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proposed updates to Ventura County’s Local 

Coastal Program, Page 7 

captured Malibu man apprehended 

after allegedly threatening individual with a 

knife, Page 9 

the next step Building on Juan 

Cabrillo students’ lessons, Malibu is invited to 

Walk for Water, Page 14 

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Devin Hanson, a rehabilitation technician at International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles Wildlife Center, examines a young, hungry and anemic brown pelican, which is one of 

nearly 40 pelicans the nonprofit’s LA center had received as of Monday, May 14. Seven of those patients were found in Malibu. Angie Trumbo/International Bird Rescue 

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THURSDAY 

Zuma Health Talks 

6:30-8 p.m. May 17, 

Malibu Healing Center Kinetic 

Center suite, 21355 

Pacific Coast Highway, 

Suite 200. Josie Keys will 

discuss “The Divine Feminine 

and Your Health.” 

Rrefreshments and hors 

d’oeuvres will be served 

next door at Zuma Wellness 

Clinic (Suite 202). 

The event is free, but donations 

are accepted. For 

more information, or to 

RSVP, visit www.eventbrite.com/o/dr-sarah-mur 

phy-15937591628 or call 

Elissa with Zuma Wellness 

at (310) 317-4888. 

FRIDAY 

Concert on the Terrace 

6-7:30 p.m. May 18, 

Caffe Luxxe, 22333 PCH, 

Malibu. Join for a complimentary 

coffee reception (6 

p.m.) and outdoor performance 

(6:30-7:30 p.m.) of 

classical and contemporary 

pieces by The Chapman/ 

Sindermann Duo. Malibu 

natives Erik Chapman 

(cello) and Max Sindermann 

(guitar) have played 

together since high school. 

Space is limited. RSVP 

to www.caffeluxxe.com/ 

concert. 

SATURDAY 

Walk for Water 

8:30-11 a.m. May 19, 

Trancas Country Market, 

30745 PCH, Malibu. Join 

LA-based nonprofit, The 

Samburu Project, and students 

from Juan Cabrillo 

for Malibu’s Walk for Water 

along Zuma Beach. 

The cost is $30 for adults 

(18 and up). For children/ 

students, a $15 donation is 

suggested. For more information, 

visit www.classy. 

org/event/malibu-walk-forwater-2018/e177640. 

Bilingual Fair Housing 

Workshop 

1-2 p.m. May 19, Malibu 

Library, 23519 West Civic 

Center Way. Carla Contreras 

of the Housing Rights 

Center will present a Fair 

Housing Workshop for 

adults and answer questions 

in English and Spanish. 

For more information, 

call (310) 456-6438. 

SUNDAY 

Art Exhibit and Sale 

11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 20, 

Calamigos Beach Club 

Restaurant, 26025 PCH. 

The Allied Artists of the 

Santa Monica Mountains 

and Seashore will host an 

art exhibit/sale to support 

the local, state and national 

parks that are part of the 

Santa Monica Mountains 

National Recreation Area. 

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Poetry By The Sea 

3 p.m. May 20, Malibu 

United Methodist Church, 

30128 Morning View 

Drive. Join for a poetry 

reading featuring Carol Davis, 

Chris Buckley and Kathie 

Gibboney. There will 

also be music from Pam 

Goldsmith and an open 

mic. Admission is free. For 

more information, or to 

RSVP, contact ann.buxie1 

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MONDAY 

Preschool Storytime 

3:30-4:30 p.m. May 21, 

Malibu Library, 23519 

West Civic Center Way. An 

hour of fun featuring picture 

book stories, songs, a 

short art activity, and playtime. 

For ages 2.5 to 5 years 

old. For more information, 

call (310) 456-6438. 

Parent-Child Workshop 

6-7 p.m. Monday, May 

21, Malibu Library, 23519 

West Civic Center Way. 

Life coach Allison Balser 

from Malibu’s Roots & 

Wings will meet with caregivers 

and their children 

ages 1-3 to discuss the soulcentered 

family. Children 

can play with toys while 

parents and caregivers chat. 

For more information, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

Planning Commission 

6:30 p.m. Monday, May 

21, Malibu City Hall Council 

Chambers, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. The Malibu 

Planning Commission will 

hold its regular meeting. 

For more information, visit 

www.malibucity.org. 

THURSDAY 

Comedy Juggling Show 

3:30-4:30 p.m. May 24, 

Malibu Library, 23519 

West Civic Center Way. 

World record-holding juggler 

David Cousin will 

perform. For children ages 

4-12 and their families. 


(310) 456-6438. 

Community Meeting on 

Homelessness 

7 p.m. May 24, Malibu 

City Hall Council Chambers, 

23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. City representatives 

along with the Homelessness 

Advisory Group will 

present the draft Strategic 

Plan on Homelessness. 


(310) 456-2489 ext. 313 

or email SDuenas@malibu 

city.org. 

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25, Malibu City Hall Zuma 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. There will be an 

overview of the status of 

the economy, the stock 

and fixed income markets. 

The group will also look 

at commodity index trends 

and where they seem to be 

headed. 

ONGOING 

CERT Training 

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, 

June 16, 23 and 30, 

Malibu City Hall, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. The 

City of Malibu’s next 

Community Emergency 

Response Team Training 

will start June 16. Classes 

will be held at Malibu City 

Hall. The classes teach basic 

disaster preparedness, 

first aid, search and rescue 

techniques and more. To 

sign up, visit https://mali 

bucertclass.eventbrite.com. 

For more information, contact 

Public Safety Manager 

Susan Dueñas at (310) 456- 

2489 ext. 313 or sduenas@ 

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Irregular behavior among local brown pelicans sparks concern 

Sea birds exhibiting 

signs of illness, 

including up-close 

human contact 

Lauren Coughlin, Editor 

Brown pelicans in and 

around Malibu are exhibiting 

unusual behavior, 

prompting a spike in wildlife 

rescues for the formerly 

endangered species. 

Between April 28 and 

May 14, California Wildlife 

Center has admitted 12 

brown pelicans into its care, 

with the majority of them 

being found on Malibu 

beaches. Prior to April 28, 

the CWC had only cared for 

one pelican this year. 

Once the pelicans are 

deemed stable by CWC officials, 

they are sent to the 

International Bird Rescue 

in San Pedro, which has a 

larger-scale facility and can 

provide longer-term care, 

explains Dr. Duane Tom, 

director of animal care at 

California Wildlife Center. 

“It’s definitely an increase 

in the amount of pelicans 

we’ve been getting in, but 

from time to time we do get 

a large number of pelicans 

coming in,” Tom explained. 

Past spikes have been attributed 

to circumstances 

such as pelicans getting 

trapped in storms while migrating, 

but Tom said the 

number of rescues in such a 

short time is unusual. 

“We’re not sure exactly 

what’s causing it,” said 

Tom, who noted that International 

Bird Rescue will be 

researching the cause. 

International Bird Rescue 

states that the pelicans 

they have received, which 

have come from the Malibu 

area as well as from Ventura 

County, have shown signs 

of emaciation, hypothermia 

and anemia. 

For CWC’s part, the 

pelicans they have found 

on the local beaches have 

been weak, showing signs 

of improper nutrition, and, 

in some cases, have refused 

to budge when humans get 

close to them. 

“They shouldn’t be near 

people,” Tom said. “They’re 

usually afraid of people and 

keep their distance.” 

In an even more peculiar 

incident, one pelican was 

found eating koi fish out of 

a backyard pond in Pacific 

Palisades. 

Tom said another pelican 

was found in Westlake Village, 

which is further from 

the coast than where the 

species is typically found. 

According to a press release 

from International Bird 

Rescue, most of the pelicans 

in their care are estimated as 

being ages 2 and up. 

“It’s normal for us to receive 

baby pelicans who 

have just recently fledged 

their nests, however, what is 

unusual is that we are seeing 

many second year pelicans 

coming into care,” Kylie 

Clatterbuck, IBR’s wildlife 

center manager, stated in a 

May 10 press release. 

As of May 14, IBR Technology 

Manager Russ Curtis 

said the nonprofit’s LA 

wildlife center had received 

nearly 40 pelicans, including 

seven from the Malibu area. 

“Another 10 have come 

into our San Francisco Bay- 

Delta center and those numbers 

will continue to rise as 

cohorts in Santa Cruz and 

Please see pelicans, 4 

Pictured are two of the brown pelicans currently in the 

care of International Bird Rescue. After nursing ill brown 

pelicans back to stable conditions, the California Wildlife 

Center has recently sent several pelicans to the center for 

longer-term care. Angie Trumbo/International Bird Rescue 

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Homeless talks to return 

to Malibu’s City Hall 

Draft of strategic 

plan to be unveiled 

at May 24 meeting 

Submitted by the City of 

Malibu 

City representatives, in 

conjunction with the Malibu 

Homelessness Strategic 

Plan Community Advisory 

Group, will present the 

City’s draft Strategic Plan 

on Homelessness for community 

review at 7 p.m. 

Thursday, May 24, at City 

Hall. 

The Strategic Plan is 

designed to improve the 

effective use of existing 

resources, align local efforts 

with those of the 

Los Angeles County region 

and balance the need 

to protect public safety 

while addressing the humanitarian 

and longterm 

needs of homeless 

individuals. 

“I am incredibly proud 

of the progress Malibu has 

already made in taking on 

pelicans 

From Page 3 

Monterey area are transferring 

more starving pelicans 

to us this week,” Curtis stated 

on Monday, May 14. 

The pair of pelicans that 

landed in the crowd at Pepperdine 

University’s April 

28 graduation ceremony 

very well may be among 

those being impacted by this 

illness, though officials are 

not sure if those particular 

pelicans are among the current 

patients. Other pelicans 

have reportedly landed on 

this extremely complex 

and heartbreaking issue,” 

Mayor Rick Mullen said. 

“But we have only just begun, 

and the Strategic Plan 

is the launching pad of our 

long-term coordinated efforts 

to achieve real and 

lasting change.” 

The Advisory Group 

worked with a consultant 

to draft the Strategic Plan, 

which is the result of a 

community survey, targeted 

questionnaires and 

three half-day strategic 

planning workshops. The 

Advisory Group included 

representatives from the 

City, Malibu residents, the 

sheriff’s department, the 

faith community, Community 

Action Resource 

Team, the People Concern, 

the Malibu Homeless Outreach 

Team, Standing on 

Stone, the business community, 

California State 

Parks, the County of Los 

Angeles Public Library, St. 

Joseph’s Center (Malibu’s 

Coordinated Entry System 

partner), and the Pacific 

Palisades Task Force on 

the LAX airport runway, on 

city streets, and in people’s 

yards, reported IBR. 

Curtis said eight pelicans 

were either dead on arrival 

or humanely euthanized. 

The others were making 

progress, he said. 

While the ill pelicans are 

allowing humans to get irregularly 

close, Tom warns 

against getting too close to 

a pelican in any instance, 

as it may lash out. 

Brown pelicans were 

removed from the Endangered 

Species List in 2009, 

when officials reported that 

Homelessness. 

The City’s effort was 

funded by a grant of 

$50,000 through the County 

of Los Angeles Measure 

H to develop a Strategic 

Plan to address Homelessness. 

The draft Strategic 

Plan is expected to be presented 

to the City Council 

for adoption in late June. 

The City recently created 

a dedicated web page 

at www.malibucity.org/ 

homelessness to provide 

information and resources 

about homelessness in 

Malibu, information about 

the Homelessness Strategic 

Plan, links to staff 

reports, information on 

public safety questions, 

contact information for 

organizations that work 

on homeless outreach 

and services, ways to get 

involved and upcoming 

events. 


call Public Safety Manager 

Susan Dueñas at (310) 

456-2489 ext. 313 or email 

SDuenas@MalibuCity. 

org. 

they had made a miraculous 

comeback. Today, their population 

numbers are healthy, 

said Tom, and they can often 

be found along the shoreline 

in groups. 

Anyone who believes 

they have come upon an 

ill brown pelican may call 

CWC at (310) 458-9453. 

IBR is accepting donations 

to help care for the influx 

of brown pelicans. Donations 

can be made to www. 

birdrescue.org or mailed to 

International Bird Rescue, 

Los Angeles Wildlife Center, 

3601 South Gaffey St., San 

Pedro, California 90731.

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Residents get peek at Ventura County’s proposed ESHA amendments 

Changes to address 

development 

inconsistencies 

Suzanne Guldimann 

Freelance Reporter 

Malibu residents who 

live in the part of the 90265 

area code that is located 

in Ventura County had a 

chance to learn about proposed 

changes to the Ventura 

County Local Coastal 

Program at a Thursday, 

May 10 meeting. 

The current draft amendments 

are expected to bring 

land use regulations governing 

the western Santa 

Monica Mountains more 

closely into alignment with 

the LCPs for Malibu and 

unincorporated Los Angeles 

County. 

Senior Consulting Plan- 

Public comment period opens for Malibu’s Earth Friendly Management Policy 


Malibu 

The 30-day public comment 

period for the City’s 

Earth Friendly Management 

Policy opened May 4. 

To see the California 

Environmental Quality 

Act Initial Study 

document, visit www. 

malibucity.org/701/En 

vironmental-Documents- 

Notices. 

Written comments may 

be submitted to the City of 

Malibu Planning Department 

until 5:30 p.m. June 4. 

Comments and documents 

can be submitted by mail 

to the City of Malibu Planning 

Department, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu. 

Comments and documents 

can be submitted 

ner Rosemary Rowen, who 

gave the presentation at 

Fire Station 56 in Malibu 

on May 10, explained that 

Ventura County adopted 

its LCP in the 1980s, and 

that the sections dealing 

with development in 

Environmentally Sensitive 

Habitat Area are not 

consistent with current 

California Coastal Commission 

direction. The 

proposed amendments are 

being developed to address 

those inconsistencies. 

“So much of the Santa 

Monica Mountains is classified 

as ESHA, and there is 

a limited number of uses in 

ESHA,” she explained. 

Some of the least developed, 

most remote parts of 

the Santa Monica Mountains 

are in Ventura County, 

including Sandstone Peak, 

the highest point in the 

range. Residents of Mulholland 

Highway, Deer 

Creek, and Yerba Buena 

have Malibu addresses, although 

their property is in 

Ventura County. 

Ventura County also is 

currently working on a 

Dark Sky ordinance, but 

the draft coastal area plan 

will also include its own 

night lighting guidelines 

specifically for the Santa 

Monica Mountains. The 

proposed amendment requires 

downward-facing 

lights, and prohibits light 

trespass or spill into ESHA. 

The change insures that almost 

the entire coast range 

meets Dark Sky guidelines. 

The proposed LCP 

amendments include limits 

on building area in the Santa 

Monica Mountains that 

are consistent with the requirements 

for Malibu and 

by fax to (310) 456-3356 

and by email to BBlue@ 

MalibuCity.org. 

The City has not used 

non-organic pesticides or 

conducted trapping at any 

City facilities since June 

2016, when it started a pilot 

EFMP program. 

In April 2017, the council 

directed staff to make 

the Malibu EFMP an allencompassing 

policy with 

an absolute prohibition on 

pesticide use under any circumstances. 

The CEQA document 

analyzes the environmental 

impact of the following 

proposed policies for all 

City property: 

• The use of synthetic fertilizers 

and organic or toxic 

chemical pesticides, irradiation, 

and genetically-engineered 

products containing 

genetically-engineered ingredients, 

including fungicides, 

herbicides, insecticides, 

and rodenticides 

would be strictly prohibited. 

• Animal trapping, with 

the exception of live-trapping 

of pests from building 

interiors that are released 

unharmed into the immediate 

outdoor environment, 

would be strictly prohibited. 

The EFMP would replace 

the City’s Integrated Pest 

Management program with 

practices that incorporate 

an ecosystem-based strategy 

for managing pests, 

applying science and pest 

monitoring to determine if 

pest levels warrant treatment. 

This CEQA study fo- 

LA County. The amendment 

would set the limit at 

10,000 square feet, or 25 

percent of lot size, whichever 

is less. 

There are differences between 

the Ventura County 

LCP and the county’s 

neighbors. Ventura County 

is discussing adding preservation 

incentives, a concept 

that was not adopted by 

Malibu or LA County because 

it has been viewed as 

growth inducing rather than 

as a viable tool for conservation. 

The first option would allow 

a developer to increase 

the maximum size of their 

building site from 10,000 

square feet to 15,000 square 

feet, provided they retire 

the development rights on 

another lot of at least three 

acres. 

Ventura County also is 

cuses on the most stringent 

type of policy which would 

prohibit all pesticides, including 

organic pesticides, 

and prohibit trapping and 

CITY OF MALIBU 

Certified O.W.T.S. 

and N.A.W.T. 

Septic inspectors 

for all single family, 

multi-family and 

commercial properties. 

proposing a building site increase 

if the property owner 

is willing to merge multiple 

smaller lots into a single lot 

of 40 or more acres. Property 

owners also will be able 

to opt for offsite mitigation, 

restoring land of equal or 

greater ecological value at a 

2:1 ratio. 

Rowen explained that the 

proposals are intended to 

address the large number 

of small lots in the western 

Santa Monica Mountains, 

and to provide a path to consolidating 

property. 

The amendment also 

proposes a 100-foot fire 

clearance requirement, but 

allows for the fire department 

to extend the fuel 

modification up to 200 feet 

in certain circumstances. 

Rowen explained that was 

one of the lessons learned 

from the catastrophic 2017 

killing rodents. It also evaluates 

the potential for limited 

use of organic pesticides 

in emergency circumstances 

as an alternative. 

McDermott 

Thomas Fire, where sparks 

propelled by the gale-force 

winds spread the fire at record 

speeds. 

“A 100-foot buffer is as 

effective as a 200-foot buffer,” 

Rowen explained. 

One of the major findings 

from the Thomas Fire was 

that the fuel modification 

zone ultimately does not 

protect homes from flying 

embers, it only serves to 

provide safe access space 

for firefighters. New guidelines 

on fire-proofing structures 

and landscaping are 

expected to result from the 

Thomas Fire findings, she 

said. 

More information on 

Ventura County’s LCP 

amendment project, including 

future public meetings, 

can be found at vcrma.org/ 

ventura-county-local-coast 

al-program-update. 


call Planning Director Bonnie 

Blue at (310) 456-2489 

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Man living in RV in Malibu led police on two-day, multi-county hunt 


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Stephen Merle Houk, 47, 

a sex offender on parole 

who reportedly fled from 

police in his motorhome 

after threatening his wife 

with a .357 Magnum revolver 

and kidnapping his 

two young children, is expected 

to be arraigned on 

May 30. 

The latest charges 

against Houk followed a 

May 1 incident in the family’s 

RV, which was then 

parked in Malibu, according 

to a May 7 press release 

from the Los Angeles 

County District Attorney’s 

Office. 

“The defendant is accused 

of pointing a loaded 

firearm at [his wife] and 

threatening to kill her,” the 

press release states. “The 

two children, ages 3 and 

1, were awakened by the 

commotion, the prosecutor 

said.” 

Houk later fled the RV 

on foot near Bakersfield, 

and reportedly ran for 

about three hours, avoiding 

the highway, according 

to a May 4 press 

conference statement by 

Capt. Eddie Hernandez, of 

the Major Crimes Bureau. 

Police found a family dog 

and the children safe inside 

the abandoned RV. 

Alerts sent out by the 

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s 

Office identified Houk 

as being armed and dangerous. 

Houk, who reportedly 

shaved his beard and spent 

the evening in a homeless 

shelter in Bakersfield, 

was arrested around 4:30 

p.m. on May 3 in Barstow, 

where he was found hiding 

in an empty rail car. He 

was believed to be trying 

to head toward Arizona. 

The handgun was missing 

as of May 4. 

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County Sheriff’s Department 

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the US Marshals Services, 

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Bernardino County Sheriff’s 

Department, Barstow 

Police Department and 

the Burlington Northern 

Santa Fe Railroad Police 

were involved in the 

arrest. 

Houk faces two counts 

each of kidnapping, child 

abuse, injuring a spouse 

and child detention, and 

one count each of assault 

with a firearm, criminal 

threats, fleeing a pursuing 

peace officer’s motor 

vehicle, possession of a 

firearm by a felon, fugitive 

from justice, and transient’s 

violation of registration 

(a misdemeanor), 

according to the DA’s 

Office. 

The children are in 

protective custody, and 

the mother is being assisted 

by the Department 

of Children and Family 

Services, Hernandez 

said during a May 2 press 

conference. 

In March 2002 in Oregon’s 

Marion County, 

Houk was convicted of 

sodomy in the first degree, 

a felony, the case file details. 

Hernandez noted that 

Houk had not checked in 

with his parole officer in 

Oregon for two years. 

Houk’s bail is set at $1 

million. Investigation by 

the Los Angeles County 

Sheriff’s Department Major 

Crimes Bureau is ongoing. 

Deputy District Attorney 

Tal Kahana, of 

the Child Abduction 

Section, is prosecuting 

the case. 

Electrical fire on Las Flores 

Heights Road extinguished 


Los Angeles County Fire 

Department units were 

dispatched but ultimately 

unneeded for a Thursday, 

May 10 fire in the 20800 

First responders called to beach for medical incident 


An individual was transported 

to the hospital Thursday, 

May 10, following a 

medical emergency at Dan 

Blocker Beach in Malibu. 

Stephen Merle Houk, who reportedly threatened his wife 

and kidnapped their children on May 1 while in Malibu, 

was arrested May 3 in Barstow. 

Poster Courtesy of the LA County Sheriff’s Department 

block of Las Flores Heights 

Road. 

The call came in to Los 

Angeles County Fire Department 

officials around 

10:33 a.m., but by the 

time officials arrived at 

10:49 a.m., the caller was 

able to put it out, Fire 

Inspector Joey Marron 

said. 

Officials verified that it 

was an electrical fire. No 

injuries were reported. 

LA County Fire officials 

received a call regarding a 

male who was reportedly 

harming himself around 

1:30 p.m., according to 

Fire Inspector Joey Marron. 

By 2:30 p.m., the individual 

had been transported. 

The individual’s 

condition was not being 

released. 

Police confirmed there 

was no danger to the public.



Man arrested for threatening adult with a knife 

Incident prompts 

brief lockdown at 

Point Dume 


Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s 

Station deputies arrested 

a 48-year-old Malibu 

man May 8, after he reportedly 

threatened an adult 

with a knife at a residential 

property in Malibu. 

The suspect, Michael 

Scott Clark, was booked 

on charges of assault with a 

deadly weapon and terrorist 

threat following the alleged 

incident in the 29000 block 

of Pacific Coast Highway. 

“[Clark] threatened to 

harm somebody else while 

having a knife in his hand 

and advancing on the victim,” 

said Lt. Greg Minster, 

who added that the suspect 

was exhibiting “bizarre behavior.” 

The victim was not injured, 

Minster said, and 

Clark, who had fled the 

scene, was located in the 

mountains near the property. 

The knife also was recovered. 

Clark did not reside at or 

have any relation to those 

who lived at the property 

where the incident occurred. 

Clark’s court date was 

slated for Thursday, May 

10, Minster said. 

Point Dume Elementary 

School was placed on 

a roughly 10-15 minute 

lockdown, per the sheriff’s 

department’s request, after 

learning that the suspect 

was in the area, said SM- 

MUSD Community and 

Public Relations Officer 

Gail Pinsker. 

“The PDMSS principal 

sent an email to all parents 

quickly,” Pinsker added. 

“In the case of a longer 

lockdown, we would communicate 

with parents 

throughout the situation 

when any new or additional 

info was provided to us.” 

Police Reports 

High-end luggage, bags and more taken in alleged burglary 

Three Chanel Galuchat 

Boy Bags, a Goyard Saint 

Louis tote bag, four vintage 

Louis Vuitton suitcases, a 

Louis Vuitton travel bag, 

two Louis Vuitton rolling 

suitcases, a laptop case, 

jewelry case, vintage Louis 

Vuitton travel bag and a 

Louis Vuitton duffle bag reportedly 

were stolen from a 

residence on Malibu Road 

on April 29. 

The total value of the 

missing items is estimated 

at $50,279. The alleged victim 

left town for business. 

Upon returning, she discovered 

several drawers open, 

the lights on and items missing. 

The reporting officer 

noted there were no signs of 

forced entry. 

May 7 

• A backpack and beauty 

bag reportedly were stolen 

from an unlocked vehicle 

on Coastline Drive. 

• A vehicle reportedly was 

damaged and burglarized at 

23050 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The alleged victim 

said she noticed the driver’s 

side handle damaged and 

several personal belongings 

missing from the rear 

passenger’s floorboard and 

trunk. A list of the missing 

items was not available. 

May 4 

• A Kindle tablet, $500 in 

cash and miscellaneous 

jewelry items reportedly 

were stolen from a home 

on Bluewater Road. The 

alleged victim said she left 

the front kitchen window 

and front door unlocked. 

Upon returning, she discovered 

the screen to the 

kitchen window removed, 

several drawers in the 

home rummaged through, 

several rooms and closets 

ransacked and the items 

missing. The reporting officer 

noted there were no 

signs of forced entry. 

• Two headlights and a grill 

guard for a Mercedes Benz 

reportedly were stolen 

while the car was parked in 

the driveway of a residence 

on Malibu Road. 

May 2 

• The center console for 

a Toyota Camry reportedly 

was stolen from a 

vehicle on Malibu Road. 

The alleged victim said she 

parked her rental vehicle 

at the location and did not 

lock the doors. Upon returning, 

she discovered 

the center console missing 

from its attachments, but 

nothing else stolen from the 

vehicle. 

• A gold necklace reportedly 

was stolen from a vehicle 

parked near Corral Canyon 

and Solstice Canyon Road. 

The alleged victim said she 

parked and locked her vehicle, 

and later discovered 

the rear passenger’s side 

window smashed in. 

April 27 

• A compactor, vibrator 

plate, multiple saws, generator, 

impact wrench, hammer 

drill, two jackhammers, 

punch set, angle grinder and 

drill bit set reportedly were 

stolen from a number of vehicles 

in the 3700 block of 

Cross Creek Road. The total 

value of the missing items 

is $10,530. The informant 

said suspect(s) unknown 

unlocked the rear storage 

cabinets of several vehicles 

and stole the items. All the 

vehicles had been left at the 

location and locked. The 

reporting officer said the 

suspect(s) used keys that 

had been hidden on the vehicles 

to gain entry to the 

storage cabinets. The alleged 

theft appeared to have 

been done by somebody familiar 

with the business and 

property. 

April 12 

• A gym bag, headphones, 

knee brace, gym clothes and 

a house key reportedly were 

stolen from a locked vehicle 

on PCH. The alleged victim 

discovered the front passenger’s 

side window smashed 

in and items missing. 

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. 

News Briefs 

Second motorcycle safety 

enforcement operation 

planned 

On the heels of a May 

11 police operation that focused 

on motorcycle safety 

violations in Malibu, a second 

operation of its kind 

has been announced. 

On Friday, May 18, extra 

deputies are to again 

be on duty in the city of 

Malibu, particularly in areas 

frequented by bikers 

and where crashes typically 

occur. 

Sgt. Robert L. Hill told 

the Surfside that the most 

prevalent collision areas on 

Pacific Coast Highway are 

between Las Flores Canyon 

to Malibu Pier, from Topanga 

Canyon to Las Flores 

Canyon, and from Malibu 

Pier to Kanan Dume Road. 

Between Jan. 1, 2014 and 

Dec. 31, 2017, Malibu/Lost 

Hills police responded to 

110 motorcycle-involved 

injury collisions, with 145 

injured victims in the city 

of Malibu, according to 

Hill. 

Hill said that the top 

three violations local police 

see prior to motorcycle 

collisions are unsafe speed, 

right of way violations and 

improper turning. Statewide, 

the top causes also 

include rider and/or driver 

impairment due to alcohol 

and drugs. 

Drivers and motorcyclists 

alike are reminded to 

share the road and to obey 

traffic safety laws. 

Riders are further urged 

to get training through the 

California Motorcyclist 

Safety Program. Information 

and training locations 

are available at www.calif 

orniamotorcyclist.com or 

(877) 743-3411. 

LA County seeks voter 

center feedback 

The Los Angeles County 

Registrar-Recorder/County 

Clerk announced last week 

that it is accepting suggestions 

as to where voting 

centers should be located 

for the 2020 election. 

“Vote Centers will be replacing 

the traditional polling 

places, which binds a 

voter to a single in-person 

voting location on Election 

Day,” the May 8 release 

explains. “The future Vote 

Center model will offer 

greater convenience, accessibility 

and time for voters 

to participate in elections.” 

To suggest a location, 

residents may visit www. 

placeworkscivic.com/proj 

ect/lacovcpp. 

Further information on 

vote centers in general can 

be found at vsap.lavote.net. 

Homeless-serving nonprofit 

receives grant 

The Annenberg Foundation 

announced last month 

that it has issued a grant 

to The People Concern, 

which has outreach workers 

who aid homeless individuals 

in Malibu as well 

as Los Angeles County at 

large. 

The grant will support 

general operations of the 

Annenberg Access Center 

in Santa Monica, which 

serves as The People Concern’s 

Westside point of 

entry for homeless adults to 

receive care and services. 

The center offers services 

including meals, clothing, 

mail and phone service, 

case management, mental 

health counseling, benefits 

assistance, and medical 

care. 

The People Concern’s 

outreach teams work to 

build relationships with 

those in need, encouraging 

them to come to the center. 

News Briefs are compiled 

by Editor Lauren Coughlin, 

lauren@malibusurfsidenews. 

com.

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LA County Lifeguard, US Coast Guard carry out training drill 

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training drill for the LA County Lifeguards and U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of Malibu’s 

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how wildlife 

are using urban park lands 

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Los Angeles River. 

“The LA River is a corridor 

between big tracts of 

parkland and the city. Its 

western headwaters, Caballero 

Creek, Arroyo Calabasas 

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in the Santa Monica Mountains,” 

said David Szymanski, 

superintendent of Santa 

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animals are using the river 

and its tributaries to move 

between patches of habitat. 

We hope we can find out 

through this project.” 

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said, because the 

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facing the Santa 

Monica Mountains is its 

isolation. If animals are using 

the LA River to move 

between park lands in the 

mountains and open spaces 

in the city, that is a positive 

sign. 

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Camera Project has been 

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made possible by the work 

of volunteers. The Santa 

Monica Mountains Fund 

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Foundation provided funding, 

and nine groups across 

the metropolitan area are 

helping to install and monitor 

the remote camera traps. 

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for LA Wildlife, Friends of 

Griffith Park, Friends of the 

LA River, Heal the Bay, the 

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the National Wildlife 

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Our Lady of Malibu celebrates First Holy Communion 

wildlife 

From Page 12 

There are 39 cameras that 

run along a transect, a line 

across a habitat or part of a 

habitat, roughly following 

the Los Angeles River and 

a spur up Caballero Creek 

into Marvin Braude Mulholland 

Gateway Park. The 

transect will be divided into 

13 sections that each run 

about 3.1 miles long and 

about 1.25 miles (or 5 kilometers 

by 2 kilometers) out 

from each side of the river. 

Each section will host 

three cameras, which are 

motion activated. One camera 

will be in and directly 

adjacent to the river. The 

other two cameras have 

been placed in open space 

within the section, which 

happens to be within the 

Los Angeles River Improvement 

Overlay District. 

Similar studies are concurrently 

being run across 

the country in other major 

cities as part of the Urban 

Wildlife Information Network, 

a project of the Lincoln 

Park Zoo in Chicago. 

By participating in a nationwide 

project, trends and 

comparisons can be drawn 

to further understand urban 

wildlife and provide data to 

influence city planning and 

wildlife management. 

Since 1996, the National 

Park Service has been 

studying carnivores in and 

around the Santa Monica 

Mountains to determine 

how they survive in an increasingly 

fragmented and 

urbanized environment. 

During the course of the 

study, biologists have studied 

more than 356 bobcats, 

156 coyotes and 65 mountain 

lions. 

Our Lady of Malibu School and Church celebrated its First Holy Communion on 

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Malibu’s Walk for Water 

to entail stroll along Zuma 

LA-based nonprofit 

raises awareness 

of, funds for clean 

water in Kenya 


Over the last three weeks, 

Juan Cabrillo Elementary 

School students have been 

soaking in knowledge about 

clean water. 

“We started with the 

drought in California, empowering 

students to understand 

the amount of 

water they use in their daily 

lives,” explained Victoria J. 

Pacos, who runs office administration 

and electronic 

marketing for The Samburu 

Project, which coordinated 

the lessons. “From there, 

we broadened the lessons 

to a global scale. As they 

learned about the implications 

of health, education 

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and inequality, students began 

to truly understand the 

importance of clean water.” 

This Saturday, May 19, 

the students’ lessons will 

culminate in the Malibu 

Walk for Water, which will 

raise funds for The Samburu 

Project’s clean water efforts 

in Northern Kenya. Checkin 

begins at 8:30 a.m. at 

Trancas Country Market, 

30745 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The three-mile walk 

along Zuma Beach will kick 

off at 9 a.m. 

“The Samburu Project 

believes that education is 

fundamental for successful, 

sustainable growth,” Pacos 

stated. “We also believe in 

community engagement and 

strength in numbers as a catalyst 

for positive change. ... 

Our goal is that Malibu students 

learn not only about 

a new culture, but common 

environmental concerns, 

struggles for equality, and 

Pepperdine University 

Tennis players honored for 

academic excellence 

Laura Gulbe and Ashley 

Lahey garnered West 

Coast Conference All-Academic 

first team honors, 

while Luisa Stefani earned 

an honorable mention nod. 

Gulbe, a senior, has 

amassed a 3.664 grade point 

average in the past four 

years while studying international 

studies and management. 

She was an ITA 

All-Academic Scholar-Athlete 

as well as a WCC All- 

Academic first team selection 

in both 2016 and 2017. 

Lahey, a sophomore, has 

earned a 3.909 GPA while 

studying sports medicine 

the past two years. She 

was an ITA All-Academic 

Scholar-Athlete and earned 

Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete 

honors and WCC Commissioner’s 

Honor Roll gold 

the global importance of 

education and clean water.” 

The Samburu Project, 

based in Los Angeles, was 

founded in 2005 and has 

drilled 100 wells in order 

to deliver safe water to over 

100,000 people, Pacos adds. 

The organization has several 

other walks occurring, 

with its Hermosa Beach 

now in its ninth year. That 

walk, held this year on April 

22, has raised more than 

$20,000 as of Saturday, 

May 12, according to online 

fundraising totals. 

Malibu’s walk aims to 

raise $3,000, and each walker 

is asked to raise a $100 

donation. 

Registration for adults 

ages 18 and up costs $30, 

and there is a $15 suggested 

donation for younger walkers. 

Dogs are welcome. For 

more details, to donate or 

to register, visit give.classy. 

org/MalibuWalkforWater. 

honors in 2017. 

Stefani, a junior, has 

earned a 3.326 GPA while 

studying advertising the 

past three seasons. She garnered 

WCC All-Academic 

honorable mention status 

along with Pepperdine 

Scholar-Athlete and WCC 

Commissioner’s Honor 

Roll bronze honors in 2017. 

To be nominated, a student-athlete 

must have a 3.20 

GPA, a sophomore academic 

standing and have participated 

in at least 50 percent of 

the season’s events. 

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Photo Op 

On Location in Malibu 2018 

PAINTINGS BY THE CALIFORNIA ART C LUB 

John Cosby, Malibu Canyon,2018, oil on canvas, 30 x36 

This exhibition, the seventh in atriennial series, consists of 

paintings by artist members of California ArtClub,inspired by 

the beauty and scenic diversity of Malibu. Founded in 1909, 

the California ArtClub is one of the oldest and most respected 

artist associations in the state. 

May 19 – July 29, 2018 

Reception to Meet the Artists: Saturday,May 19, 4–6 pm 

Malibu resident Mark William submitted these photos of his girlfriend, Destiny 

Mazeika, taking in the Malibu scenery. 

24255 Pacific Coast Highway · Malibu, CA 90263 

Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday · 11 am–5 pm 

Closed Mondays, and July 4 · No admission fee 

General information: 310.506.4851 · Museum staff: 310.506.7257 

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Paintings arefor sale to benefit the artists, California ArtClub,and 

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

How to have a healthy lawn and healthy trees, too 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

I have a 

lawn under my 

“Can 

tree and will it 

hurt the tree if I do?” 

A reader recently asked 

me this question, and I’m 

glad they did. 

Trees and lawns have 

entirely different watering 

requirements as well as 

nutritional requirements. 

The short answer is yes, 

but only with special attention 

to certain factors. 

There is a difference 

between a native lawn and 

a regular sod lawn such as 

Marathon, especially for 

those who do not take care 

of the lawn organically, 

since the use of high nitrogen 

will destroy the tree. 

It is possible to have a 

lawn and a tree if the tree 

is watered on its line and 

the lawn on another line. 

The tree requires deep 

waterings once to twice a 

month, whereas a lawn’s 

water requirement will 

depend upon whether it is 

made up of a native grass 

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or commercial sod. The 

native grass will require 

once or twice a week 

watering just like the tree. 

But the native grass, just 

like the commercial grass, 

does not want deep water 

since it has shallow roots. 

One can train their lawn 

to water deep enough to 

meet the lawn’s water 

requirement without damaging 

the tree, provided 

that the tree gets a good 

drip system and the drip 

system has 2-gallon-perhour 

drip heads spaced 

around the tree, with the 

tree being the center of the 

bull’s eye. The drip heads 

should go at 12, 3, 6 and 9 

o’clock. 

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should be spaced out 

halfway between the drip 

line and the trunk, and the 

second drip line at the drip 

line of the tree. Each drip 

line should have what I 

call a tree vent. A tree vent 

is a pipe that goes into the 

ground approximately 3 

feet (though 6 feet would 

be even better). Compost, 

rock dust and microbiological 

materials can be 

placed inside the tree vent. 

The drip system will 

percolate through and provide 

the nutrients needed 

for the tree. The system 

should run once a month 

(depending on the soil). If 

the soil is really bad then 

I recommend watering 

twice a month for at least 

45 minutes to an hour. 

This is vastly different 

from what the lawn 

would get. For starters, 

most lawns have overhead 

sprinkler systems, which 

are a waste of water, as 

75 percent of the water 

goes up in the air. New 

lawns are being installed 

with sub-surface irrigation 

system which allows 

less waste and less water 

usage. A healthy lawn 

should require twice a 

week watering for approximately 

15 minutes 

each. 

Overhead sprinklers 

that constantly wet the 

trunk of the tree will cause 

damage to the tree. I don’t 

like walking around in 

wet socks, and a tree is 

the same way. So if you 

have a lawn and you have 

a tree, always make sure 

the sprinklers are pointing 

away from the tree. 

There are two main 

problems that people 

constantly have when it 

comes to trees and lawns. 

The first problem is they 

typically water their lawn 

four times a week for a 

few minutes each time. 

Then, to make matters 

worse, they use high nitrogen 

lawn fertilizers. 

The first problem destroys 

the soil a few feet 

below the grass, and it’s 

not good for the tree to 

have dead soil. The tree 

then becomes lazy and 

tends to stay close to the 

surface where the water is. 

I like to tell people as 

above so below. What 

does that mean? When 

looking at a tree, what we 

see should be mirrored in 

the root systems below. 

But those who water for 

the lawn instead of watering 

specifically for the 

tree will find that the deep 

roots of the tree will die, 

which is a big problem for 

the tree. 

Secondly, for those 

who are using high 

nitrogen lawn fertilizers, 

high nitrogen inhibits 

the absorption of trace 

minerals, which is again 

another problem for the 

tree. This creates a freaked 

out, stressed out tree. 

The higher the stress, the 

greater the pests, just like 

in humans. 

One can have a lawn 

and a tree if they take 

care of the tree and do 

what’s right for the tree, 

instead of just assuming 

that the tree is doing fine 

because they are watering 

and feeding the lawn. 

There are many native 

California grasses that can 

grow under a tree. However, 

native grasses will 

only grow during certain 

times of the year. In summertime, 

they will go to 

sleep and in winter time 

they will go to sleep. So, 

the trick is to buy an assortment 

of native grasses 

in order to have a green 

lawn year-round. 

Those who only take 

care of their lawn will 

find that their trees will 

die. The same goes for 

fruit trees and roses. None 

of these like overhead 

watering, whereas your 

lawn loves overhead 

watering, but that is only 

because the lawn is not 

properly trained. Earlier, I 

mentioned sub-surface irrigation 

on a lawn, which 

keeps the water below 

ground. The end result? 

Happy trees and a happy 

lawn. 

Check out my new 

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Fit for Malibu 

Tasting the world with Malibu’s Laird Hamilton 

Lori Corbin 


Malibu resident 

Tables at Little Beach 

House were brimming 

with vivid 

color on May 8, when 

guests were treated to 

dishes from “Fuel Up with 

Laird Hamilton, Global 

Recipes for High-Performance 

Humans.” 

Raglan quinoa salad 

with grilled corn, mango, 

tomatoes, avocado and 

goat cheese were paired 

with Papara marinated 

squid in chili oil, served 

on rosemary arugula salad 

from Tahiti. Maldives 

squash kaftan in Marsala 

curry sauce was another 

tasty appetizer. And the 

Little Dume Grilled 

T-Bone steak did not 

disappoint meat lovers, 

while the Banyas halibut 

with macadamia nut crust 

pleased pescatarians. 

Surf king Hamilton, who 

is an extremely clean eater, 

wants to share his culinary 

adventures while helping 

people make the right food 

choices. 

His priorities: waves, 

family, community, health 

and food. 

“We eat out of flavor. 

For the majority of us it’s 

how it tastes,” Hamilton 

said. “Look at food like 

fuel and the nutrient density 

of this stuff, ask ‘How 

does it make me feel?’ 

“So I use food like fuel 

which was really what it 

was designed to do and 

if you can put flavor and 

taste within that, then you 

can allow people to eat 

things that are really good 

for them more often.” 

Wife and super athlete 

Gabrielle Reece said she’s 

not as strict with food as 

her husband, but the motto 

is the same. 

“It’s about mood, 

sleep, all these ways food 

impacts us, and also the 

hardest thing to get right,” 

Reece said. 

Their family thinks 

about food as fuel, albeit 

good tasting. They follow 

a plant-based, whole food, 

sort of Paleo way of eating. 

“I was eating this way 

before there was a Paleo 

philosophy; more towards 

nature,” Hamilton said. 

“But I also think being 

more flexible in your diet 

is probably one of the most 

critical things and that’s 

what I pride myself at being 

able to do.” 

Hamilton wants to be 

able to feel good anywhere, 

anytime and in any 

situation. 

Reece wants people to 

try to make changes slowly 

in order to be successful. 

“It isn’t about being 

perfect,” she said. “Laird is 

really, really strict and so 

this book is a representation, 

but it’s also considering 

people’s reality. I don’t 

even eat like Laird. The 

idea is how to make things 

easy, taste great, easy to 

make and realistic.” 

They also look at food in 

terms of sessions rather than 

meal times. The thought is 

that you eat when you are 

Corbin LaJeunesse samples dishes from “Fuel Up with 

Laird Hamilton, Global Recipes for High-Performance 

Humans.” 

truly hungry and learn to go 

within to decide what you 

need to eat. 

“‘You are your own 

best doctor,’ so these are 

starting points, but, hey, 

play around with it,” Reece 

said. 

They do eat high quality 

animal protein but use it 

as a smaller component or 

compliment to a dish rather 

than the center of the plate. 

Filled with great photos 

of Laird in action, plus 

beauty shots of the finished 

dishes, the book gets high 

marks for its great variety. 

Because Hamilton has 

surfed globally, he has 

found fun flavors from 

Argentina to Thailand: 

Chimichurri pork burgers, 

Indonesian green chili 

bowl, and even Kamala 

Grilled Salmon from 

Phuket. 

And let’s not forget 

Kahalu’u avocado mousse 

cake, which is certainly my 

personal favorite. 

“I think I’m fortunate 

to be exposed to a lot of 

different types of cuisine,” 

Hamilton said. “Growing 

up in Hawaii and all the 

cultures that influence our 

food there, and of course 

traveling the world.” 

The guests at the event 

were full of praise. 

Malibuite Deborah 

Galant thought everything 

was delicious. She brought 

out-of-towner Glenn 

Tongue who said, “It was 

sustaining, yet delightful 

and very colorful.” 

You’ll find “Fuel Up” on 

Amazon for about $35. 

Malibuite Laird Hamilton’s new book features a variety of 

healthful recipes. Photos by Lori Corbin/22nd Century Media 

The Kahalu’u chilled chocolate avocado mousse cake 

and Higgins mixed berry cobbler are pictured. 

Fit For Malibu is a monthly 

column by Malibu 

resident Lori Corbin, who 

has been the food and fitness 

coach for KABC-TV for 18 

years. Questions can be 

directed to foodcoach4u 

@gmail.com.

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Ride of the Week 

Nissan crafts Millenium Falcon-inspired Rogue 

Fireball Tim Lawrence 


Malibu resident 

I 

have always felt that 

cars are significant 

characters in a film. 

After all, they have an 

active part in moving the 

story along. 

These days, many 

films are automotivelyinspired 

and have epic 

chase scenes, but for the 

first time in a Star Wars 

film, there seems to be a 

sequence that’s as automotive 

as you’ll get in a 

Galaxy far, far away. 

It’s a Landspeeder chase 

scene from the upcoming 

film “Solo: A Star Wars 

Story,” and it looks to be 

just as good or better than 

any Furious film. But as 

we cannot ride in actual 

Landspeeders, Nissan 

took it upon themselves 

(as a Star Wars sponsor) 

to create this Millenium 

Falcon-inspired Rogue to 

help create excitement for 

the film. 

Now, they’ve done a 

few Star Wars cars 

for the last couple films 

and they were interesting, 

but this one is a bit more 

fun. 

It’s always a challenge 

to create a themed vehicle 

for film, and I’ve done 

hundreds over the years. 

But making a car look 

like a spaceship is tough, 

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since spaceships fly and 

cars don’t. But this Rogue 

is fun for a couple extra 

reasons. 

First, it harkens back 

to B-films of the ’80s 

when they didn’t have 

all that much budget to 

build a car and resorted to 

tacking things on (think 

Metalstorm). Although, on 

the Rogue, it’s a bit more 

refined in that the paint 

scheme works to hide the 

imperfections. Dirty, yes. 

They’ve added a lasercannon 

turret, windshield 

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mask and lots of cool Star 

Warsian details. 

But the bottom line 

is that it’s fun. Even the 

interior is full of bells and 

whistles like the Mask 

car I did years ago. You 

definitely want to hit some 

switches and see what it 

does, which I guarantee 

will get you arrested. 

Themed design for 

film is an exciting thing. 

But themed design can 

translate into many 

variances. Restaurants, 

homes, clubs, toys and 

many other things. 

Design is design, but 

I learned a lot when I 

worked at Imagineering 

for Disney back in the 

’80s. Themed design tells 

a story, and takes the 

viewer on a journey. It 

opens the door to a world 

undiscovered and piques 

the imagination, inspiring 

us to head forth in the 

anticipation of coolness. 

This is what hopefully 

Solo will bring when it 

opens on May 25. 

I am attending the 

premiere on May 21, so 

I’ll get an early scoop for 

you guys. The chase scene 

and all. And although the 

Rogue will not actually 

be in the film, it would 

be pretty cool to have it 

at my Wheels and Waves 

car show here in the ’Bu. 

Disney, are you listening? 

The people wanna go 

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City of Malibu - Government posted May 

10: “West Basin Municipal Water District 

has extended the public comment period 

on the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) 

for its proposed Ocean Desalination Project 

until June 25. Public input is a critical 

part of the environmental review process 

and will help to inform and refine the final 

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From the Editor 

Understanding, protecting the local wildlife 

Lauren Coughlin 


In many ways, Malibu 

is environmentally 

conscious. 

The City stretches its 

Earth Day to spread across 

an entire month, the 

community is constantly 

taking on beach cleanups, 

and local nonprofits such 

as Sea Save Foundation, 

Heal the Bay and Poison 

Free Malibu are seemingly 

always hard at work. 

Further, the City’s Earth 

Friendly Management 

Policy, which is currently 

in its public comment period, 

calls for the “absolute 

prohibition” of pesticides 

— a move I know many 

in Malibu are eager to see 

in action. Meanwhile, the 

Dark Sky ordinance, which 

was to have its final reading 

at City Council this 

Monday (results were not 

available as of press time), 

seeks to preserve the beautiful 

night sky that Malibu 

is so lucky to have. There’s 

also the polystyrene ban, 

the plastic sandbag ban, 

the plastic straw and stirrer 

ban, and I’m sure there 

will be many more environmentally 

minded moves 

to come. 

The faces behind these 

bans and these efforts are 

not limited to the councilmembers 

and activists 

who fight for them to 

exist. It’s because of the 

animals that have fallen 

ill from rodenticides and 

because of the unusual 

mortality events the coast 

has witnessed that this 

community is so aware of 

how the little things can 

add up, in both good and 

bad ways. And, I think, 

it’s why Malibu realizes 

that it can do better. 

Late last month, many 

in Malibu witnessed 

something rather unusual 

when a pair of pelicans 

landed in a large crowd 

which was gathered for 

Pepperdine’s graduation 

ceremony. Those in 

the crowd were visibly 

shocked, and it was largely 

laughed off as being an 

odd encounter. 

But, unfortunately, it 

looks like it’s much more 

than just some strange oneoff 

event. This past week, 

we learned that disoriented, 

ill brown pelicans have 

also been landing on LAX 

runways, and in backyards. 

To an untrained eye, the 

birds don’t exactly look ill, 

but, wildlife officials say, 

their behavior is speaking 

volumes. For starters, 

California Wildlife Center 

veterinarian Duane Tom 

said brown pelicans typically 

fear people, so it’s 

easy to see how the aforementioned 

circumstances 

are outside of the norm. 

Currently, there’s no 

clear source for this sudden 

surge of illness, and 

it’s certainly not limited 

to just Malibu either. But, 

as of May 14, 7 out of the 

nearly 40 pelicans taken in 

by the International Bird 

Rescue’s LA area wildlife 

center were rescued from 

Malibu. 

Unfortunately, some 

pelicans have died or have 

been euthanized in recent 

weeks, but the majority of 

the current patients appear 

to be recovering with the 

help of CWC and the International 

Bird Rescue. And, 

by the way, IBR also has a 

live camera feed where the 

public can check in on the 

pelicans during daylight 

hours. 

Malibu is fortunate to 

have a host of dedicated 

animal lovers and professionals 

just down the road. 

CWC has been and will 

continue to treat pelicans 

(and many other animals) 

in need, but their rescues 

do often depend on 

residents picking up the 

phone. Animals in need 

can be reported to CWC at 

(310) 458-9453. 

Malibu 

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Pepperdine University (@pepperdine) posted 

May 10: 

“#TBT to 1937 when the original #Pepperdine 

campus was still under construction, and our 

first students temporarily stayed nearby at 

a hotel! In the background you can see the 

nearly finished Marilyn Hall, the women’s 

residence hall at George Pepperdine College.” 

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in harmony Local musicians 

to perform concert at Malibu 

United Methodist to aid wildfire and 

mudslide victims, Page 22 

To each their own 

Zooma Sushi, Coral Beach 

Cantina make Tuesdays tasty in 

their own ways, Page 26 

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Malibu moms enjoy well-deserved, early celebration of Mother’s Day at Malibu Lumber Yard, Page 23 

Neda Soderqvist (far left), of JAM, leads mothers, daughters and friends in a dance Saturday, May 12, as part of Malibu Lumber Yard’s Mother’s Day celebration. 

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Upcoming concert to support victims of local natural disasters 


Malibu community members 

will band together from 3-6 p.m. 

Saturday, May 19, for the Zuma 

Live concert, which will support 

relief and recovery efforts for victims 

of the Thomas Fire and Montecito 

mudslides. 

The concert, to which admission 

is free, will be held in the Malibu 

United Methodist Church courtyard, 

located at 30128 Morning 

View Drive. 

Malibu resident Naomi Louise 

Warne, of Ukamusic, will open 

the concert. Further, Malibu Music 

and Art Youth Group Leader Devon 

Meyers will be joined by youth 

performers including Trinity Rose 

Drummond, William Thonson, 

Claire Anneet and Johnny Tarbox. 

“I’m honored to be a part of this 

event with some of the new friends 

in our music youth group at Malibu 

Methodist to bring some aid 

to our neighbors in need,” Drummond 

told the Surfside. “Living 

in this part of the world and with 

another fire season almost here, 

we have to realize that fires and 

mudslides can happen any day. We 

know many families that were affected 

by the Thomas fire and the 

mudslides in Montecito whether 

it was weeks of evacuation, loss 

of their homes or some tragically 

missing. Our own guidance counselor 

at Malibu High lost her home 

in the Ventura fire the very first 

few days.” 

Aside from the musicians, 

members of United Methodist 

congregations from Westlake Village, 

Moorpark, Newbury Park, 

Simi Valley, Thousands Oaks 

and, of course, Malibu, are expected 

to be at the gathering. 

Barbecue as well as vegetarian 

selections are also to be available 

to attendees, and child care will be 

provided in the church’s play yard. 


(310) 457-7505 or visit 

www.malibuumc.org. 

Malibu High School freshman Trinity Rose Drummond (right) and 

Devon Meyers, pictured during a Malibu Music and Art Youth Group 

session last month, will be among the performers at the Saturday, May 

19 Zuma Live concert in Malibu. 22nd Century Media File Photo 

Faith briefs 

Vintage Church (Webster Elementary School, 3602 

Winter Canyon Road, 310-395-9961) 

Sunday Service 

4-5:30 p.m. Sundays, with children’s 

ministry 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 Morning 

View Drive, 310-457-7505) 

Malibu Music Nights 

6:30-9 p.m. third Saturday of 

the month. Malibu artists (from 

established musicians to students) 

will perform in the courtyard. To 

perform, or for more information, 

email devonmeyersproject@ 

gmail.com. 

Malibu Music and Art Youth 

Group 

3-5:30 p.m. every Monday. 

The Malibu Music and Art Youth 

Group, supervised by Devon 

Meyers, will meet in the Mayhugh 

Education Center Community 

Room located next to 

the Malibu Methodist parking 

lot. The group is open to local 

middle and high school students, 

interested in the arts, free 

of charge. Students are welcome 

to bring their instruments and 

imagination and play, write, collaborate, 

sing and jam with fellow 

students. Photography and 

art students are welcome, too. 


Devon Meyers at (310) 442- 

9380 or email devonmeyerspro 

ject@gmail.com. 

Prayer and Healing Circle 

7-8 p.m. Tuesdays. A non-denominational 

gathering of likeminded 

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 

Yoga with Jodi 

6:30 p.m. Mondays and 

Wednesdays. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Sundays; noon and 

7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 

noon and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 

noon and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays; 

noon and 8 p.m. Fridays; noon 

and 5 p.m. Saturdays. 

Bible Kids 

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

through second-grade 

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

for third through fifth-grade children. 

Bible Kids is an after-school 

child care program. 

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. 

Child care available. Children’s 

program held during worship. 

Chabad of Malibu (22943 Pacific Coast Highway, 

310-456-6588) 

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. 

Parent and Me Program 

9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. This 

program is held at Gan Malibu 

Preschool, 22933 PCH. For more 

information, call (310) 456-6573 

or email sarah@ganmalibu.com. 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue (24855 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-456-2178) 

Baby & Me Class 

9:30-11 a.m. Thursdays. Babies 

and toddlers are welcome to explore 

the school through blocks, 

paints, dramatic play, puppets, 

music, cooking, movement, sensory 

play, and more. There will be 

a discussion pertaining to babies 

and toddler’s beginning years. 

Open to all. 

Religious School 

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

Tuesday Mamas 

4 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 

Waking Up to Jewish Ethics 

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

discussion group based on Talmudic 

sources. For more information, 

call (310) 456-2178. 

Hand in Hand 

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

Hand in Hand is an inclusion program 

that integrates youth of all 

abilities in an after-school social 

program. For more information on 

how to participate, email cantor@ 

mjcs.org. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 Malibu Canyon 

Road, 310-456-1611) 

Sunday Worship Services 

10:15 a.m. Sundays 

Connect Hour 

9-10 a.m. Sundays 

Men’s Breakfast 

7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays at 

Marmalade Cafe, 3894 Cross 

Creek Road, Malibu. 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-457-7966) 

Contemplative Worship 

8 a.m. Sundays 

Traditional Worship 


Martial Arts 

4-7 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, 

Thursdays. Class with Kurt 

Lampson. 

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Mother’s Day celebration takes over Malibu Lumber Yard 

Dancing, music, 

manicures and 

more included in 

May 12 event 

Donna Walker-Mitchell 


Locals and tourists alike 

were drawn to Malibu Lumber 

Yard on Saturday, May 

12, to soak up the ebullient 

party atmosphere. 

While many were getting 

in some last-minute Mother’s 

Day shopping or dining 

out, those who were at the 

Lumber Yard were treated 

to a host of free activities. 

As DJ Amara made shoppers 

smile with her feelgood 

beats from artists such 

as Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, 

Chaka Khan and TLC, 

parents and small children 

danced on the wooden deck, 

embracing the upbeat vibe. 

As the clouds dissipated 

and the sun shone brightly, 

children also enjoyed crafts, 

provided by the friendly 

crew at KidX Club. 

Here, attendees could 

unleash their inner DaVinci 

as they eagerly painted 

terracotta plant holders. 

After they had completed 

their inspired creations, 

the budding artists could 

choose a flowering plant to 

put into their mini works 

of art. 

“Mom is going to love 

this,” said Stephen Wilson, 

of Santa Monica, to his 

3-year-old daughter Riley, 

as she handed him her potted 

flower. 

Wilson had not expected 

to stumble upon the event, 

but said it was a happy surprise. 

“We were out trying to 

find a special present for 

Mother’s Day and then 

Holden Truesdell shows off the pot he painted for his mom 

during the Malibu Lumber Yard’s celebration on Saturday, 

May 12. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Kim LaBonte (far right) and her mom, Sandra Andrews, 

chat with Malibu Essential Oils co-founder Earl Martin 

while trying out some of the scents. 

saw this. So cool,” he said, 

clearly enjoying his Daddydaughter 

day. 

As shops such as Cynthia 

Rowley offered glasses of 

rosé and prosecco, delicious 

burgers and fries, provided 

by BurgerFi, were also tantalizing 

tastebuds. 

Under a large white marquee, 

patrons could mix 

their own personalized 

room or body sprays courtesy 

of Malibu Essential Oils. 

Using a wide variety of 

essential oils such as ylang 

ylang, grapefruit, rosemary 

and eucalyptus, shoppers 

were embracing the 

“scent”sational experience. 

Another highlight was the 

opportunity to be pampered 

by the master manicurists of 

Olive and June. Mothers and 

daughters relaxed in highback 

chairs as they chose 

from an array of Essie and 

Chanel nail polishes, from 

pretty pale ballerina pinks to 

show-stopping electric blue 

and bronze glitter. 

Mother and daughter duo 

Michelle Harper and her 

5-year-old daughter Ava, 

of Thousand Oaks, were 

particularly impressed by 

the day’s events at Malibu 

Lumber Yard. 

“In between doing the 

crafts, dancing, making our 

own body and room sprays, 

getting manicures and then 

also having some great food 

and drinks, we had a fantastic 

early Mother’s Day celebration,” 

Harper said, with 

a smile. “You can’t ask for 

more than that!” 

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24 | May 17, 2018 | Malibu surfside news life & arts 


Pepperdine alumna sings her way to the top 

Leonard impresses 

in Metropolitan 

Opera National 

Council Auditions 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 

Madison Leonard, a 

2014 graduate of the Pepperdine 

University’s Seaver 

College and the Flora 

L. Thornton Opera Program, 

was recently named 

as one of the five winners 

of the Metropolitan Opera 

National Council Auditions, 

one of the most prestigious 

competitions in 

opera. 

The MONC Auditions, 

established in 1954, is a 

program designed to discover 

promising young 

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national levels throughout 

the US and Canada, and 

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panel of representatives 

from the Metropolitan 

Opera. Winners from the 

national level of the competition 

are awarded a trip 

to New York City, where 

they compete in the Grand 

Finals Concert on the 

stage of the Metropolitan 

Opera. 

The MONC Auditions is 

considered the most prestigious 

competition for 

singers seeking to launch 

an operatic career; the audience 

for the Grand Finals 

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in their careers are on the 

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season. 

In the Grand Finals 

Concert on Sunday, April 

29, each of the nine finalists 

sang two arias with 

the Met orchestra, conducted 

by Bertrand de 

Billy. Leonard, a soprano, 

sang an aria from Humperdinck’s 

“Hänsel und 

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2017 winner of the Washington, 

D.C. district of the 

MONC Auditions, and last 

year won the Idaho/Montana 

district of the same 

competition. 

Leonard joined the 

Washington National Opera 

this season as a member 

of the Domingo-Cafritz 

Young Artist Program. She 

has also performed with 

the National Symphony 

Orchestra (Washington, 

D.C.), the Apollo Orchestra 

(Washington, D.C.), 

the Dallas Opera, Wolf 

Trap Opera (Virginia), 

and will be debuting at 

Seattle Opera this upcoming 

season. While preparing 

for the Grand Finals 

Concert last week, she also 

had the privilege of singing 

for French President 

Macron during the state 

dinner in Washington, 

D.C. 

“I feel so privileged to 

have been selected as a 

grand finalist,” Leonard 

said. “Singing on the Met 

stage was such an incredible 

experience and one I 

will never forget. My foundational 

knowledge and 

love of opera grew from 

my time in the Pepperdine 

music program, so I am 

immensely grateful for the 

guidance, mentorship, and 

support that my professors 

have always provided for 

me. I could not be doing 

what I am today without 

them.” 

After graduating from 

Pepperdine, Leonard 

received a full tuition 

scholarship to Northwestern 

University, where 

she studied with Karen 

Brunssen, and completed 

her master’s degree in 

2016. Henry Price, director 

of the Flora Thornton 

Opera Program and the 

Heidelberg Summer Program, 

was Leonard’s voice 

teacher during her four 

years at Pepperdine. 

“Madison soaked up 

training like a sponge from 

the moment she arrived at 

Pepperdine,” Price said. 

“She was an accomplished 

performer who excelled 

in jazz and musical theatre 

when she got here, 

but she did not have a lot 

of exposure to classical 

music. Once she realized 

the scope of the characters 

her voice was suited for 

in opera, I think she was 

hooked.” 

For more information 

about the MONC Auditions, 

visit metopera.org/ 

about/auditions/national 

council. For more information 

about the Flora L. 

Thornton Opera Program, 

visit seaver.pepperdine. 

edu. 

Leonard is represented 

by Sempre Artists. For 

more information about 

Leonard, visit madisonleonard.com 

or sempreart 

ists.com/madison-leonard. 

Premiere Poetry Summit 

scheduled for May 19 

Event to showcase 

Cabrillo students’ 

artwork, pieces 

from poet laureates 


Malibu 

The City of Malibu Cultural 

Arts Commission 

and the Malibu Library is 

to present the first Poetry 

Summit: Call to the Wall, 

a journey of poetry and art 

at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 

19, at the Malibu Civic 

Theater located in Malibu 

City Hall. 

“Malibu is such a magical 

place, it is no wonder 

that its wild mountains and 

windswept shores inspire 

poetry,” Mayor Rick Mullen 

said. “I am very proud 

of the Poet Laureate program 

and the place of honor 

it gives our city among 

great cultural cities.” 

Poetry, visual art and 

children’s artwork will 

form the backdrop as poet 

laureates from Malibu, 

West Hollywood, Santa 

Barbara and Ventura 

County share their work. 

Malibu’s own Poet Laureate, 

Ricardo Means Ybarra, 

will be joined by Poet Laureate 

Kim Dower of West 

Hollywood, Enid Osborn 

of Santa Barbara, and Phil 

Taggart of Ventura County. 

The participating emerging 

poets include Nina Clements, 

Grace Teranishi, 

Jocelyn Zabaldo, and Coco 

Williams. 

Please see poet, 27

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Foundation’s impact on display at brunch in Malibu 

CLF fills gaps 

for children and 

families in need 

Barbara Burke 


The story of self was the 

theme at the Children’s 

Lifesaving Foundation’s 

Spirit of Giving fundraiser 

on Saturday, May 12. 

As many life stories were 

shared during the event at 

the Malibu Jewish Center 

and Synagogue, tears of 

joy, pride, and reward filled 

attendees’ beings. 

Since the early 1980s, 

the foundation, founded 

by Maria D’Angelo, has 

helped more than 75,000 

homeless and foster care 

children and their families 

crawl out of the depths of 

despair, reset, and write 

wholesome and positive 

stories of self. D’Angelo 

shared that the organization 

has sent more than 

50,000 impoverished youth 

to summer camps, has paid 

for 55 college scholarships, 

and has offered field trips, 

holiday gifts and parties 

and cash support to more 

than 20,000 people. The 

foundation also has reportedly 

provided its clients 

with more than $1 million 

in clothing over the years. 

Cousins Anais Jimenez 

and Christopher Rojas 

shared their stories about 

how the foundation’s involvement 

in their lives has 

made all the difference in 

how their futures are forming. 

“I’m going to be pursuing 

my master’s degree 

this fall, and Maria and 

her foundation have been 

in my life since I was 10 

years old,” said Rojas, an 

emerging director and producer 

for TW3 Entertainment. 

“Maria and her staff 

have helped me since I was 

in middle school and they 

pushed me to finish high 

school, to apply for college, 

to stay in college, and they 

gave me the chance to explore 

various career options 

along the way.” 

Rojas talked about how 

the foundation bolstered his 

self-esteem, while also offering 

his entire family the 

opportunity to participate 

in fun events such as surf 

camp, Dodgers games, going 

to the movies and other 

activities his family simply 

could not afford. 

Twelve-year-old Anais 

told Malibu Surfside News 

how her experiences with 

the foundation bolstered 

her confidence. 

“The foundation has introduced 

me to new things 

and experiences,” she said. 

“Their tutoring programs 

have helped me to get better 

grades in school. They 

have helped me to be a 

more outspoken person 

who can speak for herself 

and, by taking me camping, 

they have gotten me more 

involved in nature and less 

involved with technology.” 

The well-attended event 

was emceed by actor A 

Martinez and featured 

presentations by keynote 

speaker California State 

Sen. Kevin de León, authors 

Michael “Coll” Johnson, 

Susan Stiffelman and 

Autumn Chiklis, as well 

as Malibu Councilmember 

Laura Rosenthal. 

De León spoke about 

growing up as a child of a 

single, immigrant mother 

with a third-grade education 

who cleaned wealthy 

people’s homes and nursed 

wealthy elderly citizens 

in their dying days. He 

also noted that his mother 

helped him as he grew up, 

keeping him focused and 

urging him to succeed despite 

incredible obstacles. 

“I just left a meeting with 

black ministers in South 

LA where the need for 

services like those offered 

by The Children’s Living 

Foundation is highest,” he 

told Malibu Surfside News. 

“What this foundation does 

is pivotal to the successful 

outcome of children it 

serves. Children are entitled 

to equal rights and 

to be safe, no matter what 

their skin color, religion or 

zip code.” 

Johnson discussed his 

book “Inmate 651: One of 

the Lucky Ones.” Johnson, 

who helped D’Angelo establish 

CLF, told his harrowing, 

but ultimately serendipitous, 

story of being a 

5-year-old Irish boy from a 

“mother/baby” home in Co. 

Donegal who was adopted 

by distant cousins in America 

in order to avoid the 

social opprobrium of being 

born out of wedlock in an 

Irish Catholic community. 

Chef Ryan Rondeno, 

who has been involved in 

the foundation for many 

years, donated dinner for 

10 people as a way of giving 

back. Rondeno noted 

that sharing food, caring 

and love is what the foundation 

is all about. 

Chiklis discussed 

her forthcoming book, 

“Smothered,” a humorous 

tale about a lucky child 

in America with an intact 

home who moved back 

home after returning from 

university, fully equipped 

to give to others in need 

through the foundation. 

Noting that it is meetings 

between those who can 

give a hand and those who 

Children’s Lifesaving Foundation Founder Maria D’Angelo (far right) is pictured 

with family members (left to right) Faith McCaffery, Francesca McCaffery and Sean 

McCaffery during the foundation’s Saturday, May 12 brunch. Photos by Barbara 

Burke/22nd Century Media 

Cousins Christopher Rojas (left) and Anais Jimenez, who benefit from CLF, are pictured 

at the event in Malibu. 

desperately need it that the 

foundation coordinates, 

Rosenthal stated “There 

is no greater feeling in the 

whole world than giving 

back to others.” 

Emcee Martinez agreed. 

“I’m so proud to support 

Maria’s foundation,” he 

said. “My own kids worked 

at Maria’s camps and greatly 

benefited from helping 

children in need. Maria’s 

entire family has given and 

given for years. Maria is 

truly named appropriately 

– her surname D’Angelo 

means ‘of the angels,’ and 

that is exactly who she and 

her foundation are.” 

For more information 

on The Children’s Lifesaving 

Foundation, visit www. 

childrenslifesaving.org.

26 | May 17, 2018 | Malibu surfside news dining out 


The Dish 

Craving tacos, sushi, or sushi tacos? 

On Tuesdays at 

Zooma Sushi/Coral 

Beach Cantina, 

diners can get it all 

Barbara Burke 


If one is cruising down 

the Pacific Coast Highway 

on a Tuesday night, consider 

zooming over to enjoy Taco 

Sushi Tuesday specials at 

Malibu’s Zooma Sushi and/ 

or the street tacos at the adjacent 

Coral Beach Cantina. 

From 5-9 p.m. every 

Tuesday, Zooma Sushi offers 

$4 spicy tuna or tuna sushi 

tacos, or a Point Dume, 

Fire, or Double Trouble half 

sushi roll for $8.25 each. 

Across the patio at the 

Coral Beach Cantina, one 

can enjoy $1.50 fish, picadillo, 

chicken Tinga or veggie 

tacos. 

“We come to the cantina 

fairly regularly,” customer 

Marlene Auerbach said. 

“We love this restaurant 

and we are so happy it has a 

dog-friendly patio. The food 

is consistently delicious. 

This is the only Mexican 

restaurant I will go to!” 

There is nothing like a 

lovely patio with beautiful 

foliage to put one in a relaxed 

mood. On Tuesdays, 

the Cantina offers $6 margaritas, 

imported beers for 

$3.50 and domestic beers 

for $2.75. 

Not to be outdone, Zooma 

Sushi offers $4 sake bombs. 

The vibe comes alive as 

the two juxtaposed establishments 

fill up with patrons. 

Those who want sushi or an 

item from the Zooma Sushi 

menu, with its delicious 

Japanese dishes, mingle with 

Zooma Sushi 

29350 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu 

Hours 

5-10 p.m., seven days 

a week 

Phone: (310) 457-4131 

Menu: zoomasushi.net 

Reservations: 

zoomasushi.net 

Order: chownow.com 

Coral Beach Cantina 

29350 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu 

Hours 

11:30- 9:30 p.m. seven 

days a week 

Phone: (310) 457-5503 

Menu: places. 

singleplatform.com 

Order: chownow.com 

Featured $1.50 taco options during Coral Beach Cantina’s Taco Sushi Tuesdays are the veggie, chicken Tinga, 

picadillo and fish tacos. Photos by Barbara Burke/22nd Century Media 

those who want to enjoy a 

selection from the Cantina’s 

expansive menu options. 

Taco Tuesdays are particularly 

wonderful because 

the restaurants provide excellently 

priced fare and libations. 

The chicken Tinga taco 

features Chipotle aioli, avocado 

and red cabbage, while 

the picadillo taco features 

ground beef, potatoes and 

onions. The vegetarian taco 

features seasoned onions, 

zucchini, peppers, asparagus 

and mushrooms. The 

panko-breaded fish tacos 

are also a crowd-pleaser. 

If one cannot decide 

which variety to try, it costs 

$6 to get a plate with one of 

each taco variety. 

All four homemade street 

taco options are full of flavor 

and zest, but none are 

overly spicy. 

“Our chef Paulino Garcia 

created our street taco 

recipes and they are made 

in house from scratch,” said 

Randall Miod, a manager of 

both establishments. “This 

is a nice place for locals to 

gather on a Tuesday night 

and to sit on the patio and 

to enjoy either the Mexican 

tacos or Zooma Sushi’s fish 

sushi tacos made by chefs 

Toshi and Koi.” 

“The spicy sushi tuna 

taco is wrapped in a crispy 

corn tortilla with Giozo leaf, 

green onions and daikon 

radishes,” Miod said. “Both 

that sushi taco and the tuna 

sushi taco are excellent.” 

For an excellent evening 

and excellent food, try Sushi 

Taco Tuesdays at Zooma 

Sushi and Taco Tuesdays at 

the Coral Beach Cantina. 

Neighboring Zooma Sushi offers $4 spicy tuna or tuna sushi tacos from 5-9 p.m. every 

Tuesday.

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faith 

From Page 22 

Sacred Yoga 

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

Class with Liz Lutz. 

Sunday School 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter 

Canyon Road, 310-456-2361) 

Learn About Catholicism 

Join for an informal 

meeting over a cup of coffee 

or tea. The group meets 

on Sundays and shares 

stories of faith and community. 

Contact the rectory 

office for meeting times. 

AA Meetings 

poet 

From Page 24 

There will also be a 

display of visual art by 

Malibu local artist Ivo 

Spirov, who teaches art at 

Malibu schools, and Mrs. 

Levy’s fourth- and fifthgrade 

students at Malibu’s 

Juan Cabrillo Elementary 

School. 

Enjoy poetry readings 

and performances, 

see a variety of emerging 

and student art, and 

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. 

OLM Book Club 

6:30 p.m. Second Tuesdays. 

This club meets to 

discuss short stories. 

Circle Prayer Group 

8 a.m. Thursdays, Rectory. 

meet the artists and poets 

at the free reception immediately 

following the 

performances. The event 

is free and RSVPs are not 

required. 

The event is sponsored 

by the County of Los Angeles 

Public Library and hosted 

by the City of Malibu 

Cultural Arts Commission 

and the Malibu Poet Laureate 

Committee. 


visit www.MalibuCity.org/ 

Poetry. 

Bible Class 

10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

University Church of Christ 

(24255 Pacific Coast Highway, 310- 

506-4504) 

Worship Assembly 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. 

Going rate 

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Youth Bible Class 

7 p.m. Wednesdays. 

Class for 6th-12th grades. 

Contact dusty.breeding@ 

pepperdine.edu. 

Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning 

View Drive, 424-235-4463) 

Service 


First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7767) 

Wednesday Meetings 

8 p.m. Wednesdays. Testimony 

meetings include 

readings from the Bible 

and “Science and Health 

with Key to the Scriptures.” 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive, 

310-774-1927) 

Waveside Espanol 

5:30-7 p.m. Last Monday 

of every month. Join for a 

Spanish-language worship 

service. Meet at the Boys 

and Girls Club of Malibu. 

Service 

10:10 a.m. Sundays 

Have an event for faith briefs? 

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Twirling, tiptoeing 

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Pacific Festival 

Ballet’s ‘Sleeping 

Beauty’ features 3 

Malibu dancers 

Staff Report 

Pacific Festival Ballet, 

with the help of three Malibu 

ballerinas, is to present 

the dreamy tale of “The 

Sleeping Beauty” in two 

shows on Saturday, May 

19. 

The performances, held 

at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., will 

take place at Thousand 

Oaks Civic Arts Plaza 

(2100 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, 

Thousand Oaks). 

The show’s performers 

— who include Malibu 

residents Mattea Backus, 

Leila Iredell and Ailis 

Kinney — hail from Pacific 

Festival Ballet’s 

training school, California 

Dance Theatre in Westlake 

Village. 

Aspiring professional 

ballerina Talia Lebowitz, 

16, of Agoura Hills, will 

dance the title role of Aurora. 

This season’s guest artists 

from Southern California 

include Tigran Sargsyan 

and Laura Chachich, principal 

and soloist dancers 

with Los Angeles Ballet. 

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special place in my heart,” 

Artistic Director Kim Maselli 

said in a press release. 

“This ballet is the first 

production Pacific Festival 

Ballet presented in our 

inaugural season. We have 

produced ‘The Sleeping 

Beauty’ four different times 

now and it is exciting to see 

a new generation bringing 

this classic to life.” 

Tickets can be purchased 

at the box office or through 

Ticketmaster at (800) 745- 

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Surfside puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Gal. or lb. 

4. Letters on a police 

report 

7. Google competitor 

10. Painter Chagall 

12. Feeling bad about 

14. Incorporated region 

15. NATO member, abbr. 

16. Papas of “Zorba the 

Greek” 

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18. Logical 

19. Malibu Country 

Mart restaurant, goes 

with 62 across 

21. Number-logic puzzle 

23. Tenant 

27. Consume 

29. Caustic substance 

30. “The greatest” 

31. Malibu restaurant 

named after a jam 

36. Spikes 

38. Slender instrument 

39. Yoga class need 

40. Financial institution 

41. Pageant crown 

43. Keeps at it 

46. Mag. execs 

47. IV units 

49. Luau serving 

50. “____ Weapon” , 

starring Mel Gibson 

52. In plain view 

57. Idaho native 

61. Movie princess 

62. See 19 across 

65. Many, prefix 

66. Play perhaps 

67. “Money, money, 

money” singers 

68. Ghostbusters’ goo 

69. Sea eagle 

70. 1998 Angelina Jolie 

TV movie 

71. Bout enders, for short 

72. Currency exchange 

board abbr. 

Down 

1. Awry 

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in China 

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5. Capital of Ukraine 

6. Bancroft of “The 

Graduate” 

7. Summer or winter 

lead-in 

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9. Educator Bill 

11. Nile queen, informally 

12. Ceremonial 

13. Leader of the Pacemakers 

14. Godspeed 

20. The Christmas season 

22. Mauna ___ 

24. Parrot with brilliant 

plumage 

25. Dementieva of tennis 

26. Perilous 

28. Makes the Earth firm 

29. Abate 

31. “Psycho” setting 

32. Reside (in) 

33. Swelter 

34. French sea 

35. Spicy stew 

37. Org. many lawyers 

belong to 

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44. Albatross 

45. Small taste 

48. Smackers 

51. “Howdy!” 

53. Chooser’s option 

54. Kind of jacket 

55. Pride components 

56. Swerved 

58. Deserted wreck 

59. Hodge-podge 

60. PIN takers 

62. Children’s game 

63. Kimono sash 

64. Basketball org. 

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In their element 

Eight Sharks swimmers give it their 

best shot at CIF championships, 

Page 32 

Ready to rumble 

Tight-knit, successful Waves 

baseball team looks to claim 

conference title, Page 34 

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Malibu High School baseball 

player Tyler Ray (left) and 

William Tamkin go in for a 

quick hug May 7, after Tyler 

Ray’s speech to his fellow 

senior. suzy demeter/22nd 

century media 

Sharks celebrate friends, teammates on senior day in Malibu, Page 33

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Swimming and Diving 

Hotchkiss, Hurtubise swim personal bests at CIF championships 

MHS girls, boys 

compete in highly 

competitive event 

Ryan Flynn 


Eight Malibu swimmers 

took to Riverside Aquatics 

Complex last week to compete 

with the area’s best 

in the CIF Swimming and 

Diving Championships. 

It was a two-day event. 

The preliminary round was 

on May 9, when the field 

of 36 swimmers for each 

event would be cut down 

to just 18. The Top 18 were 

invited back on Thursday, 

May 10, to take part in the 

championship round. 

Of Malibu’s 30-plus 

swimmers on the team, 

only eight qualified for 

CIFs: four girls and four 

boys. They arrived in Riverside 

to a competitive atmosphere, 

surrounded by 

athletes from over 40 other 

schools, many of which are 

two or three times the size 

of Malibu High. The competition 

was fierce. 

“This meet was just so 

fast,” boys coach Mike 

Mulligan said. 

The four girls who competed 

were Gaia Hinds, 

Annie Armitage, Kate Pietrzyk 

and Amy Perna. The 

girls swam well, but ultimately 

not well enough to 

make the cut and continue 

onto Thursday. The times 

they swam would have 

been fast enough to put 

them in the Top 12 in last 

year’s CIF competition, 

Mulligan said, but this 

time around they couldn’t 

sniff the Top 18 required 

to make it past the preliminary 

round. 

For the boys, Day 1 was 

a different story. 

Kennan Hotchkiss, a junior, 

swam his best times 

of the year in the 200 freestyle 

and 500 freestyle, the 

latter of which broke the 

record of his older brother 

Logan. 

“That’s kind of been 

Kennan’s goal every year: 

to try to better his brother’s 

times [when he was in the 

same grade],” Mulligan 

said. 

Senior Marcel Hurtubise 

swam his best time of the 

year in the 100 butterfly, 

breaking a school record. 

The relays, as well, were 

impressive. 

“They just swam out of 

their heads,” Mulligan said. 

All four boys — Hotchkiss, 

Hurtubise, Nate Rucker-Jensen 

and Jack Hughes 

— advanced to Thursday’s 

CIF Finals. Coming back 

on Thursday, Mulligan 

said, there was a totally different 

feeling. 

“You could feel the intensity 

and competitiveness 

in the air,” he said. 

The Malibu swimmers’ 

performances suffered, 

especially in the longer 

events, given that they had 

just 24 hours of rest between 

the two meets. 

Even still, Hotchkiss 

claimed a sixth-place finish 

in the 500 freestyle and 

an eighth place finish in the 

200 freestyle and Hurtubise 

came in eighth in the 100 

fly. In the 200 freestyle relay, 

the team finished in 

ninth. 

Overall, this added up to 

a 14th place finish for the 

Malibu boys among the 38 

schools that competed in the 

Division 3 Southern Section 

CIF Championships. 

Junior Kennan Hotchkiss was one of eight Malibu High swimmers to compete at the 

CIF Swimming and Diving Championships. He broke his brother Logan’s 500 freestyle 

record during the competition. 22nd Century Media File Photos 

On the girls side, Gaia Hinds was among the MHS competitors. 

To finish in the Top 20 with 

just four athletes competing, 

especially from a small 

school, is still quite a feat, 

according to Mulligan. 

“I’m so proud. They really 

worked hard all season 

long,” he said. 

Mulligan also lauded 

the back half of his roster, 

which helped the boys to 

the sixth straight Tri-Valley 

League championship this 

season. 

“It was really a team effort 

by everybody and it was 

fun to see them compete every 

day in practice,” he said.

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Seven MHS seniors to retire their jerseys this year 

Baseball team 

marks bittersweet 

day with a 4-2 win 

Ryan Flynn 


For as long as he can remember, 

Chance Irons has 

been playing baseball with 

this same group of guys. 

It started in little league, 

when six of the seven seniors 

on this year’s Sharks baseball 

team played for teams in 

the area. Irons called it “extremely 

competitive.” 

“Then you reach high 

school and you’re like, ‘Oh, 

I’m finally on the same team 

as that kid that was so good 

in little league,’” Irons said. 

Back before high school, 

Irons’s biggest rival was future 

teammate Tanner Gottlieb. 

“We kind of hated each 

other,” he said. 

They both joined the 

basketball team in middle 

school, which was coached 

by Irons’ father. Soon, each 

boy realized that they were 

the two best players on the 

team and they settled their 

differences in the interest of 

winning. 

Fast forward a high school 

career later, and Irons was 

giving a speech about Gottlieb 

on senior day. 

That was on May 7, when 

the seven seniors laced up 

their cleats for what might 

be their last home game as 

Malibu Sharks. 

“Senior day for me was 

just super bittersweet,” Gottlieb 

said. “It was the sad realization 

that my baseball career 

at Malibu High School 

and my baseball career as a 

whole was coming to end. 

But, in a way, it felt nice for 

it to all come full circle and 

Coach Billy Ashley (far left) and assistant coach Rich Miller (far right) pose with seniors (left to right) SJ Murphy, 

Tanner Gottlieb, Jake Hughes, Tyler Ray, Chance Irons, William Tamkin and Ryan Figueroa. 

Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

reminisce on the years of 

playing with all my seniors.” 

The seven seniors are: 

Ryan Figueroa, Jake 

Hughes, SJ Murphy, Tyler 

Ray, William Tamkin, Gottlieb 

and Irons. 

A ceremony was held before 

the game. Coach Billy 

Ashley spoke glowingly 

about his seniors and then 

each of them had a chance 

to sing the praises of another 

senior of their choosing. 

Gottlieb and Irons spoke 

about each other. 

“Chance has been more 

like a brother to me than a 

teammate,” said Gottlieb, 

who will study real estate at 

the University of San Diego 

next year. “The kind of person 

who has your back on 

and off the field.” 

“He’s a great friend and 

really great competitor,” 

Irons said. 

The game was a 4-2 victory 

over Dunn. Senior 

pitcher Tamkin, who is committed 

to go to school and 

play baseball at Cal State 

Northridge, got to pitch the 

final inning. He said what 

he’ll miss most about the 

team is the chemistry that 

the seniors have. 

“We really are like a family,” 

Tamkin said. 

The Sharks’ regular season 

is over, but the team 

will have one more chance 

to make a few more memories. 

At 3:15 p.m. on Friday, 

May 18, the Sharks are to 

hit the road to face Rancho 

Alamitos in Round 1. 

Round 2 is scheduled for 

Tuesday, May 22. 

Last season, with a similar 

record and many of 

these same players, Malibu 

advanced further than they 

ever had in school history: 

to the tournament semifinals. 

They’ll look for more 

postseason success this year. 

At some point, though, 

this season and seven 

Sharks’ baseball careers will 

come to an end. 

Irons is committed to go 

to school and play for San 

Diego Mesa College next 

year, where, for the first 

time in a long time, he’ll 

take the field without seeing 

one of these familiar faces. 

“We’ve all been friends 

for basically our entire 

lives,” Irons said. “Now 

we’re all going to college in 

like a month now. It’s sad, 

but it’s been a really cool 

experience and we know 

we’re all going to have that 

friendship basically for the 

rest of our lives.” 

Malibu High School senior Chance Irons (left) reads his note to senior Tanner Gottlieb 

during the baseball team’s May 7 senior day celebration.



Baseball 

Pepperdine’s baseball team will close its regular season this weekend, when the Waves host Portland. Jeff golden/pepperdine athletics 

Waves look to claim WCC title this weekend 

Chris Megginson 


With one weekend series 

remaining, Pepperdine 

Waves baseball remains in 

the driver’s seat atop the 

West Coast Conference 

standings after winning No. 

1 vs. No. 2 series against 

San Francisco and St. 

Mary’s the last two weeks. 

Entering this week, the 

Waves have won 13 of their 

last 15 games and will look 

to close the regular season 

this weekend by locking 

up the WCC regular season 

title at Eddy D. Field Stadium 

when Portland comes 

to town for a three-day series 

(3 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m. 

Saturday and Sunday). 

“Our guys are finding 

a way to win right now. 

Early on in the season we 

lost many one-run games, 

and as of late, we’re finding 

ways to win those 

games,” Pepperdine coach 

Rick Hirtensteiner said. 

“There’s even games when 

we haven’t played our best, 

and we’re still finding a 

way to win. It’s a good 

sign.” 

The Waves have done a 

180 from losing 17 of its 

final 20 games in 2017 and 

have done so with a balanced 

share of the stat lines. 

On the mound, the wins 

are spread nearly even between 

Jonathan Pendergast, 

Cooper Chandler and Christian 

Stoutland, while Brandt 

Belk, Matthew Kanfer and 

Duncan McKinnon lead 

at the plate, each hitting 

around .310. The closest 

thing to a super star offensively 

is redshirt junior Jordan 

Qsar’s 52 RBI and nine 

home runs (as of May 11). 

“Whenever guys get on 

base, he drives them in and 

it’s been a big reason we’re 

having success this year,” 

Hirtensteiner said. 

However, the main reason 

Pepperdine has turned 

around from eight in the 

WCC last year to closing 

in a conference title, is the 

bond they’ve developed off 

the field, led by four-year 

players Chase Lambert, 

Josh Davis, Kiko Garcia 

and Qsar — all freshmen 

on the 2015 team which 

advanced to the NCAA Regional. 

“After last year, seeing 

what happened, we 

felt kind of like the group 

could have been closer and 

we would have had more 

wins,” said Lambert, a 

Malibu High alum. 

Lambert says the team 

has created a culture of 

spending unforced time together 

off the field, which 

has created results on the 

field. 

“We just have a really 

good team. The team really 

bonded well this year from 

the beginning to the end,” 

Lambert said. “We’re really 

comfortable with each other 

and build off each other’s 

energy. It’s really, really 

fun when everything’s 

clicking at the same time.” 

Lambert says the team’s 

bond has been coupled with 

an expectation of winning. 

“You can’t settle for anything 

less,” Lambert said. 

“We got to the point where 

we are by building a good 

culture. You don’t have to 

necessarily have the best 

players, just having guys 

going out there that trusts 

everybody and trying to 

win every pitch. I think we 

have that so far, and it’s really 

nice to see. It’s fun to 

be around.” 

Lambert, the Waves’ 

leadoff hitter and starting 

shortstop, has also been a 

key player for the Waves 

this year, according to 

Hirtensteiner. Lambert, who 

missed most of the 2017 

season with various injuries, 

leads the defense with more 

than 120 assists, including 

a diving play toward short 

two weeks ago with the 

bases loaded against San 

Francisco — a highlight, according 

to Hirtensteiner. 

“He’s played a great 

shortstop for us,” Hirtensteiner 

said. “He’s gotten 

to balls and made plays that 

a lot of guys in this conference 

wouldn’t be able to. 

He’s a tremendous athlete 

with great range and a great 

arm. His defense is outstanding.” 

Lambert, a recent Pepperdine 

graduate, is one 

of the Pepperdine players 

hoping for a chance at pro 

ball, but he says his and the 

team’s main focus is winning 

the team’s 18th regular 

season WCC title and 

first since he was a Pepperdine 

recruit in 2014. 

“We want to put a number 

up on our outfield fence,” 

Lambert said. “Winning the 

series against St. Mary’s really 

put ourselves in a good 

position for Portland … 

If we keep winning, you 

never know what’s going to 

happen.” 

While a regular season 

WCC title is a goal, the bigger 

goal for the Waves is to 

win the WCC Tournament, 

May 24-26, in Stockton to 

earn a bid to the NCAA Regionals.

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Pepperdine Athletics 

Lahey secures women’s tennis team’s ticket to Sweet 16 

For the third-consecutive 

year, the No. 12 Pepperdine 

women’s tennis team will 

advance to the NCAA 

Championships Sweet 

16 after winning through 

the first two rounds of 

action May 11 and May 

12 at Ralphs-Straus Tennis 

Center. 

The Waves rallied back 

to defeat No. 18 Kansas 

4-1, with sophomore Ashley 

Lahey clinching the 

dual for her team. 

After dropping the 

doubles point despite a 

7-5 win by No. 13 Mayar 

Sherif and Luisa Stefani 

on one, the Waves battled 

back with a strong representation 

in singles. 

In her standard fashion, 

No. 54 Evgeniya Levashova 

made quick work of 

her opponent, collecting 

her 16th-straight win with 

a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Maria 

Toran Ribes on Court 4. 

No. 91 Laura Gulbe also 

tabbed her 16th-consecutive 

victory with a Court 

5 6-1, 6-2 win over Tatiana 

Nikolaeva to put the 

Waves ahead for the first 

time in the match. 

On Court 6, Dzina 

Milovanovic would put 

Pepperdine in a position to 

clinch after securing a 6-3, 

6-2 win over Amber Policare. 

With all Top 3 courts 

still in action, the match 

was still any teams to take. 

Lahey would do the 

honors, however, as she 

took down Janet Koch in 

a three-set battle 7-5, 3-6, 

6-0 to clinch the overall 

dual for the Waves. 

Pepperdine has now collected 

13 sweeps this season. 

The Waves (24-2) will 

trek to Winston-Salem, 

N.C. this upcoming week 

to continue the NCAA 

Tournament hosted by 

Wake Forest. The team’s 

Sweet 16 match will be 

against No. 4 Georgia Tech 

at 4 p.m. PT on Thursday, 

May 17. 

WOMEN’S GOLF 

Junior golfer is 

championship-bound 

Pepperdine’s Hira 

Naveed qualified for the 

NCAA Women’s Golf 

Championships as an individual 

thanks to her tie for 

sixth place at the NCAA 

San Francisco Regional on 

May 9. 

Naveed bogeyed her 

first hole, then ran off 16 

straight pars before ending 

her tournament with 

a birdie to get her back to 

even-par. Naveed entered 

the final round with a oneshot 

lead and finished with 

a 5-under 211 (72-67-72). 

The 5-under was a personal 

best in a college tournament. 

Naveed will make 

her second consecutive 

NCAA Championships appearance 

(she tied for 32nd 

last year). 

Junior Hannah Haythorne 

posted her second 

straight under-par round, 

a 1-under 71. She was in 

76th place after the first 

round but over the next 

two days moved all the 

way up to a tie for 33rd 

place at 219 (78-70-71). 

Her final round included 

three birdies. 

Sophomore Momoka 

Kobori tied for 56th place 

at 224 (71-77-76). 

Seniors Tatiana Wijaya 

and Katherine Zhu each 

played their final tournament 

for the Waves. 

Wijaya tied for 63rd 

at 226 (77-74-75) and 

Zhu tied for 68th at 227 

(77-74-76). 

After shooting a 3-under 

285 (the best score 

of the day) on May 8, the 

Waves entered Wednesday 

just two shots out of sixth 

place but unfortunately 

a rough start to the third 

round dropped the squad 

out of contention. Pepperdine 

ended up in 11th place 

with a three-day score 

of 876 (297-285-294) at 

the par-72 TPC Harding 

Park, seven shots out 

of sixth. 

The Top 3 players from 

non-qualifying teams also 

advanced to the NCAA 

Championships. 

Pepperdine, which was 

the No. 13 seed, finished 

two spots better than its 

seed and posted wins 

against No 33 North Carolina 

State and No. 43 California. 

The Waves were 

playing in their 20th consecutive 

NCAA Regional. 

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 

Five join Waves’ roster 

Rachel Ahrens, Julia 

DiBona, Lily Dyer, Shannon 

Scully and Madison 

Shields have committed to 

play for the Waves in 2018. 

Ahrens, native to Trabuco 

Canyon, will join 

after graduating from 

Tesoro High School. In 

2017, Ahrens was named 

to PrepVolleyball’s Top- 

100 Senior Aces list and 

was John Tawa’s pick for 

All-American honorable 

mention honors in the 18 

Division. She also was 

named to the JVA All- 

National Team and was an 

All-Tournament Team selection 

at Junior Nationals 

Open Division. 

DiBona, a libero out of 

Seal Beach, will transfer 

from Southern Methodist 

University this season. 

While with the Mustangs, 

she played in 113 sets and 

31 matches as a true freshman. 

She was in the Top 5 

on the SMU leaderboard 

in 2017 in aces, digs and 

assists and ranked fifth 

in the American Athletic 

Conference in aces/set. 

She helped her team to a 

15-5 record and second 

place finish in the AAC 

as well. 

For club and USA juniors, 

DiBona was named 

to the 2017 USAV GJNC 

18’s All-Tournament 

Team, was a six-time qualifier 

for USAV Nationals 

from 2011-17 and a threetime 

national champion 

with a first-place finish at 

AAU Nationals at both 

the 13 and 14 levels and 

a first-place finish at the 

USAV GJNC 13 Open. 

Dyer is from San Clemente 

and will graduate 

from Saddleback Valley 

Christian High School 

this year. She helped her 

team to CIF titles in her 

freshman and sophomore 

seasons and was named 

All-CIF as sophomore and 

junior. She was named San 

Juaquin League Player of 

the Year both her junior 

and senior campaigns. 

On the Team USA stage, 

Dyer earned bronze medals 

with Tstreet’s 18’s team 

twice and 16’s once. She 

also garnered All-Tournament 

honors on each of 

those occasions. 

Scully will transfer from 

University of Utah. She 

started in 33 of 34 matches 

and led the team with the 

highest serve receive percentage 

and most service 

aces. She played in 128 

sets and recorded 32 kills, 

28 assists, 25 aces and 

295 digs as a freshman, 

while helping her team to 

an NCAA Tournament appearance 

in the Sweet Sixteen. 

At Mater Dei High 

School, she was captain of 

the squad in 2015, leading 

the team to a CIF Southern 

Section 1AA Championship 

title. She also helped 

her team to a CIF 1AA runner-up 

finish in 2016, 2014 

and 2013. 

Scully also garnered 

All-CIF, PrepVolleyball. 

com All-American first 

team, MaxPreps All- 

American Volleyball third 

team, MaxPreps California 

All-State first team, Max- 

Preps All-American second 

team, UnderArmour 

All-American third team, 

VolleyballMag.com All- 

American second team and 

CalHiSports.com All-State 

first team in 2016. 

Shields, of El Dorado 

Hills, will graduate from 

Oak Ridge High School. 

She propelled her team to 

league champion status in 

2015, 2016 and 2017 and 

earned a CIF Sac-Joaquin 

Championship Division I 

title as well. She is a threetime 

SFL All-League Player, 

was team captain for 

three seasons and earned 

MVP in the Sierra Foothill 

League in 2017. 

Shields played six years 

of club volleyball with 

Northern California Volleyball 

Club, leading her 

team to a second-place finish 

at the 18’s Open Division 

tournament at the Salt 

Lake Triple Crown, while 

earning All-Star honors 

for several tournaments 

throughout her club tenure. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and www.pepper 

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10 Questions 

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Liz Boland, 18, is a senior 

who runs track in the 

400-meter relay, 100 meter, 

200 meter and 1,600 

relay. 

What do you enjoy 

most about track? 

I love how everyone 

is so supportive of each 

other even with your competitors. 

My track teammates 

are really nice people 

and tons of fun to be 

around. 

How have you most 

improved this season? 

My endurance has improved 

in the 200 and 

the 4x400 relay and I 

feel stronger this year. I 

also feel better about receiving 

handoffs in the 

relays. 

What was your 

favorite moment from 

this season? 

My favorite moment 

was when I found out I 

was in the running to win 

Athlete of the Meet (in 

the Tri-Valley League Finals 

on May 3). At that 

moment I realized all I 

needed to do was beat another 

team in the 4x400. I 

was the last leg of the relay 

team and there was a 

lot on the line so I ran my 

hardest and I made up the 

distance I needed. I felt an 

extreme amount of exhilaration 

afterwards. 

What was it like 

emotionally to win 

Athlete of the Meet? 

I was really ecstatic and 

couldn’t believe that I actually 

won. I felt a huge 

amount of support from my 

coaches, school and teammates. 

What are your plans 

for college? 

I will be going to the 

University of Colorado, 

Boulder to study aerospace 

engineering. 

How did you develop 

an interest for 

aerospace engineering? 

Last summer I took a 

tour of the Jet Propulsion 

Laboratory while 

attending a camp at Cal 

Tech. I found the jobs at 

NASA to be fascinating 

and rewarding. 

What did you like 

about going to school 

in Malibu? 

I like the supportive environment 

from the teachers. 

I also enjoyed the small 

town feel here with the location 

being right near the 

beach. 

What would you say 

are your greatest 

strengths as an 

athlete? 

Speed and determination. 

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What are your hobbies 

outside of track? 

Surfing, snowboarding, 

soccer, football, basketball, 

horseback riding and hanging 

with my friends. 

What advice would you 

give younger players 

on the team? 

To stick with it, because 

your times and endurance 

will improve and participating 

with everyone is a 

rewarding experience. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Ryan Flynn

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