek out 

local sources of compost. 

Know who is making 

it. Ask questions. Ask 

them if they have a lab 

report on what micros the 

compost has. Ask them if 

they use rock dust. If the 

answer to either or both is 

“no,” then say “no thank 

you” and keep looking. 

This holds true for any 

and all tree pests and 

diseases. Remember, 

the higher the Brix, the 

fewer pests and diseases 

that follow. Keep your 

property’s soil healthy by 

making and/or using live 

mineral rich and microbial 

rich compost. Your trees 

will, in turn, be able to get 

the proper minerals they 

need to keep themselves 

free of any pest since it 

will produce high level of 

complex carbohydrates 

instead of elevated levels 

of simple carbohydrates. 

I know the owner of 

a citrus grove that says 

it’s organic and now is 

being forced by the state 

to spray to control certain 

pests that are threatening 

the citrus industry. When I 

asked him about compost 

and rock dust, he draws a 

blank. He will not succeed 

until he pays attention to 

the soil and starts to apply 

live compost and then 

mulch it over. 

Too bad the magic 

mushroom company in 

Ventura is not selling their 

magical compost anymore. 

That stuff was pure 

mycelium! 

Any questions? Email me at 

andylopez@invisiblegar 

dener.com. 

Business 

From Page 16 

District, which includes 

Malibu, where he grew up. 

Sheriff McDonnell speaks 

on SB 54 

The Los Angeles County 

Sheriff’s Office issued a 

release Sept. 16 to reflect 

Sheriff Jim McDonnell’s 

reaction to the passing of 

the “sanctuary state” bill, 

Senate Bill 54. 

“I strongly opposed SB 

54 as initially introduced, 

because I viewed it as a 

threat to public safety,” the 

statement read. “I believe 

that the protections put in 

place by both the Trust Act 

and the Truth Act provided 

safeguards to our communities 

and focused federal 

immigration authorities on 

criminals who prey on our 

communities.” 

McDonnell stated that 

the approved legislative 

item now moved past “the 

bill’s early false premise 

that local law enforcement 

was going to act as immigration 

agents.” 

The release further notes 

that LA County Sheriff’s 

Office members were able 

to partake in conference 

calls and briefings regarding 

the item, which allowed 

a compromise to be 

reached. 

“SB 54 now largely reflects 

much of what the 

LASD implemented years 

ago and the work is well 

underway,” McDonnell’s 

statement said. 

Malibu esthetician marks 

10 years 

Lupe M. Guthrie, who 

lives in Malibu, will celebrate 

the 10-year anniversary 

of Therapeutic Skin 

Care, her Agoura Hills 

business, with an open 

house from noon to 3 p.m. 

Sunday, Oct. 1. 

The business is located 

at 29397 Agoura Road, 

Suite 103. 

Reservations to (818) 

879-0686 or LupeSkin- 

Care@gmail.com are requested, 

as space is limited. 

Attendees will receive 

a one-time 20 percent discount 

on all skin care products 

and services during 

the event, and live demonstrations 

of various services 

will be offered. 

Business Briefs are compiled 

by Editor Lauren Coughlin, 

lauren@malibusurfsidenews. 

com. 

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in writing for 

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On Common Ground 

The sad truth about capture myopathy and how humans cause it 

Dr. Duane Tom 

Director of Animal Care 

California Wildlife Center 

Here in Southern 

California, the 

mule deer is one of 

our native species. 

They are known for 

their large ears that make 

them resemble mules. 

Males grow antlers during 

the fall of each year 

as part of their breeding 

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cycle, they use them in 

competition with other 

males for breeding rights, 

then drop them in the 

early part of the year 

after the breeding season. 

Female mule deer never 

grow antlers. They breed 

during early winter and 

give birth about seven 

months later in the spring 

to usually a single fawn, 

although twins do sometimes 

occur. 

One of the more common 

severe medical 

conditions we see at the 

California Wildlife Center 

is deer that are down in a 

fenced-in area and are unable 

to get around or stand 

with no visible injuries. 

The most likely cause for 

this is a condition known 

The 

Face of Malibu 

By Johanna Spinks 

Portrait Painting Exhibit 

at Malibu City Hall 

October 6, 2017 - January 12, 2018 

Opening Reception 

Supported by 

as capture myopathy. This 

occurs most often in prey 

species and is due to extreme 

muscle overexertion 

such as when the animal 

is chased for a prolonged 

period of time. 

At CWC, we commonly 

see this in our deer/fawns, 

cottontail rabbits and less 

commonly larger birds. 

Unfortunately, the majority 

of cases we see occur 

due to human causes. 

When a wild animal is 

chased and/or physically 

restrained, increased use 

of the muscles and stress 

of the nervous system can 

lead to muscle breakdown. 

What usually happens is 

that people find an animal 

in a fenced-in area such as 

their backyard or school 

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playground and want to 

help get it out. They open 

a gate in the fence-line 

and try to chase the animal 

out, however because the 

animal is so stressed, it 

instead continues to run 

around the enclosed area 

and not leave through the 

open gate. Although there 

is good intent, as people 

continue to try to chase 

the animal out, it is actually 

doing progressively 

more harm until finally the 

animal goes down and can 

no longer get back up. 

Once capture myopathy 

sets in, animals may 

become unable to stand 

with varying degrees 

of paralysis (usually in 

their hind limbs). Death 

may also result due to 

circulatory disturbances, 

consequences of ruptured 

muscles, or electrolyte imbalance 

which can affect 

their heart and/or kidneys. 

Because there is no cure 

for this condition, prevention 

is the key. Once it occurs, 

we can only provide 

supportive care in hopes 

that there hasn’t been 

severe muscle damage. 

There have only been 

three fawns over the past 

11 years that had severe 

capture myopathy (unable 

to stand) that we successfully 

rehabilitated to 

release. 

The fawn in the photo 

accompanying this article 

came from a residence 

in Calabasas back in 

2008. It had gotten into 

the person’s fenced in 

yard, likely following its 

mother. The mother was 

seen outside the fence so 

a group of people were 

rounded up to try to catch 

the fawn and put it back 

outside with the mom. 

This fawn came to California Wildlife Center in 2008 after 

being chased around a yard to the point of collapsing 

from a condition known as capture myopathy. In the 

last five years, CWC has had limited success with 

rehabilitating mule deer and desert cottontails suffering 

from the condition. Photo Submitted 

After chasing it around the 

yard for almost an hour, 

the fawn collapsed and 

could no longer get up. 

We were then called to 

assess the animal. 

The fawn was brought 

back to our facility and 

placed on intravenous 

fluids supplemented with 

dextrose because it was 

not eating. After a few 

days of supportive care in 

our isolation room it was 

able to weakly stand for 

very short periods. We 

moved it to one of our 

small fawn enclosures that 

was large enough where 

it could stand and move 

around but not too large 

where it might overexert 

itself. 

Until it could stand 

well, we needed to hand 

feed it and help it drink 

water while keeping it 

hooded to reduce further 

stress. After a few more 

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other rehabilitation fawns. 

It continued to have a 

stiffness to its walk for 

several weeks before finally 

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with its new herd. 

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Lauren Coughlin 


The Nautica Malibu 

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impressive event in 

many regards. 

About a month back, we 

profiled two of its participants. 

As youo may recall, 

one of those competitors, 

Billy Becerra, lost 

his newborn son, who 

was treated at Children’s 

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vere capture myopathy is 

uncommon. Over the past 

five years, our successful 

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myopathy cases has been 

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and 1 out of 7 for 

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If you see a deer/ 

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Becerra finished the 

triathlon in 2 hours, 42 

minutes and 44 seconds. 

He also raised more than 

$100,000. 

The other athlete we 

profiled was Jake Kennedy, 

a returning triathlete. 

However, he had a long, 

hard road to race day. The 

46-year-old, who finished 

in 3:27:06, has had a 

variety of injuries over the 

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lower half of his leg, as 

well as a screw in his hip. 

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But those two inspiring 

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raised more than $1 million 

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and Blood Diseases at 

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Dick Van Dyke released his new album, “Step (Back) 

in Time,” this month. Eric Myer Photography 

Malibuite Dick Van Dyke, Malibu producer Bill 

Bixler release well-received album with oldfashioned 

flair, Page 23 

Malibu resident Bill Bixler (left) works with Dick Van Dyke on 

“Step (Back) in Time,” Van Dyke’s new album, which Bixler 

produced. Leslie Bixler

22 | September 28, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Faith 


Faith Briefs 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7966) 

Harvest of Hope 

3-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15. 

Harvest of Hope will include 

wine tastings, catered 

food, live entertainment, 

a silent auction, free child 

care and more. The event 

supports various charities. 

Advance tickets cost $40 

and day-of tickets cost $50. 

Contemplative Worship 

8 a.m. Sundays 

Traditional Worship 


Martial Arts 

4-7 p.m. Mondays, 

Wednesdays, Thursdays. 

Class with Kurt Lampson. 

Sacred Yoga 

7:15-8:15 p.m. Thursdays. 

Class with Cecily 

Breeding. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 

Malibu Canyon Road, 310-456-1611) 

Sunday Worship Services 

9, 10:45 a.m. Sundays. 

Men’s Breakfast 

7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays 

at Marmalade Cafe, 3894 

Cross Creek Road, Malibu. 

Chabad of Malibu (22943 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-456-6588) 

Yom Kippur 

Friday, Sept. 29, fast begins 

at 6:24 p.m., Kol Nidre 

Services at 6:25 p.m. 

Yom Kippur Morning 

Services 

9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 

30 

Yizkor Memorial Service 

12 p.m. Sept. 30 

Afternoon Service 

5 p.m. Sept. 30 

Taking care of No. 1 

St. Aidan’s offers peaceful time out with Sacred Yoga 

Pepperdine graduate student and artist Cecily Breeding guides Sacred Yoga practice, 

which integrates yoga exercise with Christian music and scripture, in the parish hall 

at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church of Malibu. All are welcome at the class, which meets 

every Thursday at 7:15 p.m. The first two classes are free, then donations will be 

requested for the ongoing class series. Photo Submitted 

Neilah Closing 

Service at 6 p.m. Saturday, 

Sept. 30, fast ends at 

7:17 p.m. 

Evening Shabbat Services 

7:30 p.m. Fridays. 

Saturday Services 

9 a.m., Kabbalah on 

the Parsha; 10 a.m. Shabbat 

service; 11 a.m. Words 

from the Rabbi & Torah 

Reading; 12:30 p.m. Kiddush 

lunch 

Sunday Services 

9 a.m. 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 

Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505) 

Pie Festival 

Save the date for Saturday, 

Oct. 14. Details to 

come. 

Prayer and Healing Circle 

7-8 p.m. Tuesdays. A 

non-denominational gathering 

of like-minded people 

united in different forms of 

focused prayer and healing 

modalities. Featured speakers 

and workshops are offered 

throughout the year. 

Alateen Meeting 

10 a.m. Saturdays, Alateen 

meeting 

Wednesday Night Dinners 

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

The church will cook 

free dinners. Donations are 

welcome at anytime. 

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 an afterschool 

childcare program. 

Prayer and Healing 

7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 

All community members 

are welcome to join in interfaith 

worship and healing, 

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., Sundays. 

Childcare available. 

Children’s program held 

during worship. 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter 

Canyon Road, 310-456-2361) 

Learn About Catholicism 

12:30 p.m. Sundays. Join 

for an informal meeting 

over coffee or tea to share 

stories of faith and community. 

If interested, contact 

the rectory office or join in 

the lower conference room. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Mondays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Women’s Bible Study 

7 p.m. Mondays, 

Okoneski Room. 

Al Anon Meetings 

8 p.m. Mondays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

University Church of Christ (24255 


Worship Assembly 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. 

Youth Bible Class 

7 p.m. Wednesdays, for 

6th-12th grades. Contact 

dusty.breeding@pepper 

dine.edu. 

Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning 

View Drive, 424-235-4463) 

Service 


First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 


Wednesday Meetings 

8 p.m. Wednesdays. Testimony 

meetings include 

readings from the Bible and 

“Science and Health with 

Key to the Scriptures.” 

Service 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue 

(24855 PCH, 310-456-2178) 

Religious School 

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

Tot Shabbat 

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

Celebrate Shabbat 

with prayers, music and 

dancing. 

Torah Study 

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

Saturdays 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive, 

310-774-1927) 

Service 

10:10 a.m. Sundays 

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malibusurfsidenews.com Life & Arts 


‘Step (Back) in Time’ released 

Barbara Burke 


After almost 20 years 

as a Malibu High School 

music teacher, Bill Bixler 

— a versatile songwriter, 

instrumentalist and music 

producer — is having the 

time of his life, and is in 

many ways at the apex of 

his career. 

As he did for many years 

at Malibu High, Bixler is 

inspiring himself and others 

to create wonderful music. 

He recently produced “Step 

(Back) in Time,” 91-yearold 

Dick Van Dyke’s new 

jazz vocal album featuring 

many classics from the 

Roaring Twenties, the Depression 

Era and the 1940s. 

The album’s Sept. 12-13 

release party at Vitello’s 

Supper Club sold out immediately. 

“Dick was the fastest 

‘sell-out’ in Vitello’s history,” 

said Brad Roen, vice 

president and managing 

partner of Vitello’s. “It took 

approximately 10 minutes 

to sell out over 100 seats.” 

Van Dyke was just as delighted 

as the crowds were 

by the sold-out events in 

North Hollywood. 

“The crowd loved all the 

old music,” Van Dyke said. 

“Bill was the inspiration 

behind the entire project. 

He is wonderful and very 

talented. We plan more 

events.” 

“Step (Back) in Time” — 

which features old favorites 

such as “Easy Street,” 

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” and 

“Brother Can You Spare a 

Dime” — showcases Van 

Dyke’s versatility as a musician 

with a deep, resonant 

voice who takes one back 

by singing melodic songs 

from Ragtime, Dixieland, 

and Barbershop Quartets 

and jazz standards. 

It is music from a simpler 

time, and Van Dyke’s 

ability to make it look so 

simple is attributable in 

large part to Bixler’s genius 

of producing and editing 

with the help of Charley 

Pollard, trombonist and 

engineer, and David Enos, 

bass player and arranger of 

all the songs on the new record. 

Bixler’s wife, Leslie, 

contributed to vocals on the 

album. 

In speaking about working 

and recording with Van 

Dyke, Bixler said: “He’s 

the guy you think he is, the 

very person that everybody 

loves. He’s an incredible 

artist who is deep — really 

deep. He was wonderful 

to perform with at Vitello’s. 

He discussed the Depression 

with the audience. 

He lived through it. However, 

with a use of irony, he 

also shared the experiences 

of that challenging era with 

some humor.” 

“Step (Back) in Time” 

has been submitted for consideration 

for a Grammy in 

the Best Jazz Vocal Album 

category. 

Bixler is gracious, humble 

and unassuming, all attributes 

that endear him to 

those who know him best. 

“Getting nominated for 

the Grammy would be incredible,” 

he told Malibu 

Surfside News. “Winning it 

would be stupid good.” 

Bixler has deep musical 

roots. His band The Blue 

has been together since 

1972. It was a legendary 

band in Fresno in the 1970s, 

’80s and ’90s, often playing 

with big name bands such 

as James Brown and Tom 

Petty and the Heartbreakers. 

Back in the day, the 

band released two albums: 

“Blue Print” in 1978, and 

“Enthusiasm” in 1981. 

Over the years, each 

band member has pursued 

other avenues, raised families 

and gotten day jobs. 

Now that Bixler has 

more time, The Blue got 

back together, recorded 

at the Tower Theater, and 

released a “bucket list” 

album, “Under the Weather,” 

in 2016. The album, a 

potpourri of tunes that the 

band has worked on for 40 

years, features Bixler on 

alto, tenor, baritone, saxophone, 

clarinet, keyboards 

and vocals. His brother 

Jim, who is also a prolific 

writer, and Bixler’s favorite 

guitarist, Phil Wimer, are 

also featured on the album. 

Bixler is versatile, talented, 

and omnipresent when 

he focuses on a project, 

and his attention to detail is 

clear in both “Step (Back) 

in Time,” and “Under the 

Weather,” as well as in his 

other ongoing efforts. After 

years of giving back and 

ensuring that the students 

at MHS had the best program 

possible, Bixler now 

has time to pursue his own 

projects and dreams. 

“I met Bill when I was 

still a teenager playing in 

a band with Bill’s younger 

brother. Bill was the older 

brother who played jazz, 

while we were still playing 

country rock,” said Wimer, 

a lifelong friend and musical 

colleague. “After we 

formed a band with Bill, we 

started combining styles for 

a unique sound. Bill was 

the leader and inspired us to 

be creative and open minded. 

He was always open to 

musical ideas without being 

judgmental. 

“In 1974, we opened a 

nightclub in Fresno where 

we could play our original 

music in the age of disco. 

It was a creative success 

for our band as well as for 

Fresno. Touring legends as 

well as local original musicians 

all played at the ‘Wild 

Blue,’ which was also the 

name of the band.” 

Bixler is an inspiring 

dynamo behind whatever 

creative endeavors he becomes 

immersed in. 

“The driving energy of 

the whole endeavor was 

Bill, who was chief carpenter, 

band leader and 

musical guide,” Wimer 

said. “And, since he was 

the oldest among us crazy 

musicians in the 1970s, he 

kept us grounded reasonably 

well. To me, Bill was 

a combination of musical 

guru, big brother, motivator, 

and shepherd. His musical 

influence provided 

this rock guitarist an avenue 

for a higher level of 

sophistication. Had I not 

worked with him, I probably 

would have slipped 

into garage band obscurity 

rather than continuing to 

play music for another 40 

years.” 

Bixler is a perfectionist. 

Yet, amazingly, Bixler and 

Van Dyke decided to record 

“Step (Back) in Time” 

in January, recorded it on 

April 11, and unveiled it 

this month. 

“We recorded this album 

in only five hours,” Bixler 

said. “It was a magical day. 

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Shown is the cover of “Step (Back) in Time,” a new jazz 

album from Malibu resident Dick Van Dyke. 

Eric Myer Photography 

We were all working on 

the same page all the time. 

The creative process was a 

really nice give and take. 

We recorded at Dragonfly 

Creek studios, a little gem 

in Malibu run by Charley 

Pollard.” 

Whether Bixler is inspiring 

Dick Van Dyke, a senior 

artist beloved by all, or 

Malibu’s next generation, 

Bixler has that magical 

ability to bring out the best 

in others. 

Inspiration is hard to 

come by. Malibu is lucky to 

have it in Bill Bixler. 

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24 | September 28, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Life & Arts 


Ride of the Week 

Take a ‘brake’ in the automotive playground 

Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn to 

perform at Pepperdine next month 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 

Fireball Tim Lawrence 

Contributing Columnist 

Malibu resident 

When reflecting 

on your childhood, 

you might 

remember that recess was a 

time of fun. 

It was a dedicated time 

to let the work go and just 

be yourself on the playground 

with your friends, 

making your own choices. 

And although your 

choices seemed to get limited 

as a teenager, you reveled 

in the idea of freedom. 

The freedom to choose 

what was best for you at 

the time, good or bad. 

Malibu is a playground. 

An automotive playground. 

And I’m doing 

my best with this article, 

my TV show, Wheels and 

Waves Car Show and a 

secret upcoming event at 

Caffe Luxxe to ensure that 

our recesses are the best 

they can be. Feeding our 

love of joy, fun, choice and 

freedom is what makes our 

town so awesome. 

Sure, we all have to 

work to make a living and 

be responsible, but that’s 

not what life is about. Life 

is about the in-between 

time where we get to 

experience the fruits of our 

labor. Trips, cars, treats, 

beach time and more. 

We have so much in our 

little town to be grateful for, 

but some pretty amazing 

places are just outside of 

Fireball Tim Lawrence and others pose at The Murphy 

Auto Museum during a recent event benefiting The George 

Barris Memorial Rally. Scott Martin @carshowaholic 

our city limits, too. I’m 

talking about places like 

The Automobile Driving 

Museum, The Petersen, The 

Murphy and the Mullins. 

They are all within spitting 

distance. But there’s also 

the Metropolitan Pit Stop 

and more Cars & Coffee 

events than you can shake 

a stick at from Montecito, 

to Ventura, to Westlake, to 

Canoga Park, to Pasadena, 

to Huntington Beach. 

Then, there’s personal 

collections like The English 

Car Company and tons 

of other individuals who 

will open their doors to 

those who love cars. 

And finally, there are the 

drives. From Angeles Crest 

Highway, to Death Valley, 

to Idyllwild, to Mulholland. 

Every kind of road 

with every kind of scenery 

is up for grabs. It’s all here 

in one tight package for 

you to experience the fun, 

joy and choice of freedom. 

And me? I’m your guide 

to coolness. I’m the guy 

who will put you with that 

other guy who will suggest 

you do this thing or drive 

this road or hit this spot. 

And if I don’t know the 

guy, I’ll find a guy who 

knows the guy. 

My job in our automotive 

playground is 

to ensure you have fun. 

These articles will make 

you aware of the Ventura 

Cars & Coffee, and my TV 

show will take you along 

for the ride as I show actors 

like Jonathan Banks or 

Tony Dow or Paul Moyer 

what it’s like to drive a 

classic car. And my car 

show in Malibu will introduce 

you to others who 

desire to share their stories. 

So, allow me to be in 

the humble position to 

help. Make me aware of 

something remarkable 

somewhere or a car you 

saw. Post it, tag me, let me 

know. The more we live 

the dream here in SoCal, 

the more the world sees 

it and chooses to live the 

dream, too. Imagine if 

that love, joy and freedom 

permeated the world. 

Maybe instead of considering 

killing each other 

over nonsense, we should 

just drive somewhere fun 

and get ice cream. Salted 

caramel for North Korea 

and bubble gum for Trump, 

with gold sprinkles. Sound 

like a plan? 

Want to be featured in Ride 

of the Week? Send Fireball 

an email at askfireball@ 

fireballtim.com. 

Roger McGuinn, a founding member of The Byrds and 

later a solo artist, will perform at Pepperdine University 

on Thursday, Oct. 5. Photo Submitted 

Roger McGuinn Concert 

When: 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 

Where: Pepperdine University Smothers Theatre, 

24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu 

For tickets — which cost $22-$50 for the general 

public and $10 for Pepperdine students — call (310) 

506-4522 or visit arts.pepperdine.edu. 

Music icon Roger Mc- 

Guinn returns to Pepperdine 

University’s Smothers 

Theatre in Malibu at 8 p.m. 

Thursday, Oct. 5. 

Tickets, priced starting at 

$22 and $10 for full-time 

Pepperdine students, are 

available now by calling 

(310) 506-4522 or online at 

arts.pepperdine.edu. 

As a founding member 

of The Byrds, Roger Mc- 

Guinn delivers a mesmerizing 

evening of story and 

song. From his signature 

12-string Rickenbacker 

sound, to his instantly recognizable 

vocals on hits 

like “Turn, Turn, Turn”, 

“Eight Miles High,” and 

“Mr. Tambourine Man,” 

McGuinn didn’t just make 

music — he made history. 

McGuinn, prior to forming 

the Byrds, toured and 

performed folk music 

with the Limeliters, Chad 

Mitchell Trio, and Bobby 

Darin as a guitarist and 

banjo player. 

After hearing the Beatles 

for the first time, McGuinn 

began playing folk songs 

to a rock beat in the coffee 

houses of Greenwich 

Village. His experiments 

in merging folk and rock 

didn’t please the folk purist, 

so he moved to LA to 

work at the Troubadour. It 

was after an opening set 

for Hoyt Axton that Gene 

Clark approached him with 

appreciation for his new 

musical blend. They started 

writing songs together in 

the folk den of the Troubadour. 

It wasn’t long before 

David Crosby joined them, 

completing the band. 

Columbia Records 

signed the Byrds in January 

1965 and they recorded 

their first No. 1 hit, “Mr. 

Tambourine Man.” The 

band worked together until 

1973, when McGuinn disbanded 

the Byrds to pursue 

his dream of a solo career. 

He made five solo albums 

on Columbia Records. 

Since 1981, McGuinn 

has regularly toured as a 

solo singer-guitarist. In 

1991, Arista records released 

“Back From Rio,” 

a rock album that included 

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 

Elvis Costello, 

Chris Hillman, David Crosby, 

Michael Penn and John 

Jorgensen. 

McGuinn’s one-man 

show, “Live from Mars,” 

was released on Hollywood 

Records in 1996. The album 

includes two studio 

tracks, “May The Road 

Rise To Meet You,” and 

“Fireworks,” recorded in 

Minneapolis with members 

of the Jayhawks. 

McGuinn’s 2002 record 

“Treasures From The Folk 

Den,” featuring duets with 

Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, 

Judy Collins, Odetta, Jean 

Ritchie, Josh White Jr., and 

Frank and Mary Hamilton, 

was nominated for a Grammy 

in 2002 for Best Traditional 

Folk Album. 


sponsored by Mary and 

Tom Hawkins.



‘Legendary Ladies of Motown’ show to come to town 

Two well-decorated 

singers to entertain 

at Pepperdine 


University 

Two voices 

that helped define 

a generation 

of music 

in America, 

Mary Wilson 

of The Wilson 

Supremes 

and Martha 

Reeves of 

The Vandellas, 

will come 

together at 8 

p.m. Saturday, 

Oct. 7, at 

Reeves 

Pepperdine’s 

Smothers Theatre. 

Tickets — starting at $40 

for the public and $10 for 

full-time Pepperdine students 

— are available by 

calling (310) 506-4522 or 

online at arts.pepperdine. 

edu. 

Wilson and Reeves have 

14 Billboard No. 1 singles, 

seven Billboard No. 1 albums, 

and 42 Billboard Top 

10 singles between them. 

It was a vision of musical 

stardom as a Detroit 

teen that inspired Wilson, 

along with Diana Ross and 

Florence Ballard, to found 

one of the most successful 

female singing groups in 

recording history: The Supremes. 

Since then, Wilson 

has written a best-selling 

autobiography, performed 

on stage and screen, lectured 

and toured the world, 

and continues to be looked 

up to as a singer who set the 

Legendary Ladies of Motown 

What: Mary Wilson, of the Supremes, and Martha 

Reeves & The Vandellas will perform 

When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 



For tickets — which cost $40-$70 for the public and 

$10 for Pepperdine students — call (310) 506-4522 

or visit arts.pepperdine.edu. 

standard for females in the 

recording industry. 

Wilson has performed 

all over the world. Royalty 

requested many of her 

performances with The 

Supremes, such as for Britain’s 

Queen Mother as well 

as for the King of Sweden. 

In 2000, Wilson performed 

at the White House for the 

Millennium Celebration 

as well as two inaugural 

dinners held in President 

Bush’s honor. 

In 1988, The Supremes 

were inducted into the 

Rock & Roll Hall of 

Fame, receiving the prestigious 

Lifetime Achievement 

Award, which Wilson 

personally accepted. 

Seven years later, the Hall 

launched an exhibit of the 

“Supremes” gowns for 

the museum’s opening in 

Cleveland, Ohio, called 

“The Supremes Reflections: 

The Mary Wilson 

Supreme Legacy Collection.” 

The collection is currently 

on tour in the United 

Kingdom. 

Reeves and her backup 

group, the Vandellas, sang 

behind Marvin Gaye and 

hit the charts with their own 

trifecta: “Come and Get 

These Memories,” “Love 

is Like a Heat Wave,” and 

“Quicksand.” 

In 2012, Reeves returned 

to the Billboard charts with 

her Top 25 hit, “I’m Not 

Leaving,” recorded with 

techno DJ duo The Crystal 

Method, and returned to 

the Howard Theatre — the 

site of the very first Motown 

Revue show — for 

its grand reopening. She 

capped 2013 with a 13- 

city sold-out solo tour of 

the U.K. Her 2014 “Calling 

Out Around the World 

Tour” commemorated the 

50th anniversary of the release 

of “Dancing in the 

Street.” In 2017, she celebrates 

50 years of calling 

for “Jimmy Mack” to come 

back. 

Reeves is the recipient 

of the Dinah Washington 

Award, a Rhythm n’ Blues 

Foundation Pioneer Award, 

a Black Woman in Publishing 

Legends Award, and 

she was named one of the 

“30 Top Lead Singers of all 

Time.” 


sponsored the Office of Andrew 

K. Benton, president 

of Pepperdine, and The 

Law Offices of Hiepler & 

Hiepler. 

For more information 

about Wilson, visit www. 

marywilson.com. For more 

on Reeves, visit www. 

missmarthareeves.com. 

Famed blues musicians meld for performance at Pepperdine 


University 

‘Take Me to the River’ 

What: This Memphis soul and rhythm & blues revue 

features William Bell, Charlie Musselwhite and 

Bobby Rush 

When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 



For tickets — which cost $25-$45 for the public and 

$10 for Pepperdine students — call (310) 506-4522 

or visit arts.pepperdine.edu. 

A live concert journey 

through the soul of American 

music with artists featured 

in the documentary 

film “Take Me to the River” 

comes to Pepperdine University 

at 7 p.m. Sunday, 

Oct. 8. 

Tickets, which cost $25 

for the public and $10 for 

full-time Pepperdine students, 

are available by calling 

(310) 506-4522 or online 

at arts.pepperdine.edu. 

Celebrating the intergenerational 

and interracial 

musical influence of Memphis 

in the face of pervasive 

discrimination and segregation, 

this historic show 

features a once-in-a-lifetime 

chance to see legends 

William Bell (2017 Grammy 

Winner), Bobby Rush 

(2017 Grammy winner), 

and Charlie Musselwhite 

(2014 Grammy winner) 

share the stage and perform 

the classics with the 

all-star Hi Rhythm Section, 

The Stax Academy Alumni 

Band, and Grammy awardwinner 

Boo Mitchell, with 

special appearances from 

Academy Winner Frayser 

Boy and Critics Choice 

Award winner Al Kapone. 

“Take Me to the River” 

presents a live performance 

experience based on the 

award-winning film and record 

that brought together 

multiple generations of 

iconic Memphis and Mississippi 

Delta musicians 

to record a historic new 

album and re-imagine the 

utopia of racial, gender and 

generational collaboration 

of Memphis (Stax, High records) 

in its heyday. 

TMTTR believes that the 

power of positive expression 

— through music, film 

or other art forms — leads 

to a permanent foundation 

of community, and strives 

to bring together those 

from all political, racial and 

generational backgrounds 

to communicate, cooperate, 

collaborate and create together 

as a community. 

Rush is a blues musician, 

composer and singer. His 

style incorporates elements 

of blues, funk and rap. Born 

in Homer, Louisiana, he 

moved with his family to 

Arkansas, where he formed 

a band with Elmore James. 

In the 1970s, his song 

“Chicken Heads,” which 

he wrote as well as sang, 

made it to the R&B charts. 

He next recorded his first 

album, “Rush Hour,” with 

one track, “I Wanna Do the 

Do” also charting in 1979. 

In the early 1980s, Rush 

moved to Jackson, Mississippi, 

where he recorded a 

series of records for various 

labels, including his own 

Deep Rush label. “Folk- 

Funk” (2004) was a return 

to rootsier sound, featuring 

guitarist Alvin Youngblood 

Hart. Rush received recognition 

for his music after 

the release of his 22nd album, 

“Rush,” when he was 

awarded Best Male Soul 

Blues Artist at the Blues 

Music Awards. He also 

won Best Acoustic Artist 

and Best Acoustic Album 

for his album “Raw.” His 

album, “Hoochie Mama,” 

was nominated for a Grammy 

in the Blues Music Section 

in 2000. 

In 2013, Rush was nominated 

for a Blues Music 

Award in the Soul Blues 

Male Artist category. In 

2014, Rush’s album “Down 

In Louisiana” won a Blues 

Music Award in the Soul 

Blues Album of the Year 

category. 

Mississippi-born Musselwhite 

is an electric blues 

harmonica player, singer, 

and bandleader, and one of 

the most revered musicians 

in the world. He has won 

countless awards during his 

career including induction 

into the Blues Hall of Fame 

and collaborated with innumerable 

musical giants of 

the past 50 years including 

Please see River, 27

26 | September 28, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Dining Out 


The Dish 

Taco Tuesday draws customers in at Reel Inn 

Barbara Burke 


Malibu’s iconic Reel Inn 

Restaurant, a dining institution 

for more than 30 years, 

offers consistently delicious 

fresh fish every day 

of the week. 

The restaurant’s Taco 

Tuesdays are very popular. 

On Taco Tuesdays, the 

restaurant offers two tilapia 

tacos on corn tortillas 

with a tasty chipotle aioli 

sauce for $5.95. These tasty 

tacos have huge chunks of 

delicious fish and are filling 

and scrumptious. 

Customers have the option 

of getting one taco for 

$4.50. 

“Taco Tuesday is always 

fun down here at the 

Reel,” General Manager 

Dain Fowler said. “These 

great tacos have been the 

fuel for locals and travelers 

alike for years and years. 

It is a well-balanced meal, 

too. You got your corn tortillas, 

fish, cabbage, handmade 

pico de gallo, and 

our creamy house chipotle 

sauce. Is there a better way 

to save a couple bucks in 

Malibu? I think not.” 

Satisfied, satiated customers 

agree. 

“I’ve been coming here 

to Reel Inn for Taco Tuesdays 

for 20 years and their 

quality still holds true,” 

diner Tana Cole said. 

Customers who want a 

heartier meal can try the red 

snapper ($16.95), a lightly 

breaded rockfish sautéed in 

olive oil, white wine, garlic, 

tomatoes and lemon, 

garnished with capers, and 

served with two sides. 


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The ahi tuna salad ($12.95), features fresh, hearty tuna 

slices served atop a bed of fresh mixed greens with a 

wasabi seasoning. 

Reel Inn Restaurant in Malibu offers two tilapia tacos for 

$5.95 on Taco Tuesdays. 

Photos by Barbara Burke/22nd Century Media 

creamy mashed potatoes 

and Cajun rice, making 

for a hearty meal befitting 

chilly winter evenings that 

will soon be upon Malibu. 

Another hearty option is 

the brand new shrimp and 

scallop combo ($18.95) 

which is also offered with 

two side dishes. 

“We’ve been coming to 

the Reel Inn for 20 years 

and the food is consistently 

excellent,” customer Madeline 

Riepe said. 

Those who want something 

a little less filling 

cannot go wrong if they try 

the ahi tuna salad ($12.95). 

Fresh, hearty tuna slices are 

served over a bed of fresh 

mixed greens. A wasabi seasoning 

makes this dish have 

just the right amount of 

zing, and the tuna mixes superbly 

with the fresh, crispy 

lettuce. One feels full after 

eating this healthy dish. 

“We just rolled into Los 

Angeles and we came here 

on our second day in town,” 

patron Chelsea Unsbee said 

as she and her friend, Russ 

McGarry, relaxed on the establishment’s 

spacious patio. 

“This restaurant provides a 

very unique experience. The 

atmosphere is great and the 

service is great as well.” 

Reel Inn Restaurant 

18661 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu 

Hours 

11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- 

Sunday 

Web: reelinnmalibu. 

com 

Phone: (310) 456-8221 

Reel Inn offers quality 

seafood at affordable 

prices. The establishment 

also offers beer, wine and 

a full host of soft drinks. 

Children are welcome and 

have their own reasonablypriced 

menu. 

There are vegetarian options 

available as well, including 

vegetarian pasta 

($11.95), a grilled portobello 

mushroom sandwich 

($13.95), vegetarian tacos 

($11.95) and a veggie quesadilla 

($11.95). 

“This is a good place to 

be,” said McGarry, a newcomer 

to the dining experience 

at the Reel Inn. “It’s 

calm and a person can appreciate 

the ocean and the 

view.” 

Sometimes it takes new 

eyes to shed light on how 

special some places in Malibu 

are.



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River 

From Page 25 

John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ 

Wolf, Muddy Waters, Big 

Joe Williams, Little Walter, 

Sonny Boy Williamson, 

Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, 

to name a few. Musselwhite 

has received 10 Grammy 

nominations, winning for 

“Get Up!” (2013, released 

by the recently revived Stax 

label), a collaboration with 

Ben Harper. He has also won 

14 W.C. Handy Awards, 

27 Blues Music Awards, as 

well as Lifetime Achievement 

Awards from the Monterey 

Blues Festival, among 

other honors. Musselwhite 

was inducted into the Blues 

Hall of Fame in 2010. Over 

the years, Musselwhite has 

branched out in style. His 

1999 recording, “Continental 

Drifter,” is accompanied 

by Cuarteto Patria, from 

Cuba’s Santiago region, the 

Cuban music analog of the 

Mississippi Delta. For the 

first half of 2011, Musselwhite 

toured with the acoustic-electric 

blues band Hot 

Tuna. In the latter half of 

2011, he went on tour with 

Cyndi Lauper. 

Bell, a soul singer, songwriter 

and producer, was 

instrumental in shaping 

the sound of Stax Records. 

Bell recorded his first sides 

as a member of the group 

the Del Rios. In 1961, he 

made his solo recording 

debut with the classic single, 

“You Don’t Miss Your 

Water,” which became one 

of the fledgling label’s 

first major hits. In 1967, 

Bell released his first fulllength 

album, “The Soul 

of a Bell,” which included 

the Top 20 hit single, “Everybody 

Loves a Winner.” 

That same year, blues great 

Albert King recorded what 

came to be his signature 

tune, “Born Under a Bad 

Sign,” also written by Bell, 

which has become one of 

the most-recorded blues 

songs. Among his other 

classic hits at Stax were 

“Any Other Way,” “Never 

Like This Before,” “A Tribute 

to a King,” “I Forgot to 

be Your Lover,” his internationally-acclaimed 

duet 

with Judy Clay, “Private 

Number,” and the perennial 

Christmas music favorite, 

“Every Day Will Be Like 

a Holiday.” “Tryin’ to Love 

Two,” Bell’s only U.S. Top 

40 hit, also hit No. 1 on the 

R&B charts. 

As a songwriter, Bell coauthored 

the Chuck Jackson 

hit “Any Other Way” 

(a cover of Bell’s original 

recording), “I Forgot to 

Be Your Lover” (covered 

by Billy Idol in his 1986 

hit “To Be a Lover”). It 

has since been sampled 

by Ludacris (on “Growing 

Pains”) and Jaheim on 

“Put That Woman First”), 

among many other artists. 


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MHS boys water polo victorious 

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malibu surfside news | September 28, 2017 | malibusurfsidenews.com 

Athletes, celebrities back Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ cancer research 

at annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon, Pages 32-33 

Alexander Romanenko (right), who took first this year and last year in the classic distance race, crosses the finish line at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon on Sept. 17. 

Celebrities such as Jamie Lee Curtis (left) also were involved in this year’s event. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media

32 | September 28, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Sports 


Nautica Malibu Triathlon raises $1.14 million 

Athletes of every 

prowess join event 

to support cancer 

research at CHLA 

Barbara Burke 


More than 5,000 athletes 

came from all over the 

world and from all walks of 

life to run, bike and swim 

in the 31st Annual Nautica 

Malibu Triathlon at Zuma 

Beach Sept. 16-17. 

They did so to benefit 

children who are in the most 

important race of their lives: 

the race against cancer. 

The event, sponsored by 

Equinox, raised $1.14 million 

to support the Basic and 

Translational Cancer Research 

Program of the Children’s 

Center for Cancer and 

Blood Diseases at the Children’s 

Hospital Los Angeles. 

“I drove 2,200 miles to 

participate in this event,” 

said Joe Makuch of Ada, 

Michigan. “When you’re 

out in the water swimming, 

people pull you along. It’s 

great. It’s an exciting event. 

You can achieve your fitness 

goals but also raise money 

for Children’s Hospital.” 

The triathlon offered races 

of two lengths. 

On Sept. 16, the Herbalife 

International Distance 

Race included a 1.5-kilometer 

Pacific Ocean swim, 

a 40K bike ride along the 

Pacific Coast Highway 

and a 10K run along Zuma 

Beach. Sean Jefferson, 35, 

of Los Angeles, won the 

men’s division with a time 

of 1 hour, 53 minutes and 

32 seconds. 

Carly Johann, 34, of Culver 

City, was the event’s 

top female finisher and the 

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles oncology nurses Lauren Bryant (left) and Jaclyn 

Kennedy ran the Nautica Malibu Triathlon Sept. 17 for the nonprofit Sophia’s Buddies. 

Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

11th overall finisher with a 

time of 2:07:48. 

On Sept. 17, athletes 

gathered by the dawn’s 

early light on a cool Malibu 

morning, anticipating the invigoration 

of diving into the 

Pacific for a half-mile swim 

for the classic distance race. 

Some were in relays, and 

others went on to complete 

the rest of the event which 

included a 17-mile bike ride 

and 4-mile run. 

Contemporary singersongwriter 

Vanessa Carlton 

summed up the philanthropic 

mood of all in 

attendance. 

“I’m honored to be a part 

of today,” she said. “My 

heart goes out to all the parents 

who fight for their babies 

and to parents of those 

who lost the battle. It is truly 

wonderful that the athletes 

come out to help raise money 

to fight these diseases.” 

Aliso Viejo resident Alexander 

Romanenko, 21, winner 

of the Sept. 19 triathlon, 

finished the event in 1:12:14. 

Malibuite Alec Wilimovsky, 

whose brother, 

Jordan, is an Olympic 

swimmer was close behind 

Romanenko with a time of 

1:12:45. Wilimovsky, 20, 

had the fastest swim time 

for the day at 8:32. 

Meanwhile, Sophie 

Chase, 23, of Carlsbad, 

won the female division 

with a time of 1:20:20 and 

placed eighth overall. 

Coming off the red carpet 

and onto the blue carpet 

where athletes gather 

to participate, actor Conrad 

Ricamore, of “How To Get 

Away With Murder,” came 

in first in the celebrity division 

for males at 1:42:08. 

However, “The Bold and 

the Beautiful” actress 

Heather Tom’s time was 

faster than Ricamore’s; she 

finished in 1:36:35. 

Individuals and corporations 

sponsored teams 

and their generosity overwhelmed 

the parents of the 

children fighting cancer at 

CHLA. 

“We lost Sophia in January 

2014,” said Sandra Andrade, 

Sophia’s mom and 

founder of Sophia’s Buddies. 

“I’m excited to see so 

many people here to support 

the cancer researchers at 

Children’s Hospital. Without 

their awareness, there 

would be no research.” 

Many of the children still 

valiantly fighting against 

cancer attended the event. 

“This is the 11th year 

that Children’s Hospital LA 

has benefited from this triathlon,” 

said Paul Viviano, 

president and CEO of the 

hospital. “More than $12 

million has been raised for 

research regarding cancer 

and blood-related diseases. 

We are making great strides 

in the fight against these 

diseases. The survival rate 

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Sophie Chase takes first in her division during the 

Nautica Malibu Triathlon classic distance race on Sept. 

17 in Malibu. 

Dr. Alan S. Wayne (right), the director of the Children’s 

Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at the Children’s 

Hospital Los Angeles, and CHLA President and CEO Paul 

Viviano (middle) receives a check for $1,142,452.

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Nautica 

From Page 32 

for children’s leukemia has 

increased. This has been a 

great month for Children’s 

Hospital cancer center as 

the FDA approved our using 

stem cell therapies.” 

Dr. Allen Wayne, director 

of the children’s center, 

explained the phenomenal 

strides the center has made, 

in large part due to the generous 

contributions of triathlon 

athletes and sponsors. 

“We provide focused research 

on children’s cancers 

for solid tumors as 

well as hematological cancers,” 

Wayne said. “The 

FDA approved the use of 

CART therapy and the 

center was a leader in the 

investigation trials. This 

is precision medicine. The 

monies given by the triathlon 

allow us to invest in the 

most exciting research and 

development in these comprehensive 

studies helping 

to fight pediatric cancer. 

People need to understand 

that federally funded grants 

reward work already done, 

whereas the triathlon monies 

help us to jump start 

what to do next in this fight 

against cancer.” 

Athletes at the event were 

awed by the use of the monies 

for children’s cancer and 

thrilled by the triathlon’s 

conditions and operations. 

“It was a great experience 

to participate in this triathlon,” 

women’s division 

champion Chase said. “I felt 

solid and it was an awesome 

course. The ultimate goal of 

our USA Triathlon Collegiate 

Recruitment Program 

that I am [part of] is to create 

athletes that will be able 

to go to the Olympics.” 

Chase’s coach, Jarrod 

Evans, was most impressed 

with the triathlon. 

“This is a fantastic event 

and the size of this event 

can be compared to the 

world events in terms of organization,” 

he said. 

Children get in on the fun at the tot trot portion of the event. 

Malibu residents Heather Wildman (left), who did the 

bike relay, and Kristin Swindal, who did the full triathlon, 

gather for a photo. 

Competing in the event 

was exhausting. However, 

as the final ceremony convened, 

all were invigorated 

and inspired by those courageous 

children who run 

their race against cancer. 

“I helped to take care of 

Sophia,” said Lauren Bryant, 

a nurse at the Cancer 

Center. “She was sassy, 

stubborn and sweet. She 

was an old soul.” 

Bryant and Jaclyn Kennedy, 

another nurse, ran in the 

race for Sophia’s Buddies. 

“Sophia is the angel on 

our back,” Kennedy said. 

“We run for her. It is our 

ninth year in the race.” 

“Good morning, Los Angeles,” 

emcee Jamie Lee 

Curtis said. “I was raised 

in the ‘City of Angels’ and 

angels are who I’m looking 

at – all of you volunteers 

and athletes are angels on a 

mission to help all of these 

children fight cancer.” 

Wayne introduced four 

children who are patients, 

one affected by a brain tumor 

that has compromised 

his vision, one who is fighting 

neuroblastoma, another 

who has just finished leukemia 

therapy and Parker 

Brockway, 13, who shared 

the details of her race 

against cancer. 

“This year I am celebrating 

my fifth anniversary of 

being cancer free,” Brockway 

told the crowd. “I’m 

very happy. I’m back in 

school in the seventh grade 

and I passed my test and got 

my purple belt in karate.” 

The attendees across 

Zuma Beach applauded in 

support. 

“We’re thrilled to be here 

to help give back to the hospital 

that gave Parker back 

her life,” said Brockway’s 

mother, Kathy Kelley. 

“Cancer remains the leading 

cause of death in childhood 

from disease,” Wayne 

said. “With the triathlon’s 

help, we create hope for 

these precious children.” 

The first wave of pro/elite men, ages 25-29, head out into the water on Sept. 17. 

The local look 

Malibu mom shares snapshot of familiar faces at triathlon 

Malibu Seawolves swim club coach Max Jaben (middle) poses with MHS alumnus and 

triathlete Alec Wilimovsky (left) and Seawolves swimmer Kennan Hotchkiss at the 

Nautica Malibu Triathlon. Audra Hotchkiss



Boys Water Polo 

Sharks take down Rio 

Mesa 8-6 at home game 

Chris Megginson 


Coming off a championship 

loss in its home tournament 

over the weekend, 

Malibu High School boys 

water polo bounced back 

to beat Rio Mesa 8-6 in 

the MHS pool Wednesday, 

Sept. 20. 

“It wasn’t the best victory 

by any means, but it was 

a win,” Malibu coach Mike 

Mulligan said. “Anytime 

you can get a W against a 

quality team, it really helps, 

especially going into a long 

weekend.” 

The Sharks jumped out 

to a 2-0 lead, but Rio Mesa 

rallied to tie it 2-2 by the 

end of the first quarter. After 

MHS regained its lead 

3-2, the Spartans tied it 

again, but Louie Putterman 

gave the Sharks a 4-3 edge 

at halftime. 

In the second half, Malibu 

built its lead to three 

goals twice, leading 6-3 in 

the third quarter and 8-5 in 

the fourth, but each time, 

Rio Mesa pulled back within 

two goals. The Spartans 

had a couple of breakaways 

and two shots from twometers 

in the second half 

that were blocked by MHS 

goalie Harry Lang, who finished 

with nine blocks and 

an assist in the win. 

While Malibu never 

trailed during the afternoon, 

it struggled to put the 

game away in the absence 

of Tor Cole, who was sitting 

out with an injury. 

“He has a pretty big leadership 

role in the water and 

without him in the water we 

were a little lost,” Mulligan 

said. “We didn’t play as 

well defensively and made 

some mistakes. Offensively 

he makes everyone around 

him a little bit better. I have 

to give the rest of our guys 

a credit for fighting through 

that adversity and being 

able to get the W. It was not 

an easy win by any means.” 

Putterman and Ary Kamen 

each finished with two 

goals to lead the Sharks’ 

offense. Four others scored 

one goal apiece. 

Kamen, Lewis Baron and 

Cliff Omelia each had an 

assist for the Sharks, while 

Kamen, Baron and Dylan 

Celikel had two steals each 

on defense. 

Malibu (10-1, 3-0 Tri- 

Valley) will hit the road 

next week for two Tri- 

Valley League games at 

Nordhoff and Fillmore on 

Wednesday, Sept. 27, and 

Friday, Sept. 29, respectively. 

It will be the first league 

game against second-year 

program Fillmore. 

Ary Kamen, who finished with two goals in the game, looks for an opening as Malibu 

faces Rio Mesa Wednesday, Sept. 20, in Malibu. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Taking the momentum back 

Malibu Sharks win 

35-6, move to 4-1 

on the season 

Ryan Flynn 


Malibu football was 

stuck in a close defensive 

battle against visiting 

McAuliffe Friday, 

Sept. 22. That is, until 

quarterback Chase Kapler 

took matters into his own 

hands. 

The senior quarterback 

blew the game wide open 

with his legs rather than 

his arm, running for three 

touchdowns and over 150 

yards. After the 35-6 victory, 

Malibu is now 4-1. 

“I thought Chase 

showed some great leadership, 

basically carrying 

us down the field,” coach 

Terry Shorten said. “It was 

a great night for Chase.” 

Malibu was the first on 

the board Friday night. 

After an early McAuliffe 

drive ended in a turnover 

on downs, the Sharks 

found themselves in great 

field position: with the 

ball on the opposing 38. It 

took just one play to score: 

a Dane Kapler handoff up 

the middle, which he took 

38 yards to the house. 

The Mustangs struck 

back in the second quarter, 

recovering a Sharks 

fumble and returning it 

for a touchdown. A failed 

two-point conversion left 

the game at 7-6. To that 

point, the Sharks defense 

had been playing well 

and the offense had been 

moving the ball. They appeared 

to be in control of 

the game, in every way 

except the scoreboard. 

With just six minutes 

left until halftime, the 

entire game flipped. The 

Sharks stopped shooting 

themselves in the foot and 

went on one of their best 

runs of the season on both 

sides of the ball. 

On offense, Chase 

Kapler kept the ball himself 

and raced up the middle 

for a 76-yard touchdown. 

Then, on defense, 

the team logged back-toback 

sacks to get the ball 

back with just over three 

minutes on the clock. 

The Sharks scored again 

quickly via another Chase 

Kapler touchdown run. 

After a successful twopoint 

attempt, they now 

led 22-6. 

But they weren’t done 

yet. 

Malibu forced a fumble 

and immediately scored. 

They got the ball back 

one last time, in good field 

position, with just 28 seconds 

left in the half. After 

an incomplete pass, the 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Sharks again decided to 

ride their quarterback to 

victory. Chase Kapler ran 

the ball up the middle, 

cut left, used his blockers 

and waltzed into the end 

zone to put his team up for 

good. The 35-6 halftime 

lead ended up being the 

final score. 

As much credit as Chase 

Kapler gets for his excellent 

running game, so too 

does the defense deserve 

praise for this one. Coming 

in, Shorten said that 

they expected McAuliffe 

to run a more conventional 

spread or trips offense 

rather than the old-school 

double wing they came 

out with. 

“Honestly, we didn’t 

know they were going to 

come out in it. They hadn’t 

shown it in any game on 

any film,” Shorten said. 

The double wing is a 

similar offense to what 

Big Bear ran last week in 

a Shark’s defeat. Shorten 

said he was proud of 

how the team rebounded. 

Once the Sharks got a 

lead, Shorten dialed up 

some more blitzes, leading 

to several sacks: two 

by Daniel Rafeedie in the 

first half alone. 

“I thought our defense 

played great football,” 

Shorten said. “I thought it 

was a good night for the 

Sharks in general.” 

Girl Tennis 

Thatcher 11, Malibu 7 

In No. 1 singles play Zoe Nathan won all three games 6-2 against her opponents. Jenny 

Orian and Harley Rader, the No. 1 doubles team, won their individual game against league 

rival Thatcher. Maya Van Dien and Nicole Feig also won their match against Thatcher.

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Pepperdine Athletics 

Pepperdine to host fourth annual Fun-D-Raiser 

Pepperdine will host 

the fourth annual Fun-D- 

Raiser, a 4-on-4 beach volleyball 

tournament, to raise 

funds for the beach volleyball 

team. 

Nina Matthies, coach of 

Pepperdine’s beach volleyball 

team, announced the 

Oct. 21 tournament at Zuma 

Beach will help raise funds 

for the 2017 NCAA runnerup 

and two-time American 

Volleyball Coaches Association 

national championship-winning 

team. 

“Come and join our Pepperdine 

beach volley family,” 

Matthies said. “Meet 

the team and coaches; 

enjoy some good laughs, 

good exercise and hopefully 

a sun and fun-filled 

Saturday.” 

Participants of the tournament 

are asked to arrive 

at Zuma Beach, near 

the east end of the beach 

between the two lifeguard 

towers, by 8:30 a.m. for 

registration and team 

draws. Play will begin at 9 

a.m. and a minimum donation 

of $100 is requested. 

All donations will be gift 

receipted by the university 

for tax purposes. 

The university advises 

participants to bring their 

own water, beach chair, 

umbrellas, sunblock and 

anything a player might 

need throughout the day. 

High school aged players – 

male or female – will not be 

allowed to participate per 

NCAA rules. All other age 

groups, and skill levels, are 

welcome. 

Money raised from this 

event will go to support the 

beach volleyball program 

and will help offset travel, 

equipment and other teamrelated 

costs. 

Women’s Golf 

Waves ready for Golfweek 

Conference Challenge 

Pepperdine’s women’s 

golf team is gearing up for 

the Golfweek Conference 

Challenge. 

During the tournament’s 

eight-year history, Pepperdine 

has won four times, 

with its last win being in 

2014. The Golfweek Conference 

Challenge sees 

schools from 18 different 

leagues. 

The contest was to be 

held Monday, Sept. 25, 

through Wednesday, Sept. 

27, at Red Sky Golf Club in 

Wolcott, Colorado, and is a 

par-72, 6,247-yard course. 

The Waves’ lineup includes 

juniors Hannah 

Haythorne and Hira Naveed, 

seniors Tatiana Wijaya 

and Katherine Zhu, and 

sophomore Momoka Kobori. 

The team will be led 

by coach Laurie Gibbs. 

This is Gibbs’ 25th year 

with the team. She had 

been honored 12 times as 

the West Coast Conference’s 

Coach of the Year 

and tabbed the West Region 

Coach of the Year on two 

occasions. 

Lance Ringler of Golfweek 

ranked the Waves at 

No. 25 for the upcoming 

tournament. 

Women’s Tennis 

Sherif advances to Oracle/ 

ITA Masters semifinal 

Pepperdine’s Mayar 

Sherif won two matches on 

day two of the Oracle/ITA 

to advance to the semifinals. 

Sherif defeated No. 10 

Veronica Miroschnichenko 

of Loyola Marymount 6-2, 

6-1 in round 16 to advance 

to semifinal play. 

There she faced University 

of North Carolina’s 

Alexandra Sanford but lost 

6-3, 4-6 and 6-4 in the No. 

6 semifinal match. 

Men’s Golf 

Waves can not hold 

momentum in Trinity Forest 

Invite 

Pepperdine got off to a 

good start Saturday, Sept. 

24 during first round play 

at the Trinity Forest Invitational. 

Through the first seven 

holes the Waves were 6-under 

par and were around the 

top of the leader board. 

By the end of the day 

Pepperdine was tied for 

11th place and was 8-over 

292 for the par-71 Trinity 

Forest Golf Club course. 

Results from Monday, 

Sept. 25, and Tuesday, 

Sept. 26, were not available 

as of press time. 

Women’s Soccer 

Waves record fifth shutout 

of season 

The Waves added yet 

another shutout to their 

season record with a won 

against UC Santa Barbara. 

Pepperdine (6-2-2) now 

has five shutouts for the season 

with their Friday, Sept. 

22 win at home. Freshman 

Joelle Anderson was the 

lone goal scorer during the 

match; she netted the goal 

in the 38th minute of play 

with an assist from Calista 

Reyes. 

The Waves outshot UC 

Santa Barbara 13-5 and had 

four shots on goal. Pepperdine’s 

defense limited 

UCSB to no shots on goal 

during the game. UCSB’s 

goalie Brittney Rogers had 

four saves during the Friday 

match. 

Women’s Volleyball 

Waves defense secures win 

against Loyola Marymount 

Alli O’Harra led the 

team defensively against 

Loyola Marymount to secure 

the win for Pepperdine. 

O’Harra had nine blocks, 

a career high, and five digs 

during the three-set match. 

Pepperdine won 25-17, 

25-17, 26-24 and 25-22 

against the team. Offensively, 

she had eight kills. 

Teammates Nikki Lyons 

and Jasmine Gross helped 

propel the team to the 3-1 

Pacific Coast Highway 

Cup battle and West Coast 

Conference victory over 

Loyola Marymount. 

Lyons had a team-best 

12 kills and four blocks. 

Gross added 11 kills to the 

team’s stats for the game 

along with five blocks, including 

one solo rejection. 

Heidi Dyer recorded another 

double-double with 

38 assists and 10 digs during 

the game, making it 

her ninth career doubledouble. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and www.pep 

perdinewaves.com. Compiled 

by Assistant Editor Brittany 

Kapa, assistant@malibusurf 

sidenews.com. 

Malibu resident Alberto Perusset holds up his medal at 

the Mexico City Marathon on Aug. 27. The race was his 

150th overall marathon and his 111th barefoot marathon. 

Photos Submitted 

Malibu resident surpasses 

150 marathons to date 


Malibu’s Alberto Perusset, 

a barefoot marathon 

runner, recently added two 

more race medals to his impressive 

collection. 

On Aug. 27, Perusset ran 

the Mexico City Marathon 

— his 150th overall marathon 

and his 111th barefoot 

marathon — in 6 hours, 20 

minutes. It was Perusset’s 

second time running that 

race, which has an altitude 

of 7,300 feet. 

Then, on Sept. 3, Perusset 

took sixth place in 

the Labor Day Marathon 

at Marina Vista Park in 

Long Beach with a time of 

7:02:58. Perusset said he 

ran the marathon “in honor 

and memory of my dear 

friend an Olympic runner 

Alberto Perusset ran the 

Labor Day Marathon on 

Sept. 3 in Long Beach 

in honor of late Olympic 

runner David Torrence. 

David Torrence.” 

Torrence, 31, of Malibu, 

was found dead Aug. 28 in 

a swimming pool in Scottsdale, 

Arizona.



Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Dane Kapler 

Dane Kapler, 15, is a 

sophomore who plays running 

back, cornerback and 

kick returner for Sharks 

football. 

What would you 

say are your biggest 

strengths as a player? 

Finishing runs every time 

I carry the ball and not being 

afraid to take on someone 

who might be bigger or 

stronger than me. 

What is it like playing 

with your brother 

Chase? 

It’s amazing. Me and 

Chase have always shared 

a passion for football and 

it’s great to be able to experience 

this season with him. 

What would you say 

are good traits for a 

return man? 

It’s all about the holes. 

You have to have vision 

to find the holes and when 

you find the hole you have 

to hit it hard and stay on 

your feet. 

Are there any pro 

or college players 

you especially like to 

watch? 

I really like to watch and 

try to emulate players like 

[NFL running back] Christian 

McCaffrey, [NFL running 

back] Jordan Howard 

and [NFL cornerback] Patrick 

Peterson. 

What do you like about 

going to school in 

Malibu? 

I like how everyone is 

so friendly, there are good 

teachers and it’s so diverse. 

What hobbies do 

you have outside of 

football? 

I really love snowboarding, 

hanging out with 

friends and nae-naeing. 

In what area do you 

most want to improve 

as a player this year? 

I’d like to improve as a 

tackler. 

suzy demeter/22nd century media 

What is your favorite 

subject in school and 

why? 

I love English because I 

can be creative as a writer. 

Where would you most 

like to travel? 

Kazakhstan, because it’s 

a very nice place. 

Does any one play 

from this season stand 

out to you? 

My standout play this 

season was definitely my 

kick return touchdown 

against Beverly Hills because 

it really hyped the 

whole team up. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Ryan Flynn 

Frohling aces NCAA Snapchat takeover 

Brittany Kapa 

Assistant Editor 

This Week In... 

SHARKS ATHLETICS 

Girls Volleyball 

■Oct. ■ 3 - at Santa Paula, 

6 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 5 - hosts Fillmore, 

6 p.m. 

Football 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at St. Monica, 

7 p.m. 

Girls Tennis 

■Sept. ■ 28 - at Carpinteria, 

3:15 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 3 - hosts La Reina, 

3:15 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 5 - at Thacher, 

3:15 p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■Oct. ■ 2 - hosts Carpinteria, 

3:15 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 4 - hosts Villanova, 

3:15 p.m. 

PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS 

Women’s Volleyball 

■Sept. ■ 28 - hosts Pacific, 7 

p.m. 

■Sept. ■ 30 - hosts Saint 

Mary’s, noon 

■Oct. ■ 5 - at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. 

Women’s Soccer 

■Sept. ■ 29 - at San 

Francisco, 7 p.m. 

■Oct. ■ 1 - at Santa Clara, 

1 p.m. 

The NCAA rolled out a 

new social media initiative, 

and a Pepperdine studentathlete 

was the first to participate. 

Hannah Frohling, a sophomore 

outside hitter on 

Pepperdine’s indoor women’s 

volleyball team, took 

over the NCAA’s Snapchat 

account, @ncaasports, on 

Sept. 12. 

“Our video coordinator 

Olivia Arns and I submit 

a lot of plays for NCAA 

Top 10 Plays of the Week 

and stuff like that to Jordan 

Schwartz, [associate director 

of social media strategy 

with the NCAA]. ... He said 

they were starting a new 

initiative and asked if we 

would be interested in doing 

it,” said Sarah Otteman, 

assistant director of athletic 

communications at Pepperdine. 

“Of course, I said, obviously 

we were.” 

Otteman asked a few 

coaches for their recommendations 

of who would 

be a good fit for the program 

— which offers followers 

an inside look at 

the daily responsibilities 

of a student-athlete — 

and Frohling’s name was 

brought up. 

“Sarah contacted me asking 

if I wanted to take over 

the NCAA Snapchat and I’d 

never heard of anyone doing 

that before,” Frohling said. 

There was no hesitancy 

from Frohling. 

“Generally I’m not an 

outgoing person, which is 

kind of funny,” Frohling 

said. “I tend to be more introverted, 

but I like to share 

my life and I thought it was 

such a cool opportunity.” 

Frohling snapped everything 

from breakfast to 

preparing for the volleyball 

team’s game against Long 

Beach State that day. 

“I was excited I got to 

show my job as a lifeguard,” 

she said. “That was 

really cool for me ... because 

it is really important 

to me.” 

Frohling said one of the 

most important things she 

tried to show followers was 

that the student part of student-athlete 

is very important 

to her. She took a selfie 

with one of her classes and 

the professor during her 

takeover. 

“I definitely didn’t expect 

how many people viewed 

it,” Frohling said. 

“I thought a couple hundred 

people would view it 

and then at the end of the 

day a couple thousand had 

viewed it, so that was really 

surprising for me,” she 

said. 

Frohling said overall the 

experience was positive 

and something she was 

happy to share not only 

with her teammates and 

friends throughout the day. 

“We got such good feedback,” 

Otteman said. “Everyone 

here on campus 

that I spoke to – players, 

coaches, administrative 

staff – they all had really 

nice things to say. 

“It was a really great experience 

and it was really 

nice to get to know Hannah 

on a personal level. It gave 

people a look into who she 

was as a person and not just 

the student-athlete or an 

athlete at Pepperdine.” 

Men’s Water Polo 

■Sept. ■ 30 - hosts USC, noon 

■Oct. ■ 5 - at UC Santa 

Barbara, 7 p.m. 

Women’s Tennis 

■Sept. ■ 23- Oct. 1 - at USTA 

Pro Circuit Event 

■Sept. ■ 30-Oct. 1 

- hosts Riviera/ITA All- 

American Championships 

(prequalifying round) 

■Oct. ■ 3-4 - at Riviera/ITA 

All-American Championships 

(Qualifying Round) 

■Oct. ■ 5-8 - at Riviera/ITA 

All-American Championships 

(Main Draw)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- 

MENT FILE NUMBER: 2017237806 

ORIGINAL FILING. This statement was 

filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGE- 

LES on 08/25/2017. The following person is 

doing business as MLE & COMPANY, 

24345 JOHNETTA ST, WOODLAND 

HILLS, CA 91367. The full name of registrant 

is: EMILIE MEISHING LUCIE CA- 

BRERA, 24345 JOHNETTA ST, WOOD- 

LAND HILLS, CA 91367. This business is 

being conducted by: an Individual. The registrant 

has not yet commenced to transact business 

under the fictitious business name listed 

above. /s/:EMILIE MEISHING LUCIE CA- 

BRERA, OWNER, MLE & COMPANY. 

This statement was filed with the County 

Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 

08/25/2017. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- 

PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT 

WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE 

COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST 

BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The 

filing of this statement does not of itself 

authorize the use in this state of a fictitious 

business name statement in violation of the 

rights of another under federal, state, or common 

law (see Section 1441et seq., Business 

and Professions Code). MALIBU SURF- 

SIDE NEWS to publish 09/14/2017, 

09/21/2017, 09/28/2017, 10/05/2017 


MENT FILE NUMBER: 2017247340 

ORIGINAL FILING. This statement was 


LES on 09/05/2017. The following person is 

doing business as HOURGLASS CREA- 

TIONS, 835 W MAPLE, COMPTON, CA 

90220. The full name of registrant is: 

D’VONTE G THYMES, 835 W MAPLE, 

COMPTON, CA 90220. This business is being 

conducted by: an Individual The registrant 

commenced to transact business under 

the fictitious business name listed on: 

09/2017. /s/:D’VONTE G THYMES, 

D’VONTE G THYMES, OWNER, HOUR- 

GLASS CREATIONS. This statement was 


LES County on 09/05/2017. NOTICE: THIS 


MENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM 

THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OF- 

FICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 


MENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT 

DATE. The filing of this statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious 

business name statement in violation 

of the rights of another under federal, state, 

or common law (see Section 1441et seq., 

Business and Professions Code). MALIBU 

SURFSIDE NEWS to publish 09/14/2017, 

09/21/2017, 09/28/2017, 10/05/2017 

SUPERIOR COURT OF 

ARIZONA IN MARICOPA 

COUNTY 


REGARDING APPLICATION 

FOR CHANGE OF NAME 

In the Matter of: Sarah Ann 

Lockridge requesting name 

change 

NOTICE: An application for 

Change of Name has been filed 

with the Court by the person 

named above. A hearing has been 

scheduled where the Court will 

consider whether to grant or deny 

the requested change. If you wish 

to be heard on this issue, you 

must appear at the hearing at the 

date and time indicated below. 

COURT HEARING: A court 

hearing has been scheduled to 

consider the Application as follows: 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT 

OF THE STATE OF 

ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE 

COUNTY OF MARICOPA 

NOTICE OF INITIAL 

HEARING ON PETITION 

FOR TERMINATION OF 

PARENT-CHILD 

RELATIONSHIP 

IN THE MATTER OF: Sarah 

Ann Lockridge, a minor child 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

THAT THE PETITIONER Michelle 

Lee Krantz has filed a Petition 

for Termination of 

Parent-Child Relationship with 

the Juvenile Court in Maricopa 

County regarding the above 

named child. 

AN INITIAL HEARING HAS 

BEEN SET TO CONSIDER THE 

PETITION: 

DATE: 10/24/2017 

TIME: 9:00 AM 

BEFORE: Commissioner Steven 

Lynch 

COURTROOM: #2 

At the Maricopa County Juvenile 

Court located at: Southeast Facility; 

1810 S. Lewis Street; Mesa, 

AZ 85210 

NOTICE: You have a right to appear 

as a party in this proceeding. 

The failure of a parent to appear 

at the Initial Hearing, the Pretrial 

Conference, the Status Conference 

or the Termination Adjudication 

Hearing may result in an 

adjudication terminating the parent-child 

relationship of that parent. 

Failure to appear at the Initial 

Hearing, Pretrial Conference, 

Status Conference or Termination 

Adjudication Hearing, without 

good cause, may result in a finding 

that the parent, guardian or Indian 

custodian has waived legal 

rights and is deemed to have admitted 

the allegations in the Petition. 

The hearings may go forward 

in the absence of the parent, 

guardian or Indian custodian and 

may result in the termination of 

parental rights based upon the record 

and evidence presented. 

TO ALL INTERESTED 

PERSONS: 

Petitioner Leslie Phung filed a petition 

with this court for a decree 

changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Leslie Phung 

to Proposed Name: Josh Lee 

Case No. ES020892 

THE COURT ORDERS that all 

persons interested in this matter 

appear before this court at the 

hearing indicated below to show 

cause, if any, why the petition for 

change of name should not be 

granted. Any person objecting to 

the name changes described 

above must file a written objection 

that includes the reasons for 

the objection at least two court 

days before the matter is scheduled 

to be heard and must appear 

at the hearing to show cause why 

the petition should not be granted. 

If no written objective is timely 

filed, the court may grant the petition 

without a hearing. 


Date: October 18, 2017 

Time: 8:30 AM 

Department: D 

The address of the court is: 

Superior Court of California, 

County of Los Angeles 

600 East Broadway 

Glendale, CA 91206 

Branch: Glendale Courthouse 

MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS to 

publish 09/7/2017, 09/14/2017, 

09/21/2017 & 09/28/2017 


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