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Twenty-nine years in, Malibu
Pie Festival still delights
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Billy Anderson enjoys every last bit of the leftovers
after the pie-eating contest Saturday, Oct. 13, at
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THURSDAY
Actress Appearance
1-5 p.m. Oct. 18,
D’Amore’s Pizza, 29169
Heathercliff Road, #104
Malibu. Actress/activist Alexandra
Paul will promote
voter registration.
School Board
5:30 p.m. Oct. 18, SM-
MUSD District Office,
1651 16th St., Santa Monica
The SMMUSD Board
of Education will meet.
To view the agenda, visit
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meetings.html.
Community Discussion
6:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Webster
Elementary, 3602 Winter
Canyon Road, Malibu.
City Council candidate Olivia
Damavandi will lead
a discussion about Malibu
children’s education. RS-
VPs requested to Olivia4
Malibu@gmail.com.
FRIDAY
Real Estate Talk
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Oct. 19, Malibu City Hall
Zuma Room, 23825 Stuart
Ranch Road. Join Malibu
Pritchett-Rapf Realtors to
learn about California real
estate and the current economy.
Light lunch provided.
For more information, or to
RSVP, call (310) 456-2489,
ext. 357.
Chinese Calligraphy
12-2 p.m. Oct. 19, Malibu
Bluffs Park’s Michael
Landon Center, 24250
PCH. This Chinese calligraphy
workshop, for ages 10
and up, will be led by Ren
Liu. The cost is $35. Preregister
online at Malibu
City.org/Register or call
(310) 317-1364.
Intro to Manual
Photography
5-7 p.m. Oct. 19, Malibu
Bluffs Park, 24250
PCH. Cecily Breeding
will lead a photography
workshop. The cost
is $80 per person. Preregister
online at Malibu
City.org/Register or call
(310) 317-1364.
Zuma Health Talks
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Chinese Painting
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Oct.
20, Malibu Bluffs Park’s
Michael Landon Center,
24250 PCH. This painting
workshop, for ages 10 and
up, is led by Ren Liu. The
cost is $35 per person. Preregister
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317-1364.
Meet and Greet
10 a.m.-noon Saturday,
Oct. 20, Malibu Colony.
Join for a meet and greet
with Malibu City Council
candidate Mikke Pierson at
a private home. To attend,
RSVP to mikke4malibucity
council@gmail.com.
Documentary Screening
7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Malibu
Jewish Center and Synagogue,
24855 PCH. Join for
a free viewing of “Homeless:
The Soundtrack,”
produced by Paula Mae &
Steve Schwartz, plus live
entertainment and a panel
discussion on the issue. Reservations
required to Malibu
FilmSociety.org.
SUNDAY
Armenian Community Picnic
12-4 p.m. Oct. 21, La
Costa Beach Club, 21440
PCH, Malibu. Ani Dermenjian,
of Coldwell Banker
- Malibu Colony, will host
this Armenian feast and
celebration complete with
music and dancing. Parking
is limited; carpooling recommended.
RSVPs are requested
to come2malibu@
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Candidate Forum
6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 23,
Malibu West Beach Club,
30756 PCH. Get to know
Malibu’s City Council candidates.
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6-7 p.m. Oct. 24, Malibu
Library, 23519 Civic
Center Way. Learn to live
in harmony with the local
coyote population,
protect pets, deter coyote
visitations, and practice
safe “hazing” techniques.
Cathy Schoonmaker, a
National Park Service biologist,
will talk about
research of coyotes living
adjacent to urban neighborhoods.
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for teens 12+ and adults.
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Alleged serial burglar caught
Police to explore
if suspect is
connected to area
shootings
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Local police believe they
found the man they have
been searching for in the
Malibu Canyon area.
Anthony Rauda, 42, was
arrested at 3:20 p.m. Oct.
10 on suspicion of various
Malibu-area burglaries, police
announced in an Oct.
10 press release.
Officials from Major
Crimes Personnel, the
Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s
Station, the LASD Aero
Bureau, and Malibu Search
and Rescue began their
From oct. 10
search of the Malibu Canyon
area around 10 a.m.
Wednesday.
“After several hours, investigators
observed fresh
boot prints in the ground
leading up to a steep ravine
approximately a mile
from north of Mulholland
Highway and west of Las
Virgenes Road,” the release
states. “With the assistance
of air support, detectives
followed the boot prints
approximately 50 yards.
Shortly after, they heard
movement amongst the
brush, followed by observing
a male adult, wearing
black clothing, walking
quickly, who resembled the
suspect in the burglaries.”
The suspect, who police
contained to an area with
heavy brush, was armed
with a rifle, but police apprehended
him without incident.
“After a few tense moments
of communicating
with the suspect, he opted
to surrender,” police said.
“The rifle was recovered,
and the suspect was transported
to Lost Hills Sheriff’s
Station where he is being
booked for an active no
bail felony parole violation
warrant.”
Sheriff Jim McDonnell
said during an Oct. 10 press
conference that Rauda had
a criminal history that included
various weapons
violations and burglaries.
According to police,
Rauda is not directly wanted
for questioning in the
murder of Tristan Beaudette,
the 35-year-old man
Sheriff Jim McDonnell and other area officials speak Oct.
10 about the arrest of 42-year-old Anthony Rauda who
reportedly was living in the Malibu Canyon wilderness
and is believed to have committed various burglaries
in the past two years. Photos by Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department
who was shot and killed in
Malibu Creek State Park in
June. Police also said Oct.
10 that it was too early in
their investigation to say
if Rauda had a role in the
string of seven shootings
which occurred between
November 2016 and June
2018 in and near Malibu
Creek State Park.
During the press conference,
McDonnell said
Rauda’s rifle would be used
in ballistics tests and other
scientific tests to determine
if there is a connection to
the shootings and/or Beaudette’s
murder. McDonnell
would not release the type
or caliber of the gun.
When asked by a reporter
if the suspect was the alleged
sniper, McDonnell
Officials said they were
not showing Anthony
Rauda’s face so as not to
limit their investigation as
they explore what crimes
the suspect may have
committed.
said “[Police are] not going
to say that ‘Yes, he is’ or
that ‘No, he’s not.’”
Homicide detectives are
working closely with police
on the case, McDonnell
said.
Bags of evidence also
were taken from the scene,
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Power shutoff protocol puts public at odds with SCE
Southern California
Edison details
plan at community
meeting
Michele Willer-Allred
Freelance Reporter
burglary
From Page 3
Tensions ran high Oct. 9
at an informational meeting
hosted by Southern California
Edison.
The meeting, held at King
Gillette Ranch in Calabasas,
was held to discuss SCE’s
plan to shut off power in
high fire risk areas such
as Malibu during extreme
weather conditions.
The meeting turned into
a heated exchange when
residents from Malibu and
surrounding communities
accused the utility company
of choosing profits over
people’s lives.
SCE officials began the
meeting with a presentation
on the Public Safety Power
Shutoff Plan, which they
called a “rare practice of last
resort” during extreme fire
conditions.
SCE officials said the
PSPS plan isn’t intended
to blackout the entire city
of Malibu, and that only a
couple of circuits may experience
an outage during
a threat. Advanced weather
monitor systems have been
installed to watch conditions,
workers would patrol
the Malibu area to ensure
conditions are right, and input
would be received from
fire authorities and emergency
management personnel
before power is cut off. At
least 48 hours’ notice would
be given to the community
before a power shutoff.
SCE has identified that 33
percent of its service territory
falls within high-fire risk
areas, including the entire
city of Malibu.
SCE officials said that in
that territory, they estimate
they would use the PSPS
plan four times per year.
They said 48 red flag days
were recorded in 2018 in the
service area, and the PSPS
plan was not used once.
They said the plan also is
needed during the completion
of other mitigation
measures, such as system
hardening and vegetation
management.
“This is not something we
take lightly,” said Cameron
McPherson, SCE’s senior
project manager of grid resiliency
and public safety.
“Edison takes pride with the
keeping the lights on.”
When SCE officials proceeded
with the presentation
and started answering
questions they thought the
community had, the audience
grew increasingly
frustrated, yelling that SCE
is ignoring residents’ concerns,
and “sidestepping”
the important issues pertaining
to the plan.
“No we’re not,” the officials
responded, leading to
jeers by the audience.
At that point, Malibu
Mayor Pro Tem Jefferson
Wagner stepped on stage and
but McDonnell would not
say what was in the bags,
saying it was “too early.”
McDonnell also said
there was nothing to indicate
that Rauda had any accomplices.
All of the burglary incidents
reportedly took place
between 2 and 5 a.m. and
involved the theft of food.
The most recent burglary
occurred at 3 a.m. Oct. 9
asked the audience to remain
calm, while also acting as an
intermediary between the
audience and SCE officials.
The officials then agreed
to answer questions posed
by some audience members,
who also took the opportunity
to make statements on
how they felt about the plan.
“I wonder why Edison is
so committed to technology
from the 1800s?” asked
Scott Dittrich, a Malibu resident,
who also questioned
why Edison wouldn’t consider
the more progressive
route of undergrounding
power lines.
Beth Lucas, a Malibu
resident and vice president
of Lower Las Flores Mesa
Property Owners Association,
said her neighborhood
was devastated by fires in
the past.
Lucas said it was dangerous
and legally negligent for
Edison to intentionally put
communities and emergency
personnel at risk if power
is cut off and a fire breaks
out, with no means of communication
except through
cellphones that may or may
not still be working.
She said that Edison
should solidify and make
their infrastructure fire and
wind safe, install fireproof
poles, and also invest in undergrounding
wires.
Diane Forte, government
relations manager for SCE,
said to underground wires
for the entire Malibu region
would be expensive, costing
almost $600 million, and
at the Agoura-Calabasas
Community Center.
An additional four allegedly
related incidents took
place in 2018, one occurred
in 2017 and two took place
in October 2016, according
to police. All of the incidents
were in unincorporated
areas of Malibu and
Calabasas.
Malibu/Lost Hills Capt.
Josh Thai also spoke at
the press conference, saying
police will continue to
be proactive and patrol the
some terrain situations in
the area also would make it
difficult to implement.
She said SCE’s plan to
install covered conductors,
which are less likely to start
a fire if a branch falls into a
wire, are more cost-effective
and easier to implement.
“What is Edison worried
about? The cost or people’s
lives?” asked Mike Morell,
a Malibu resident. “If it is
cost, why not underground
the most vulnerable lines?
We will help pay for that.”
Linda Hill, a Topanga
resident, said if electricity
is cut, everyone will be on
their cellphones when an
emergency happens, making
the networks overloaded
and unavailable.
McPherson said that SCE
continues to work with telecommunications
companies
on backup service plans and
advanced coordination.
Holly Kessler, who lives
along the Highway 101 corridor,
said she was “dumbfounded”
that SCE would
proceed with this plan in a
mountainous area with canyons
and few exits.
Kessler questioned why
they couldn’t just exempt
the area, with SCE officials
shaking their head no.
Another Topanga resident
questioned who would manage
intermediaries in the
event of an emergency, and
if the area would be “left in
the Wild West” to fend for
themselves. SCE officials
and a California Public Utilities
Commission representative
didn’t have an answer
to that question.
“I think you should all
shut up,” another resident
said to the audience, adding
that he would welcome SCE
turning off the power whenever
it wanted.
Wagner said he would
like Malibu and surrounding
City governmental agencies
to work on a joint statement
to SCE regarding their concerns,
and to meet with SCE
to have their questions answered.
Bill Chiu, director of engineering
at SCE, said he
also would like to set emotions
aside and form productive
solutions.
“We’re very sincere on
constructing a safe plan for
the community,” Chiu said.
McPherson said if there
was one thing to take away
from the meeting it is that
residents should update
their contact information
with SCE, as well as have
a plan and be prepared. He
said more power outage preparedness
tips are available
at www.ready.gov.
Discussion of the PSPS
plan comes on the heels of
state investigators finding
that strong winds caused
PG&E power lines to touch,
which sparked the deadly
Cascade Fire in Yuba County
last October.
Edison also is dealing
with multiple lawsuits
claiming that their equipment
triggered the Thomas
Fire on a hot and dry day
last December in Ventura
and Santa Barbara counties.
Malibu Canyon area.
“We’re going to continue
our efforts to make sure the
public is safe,” Thai said.
For more on this and other
Breaking News, visit Malibu
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From friday, oct. 12
Venice man
who struck,
killed Malibu
landscaper
sentenced
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Kevin James Hicks was
sentenced Thursday, Oct.
11, to 14 years and four
months in state prison for
his role in the November
2017 death of Malibu landscaper
Juan Castillo.
The 23-year-old Venice
resident entered his plea to
“one felony count each of
fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s
motor vehicle causing
death, driving or taking
a vehicle without consent
with a prior, assault with
a deadly weapon and DUI
causing injury,” states the
Los Angeles County District
Attorney’s Office in
a Friday, Oct. 12 press release.
The incident occurred
Nov. 29, 2017, when
Hicks stole a car and
drove it along Pacific
Coast Highway in Malibu,
leading police on a chase.
After attempting a stop
at Ramirez Mesa Drive,
police reportedly ceased
their chase.
Castillo, 28, of Inglewood,
who was walking
on the right shoulder in
the 27600 block of Pacific
Coast Highway was struck
a short time later.
For more on this and other
Breaking News, visit Malibu
SurfsideNews.com.

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High winds cause outages,
more in Malibu, beyond
Weak Santa Ana
event anticipated
this weekend
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
The worst of the Santa
Ana winds are expected to
be behind Malibu, though
another weak Santa Ana
event is possible Friday,
Oct. 19, through Sunday
morning, according to the
National Weather Service.
A red flag warning issued
by NWS on Monday, Oct.
15, was to remain in effect
until 8 p.m. on Oct. 16 in
Malibu.
“Gusty, offshore winds
and low relative humidity”
was anticipated over most
of Los Angeles and Ventura
counties, according to the
alert.
“Northeast wind gusts
of 45-55 mph in the mountains
and 35-45 mph in the
valleys will occur across
favored areas of Ventura
and Los Angeles counties,
then decrease Tuesday afternoon,”
the alert states.
“Humidities will not recover
much overnight with
many areas remaining between
10-20 percent, then
dropping back into single
digits on Tuesday.”
Residents were reminded
to use extreme caution near
fire ignition sources.
On Monday, Malibu
saw power outages across
town, and roughly 140
customers in Western
Malibu remained without
power as of Tuesday morning,
according to Southern
California Edison’s outage
map. SCE estimated that
power would be restored to
those customers by 1 p.m.
Tuesday.
The City of Malibu said
Monday that power outages
were not attributed to
Southern California Edison’s
controversial Public
Safety Power Shutoff protocol.
On Monday afternoon,
around 3 p.m., a portion of
Wildlife Road was closed
after a tree blocked the
road. Traffic signals on Pacific
Coast Highway also
were out from Topanga to
John Tyler Drive.
Additional details were
not available as of press
time.
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A 32-year-old woman
from France was found
dead Oct. 5 in the 28000
block of Pacific Coast
Highway in Malibu.
The Los Angeles County
Coroner’s Office conducted
an autopsy Oct. 10, but
Public Information Officer
Sarah Ardalani said
“a cause of death has been
deferred pending additional
tests.”
Tim Ruggiero, of the
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department Homicide
Bureau, told the Surfside
Monday, Oct. 15, there was
no indication of foul play in
the death.
Ruggiero said a suicide
note was found at the scene
along with several empty
medication packets.
According to The Malibu
Times, a Malibu business
posted a different account
of the woman’s death on
social media, but Ruggiero
refuted the claims.
Planning Commission to reconvene Nov. 5
Staff Report
The Malibu Planning
Commission’s regular meeting
on Monday, Oct. 15,
was canceled due to power
outages throughout Malibu.
All items which were to
be heard that evening will
now be scheduled for the
commission’s next meeting
at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5.

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Like bees to honey, repeat visitors flock to pie festival
Malibu church’s
sweet event
continues to delight
in its 29th year
Barbara Burke
Freelance Reporter
On a sunny, autumnal
Malibu day Saturday, Oct.
13, one of the community’s
time-honored traditions,
the Malibu Pie Festival,
seemed fresh and fun, full
of sweet synergy and, most
importantly, flush with
pies, pies and more pies.
“Ever since the pie festival
started 29 years ago,
I’ve been a judge and it’s
my favorite community
activity,” said Dr. Jeff Harris,
of Malibu, as he stood
in the courtyard of Malibu
United Methodist Church.
Giggling children and
smiling neighbors scurried
about, holding their pies
high in the air.
There were fruit pies galore.
There were deep dish
delights and tangy tarts.
There were savory pies.
There was even a pie that
advertised a First Amendment-protected
opinion:
the “Vote Yes on Measure
G” pie — a hemp CBDinfused,
organic key-lime
pie — which referenced a
ballot initiative to authorize
the sale and delivery
of recreational marijuana in
Malibu.
Wee ones’ first ventures
into epicurean endeavors
vied for attention adjacent
to the masterpieces carefully
curated by veteran
bakers.
Some came to consume.
Others came to compete.
Others waited for the pieeating
contest. All came to
Malibu Pie Festival champions
Chocolate: Beth Millikin’s dark chocolate and
smoked strawberry pie
Seasonal: Valerie Burke’s pistachio pie
Apple: Susan Kelly’s apple pie with apricot glaze
Fruit: Beth Millikin’s raspberry cherry almond pie
Meringue/Cream: Beth Millikin’s honeycomb
buttermilk pie
Cheesecake: Lynda Pingatore’s double-layer
cheesecake with fruit
Savory: Robyn Maruzzi’s spinach filo
Child champions
Ages 8 and under: Molly and Sadie Reagan’s
Crocker crumble
Ages 9-13: Lucas Doyle, Bennet Shugot and Martin
Kurial’s Brocacho pie
Ages 14-18: Ava Bradley’s coconut cream pie
enjoy and engage.
Melvin Eddy, of the
Melvin Eddy Blues Band,
smiled out at the crowd as
he performed for the 29th
time.
“We’ve played at the
Malibu Pie Festival since
they got it going,” he said.
“As long as I’m around and
going on, I’ll keep on going
to this wonderful event.”
Harris smiled when Malibu
Surfside News asked
him to identify his favorite
type of pie.
“Where can you stop?”
he asked. “I like fruit pies
and cobblers, but chocolate
pie comes in a close runnerup.”
Harris’ indecision was
matched by many as they
surveyed the vast expanse
of pies in the serving line.
Volunteers smiled at their
quizzical expressions, sympathizing
with their culinary
conundrum.
In the end, most didn’t
choose only one piece.
Rather, this was a gottaget-seconds
situation.
Tasty traditions are some
of the most revered.
“Most of the volunteers
have been doing this for
years,” longtime volunteer
Aimee Winner said.
“Some of us had kids at
the preschool here years
ago and we keep volunteering
for this amazing tradition
because this is a small
church, but it’s very big in
how generous it is and this
brings in families and raises
funds for this church’s
wonderful outreach to help
those in need in Malibu and
beyond.”
Darlene DuBray, a new
volunteer, smiled in agreement.
“What a great turnout,”
she commented. “So many
contributed and I’m honored
to be a part of this
wonderful event.”
Attendees were thrilled
with their pie selections.
“I tried the apple pie and
... as you can see, it is all
gone,” said Ruthie McClinton,
gesturing to the empty
plate in front of her. “It was
delicious and whoever made
this pie made my day.”
Pie Festival attendees (left to right) Bic On, Sunny Lee and Rasha Dakhil sample pies
Saturday, Oct. 13, at Malibu United Methodist Church’s 29th annual festival. Photos by
Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Just a few tables away,
David Quartararo sat with
his daughters, Tallulah, 12,
and Gigi, 11. David proudly
shared that his daughters
had just finished singing
with the Malibu Middle
School choir.
“We sang ‘California
Dreamin’’ and ‘Walking on
Sunshine’ and ‘Tongo,’”
Tallulah said. “I love the
pie festival and this peach
pie melted in my mouth.”
Gigi was equally pleased.
“The pie festival is a little
happy place in Malibu,”
she said. “It’s nice to come
here and look at the pies
and to eat the pies all day.”
The Rev. Sandy Liddell
smiled as she surveyed the
crowd.
“This turnout is wonderful,”
she said. “We’re
always happy for the opportunity
to bring people
together to share food and
great conversation.”
As the event neared its
end, it was time for the pieeating
contest, which of
Five-year-old Lene Michel gets a slice of pumpkin pie,
her favorite pie.
course involved the messiest
of pies: chocolate pudding
pie.
The Anderson clan delighted
in the event.
Abigail, 9, was a realist.
“I think the pie-eating
contest was really great,”
she said. “Until the pie
gave me a little bellyache.”
Heidi, 5, told it like it
was.
“It was very, very, very
yummy,” she said. “No
tummy ache for me.”
Billy, 2, was undaunted
and unabashed.
Grinning like a mule eating
briars, he sat long after
the judges rendered their
verdict, immersing himself
in the pie, tin and all, pausing
only to grin and dive
back in for more.
As all happily left, many
looked forward to the 30th
annual helping of the beloved
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Malibu City Council (Five for two seats)
Name: Olivia Damavandi
Age: 33
Occupation: President,
Santa Monica Safe Trails
Association
Elected Political Experience:
I served as assistant
editor and staff writer of The Malibu
Times, primarily covering Malibu politics.
After obtaining my master’s degree
from Columbia University in New York,
I returned home to serve as the City of
Malibu’s Media Information Officer. I
now serve as president of the nonprofit
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Santa Monica Mountains Safe Trails Association,
which supports education, volunteer
work, youth activity programs, and
community advocacy to promote safe
trails in the Santa Monica Mountains. The
SMMSTA works with public agencies,
concerned citizens, and homeowner’s associations
to identify and ameliorate identified
risk for visitors to public park lands
and adjacent residential communities.
Why are you running for a City Council
seat in Malibu?
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and I want the opportunity to give back.
Three generations of my family live here,
which makes me aware of the unfulfilled
needs of each demographic.
Myriad issues are threatening our quality
of life. Malibu is under siege by outside
agencies that want to control how
we use our land and educate our kids, and
whether we’ll ever be able to improve
PCH safety.
This great uncertainty of how Malibu
will change has made me wonder how realistic
or sustainable it will be to raise a
family here over the next 18 years.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
My incentive, experience and skill set.
I’m the only candidate who has children
(three) in Malibu schools (and will
for the next 18 years), and the only candidate
whose neighborhood is under attack
by the [Mountains Recreation and
Conservation Authority].
I’ve experienced Malibu through the
lens of a lifelong resident, student in our
local public schools, political journalist
covering Malibu City Hall, media information
officer for the City of Malibu, and
now as a parent and community activist.
My role at The Malibu Times required
an incredible amount of knowledge
about all Malibu issues, leadership, integrity
and dedication to making decisions
based on fact. A great journalist
never gets “spun,” and neither does a
great councilmember.
In my role as Malibu’s MIO, I worked
with City Council and staff to develop
citywide communications strategies to
better facilitate information to outside/
state agencies, the media and the public.
My role was also to serve as the City’s
spokeswoman and protect residents’ interests
by changing the narrative of Malibu
from a NIMBY community into one
known for its environmental stewardship
and commitment to preserving a rural
lifestyle. As Malibu’s spokeswoman, I put
the interests of residents first — exactly
what a great councilmember must do.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
Malibu, and what would you do to
solve them?
1. Public Safety
Public safety means PCH safety and
homelessness.
I’ll reprioritize our budget to hire extra
law enforcement that also hold bicyclists
accountable for reckless conduct. I’ll
work with Caltrans to upgrade technology,
track traffic and time stoplights accordingly,
especially at the Topanga Canyon
intersection.
I’ll launch a social media campaign to
reach millions of visitors who use PCH
without knowing its extreme danger.
I believe nobody is entitled to be a public
safety threat. I’ll analyze the effectiveness
of current City policy to find a compassionate
but legally firm way to handle
homelessness in Malibu.
2. Local Control
The majority of Malibu’s challenges
stem from its legal inability to govern
resources within its geographical jurisdiction.
I’ll protect Malibu from all outside
interests that don’t respect residents’
needs.
MRCA
I’ll prevent MRCA from illegally accessing
public trails and beaches through
private, residential roads in neighborhoods.
I’ll demand that it supervises and
maintains the properties it claims it wants
to protect.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
I’ll protect Malibu from FEMA’s calamitous
plan to destroy property values
by requiring FEMA to work with Malibu
coastal engineers and consultants to
achieve a plan that is based on scientific
evidence, not broad- brushed supposition.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School
District
We absolutely need to separate from the
Santa Monica school district.
3. Short-Term Rentals
I believe STRs must be strictly regulated,
and the City must hire additional code
enforcement to handle STR issues.
I favor an ordinance that holds owners
responsible for tenants’ behavior.
Owners must live on the property or
be immediately available to respond to
complaints. If owners do not respond
within two hours, the Sheriff will shut
the facility down immediately. After
two failures to meet their responsibility,
owners will be banned from providing
STRs.

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Malibu City Council (Five for two seats)
Name: Karen Farrer
Age: 61
Occupation: Community
advocate, organizer and volunteer
Elected Political Experience:
None
Why are you running for a City Council
seat in Malibu?
As a 40-year resident of Malibu, and a
community volunteer, organizer and advocate
for the past 27 years, I am running because
I care deeply about our community
and want to continue my civic advocacy.
Malibu needs leadership that is dedicated
and forthright, with focus on public safety,
emergency preparedness, land use stewardship,
preservation of natural resources and
stronger community partnerships.
My husband, Cameron, and I have
raised three children in Malibu and want
to see the quality of life we experienced
continue for future generations. This is
only possible with renewed determination
to promote local control.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
My decades-long proven track record
of leadership, combined with my work
ethic, broad knowledge of the community,
attention to detail, respect for others and
willingness to dig deeply into resolving
complex problems, are some of the things
that make me the best candidate for this
position.
I am a founding member and past president
of many local organizations including
Advocates for Malibu Public Schools,
Malibu Schools Leadership Council, The
Shark Fund, Webster PTA, Point Dume
PTA, Malibu High PTSA, SMMPTA
Council, and both Webster plus Malibu
High site governance councils. Further, I
have been, and continue to be, at the forefront
of the creation of an independent,
locally controlled Malibu Unified School
District.
I currently serve on the Malibu Facilities
District Advisory Committee and the
Measure M (school bond) Committee.
Through the work of AMPS, this is the
first time there has ever been separate
school district facilities committees as
well as separate bonds for Malibu and
Santa Monica.
The issue of local control, and the increasing
need for it, applies to every facet
of our lives in Malibu — public safety,
emergency preparedness, preservation of
the environment, land use, education opportunities
and more.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
Malibu, and what would you do to solve
them?
1. Protection and preservation of our
environment and lifestyle:
I am proud of my endorsements by the
Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters,
Malibu Agricultural Society and Los
Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014.
Malibu has a proud tradition of maintaining
its vast expanse of scenic beauty
and commitment to the environment. If
elected, I will work to strengthen and renew
the commitment to protect Bluffs
Park and the Malibu Lagoon. In addition,
I support the City’s recent purchase of
three commercially zoned properties, and
would consider any other properties that
would benefit our goal of reducing commercial
development.
2. Increased Public Safety Resources:
Fire risk, traffic hazards, and crime are
of increasing concern within our city.
Mitigation of risk is my first priority. As
a councilmember, I will work to increase
our law enforcement presence starting immediately.
Currently, there are 15 trained
Volunteer Officer Patrol members and
only two cars! I will work to increase the
total to four cars, which will free up our
deputy sheriffs, so they can perform their
law enforcement and safety duties. The
VOP cars pay for themselves by generating
an average $16,000 per week in citations.
3. Local Control:
Many of the agencies that Malibu intersects
with do not act in Malibu’s best
interest. As an example, the Mountains
Recreation and Conservation Authority
has demonstrated itself to be both an
unsafe neighbor and poor steward of the
environment. I will work with the other
council members to protect our residents’
safety, privacy, and personal property
rights. I believe Malibu should welcome
visitors to our trails and beaches,
but challenge the MRCA’s use of residential
neighborhoods for trail access.
Further, this agency must mitigate the
increased fire danger and environmental
degradation due to its lack of ranger
supervision.
Name: Jim Palmer
Age: No answer
Occupation: Accountant
Elected Political Experience:
None
Why are you running for a City Council
seat in Malibu?
After the last election, I was asked
by Mayor Rick Mullen to serve on the
Malibu Public Works Commission. I was
elected to become chair of the Malibu
Public Works Commission by my fellow
commissioners. This experience helps
me understand how the City of Malibu is
run. Now, there are two open seats on the
Malibu City Council and, once again, I
was asked to run by the majority of the
Malibu City Council. I know I can make
a difference helping to preserve and protect
Malibu.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
I have 30 years of professional accounting
experience in auditing, budgeting and
financial management reporting. I will
use these professional skills and the experience
gained as a Malibu Public Works
Commissioner to help lead the City of
Malibu into the future. My experience in
organizational management will allow me
to help expedite City projects and communicate
between the various agencies to
complete projects on a timely basis.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
Malibu, and what would you do to solve
them?
• Traffic on PCH is the most serious
public safety issue [Malibu faces]. One
thing we can do to help solve part of this
problem is to enforce the current laws and
rules we have in place. The City issues
conditional use permits to businesses but
does not enforce them. Nobu and Soho
House are the perfect example, along with
the traffic at the Pier. Our Malibu Volunteers
on Patrol can issue parking tickets to
violators which send a message and collects
fines for the City of Malibu. The City
can increase sheriff traffic enforcement to
help solve this problem.
• The unlawful invasion of our neighborhoods
by the [Mountains Recreation
and Conservation Authority needs] to stop.
Working with the City denying permits to
the MRCA for access through public lands
and building permits to construct visitor
serving amenities on private property
must be a priority for our City and working
with the State of California to achieve
a solution to this problem is another way
to stop this intrusion.
• Short-term rentals are destroying our
neighborhoods. Allowing real estate investors
to purchase residential homes and
turn them into a short-term rental business
is illegal and violates zoning laws.
My position is to allow owner-occupied
residences to rent out their properties less
than 30 days. All other properties ... will
not be allowed to use their property for
short-term rental profit. All rentals over
30 days are not a problem for owners or
investors.
Short-term rentals take long-term rental
properties off the market, turning neighborhoods
into businesses operating motels.
There are over 500 short-term rental
properties currently listed in Malibu. Families
cannot live in Malibu, creating a residential
community and sending children
to our schools. Enrollment in our schools
is declining because of short-term rentals.
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Malibu City Council (Five for two seats)
Name: Mikke Pierson
Age: 58
Occupation: Small business
consultant
Elected Political Experience:
Malibu Planning
Commission, Malibu Public Works Commission
Why are you running for a City Council
seat in Malibu?
My family has been in Malibu since the
1950s and Malibu has been home for my
entire life. I love our city and after sevenplus
years as a Planning Commissioner
and Public Works Commissioner I feel it
is time to step up and help guide our City
into its future. I am passionate about being
involved in my community. I have been a
community volunteer for many years and
currently I serve as a co-chair of the Santa
Monica Homelessness Steering Committee
and attend every Homeless Connect
Day in Malibu. I have also served on several
local HOA boards.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
I am the one candidate that has the experience,
knowledge and ability to get to
work immediately when elected. Being a
Planning Commissioner has taught me a
huge amount about dealing with the complex
issues that our City faces. For years
I have dealt with the issues concerning
safety, traffic, commercial development,
our neighborhoods and the environment
in Malibu. I know what is working at the
City and what can be improved. I have
the relationships already that are needed
to get things done without the learning
curve most new City Council members
go through. As a small business consultant,
I am an expert in how efficient
and accountable organizations work and
I will use these skills at our City. And I
have the financial background to analyze
and understand our fiscal budget and the
myriad of issues Malibu deals with every
day.
Finally, I teach leadership to my clients,
and this gives me the temperament
and personality that brings people together.
I don’t divide people and I believe everyone
in Malibu should have their voice
heard. In situations that are stressful to
others, I feel that I have the ability and
skills to get things done at City Hall.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
Malibu, and what would you do to
solve them?
The Top 3 issues I hear from the citizens
of Malibu are safety, the environment and
their neighborhoods. The primary issue
of these that I hear is PCH safety. When
elected, I will immediately meet with the
Caltrans people that oversee Malibu and
get to know them and their process. This
will include driving Malibu with them to
go over the 130 items recommended for
improvement in the PCH Safety Study.
And I will work with the PCH Task
Force and our Volunteers on Patrol to
improve police presence and slow traffic
down.
I will also appoint a Planning Commissioner
to replace me that will guard
against projects that increase the danger
and traffic on our highway.
As a Planning Commissioner I am already
working hard to protect and keep
safe our neighborhoods from unmanaged
camping by the MRCA, over development,
unruly rehabs and from having
short-term rentals take over our neighborhoods.
(I believe STRs should be
limited to primary residents only.) With
all of these issues we need strong regulation,
transparency, accountability and enforcement
to keep the rural nature of our
neighborhoods intact. We cannot let our
neighborhoods continue to be negatively
impacted by outside agencies and commercial
interests.
I believe we need to ban all toxic chemicals
and pesticides from our ecosystem
and continue to make Malibu a shining
example of environmental stewardship.
I strongly believe we need to conserve
more water with the Malibu Smart Water
Conservation Program and use more sustainable
and clean energy with the Clean
Power Alliance.
And I want to ban single-use plastic
water bottles in favor of more environmentally
friendly alternatives. I am an
environmentalist and proud of my endorsement
from the Los Angeles League
of Conservation Voters and the Malibu
Agriculture Society.
Name: Lance Simmens
Age: 65
Occupation: Author
Elected Political Experience:
First time running for
office
Why are you running for a City Council
seat in Malibu?
After 40 years of public service, I
want to take the skills I have learned
in federal, state and local governments
and apply them to my community to
make Malibu the most sustainable city
it can be. Today’s political landscape
is filled with anxiety from a public that
has lost confidence in its leaders and
institutions. People feel that government
doesn’t serve their best interests.
This is true from the national to the
local level. I want to do my part to restore
the public’s confidence in government,
and to make sure that the public
interest always supersedes special
interests.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
What I bring is a fresh set of eyes to
Malibu. I am not beholden to any special
interests and will dedicate my time
on the council to advancing the public
interest. Malibu struggles with divergent
viewpoints which seem irreconcilable
with one another. I have spent my
career bringing opposing parties together
to form common sense compromises for
the betterment of the community at-large.
While director of the Office of Sustainable
Development I brought fisherman
and researchers together, two parties
wholly at odds with one another, to
provide new jobs to the fisherman while
protecting ecological balance of our waters.
In the same way, I want to bring our
citizens together with the agencies we
often clash with, like the MRCA, to ensure
we can promote mutually beneficial
relationships.
Malibu needs someone on the council
with the experience of reaching outside
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of the City’s purview and working with
all levels of government. I have been doing
just that for the past 40 years. I believe
my proven ability to seek sensible
compromise is why I am the only candidate
endorsed by Congressman Ted Lieu.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
Malibu, and what would you do to
solve them?
The most important issue facing Malibu
is the perennial problem of traffic
congestion and safety on Pacific Coast
Highway. I’m proposing a three-point
program for dealing with this: (1) Create
bicycle lanes along PCH for the safety of
bikers and drivers alike; (2) Build parking
facilities away from PCH, create a
shuttle service to bring people safely to
the beach, and remove parking along the
highway for non-residents; (3) Enforce
speed limits by expanding our partnership
with the Sheriff’s Department and/or
the CHP.
Second, there needs to be more communication
and connection between citizens
and their government. My first task
will be the formation of a citizen advisory
board that would bring community stakeholders
together to devise a blueprint for
the future of our City.
I have helped create similar projects in
Seattle, Portland and Monterey Bay. Establishing
a public committee to advise
and evaluate the sustainability of the
plans our council puts forth will allow us
to keep our public officials accountable to
our charter and the will of our citizens. I
have spoken with the City’s Sustainability
Director Craig George on this issue
and he supports it wholeheartedly.
Third, we must ensure we hold fast to
our City’s mission and vision to preserve
our natural environment and community
character in the face of increasing development.
We must preserve the Bluffs
and identify other alternative space for
recreational facilities and the long-sought
after skate park. Similarly, we must find
an appropriate resolution to the increasing
prevalence of short-term rentals.
We must preserve the essential character
of our neighborhoods, while protecting
the rights of our neighbors who
rely on the additional income of these
rentals.

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SMMUSD Board of Education (Five for four seats)
Name: Oscar de la
Torre *
Age: 47
Occupation:
Founder/CEO,
Pico Youth and
Family Center
Elected Political Experience:
President of SMMUSD Board
of Education (2007-08) and 16
years of public service on the
SMMUSD Board of Education
Why are you running for a
seat on the SMMUSD Board
of Education?
As the first person in my family
to graduate from high school
and complete a master’s degree,
I understand that public education
is the most important institution
to reconcile social and
economic inequality. I am running
for re-election ... to continue
[to expand] access and opportunity
to an excellent public
education.
I want to ensure our schools
are safe [and] ... continue [to
close] the achievement gap. I
want to see more innovation in
our curriculum so students are
engaged and better prepared for
[their] careers. ... Finally, I want
to be a voice for [those] not represented
in our school district. ...
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What makes you the best candidate
for this position?
I am the only candidate that
is a former student and employee
of our school district.
In 1990, I was elected by my
peers as student body president
at Santa Monica High. Many
of my friends lived in Malibu. I
was also co-captain of the football
team and this has made me
a strong supporter of athletics
and team sports. I am also the
founder of a youth center, the
Pico Youth and Family Center,
that has served hundreds of underserved
youth in our community.
As a former counselor at
Santa Monica High and current
executive director of a youth
center, my commitment to serving
our youth is personal and
sincere. I am also a father of two
boys who both attend SMMUSD
schools so I provide a needed
and unique perspective to school
governance.
What are the Top 3 issues you
see facing the district, and
what would you do to solve
them?
1. Closing the academic
achievement gap: We need to
ensure that we have the best
teachers and staff. High quality
instruction and early intervention
for struggling students is
key. We need to increase parent
engagement and align our
in school teaching with after
school, summer school and enrichment
programs that are offered
by the various nonprofits
that serve our students.
2. Improving our food program:
We need to ensure that our
cafeterias are equipped to provide
fresh and nutritious meals to
our students. Healthy meals build
healthy minds. We need to learn
from other countries who have
made this positive change away
from food programs over-reliant
on cheap food, box cutters, microwaves
and can openers.
3. Greater accountability
and transparency: Public
schools must view parents as
partners. Every community has
a right to self determination and
local control of their public institutions,
especially the schools
that their children attend. I
am proud of my record of putting
students first and standing
on principle for what is right. I
have a successful track record
of making government work
for the people and I appreciate
your vote to continue my advocacy
on behalf of our students,
parents and teachers. For more
information, or to donate to my
campaign, please visit www.
vote4oscar.com. Thank you!
* denotes incumbent candidate
Name: Craig Foster *
Age: 60
Occupation:
Teacher/School
Board member
Elected Political
Experience:
School board
member since 2014 (one term)
Why are you running for a seat
on the SMMUSD Board of Education?
Education is my passion, specifically
ensuring all children
in our district receive excellent
preparation for college and career
in a physically and emotionally
safe environment full of relevant
and engaging opportunities
for growth. After completing my
master’s degree in teaching and
receiving my teaching credential
I had a choice to continue teaching
or to work to make public
education better for all students.
I have been honored to serve the
11,000 students of SMMUSD
these last four years. With your
support, I hope and intend to
continue to do so in the next four
years.
What makes you the best candidate
for this position?
As a parent with a child in our
schools, a teacher and a School
Board member, I am exceptionally
qualified to serve our Santa
Monica-Malibu communities.
Driven by my passion for public
education, I work every day
for our students and staff with
all my heart and skills. As your
board member, I have helped
create a shared vision with my
colleagues, district leadership
and our communities. Together,
we have expanded opportunities
so that every child in our district
is better prepared for college
and fulfilling employment. I am
proud to stand with all my fellow
incumbents; we have forged
a solid team and taken important
steps on this extremely important
task.
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What are the Top 3 issues you
see facing the district, and what
would you do to solve them?
1) Preparing each child in
the district for success in college
and career, 2) ensuring our
students (and their families) are
provided a learning environment
and a community that is both
physically and emotionally safe,
and 3) moving our children’s
educations to the forefront of
the growing 21st Century Education
movement, preparing our
students in innovative, thoughtful,
proven ways for success in a
world that is changing at an extraordinary
pace.
In my four years on the School
Board, I have worked hard and
passionately for our two communities’
shared goals.
In the hiring of Dr. Ben Drati
and in supporting his vision for
SMMUSD, we have moved the
district in a very positive direction.
We have created our vision of
SMMUSD’s 21st Century Educational
practices and empowered
teachers and administrators
to help lead the district in this essential
evolution.
We have implemented nationleading
Social Justice standards,
Restorative Justice and Olweus
Anti-bullying programs, and
American Cultures and Ethnic
Studies curricula.
We have implemented a quarterly
reporting cycle of leading
and lagging annual indicators of
success regarding both our process
and outcome goals.
We have hired new heads of
Community Outreach and Data
Analysis to provide expertise
and leadership for these critical
initiatives.
We have set board coherence
and focus as a goal for ourselves,
with already demonstrated success
in improved deliberation
and decision-making and shortened
meeting length.
We have worked together
to find shared solutions which
largely resolve the issues of
PCBs and Malibu unification.
We have worked as a Malibu
community to discuss, refine,
and implement a series of extremely
positive and muchneeded
changes to Malibu’s
schools.
There is much more of importance
to say but, in short, I ask
your continued trust and support
of me as I run again to be Malibu’s
sole representative on the
SMMUSD School Board.
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SMMUSD Board of Education (Five for four seats)
Name: Laurie Lieberman *
Age: No answer
Occupation: School Board
member/attorney
Elected Political Experience:
School Board
Why are you running for a seat on the
SMMUSD Board of Education?
I’ve served on the School Board for eight
years and I’m proud of what my colleagues
and I have accomplished. We have launched
initiatives that I want to see through and
there are additional ones I’d like to push
forward. Our schools in Malibu and Santa
Monica continue to do important work preparing
students for college and careers in
the 21st century, ensuring that our students
graduate with the ability to think critically
and with the skills to succeed. But there is
much that remains to be done. I’d like to
continue contributing to the success of our
students.
What makes you the best candidate for
this position?
I’ve been an effective leader, having
served as School Board president for four
years and as vice president for one. My
experience as an attorney, community activist,
and parent of children who attended
SMMUSD schools has been instrumental
in moving the school district forward
on a path of continuous improvement.
We are in the midst of many great initiatives
— I believe that my interpersonal
skills and commitment to inclusive partnership-building
and thoughtful decisionmaking
make me a strong candidate for
re-election.
We are steadily improving curriculum,
teaching, assessment and evaluation, all
in pursuit of greater student learning and
engagement, and ultimately graduating
students who have the tools to lead successful
lives. Strategies for improving the
learning environment and addressing the
social-emotional needs of students are having
positive impacts throughout Malibu and
Santa Monica schools. We are modernizing
our schools in both Malibu and Santa Monica
to ensure that our students are safe and
have access to state-of-the-art facilities and
technology.
I am endorsed by U.S. Congressmember
Ted Lieu, L.A. County Supervisor Sheila
Kuehl, California State Senators Henry
Stern and Ben Allen, California Assemblymember
Richard Bloom, all Santa Monica
and Malibu City Council members and
AMPS.
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
the district, and what would you do to
solve them?
The achievement/opportunity gap; independence
of Malibu schools; and ensuring
learning appropriate to the 21st century.
The district has an intentional multipronged
approach to attacking the achievement/opportunity
gap that is making a difference.
Beginning with providing high
quality pre-school opportunities, we are
using evidenced-based approaches that ensure
early identification of at-risk students.
Appropriate social and emotional support
as well as academic support must be provided
for those students beginning at prekindergarten.
We must motivate and engage
students by differentiating instruction and
ensuring that content and pedagogy is culturally
relevant and has a real-world connection.
The district is also focused on ensuring
meaningful parent engagement that
supports student learning, with an emphasis
on historically under-represented parents.
The School Board and the Malibu City
Council are working together on a plan for
separation of the SMMUSD into SMUSD
and MUSD. Meanwhile, we should be
working together where it makes sense,
while providing greater autonomy to Malibu’s
schools. In that spirit, the district has
assigned an administrator to oversee the
Malibu pathway. With the support of the
Malibu community, Malibu schools are
being “re-aligned.” New and modernized
schools are on the horizon in Malibu, provided
Malibu voters pass the bond measure
exclusively for their schools on the November
ballot. Starting next month, there will
be separate fundraising arms for Malibu
schools and for Santa Monica schools.
To ensure that students graduate from our
schools prepared for 21st century work and
career environments, it is imperative that we
develop our career technical education and
academic programs. This includes guaranteeing
that students know how to use technology
wisely and how to be responsible in
its use. We need to offer global language opportunities
beginning in elementary school;
we need to provide engaging and relevant
curriculum (for example, a newly approved
course about “Big Data”) and more handson,
inquiry-based/project-based learning.
* denotes incumbent candidate
Name: Ann Maggio
Thanawalla
Age: 53
Occupation: Retired advertising
director, mom
Elected Political Experience:
First-time candidate
Why are you running for a seat on the
SMMUSD Board of Education?
I am committed to quality public education
for all children and offer a fresh
perspective on issues of concern to our
families. These include:
• Environmentally safe and secure
schools
• Fiscal strength, transparency and responsibility
• Privacy and protection of student
and parent data
• School community engagement
• Healthy, fresh school food and
drinks
• Curriculum expansion, including
early arts and second language integration
• Development of critical thinking
skills
• Middle school sports teams
What makes you the best candidate
for this position?
I am familiar with the educational
system as a 19-year [Santa Monica]
resident and longtime active participant
in our local education, arts and business
communities as well as a parent of a
child currently enrolled in our district.
My community and professional experience
includes: Roosevelt Elementary
School Site Council; SMMUSD Visual
and Performing Arts District Advisory
Committee; SMMUSD Local Control
Accountability Plan Consultation Committee;
Classroom support, PTA, Booster
Club; Committee for Racial Justice;
Santa Monica Public Arts Committee;
Account Executive, ArtNews & Division
of Time Inc.; Advertising Director, Art &
Auction and other art/culture/travel/design
related publications.
With district parents, I have advocated
... on issues including:
• Environmentally safe and secure
schools
• Safe drinking water
• Integration of the arts into school
curricula
• Inquiry-based learning and development
of critical-thinking skills
• Facilities planning and improvements
• Fiscal responsibility
• Judicious use of computerized technology
within the learning environment
• Local control and leadership of geographically
separate school district areas
for proper representation of educational
needs and fair allocation of resources
• Local control [to enable] participation
and proper representation of student
needs
Additionally, if elected to the board,
I would be the only mom with a child
currently enrolled in our schools.
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word count.]
What are the Top 3 issues you see facing
the district, and what would you
do to solve them?
In my view, the Top 3 issues facing
the district are: 1. Clean, environmentally
healthy, safe schools; 2. Fiscal responsibility;
and 3. District separation
(known as “unification”).
1. Environmental Health and Safety:
This is a top priority. Problems pertaining
to health and safety on our campuses
requires immediate attention and
full public notice to families without
delay. Solutions and remedies, including
planning and implementing consistent
protocols and the development of
oversight bodies, should be discussed
in public forums prior to advancing or
executing board policy decisions.
2. Fiscal Responsibility: This requires
public accountability and transparency.
Currently, the public is unaware
of how our bond funds have been
spent. All district allocations should be
itemized, transparent and publicly accessible.
3. District Separation (known as
unification): Local control and accountability
should be supported. A two-city
system could enhance communications
between the board the administration
and our families. Local process, as mandated
by the State of California Local
Control Accountability Plan requires
parental engagement. Local access to
district meetings and functions will enhance
student outcomes and best use of
resources.

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SMMUSD Board of Education (Five for four seats)
Name: Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein
*
Age: 49
Occupation: College
professor, Santa Monica
College
Elected Political Experience: Elected
to SMMUSD Board of Education
November 2014
Why are you running for a seat on
the SMMUSD Board of Education?
I chose to be an educator to participate
in a noble effort to end inequality
and inequity in our society. I am running
for reelection to the SMMUSD
BOE to continue that work and to further
the development and implementation
of education policies that expand
Project Based Learning, expand
offerings of second languages to our
middle and elementary schools, and
to facilitate the separation of SM-
MUSD into two high performing districts:
Malibu and Santa Monica. I am
an elected official who believes in,
and has demonstrated skills in, collaboration
and partnership in all areas
of governance.
What makes you the best candidate
for this position?
My work as a member of the Board
of Education over the past four years
has been effective. I was instrumental
in the creation of a new American
Cultures and Ethnic Studies graduation
requirement, the establishment
of district-wide social justice learning
standards, the expansion of Project
Based Learning opportunities and
the new PBL ninth-grade experience
set to begin in the fall of 2019. In addition,
the board’s re-imagining the
Malibu pathway, the many improvements
to our classrooms and schools,
and a commitment to fiscal responsibility
are all testaments of my effectiveness
as a member of the Board of
Education. I strive to be an example
of collaboration, innovation, professionalism
and a true champion for student
equity. My unique qualifications
and demonstrated leadership serve as
testaments for my re-election to the
Board of Education. I am an educator
who knows our communities, shares
their values, and understands that an
excellent education makes the world
of difference for our kids. That’s why
I have been endorsed by AMPS (Advocates
for Malibu Public Schools)
and CEPS (Community for Excellent
Public Schools). I work with all
stakeholders in our community to
ensure access and equity for all our
district’s school children.
What are the Top 3 issues you see
facing the district, and what would
you do to solve them? (300 words)
The Top 3 issues facing the district
in the immediate future are:
• Ensuring a smooth transition
(separation) of SMMUSD into two
separate, high-functioning school
districts where students in both
Malibu and Santa Monica thrive
and are well served. I will continue to
be an advocate for “separation” and I
will collaborate and partner with leaders
in Malibu and Santa Monica and
the County and the State of California
to see that students in both cities
continue to benefit from excellent academic
instruction.
• Evaluate all district programs
for effectiveness and make adjustments
where necessary so we can
achieve our aspirational goals. Our
board hired Dr. Ben Drati as superintendent
with this work in mind. Drati
will be leading the district through an
accreditation-like process where this
work will be accomplished.
• Developing and implementing
programs that engage students
and support a joy of learning. Our
district has taken the first steps to expand
Project Based Learning in our
district with a new high-school pilot
experience set to begin in the fall of
2019. This is very exciting. Additionally,
the school district is studying
ways in which we can expand second
language opportunities into middle
and elementary schools. We know
that student engagement leads to student
success and thus the closing of
the achievement gap. The achievement
gap is a national issue and we
here in Santa Monica and Malibu
have not escaped this challenge. The
work to improve student engagement
through Project Based Learning is
key to shrinking the gap.
* denotes incumbent candidate
Civic engagement
Webster Elementary School students join in water treatment facility event
Children from a second-grade class at Webster Elementary prepare to recite The Pledge of
Allegiance alongside of attendees and the Los Angeles County Fire Department Color Guard
at an Oct. 5 event held to celebrate the official opening of Malibu’s new Civic Center Water
Treatment Facility. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
SMMUSD places teacher on leave
following comments on former student
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
A third-grade teacher within
the Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District was
placed on non-disciplinary
leave Thursday, Oct. 11, as the
district investigates if she has
broken any student privacy
laws or policies.
The teacher, Nikki Fiske, of
Franklin Elementary School
in Santa Monica, was featured
in a Hollywood Reporter article
in which she reflected
upon White House senior
policy adviser Stephen Miller
as a third-grade student. The
article, titled “Stephen Miller’s
Third-Grade Teacher: He
Was a ‘Loner’ and Ate Glue”
shares a first-person account
of teaching Miller, as told to
Benjamin Svetkey.
Gail Pinsker, Community
and Public Relations Officer
for SMMUSD, wrote in
a Friday, Oct. 12 email to
press that Fiske has been put
on “home assignment, which
is non-disciplinary in nature
to allow [the district] time to
thoughtfully review the matter.”
“She will be on home assignment
as we conduct this
review and we do not have an
idea of when it will be complete
at this time,” Pinsker
wrote.
Fiske has been a Franklin
teacher since September 1988.

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City proudly presents water treatment facility
Submitted by the City of
Malibu
Officials from the City of
Malibu were joined Oct. 5
by State Sen. Henry Stern,
Los Angeles County Supervisor
Sheila Kuehl and
representatives of the State
and Regional Water Quality
Control Boards for a ribboncutting
ceremony marking
the official opening of
Malibu’s new Civic Center
Water Treatment Facility.
“For decades, the City of
Malibu, its businesses and
residents have been trailblazers
and respected leaders
committed to protecting
our natural resources and
promoting responsible environmental
programs,” said
Mayor Rick Mullen. “The
new water treatment facility
furthers our commitment
to smart, environmentally
sound water management
practices while combatting
the realities of climate
change.”
Mullen was joined by
Mayor Pro Tem Jefferson
Wagner and councilmembers
Laura Rosenthal and
Lou La Monte, all of whom
guided the facility through
the permitting and community
outreach process to ensure
it would be completed
on time, on budget, and
would be as environmentally
sustainable as possible.
The project supports local
efforts to address California’s
drought by reducing
the use of high-quality
drinking water to irrigate
public spaces and parks. At
full capacity, the treatment
facility will save the Malibu
community 70 million gallons
of much-needed drinking
water annually.
The $60 million state-ofthe-art
facility was made
possible through the cooperation
of Civic Center
property owners with assistance
from the State Water
Board. The City formed a
community facilities district
to fund the design and
then formed an assessment
district among Civic Center
properties to fund the construction.
The City was able
to secure a $9 million grant,
a 1 percent interest State Revolving
Fund loan of $24.6
million and a 1.7 percent interest
State Revolving Fund
Loan of $26.8 million that
helps lower the annual assessments
for each property
owner.
Attendees of the ribbon
cutting took guided tours of
the facility to view and learn
about the system’s major
features. Using innovative
technology, the facility
will capture and treat up to
200,000 gallons of wastewater
daily and convert the
water for irrigation purposes.
The treatment plant
uses multiple processes to
produce clean, Title 22 recycled
water, including particle
filtration, centrifuges,
ultra-fine filtration membranes,
bio-digestion, and
UV light to kill any remaining
bacteria and viruses.
“This advanced water
treatment facility puts Malibu
at the forefront of water
recycling to address climate
change and drought,” said
Stern, whose 27th District
includes Malibu. “As someone
who grew up in Malibu,
I couldn’t be prouder of the
City’s environmental leadership.”
“Malibu may be a small
city, but when it comes to
environmental stewardship,
it stands tall,” said Assemblymember
Richard Bloom,
whose 50th District includes
Malibu, in a submitted statement.
“The City has consistently
been a leader on
issues ranging from plastic
Malibu Mayor Rick Mullen holds the ribbon cutting scissors while socializing with attendees of the Oct. 5 event to
celebrate the official opening of Malibu’s new Civic Center Water Treatment Facility. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd
Century Media
Steve Mimiaga (far left), construction manager of the Civic Center Water Treatment
Facility, conducts a VIP tour prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony.
pollution to water quality. It
comes as no surprise that it
would apply that same spirit
of environmental leadership
in opening this new state-ofthe-art
water recycling facility,
which will benefit the
environment and the Malibu
community.”
The plant will improve
the quality of life and Malibu
experience for residents
and visitors by replacing
outdated septic systems.
Reverse air pressure in all
buildings prevent bad odors
from escaping, and the air
that is drawn out is pushed
out through a bed of mulch
and wood chips, forming an
all-natural, chemical-free
filtration process to reduce
the impact of foul smells on
the surrounding community.
“Every drop of water is
precious to LA County,”
said Kuehl, of District 3,
which represents Malibu.
“Malibu’s new state-of-theart
water treatment facility
will move us closer to a sustainable
future by recycling
treated wastewater and using
it to keep our public
spaces green.”
State Water Resources
Control Board Deputy Director
Leslie Laudon and
Regional Water Quality
Control Board Chair Madelyn
Glickfeld also were on
hand.
The facility represents
a responsible approach to
managing the region’s most
precious resource: water.
The millions of gallons of
clean, recycled water produced
will irrigate popular
community gathering areas
and public spaces, including
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Police Reports
Alleged thief reportedly finds hidden
car key, nabs $1,800, more from car
An Apple iPad Pro,
$1,800 in cash, Apple iPad
keyboard case, iPhone,
iPhone case, leather bag,
Apple Airpods, wallet,
car key, sunglasses, wetsuit,
booties, Lacie 4TB
hard drive and miscellaneous
credit cards reportedly
were stolen from a
vehicle in the 35000 block
of Pacific Coast Highway
in Malibu, according to a
Sept. 30 police report.
The alleged victim said
he parked and locked his
vehicle at the location and
placed the vehicle key under
the front bumper. Upon
returning, he discovered
the vehicle ransacked and
items missing. He also discovered
that an unauthorized
transaction for $2,400
had been made on one of
the missing credit cards.
News Briefs
LA County warns of
misleading robocall
A campaign-sponsored,
misleading robocall has
reportedly been targeting
Los Angeles County residents,
the county said in
a Thursday, Oct. 11 press
release.
water
From Page 14
Legacy Park, Bluffs Park,
and City Hall.
Like Malibu, forwardthinking
municipalities
and public agencies
throughout California are
implementing local water
Oct. 7
• An Apple iPad Pro, Apple
pencil and black iPad
Pro case reportedly were
stolen from an unlocked
vehicle at Sunlife Organics
at 29169 Heathercliff
Road. The alleged victim
said at a certain point during
the day he realized the
items were missing from
his vehicle. The last time
he remembered seeing
them was when he visited
Sunlife Organics, left the
items in the front passenger’s
seat and left the car
unlocked while he was
away.
Oct. 5
• Five bottles of wine reportedly
were stolen from
Malibu Ranch Market at
29575 Pacific Coast Highway.
An informant said a
The call states that there
is an error printed on the
title for one of the propositions
in voting materials
mailed by County Registrars
of Voters.
“Ballot titles are prepared
by the state Attorney
General, with no alterations
by local Registrars
supply projects, including
wastewater treatment, water
recycling, stormwater
capture and conservation,
to diversify their water
supply portfolios, reduce
their reliance on imported
water supplies and improve
overall reliability in
the face of climate change.
Wastewater treated by the
white male, 25-28 years
old, 5 feet, 7 inches tall
to 5-8, with brown hair,
brown eyes and a beard
entered the store, grabbed
five bottles of wine and
exited the store without
paying for the items. The
alleged suspect proceeded
to leave the premises in a
newer model gray Honda
Civic.
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.
of Voters,” the release explains.
Anyone with questions or
concerns may email voter
info@rrcc.lacounty.gov.
News Briefs are compiled
by Editor Lauren Coughlin,
lauren@malibusurfsidenews.
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represents a meaningful
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impacts of future drought
cycles.
To learn more about the
new facility and the City of
Malibu’s continued commitment
to environmental
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Halloween Costume Contest entries due in two weeks
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Last week, we shared
the “spook”tacular news
that our Halloween Costume
Contest is back.
Now, with the date
creeping closer and closer,
we continue to spread the
word, but we’ll keep it
brief.
Costumes will be judged
in two categories: adults
16 and older, and children
15 and younger. Two winners
will be crowned and
earn respective prizes (see
the sidebar on this page for
details).
To enter, send a photo
of you in your costume
to Editor Lauren Coughlin
at lauren@malibusurf
sidenews.com by 5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 1. Please
also include your name,
age, email address and/or
phone number. Explanations
of costumes and the
work that went into them
are also welcome.
Group costumes also
are welcome and will be
considered as a collective
entry, eligible for one
prize.
Entries will be judged
by Malibu Surfside News’
editorial staff, with winners
being chosen based
on creativity, successful
execution of an idea, quality
of craftsmanship and
consideration of the holiday/season.
We request that entries
are not beyond PG-13.
All entries are subject to
being published, and the
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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic
Beating the bark beetle — a ‘losing effort?’
Andy Lopez
Contributing Columnist
Invisible Gardener
Recently, I received
an email from a
reader who was
befuddled by my Oct. 4
column on bark beetles
(“Tips for treating trees
with bark beetles”).
“Control of these
wretched little creatures is
often a valiant but losing
effort,” he wrote. “Because
their damage is below
the bark, we often don’t
go look for them until
damage appears and by
then, they have established
themselves in a tree and
are very difficult to get rid
of in my experience. Your
advice to [treat] trees with
the compost, mulch, and
rock dust when the tree is
healthy and uninfected is
good advice if other trees
in the neighborhood have
observed the damage.
“I guess my problem
is treating or protecting
individual trees is one
thing but that our forests
are being destroyed by this
insect at an alarming rate.
It is my understanding
that the beetle is normally
controlled by freezing
temperatures which kills
the larvae. Our forests
often create their own
mulch, and the soil they
are in normally contains all
the minerals they need yet
the beetles thrive and work
their way through our pine
forests in particular at will.
“So your suggestions
are noteworthy, but I fear
that the changes we are
seeing in the climate may
defeat any efforts by man
to control these wretched
little insects.”
OK, my turn. First of
all, I totally agree with this
reader on many levels.
I understand that dealing
with global forest issues is
something that appears to
be out of our control now.
We are on a train that is
moving faster and faster
toward the cliff. Many
folks are still in denial
about the cliff as well as
the train we are on. The
faster the train goes, the
harder it is not only to stop
it but also to change tracks!
Currently, I am trying to
deal with this on two levels.
The first is on a global
level, but I have a small,
unheard of voice in the
matter. I started the alarm
around 20 years ago with
my show called “It’s the
Trees” and then again with
another show I call “It’s
Alive!” Both shows try
not only to explain what is
happening but also to give
us practical advice on what
can be done on a massive
global scale.
I suggested back then, as
I do now, that we must stop
cutting down forests to
raise cattle or palm oil. We
should pay these countries
to keep their forest and
have them make money
from not cutting them
down. We need to help
these countries to grow
while helping them to not
make the same mistakes
that we have made over the
years.
We are still making massive
mistakes in the way
we are dealing with this
problem at home. Through
our misuse of our natural
resources, we have weakened
the chain that binds
us all together. Now, other
countries feel that they too
have the right to use their
resources and rightly point
to us as examples.
But I am going offcourse
here.
The worldwide problems
need to be dealt with by
the whole of humankind
and that, in itself, is a
magic trick that we are not
capable of doing.
We can, however, act as
individuals.
We can strive to promote
and maintain our own
natural resources.
This starts at home. If
you are lucky enough to be
a homeowner, then you can
maintain a healthy living
environment, including
healthy pest-free trees and
plants.
Your question about bark
beetles and trace minerals
is a valid one. Yes, folks
never notice the problem
until the bark beetles have
established themselves and
by then removing them is
almost impossible. Notice I
use the word almost.
You can control and
remove bark beetles from
your tree(s), but that requires
some knowledge of
how to do that and therein
lies the problem.
Professionals have been
trained to react to a problem.
That usually means
they are reacting too late,
especially since it doesn’t
really solve the problem.
If you own trees, then
you should be proactive
rather than reactive.
I feel that if we each
take care of our own, and
if cities take care of their
individual trees and the
government takes care
of their own trees, that it
would be an essential start
to slowing the fast-moving
train we are on.
As a homeowner, we
have to pay attention to
the basics, as is also the
case with our bodies. The
food we eat determines our
health, and this is true of
trees. Yes, the soil should
generally have all the
trace minerals needed by
trees for healthy pest- and
disease-free growth. But
things have not been normal
for a long time. When
was the last time an animal
died under your tree?
Your statement, “It is
my understanding that
the beetle is normally
controlled by freezing
temperatures which kills
the larvae,” is partially
accurate. The truth is that
beetles and other pests are
normally controlled by the
trace minerals they have or
do not have.
The transference of trace
minerals around the world
did not develop overnight,
and animals play a
significant role. Remove
these animals and birds
from the picture, and you
will see where the problem
lies. Animals play several
major roles, but none are
as important as the transference
of minerals and
microbes to the soil.
Animals have traveled
the whole world, whether
by flying, swimming or
just roaming. In doing so,
they took minerals and
microbes from one place
and deposited them onto
another site.
Remineralization takes
a very long time. Bacteria
has evolved to digest minerals
from rocks. Rocks
don’t move by themselves.
It takes nature to do that.
That’s why we have
ice ages. Glaciers do
many things but, to me,
they crush rocks in the
remineralization process.
Since we are using up this
mineral reserve faster than
nature can make, we must,
therefore, provide both
microbes and minerals into
our environment. That is
why it is essential that we
start to give our trees the
minerals they need now
and not wait till they get
sick. By then, it is, indeed,
too late.
Any questions? Email me at
andylopez@invisiblegardener.
com.
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Ride of the Week
Meet Neel and his 1964 Studebaker Avanti R2
Fireball Tim Lawrence
Contributing Columnist
Malibu resident
Classic cars are a big
responsibility.
Keeping them
clean, restored and fully
functional can be a huge
headache for some and can
take a lot of time. But none
of that seems to matter if
you love cars.
I mean, who cares really,
because the advantages of
having a classic car and
what you can do with it so
far outweighs any headache
that it’s not even worth
mentioning. Sorry I did, but
I have a point and this is
Ride of the Week. So, let’s
get into this before Christmas
shows up.
This is David Neel and
his ocean turquoise 1964
Studebaker Avanti R2. Neel
is owner of Neel Lighting
& Controls (a Ventura
County based lighting and
controls consulting firm)
and executive director of
the Murphy Auto Museum
in Oxnard. According to
Neel, both are full-time
jobs.
But having known Neel
for several years now, I
can attest to the fact that
he never seems to stop
smiling. I would too if I
got to play with cars all the
time. (Oh wait, I do.) Neel
understands the tremendous
value of classics these days
and the joy they bring. It
helps to be near Pacific
Coast Highway and the
beauty of Malibu, but it’s
clear that this man has
found his passion.
The Avanti is a factory
supercharged car, yielding
290 horsepower from a 289
cubic inch engine and is
automatic.
“The car has been rebuilt
from the ground up,” starts
Neel. “And the builder
made sure he built it to
factory specs and factory
colors. I have the original
window sticker and added
reproduction Halibrand
rims a few years ago. These
were a Studebaker dealer
option at the time so they
are legit to the car.”
Neel has had the car for
about five years and it has
always been on his checklist
of cars to own.
“I ran across it during a
car show on the roof of the
Petersen Automotive Museum,”
he explains. “The
owner had it for sale and
was taking great care in the
presentation and authenticity
of the car but was ready
to find a new home for it.
I knew it was the car for
me, called him a few weeks
later, and cut a deal. The
former owner and I have
become good friends and
keep in contact from time
to time.”
But how about a little bit
of Neel’s automotive history?
Where did his passion
for cars begin?
“When I was a kid
walking to the bus stop
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every day, a lady in the
neighborhood would drive
by from time to time in her
Avanti (this was in the mid
1970s),” he recalled. “I had
never seen such a car and
was enamored with its one
of a kind style and hoped
someday I could have one.
I have several cars but one
thing they all have in common
is they are all American
brands, unique and
built in limited numbers.
This makes for better conversation
at car shows.”
And there it is, folks.
Classic cars give you a
chance to share your story.
And trust me, people want
to hear it.
“It’s one-of-a-kind
uniqueness,” David
continues. “Every part of
the car has a reason for its
design. It was designed by
famed industrial designer
Raymond Loewy and does
not have any straight lines,
has elliptical wheel wells,
pinched Coke bottle design
at the center doors when
looking down on it, and no
grill. ‘Grills are for sewers’
he was quoted as saying.”
About 5,000 Avantis
were built by Studebaker
in a two-year period and of
that, few were built with a
factory supercharger. That
makes this very special car.
And by the way, it’ll be on
display at the Art Center
Car Classic on Oct. 26.
“I take the Stoodee out
occasionally on pretty
weekend days, car rallies
and neighborhood car
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From the Editor
Election bonanza, with more forums to come
Lauren Coughlin
lauren@malibusurfsidenews.com
This week, the
Malibu Surfside
News shared a good
amount of its ink with all
10 of our local election
candidates.
On Pages 8-13, you
can hear from each of the
individuals running for
Malibu City Council and
SMMUSD Board of Education.
With Nov. 6 just
around the corner, I hope
you’ve had a chance to do
a bit of your own homework
on the candidates.
But, if not, please let these
questionnaires be your
starting point. It doesn’t
get much more straightforward,
as the answers are
all in the candidates’ own
words.
Furthermore, there are
more future opportunities
to meet some of the individuals
face to face, too.
Stay tuned to our calendar
in the weeks ahead, as
announcements continue
to pour in, but there are
at least two upcoming forums
for the City Council
candidates in the days
ahead.
One, scheduled for
6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Oct. 23, is to occur
at Malibu West Beach
Club (30756 Pacific Coast
Highway). The second
that we know of thus far
is slated for 5-8 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 29, at Sunset
Restaurant (6800 Westward
Beach Road).
For the SMMUSD
Board of Education candidates,
I have not heard
of any upcoming forums,
but I will keep our readers
posted in print (if possible)
and on our social media
channels (Facebook:
@MalibuSurfsideNews;
Twitter: @MalibuNews) if
that changes in the coming
days.
Whether your mind is
already made up or your
vote is up in the air, I hope
that you can take the time
to read through all 10 of
the questionnaires, and
that this week’s issue can
serve as a resource in your
very important decisions.
Letter to the Editor
An out-of-town supporter
To whom it may concern,
I am writing in support of
the Malibu Farmers Market
(name says it all really ...
it’s Malibu’s Farmers Market!).
I understand for some
time now they have had
[to] endure months of stress
with the threat of not being
able to operate due to
demolition and construction
going on at the site the
Malibu Fitness posted Thursday, Oct. 11, about
its victory in the Malibu Choice Awards: “Honored
and Proud to be Malibu’s award winners for
BEST in FITNESS for the 2nd year #bestgym
#bestspin #bestyoga #bestpilates #bestdance
#bestrainer”
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LASD Lost Hills Station (@LHSLASD) posted
Friday, Oct. 12:
“#FraudFriday Renters Scam
Scammers use social media to post a
legitimate home listing, then offer it a much
lower price. Actual landlords allow potential
buyers to see interior of the property, and will
run credit checks. If not, be wary of a poss
scam”
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rotw
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market has operated on for
nearly 20 years.
I would hope that by
now the City of Malibu
and LA County should
realize just how valuable
this market is for the community
and what an icon it
has become for the City of
Malibu. I sincerely hope
everyone can show true
and honorable support
for the market, a local endeavor
that gives back to
the City and [is] enjoyed
shows,” Neel said. “The
demands I place upon it are
relatively minor, but it’s
always ready to go.”
And Neel’s best short
story?
“It’s a recurring story,”
he explains. “Most folks
under 50 years old do not
know what it is, think it’s
from an Italian manufacturer
and once I tell them
it’s a Studebaker, they
always respond, ‘Who built
Studebakers?’ If you can
answer that, then you get a
lollipop.”
On Malibu — a paradise
where Neel visits frequently
— Neel says he enjoys “the
amazing scenery, picture
opportunities and driving
with the windows down,
radio off and listening to
the supercharger whine.”
by thousands of locals and
tourists alike.
I also understand the
County had confirmed the
market would be allowed
to run as normal during the
demolition and construction
process. I hope this was not
just a false promise?
We all hope everyone’s
efforts of support will not
go unnoticed and the outcome
will be positive for
all.
Many thanks,
It’s pretty clear why we
have a hard time getting
anything done, but when it
comes to putting joy coins
in the bank, we’re rich as
can be.
Thanks, David. If Rocky
were a car, he’d be your
Avanti.
Want to be featured in Ride of
the Week? Send Fireball an
email at askfireball@fireball
tim.com.
Ivan H. Purvis, Farmers
Market visitor
Malibu
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Better together
EcoPeace visits Malibu,
promotes unity as solution
to Middle East water crisis,
Page 24
Making a
house call
OLM pastor visits Malibu
ranch to perform animal
blessings, Page 26
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Pair of new poetry stones pay homage to City’s Poet
Laureate Program, Page 25
Malibu Poet Laureate Ricardo Means Ybarra reads his poem, “America,” on Oct. 7 at Legacy Park. The gathering was held to honor art in various forms and to introduce the
park’s two new poetry stones. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media INSET: Mandy Mulligan, 12, reads her poem, which also is inscribed on a stone at Legacy Park.

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EcoPeace shares its message with Malibu
Speakers provide
perspective on
water crisis in the
Middle East
Barbara Burke
Freelance Reporter
We live in an era of proposed
trilateral solutions
for problems attributable
to complicated Middle East
politics, incessant conflict
and climate change.
On Oct. 6, the Malibu
Jewish Center and Synagogue
hosted representatives
of EcoPeace, a
nonprofit organization independent
of governmental
influence and composed
of experts and volunteers
from Israel, Jordan and Palestine
who focus on intercultural
cooperation to create
sustainable solutions to
water crises throughout the
Middle East and beyond.
“Water knows no borders,
it flows over them,”
MJCS Rabbi Michael
Schwartz said. “It is the
source of life.”
Water, however, does not
flow freely for all inhabitants
of the Middle East.
“We have a water crisis
in the Middle East that is
fermenting,” said Gidon
Bromberg, Israeli co-director
of the organization.
“Gaza is ready to blow and
should pandemic disease
break out there because
of water and sewage issues,
it could ignite an explosive
situation and the
genie would be out of the
bottle and we could not put
it back in. Instead of approaching
the border with
weapons, the world would
see women and children
toting buckets desperately
begging for water, a vision
no one wants to see.”
Bromberg and Munqeth
Mehyar, co-director
of the organization, were
in the United States to accept
Stanford’s 2018 Bright
Prize for Environmental
Sustainability.
Schwartz gave a Torah
reading, focusing on Bereishit,
Genesis 1, and discussed
the creation of the
world and the text’s reference
to an establishment of
an expanse between water.
Although tenacious tensions
between countries in the
Middle East create divisive
chasms, the reality is that
all nations affected by the
water crisis must cooperate
to find solutions. Perhaps,
the panelists and Schwartz
postulated, necessity can
engender peace.
Taking on the issue
In light of the Jordan
River crisis, EcoPeace
built water sewage treatment
plants and developed
shared strategies through
cooperation by all affected
nations. EcoPeace further
advocated for cooperatively
resolving water-related
conflicts and trying to implement,
in whole or part,
the Jordan Valley NGO
Master Plan community
programs.
Today, Bromberg said
EcoPeace is responsible
for infrastructure improvements,
including ongoing
efforts to rehabilitate the
Jordan River as well as the
Dead Sea, which is at risk of
dying because it is not being
fed by the river.
“Water links all sectors
in all nations and problems
related to the water and energy
needs have brought us
together despite our differences
so that we can seek
real solutions,” Mehyar
said. “Today, 96 percent of
the mighty River Jordan is
not flowing, as it has been
relegated in part to a creek
that is very polluted and has
high salinity and therefore
we bring representatives of
all three nations together
in an effort to highlight the
demise and the loss.”
Mehyar, whose work
focuses on both regional
water and energy issues,
noted that instead of divisive
dissension, there could
be a symbiotic relationship
between Israel and Jordan
regarding resources.
“Jordan has strength in
the solar sector, whereas
Israel has a strong water
system,” he said. “If Israel
could buy energy from Jordan
and Jordan could buy
water from Israel, this independence
would provide a
strong base and could serve
as a catalyst for peace,
akin to what happened in
Europe after World War II
where decimated nations
had their economies rebuilt
using coal and steel industries
to further peace.”
EcoPeace currently
maintains offices in Amman,
Bethlehem and Tel
Aviv.
“The presentation was
very enlightening and the
organization’s mission of
trying to unite a region that
is politically complicated is
impressive,” said attendee
Stuart Cohen. “If Arabs,
Jews and Palestinians
could connect through cooperation
regarding water
and energy, that would be a
great step.”
A new audience
While in Malibu, Mehyar
and Bromberg also held a
forum at Sorenity Rocks
in Malibu where they further
addressed solutions to
water crises and focused
on healing facilitated by
EcoPeace in a conflict-torn
region.
“In part of the Jordan
River, sewage no longer
pollutes the environment
because EcoPeace has built
a new sewage treatment
plant,” Bromberg said as he
played the “Jordan River
Love Song” by Friends of
the Earth Middle East Water
Trustees, EcoPeace’s
predecessor organization.
The song features Israeli,
Jordanian and Palestinian
youth singing along the
banks of the Jordan River
and is augmented by beautiful
pictures of special
spots in the region. The
song conveys EcoPeace’s
central thesis: Everyone in
the Middle East needs to
work together so that water
is shared fairly and peacefully.
Bromberg also displayed
pictures of local mayors
swimming across the Dead
Sea, a feat he said was accomplished
for the first
time in history because the
swimmers wore special
masks to prevent salt from
entering their lungs. The effort
is one example of Eco-
Peace facilitating colloquy
and collaboration between
community leaders in Israel,
Palestine and Jordan.
For more information
on EcoPeace, visit ecope
aceme.org.
Faith Briefs
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211
Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7966)
Harvest of Hope Fundraiser
3-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21.
Join for live music, food, a
wine tasting, a silent auction
for gifts, and more, all benefiting
St. Aidan’s charities.
Visit www.staidanschurch.
org to purchase online advance
tickets ($45) or purchase
on the day of the event
for $50. Call (310) 457-7966
for more information.
The Women’s Circle
6:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 24. The group meets
in the Parish Hall for salad
and a book discussion.
Sacred Yoga
7:15-8:15 p.m. Thursdays.
Class with Liz
Krystofik.
Contemplative Worship
8 a.m. Sundays
Traditional Worship
10 a.m. Sundays
Martial Arts
4-7 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays.
Class with Kurt Lampson.
Sunday School
10-11 a.m. Sundays.
Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter
Canyon Road, 310-456-2361)
Al Anon Meeting
6:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19.
Meet in Okoneski Room.
Centering Prayer
8:30 a.m. second and
fourth Thursdays
Learn About Catholicism
This group meets on Sundays
and shares stories of
faith and community. Contact
the rectory office for
meeting times.
AA Meetings
6:30 p.m. Mondays,
Sheridan Hall.
Narcotics Anonymous
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Sheridan Hall.
OLM Book Club
6:30 p.m. Second Tuesdays.
This club meets to
discuss short stories.
Morning Bible Class
10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays,
Lower Conference
Room.
Men’s AA Meetings
6 p.m. Fridays, Okoneski
Room.
Malibu United Methodist Church (30128
Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505)
Malibu Music Nights
6:30-9 p.m. third Saturday
of the month. Malibu
artists (from established
musicians to students)
will perform in the courtyard.
To perform, or for
more details, email devon
meyersproject@gmail.
com.
Prayer and Healing Circle
7-8 p.m. Tuesdays. A
non-denominational gathering
of like-minded people
united in different forms of
focused prayer and healing
modalities. Featured speak-
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Malibu community honors local poets, art
Poetry stones
at Legacy Park
expected to become
a tradition
Kateri Wozny
Freelance Reporter
Two stones inscribed
with inspirational, locally
crafted poetry were celebrated
by the Malibu community
in an Oct. 7 ceremony
at Legacy Park.
The stones pay tribute to
the City of Malibu’s Poet
Laureate Program.
The first stone honored
Malibu resident Ricardo
Means Ybarra’s two-year
tenure as the City’s first
poet laureate. Ybarra read
his poem entitled “America,”
which was created for
Malibu’s Concert on the
Bluffs event in 2017.
“The song for the concert,
‘Rhapsody in Blue,’
was a homage to America
and immigrants,” Ybarra
said. “I wanted to write a
poem about our love for
America and contributions
made by all Americans.”
Visitors walking the footpath
of the park can view
the wording for “America”
engraved on a black granite
stone.
“It is an honor [to have
this stone], especially coming
from our community,”
Ybarra said. “[As the poet
laureate] I get to work
with students and community
poets, artists and musicians.
I’m blessed to work
with them.”
Since taking his position
in March 2107, Ybarra has
worked to spread a love of
poetry to Malibu students,
Artist Ako Eyong poses by his work titled “GMO.”
with children’s works
reaching the community
via pizza boxes and more.
Ybarra also plays hosts to
Caffeinated Verse Poetry
Open Mic events at the
Malibu Library.
The second stone at Legacy
Park honors emerging
student poet Mandy Mulligan
with an excerpt from
her poem “Thank You,”
which is engraved on a
Verde slab of marble in
Legacy Park’s Children’s
Garden.
“Poetry is like a river
that has no beginning
or end.
It flows through people.
Deep inside it hides,” Mulligan
read aloud.
“It means a lot to me
[to have my poetry displayed]
because I am only
12 years old and already
something this big in my
life is happening,” Mulligan
said.
Mulligan was one of
Ybarra’s students while
attending Juan Cabrillo
Elementary School. She
participated in the Poet
Laureate Workshops in the
Schools, a program sponsored
by the City of Malibu
and the Malibu Cultural
Arts Commission.
“My class worked with
Mr. Ricardo and we all
wrote our own poems,”
Mulligan said. “I learned
how to make my words
flow better in my writing.”
Longtime resident and
poet Ann Buxie also read a
poem, called “Medicine,”
during the celebration.
Buxie had originally
proposed creating the Poet
Laureate Program through
MCAC, and the City Council
approved the recommendation
in November
2016.
“Ricardo and Mandy’s
poetry are like medicine
to my soul and I am so
glad [the poems] are on the
stones,” Buxie said.
Art also was on display
by local artists Ivo Spirov
(“Surfboard”) and Ako
Eyong (“GMO,” “Severed
Connection” and “Portrait
of Cloudy Goodboy”) while
Shannon Navarro-Mitchell
and Michael Mitchell, of
local band Karma Dealers,
performed their songs
“Coming Home,” “10,000
Angels” and “Malibu Dark
Sky.”
“It’s never just about poems,
it’s about the artists,”
Mandy Mulligan (left) and her grandmother Sandy Locke admire her poetry stone at
Legacy Park during the Oct. 7 ceremony. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Shannon Navarro-Mitchell and Michael Mitchell of the Karma Dealers perform their
original songs for the crowd in Malibu.
Ybarra said. “They are the
most energetic and generous
people.”
According to the City of
Malibu, the Poet Laureate
Committee worked on the
stone project for more than
a year and secured donations
from agencies and
individuals to pay for the
stones. The City plans to
continue the poetry stone
tradition at Legacy Park by
installing new stones every
two years when a poet laureate’s
term is completed.
“The settings of the
stones in the park really
shows the virtual ground
started by the Malibu City
Council,” said Catherine
Malcolm-Brickman, chairwoman
of MCAC. “Our
very first Poet Laureate,
Ricardo, has set a very
high bar. I couldn’t be more
proud of this day.”

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Blessed
Malibu nonprofit’s animals receive sacred visit from OLM pastor
The Rev. Matthew Murphy does a reading prior to the blessing at Big Heart Ranch and
Farm, a nonprofit organization in Malibu.
The Rev. Matthew Murphy (right), associate pastor of Our Lady of Malibu Catholic
Church, blesses Olivia, a baby goat held by Alex Suhl, at Big Heart Ranch and Farm in
Malibu on Oct. 7. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
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Big Heart Ranch and Farm’s animals, including the goats and an alpaca, are blessed by
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Surfside puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
This is more than your average crossword. The Surfside Puzzler features clues pertaining to Malibu each week.
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Decide not to attend
5. Lt.’s inferior
8. Flooded
13. Pitch-black
15. Postal abbr.
16. Light hard wood
17. Very, to Verdi
18. Sound of contempt
19. Convention center
events
20. Dumbfound
21. Unlawful firing?
23. Rd. alternatives
24. Local restaurant
27. “8 Mile” rapper
29. Tough tests
31. Corleone, for one
32. Track of a wild animal
35. Queen song
38. Early president
40. Container
41. Lovely lady
42. Tag or tarsals
43. Lucy’s best friend
45. “Yadda, yadda, yadda”
46. More frigid
49. Russia’s Brezhnev
51. An expression of affection
54. Braun or Gabor
57. Malibu cafe
58. Place for aluminum
furniture
61. Hot chocolate?
63. Freudian article
64. Home of Pharaohs
65. Clothing for a centurion
66. “Baloney!”
67. Train station
68. Drenched
69. Trademarks, abbr.
70. Do over
Down
1. Totals
2. Shoelace problem
3. The specially enlightened
4. Miner
5. Cornerstone abbr.
6. Pacific island
7. Describes
8. Supreme Egyptian
god
9. Polish the floor
10. Smartphone programs
11. Word with car or
machine
12. BP competitor
14. Wearing no shirt
22. Paddle
25. Babysitter’s handful
26. M.’s counterpart
27. Dutch cheese
28. New Wave band
Depeche __
30. Not very talkative
person
33. Strain
34. ___-bran
36. Meter opening
37. Shipping dept.
stamp
39. Disabling spray
41. Censored and
replaced
44. Shady tree
47. Fortunate
48. Part of some email
addresses
50. Persian wild zebra
52. Adage
53. Lets out
54. Trade agreement
55. French you
56. ___ Domini
59. Nano, for one
60. Germany’s ___ von
Bismarck
62. A day in Spain
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has
been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares.
To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must
contain each of the numbers 1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Sudoku by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
answers
Malibu Wines
(31740 Mulholland
Highway, Malibu; 818-
865-0605; 21 and up)
■ ■5-9 p.m. Friday, Oct.
19: Got Paella food
truck
■ ■7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 19: showing of
“Nightmare Before
Christmas”
■12-9 ■ p.m. every Saturday:
live music
■12-8 ■ p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 20: Thai Fusion
Tacos food truck
■11 ■ a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 20, and Sunday,
Oct. 21: Italian Ice
Shoppe food truck
■8:30-9:30 ■ a.m. Sunday,
Oct. 21: Yoga and
Mimosas, $20 cash at
door; RSVP preferred
■12-9 ■ p.m. every Sunday:
live music
■12-8 ■ p.m. Sunday, Oct.
21: Slanging Corea
food truck
Ollie’s Duck & Dive
(29169 Heathercliff
Road #102, Malibu;
310-589-2200)
■ ■9:30 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 19: live music
from White Chocolate
Martini
■ ■9:30 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 20: Angel City
Fiddle Squad
The Sunset
(6800 Westward Beach
Road, Malibu; 310-589-
1007)
■ ■4 p.m. Sunday: DJ
Moonshadows
(20356 Pacific Coast
Highway, Malibu; 310-
456-3010)
■ ■7 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday
and Saturday; 3-9 p.m.
Sunday: Live DJ
Rosenthal Tasting Room
(18741 PCH, Malibu;
310-456-1392)
■ ■6-9 p.m. Fridays; 12-9
p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays: Live music
Duke’s Malibu Restaurant
(21150 PCH, Malibu;
310-317-0777)
■ ■4 p.m.-close. Friday:
Aloha Hour
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Locally inspired art to be shown and sold
Annual exhibit
supports
maintenance of
area parks
Submitted by the Allied
Artists of the Santa
Monica Mountains and
Seashore
Fifteen local artists and
their paintings of the Santa
Monica Mountains and
beaches will be featured in
an Oct. 28 art exhibit.
The Will Rogers State
Historic Park and the Allied
Artists of the Santa Monica
Mountains and Seashore
will gather from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Oct. 28 for the eighth
annual art exhibit and sale.
The event, which is
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sponsored by the Will Rogers
State Historic Park, is
located at 1501 Will Rogers
State Park Road, in Pacific
Palisades. Featuring
15 local fine artists, the exhibit
and sale will display
original, representational
landscape paintings of the
Santa Monica Mountains
and beaches to promote appreciation
of the environment
and to support conservation
and maintenance
Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area
and local parks.
Allied Artists of the Santa
Monica Mountains and
Seashore is a 20-year-old
organization of local fine
artists.
The 156,000-acre
SMMNRA stretches from
Runyon and Franklin Canyons
in Hollywood to Point
Mugu State Park in Ventura
County and contains over
ANNIVERSARY
MALIBU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
“Boats” by artist Tim Kitz is among the works which will
be displayed at the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica
Mountains and Seashore’s annual exhibit on Oct. 28.
Images Submitted
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Guide from us!
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LOCAL NEWSSTANDS
OR CALL
310.456.9025
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500 miles of trails including
the 67-mile long backbone
trail that follows the
crest of the coastal mountains
from Will Rogers
State Historic Park to Point
Mugu State Park.
The group of artists provides
information, art, environmental
education and
an appreciation of the local
mountains and seashore as
a public service and donates
a portion of art sales
to conservation and environmental
organizations.
The Allied Artists collaborate
with conservation and
park agencies such as Will
Rodgers State Historic Park,
King Gillette Visitor Center,
Western National Parks Association,
Palisades Village
Green, National Wildlife
Federation and Mountains
Restoration Trust to hold
exhibitions of their paintings
several times a year to
raise money and increase
public awareness of the endangered
land that they depict
in their paintings.
The group also sponsors
free monthly paint-outs on
“Carpenter’s Shed, Will Rogers” by artist Russ Hunziker
is shown.
Marnie Piuze’s painting will also be displayed at the exhibit.
the second Saturday of the
month.
The paint-outs provide a
unique opportunity for any
painter to enjoy a sense
of camaraderie with likeminded
people and are a
great way to see the beauty
of the natural environment.
A painting demonstration
and friendly critique is
usually held at the paintouts.
The free paint-outs
are from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and
are open to any artist, any
media and any skill level.
For more information, visit
www.allied-artists.com.

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faith
From Page 24
ers and workshops are offered
throughout the year.
Alateen Meeting
10 a.m. Saturdays, Alateen
meeting
Yoga with Jodi
6:30 p.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays.
AA Meetings
6:30 p.m. Sundays; noon
and 7 p.m. Mondays and
Tuesdays; noon and 7:30
p.m. Wednesdays; noon
and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays;
noon and 8 p.m. Fridays;
noon and 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Bible Kids
3-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays for
kindergarten through second-grade
children; 3-4:30
p.m. Thursdays for third
through fifth-grade children.
Bible Kids is an afterschool
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.
University Church of Christ (24255 PCH,
310-506-4504)
Acapella Service
10:15 a.m. Sundays, in
Elkins Auditorium
Instrumental Service
5 p.m. Sundays, in
Stauffer Chapel
Adult Bible Class
9 a.m. Sundays, in Payson
Library
Children and Youth Bible
Classes
9 a.m. Sundays, various
locations
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.
Parent and Me Program
9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesdays.
This program is held
at Gan Malibu Preschool,
22933 PCH. For more information,
call (310) 456-
6573 or email sarah@ganmalibu.com.
Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
(24855 PCH, 310-456-2178)
Torah Study
10 a.m. Saturdays, with
Rabbi Michael Schwartz.
Baby & Me Class
9:30-11 a.m. Thursdays.
The synagogue hosts weekly
classes where babies
and toddlers can explore
the school through blocks,
paints, dramatic play, puppets,
sensory play, and
more. There will be a discussion
pertaining to babies
and toddler’s beginning
years. Open to all.
Religious School
3:45-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays
Tuesday Mamas
4 p.m. Tuesdays
Tot Shabbat
11:30 a.m.-noon. Fridays.
Prayers, music and
dancing.
Waking Up to Jewish Ethics
7:30-9 a.m. Every Thursday.
A discussion group
based on Talmudic sources.
For more information, call
(310) 456-2178.
Hand in Hand
4-5:30 p.m. Every Thursday.
Hand in Hand is an
inclusion program that integrates
youth of all abilities
in an after-school social
program. For more
information, email cantor
@mjcs.org.
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 Presbyterian Church (3324
Malibu Canyon Road, 310-456-1611)
Sunday Worship Services
10:15 a.m. Sundays
Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning
View Drive, 424-235-4463)
Service
10 a.m. Sundays
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.”
Have an event for faith briefs?
Email lauren@malibusurfside
news.com. Information is due
by noon on Thursdays one
week prior to publication.
Going rate
Malibu Sales and Leases | Week of Oct. 3 - Oct. 11
Type ADDRESS LP SP D.O.M ST date BR/BA
Lease
3510 Cross Creek
Lane
$21,995 $20,000 24 10/3/2018 4B/4B
Land 11870 Ellice St. $5,900,000 $5,400,000 427 10/3/2018 N/A
Lease
Single Family
Single Family
Single Family
6801 Seawatch
Lane
23438 W. Moon
Shadows Drive
3652 Surfwood
Road
21634 Pacific
Coast Highway
$6,500 $5,500 25 10/3/2018 3B/3B
$1,849,000 $1,825,000 46 10/4/2018 4B/3B
$2,799,000 $2,700,000 43 10/4/2018 4B/3B
$9,000,000 $9,000,000 0 10/4/2018 4B/4B
Land 0 Murphy Way $2,500,000 $2,480,000 289 10/5/2018 N/A
Lease
Lease
Single Family
Lease
7036 Grasswood
Ave.
26666 Seagull
Way #C202
3860 Las Flores
Canyon Road
28218 Rey De
Copas Lane
$11,700 $11,700 57 10/6/2018 5B/3B
$3,795 $3,695 59 10/10/2018 1B/1B
$1,995,000 $1,965,000 29 10/11/2018 6B/5B
$4,450 $4,450 54 10/11/2018 3B/3B
Statistics provided by Bobby LehmKuhl with 4 Malibu Real Estate.
Information gathered from Combined L.A./Westside MLS, Inc. is deemed
reliable but not guaranteed. Contact Bobby at (310) 456-0220,
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Sweet serendipity
MHS girls volleyball team
defeats Santa Paula on
season-closing senior night,
Page 32
giving it their
all Despite loss, Sharks
football coach lauds
team’s defensive game
plan, Page 34
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Pepperdine fieldhouse hosts basketball season-opening pep rally, Page 33
Pepperdine University’s Riptide Rally Crew and Willie the Wave energize the crowd Friday, Oct. 12, during
Blue & Orange Madness at Firestone Fieldhouse. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media

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Girls Volleyball
Sharks cap season with sweep, senior night ceremony
Stepsisters, seniors
Stickney-Prakasim
and Brady are
honored at game
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Words of wisdom
Sharks seniors, Malibu coach share parting words
• Sierra Brady: “Keep the energy up and remember
that feeling of winning that last tournament or match
and put it into your games. Embrace that feeling.”
• Grace Stickney-Prakasim: “Confidence is a really
big thing in volleyball. You have to have this faith in
yourself to know that you can do it. ... If you want to
play, just keep working on it.”
• Coach Derek Saenz to his seniors: “Seniors, you
guys did an awesome job. Truly appreciate your
effort and commitment to this process of building
this program. Can’t wait to see what the future holds
for you two!”
Last year, seven seniors
left the Malibu High School
girls volleyball team after a
bittersweet 23-3 season that
came to an end in the California
Interscholastic Federation
semifinals.
This year, the scales shifted.
First-year coach Derek
Saenz commanded an underclassmen-heavy
roster
that had a 2-15 overall record
and a 2-7 league record.
There were just two
seniors — team co-captain
Grace Stickney-Prakasim
and her stepsister, Sierra
Brady — to honor on senior
night Oct. 9. But the duo’s
bond and the Sharks’ season-ending
three-set victory
(25-18, 25-20, 25-19) over
visiting Santa Paula High
School made it a night to
remember.
“We really kept our energy
up especially because it
was senior night and the last
game of the season,” Brady
said in a phone interview
with the Surfside. “People
were really excited to play.”
The team was able to go
into the night without feeling
pressure, allowing them
to play well and without errors,
according to Saenz.
“The match was between
two teams that were not going
to qualify for playoffs,
and each took a different
path in their attitudes,”
Saenz wrote in an email
to the Surfside. “Malibu
showed a lot of heart and resilience
coming in fired up
to play in the match the way
they did.
“It’s easy to be motivated
when things are going well
and senior night is at the
end of a successful season
and before a potential playoff
run, but that was not
our story. We only won one
match coming into Tuesday
night, but that was not
something that was going
to detour them from trying
their best.”
The progress made by
Brady, who joined the team
a couple months ago and
played as a middle blocker,
was on full display on senior
night.
“I could see she was reading
the hitters and adjusting
her positioning to follow
them,” Saenz wrote. “As a
coaching staff we were so
proud of her. Those blocks
came at crucial times that
allowed us to block any momentum
shifts from Santa
Paula.”
Stickney-Prakasim, too,
noted her stepsister’s progress,
and was grateful for
the chance to share yet another
thing with Brady.
“We’re really close,”
Stickney-Prakasim said in
a phone interview with the
Surfside. “It was kind of
cool.”
Stickney-Prakasim, a
setter, played volleyball at
MHS girls volleyball players Grace Stickney-Prakasim (9) and Sierra Brady (8) were
honored on senior night Oct. 9. The girls were presented with flowers, gifts and
speeches prior to sweeping visiting Santa Paula High School. Photos submitted
Malibu for three years, with
this year being her first time
on the varsity squad. She
fondly recalled some of her
favorite moments, including
a practice this year in which
the girls were practicing
pancakes, which is when
a player digs or saves the
ball using a hand flattened
on the floor. She also fondly
recalled another practice
in which she was paired
with her friend and libero
Jamison Douglas, who she
normally did not get to partner
with, for two-on-two
play.
“We did lose a lot of our
games ... but we had a lot
of fun,” Stickney-Prakasim
said. “I got to know
everybody so much better
and it was a really good
season.”
Both Stickney-Prakasim
and Brady said they hope
to continue playing volleyball
in college, whether it’s
on an intramural team or in
beach tournaments.
Brady, who also has done
pole vaulting, doubles tennis,
soccer and softball, said
the team sport proved rewarding.
“Out of all the team sports
I’ve ever done, these girls
were the most positive and
encouraging, and it was really
nice to be a part of,”
Brady said.
Grace Stickney-Prakasim
(right) takes a photo with
her mom, Joyce Stickney,
on senior night at Malibu
High.
This Week In...
SHARKS ATHLETICS
Girls Tennis
■Oct. ■ 18 - at Nordhoff, 3
p.m.
■Oct. ■ 23-25 - Finals at
Hueneme, TBA
Cross Country
■Oct. ■ 19 - at Mt. Sac
Invitational, TBA
Football
■Oct. ■ 19 - host Nordhoff,
6:30 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
■Oct. ■ 19-20 - at Steve Pal
Tournament, TBA
■Oct. ■ 23 - host Cate,
3:15 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 25 - at Santa Monica,
3:15 p.m.
PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS
Men’s Tennis
■Oct. ■ 18-22 - host ITA
Regionals
Women’s Volleyball
■Oct. ■ 18 - at San Diego, 7 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 20 - at BYU, 12 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 25 - host Santa Clara,
7 p.m.
Women’s Golf
■Oct. ■ 19-21 - at Stanford
Intercollegiate in Palo Alto
Men’s Water Polo
■Oct. ■ 20 - host UC Irvine,
1 p.m.
■Oct. ■ 21 - at USC, 1 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
■Oct. ■ 20 - host Loyola
Marymount, 1 p.m.
Men’s Golf
■Oct. ■ 22-23 - at Royal Oaks
Intercollegiate in Dallas

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Players receive a warm Waves’ welcome
Lively rally sets
tone for Pepperdine
basketball season
Barbara Burke
Freelance Reporter
It was the happiest display
of madness.
With blue and orange
lights flashing and music
blaring in Firestone Fieldhouse,
Pepperdine’s school
spirit was through the roof
Friday, Oct. 12, when the
university kicked off the
men and women’s basketball
seasons at its annual
Blue & Orange Madness
event.
“Are you ready?” the
announcer yelled to the
crowd. “I can’t hear you!”
The Riptide Rally Crew
jumped frenetically around,
encouraging fans to make
some noise.
Cheers, whistles, hooting
and hollering ensued.
“The support of the
community means everything
to us,” said women’s
basketball coach DeLisha
Milton-Jones. “We
need the whole community
to support these young
women as they play here
and start their futures in
life and for some, in the
WBNA and abroad.”
Team spirit, positivity
and goodwill energized the
air.
The Pepperdine Step
Team put on an amazing
performance as 24 women
clapped and performed
gymnastic feats in unison
for a synchronized, symphonious
synergy of movement.
Milton-Jones and men’s
basketball coach Lorenzo
The Waves’ step team performs.
Romar led the festivities.
“OK, we’re going to
teach you how to rule the
world of fandom,” Romar
said. “We’re both planning
on playing an exciting
brand of basketball this
year and we need your support.”
A fan hollered out
“You’ve got it!”
More cheers erupted.
“So, let’s go through
some scenarios,” Romar
began.
Members of the men
and women’s teams went
through a five-on-five spar.
“We just got the ball for
a tip,” Romar said. “You
need to make some noise.”
The crowd went wild.
“Scenario 2, we’re up
for a free throw,” he said.
“Shh! Waves up and we’re
quiet.”
For the uninitiated,
“waves up,” is a hand signal
by hundreds of fans
concurrently, and silence is
the name of the game.
“When the ball goes in,
everybody all at once yell
‘whoosh!’”
A player sunk one.
“Whoosh!” yelled the
crowd.
“Now for some 3-pointers,”
Romar said.
Another player hit a
“nothing-but-net” bucket.
“Whoosh!” yelled the
crowd.
For the last scenario, Romar
queried, “What if the
officials are not on their
game and make a bad call?”
The crowd waited in anticipation.
“You’ll have to say the
biggest ‘boo’ that Malibu
has ever heard,” Romar
said. “Try it.”
A huge “boo!” erupted in
the stands.
It’s just not a basketball
pep rally if there isn’t a
slam-dunk contest.
This one did not disappoint.
Player Kessler Edward’s
performance was amazing.
He approached with
stunning speed and jumped
high in the air. His agile
body and arms hung high,
suspended in space, defying
gravity with grace.
Dunking it, he hung briefly
on the hoop.
“Woosh!” yelled the
crowd as someone in the
stands yelled out, “Now,
that’s what I’m talkin’
about!”
“I absolutely loved the
event tonight,” said Waves
player Ashleen Quirke.
Pepperdine’s Jackson Stormo participates in the slam-dunk contest Friday, Oct. 12,
during Blue & Orange Madness. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Men’s basketball coach Lorenzo Romar revs up the lively crowd.
Sharing the love and
sense of community, Pepperdine
Athletics and the
school’s Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity announced
a strategic partnership to
benefit Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Greater Los
Angeles. Next month, on
Nov. 9, Pepperdine will
play host to the “SigEp
Bounce” basketball tournament
to benefit the youth
organization.
A short video clip, showing
beaming children interacting
with Pepperdine
students, helped depict the
impact of such a partnership.
Though Blue & Orange
Madness and the larger
Waves Weekend extravaganza
has come and gone,
good times are sure to
return to Firestone Fieldhouse
as the basketball
season gets underway.

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Football
Missed opportunities seal
Sharks’ fate in road loss
Senior night
scheduled for this
Friday at home
Ryan Flynn
Freelance Reporter
Malibu High School entered
its Friday, Oct. 12
game as a heavy underdog,
on the road, against an undefeated
Santa Paula squad
that has run roughshod over
the Citrus Coast League
this year.
They nearly came away
with a win.
“I think Santa Paula underestimated
us,” coach
Terry Shorten said. “Once
we got into it they realized
we weren’t going to just
roll over for them.”
Santa Paula won 14-7
in a “defensive battle,” according
to Shorten, that
went down to the wire.
Malibu is now 6-2, and 2-2
in league with two games
remaining, both against
league opponents.
The Cardinals got on the
board first, blocking a Malibu
punt in the first quarter
to give them great field position.
They scored a touchdown
on this drive, the
lone score of the first half.
A back-and-forth defensive
battle had Santa Paula up
7-0 at halftime.
The third quarter also
was scoreless. In recent
weeks, the Malibu offense
has been feeling the effects
of losing possibly their best
playmaker: receiver Louie
Thrall, who is out for the
season with a knee injury.
Thrall, a tall speedster, has
“We had shots to score. We didn’t
execute in the red zone, but we
had our opportunities. We just
didn’t capitalize.”
Terry Shorten — Malibu High School football
coach, on his team’s Oct. 12 performance at Santa
Paula
been used at both receiver
and running back in the
past, and also is a standout
defensive back.
“It was a great, great
game,” Shorten said. “We
had shots to score. We
didn’t execute in the red
zone, but we had our opportunities.
We just didn’t
capitalize.”
Early in the fourth
quarter, cornerback Eric
Truschke intercepted a
Santa Paula pass and ran
it back to the house, tying
the game at 7-7. Both teams
had their chances late, but
with under five minutes remaining
in the game, Santa
Paula received the ball in
great field position on their
own 45-yard line. They
marched down from there
for the go-ahead score, and
led 14-7 with just three
minutes remaining.
“Defensively, we really
played tough run defense
and we also had a lot of
deflected passes,” Shorten
said. “The secondary
played well. We had a great
game plan defensively. I
felt like we executed that
game plan. We did give up
the last drive of the game,
which was a game winner,
but I think at that point we
were gassed.”
Malibu got the ball back
with one more chance, but
were unable to capitalize
and turned the ball over
on downs. The Cardinals
knelt, running out the clock
and preserving their perfect
9-0 record for another
week.
“I’m really proud of our
team,” Shorten said. “Playing
for four quarters, both
ways, and special teams.
It’s a tribute to how hard
these kids are working and
how dedicated they are to
Malibu football. It’s really
refreshing to see.”
Next up is senior night
vs. Nordhoff, scheduled for
6:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct.
19, at Malibu High School.
The final regular season
game is one week later,
when Malibu will travel to
Fillmore. Winning either
game will put Malibu in
good shape for a California
Interscholastic Federation
playoff berth. The Sharks
haven’t had a seven-win
season since 2012.

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Pepperdine Athletics
Team, individual efforts secure Malibu Invite win for women’s swim team
Five Waves swimmers
and two Pepperdine relay
teams took first place
Friday, Oct. 12, and the
Waves kept their momentum
in Day 2 to claim a
1,131-959 victory over
cross-town rival Loyola
Marymount in the Malibu
Invite.
On Saturday, Oct. 13, the
200-medley relay team of
Sammie Slater, Juju Chan,
Haley Bergthold and Amy
Griffin won the first event
of the day, with a time of 1
minute, 52.50 seconds.
Lauren Allard notched
the day’s first individual
win for the Waves in the
200 breast, with a time of
2:32.61. She was followed
by Anna Riekhof and Juju
Chan in second and third,
respectively. Olivia Kayye
and Bergthold went 1-2 in
the 100 IM with times of
1:02.00 and 1:03.51, respectively.
Griffin took first in the
50 free with a time of
25.19.
The Waves’ Paige
Brackett won the 500 free
with a time of 5:18.74 before
the Waves finished the
meet with the 400-free relay,
with the team of Slater,
Griffin, Trinity Ishikawa
and Kayye winning with a
time of 3:40.51.
MEN’S GOLF
Waves win invitational, set
school records
RJ Manke and the Waves
set multiple school records
Oct. 9 as the Waves won
the Alister MacKenzie Invitational.
Pepperdine’s previous
team records were 18-under
for 18 holes (2007 Turtle
Bay Intercollegiate) and
33-under for 54 holes (2015
Alister MacKenzie Invitational)
but the Waves bettered
both with a 22-under
262 on Tuesday, good for
a 52-under 800 (270-268-
262) overall. The Waves
entered the final round at
the par-71 Meadow Club
six shots behind host California
but ended up with an
11-stroke victory.
In his first college victory,
Manke became the
first player in Pepperdine
history to shoot a round
of 10-under (the previous
record was a 9-under 63).
His 61 included nine birdies,
an eagle and just one
bogey. The sophomore was
at 6-under though 14 but
eagled 15 and ended his
round with birdies on 17
and 18.
He finished with a 21-under
192 (65-66-61), bettering
the 20-under set by
Frederick Wedel at the
2014 Warrior Princeville
Makai Invitational. Manke
entered the final round in a
tie for third, two shots out
of the lead, but ended up
winning by four strokes.
Manke led all players
with 22 birdies overall. He
was the tournament’s top
player on par-4s (11-under)
and tied for the best on par-
5s (9-under).
On Monday, the Waves
also set a team record for
the best score after 36 holes
(30-under). The Waves’
marks for 54-hole team
score and 18-hole and 54-
hole individual scores also
were Alister MacKenzie
Invitational records.
Junior Clay Feagler took
fourth with an 11-under
202 (71-66-65). His final
round of 6-under included
eight birdies. He had 16
birdies over the two days.
Junior Joshua McCarthy
tied for 10th with a 7-under
206 (69-68-69). He had five
birdies Tuesday and a total
of 15 birdies over three
rounds.
CROSS COUNTRY
Plentiful PRs make Bronco
Invitational a success
The men’s cross country
team continued what’s
shaping up to be the best
season in program history
with more record-breaking
performances Saturday,
Oct. 13, at the Bronco Invitational.
Nick Heath lowered his
school record by nearly 3
seconds to finish the 8K in
24 minutes, 3.9 seconds,
and Kyle Johnson and Karl
Winter moved up to No.
2 and No. 3, respectively,
on the all-time list. The
Waves’ Top 9 men’s runners
set PRs, and all nine
now rank among the Top
15 8K runners in program
history.
The men’s team finished
second among Division I
teams and third overall,
which included victories
over West Coast Conference
rivals Loyola Marymount
and Saint Mary’s.
The Waves entered the
West Region rankings for
the first time in program
history last week at No. 13.
On the women’s side,
Abbey Meck led the Waves
for the 10th time in 10 career
races, and her personal-best
time of 21:36.9
moved her up to fifth on
the program’s all-time 6K
list. Caroline Archer (11th,
22:19.4) and Shelby White
(13th, 22:21.5) moved into
the Top 20 with their times.
Sophomore Cori Persinger
also set a PR at 23:00.3.
WOMEN’S GOLF
Waves take third at invite
Pepperdine notched a
third-place finish at the
Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational
Oct. 10. All three of
the Waves’ tournaments
thus far have resulted in a
Top 3 finish.
The Waves shot a twoday
total of 891 (295-294-
302) at the par-72 Sahalee
Country Club, finishing
only behind Pac-12 schools
Washington and Oregon
State. The Waves earned
sizeable head-to-head wins
over West Coast Conference
rivals BYU and San
Francisco.
Senior Hira Naveed —
who was named WCC
Player of the Month for
September earlier in the
day and also was named
to this month’s ANNIKA
Award watch list — ended
with a 2-under 70 that lifted
her into a tie for seventh
place at 218 (72-76-70).
She had five birdies during
her final round.
Junior Momoka Kobori
also tied for seventh at
218 (70-74-74). She had
one birdie and 14 pars on
Wednesday.
Senior Patricia Wong
tied for 19th at 226 (76-
72-8). She had four birdies
during the third round and
had a team-high eight for
the tournament.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Waves sweep Loyola
Marymount at home
With 37 assists, senior
setter Blossom Sato propelled
the women’s volleyball
team to a sweep over
PCH Cup and conference
rival Loyola Marymount
Saturday, Oct. 13, in Firestone
Fieldhouse.
Hannah Frohling (14
kills) and Rachel Ahrens
(13) paced the offense for
the Waves, who collected
three straight 25-18 set
wins on the way to victory.
All five of Pepperdine’s
attackers — Shannon Scully
(13 digs), Tarah Wylie,
Alli O’Harra (7 blocks),
Frohling and Ahrens —
topped a .312 hitting percentage
in the victory.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Maemone, Nelson score in
2-1 win
Goals by Michelle Maemone
and Isabel Nelson
lifted the Pepperdine women’s
soccer team to a 2-1
home victory over BYU
Saturday, Oct. 13, putting
the Waves into first place in
the WCC.
The Waves (8-6-1, 3-1-1)
are atop the table with 10
points, though BYU (8-4-1,
3-1-0), Gonzaga (3-1) and
Portland (3-1) are all close
behind with nine points
and they all have a game in
hand.
Maemone got the Waves
off to a tremendous start
with a goal in the second
minute. BYU equalized in
the 77th minute, but Nelson
headed in a corner kick less
than a minute later for the
game-winner.
Senior goalkeeper Brielle
Preece was called
upon often to make plays,
as BYU outshot Pepperdine
17-12. Preece made
a career-high 10 saves. At
the other end, the Cougars’
Sabrina Macias Davis
stopped a 47th-minute
penalty kick.
Senior midfielder Christina
Settles had the primary
assist on both goals. Nelson
made big plays on both
ends, also clearing the ball
off the line on a BYU shot
in the 40th minute.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Alumnus to return as coach
Pepperdine alumnus
Kevin Endsley, of Santa
Monica, has joined the
coaching staff for the Pepperdine
men’s volleyball
team.
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
Still going strong
Malibu runner completes 200th overall marathon
with Cliff Omelia
Cliff Omelia, a senior, is
17 and plays attacker on
the MHS water polo team.
What was it that first
got you into water
polo?
Well, when I first moved
to California in fourth
grade, one of my friends
was trying water polo out
and he wanted me to join.
And I instantly loved the
sport.
Who were your role
models growing up?
My parents, because they
always taught me to be a
good person and not judge
anyone.
How would you say
you’ve most improved
as a player from last
year to this one?
This year I feel that I have
gained more confidence as
a player and leader on my
team. Every year I try to
become the most strategic
player I can be, and I feel
like I accomplished that.
How do you feel about
how the team has
come together so far?
I feel good. I am so proud
of the boys. We have amazing
chemistry and talented
players on our team. I feel
that we work really well
together. Most of the starting
lineup have played
with each other for years
so we know each other’s
strengths and we use that to
our advantage.
What are your goals
for the rest of this
season?
The main goal is to
win CIF. We haven’t won
in four years and coach
Hayden needs another ring.
What do you like about
living in Malibu?
Coming from the East
Coast, I love the weather
because it is always the perfect
temperature. I also love
the people here too.
Do you have a favorite
athlete?
Easy, [Malibu High
22nd Century Media File Photo
School football player]
Louie Thrall ... and Anze
Kopitar from the LA Kings.
What are your hobbies
outside of water polo?
I really enjoy watching
ice hockey and spending
time with friends.
What’s your favorite
place to eat in Malibu?
Duck Dive and Bui Sushi
are probably my favorites.
What would be your
dream job?
My dream job would be
to become a water polo
coach and marry a supermodel
... but in reality I will
probably go into finance.
Interview by Freelance Reporter
Ryan Flynn
Alberto Perusset wore a No. 200 race bib
as well as his No. 200 Argentinian national
soccer team T-shirt to mark the occasion.
The Malibu resident finished with a time
of 6 hours, 20 minutes.
pepperdine
From Page 35
Endsley has coached
club volleyball for 13
years and served as the
head coach for the Top Select
17s in Orlando, Florida.
During that time, he
worked as a coach of the
MB Surf 18’s volleyball
club, a team that went on
to win the bronze medal
at the Junior Olympic National
Championships in
Dallas, Texas.
Alberto Perusset, of Malibu, ran the
Long Beach Marathon, his 200th overall
marathon, on Oct. 7. It also was his 161st
barefoot marathon. Photos Submitted
In 2016, Endsley served
as the assistant varsity
coach at Loyola High
School in Los Angeles. The
Cubs went on to a 30-2 season
and won the CIF Division
I Southern Section
championship — the first
championship in volleyball
for the school in over five
years.
Most recently, Endsley
worked at Golf Channel as
the senior director of franchise
development and innovation,
where he was responsible
for the successful
development and growth of
owned and operated golf
franchises within the NBC
Sports Group. In 2017,
Endsley was nominated for
an Emmy for his work as a
producer on the show “Feherty.”
Information from Pepperdine
University and www.pepper
dinewaves.com. Compiled
by Editor Lauren Coughlin,
lauren@malibusurfsidenews.
com.

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Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the City Council's
approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working days of
the issuance of the City's Notice of Final Action. Appeal forms may
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Recreation, acting as lead agency for the proposed project, consulted
with responsible agencies throughout the preparation of an initial study
and mitigated negative declaration, including the City. As the decision-making
body for the coastal development permit and other entitlements,
the City Council will consider adoption of the Final Initial
Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, as prepared by the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, if it finds the document acceptable
and in conformance with CEQA. The Final Initial Study and
Mitigated Negative Declaration is available for review on the City's
website at:
http://malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/22943/CDP-17-036---
29300-CLIFFSIDE-DR---4468-002-902----INITIAL-STUDY
6703 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF MALIBU
CITY COUNCIL
The Malibu City Council will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY,
November 13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Malibu
City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA, on the appeal of the
approval of the project identified below.
APPEAL NO. 18-003 - An appeal of Planning Commission Resolution
No. 18-40, adopting The Point Dume State Beach - Staircase Replacement
Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (State
Clearinghouse No. 2016121041) and determining that the trail and
vegetation rehabilitation is categorically exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act, and approving Coastal Development Permit
No. 17-036, an application for coastal access improvements at
Point Dume State Beach, that would demolish an existing metal staircase
to the beach and construct a new timber and concrete staircase
further downcoast from the existing staircase, using a 31,000 square
foot construction equipment staging area located at the northwest corner
of the park on the mesa above the beach, temporary installation of
a crane that can extend upwards of 110 feet tall to complete the construction
of the new stairway, modification of several existing trails to
meet Americans With Disabilities Act standards, including the construction
of two (120 and 180 square foot) elevated boardwalk viewing
areas that will be a maximum of 3 feet tall, the rehabilitation of several
existing trails, and including Variance No. 17-003 to allow for construction
on steep slopes located in the Public Open Space zoning district
at 29300 Cliffside Drive (Point Dume State Preserve)
Appeal Filed: June 28, 2018
Case Planner: Richard Mollica, Senior Planner
(310) 456-2489, Extension 346
rmollica@malibucity.org
A written staff report will be available at or before the hearing for the
projects. All persons wishing to address the Council regarding these
matters will be afforded an opportunity in accordance with the Council's
procedures.
COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL - For projects appealable to the
Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the City Council'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.
Copies of all related documents can be reviewed by any interested person
at City Hall during regular business hours. Oral and written comments
may be presented to the City Council on, or before, the date of
the meeting.
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: October 18, 2018
6703 Legal Notices
Location:
APNs:
Zoning:
Applicant:
Owner:
Appellant:
Appealable to:
Environmental
Review:
Application Filed: February 28, 2017
Appeal Filed: June 28, 2018
Case Planner:
29300 Cliffside Drive (Point Dume State Park),
within the appealable coastal zone
4468-001-900, 4468-001-901, and
4468-002-902
Public Open Space (OS)
California Department of Parks and Recreation
State of California
Friends of Point Dume c/o
Schmitz and Associates
Sonny Astani
California Coastal Commission
Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration
(SCH# 2016121041)
Richard Mollica, Senior Planner
(310) 456-2489, Extension 346
rmollica@malibucity.org
Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines
Sections 15082 and 15096, the California Department of Parks and
Recreation, acting as lead agency for the proposed project, consulted
with responsible agencies throughout the preparation of an initial study
and mitigated negative declaration, including the City. As the decision-making
body for the coastal development permit and other entitlements,
the City Council will consider adoption of the Final Initial
Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, as prepared by the California
Department of Parks and Recreation, if it finds the document acceptable
and in conformance with CEQA. The Final Initial Study and
Mitigated Negative Declaration is available for review on the City's
website at:
http://malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/22943/CDP-17-036---
29300-CLIFFSIDE-DR---4468-002-902----INITIAL-STUDY
A written staff report will be available at or before the hearing for the
projects. All persons wishing to address the Council regarding these
matters will be afforded an opportunity in accordance with the Council's
procedures.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-
MENT FILE NUMBER: 2018242997
ORIGINAL FILING. This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGE-
LES on 09/24/2018. The following person is
doing business as MOTO ONLINE, 25424
PENNSYLVANIA AVE, LOMITA, CA
90717. The full name of registrant is:
MARIA FATIMA VELEZ-KNOWLES,
25424 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, LOMITA,
CA 90717. This business is being conducted
by: an Individual. The registrant commenced
to transact business under the fictitious business
name listed above: 09/2018. /s/:MARIA
FATIMA VELEZ-KNOWLES, MARIA
FATIMA VELEZ-KNOWLES, OWNER,
MOTO ONLINE. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES
County on 09/24/2018. NOTICE: THIS FIC-
TITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE
IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST
BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The
filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious
business name statement in violation of the
rights of another under federal, state, or common
law (see Section 1441et seq., Business
and Professions Code). MALIBU SURF-
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-
MENT FILE NUMBER: 2018255047
ORIGINAL FILING. This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGE-
LES on 10/09/2018. The following person is
doing business as CHASE CONTRACTING,
343 W 12TH ST #3, SAN PEDRO, CA
90731. The full name of registrant is: WIL-
LIAM LANTING, 343 W 12TH STREET
#3, SAN PEDRO, CA 90731. This business
is being conducted by: an Individual. The
registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name listed
above: 10/2018. /s/:WILLIAM LANTING,
WILLIAM LANTING, OWNER, CHASE
CONTRACTING. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES
County on 10/09/2018. NOTICE: THIS FIC-
TITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE
IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST
BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The
filing of this statement does not of itself
authorize the use in this state of a fictitious
business name statement in violation of the
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