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Embracing the change 

Malibu businesses, residents prepare 

for upcoming plastic straw ban, Page 4 

Uprooted Chili Cook-Off plans 

temporarily derailed as organizers seek 

new home, Page 7 

A ‘latte’ support 

Coffeehouse welcomes dozens to its 

Concert on the Terrace, Page 8 

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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 his family-oriented 

comedy show. For 

children of ages 4-12 and 

their families. For more information, 

call (310) 456- 

6438. 

Strategic Plan on 

Homelessness Meeting 

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 for 

community review. For 

more information, call 

(310) 456-2489 ext. 313 

or email SDuenas@malibu 

city.org. 

Comedy Show 

8-9:30 p.m. May 24, 

Malibu Wines, 31740 Mulholland 

Highway, Malibu. 

The Sips ‘n’ Giggles Comedy 

Show, for ages 21 

and up, will be hosted by 

James Frey. Tickets are 

$5 in advance or $7 cash 

only at the door. For more 

information, or to RSVP, 

visit malibuwines.rezdy. 

com/188048/malibuwines-sips-n-giggles. 

FRIDAY 

Market Beat 

11:30 p.m. May 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. With 

volatility moderating and 

short-term interest rates 

rising, there is an excellent 

state tax deductible 

replacement for Money 

Market funds. The group 

will also look at commodity 

index trends and where 

they seem to be headed. 

MONDAY 

City Hall Closed 

All day May 28, Malibu 

City Hall, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. The City Hall 

will be closed in honor of 

Memorial Day. 

TUESDAY 

City Council 

6:30 p.m. May 29, 

Malibu City Hall Council 

Chambers, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. The Malibu 

City Council will hold its 

regular meeting. For more 

information, visit www. 

malibucity.org. 

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Homeless Connect Day 

10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 30, 

Old Malibu Courthouse, 

23525 Civic Center Way, 

Malibu. Services and resources 

for homeless individuals 

will be available. 

Free one-stop services 

and information that will 

be provided include: food 

stamps, Medi-Cal, affordable 

housing, haircuts, 

social services and legal 

assistance. To volunteer, 

contact Reuben Vicente 

at RVicente@stjosephctr. 

org or (323) 961-0499. For 

more information, contact 

Leah Cohen at lcohen@ 

bos.lacounty.gov or (818) 

880-9416. 

Relaxing Through Coloring 

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 

May 30, Malibu Senior 

Center, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. Join the 

Malibu Senior Center for 

a free coloring program, 

designed to activate different 

areas of the brain using 

logic, forming colors and 

creativity. For more information, 

contact (310) 456- 

2489 ext. 357. 

UPCOMING 

Healthy Eating Habits 

3-4:30 p.m. Friday, June 

1, Michael Landon Community 

Center, 24250 

Pacific Coast Highway, 

Malibu. Join to learn tips 

on healthy cooking and 

eating. The cost is $20 per 

person. For more information, 

call (310) 456-2489 

ext. 239 or email afiori@ 

malibucity.org. 

Caffeinated Verse 

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, 

June 2, Malibu Library, 

23519 West Civic 

Center Way. Join local 

poets for an open mic, featuring 

poets Kevin Patrick 

Sullivan and Patti Sullivan. 

Poets — published, 

aspiring or otherwise 

— can bring a poem to 

share. This event is sponsored 

by the Friends of the 

Malibu Library. For more 

information, call (310) 

456-6438. 

ONGOING 

‘Bonnie & Clyde’ 

7 p.m. Thursday, May 

31; 7 p.m. Saturday, June 

2; and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 

June 3, Malibu Playhouse, 

29243 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The Malibu Playhouse 

will present its 

teen production of “Bonnie 

& Clyde.” Tickets are 

$20 for adults and $10 

for students. For more 

information, or to buy 

tickets, visit malibuplay 

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7 p.m. Friday, June 1; 3 

p.m. Saturday, June 2; and 3 

p.m. Sunday, June 3, Malibu 

Playhouse, 29243 Pacific 

Coast Highway. The Malibu 

Playhouse will present its 

youth production of “Pinocchio.” 

Tickets are $20 for 

adults and $10 for students. 

For more information, or to 

buy tickets, visit malibuplayhouse.org. 

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 

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information, contact Public 

Safety Manager Susan 

Dueñas at (310) 456-2489 

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SMMUSD Board of Education 

Creation of facilities improvement districts, bonds discussed 

District survey polls 

each city’s voters 

on bond support 

Michele Willer-Allred 

Freelance Reporter 

The Santa Monica-Malibu 

Unified School District 

is on track to form separate 

School Facilities Improvement 

Districts in Malibu 

and Santa Monica, and to 

possibly give residents in 

both cities the opportunity 

to vote on separate school 

improvement bonds. 

The board unanimously 

agreed Thursday, May 17, 

on a resolution stating an intent 

to form a Santa Monica 

School Facilities Improvement 

District that would 

be funded through a school 

bond that could be placed 

on the November ballot. 

That action followed 

a similar decision by the 

board on May 3 with the 

intent to form an SFID 

in Malibu, and possibly 

consider a bond there 

as well. 

The school bonds in 

Malibu and Santa Monica 

could help a number of important 

facility changes at 

schools, district officials 

said. 

In Malibu, that includes 

modernization of the 

Point Dume Marine Science 

School, where students 

from Juan Cabrillo 

Elementary School are to 

move to in the 2019-20 

school year. 

In turn, the Juan Cabrillo 

campus would also 

be modernized and turned 

into a middle-school campus. 

And, there are plans to 

reconstruct Malibu High 

School. 

The formation of separate 

SFIDs in Malibu and 

Santa Monica has already 

received the blessing of 

the Los Angeles County 

Board of Supervisors. 

The School Board will 

make a final decision on 

the SFIDs at a public hearing 

on June 14. 

The board will decide on 

July 19 if bond elections in 

both cities should be held 

in November. 

“By approving the resolution 

for intent, that does 

not require you to form the 

SFID or require you to put 

anything on the ballot in 

either of the two SFIDs or 

anything on the ballot for 

the whole district,” Carey 

Upton, the district’s chief 

operations officer, told the 

board. 

Round it up 

A brief recap of action from the Thursday, May 17 meeting of the SMMUSD Board of 

Education 

• The board unanimously revised the district’s admission and residency policies to 

reflect federal and state laws. Under the policy, students can’t be denied a free public 

education on the basis of their citizenship or immigration status, including their status 

as undocumented children. The policy includes direction not to inquire into a student’s 

citizenship or immigration status. The policy also reflects new law, which requires that 

the district’s enrollment forms include an informational item about affordable health care 

options and available enrollment assistance through the 2020-21 school year. 

• The board cast a unanimous vote to awarded a contract of up to $1.5 million from the 

district’s Capital Facilities Fund to Best Contracting Services for repair and replacement 

of roofs at district schools. There are 13 schools in the district, including Juan Cabrillo 

Elementary School and MHS, that are in dire need of roof repair or replacement because of 

leaks and other issues within the buildings. If not addressed, they may escalate and create 

a safety issue for students. Repairs at schools are scheduled for the summer months, and 

will be completed prior to the start of the next school year. 

• The board unanimously approved a contract for up to $219,826 to IVS Computer 

Technology to install audio visual technology upgrades to libraries throughout the district to 

bring them up to current technology standards. Libraries at Point Dume and Juan Cabrillo 

elementary schools will receive the upgrades. 

• The board amended a contract with HMC Architects for an additional $44,985 to cover 

additional design costs at Malibu High School, including the design of a new IT technician 

office at the school. The demolition of the old administration building at the school 

displaced the main campus IT manager and staff. The additional cost increases the total 

contract amount to $9.4 million for the entire proposed campus improvement project. 

District officials stressed 

that the money from each 

bond can only be used in 

the city where voters approved 

it. Funds cannot 

be moved over if one city 

votes for the bond and another 

rejects it. 

Finding enough willing 

voters could be more 

challenging in Malibu, 

according to a SMMUSD 

bond survey conducted by 

Goodwin Simon Strategic 

Research, which gave a 

presentation at the board’s 

May 3 meeting. 

The survey — which 

was conducted before the 

district vetted its Malibu 

modernization plans to 

the public last month — 

polled 90 voters in Malibu 

through texts, emails and 

telephone calls. 

The survey showed that 

a bond for $250 million in 

the city would only receive 

52-percent support. Support 

for a Malibu bond rises 

to 62 percent if the bond 

amount is lowered to $150 

million, the survey found. 

A Santa Monica bond, 

though, seems likely to 

pass. Out of 433 voters 

polled there, about 66 percent 

said they would approve 

a $485 million bond. 

Paul Goodwin, of Goodwin 

Simon Strategic Research, 

said Malibu’s reduced 

sampling size is due 

to a smaller amount of voters 

and difficulty getting 

interviews. 

About 50 percent of the 

voters polled in Malibu 

also gave a “poor/only 

fair” job rating for the district 

and how it has done 

spending funds from past 

bonds. 

Top bond priorities in 

Malibu include fixing 

leaky roofs, removing hazardous 

materials, and improving 

math, science, and 

technology in the schools. 

The survey results also 

demonstrated that voters 

in both cities liked the 

idea that their taxes will be 

spent on the schools closest 

to them. 

Next up, the board will 

receive the district’s 2018- 

19 preliminary budget at a 

special meeting on May 31. 

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Malibu’s plastic straw ban nears implementation date 

Suzanne Guldimann 


On June 1, Malibu will 

join communities like Seattle, 

Berkeley and Huntington 

Beach in eliminating 

single-use plastic straws, 

stirrers and utensils. 

It’s part of an effort to 

help reduce the estimated 8 

million metric tons of plastic 

that ends up in the ocean 

every year. The ordinance 

joins earlier Malibu bans on 

polystyrene foam and plastic 

sandbags. 

However, Malibu’s ordinance 

takes the straw ban 

one step farther than many 

of the other communities 

that have already taken a 

stand on straws: it prohibits 

not just plastic utensils but 

also bioplastic utensils, or 

so-called recyclable plastics. 

“No restaurant, including 

fast food restaurants, beverage 

provider, or vendor, 

shall use, provide, distribute, 

or sell plastic beverage 

straws, plastic stirrers, or 

plastic cutlery, including bioplastics,” 

Malibu’s new ordinance 

states. The bioplastics 

ban was added because 

there are currently no waste 

facilities in the area that provide 

the high-heat composting 

required to break these 

materials down.” 

Malibu restaurants will 

be switching from plastic to 

paper, wood, bamboo and 

even edible alternatives on 

June 1. The ordinance also 

prohibits businesses from 

supplying those items automatically. 

Customers will 

have to request a straw to 

receive one. 

Rachel Sarnoff, executive 

director of the ocean advocacy 

organization 5 Gyres 

Institute, describes the rising 

dependence on singleuse 

plastic items as a habit. 

“We need to learn to regard 

plastic as valuable,” 

The ordinance 

MMC 9.24.045: Sale and Commercial Distribution 

of Plastic Beverage Straws, Stirrers, and Cutlery 

Prohibited. Effective June 1, 2018 

“No restaurant, including fast food restaurants, 

beverage provider, or vendor shall use, provide, 

distribute, or sell plastic beverage straws, plastic 

stirrers, or plastic cutlery, including bioplastics. 

Nothing in this section precludes restaurants, 

including fast food restaurants, beverage providers, 

or vendors from using or making non-plastic 

alternatives, such as those made from paper, sugar 

cane, or bamboo, available to customers. 

Non-plastic alternative straws, stirrers, or cutlery 

shall only be provided upon request by the customer. 

No person shall distribute plastic or bioplastic 

beverage straws, plastic stirrers, or plastic cutlery at 

any city facility or any city-sponsored event.” 

she told the Malibu Surfside 

News. “We need to consider 

the implications of everything 

being served in plastic.” 

Sarnoff praised the Malibu 

ordinance. 

“It’s really comprehensive,” 

she said, adding that 

she hopes it will become a 

model. 

5 Gyres is familiar with 

how local laws can help 

motivate change at the state, 

national, and even global 

level. The organization was 

instrumental in the ban on 

micro-bead plastic in 2015. 

That campaign started at a 

grassroots level and has led 

to international action. 

“A straw can be the first 

time we realize how singleuse 

plastic has become habitual,” 

Sarnoff said. “When 

we wake up to that it’s an 

opportunity for a wider and 

deeper understanding.” 

Shelly Luce, the president 

of Heal the Bay, also praised 

the Malibu ban for its comprehensiveness. 

“Malibu did it right,” 

Luce told the Surfside 

News. “It was important to 

include bioplastics in the 

ban. These plastics are made 

from plant materials instead 

of petroleum and can be 

useful for some applications, 

but they’re problematic 

for things like straws.” 

Luce should know. Her 

organization has collected 

more than 100,000 straws 

in Los Angeles County as 

part of its Coastal Cleanup 

program. 

“We know there are millions 

more in the ocean,” 

Luce said. 

The Malibu Surfside 

News made an informal survey 

of local restaurants and 

coffeeshops, and found that 

most are taking the new ordinance 

in stride. 

“The response is overwhelmingly 

positive,” 

Casey Zweig, the City of 

Malibu’s environmental 

programs coordinator, told 

the Surfside News. “Everyone 

wants to do the right 

thing, even when it’s not always 

easy.” 

Zweig said there have 

been some concerns over 

the quality and cost of the 

replacements. 

“With the large chains 

and franchises it takes a 

little more for them to do 

something different,” Zweig 

Malibu resident April Chandler and her children (left to right) Meadow Chandler, August 

Chandler and River Chandler, who all attend Point Dume Marine Science School, show 

off their reusable straws which the City has been distributing in honor of the upcoming 

straw ban. Photo Submitted 

said. “They’ve been reaching 

out to us to ask ‘will 

this work?’ No one is saying 

‘we are not going to do this,’ 

what we are hearing is that 

this is challenging.” 

Zweig explained that the 

City has directly reached 

out to every restaurant owner 

in Malibu. 

“It’s a big change,”Zweig 

said. “We are reaching out 

directly and in person.” 

The outreach program, 

developed in partnership 

with the organization Lonely 

Whale, includes sample 

packs of paper straws and 

wood and bamboo utensils, 

posters promoting “a strawless 

ocean,” guides, and 

window decals with the date 

each business gave out their 

last plastic straw. 

“People have been 

primed,” Zweig said. 

“We’ve been having this 

conversation for a long 

time, and businesses want to 

be responsive and embrace 

change.” 

It’s a change that is coming 

fast and on many fronts. 

Starbucks and McDonald’s, 

the two largest food service 

chain stores in Malibu, did 

not respond to requests for 

comment, but both companies 

have already had to 

adapt to plastic straw bans 

in other communities. 

In 2017, six Starbucks 

in Santa Cruz County 

switched to paper straws 

and stirrers to meet the requirements 

of a countywide 

ordinance that requires all 

single-use foodware to be 

certified compostable or recyclable. 

As the groundswell continues 

to grow, activists are 

pushing to expand the ban. 

The City of Calabasas is 

reportedly already looking 

at Malibu’s ordinance as a 

model for a proposed ban 

next door, while Great Britain 

is poised to become the 

first nation to ban the plastic 

straw. 

The U.K. ban has resulted 

in an announcement from 

McDonald’s that the fast 

food company will switch 

to paper straws in all of its 

1,300 U.K. locations. Ocean 

activists hope other nations 

will follow Britain’s example. 

Closer to home, California 

State Assembly Majority 

Leader Ian Calderon has 

introduced AB 1884, a new 

law that would require sitdown 

restaurants to only 

provide straws at the request 

of the customer. Calderon, a 

surfer, said he hopes the bill 

will encourage the state to 

take its first step toward a 

straw-free ocean. 

As Malibu’s June 1 ”last 

straw” deadline approaches, 

restaurants throughout the 

community are gearing up 

for the change. 

Boyan Kinov, the owner of 

John’s Garden, told the Surfside 

News that he is ready. 

“The ban on plastic 

straws might have come as 

a surprise to some, but being 

in the restaurant business, 

especially one located along 

the coast, we were prepared 

for this and feel that it only 

makes sense,” he told the 

Surfside News. “In the U.S. 

alone, we use 500 million 

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Weidemann celebrates her centennial at Malibu church 

Barbara Burke 


It was a joyous occasion 

Sunday, May 20, as members 

of St. Aidan’s Episcopal 

Church celebrated 

the 100th birthday of May 

Weidemann, widow of the 

church’s former pastor, the 

Rev. Charles Weidemann. 

The well-attended event 

brought together family 

and friends for a day filled 

with joy, levity and surprises. 

“Grandpa Charles 

swooped my Grandma 

off her feet in the Second 

World War,” Rachel Weidemann, 

May’s granddaughter, 

told Malibu 

Surfside News. “She came 

over to America on the 

Queen Elizabeth.” 

Smiling gleefully and 

enjoying every moment 

of the party, the jubilant 

May was delighted when 

her great-grandchildren 

presented her with a momentous 

gift: a letter from 

the Windsor Castle to congratulate 

her on her 100th 

birthday. 

“The Queen was interested 

to hear that Mrs. May 

Amy Weidemann came to 

America as a War Bride 

in 1946, and her Majesty 

was touched to learn 

that [she] has remained a 

steadfast supporter of The 

Royal Family,” the letter 

states. 

May was born in Essex 

County, England, on 

May 17, 1918. She had a 

normal British education 

and at age 15 started to 

work as a clerk in a large 

company in London. During 

World War II, she met 

and married Chuck Weidemann, 

an American G.I. 

He became an Episcopal 

priest and served as rector 

at St. Aidan’s from 1979 

to 1992. 

May is bright-eyed, 

highly intelligent, witty 

and charming. She began 

writing poetry in her 80s, 

amazing family members 

and friends with how prolific 

her works are. A booklet 

of her poems, compiled 

by Paul and Barbara Elder 

and Nathaniel Sherrill, was 

presented to her at the celebration. 

May continues 

to write her poems and 

thoughts on cards for family 

and friends. 

“May is amazing,” attendee 

Barbara Elder said. 

“She still takes care of herself 

and is surrounded by a 

very loving family. She’s 

blessed to be surrounded 

by such lovely people.” 

May was serenaded by 

Thomas Stipanowich, a 

parishioner at the church. 

She smiled broadly as he 

sang two lovely songs, 

“Always” by Irving Berlin 

and Nat King Cole’s 

“On The Street Where You 

Live.” 

“Today’s party is so exciting,” 

said Barbara Bacon, 

May’s daughter. “I 

love it that my mom is 100 

years young; she still loves 

every day.” 

Extended family gathered 

to help May celebrate. 

“This party fits in on the 

Royal weekend and the 

wedding, with my mom 

being a Royal citizen,” 

May’s son, Chuck Weidemann, 

said. “It really tops 

off the weekend for our 

family.” 

Nephew Chris Fowler 

came all the way from 

England to join in on the 

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malibu Planning Commission 

Staff reports revisited 

Commissioners 

seek voice in staff 

recommendations 

michele willer-allred, 


Earlier this month, Planning 

Commissioner Steve 

Uhring questioned where 

City staff received its guidance 

to draft ordinances, 

saying commission recommendations 

were seemingly 

ignored. On Monday, May 

21, the commission revisited 

that discussion. 

Commissioners said there 

should be a City policy that 

Planning Commission recommendations 

go to the City 

Council rather than staff interpretations. 

“What I learned at our last 

meeting is our advice is being 

screened by a person or 

persons unknown, who then 

filters how it goes to the City 

Council,” Uhring said. 

Assistant City Attorney 

Trevor Rusin said it was 

“loud and clear that the Planning 

Commission felt that 

their voice wasn’t coming 

through strong enough in the 

reports to the City Council.” 

Rusin said he spoke to 

Planning Director Bonnie 

Blue about the issue, and 

they agreed there should be 

a “renewed focus on the staff 

reports to the City Council 

that bring out the Planning 

Commission’s discussions.” 

Rusin said City staff will 

make sure the points and 

recommendations of the 

Planning Commission are 

fully discussed. He said they 

could set a meeting to discuss 

the issue further. 

“That’s a small step in 

the right direction,” Uhring 

replied. 

Uhring said the Planning 

Commission is a benefit 

when decisions need to be 

made, because members go 

out and speak to community 

members on issues, they do 

site visits, and have unique 

insight and perspective as 

residents themselves. 

“I do believe that having 

our voice be clearly heard by 

the City Council benefits everybody,” 

Uhring said. “We 

may think of things that they 

haven’t thought about.” 

“I hope going forward 

that your voice is better 

heard by the City Council,” 

Rusin said. 

Commissioner John Mazza 

said it also works in the 

other direction. 

Mazza said he has followed 

City Council meetings 

and thought the Planning 

Commission didn’t 

always get an accurate report 

on what was said. 

Mazza said that either 

City staff is deciding what 

should be included in staff 

reports. Or, he said, a councilmember 

is going to staff 

on the side and saying what 

should be interpreted, which 

is against the law. 

“So, we need to discuss 

what gets told to us, or 

how the staff report is written 

based on what the City 

Council says, not [staff’s] 

opinion on what the City 

Council says,” Mazza said. 

Blue said that it’s staff’s 

job to “basically pass information 

and decisions among 

the different people involved 

in these projects.” 

Blue said the planning 

staff members are professionals 

with expertise, and 

they have a neutral position 

on projects and other things 

in respect to code compliance. 

“We have an opinion too, 

and what we need to do is 

balance what our opinion 

is and what your opinion 

is and make sure all of that 

gets heard because they 

aren’t always the same,” 

Blue said. “And our opinion 

is not always the same 

as the council.” 

Monday’s agenda included 

mostly residential development 

permit items, though 

many applicants postponed 

their items. 

Blue also gave an update 

about items that will be coming 

to the City Council. 

On Tuesday, May 29, the 

council will consider final 

adoption of the City’s Dark 

Sky Ordinance, as well as 

potentially amending existing 

parking lot safety standards. 

The City Council will 

also consider amending City 

code to allow parking as a 

permitted stand-alone use in 

the city. 

Blue also said July 9 is the 

tentative date for when the 

council will hear the shortterm 

rental ordinance. 

Chili Cook-Off organizers 

seek new home for event 

Alternate carnival to 

occur at usual Civic 

Center property 

Lauren Coughlin, Editor 

As summer gets underway, 

many in and around 

Malibu look forward to 

the annual Chili Cook-Off 

and Carnival, which is approaching 

its 37th year. 

This year, however, there 

will be changes to the longtime 

event — if there is an 

event at all. 

The Malibu Kiwanis 

Club announced last week 

that the Stuart Ranch Road 

property where the event 

has been held is not expected 

to be available on Labor 

Day weekend. 

Malibu Bay Company, 

the current owner of the 

Civic Center property, reportedly 

booked its land 

that weekend to the Boys 

and Girls Club of Malibu, 

which confirmed it will host 

a carnival-style event there 

but declined to comment 

further. 

“We were unaware that 

this had happened until recently 

and have been diligently 

working to bring you 

all the excitement you’ve 

come to expect and more,” 

reads a statement from Nicholas 

Ficklin, who joined the 

Malibu Kiwanis Club this 

year and was elected to be 

its president on Jan. 24. 

Kiwanis sees membership change-up 


For the past several 

years, John Paola, former 

president and longtime 

member of the Kiwanis 

Club, organized the 

Chili Cook-Off as well as 

the Malibu High School 

Athletic Booster Club’s 

annual tree lot. 

Paola, a 50-year 

resident of Simi Valley, 

told the Surfside by 

phone Friday, May 18, 

that he resigned and left 

the club this month. Paola 

declined to comment on 

what specifically led to his 

departure. 

Ficklin, a former Malibu 

resident and current Camarillo 

resident, spoke to 

the Surfside by phone Monday, 

May 21, and said he 

has consulted on past event 

permits. He said the Kiwanis 

Club has historically 

started applying for permits 

around late April/early May. 

This year, however, it was 

too late. 

“It’s still really a mystery 

to all of us,” Ficklin said. 

As of May 21, the club 

had not had any luck finding 

an alternate lot that would 

be suitable for a full-scope 

Chili Cook-Off. 

“We don’t know what the 

President Nicholas 

Ficklin confirmed that 

Paola remained on the 

board up until May 3. 

This year’s club 

welcomed several new 

faces. Out of its eight 

members, half of them 

are new, said Ficklin. 

“We’re taking some 

of the experience from 

the folks that have been 

around for awhile, and 

then we’re bringing in 

some vitality with the 

new members,” said 

Ficklin, who noted 

founding member Frank 

Miller remains onboard. 

future’s going to hold for 

the Chili Cook-Off,” Ficklin 

said. “We’d obviously still 

love to do it.” 

The event is one of Malibu’s 

largest attractions, 

drawing thousands of outof-town 

visitors, as well as 

chili contestants from far 

and wide. 

In addition to seeking a 

new location, Ficklin said 

the club is also looking to 

continue to expand its membership 

to include those 

with ideas for new events 

and fundraisers. 

The Malibu Kiwanis Club 

can be reached at info@ 

malibukiwanisclub.com. 

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straws each day; that number 

is hard to wrap your 

head around. “ 

Kinov explained that the 

switch to paper straws will 

cost the business a little 

more, but that, “We at John’s 

Garden feel it’s worth the 

trade off, if it means we can 

keep Malibu clean and the 

ocean life safe.” 

”Our motto for over 40 

years has been ‘Be Good, 

Be Healthy,’” he said. “We 

feel that applies to not only 

our customers but our marine 

neighbors as well.” 

To learn more about the 

City of Malibu’s new plastic 

straw ordinance, visit http:// 

qcode.us/codes/malibu/. 

For information on 5 

Gyres, and the organization’s 

campaigns on straws 

and other plastic pollution, 

visit www.5gyres.org 

To learn more about Heal 

the Bay, or to volunteer 

to help gather some of the 

plastic already in the ocean 

at one of the nonprofit organization’s 

beach cleanup 

events, visit healthebay.org.



Caffe Luxxe terrace 

perks up for concert 

Cellist Erik Chapman (left) and guitarist Max Sindermann perform at Caffe Luxxe’s Friday, May 18 Concert on the 

Terrace. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

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Barista Erik Chapman 

was able to serve up something 

a little different at 

Malibu’s Caffe Luxxe on 

Friday, May 18. 

Chapman, a Malibu High 

School alumnus and cello 

player, was joined by fellow 

alumnus Max Sindermann, 

a guitar player, as the coffeeshop 

hosted its Concert 

on the Terrace. The duo 

performed a mix of duet 

and solo pieces, including 

“Ave Maria,” “Air on the G 

String” and “Hallelujah.” 

Roughly 80 attendees 

were treated to complimentary 

coffee and dessert items 

before getting settled for the 

musical evening. 

Caffe Luxxe co-owner 

Gary Chau said the business 

supports its baristas’ 

creative talents, as most of 

them are artists or musicians. 

“It’s really fun for us,” 

Chau said. “We get to know 

people outside of the context 

of their work here. Most 

people are surprised by the 

talent we get here.” 

Caffe Luxxe is located at 


Suite 160, in Malibu. 

Caffe Luxxe regulars (left to right) Brian Cochran, Nancy 

Cochran and Robert Brown enjoy the complimentary 

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Coroner: Remains 

found on canyon road 

potentially ‘a body dump’ 


An unidentified Hispanic 

male’s body was found May 16, 

in the 1600 block of Las Virgenes 

Canyon Road in Calabasas. 

Ed Winter, assistant chief of 

investigations at the Los Angeles 

County Coroner’s Office, 

said the man was in his 50s. 

Notification of next of kin were 

pending as of roughly 9 a.m. on 

Monday, May 21. 

The case was reported as a homicide, 

he said. 

“It maybe was a body dump,” 

Winter said in an earlier interview 

on Thursday, May 17. 

Details on the types of injuries 

the man sustained were not being 

released. 

“It is unknown if the incident 

is gang related,” a release from 

the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s 

Department stated. 

The Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s 

Station received a call 

from a passerby indicating there 

was a male lying in a drainage 

ditch. The body was discovered 

at 11:43 a.m., and the 

victim was pronounced dead at 

the scene. 

Anyone with information 

about the incident is encouraged 

to contact the Los Angeles 

County Sheriff’s Department’s 

Homicide Bureau at (323) 890- 

5500. Those who prefer to provide 

information anonymously 

may call “Crime Stoppers” at 

(800) 222-8477, through the “P3 

Tips” mobile app, or through 

lacrimestoppers.org. 

Blood donors sought for 

June 7 drive in Malibu 

Submitted by the City of Malibu 

The City of Malibu is partnering 

with the American Red 

Cross to host the annual Malibu 

Blood Drive from 10 a.m.- 

4 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, in 

the Multi-Purpose Room at 

City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road). 

“As a professional firefighter, 

I can attest first-hand to the 

countless lives that are saved 

because regular people donate 

blood,” Mayor Rick Mullen 

said. “There are not many ways 

you can make such a positive 

contribution to the community 

with so little effort, so I urge everyone 

to give blood.” 

The American Red Cross 

must be prepared to respond to 

patient emergencies 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week. Blood 

is needed for people of all ages 

and backgrounds and for various 

reasons, including trauma 

victims, blood transfusions and 

chronic disease patients. Every 

two seconds, someone in the 

United States needs blood. 

To make an appointment, or 

for more information, contact 

the Malibu Senior Center at 

(310) 456-2489 ext. 357 or 

visit www.RedCrossBlood. 

org and enter the sponsor code 

“CityofMalibu.” 

Police Reports 

Office supplies reportedly 

stolen from Malibu business 

Three printers, two Ethernet 

cables, a wooden cabinet and 

three cases of copy paper reportedly 

were stolen from a store in 

the 23800 block of Malibu Road 

on May 11. 

The estimated value of the 

missing items is $18,655. 

An informant said suspect(s) 

unknown most likely entered the 

business by prying open the front 

door. The informant said it also 

appeared the alleged suspects entered 

the storage room but did not 

take anything. 

May 13 

• A suitcase, purse, wallet and 

California driver’s license reportedly 

were stolen from a vehicle 

at 20328 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The alleged victim said 

she parked her Mercedes Benz 

on the north side of PCH and 

locked the vehicle. Upon returning, 

she discovered the right rear 

window smashed in and items 

missing. 

May 11 

• A backpack and MacBook Air 

laptop computer reportedly were 

stolen from a vehicle parked at 

a business in the 21100 block of 

Pacific Coast Highway. The alleged 

victim said he had a valet 

attendant park the vehicle. When 

the alleged victim returned to 

the valet area for his vehicle, he 

discovered the rear window had 

been smashed in, and his backpack 

with computer inside was 

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. 

PCH crash sends motorcyclist to hospital 


A motorcyclist was sent to the 

hospital Saturday, May 19, following 

a collision near Malibu Pier. 

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festivities. 

“I wouldn’t miss this party 

for the world,” he said. “I traveled 

6,000 miles from England to 

share in the joy.” 

May has two children, six 

grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren, 

and she thoroughly 

enjoyed sharing her special 

day with them. 

“My grandma is amazing,” 

Roger Bacon said. “For her 100th 

birthday, we had lunch at the 

Santa Barbara Fish House, one 

of her favorite places. My most 

precious memories of her include 

spending time with Grams in 

England when I was a kid.” 

Granddaughter Kristina Bacon 

is amazed at her grandmother’s 

tenacity. 

“She loves wine, music and 

song, reading a good book, 

watching tennis and a good English 

drama,” she said. “She is an 

artist with her oil paintings and 

a writer with her poetry. Most of 

The call came in to the Malibu/ 

Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station at 

2:36 p.m., station officials said. 

The motorcycle reportedly collided 

with a vehicle in the 22900 

block of Pacific Coast Highway. 

No further information was 

available. 

all, she loves being with friends 

and family.” 

The tribute, delivered by 

May’s daughter Barbara, said 

it all. 

“What an incredible achievement 

to be here in mind, body 

and spirit, eagerly waking each 

morning to find life exciting and 

beautiful, still feeling 18 years 

old inside your mind,” Barbara 

said. “To wake each day wanting 

to learn something new and still 

evolving in your thinking. That is 

my mom. That is our May.” 

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SMMEF’s third annual Wine Auction 

facilitates $285,000 donation 

Malibu families join 

in fundraiser for 

SMMUSD schools’ 

programs 

Submitted by SMMEF 

SMMUSD Superintendent Dr. Ben Drati displays an 

auction item during the Santa Monica-Malibu Education 

Foundation’s third annual Wine Auction on May 6. 

Chris Conkle/SMMEF 

The Santa Monica-Malibu 

Education Foundation’s 

third annual Wine 

Auction fundraiser raised 

over $285,000, including 

$92,500 in corporate support. 

The elegant event, presented 

by Fairmont Miramar 

Hotel & Bungalows/MSD 

Capital, Kaiser Permanente 

and Santa Monica Place/ 

Macerich, took place on 

May 6 at the Fairmont Miramar 

Hotel & Bungalows, the 

event’s sponsor hotel. 

At the event, 400 attendees 

enjoyed tastings from 

more than 30 food and wine 

vendors, while shopping 

in live and silent auctions. 

Dessert tasting and dancing 

capped off the evening. 

The three Wine Auctions 

have now raised a combined 

$659,000 for local 

schools. All proceeds from 

the event benefit the Ed 

Foundation, which funds 

programs at every school in 

the Santa Monica-Malibu 

Unified School District. Ed 

Foundation-funded staff 

and programs include arts 

education for the district’s 

4,900 elementary students, 

87 instructional assistants, 

and enrichment grants for 

all 16 schools in the district. 

Most schools decide to 

use these grants to provide 

STEM programs, expanded 

arts curriculum, or student 

wellness programs. 

“What a perfect evening 

of supporting our students!” 

said Linda Greenberg, executive 

director of the Ed 

Foundation. “The positive 

energy at the event was palpable. 

The food and wine 

were top notch and the auctions 

were exciting. We are 

very grateful to everyone – 

attendees, sponsors, vendors 

and volunteers – who made 

this event our most successful 

Wine Auction so far.” 

Thanks to donations 

made during the event, the 

Education Foundation met 

a $100,000 match from the 

Franklin Elementary School 

PTA. With the match 

met, the PTA will donate 

$100,000 to the Ed Foundation’s 

Academics Endowment, 

helping to ensure crucial 

programs for students in 

perpetuity. 

Participating restaurants 

at the event included Bareburger, 

Blue Plate Oysterette/Taco, 

Caffe Luxxe, Fig, 

Herringbone, Little Fatty, 

Locanda del Lago, Lunetta, 

Margo’s, Melisse, Milo & 

Olive, Red O, Sushi Roku, 

Upper West Restaurant and 

Upstairs 2. 

Wine, beer and spirit 

tastings included The Wine 

House, Bonaccorsi Wine 

Company, Carlisle Winery 

& Vineyards, Dragonette, 

Empress 1908 Gin, Far 

Niente Wine Estates, Folk 

Machine, Foxen Vineyard 

& Winery, Habit Wine 

Company, Jackhammer 

Wine Co., Luuma, Margerum 

Wine Company, 

Mattiasson Wines, Nicolas- 

Jay, Nomadica Wine, Orin 

Swift, Pali Wine Co., The 

Prisoner Wine Company, 

Revel Wine, Sandhi Wines, 

Stolpman Vineyards, and 

Three Weavers Brewing 

Company. 

Many local businesses 

sponsored the event through 

the Ed Foundation’s Corporate 

Heroes program. In 

addition to the presenting 

sponsors, they include Cedars-Sinai; 

Edison International; 

FreeAssociates; The 

Gallery Food Hall, Harding 

Larmore Kutcher & Kozal, 

LLP; CIT’s OneWest Bank; 

Pacific Park; Pence Hathorn 

Silver; Saint John’s Health 

Center Affiliation Endowment 

Fund; Stifel; UCLA 

Medical Center, Santa 

Monica; DFH Architects, 

LLC; DLR Group; Gelson’s 

Markets; Keygent, LLC; 

and Khedr Management 

Company.

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MHS ranks 57th among state’s ‘Best High Schools’ 

U.S. News & World 

Report evaluates 

college readiness, 

test scores 


Malibu High School 

again earned a gold medal 

in the U.S. News & 

World Report’s Best High 

Schools compilation, ranking 

as No. 364 in the nation 

and No. 57 among 

Californian schools. 

“This recognition by 

a highly respected publication 

illustrates that 

our stellar Malibu High 

School teachers, staff and 

administrators are truly 

supporting and preparing 

our students for college 

and career,” said Santa 

Monica-Malibu Unified 

School District Superintendent 

Ben Drati in a 

statement to the Surfside. 

“We congratulate our students 

and the school team 

for their hard work and 

dedication.” 

The recognition is determined 

based on 2015-16 

data related to state test 

performance and college 

readiness. Malibu’s college 

readiness score, based 

on AP testing scores, was a 

63.5/100. 

The school exceeded 

statewide performance 

on both math and reading 

proficiency, according to 

the data. Malibu also outperformed 

its district peers 

at SMMUSD’s Olympic 

High and Santa Monica 

High. 

Forty-seven percent of 

Malibu’s students were 

considered advanced in 

reading, 37 percent were 

proficient and 14 percent 

had a basic understanding 

of the subject, leaving 

just 2 percent below 

or far below proficiency 

standards. Math proved a 

bit more challenging for 

MHS students, with 20 

percent below or far below 

basic proficiency, 24 

percent meeting basic proficiency 

levels, 27 percent 

being considered proficient 

and 29 percent being 

advanced. 

To view the full report 

from U.S. News, visit 

www.usnews.com/educa 

tion/best-high-schools/. 

California had 85 gold 

medal schools — the highest 

amount in any state 

— followed by Texas 

(72 gold medal schools), 

New York (57) and 

Florida (36). 

Out of the 20,548 eligible 

public high schools 

U.S. News studied, just 

500 high schools (or 2.4 

percent) received gold 

medals. 

The highest ranked 

school in California was 

Whitney High School in 

Cerritos, while BASIS 

Scottsdale — a charter 

school that serves fourth 

through 12th graders — 

took the No. 1 nationwide 

school ranking. 

U.S. News & World Report 

also awarded MHS 

a gold medal in the past 

two years. Last year, U.S. 

News ranked MHS as No. 

279 in the nation and No. 

45 in California. 

SMMUSD Public Relations 

Officer Gail Pinsker 

said the district is “constantly” 

performing internal 

analysis of student performance. 

“We aim to have all of 

our students district-wide 

perform to their highest 

capabilities and work to 

ensure our high risk students 

and more vulnerable 

sub-groups are meeting 

our college and career 

readiness goals,” Pinsker 

said. “Areas that need to 

be improved are addressed 

in our [Local Control Accountability 

Plan], which 

is our roadmap to student 

success and our Excellence 

through Equity 

plan. 

“We are also improving 

opportunities and access 

for more students to 

take Advanced Placement 

exams, which is part of 

the U.S. News methodology. 

We do not await U.S. 

News ranking each year to 

see how we are ranked, but 

constantly look for ways to 

support our students, based 

on our ongoing review of 

data.” 

To view SMMUSD’s 

LCAP, which outlines district 

goals among other details, 

visit www.smmusd. 

org/LCFF/index.html. 

School News 

Bates College 

Malibu student makes 

dean’s list 

Madeline Schapiro was 

named to the dean’s list 

at Bates College for the 

winter semester ending in 

April 2018. 

This is a distinction 

earned by students whose 

cumulative GPA is 3.71 or 

higher. 

Schapiro, the daughter 

of Mr. and Ms. Kenneth 

D. Schapiro of Malibu, is a 

2016 graduate of Harvard- 

Westlake School. She is 

majoring in art and visual 

culture and economics at 

Bates. 

Belmont University 

Malibu native to spend 

summer abroad 

Belmont University 

student Gianna Kahl, of 

Malibu, is one of 700 Belmont 

students who are to 

study abroad this summer. 

The university offers 

43 faculty-led Maymester 

and Summer Study Abroad 

experiences across the 

world, including programs 

in Argentina, Belfast, 

London, Israel, Jordan, 

Greece, Cambodia, Poland, 

Austria, Costa Rica, 

Florence, Rome, Portugal, 

Ireland, Scotland, Korea, 

South Africa, Germany, 

Haiti, India, Tanzania and 

Hawaii. 

While they are away, 

students and faculty members 

are to document their 

travels on social media, using 

the hashtag #Belmont 

Abroad. 

Pepperdine University 

Waves claim All-Academic 

honors 

Alex Harthaller, David 

Wieczorek, Colby Harriman, 

Noah Dyer and Kaleb 

Denmark, of the Pepperdine 

men’s volleyball 

team, garnered Mountain 

Pacific Sports Federation 

All-Academic honors. 

The criteria includes 

a 3.00 or better cumulative 

grade point average, 

at least sophomore academic 

standing, one full 

academic year at the current 

institution completed, 

and having competed 

in at least 50 percent of 

competitions. 

This is redshirt-junior 

Wieczorek’s second honor, 

while seniors Harthaller 

and Harriman, junior Denmark 

and sophomore Noah 

Dyer all picked up their 

first career academic accolades. 

Harthaller received his 

first honor this season, 

but made quite a splash 

on the academic front 

for the Waves after being 

named one of five of Pepperdine’s 

valedictorians 

this year. He maintained 

a 4.0 after two seasons at 

Pepperdine while studying 

international business. On 

the court, he earned an All- 

MPSF second team nod 

and picked up MPSF Defensive 

Player of the Week 

honors on March 19. He 

put up one double-double 

this season, while marking 

double-figure kills in 

17 separate matches. This 

season, he marked 3.07 

kills/set on a .269 success 

rate, while adding 0.36 

aces/set, 1.41 digs/set and 

0.67 blocks/set. 

Harriman graduated with 

a degree in international 

studies and an emphasis 

in political science while 

averaging a 3.116 GPA. 

On the court, he played in 

84 sets for the Waves, averaging 

2.73 kills/set, 0.31 

aces/set, 0.93 digs/set and 

0.67 blocks/set for 3.37 

points/set throughout the 

season. 

Denmark posted a 3.421 

while studying business 

administration for the 

Waves. Primarily entering 

as a serving specialist 

for Pepperdine, he posted 

three aces with 74 total 

attempts for a .946 serving 

percentage while playing 

in 53 total sets this 

season. 

Dyer has maintained a 

3.629 after two seasons 

with the Waves, while 

studying pre-business administration. 

Spending 

most of the season in the 

back row as a libero, he 

tallied 1.46 digs/set and 

0.44 assists/set. He also 

posted 276 total service receptions 

with 17 errors for 

a .938 reception percentage 

after 59 sets played. 

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

It all begins with happy, healthy soil 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

It all comes down to the 

soil — or, to be exact, 

the topsoil. 

The function of the 

topsoil is to provide for 

the necessary nutritional 

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trees, to animals to insects 

to humans, and even to 

sea life. 

How it does this is 

through the love and care 

that mycelium provides. 

Mycelium is indeed the 

world’s greatest gardener. 

It is also the oldest. All 

life depends on this. 

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pests come from a trace 

mineral deficiency. That 

is also simple. All the 

problems that trees are 

having come from a trace 

mineral deficiency. Name 

the pest, say bark beetle 

or the shot hole borer. 

They both have the same 

cause: dead soil. That is 

to say soil that doesn’t 

have mycelium. Sure, it is 

alive with other microbes 

and other insects, but not 

mycelium. Chemicals 

— all of them — kill the 

mycelium. 

Arborists love adding 

chemical fertilizers to 

trees, etc. Then they will 

have to spray chemical 

pesticides to kill the 

pests which are attracted 

to this food source. The 

shot hole borer would 

not lay eggs into a tree 

if it thought her children 

would die. The fungus it 

plants as a food source 

for her children also 

needs the proper requirements 

for the fungus to 

grow and in turn feed the 

children. It will not grow 

if all of the 96 trace minerals 

are present. It is the 

exotic trace minerals that 

are missing. 

There is a simple 

relationship between Brix 

levels, trace minerals and 

carbohydrates. Insects use 

simple carbohydrates as 

their primary food source, 

as does this fungus. 

Complex carbohydrates, 

however, are another matter. 

They cannot digest 

this and neither can the 

fungus. 

A plant that has all of 

its trace minerals will 

produce complex carbohydrates, 

while a plant that is 

rich in nitrogen and lacking 

essential trace minerals 

will produce simple 

carbohydrates. Sure, high 

nitrogen will make your 

plant or tree grow up big 

and fast, but it will not be 

healthy — and the pests 

will know that it is a perfect 

food source for them. 

So, chemical fertilizer 

companies always making 

chemical fertilizers with 

high nitrogen. Folks have 

been trained to see this 

rapid growth as good and 

are taught that it is OK 

to spray with pesticides, 

herbicides and whatever 

else. 

Farmers today are going 

about it all wrong, and 

destroying the very skin of 

the Earth in doing so. 

So, it’s understandable 

that diseases and pests 

are taking over both in 

our bodies and in the soil. 

The food we eat is slowly 

killing us while at the 

same time we are spending 

massive amounts on 

medicine. Medicine, as it 

is today, is just like agriculture. 

Both are being run 

by big companies that lie 

and keep telling us “fake 

news” and confuse us with 

their studies. Food today 

is like taking a bad drug, 

and the doctors are also in 

on it whether they know it 

or not. 

Ads on TV now say you 

can keep eating whatever 

you want; you just have to 

take this pill. 

Sugar? It is not even 

natural, but GEO with 

some chemical built into 

it. It is 1,000 times more 

concentrated than any 

sugar from its natural 

state. 

Our brain and body 

developed because of 

what we were eating. So 

imagine what it is doing to 

our brain and body today? 

I love it that California 

has the healthy soil initiative. 

The only problem is 

that still allows the use 

of chemicals, whether in 

fertilizers or pesticides. 

They will never achieve 

healthy soil in that way. 

The same is true with our 

bodies and mind. The 

same is true with our trees 

and our food. 

Everything we do, it 

seems, is based on making 

more and more money. I 

can heal a tree if the soil is 

alive. Homeowners need 

to understand why their 

trees are sick in the first 

place. Gardeners should 

not be allowed to take 

care of your property if 

they too do not understand 

the very basics of health 

in humans and in trees or 

roses or lawns or in the 

very food we eat. 

People love to call me 

a very expensive crazy 

gardener. Well, I am not a 

gardener. My knowledge 

is precious in many ways. 

I will note that Einstein, 

and many folks from 

the past who were ahead 

of their time, were also 

called crazy. 

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book, “Don’t Panic It’s 

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Email me, mention 

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Any questions? Email me at 

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On Common Ground 

Cats, birds — and how to protect them both 

Denys Hemen 

Hospital Manager 

California Wildlife Center 

Of all the types of 

animals we take 

in at California 

Wildlife Center, those most 

in peril are songbirds. 

There has been a steep 

population decline in 

almost every native species 

of songbird across 

the United States in recent 

years. Many factors such 

as habitat destruction, window 

strikes, pollution, and 

climate change are causing 

this decline, but at the top 

of the list are free roaming 

cats. 

It is estimated that there 

are over 100 million free 

roaming domestic cats in 

the United States. These 

outdoor predators kill 

a shocking amount of 

birds. Approximately 2.4 

billion birds are killed by 

cats each year. This is an 

unsustainable loss to many 

species. Cats have led to 

the extinction of 33 species 

of songbirds in recent 

history. 

Last year, CWC received 

81 birds that were 

wounded by cat attacks. 

While only four of these 

came from the Malibu and 

surrounding areas, this 

number does not reflect 

the amount of birds that 

perished without ever 

being seen. Even if an 

attacked bird is able to 

escape, the bite itself can 

kill the bird later. Cat 

bites are so deadly because 

of the bacteria that 

lives in the cat’s mouth. 

Their sharp teeth are like 

mini-hypodermic needles 

that penetrate the flesh, 

causing the bacteria to be 

deposited very deep in the 

tissue. Any bird patient at 

CWC that is suspected of 

being caught by a cat immediately 

gets antibiotics. 

Bells and colorful collars 

are sometimes touted 

as way to protect birds 

from outside cats. These 

simply are not an option. 

A bird needs to survive 

an attack to know that 

the sound of a bell means 

danger. Bells have never 

been proven to eliminate 

the killing of birds, and 

young birds on the ground 

that are not yet able to 

fly are also not able to 

escape. Many songbirds 

learn how to fly from the 

ground up. They start off 

as tiny hatchlings and 

nestlings in the nest. As 

they grow bigger and their 

feathers begin to come 

in, they leave the nest, 

where they are sitting 

targets. Songbirds then go 

to the ground and become 

fledglings. This stage 

can last for a week or so. 

These birds cannot fly 

quite yet. They hop along 

on the ground and find 

hiding places like shrubs 

and bushes. The mother 

knows the general area the 

fledglings are in, and she 

continues to deliver food 

to them. During this stage, 

songbirds are extremely 

vulnerable to unnatural 

predators such as cats. 

Bells and brightly colored 

collars are not effective if 

the bird cannot fly away. 

Entire generations of birds 

can be wiped out by the 

same cat. 

The No. 1 way to curb 

our native bird species’ 

population decline is to 

keep cats inside. For those 

who have the available 

space in their home, a 

“catio” — a screened-in 

outside area where a cat 

can safely play outdoors 

— is a great option. There 

are many designs that 

can be found online, and 

they are relatively easy to 

build. Keeping cats inside 

also keeps the pet safe. 

Cars, coyotes and owls are 

just a few of the dangers 

with which outside cats 

must contend. Diseases, 

mange, worms, fleas and 

ticks are big problems for 

outside cats, too. 

Feeding feral colonies 

causes cats to congregate 

and share food and 

water with each other and 

with wildlife, which can 

elevate disease transmission. 

In 2015, three times 

more cats than dogs tested 

positive for rabies in the 

U.S. For the sake of wildlife 

and for the health of 

pet cats, please keep them 

indoors and encourage 

others to do the same. 

On Common Ground is a 

monthly column written by 

various California Wildlife 

Center employees. CWC, a 

nonprofit located in Calabasas, 

cares for injured wildlife 

in Malibu and beyond. 

RIGHT: Ground-dwelling 

mourning doves are 

especially vulnerable to 

being attacked by cats. 

Dozens of songbirds such as this fledgling northern mockingbird come to California 

Wildlife Center after their mothers are killed by cats. 

Photos by Kim Barker/22nd Century Media

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Ride of the Week 

Remembering Freeland and his beloved ride 

Fireball Tim Lawrence 

Contributing Columnist 

Malibu resident 

A 

few weeks back, 

my wife, Kathie, 

and I were doing 

our thing at Ralph’s here in 

Malibu. 

As we came down an 

aisle, I spotted a very cute 

service dog. I love dogs, 

and seeing one at the store 

is always a treat. 

As we approached and 

started to pet the pooch, 

the owner revealed herself 

to be Pauline Freeland, 

and she lived here in town. 

I introduced myself and 

she immediately recognized 

me from this paper 

and began to tell me the 

story of her ex-husband, 

Ken Freeland. 

Ken lived in Sylmar and 

rode a trike with paintings 

from James Cameron’s 

“Avatar” movie. 

He belonged to a motorcycle 

club and many of 

their rides were through 

Malibu. 

“He would ride to some 

of the special rides out of 

state with his [black cocker 

spaniel] Tucker in a dog 

carrier,” began Pauline. 

“It seemed he had a pretty 

special motorcycle prior, 

but he had to give up 

two-wheelers according 

to some of his motorcycle 

mates due to his age.” 

But, as Pauline continued, 

I could see that the 

story was going to end 

sadly. 

“He was on vacation 

last September with a 

friend from the club who 

also rode a trike,” she 

said. “They had ridden to 

Canada and were on their 

way back in Oregon when 

he wanted to stop and see 

a lighthouse.” 

According to the friend 

he was riding with, he 

may have turned too 

quickly, had the sun in his 

eyes, or didn’t give the 

trike enough gas, but he 

hit an embankment and 

fell off the bike, which 

went over a small cliff, 

Pauline shared. 

“He was airlifted to a 

trauma hospital in Eugene, 

Oregon ... where he passed 

away 11 days after the accident,” 

she said. “His best 

friend Dave and I were 

with him at that time. Our 

son and several friends had 

been there with him the 

week before.” 

Surprisingly, the bike 

survived fairly well and 

the person with him on 

the ride eventually bought 

the bike. It next appeared 

at Ken’s memorial, given 

by his bike club in Simi 

Valley recently. He was 80 

years old. 

“Kenny won many trophies 

for this trike, which 

I believe Dave or the club 

still have,” Pauline said. 

“It was also mentioned in 

a motorcycle magazine 

that Kenny showed me 

one time which he was 

very proud of.” 

Now, in a case like this, 

the least important thing 

is what kind of trike it 

was. No one cares. What 

they do care about was 

that Ken passed away 

doing what he loved. And 

I’m pretty sure that is the 

dream of most people. 

Many of us strive to 

give ourselves permission 

to enjoy our lives. Society 

has created two days 

out of the week and two 

weeks out of the year for 

vacation. But, eventually, 

you wake up and realize 

that life is meant to be 

lived. And you begin to 

shift the focus of getting 

things done to pay bills 

and just start living. 

Every Sunday, I pepper 

my calendar for the week 

with things that I think will 

make me smile. Sure, there 

are things I need to do 

and responsibilities, but, 

somehow, they seem less 

burdensome when I get 

to look forward to some 

coolness. 

Let’s let Ken be the 

inspiration for this week. 

Go out and do something 

today that you truly love 

— something that puts joy 

in your heart, a smile on 

your face and brings you 

peace. It’s what Ken did, 

and he had thousands of 

wonderful experiences. 

It’s time we did, too. 

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From the Editor 

On the news that transcends the city limits 

Lauren Coughlin 


When the release 

about the male’s 

body found in 

Calabasas crossed my desk 

last week, I paused — not 

just because it was being 

reported as a homicide, but 

also because of where it 

occurred. 

After all, the Surfside 

News covers Malibu, and 

this address was outside of 

city limits. But, I thought, 

it was a possible homicide, 

and it was close enough 

that I felt Malibu residents 

would and should want to 

know about it. And, there 

was also the chance that 

someone driving to or from 

Malibu could have witnessed 

something critical to 

solving this case. 

It’s a gray area at times, 

Letter to the Editor 

Throwing her hat in the ring 

To the Editor: 

I am writing to announce 

my candidacy for Malibu 

City Council. 

My intent is to uphold 

the Vision and Mission 

Statements and represent 

the people of this community. 

A reminder of the Vision 

Statement: “Malibu is a 

unique land and marine environment 

and residential 

community whose citizens 

whether or not an out-oftown 

occurrence is relevant 

for our paper. And while we 

pride ourselves on delivering 

local news, and it’s rare 

for us to report on anything 

that does not either physically 

occur within Malibu 

or have a direct impact on 

Malibu, this was something 

I could not ignore. And, it 

seems, my instinct is correct, 

as the two updates we 

posted on this case were 

among our most-viewed 

web stories for the week. 

When I began covering 

Malibu, I had never anticipated 

I’d be writing about 

murder. Of course, I know 

that crimes of all kinds can 

occur anywhere and at anytime, 

but, with the Bluffs 

Park murder in such recent 

memory, it seems surreal 

for there to be yet another 

case of this kind. 

My thoughts were 

echoed when a source commented 

about how these 

things didn’t often happen 

out in this area. But, they 

said, when they do, the area 

press is all over it. Perhaps 

not all would take this as a 

compliment, but I did. In 

my mind, a time when and 

if nobody notices, cares and 

reports on these types of 

crimes is inconceivable. 

I truly love being able to 

share all the good news that 

occurs in and around this 

community — and those 

positive things happen every 

single week in Malibu. 

There are outstanding athletes, 

talented youth, powerful 

professionals, compassionate 

nonprofits and 

activists, and so many others 

who deserve to be recognized 

in these pages. That 

being said, the uglier stories 

are important to share — 

and they will always have a 

place in this paper, too. 

I know Malibu’s homicide 

rates do not compare 

to the numbers reported in 

other cities each year. 

The most recent set of 

data from the LA County 

Sheriff’s Department 

compares Part I crimes 

that occurred between Jan. 

1-March 31, 2017, to those 

between the same dates in 

2018. In the county at large, 

there was a 40-percent 

increase in homicides since 

last year, with 35 incidents 

reported in those three 

months in 2017, compared 

to 49 homicides in 2018. 

Interestingly, of all 

have historically evidenced 

a commitment to sacrifice 

urban and suburban conveniences 

in order to protect 

that environment and lifestyle, 

and to preserve unaltered 

natural resources and 

rural characteristics. The 

people of Malibu are a responsible 

custodian of the 

area’s natural resources for 

present and future generations.” 

As a 40-year resident 

who has raised three children 

here and has been active 

in our schools and our 

community for the past 26 

years, I am excited about 

the opportunity to continue 

to serve through listening, 

hard work and common 

sense. 

I invite all members of 

our community to join me 

in the next chapter of our 

unique city. 

Karen Farrer, Malibu 

resident 

the Part I crimes, it was 

the only one to show an 

increase. Of course, that’s 

not the full picture, and the 

data is constantly changing. 

And, it should be noted, 

Malibu only witnessed one 

such incident in 2018, and 

zero in 2017. 

In places where those 

numbers soar, perhaps 

it’s not as plausible for 

members of the press to 

hear about and follow up 

on every single alleged 

homicide. But, in this small 

town, even if the homicide 

did not occur within city 

limits, I think it’s news 

worth delivering. 

And, while I hope to 

make fewer calls of this 

nature to the coroner and 

police, I will certainly be 

on top of the news when it 

does happen. 

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Organic farmer shares wisdom 

in new book, visits Malibu to 

sign copies, Page 24 

A day at the ballet 

Malibuites treated to performances 

by Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, 

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Duane Betts 

carves out unique 

presence in the 

family business, 

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Duane Betts & The Pistoleers, 

featuring Malibu musician 

Duane Betts, perform at 

the 2018 world tour kick off 

show at The Fillmore in San 

Francisco. Betts is the only son 

of guitarist Dickey Betts, one 

of the founding members of 

the Allman Brothers. Photo by 

Kaelan Barowsky

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


Faith briefs 

University Church of Christ (24255 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-506-4504) 

Adult Bible Class 

9 a.m. Sundays, in 

Stauffer Chapel 

Children and Youth Bible 

Classes 

9 a.m. Sundays, various 

locations 

Worship 

10:15 a.m. Sundays, in 

Stauffer Chapel 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue 

(24855 PCH, 310-456-2178) 

Malibu Nights Un-Gala 

8 p.m. Saturday, June 

2. The end of MJCS’s 

May 1-31 un-gala fundraising 

campaign will be 

celebrated with dancing, 

a DJ, food and drinks. To 

donate, or for tickets, visit 

MJCS.org. 

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 

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) 

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 PCH, 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. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 Malibu 

Canyon Road, 310-456-1611) 

Worship Services 

10:15 a.m. Sundays 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 PCH, 

310-457-7966) 

Contemplative Worship 

8 a.m. Sundays 

Traditional Worship 


Sunday School 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter 

Canyon Road, 310-456-2361) 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Mondays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Women’s Bible Study 

7 p.m. Mondays, 

Okoneski Room. 

Al Anon Meetings 

8 p.m. Mondays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning 

View Drive, 424-235-4463) 

Service 


First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 PCH, 

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) 

Service 

10:10 a.m. Sundays 

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is due by noon on Thursdays 

one week prior to publication. 

Pair of shows coming 

to Malibu Playhouse 

Performances of 

‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ 

‘Pinocchio’ start 

next week 

Submitted by the Young 

Actors Project 

“Bonnie & Clyde” cast members Charlie Evans-Mulvey 

(left), as Clyde Barrow, and Ashlyn Kunerth, as Bonnie 

Parker, are pictured. 

Photos by Cristina Trayfors/Malibu Playhouse 

Ashlyn Kunerth (left) and Charlie Evans-Mulvey will play 

the lead roles in the original teen version of “Bonnie and 

Clyde” at the Malibu Playhouse. 

Upcoming Young Actors Project shows 

“Bonnie & Clyde” 

When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 31; 7 p.m. Saturday, 

June 2; and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 3 

Where: Malibu Playhouse, 29243 Pacific Coast 

Highway 

Tickets: $20 adults/$10 students 

”Pinocchio” 

When: 7 p.m. Friday, June 1; 3 p.m. Saturday, June 2; 

and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 3. 

Young Actors Project, a 

Malibu-based performing 

arts troupe, has announced 

that Malibu youth are to 

present an original teen 

version of “Bonnie and 

Clyde” and two original 

young versions of “Pinocchio” 

at Malibu Playhouse. 

YAP’s original production 

of “Bonnie & Clyde” 

digs deep into the true, untold 

story of these two infamous 

criminals and their 

family backgrounds; and 

brings it to life in a way 

never seen before. Shows 

of “Bonnie & Clyde” will 

be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, 

May 31; 7 p.m. Saturday, 

June 2; and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 

June 3. 

The program will also 

be offering two original 

youth versions (ages 

9-12) of “Pinocchio” that 

take the timeless tale and 

beloved characters to the 

stage. Those shows will 

take the stage at 7 p.m. 

Friday, June 1; 3 p.m. Saturday, 

June 2; and 3 p.m. 

Sunday, June 3. 

The two age groups each 

deliver unique twists to the 

key elements of the classic 

story. 

The productions, directed 

by Shoshana Kuttner, star 

Malibu elementary, middle 

school and high-school students. 

The three casts have 

been rehearsing for the productions 

since January. 

These shows appeal to 

audiences of all ages and 

are great family and community 

events. 

The Malibu Playhouse 

is located at 29243 Pacific 

Coast Highway. 

Tickets are on sale now, 

and are $10 for students 

or $20 for adults. Tickets 

are available at bit.ly/yap 

springplays or by calling 

(310) 447-8245.

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Betts unveils new EP, readies for tour with dad 

Barbara Burke 


He is named after the 

legendary Duane Allman 

and he is the only son of 

Dickey Betts, who along 

with Allman and others in 

the legendary 1970s southern 

rock band the Allman 

Brothers pioneered country 

rock as a genre and 

made some of the most 

iconic music of that era. 

Duane Betts is a multitalented 

crooner and guitarist 

who says that his 

versatile music derives 

from integrating country, 

blues and rock. He is also a 

stellar guitarist in his own 

right. 

Betts is touring this 

summer with Devon Allman, 

son of Gregg Allman, 

and with his father’s 

band Dickey Betts & Great 

Southern. 

Duane Betts’ music is 

his own, with due regard 

to his heritage, which includes 

his father being 

rated No. 61 on the Rolling 

Stones’ list of the 100 

Greatest Guitarists. 


sat down with Duane Betts 

to chat about his lineal and 

Malibu heritages and his 

musical vision. 

“Being named after 

Duane Allman is a huge 

honor,” Betts said. “He is 

one of the greatest guitarists 

of all time.” 

As with many Malibuites 

who are musically inclined, 

Betts finds Malibu 

to be a sanctuary and defines 

it as an inspirational 

place to make music. 

“There is a very strong energy 

in Malibu that is obviously 

a large source of creativity 

for me,” Betts said. 

“There is something about 

“Watching my father and Warren 

Haynes play every night had a 

huge impact on my growth as a 

guitar player. Hearing two great 

guitarists play and being able to 

ask them questions helped shape 

my ability.” 

Duane Betts — Malibu musician 

the mountains and the Pacific 

together that attracts a 

lot of like-minded creative 

individuals like myself.” 

Malibu has provided 

Betts with magic musical 

moments. 

“I moved with my mom 

to Malibu when I was 12 

and some of my best memories 

date to the Backbone69 

era and the magical 

summer of 1999,” he 

recalled. 

Backbone69 featured 

Betts, drummer Alex Orbison 

(Roy Orbison’s son), 

bassist Damon Webb and 

Chris Williams as lead 

singer. Berry Oakley Jr., 

the son of the bassist who 

helped define the Allman 

Brothers’ sound, later replaced 

Webb on bass. 

Betts also played for a 

local favorite band, Whitestarr, 

and he plays guitar 

with his dad in Great 

Southern. Last year, he and 

Cisco Adler, who also is 

from Malibu, toured with 

Jamtown, a group that also 

featured Donavon Frankenreiter 

and G. Love. 

Betts has a gravelly, solid 

voice with deep range, 

and his often-lengthy guitar 

performances display 

an aptitude and range 

that few musicians rival. 

“Duane is a beast on the 

guitar,” Adler told Malibu 

Surfside News. 

Betts, however, was not 

originally going to be a 

guitarist. 

“I was given a guitar 

first, but it seemed too hard 

so I wanted to play drums 

instead,” he said. “I started 

with playing drums when 

I was 5 or 6. I only started 

really learning guitar when 

I was 13. I was really interested 

in business side 

of the shows when I was 

a kid, but I never really 

wanted to do anything else 

as a career besides music.” 

Betts grew up on the 

road and learned to play 

the guitar from his dad and 

Warren Haynes, a longtime 

Allman Brothers guitarist. 

Betts never received formal 

training in music. 

“I have my PhD from 

the university of life experience,” 

Betts said. “I 

was mostly self-taught 

from listening to records 

and from picking up what 

I heard from the talented 

musicians whom I was fortunate 

to know.” 

Delving deeper, Malibu 

Malibu musician Duane Betts grew up in the midst of musical greats including his 

father, Dickey Betts, of Allman Brothers fame. Photo by Kaelan Barowsky 

Surfside News inquired 

whether Betts ascribes to 

a theory that musical talent 

is inherited. 

“There are inherent 

traits that are definitely 

passed through DNA 

and can’t be taught,” Betts 

said. “However, watching 

my father and Warren 

Haynes play every night 

had a huge impact on my 

growth as a guitar player. 

Hearing two great guitarists 

play and being able to 

ask them questions helped 

shape my ability.” 

Playing guitar and making 

music runs deep in 

Betts’ veins. 

“One of my first musical 

memories is attending 

one of my dad’s concerts 

in Virginia when I was really 

young,” he said. “I enjoy 

everything about being 

a musician, creating and 

composing music, revising 

and fine-tuning it, but there 

is something about playing 

and traveling that I love.” 

It’s good that he enjoys 

touring, because his summer 

will involve a lot of 

it. He and Devon Allman 

have launched a world tour 

for The Devon Allman 

Project. 

“The tour has been 

great. Devon and I have 

developed a really strong 

musical bond and our team 

is really amazing,” Betts 

said. “I am really enjoying 

spending time with everyone 

we have with us. It’s 

been a really positive experience 

thus far and it has 

only just started.” 

Betts is also preparing 

to perform music from his 

brand new EP: “Sketches 

of American Music.” Further, 

he will join his father 

to perform some gigs. 

“The tour with my dad 

hasn’t started yet, but I am 

really looking forward to 

being on stage with him 

again,” he said. “The time 

was right for him to come 

back and I couldn’t be 

more excited.” 

Betts is, however, defined 

by his own brand of 

merged genres. 

“I would always want 

my music to be viewed as 

classic, timeless and, most 

importantly, authentic,” 

he said. “I think the reference 

‘steeped in blues, 

rock‘n’roll, and country’ 

is a good way to describe 

where I come from and my 

musical character.” 

Betts’ next California 

show is slated for this Saturday, 

May 26, when he is 

to perform at the Simi Valley 

Cajun & Blues Fest. 

For more information, or 

to get tickets to a show, 

visit www.duanebetts.com.

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


Organic farmer shares wealth of knowledge in new book 

Bamford drops by 

Malibu Pier to sign 

copies of ‘Nurture’ 

Barbara Burke, Freelance Reporter 

It made for a perfect Mother’s 

Day morning as attendees gathered 

at One Gun Ranch’s Ranch 

on the Pier in Malibu to celebrate 

a book signing by Lady Carole 

Bamford who just released “Nurture: 

Notes and Recipes from Daylesford 

Farm.” 

“This book is the story of me 

starting decades ago with living 

and farming organically,” Bamford 

explained. “We have to be 

pesticide-free, because we owe 

that to future generations.” 

What began with Bamford’s desire 

to feed her family using organic 

and healthy foods has burgeoned 

into one of the United Kingdom’s 

most sustainable farms, Daylesford 

Organic, with locations in the 

Cotswolds and Staffordshire in the 

UK. That tradition is further carried 

on by Bamford and her family 

in their operation of Malibu’s One 

Gun Ranch and the Ranch at the 

Pier, which carries products from 

One Gun Ranch as well as a host 

of beauty, clothing, and foodstuffs 

from the Bamford Haybarn collection. 

“When I began my efforts in 

the United Kingdom years ago, 

people would give me an odd look 

and didn’t really understand my 

focus on organic farming,” Bamford 

told Malibu Surfside News. 

“Now, I still view Malibu and the 

Los Angeles area as the source of 

leadership for organic and sustainable 

living and growing. We don’t 

need all the drugs from the big 

pharmaceutical companies; food 

can definitely heal.” 

With beautiful photographs of 

flowers, vegetables and foraging 

for berries in hedgerows and 

woodlands in the English countryside, 

Bamford’s commentaries 

in the book make the publication 

much more than a simple recipe 

book. The work recounts a tale of 

Carole Bamford’s recipe for panna cotta with poached rhubarb is 

among the contents of her new book, “Nurture: Notes and Recipes 

from Daylesford Farm.” Photo from “Nurture” 

awakening to one’s own surroundings, 

the bounty of the Earth, and 

the joys and conviviality found in 

foods, friends, and family — and 

of living with, rather than overtaking, 

nature and her bounty. 

“I am so excited to get this wonderful 

cookbook,” said Simone 

Harrer, of Malibu. 

Attendee Caroline Tilton heartily 

agreed. 

“This cookbook shows how 

Earth can provide a healthy way 

of life and the recipes are easy so 

that one can easily incorporate nutritious 

ingredients into everyday 

meals,” Tilton said. 

Attendees Kimbal and Christiana 

Musk were thrilled to get the 

cookbook. 

“Carole Bamford and Daylesford 

Farms have led the way in the 

United Kingdom to have people 

be involved in organic farming 

and it is amazing to have her here 

in Malibu with us,” Kimbal said. 

The book depicts the beautiful 

countryside in England and takes 

the reader on a tour of the expansive 

Daylesford Farm grounds 

from the honeysuckle cottage to 

the cooking school; from the wood 

store to the apple store; from the 

farm shops to the market garden 

shop; from the Daylesford Garden 

to the cottages and into the readers’ 

hearts, kitchens and beings. 

Then, one is off to the Wild Rabbit 

pub which includes accommodations, 

the walled garden and the 

apple orchard, the bee hives and 

the farms. 

Between the recipes and commentary, 

one feels as if she were 

Author and organic farmer Carole Bamford signs copies of her 

book on May 13 at Malibu’s Ranch at the Pier. 


actually touring Daylesford. The 

book’s beautiful photographs sit 

amidst text that provides tips on 

entertaining inside and outside, 

and, oh, yes, there are incredible 

recipes organized by the four seasons. 

Useful, instructional commentary 

explains how best to use 

the fruits, vegetables, dairy and 

meat options that abound yearround. 

Celebrations for holidays accompany 

recipes for the everyday. 

No occasion is too small or large 

for inclusion in this handbook 

about how to nutritionally serve 

repast. There are recipes for everything 

from panna cotta with 

poached rhubarb, blood orange 

and ginger; to raw cauliflower and 

black quinoa with spiced pumpkin 

seed dressing; from honey parfait 

with poached pears, honeycomb 

and lemon curd; to roast partridge 

with lentils, sausage and kale. One 

can learn how to make golden turmeric 

milk, or marmite and cheddar 

dumplings. The publication is 

a veritable celebration of a harvest 

bounty. 

“The way that Carole has chosen 

to live her life is an inspiration 

to us all,” said Kelly Meyer, of 

Malibu. 

Bringing a genteel, holistic and 

healthy edge to Malibu, Bamford’s 

“Nurture: Notes and Recipes from 

Daylesford Farm” adds flavor to 

the community. 

Copies of the book are available 

at Ranch at the Pier, located 

at 23000 Pacific Coast Highway. 

The shop is open from 8 a.m. to 9 

p.m. daily.

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Yuri Grigoriev dancers perform “Émotions de Danse” at Smothers Theatre in Malibu. 


Yuri Grigoriev’s ‘Emotions 

de Danse’ ballet dazzles 

Several Malibu 

dancers included 

in performance at 

Pepperdine 

Barbara Burke 


Balletomanes and proud 

parents, family and friends 

were delighted to see “Émotions 

de Danse,” presented 

by the Yuri Grigoriev 

School of Ballet at Pepperdine 

University’s Smothers 

Theater on May 12. 

“This is our 13th year at 

Pepperdine and we are delighted 

to present our Divertissement 

and Act 2, Swans, 

which is a modern, neoclassical 

rendition of ‘Swan 

Lake,’ staged by Alina 

Volynsky,” said Malibuite 

Amanda Kofsky, a choreographer 

and teacher at the 

ballet school. 

The school was founded 

in 1997 by Yuri Grigoriev, 

once a dancer with Moscow’s 

Stanislavsky Ballet 

and a teacher at Bolshoi Ballet 

Academy, class of Asaf 

Messerer. The Russian-born 

Grigoriev, who held the title 

“People’s Artist of Russia” 

(one of Russia’s most prestigious 

citizen accolades) 

passed away in 2015. However, 

his memory and the 

legacy of his brilliant ballet 

pedagogy lives on with each 

performance. 

From the moment that the 

curtain went up to its closing, 

the appreciative audience 

was entranced by the 

dancers’ precision, dedication 

and form. 

The divertissement began 

with a rendition of “The 

Emperor Waltz,” with dancers 

from Malibu, including 

the phenomenal Kamala 

Saara McDaniels and her 

sister, Keshava Kali Mc- 

Daniels. 

Smiling, Kofsky said 

“Kamala has very big news: 

She has a scholarship to 

dance at the Bolshoi Ballet.” 

That is the level of potential 

in dancers that the Yuri 

Grigoriev School of Ballet 

discovers, develops and 

hones, as well as the level of 

performance that the dancers 

displayed at the Pepperdine 

performance. 

Onlookers were treated 

to renditions of “Bluebird 

Variation,” performed by 

Sofia Davis, of Malibu High 

School. There were murmurs 

of approval when Kofsky’s 

rendition of “When 

the Sun Goes Down” was 

performed by another phenomenal 

troupe dancer, 

Coco Joelle Williams. Williams 

also performed “Ses,” 

choreographed by Seda Aybay, 

another of the school’s 

longtime instructors. 

“I just returned from 

dancing in Puerto Rico for a 

fundraiser to benefit the victims 

of the disaster,” Coco 

told Malibu Surfside News. 

“My dad is from Puerto 

Rico originally.” 

Kofsky smiled again, and 

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The Malibu Association 

of Realtors, with a membership 

of approximately 

1,000 Realtor and affiliate 

members, continues to 

show strong support for 

the community by making 

donations and participating 

in numerous philanthropic 

organizations that empower 

and improve the communities 

they serve, support education, 

and preserve property 

rights. 

The Realtor organization 

once again donated to 

the Malibu Task Force on 

Homelessness/The People 

Concern, a leading advocacy 

group working to reduce 

homelessness in Malibu. 

The mission of MTFH is 

that “everyone should be 

housed, healthy and safe.” 

Since its inception, the program 

has made a real difference, 

securing housing for 

60 or more homeless people. 

Other services MTFH/ 

TPC offers are medical and 

mental care and the teaching 

of life skills. 

Realtors continue their 

support of Malibu High 

School in the form of an annual 

scholarship awarded to 

the graduating senior who 

displays the greatest entrepreneurial 

spirit. The Realtors 

also support Malibu 

High’s Grad Night with a 

donation each year to help 

ensure a safe, sober celebration 

for both graduating seniors 

and the community. 

The association office 

also welcomes a Boys & 

Girls Club intern most summers 

and contributes funds 

to the program. The organization 

currently is developing 

additional ways to support 

the Boys & Girls Club, 

an organization that makes 

a big difference in so many 

lives at a critical stage in 

their development. 

The Realtors support the 

Malibu Chamber of Commerce 

Veteran’s Day event 

each year, always a very 

impactful event, produced 

by an MAR director and 

supported by many Realtors 

and brokerages. 

The Realtors make an 

annual donation to the Pacific 

Legal Foundation and 

recently participated in the 

PLF’s 45th Anniversary 

Celebration at the Ronald 

Reagan Presidential Library 

and Museum. The PLF is a 

legal advocacy group dedicated 

to preserving the property 

rights and personal liberties 

of countless citizens 

who could not otherwise 

afford to defend themselves. 

PLF takes precedent-setting 

cases, often heard in the Supreme 

Court, and is entirely 

funded by contributions. 

The Realtors also sponsored 

“a day at the beach” 

for children who attend the 

Children’s Lifesaving Foundation 

summer program. 

The MAR also adopted a 

section of PCH at the eastern 

end of Malibu, through 

the Adopt a Highway program, 

and organizes frequent 

cleanups every year. 

Realtors are strong advocates 

for safety on PCH, and 

many other local land use 

issues. 

Donations made by the 

association come from 

member contributions, 

grants and other resources 

distributed in partnership 

with the State Association 

for the advocacy of issues 

having local impact. 

MAR would like to acknowledge 

all local member 

brokerages and the individual 

associates for their own 

charitable contributions 

and for volunteering their 

time toward many worthy 

causes. 

The 2018 Board of Directors 

is: Stephen Udoff, 

president (Pacific Union), 

Jerel Taylor, president elect 

(Sotheby’s), Matt Ogden 

(Pritchett Rapf), Meril May 

(Coldwell Banker), Michael 

Novotny Treasurer (Sothebys), 

Sarah Kosasky (Pacific 

Union), Dan Ross (Ross 

Brothers), William Bowling 

(Pritchett Rapf), Derinda 

Moses (Sotheby’s), Kelly 

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ballet 

From Page 25 

told Malibu Surfside News 

“Coco also has great news: 

She will assume a residency 

at the Glorya Kaufman 

School of Dance at USC.” 

At intermission, the audience’s 

talk turned to how 

impressive the performance 

was, the creative choreography 

and the dancers’ depth 

of talent. 

“The performance was 

amazing with beautiful costumes, 

movement and musical 

beats,” said attendee 

Sharine Metzler. 

The beautiful sound of 

a water fountain evoked 

the ethereal intersection of 

movement and music as the 

dancers performed Kofsky’s 

rendition of “WATERAND- 

SWANS,” with staging by 

Alina Volynsky, who received 

her pedagogue/choreographer 

diploma from 

the Bolshoi Ballet Academy 

Institute. 

In front of a beautiful 

mixed media work by 

Lousine Hogtanian, whose 

daughter also danced with 

the school’s troupe, dancers 

plieéd and pas a deuxed 

their way across the stage, 

impressing the audience 

with their way across the 

stage and into the hearts of 

audience members. They 

performed an astounding 

rendition of the “Overture 

– Waltz from Swan Lake,” 

dances of swans and a riveting 

storm scene, followed 

by a wonderful finale choreographed 

by Volynsky 

and Aybay. 

“My husband, Yuri, always 

felt that these students 

should benefit from all the 

attributes of a professional 

venue such as the Smothers 

Theatre,” Alexandra Grigoriev 

said. 

Clearly, his dream came 

true. 

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Forward momentum 

Sharks baseball team to 

continue CIF play after Round 1 

victory, Page 32 

height of the postseason 

Pair of Malibu High 

pole vaulters compete at the CIF 

finals, Page 34 

malibu surfside news | May 24, 2018 | malibusurfsidenews.com 

Saenz looks to grow MHS girls volleyball, starting with summer program, Page 33 

Derek Saenz, a former assistant on the Notre Dame High School boys team and a Sunshine Volleyball Club coach, was recently named head coach of the Malibu High 

School girls volleyball team. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media

32 | May 24, 2018 | Malibu surfside news Sports 


Baseball 

‘Hungry’ Sharks come out hot in Round 1 

Ryan Flynn 


The sleeping giant in the 

CIF playoffs has begun to 

stir. 

Malibu baseball won its 

first game of the tournament, 

a 2-0 road victory 

against Rancho Alamitos 

in Garden Grove on Friday, 

May 18. They were to 

advance to a second round 

matchup against Rim of 

the World on Tuesday, 

May 22. 

A quick start, strong 

defensive play and strong 

pitching gave the Sharks 

their first postseason win. 

“Our aggressiveness at 

the plate at the beginning 

of the game immediately 

got things going,” senior 

Chance Irons said. 

Senior outfielder Ryan 

Figueroa said the win felt 

“very uplifting.” 

“On paper, the other 

team had an intimidating 

record and their pitcher 

had a very low ERA,” 

Figueroa said. “However, 

we were able to take control 

of the game and dominate 

even though the odds 

were against us. Now, 

there’s a greater sense of 

confidence among us to go 

even further and perhaps 

win the championship.” 

The Sharks are in the 

playoffs for the third consecutive 

season. In 2016 

they were one-and-done, 

but last year the team 

mounted the deepest run in 

school history. 

“[Last year’s playoff 

run] definitely kept us 

hungry and motivated 

throughout the season and 

during our first playoff 

game,” Irons said. 

“We were able 

to take control 

of the game 

and dominate 

even though 

the odds were 

against us.” 

Ryan Figueroa — 

MHS senior outfielder 

Malibu players line up to high-five the Rancho Alamitos players after the game on Friday, May 18, in Garden Grove. 

Photos Submitted by Allison Ray 

Senior William Tamkin pitched the entire game. 

Most of that roster has 

returned this season, and 

a senior-heavy Sharks 

team resembles the one 

that made it all the way to 

the semifinals of the CIF 

Southern Section baseball 

championships last year. 

Both Sharks teams had 

similar regular season records, 

finishing around 

.500 in both overall and 

league records. Both were 

incredibly streaky. In 

2017, the Sharks had losing 

streaks of four games 

and five games and a seven-game 

winning streak. 

This year, Malibu had a 

five-game losing streak 

and a six-game winning 

streak. 

Last year’s postseason 

run was their most dominant 

stretch of the season, 

and they hung crooked 

numbers on opponents on 

two of their three victories, 

winning 20-2, 3-0 and 

11-1 before losing 6-4 in 

the semifinals to Moreno 

Valley. 

Tuesday’s opponent is 

Rim of the World, a public 

high school located in 

Lake Arrowhead, California. 

They finished third in 

the San Andreas League, 

going 13-13 overall and 

9-6 in league. Their first 

round CIF victory was a 

5-0 win over the Academy 

for Academic Excellence. 

It takes five wins to 

claim the CIF Southern 

Section Division 5 Championship. 

For the Sharks, 

it’s one down, four to go. 

“I feel like we just have 

to keep the winning groove 

going and keep everyone’s 

vibes up and make sure 

that no one on the team is 

getting down,” Irons said. 

“We just need to stay positive.”

malibusurfsidenews.com Sports 


Saenz accepts MHS volleyball job 

New coach aims to 

grow local passion 

for sport at the 

youth level, beyond 

Chris Megginson 


Los Angeles native Derek 

Saenz has accepted the 

position of girls volleyball 

head coach at Malibu High 

School, replacing coach 

Jenna Pierson. 

“It’s a great opportunity 

to grow the sport in Malibu,” 

said Saenz, an alum of 

Granada Hills High School 

and Pierce College. “We’re 

hoping kids at an early age 

will fall in love with it so 

that in five years or so it’s 

a steady pipeline into the 

high school.” 

Saenz spent the last 

year as an assistant on the 

Notre Dame High School 

boys team that won the 

California Interscholastic 

Federation Southern Section 

title and as a coach for 

Sunshine Volleyball Club. 

Now, in Malibu, he hopes 

to see the program grown 

in a grassroots effort from 

the ground up from interest 

as a youth to an exciting 

product on the court in 

high school. 

“The goal is to make 

them pretty enthusiastic, 

regardless of what our 

strengths and weaknesses 

are, so it will be fun to 

watch,” Saenz said. 

This fall, Saenz plans to 

have three assistant coaches 

join him: Khatara Steen 

and Ben Harmon, both 

from Harvard-Westlake, 

and Pepperdine University 

men’s volleyball alumni 

Max States. 

Derek Saenz plans to run a summer program for grades 5-12 as well as a high school summer league. 

Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Malibu volleyball will 

have a five-week summer 

program beginning July 10 

for grades 5-12. 

High school players 

will compete in a summer 

league prior to team 

tryouts Aug. 6-7. Malibu 

High School’s team will 

compete the next week at 

the Queen’s Court Tournament 

at the American 

Sports Center in Anaheim. 

“It will be a big test for 

us because those are some 

of the top teams in Orange 

County,” Saenz said. 

“We’re just there to see 

what do we got. 

“This is going to be 

above our level that we’re 

going to play in league and 

CIF, so let’s expose what 

we need to expose early 

and try to turn that into a 

developmental, fun team 

bonding weekend.” 

After helping lead 

Pierce to a pair of state 

titles as a player in the 

late 1990s, Saenz began 

his coaching career at 

Granada Hills in 2000. 

He moved to Santa Monica 

Beach Club in 2002 

before starting a club in 

Thousand Oaks in 2006. 

He spent time as an assistant 

at the West Chester 

University of Pennsylvania 

before returning to 

Southern California and 

primarily coaching club 

volleyball the last decade. 

Last year’s MHS girls 

volleyball team made a 

strong postseason run under 

Pierson, falling to Capistrano 

Valley Christian in 

the CIF Southern Section 

semifinals. The girls also 

had a 23-game win streak 

prior to the loss. 

This coming year’s team 

will be without seven seniors 

from the 2017 roster, 

including middle blocker 

Frenchie Gettings, libero 

Josie Bassett and setter 

Halle Detrixhe. 

This Week In... 

SHARKS ATHLETICS 

Track & Field 

■9:30 ■ a.m. May 25 - at CIF 

masters meet at El Camino 

College * 

Baseball 

■3:15 ■ p.m. May 25 - 

location TBD, CIF Southern 

Section quarterfinals * 

■3:15 ■ p.m. May 29 - 

location TBD, CIF Southern 

Section semifinals * 

PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS 

Baseball 

■3 ■ p.m. May 24 - at 

San Francisco in WCC 

Tournament 

■3 ■ p.m. May 26 - 

championship game * 

■7 ■ p.m. May 26 - second 

championship game * 

Men’s Golf 

■May ■ 25-27 - first 

three rounds of NCAA 

Championships in Stillwater, 

Oklahoma 

■May ■ 28-30 - NCAA 

Championships in Stillwater, 

Oklahoma * 

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Track and Field 

Pole vaulters represent Malibu at CIF finals 

Damian takes second 

but falls short of his 

personal record 


The Sharks sent pole vaulters 

Luca Damian and Morgan Perlmuter 

to the California Interscholastic 

Federation finals Saturday, 

May 19, at El Camino College in 

Torrance. 

Damian took second place with 

his mark of 13 feet. Malibu High 

School track coach Mike Halualani 

said Damian came close to 

clearing 13 feet, 6 inches, but a 

technical flaw caused the bar to 

fall. 

“He’s an extremely talented 

vaulter,” Halualani said. 

As of press time, the Sharks 

didn’t know if Damian’s performance 

was enough to send him to 

the masters meet. 

Taking first in the event was 

Foothill Technology’s Nathaniel 

Russell, at 14-6. 

On the girls’ side, six of the 

nine vaulters set new personal records 

in Torrance. 

Perlmuter, who matched her 

PR of 9-6 just one week prior, 

was unable to clear the event’s 

9-foot starting height. 

“She just kind of had a tough 

day,” Halualani said. “Her steps 

were a little off.” 

In the preliminary rounds a 

week prior, Malibu had more than 

a dozen athletes in the ring. While 

only two were able to move on, 

Halualani said several other MHS 

athletes exceeded his expectations 

in the highly competitive field. 

Stephan Tso, an athlete who 

Halualani said has continued to 

improve all season long, set a 

PR in the 400-meter race, running 

a 52.66 and finishing in 

18th place. 

In the 100-meter dash, Liz Boland 

took 10th at 12.79 seconds 

and fell less than a tenth of a 

second short of advancing to the 

finals. 

“We really expected her to 

move on, but the competition was 

so good on that day that any little 

mistake meant you didn’t get to 

move on, especially in the 100,” 

Halualani said. 

Halualani said MHS athlete 

Collette Aldrich, who competed 

in the 300-meter hurdles and the 

400-meter relay, also stuck out, 

as did triple jumper Kylie Anderson. 

ABOVE: Pole vaulter Morgan Perlmuter was one of two Malibu 

athletes to earn a trip to the CIF finals on Saturday, May 19. 

22nd Century Media File Photos 

LEFT: Luca Damian, pictured vaulting earlier this season, took 

second in the CIF finals after clearing 13 feet.

malibusurfsidenews.com Sports 


Pepperdine Athletics 

Record number of Waves programs honored by NCAA 

Nine Pepperdine teams 

were honored by the NCAA 

in its public recognition 

awards for Division I teams 

with outstanding Academic 

Progress Rate scores. 

Nine is a new single-year 

best for Pepperdine Athletics. 

The following teams were 

honored: men’s cross country, 

women’s cross country, 

men’s golf, women’s golf, 

women’s swimming and 

diving, men’s track, women’s 

track, men’s volleyball 

and women’s beach volleyball. 

Men’s volleyball earned 

the award for the seventh 

time (the most by any Pepperdine 

team), while women’s 

golf was recognized for 

the sixth time. This is the 

fifth straight year that the 

women’s cross country and 

the women’s swimming and 

diving teams were honored. 

Division I teams that 

posted multi-year APRs in 

the Top 10 percent of all 

squads in their respective 

sports were acknowledged. 

The public recognition 

awards are part of a broad 

Division I academic reform 

effort. 

The APR provides a realtime 

look at a team’s academic 

success each semester 

by tracking the academic 

progress of each studentathlete. 

The APR includes 

eligibility, retention and 

graduation in the calculation 

and provides a clear picture 

of the academic culture in 

each sport. The most recent 

APRs are multi-year rates 

based on scores from the 

2013-14, 2014-15, 2015- 

16 and 2017-18 academic 

years. This year’s top-performing 

teams posted APR 

scores ranging from 985 to 

a perfect 1,000. 

BASEBALL 

Waves win conference 

The Waves captured their 

18th WCC Championship 

along with the No. 1 seed 

in the conference tournament 

on Sunday, May 20, 

thanks to a bit of help from 

Gonzaga, who lost to Santa 

Clara. The Waves fell to 

Portland 4-0 at Eddy D. 

Field Stadium in the final 

game of the regular season. 

The Waves (29-22, 17- 

10) were outhit by the Pilots 

(23-29, 12-15) 15-5 in 

Sunday’s game. 

The Waves begin play 

at the WCC Tournament 

at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 

24, against San Francisco. 

LMU and Gonzaga will 

face off in Game 2 at 7 p.m. 

that same night. The tournament 

is double-elimination 

with the championship 

game coming May 26 at 3 

p.m. with the possibility 

of a second championship 

game at 7 that same day. 

WOMEN’S golf 

Naveed represents team at 

NCAA Championships 

Pepperdine junior Hira 

Naveed’s season came to 

an end after the third round 

of the NCAA Championships 

Sunday, May 20. 

Naveed finished with a 

three-day total of 233 (80- 

78-75) and was tied for 98th 

place out of 132 golfers at 

the par-72 Karsten Creek 

Golf Club. After Sunday’s 

round, only the Top 15 

teams and Top 9individuals 

from non-advancing teams 

moved on to Monday’s final 

round of stroke play. 

Naveed had four birdies 

on Sunday, giving her 

a total of six over the three 

days. Starting on 10, she 

had a birdie on the par-4 

13th hole. She had an impressive 

seven-hole stretch 

between 18 and 6, with 

back-to-back birdies on 18 

and 1 and another one on 

5, with four pars also in the 

run. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS 

Waves fall 4-3 in Sweet 16 

In a four-hour long 

NCAA Championship 

Sweet 16 matchup, Pepperdine’s 

women’s tennis team 

fell 4-3 to Georgia Tech on 

Thursday, May 17. 

The Waves finished the 

season with a 24-3 overall 

record, but will continue 

with the NCAA Championships 

Singles and Doubles 

Championships on May 23. 

No. 13 Mayar Sherif and 

Luisa Stefani dominated 

No. 1 Paige Hourigan and 

Kenya Jones 6-3 to open 

the action with a Pepperdine 

win on Court 1. Then, 

No. 76 Evgeniya Levashova 

and Dzina Milovanovic 

bested No. 48 Ida Jarlskog 

and Victoria Flores with a 

7-5 win in the No. 2 position 

to send the Waves into 

singles play with the win. 

The Waves continued to 

battle in singles, but fell 

just short. Georgia Tech 

took a win on five to even 

the score, but No. 22 Sherif 

downed Johnnise Renaud 

with a pair of 6-4 set wins 

on Court 3 to put the Waves 

ahead 2-1. GT countered 

with a three-set win on one 

and continued with another 

three-set win on four to 

gain the lead. 

No. 17 Ashley Lahey 

battled back from a 7-6 (6) 

first-set loss on two to win 

her second set 7-6 (4). She 

then downed No. 60 Kenya 

Jones with a 6-3 third set 

win to tie the match and 

put all eyes on Court 6. Although 

Milovanovic forced 

a third set and played valiantly 

point-for-point, the 

Yellow Jackets picked up 

the three set win to secure 

a spot in the NCAA Elite 

Eight. 

MEN’S GOLF 

McCarthy advances, Waves 

take 8th 

Pepperdine sophomore 

Joshua McCarthy will 

make his second NCAA 

Championships appearance 

on May 25. 

Meanwhile, the season 

came to an end for the rest 

of the Waves at the NCAA 

Norman Regional on May 

16. 

McCarthy was the top individual 

on a non-advancing 

team, as he tied for fifth 

place with a 6-under 210 

(74-65-71). He tied for the 

tournament lead with 15 total 

birdies. 

Junior Sahith Theegala 

tied for 18th place with a 

1-under 215 (73-66-76) and 

had three birdies during his 

final round. 

As a team, the Waves 

went from second place to 

eighth place over the course 

of the final round, and only 

the Top 5 teams qualified 

for nationals. Pepperdine 

ended with an even-par 864 

(295-274-295) at the par- 

72 Jimmie Austin OU Golf 

Club, three shots back of 

fifth place. 

Pepperdine was in good 

shape coming down the 

stretch, but the four scorers 

played the final five holes at 

10-over. 

The sixth-seeded Waves 

were making their 23rd 

NCAA Regional appearance 

in the last 27 years, 

and fourth consecutive. 

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 

Harthaller earns first 

Academic All-District honor 

Senior Alex Harthaller, 

of the men’s volleyball 

team, garnered Google 

Cloud Academic All-District 

Men’s At-Large first 

team honors. 

The award recognizes 

the nation’s top studentathletes 

for their performances 

on the playing field 

and in the classroom. With 

the All-District accolade, 

Harthaller will advance to 

the Google Cloud Academic 

All-America ballot. The 

team is to be announced in 

June. 

Harthaller, who maintained 

a 4.0 after two seasons 

at Pepperdine while 

studying international business, 

is one of five Pepperdine 

valedictorians this 

year. 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL 

Roh, Bauer earn WCC 

recognition 

Beach volleyball players 

Brook Bauer and Madalyn 

Roh garnered WCC Pair of 

the Month for April. 

Roh and Bauer have been 

solid throughout April, propelling 

the Waves to a thirdstraight 

West Coast Conference 

Championship crown. 

The pair went undefeated at 

6-0 in the month of April, including 

a 3-0 record against 

pairs from ranked teams and 

a 3-0 output against conference 

opponents en route to 

the WCC title. In April, the 

duo competed solely in the 

No. 2 position, collecting all 

nine wins with straight-set 

victories for a 12-0 record 

by sets and clinching one 

overall match for Pepperdine. 

Roh and Bauer opened 

the month by clinching the 

Waves’ 3-2 win over thenranked 

No. 4 USC on the 

road and the duo continued 

with 2-0 wins over pairs 

from No. 5 Cal Poly and 

No. 12 Arizona. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and www.pepper 

dinewaves.com. Compiled 



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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Ryan Figueroa 

Malibu Seawolves coach Max Jaben (far right) huddles up with his swimmers at the 

Malibu Sprint Invitational on May 12. Photos by Valeria Sorci/Malibu Seawolves 

Overall, more than 125 swimmers competed in the meet 

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Two of the team’s 

youth swimmers 

earn awards at 

meet in Malibu 

Staff Report 

Swimmers Tallula Murphree 

and Filip Kurial 

earned high marks during 

the Malibu Seawolves 

swim club’s May 12 meet 

at Malibu High School. 

“Tallula Murphree won 

the 9-10 age group High 

Point Award and Filip Kurial 

won the 11 & Over High 

Point Award,” coach Max 

Jaben said. “This award is 

given to the swimmer with 

the largest cumulative total 

of all event scores the 

swimmer participated in.” 

Murphree, 10, earned 

94 points and Kurial, 11, 

earned 96 points. 

Overall, more than 125 

swimmers joined in the 

Malibu Sprint Invitational. 

“Our swimmers did an 

outstanding job and our 

parent volunteers were 

amazing,” Jaben added. 

Ryan Figueroa, 17, is a senior 

who plays outfield for 

Malibu Sharks baseball. 

What about the game 

of baseball first 

attracted you to it? 

I’d say it’s the raw feel of 

the game and the scenery 

of many ballparks. There’s 

no other sport as unique as 

baseball. 

In what area would 

you say you’ve most 

improved as a player 

this year? 

I would say my hitting 

was very much improved 

from last year. I’ve become 

confident at the plate 

now because I’ve fixed my 

swing and approach. 

What is it like to play 

for coach Billy Ashley? 

He definitely has a lot 

of baseball IQ and that is 

a huge factor in helping us 

win ballgames. He’s been 

hard on me and has taught 

me a lot of tips to help me 

become a better player. 

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the best piece of advice 

you’ve gotten in your 

baseball career? 

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learning to become an outfielder 

after being an infielder 

all of my years before. 

I was having a little 

trouble and my coach told 

me to just “beat the ball to a 

spot.” Ever since then, I’ve 

always done that as an outfielder. 

Who were your 

favorite athletes 

growing up? 

I’m an Angels fan, so I 

grew up watching Mike 

Trout. I’m also inspired 

by some shorter athletes 

like [Houston Astros second 

baseman] Jose Altuve, 

[former NFL running back] 

Darren Sproles and [Boston 

Red Sox second baseman] 

Dustin Pedroia, because 

they show size does not 

matter in sports, especially 

because I’m only 5 [feet] 6 

[inches tall]. 

What do you like about 

living in Malibu? 

I love the prestige of the 

city, the surf, the ocean 

breeze and the people. It’s 

definitely a much nicer 

place than where I used to 

live. I’m thankful for every 

bit of it. It’s awesome. 

What are your plans 

for college? 

I am attending Cal State 

Channel Islands this fall 

and I am majoring in business. 

Where in the world 

would you most like to 

travel? 

The whole globe, but 

I’m mostly intrigued by 

Australia and New Zealand 

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because of the surf and 

the natural beauty of both 

countries. 

Who would you say 

has the best nickname 

on the team? 

I would say Will Tamkin. 

We call him Cody because 

he resembles [Dodgers first 

baseman] Cody Bellinger 

on the field. 

What will you miss 

most about this team 

when the season is 

over? 

I will definitely miss 

our brotherhood. We have 

bonded together so much. 

I can easily call any one of 

my teammates a brother. 

Interview by Freelance Reporter 

Ryan Flynn

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01/2018. /s/:AARON HAMILTON, 

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LEE PELTZ, OWNER, LA-LIFESTYLE. 

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Notices 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURER AND 

TAX COLLECTOR 

NOTICE OF DIVIDED 

PUBLICATION 

Made pursuant to Revenue and 

Taxation Code Section 3381 

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 

3381 through 3385, the Notice of Power 

to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the 

Tax Collector's Power to Sell in and for the 

County of Los Angeles, State of California, 

has been divided and distributed to various 

newspapers of general circulation published 

in the County. A portion of the list appears 

in each of such newspapers. 

NOTICE OF IMPENDING 

POWER TO SELL 

TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY 

Made pursuant to Revenue and 

Taxation Code Section 3361 

Notice is hereby given that the following parcels 

listed will become Subject to the Tax 

Collector's Power to Sell on Sunday, July 1, 

2018, at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time, by operation 

of law. The real property taxes and assessments 

on the parcels listed will have been 

defaulted five or more years, except for: 

1. Nonresidential commercial parcels, which 

will have been defaulted for three or more 

years, 

2. Parcels on which a nuisance abatement 

lien have been recorded, which will have 

been defaulted for three or more years, 

3. Parcels that can serve the public benefit 

and a request has been made by the County 

of Los Angeles, a city within the County of 

Los Angeles, or nonprofit organization to 

purchase the parcels through Chapter 8 

Agreement Sales, which will have been defaulted 

for three or more years. 

The Tax Collector will record a Notice of 

Power to Sell unless the property taxes are 

paid in full or the property owner initiates an 

installment plan of redemption, as provided 

by law, prior to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, on 

Friday, June 29, 2018. The right to initiate 

an installment plan terminates on Friday, 

June 29, 2018. Thereafter, the only option to 

prevent the sale of the property at public auction 

is to pay the taxes in full. 

The right of redemption survives the property 

becoming Subject to the Tax Collector's 

Power to Sell, but it terminates at 5:00 p.m. 

Pacific Time, on the last business day before 

the scheduled auction of the property by the 

Tax Collector. 

The Treasurer and Tax Collector's Office will 

furnish, upon request, information concerning 

making a payment in full or initiat-ing an 

installment plan of redemption. For more information, 

please visit our website at ttc.lacounty.gov. 

The amount to redeem the property, in 

United States dollars and cents, is set forth in 

the listing opposite each parcel number. This 

amount includes all defaulted taxes, penalties, 

and fees that have accrued from the date 

of tax-default to the date of Friday, June 29, 

2018. 

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 4th 

day of May, 2018. 

JOSEPH KELLY 

TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

an installment plan terminates on Friday, 

June 29, 2018. Thereafter, the only option to 

prevent the sale of the property at public auction 

is to pay the taxes in full. 

The right of redemption survives the property 

becoming Subject to the Tax Collector's 

Power to Sell, but it terminates at 5:00 p.m. 

Pacific Time, on the last business day before 4461-019-027 

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the scheduled auction of the property by the 

Tax Collector. 

The Treasurer and Tax Collector's Office will 

furnish, upon request, information concerning 

making a payment in full or initiat-ing an 

installment plan of redemption. For more information, 

please visit our website at ttc.lacounty.gov. 

The amount to redeem the property, in 

United States dollars and cents, is set forth in 

the listing opposite each parcel number. This 

amount includes all defaulted taxes, penalties, 

and fees that have accrued from the date 

of tax-default to the date of Friday, June 29, 

2018. 

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 4th 

day of May, 2018. 

6703 Legal 

Notices 

JOSEPH KELLY 

TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM 

EXPLANATION 

The Assessor's Identification Number, when 

used to describe property in this list, refers to 

the Assessor's map book, the map page, the 

block on the map, if applicable, and the individual 

parcel on the map page or in the block. 

The Assessor's maps and further explanation 

of the parcel numbering system are available 

in the Assessor's Office, 500 West Temple 

Street, Room 225, Los Angeles, California 

90012. 

The real property that is the subject of this 

notice is situated in the County of Los Angeles, 

State of California, and is described as 

follows: 

PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED IN YEAR 

2015 FOR TAXES, ASSESSMENT, AND 

OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 

2014-2015 

1547 $11,769.12 DWYER, KEVIN AIN: 

4448-023-028 

1550 $24,970.75 DOUGLAS, H RUSSEL 

AND KAREN L AIN: 4453-002-040 

1551 $4,584.79 SUNNY CAPITAL 

GROUP LLC AIN: 4453-003-030 

1552 $2,753.93 GREENSTEIN, JESSE 

AND AGNES A TRS GREENSTEIN 

TRUST AND DRESMAN, F CO TR DRES- 

MAN TRUST AIN: 4453-015-002 

1553 $9,877.51 PALMER, JEFFREY R 

CO TR PALMER TRUST AIN: 

4453-024-008 

1557 $4,120.64 RODRIGUEZ, RYAN TR 

4457 007 059 TRUST AIN: 4457-007-059 

1560 $1,265.68 PHILLIPS, JEAN P TR 

JEAN P PHILLIPS TRUST AIN: 

4458-024-005 

1561 $46,696.46 MLR MALIBU LLC C/O 

C/O TIM RALSTON SITUS:24687 PA-CI- 

FIC COAST HWY MALIBU CA 

90265-5370 AIN: 4458-041-003 

1562 $47,517.04 MLR MALIBU LLC C/O 

C/O TIM RALSTON SITUS:24689 PA-CI- 

FIC COAST HWY MALIBU CA 

90265-5370 AIN: 4458-041-004 

1563 $7,954.85 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-017 

1564 $11,238.13 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-029 

1565 $6,646.86 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-030 

1566 $5,748.42 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-031 

1567 $6,648.34 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-032 

1568 $6,607.33 MAR VISTA PART- 

NERS AIN: 4461-010-033 

1569 $198.82 TSARUKYAN, VAHE AIN: 

4461-017-028 

1570 $2,335.26 HEMMEN, JOSEPH G 

AIN: 4461-018-022 

1571 $5,456.32 MANUEL, GREG AIN: 

4461-019-027 

1576 $901.38 HAMRE, DAVID AND 

HAMMACHER, NICOLE AIN: 

4464-010-008 

1577 $989.99 MALIBU HIGHLANDS 30 

LTD AIN: 4464-012-043 

1578 $707.45 CULLINAN, KEITH TR 

BEATTY CHILDREN TRUST AIN: 

4464-022-033 

1579 $16,949.90 WITTER, MADALON K 

AIN: 4464-024-020 


AIN: 4464-024-022 


AIN: 4464-024-023 


AIN: 4464-024-024 

1583 $30,320.15 BOHL, JEFFREY P AIN: 

4465-004-058 


4465-004-059 

1585 $5,124.71 GREENE, SPARKY AIN: 

4465-004-070 

1586 $2,416.16 JACKSON, VICTAVIAN 

AIN: 4465-010-006 


AIN: 4465-010-007 


4467-002-041 

1589 $6,478.14 MILLER, MICHAEL D 

AIN: 4471-008-023 


NERS AIN: 4461-010-033 

1569 $198.82 TSARUKYAN, VAHE AIN: 

4461-017-028 

1570 $2,335.26 HEMMEN, JOSEPH G 

AIN: 4461-018-022 

1571 $5,456.32 MANUEL, GREG AIN: 

1576 $901.38 HAMRE, DAVID AND 

HAMMACHER, NICOLE AIN: 

4464-010-008 

1577 $989.99 MALIBU HIGHLANDS 30 

LTD AIN: 4464-012-043 

1578 $707.45 CULLINAN, KEITH TR 

BEATTY CHILDREN TRUST AIN: 

4464-022-033 


AIN: 4464-024-020 


AIN: 4464-024-022 


AIN: 4464-024-023 


AIN: 4464-024-024 


4465-004-058 


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4465-004-059 


4465-004-070Notices 


AIN: 4465-010-006 


AIN: 4465-010-007 


4467-002-041 


AIN: 4471-008-023 


AIN: 4471-011-001 


AIN: 4471-011-002 

1592 $1,486.05 EDWARDS, JAN M TR 

JAN M EDWARDS TRUST AIN: 

4471-015-020 



4471-015-021 



4471-015-022 



4471-015-023 



4471-016-008 



4471-016-022 



4471-016-023 



4471-016-024 



4471-016-025 



4471-016-026 



4471-016-027 


JAN M EDWARDS TRUST SITUS:442 

LOFTYHILL DR MALIBU CA 90265-2729 

AIN: 4471-016-028 



4471-017-010 

1605 $644.84 EDWARDS, JAN M TR 


4471-017-011 



4471-017-022 



4471-017-023 




2012-2013 

1548 $41,302.08 HARRISON, SEBAS- 

TIAN S AND GUCCIARDO, LINDA SI- 

TUS:19355 PACIFIC COAST HWY 

MALIBU CA 90265-5449 AIN: 

4449-010-010 

1549 $8,566.63 HENKENS, ROBERT II 

TR TERRY DEAN GILL TRUST C/O C/O 

RUSTY HENKENS SITUS:22203 PACIFIC 

COAST HWY MALIBU CA 90265-5028 

AIN: 4451-008-007 

1558 $8,357.04 BAMDAD, BAHAREH 

AIN: 4457-020-013 

1559 $8,838.04 BAMDAD, BAHAREH 

AIN: 4457-020-015 




2010-2011 

2956 $2,051.54 VALENTIN, BLAS AND 

MARTA O SITUS:817 W PARAMOUNT 

ST AZUSA CA 91702-4211 AIN: 

8614-002-026 

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6703 Legal Notices 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF MALIBU 

PLANNING COMMISSION 

The Malibu Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on 

MONDAY, June 4, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 

Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA, on the project 

identified below. 

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 17-054 - An application 

for the construction of a water well and underground water storage 

tank to provide non-potable water for irrigation of existing landscaping 

on three contiguous residentially developed properties, 33064, 

33088, and 33100 Pacific Coast Highway, under one ownership 

Location: 


within the appealable coastal zone 

APN: 4473-018-018 

Zoning: 

Rural Residential-Two Acres (RR-2) 

Applicant: Aloha Expediting 

Owner: 

33064 PCH Trust 

Application Filed: May 4, 2017 

Case Planner: 

Carlos Contreras, Associate Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 265 

ccontreras@malibucity.org 

_________________________________________________________ 

Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Director has analyzed 

the proposed project. The Planning Director has found that this project 

is listed among the classes of projects that have been determined not to 

have a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, the 

project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant 

to CEQA Guidelines Section 15303(e) -Existing Structures. The Planning 

Director has further determined that none of the six exceptions to 

the use of a categorical exemption apply to this project (CEQA Guidelines 

Section 15300.2). A written staff report will be available at or before 

the hearing for the project. All persons wishing to address the 

Commission regarding these matters will be afforded an opportunity in 

accordance with the Commission's procedures. Copies of all related 

documents are available for review at City Hall during regular business 

hours. Written comments may be presented to the Planning Commission 

at any time prior to the beginning of the public hearing. 

LOCAL APPEAL - A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

appealed to the City Council by an aggrieved person by written statement 

setting forth the grounds for appeal. An appeal shall be filed with 

the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action for which 

the appeal is made and shall be accompanied by an appeal form and 

filing fee, as specified by the City Council. Appeal forms may be 

found online at www.malibucity.org/planningforms or in person at 

City Hall, or by calling (310) 456-2489, extension 245. 

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL - For projects appealable to the 

Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the Planning 

Commission's approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working 

days of the issuance of the City's Notice of Final Action. Appeal 

forms may be found online at www.coastal.ca.gov or in person at the 

Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office located at 89 

South California Street in Ventura, or by calling 805-585-1800. Such 

an appeal must be filed with the Coastal Commission, not the City. 

IF YOU CHALLENGE THE CITY'S ACTION IN COURT, YOU 

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

_________________________________________ 

BONNIE BLUE, Planning Director 

Publish Date: May 24, 2018 

6703 Legal Notices 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF MALIBU 

PLANNING COMMISSION 

The Malibu Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on 

MONDAY, June 18, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 

Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA, on the project 

identified below. 

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 14-064, VARIANCE 

NO. 17-012, SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 16-040, AND DEMOLI- 

TION PERMIT NO. 16-021 - An application to construct a new 

7,407 square-foot, two-story single-family residence with an attached 

garage and basement, swimming pool, and new alternative onsite 

wastewater treatment system; including a variance for encroachment 

into Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area for fuel modification, a 

site plan review for construction in excess of 18 feet in height up to 24 

feet for the residence, and a demolition permit for the demolition of an 

existing 1,596 square-foot residence and 474 square-foot attached garage 

Location: 

5939 Busch Drive, 

within the appealable coastal zone 

APN: 4469-012-006 

Zoning: 

Rural Residential-Two Acres (RR-2) 

Applicant: Steve Bowker 

Owner: 

Hubschman Family Trust 

Application Filed: October 27, 2014 

Case Planner: 

Lilly Rudolph, Contract Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 238 

lrudolph@malibucity.org 

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Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Director has analyzed 

the proposed project. The Planning Director has found that this project 

is listed among the classes of projects that have been determined not to 

have a significant adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, the 

project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant 

to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301(l) - Existing Facilities and 

15303(a) and (e) - New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures. 

The Planning Director has further determined that none of the 

six exceptions to the use of a categorical exemption apply to this project 

(CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2). A written staff report will be 

available at or before the hearing for the project. All persons wishing 

to address the Commission regarding these matters will be afforded an 

opportunity in accordance with the Commission's procedures. Copies 

of all related documents are available for review at City Hall during 

regular business hours. Written comments may be presented to the 

Planning Commission at any time prior to the beginning of the public 

hearing. 

LOCAL APPEAL - A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

appealed to the City Council by an aggrieved person by written statement 

setting forth the grounds for appeal. An appeal shall be filed with 

the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action for which 

the appeal is made and shall be accompanied by an appeal form and 

filing fee, as specified by the City Council. Appeal forms may be 

found online at www.malibucity.org/planningforms or in person at 

City Hall, or by calling (310) 456-2489, extension 245. 

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL - For projects appealable to the 

Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the Planning 

Commission's approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working 

days of the issuance of the City's Notice of Final Action. Appeal 

forms may be found online at www.coastal.ca.gov or in person at the 

Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office located at 89 

South California Street in Ventura, or by calling 805-585-1800. Such 

an appeal must be filed with the Coastal Commission, not the City. 

IF YOU CHALLENGE THE CITY'S ACTION IN COURT, YOU 

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

_________________________________________ 

BONNIE BLUE, Planning Director 

Publish Date: May 24, 2018

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Information iscompiled from sources deemed reliable but issubject toerrors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, orwithdraw without notice. Toreach the Compass main office call 310.230.5744

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