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to better Bluffs Park playground, Page 6 

Sign of the times A new campaign 

could help Malibu Creek State Park, Page 12 

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Lecture : Federica di Blasio 

12 p.m. Thursday April 

11, Pepperdine University, 

24255 Pacific Coast Highway, 

Malibu. Federica di 

Blasio will present some 

narratives that shed light 

on the figure of passeurs 

as they have served different 

waves of migrants since 

World War II: Jews, Eastern 

Europeans, Africans, 

and Syrians. 

FRIDAY 

Vitaly: An Evening of 

Wonders 

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 

12, Pepperdine University, 


Malibu. Vitaly brings 

his signature illusions to 

the city. For more information, 

visit https://arts.pepperdine.edu/. 

SATURDAY 

Malibu Lumber Yard KidX 

Club 

12-1:30 p.m. Saturday, 

April 13, The Malibu Lumber 

Yard, 3939 Cross Creek 

Road. KidX Club is a new 

club where kids get to come 

together with free activities 

that inspire them to explore 

their world. Whether it’s 

expression through art, exploration 

of a kids safety 

fair, or the exhilaration of 

fun fitness activities, KidX 

brings enriching experiences 

to members. 

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Pacifico Dance Company 

2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 

14. Smothers Theater, Pepperdine 

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unique blend of modern and 

traditional dance for well 

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Smarty Pants Storytime 

3:30-4:30 p.m. Monday, 

April 15, Malibu Library, 

23519 Civic Center 

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rhymes, and movement 

while learning school 

readiness skills and having 

fun. For ages 2–5 with an 

adult caregiver. For more 

information, call (310) 

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Malibu 

12-1:15 p.m. Tuesday, 

April 16, Dukes Malibu, 

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Malibu city council 

Bluffs Parkland traded to state for Charmlee 

Split decision puts 

fate of 83 acres in 

hands of SMMC 

Michele Willer-Allred 

Freelance Reporter 

A controversial decision 

made by the Malibu City 

Council to revert ownership 

of the Malibu Bluffs 

Parkland back to the state 

could possibly put the 83 

acres of open space at risk 

for development. 

The Malibu City Council 

on Monday, April 8, voted 

3-2 — with Councilmembers 

Karen Farrer and Rick 

Mullen dissenting — to 

remove themselves from 

a lease agreement with the 

Santa Monica Mountains 

Conservancy for a land 

swap, thereby continuing 

ownership of Charmlee 

Wilderness Park (532 

acres). 

The council’s action was 

against the city’s recommendation 

asking for Mayor 

Jefferson Wagner to send 

a letter to the SMMC to allow 

the extension of the 

leases of the properties that 

otherwise expire on May 

28 and request an agreement 

to proceed with the 

exchange of ownership of 

both Charmlee and Malibu 

Bluffs Parkland. 

The majority of the council, 

which included Wagner, 

decided against sending the 

letter partially because they 

wanted to maintain control 

of Charmlee Park and 

prevent the Mountain Recreation 

and Conservation 

Authority from possibly 

setting up a campsite there. 

On May 28, 2014, the 

City entered into an agreement 

with the SMMC to 

enter into reciprocal leases, 

which transferred maintenance 

and operations 

responsibilities for 525 

acres of the city-owned 

Charmlee Wilderness Park 

to the SMMC and the stateowned 

Bluffs Parkland to 

the City. 

City Attorney Christi 

Hogin said the City gave 

a lease of Charmlee to the 

SMMC to give the conservancy, 

as well as the 

MRCA, “an opportunity 

to evaluate whether or not 

that park fits into their recreation 

plan and mission.” 

The city’s interest, according 

to the city’s staff 

report, was to evaluate if 

Bluffs Parkland “was suited 

for passive and active 

recreation.” 

“This would be the right 

moment, maybe even the 

last moment, for you to 

make a decision on whether 

or not you want to seek 

to extend those leases or 

to commence the process 

to finalize the swap [of the 

land],” Hogin said. 

Hogin said that by taking 

no action between now and 

May 28, the leases expire. 

Several of the 14 speakers 

during public comment 

were from the La Chusa 

Highlands neighborhood, 

and they worried that the 

MRCA has plans to make 

Charmlee Park into a campsite, 

which they believed 

would increase the risk of 

fires in the area. 

Lucile Keller, secretary 

of La Chusa Highlands 

Property Owners Association, 

said the opposition has 

always been about the prospect 

of overnight camping 

at the park. 

“If the conservancy owns 

Charmlee, there is a plan 

in place to put campsites at 

the intersection of two fire 

corridors, which has burned 

to the ocean several times, 

most recently on the 9th of 

November,” said Keller, referring 

to the Woolsey Fire. 

“A fire there puts at least 

800 homes and hundreds of 

people at risk — all of La 

Chusa, West Malibu, Broad 

Beach and Malibu West are 

immediately in danger. The 

only way to protect Charmlee 

is to own it.” 

Councilmember Skylar 

Peak noted that when the 

swap initially came to the 

council, the city didn’t have 

additional land. 

He said there was a very 

clear need for active recreation 

for residents in 

the community, so Bluffs 

Parkland was considered. 

He said that things have 

changed with the recent 

purchase by the City of 

three parcels totaling 29.4 

acres that can be used instead 

for possible recreational 

purposes. 

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County recognizes Malibu woman’s work with the homeless 

Barbara Burke 


An important figure in 

Malibu’s community service 

culture, Carol Moss, 

bright-eyed and quickwitted 

at 89 years young, 

has led efforts to serve the 

homeless community and 

to address environmental 

issues. 

She leads by doing, conceives 

out-of-the-box solutions 

to challenging obstacles, 

knows how to get 

things done and has won 

the respect of many community 

leaders. 

“If someone is in need 

and one can do something 

to lessen suffering, that’s 

the only standard of conduct 

there is,” Moss told 


after the Los Angeles 

County Board of Supervisors 

recognized her during 

a luncheon April 2 at the 

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 

as a volunteer of the year 

for her community service. 

“The event at the Dorothy 

Chandler was amazing 

and I was very honored.” 

Moss said. “It was 

full of bells and whistles 

and the county has always 

been very supportive of 

our efforts here in Malibu 

to address homeless 

issues.” 

Equally splendid is 

Moss’ bright, cheerful 

home, including her tea 

room where she is surrounded 

by pots and, 

bright Tibetan flags that 

hang across her living 

room gently swaying in 

the seaside breeze as if to 

ensure tranquility in the 

home that serves as Moss’ 

base for advocating for the 

greater good. 

It is here that Moss has 

hosted meditation meetings 

for 18 years, an endeavor 

that she said has led 

to a group of well-intended, 

insightful people starting 

efforts to address challenging 

community issues. 

It is here that she incessantly 

works on emails 

and calls attempting to 

address homelessness 

in Malibu, and it is here 

that she enjoys her grandchildren 

and her many 

visitors. 

Although demure, Moss 

is determined and effective 

when it comes to implementing 

action plans that 

help address obstacles to 

serving the homeless while 

still taking into account 

varying viewpoints regarding 

how that should be accomplished. 

She founded the Community 

Assistance Resource 

Center, a Malibu 

organization that for years 

has provided homeless 

dinners, medical, dental 

and vision screenings and 

“connection” days aimed 

at coordinating outreach 

efforts by community resource 

officials with the 

homeless clients who need 

such services. 

“People shouldn’t be becoming 

homeless, but they 

are doing so all the time,” 

Moss said. “It’s a huge, 

vast shift from where 

America was to where we 

are now and when I started 

CART, it was intended to 

serve as a creative vessel 

to help.” 

Moss grew up in Chicago 

and was 20 when she 

came to Southern California. 

She spent time abroad 

during the Cold War. 

Reaching out to others and 

synthesizing information 

about obstacles to doing 

Carol Moss proudly displays her pottery and wears her 

medal conferred upon her by the Los Angeles County 

Board of Supervisors on April 2. Photos by suzy Demeter/ 

22nd Century Media 

so has been her perennial 

focus. 

“I worked for the Holland 

Dutch International 

Radio as a journalist and I 

also worked with refugees 

in Berlin,” she said. “I also 

taught preschool in Los 

Angeles.” 

Moss and her four young 

children had to fend for 

themselves when Moss’ 

husband died unexpectedly. 

Undaunted, she responded 

to that tragedy by caring 

even more and it bolstered 

her resolve to make a difference, 

to help others, to 

further the greater good, 

to look beyond herself so 

as to further a vision for 

a better community, state 

and world. 

“There I was a widow 

with these four kids,” she 

said. “Unfortunately, I 

also suffered from chronic 

health problems, so instead 

of traveling abroad 

to address global issues, I 

decided to work on local 

efforts.” 

Moss obtained a law 

Volunteer work aside, Carol Moss is also skilled at 

pottery. 

degree at the University 

of Southern California. 

Then, she used that skill 

set to organize all kinds of 

projects and to spearhead 

many community service 

efforts. 

“I’m especially proud 

of a big international conference 

that I organized to 

address issues relating to 

the Central American Wars 

in 1986 as it was a pretty 

exciting conference,” she 

said. “I also helped to inform 

people about the 

14,000 tons of low level 

radioactive waste that was 

dumped at Fort Hueneme 

in the late 1970s.” 

In the 1990s and early 

2000s, Moss focused on 

other environmental efforts. 

She won some, she lost 

some, but she always kept 

a broad perspective. 

“I was a champion for 

addressing issues regarding 

the lagoon and for 

fighting against development 

in Central Malibu,” 

she said. “Those efforts 

did not go my way but 

what is most important is 

that everyone in Malibu 

understands and appreciates 

the fact that it is so 

important to preserve this 

precious community so it 

remains a paradise that we 

can all enjoy and that we 

can share with others.” 

In recent years, however, 

serving the homeless 

has been Moss’ key focus. 

“People are afraid,” she 

said. “It’s that simple, but 

they need to understand 

that the most important 

thing is to look a homeless 

person in the eye and to 

connect with her — to ask 

how she is doing as being 

homeless is terribly isolating.” 

One does not know what 

one does not understand, 

Moss said. Practically, 

Moss’ primary goal over 

the years is to provide an 

organization that transcends 

misunderstandings 

and catalyzes changes in 

how homeless people are 

perceived and served. 

Long a Buddhist, Moss 

finds that her belief system 

affords her “peace, calm, 

balance, perspective,” 

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Therapists from a local nonprofit are helping the victims of the Woolsey Fire heal with 

reduced cost of therapy. Photo Submitted 

Local therapists unite to provide 

postfire relief to trauma victims 



The flames of the Woolsey 

Fire have been extinguished, 

but the healing 

continues. 

Roots & Wings, a nonprofit, 

was gifted a grant 

that has led the Malibu 

community in collective, 

emotional healing. 

“We had to do something,” 

said Dr. Johnston 

Jones, founder of Roots & 

Wings. “We kept getting 

calls from people who lost 

everything asking if we 

could help them. We were 

taking on so many clients 

for no pay but knew we 

could only do so much. I 

knew we had to find a way 

to help so we contacted the 

Malibu Foundation and 

they helped cover some of 

the cost.” 

Since receiving the 

$200,000 donation from 

The Malibu Foundation, 

Roots & Wings has provided 

10 sessions of free 

counseling to more than 

100 community members, 

made possible by donations 

from the Malibu Lumberyard, 

Regus offices and a 

team of therapists. 

Expanding its therapeutic 

network by partnering with 

local therapists has allowed 

the organization to serve a 

much larger population. 

“Our therapists and staff 

have been working at far 

less than their usual fee 

for months to contribute to 

helping our community and 

we’re so honored to do so,” 

Jones said. 

In contrast to traditional 

therapy, the program is offering 

EMDR and Neurofeedback, 

both of which are 

evidence-based and traumainformed 

modalities, providing 

quality, short-term 

therapy for each client. 

Although catastrophic 

and devastating, the fires 

also brought strength, resilience 

and cooperation to 

the community. Roots & 

Wings aims to not just rise 

above the trauma but come 

out better than before.

for parents to sit on as well 

as a small fence so that the 

children will be confined to 

the play area, which would 

enable parents to relax and 

chat while they play.” 

Parks and Recreation 

Commissioner Georgia 

Goldfarb suggested that the 

City consider utilizing pergolas 

for shade and several 

attendees indicated their 

approval of that idea. 

Some residents also said 

that planting larger trees 

could also provide shade. 

Malibu Mayor Jefferson 

Wagner noted that in- 



Malibu City Council 

Improvements planned for Bluffs Park playground 

Barbara Burke 


Residents gathered April 

2 for a special city council 

meeting at Malibu City Hall 

as Jesse Bobbitt, parks and 

recreation director for the 

city, and his staff explained 

various options to replace 

two small playgrounds at 

Bluffs Park, areas known 

as the sandbox and zipline 

areas. 

The matter is slated for 

consideration by the Parks 

and Recreation Commission 

on May 21. In the interim, 

residents can provide feedback 

to the city regarding 

the changes. 

“The small playground 

improvements being considered 

are separate from the 

city possibly addressing the 

Bluffs Open Spaces issues,” 

Bobbitt said. “It’s important 

to keep small playground 

equipment updated because 

the current equipment breaks 

frequently, sometimes as 

often as two to four times a 

year, and when that happens, 

the equipment is often down 

for a long time because we 

get the parts needed for repairs.” 

Bobbitt informed attendees 

that the budget for 

the complete small playground 

improvements project 

ranges from $80,000 to 

$150,000, depending upon 

the equipment installed. 

Because the money is 

provided by Los Angeles 

County Proposition A Maintenance 

and Service and the 

collection of park fees, the 

funds transfer over from one 

fiscal year to another. 

“Fortunately, because the 

funds are provided for by 

those sources, we do not 

need city general funding 

A rendering of one option for additional adult fitness equipment at Malibu Bluffs Park. image Submitted 

to finance the small playground 

improvements,” he 

said. “We currently have 

enough funding to cover 

this project.” 

Bobbitt showed attendees 

options being considered 

for both playgrounds, with 

the sandbox area designed 

for children ages 2-5 and the 

zipline area meant for older 

children and adults. 

He discussed the community’s 

affinity for the turtle 

statue located in the sandbox 

playground and told attendees 

that the turtle statue 

could be made a component 

of any playground alterations. 

Further, Bobbit said that 

many parents mentioned 

that the sandbox diggers are 

difficult for small children 

to manipulate, so the city 

feels the need to replace 

those with other equipment. 

“The sandbox area currently 

measures 671 square 

feet, and we are considering 

improvements that 

could expand that area up 

to 1,005 square feet,” he 

said. “For both of the small 

playgrounds, we are proposing 

to make any expansions 

such that they will not impede 

the amount of space 

available for children to 

play sports on the fields.” 

Additions being considered 

to improve the sandbox 

area include: a large, 

hexagon-shaped climbing 

net and some climbing 

steps; large circular climbing 

station or a slightly 

taller climbing station, both 

choices that include areas 

where children can play; 

and a tunnel that children 

could crawl through. 

“The shape of the playground 

equipment pieces 

can be altered,” Bobbitt 

said. “Further, the various 

options are designed to look 

as natural as possible, as are 

the ground covering options 

being discussed, and all of 

those are made of materials 

that won’t require a lot of 

maintenance.” 

Bobbitt said that city staff 

was sensitive to ensuring that 

the playground equipment is 

visually pleasing and does 

not block the park’s ocean 

and mountain views. 

“I am at the playground 

with my child five days a 

week and it is so hot and so 

sunny and uncomfortable 

that we cannot picnic there 

or have a birthday party, 

so I suggest that you focus 

on providing shade for the 

play areas,” resident Marni 

Kamins said. “Perhaps you 

could install some benches 

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playground 

From Page 6 

stalling some benches for 

would also provide areas 

for people to chain-up baby 

strollers and bikes, thereby 

ensuring security. 

Bobbitt said parents like 

the sand areas and therefore 

the City is considering 

keeping sand play areas. 

Responding to queries from 

Randall and Judy Villablanca, 

a Parks and Recreation 

commissioner, Bobbitt said 

that sand maintenance is 

not a problem for the City 

because the area covered 

by sand is minimal. 

The parties discussed 

various options to improve 

the zipline area, which is 

located on the west side of 

the park and now encompasses 

551 square feet. 

Bobbitt said that because 

no Malibu public park 

has fitness equipment for 

adults, city staff is proposing 

to change that, with the 

largest configuration under 

consideration possibly 

expanding the area to 662 

square feet. 

He displayed a rendering 

of an area that provides 

moss 

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and she thinks, “most importantly, 

openness.” She 

has had a lifelong interest 

in Tibetan culture and 

counts a young man that 

she met at a concert in 

Pasadena aimed at addressing 

societal concerns 

in Tibet. 

“Years ago, I saw an 

impressive young Tibetan 

student and I just had to 

meet him,” Moss recalled, 

laughing. “Then, my closest 

friend married the son 

of a family with great 

royal lineage in Tibet and 

that has led to a lifelong 

friendship with him and 

citizens with opportunities 

to do pull-ups, hamstring 

or other stretches, and 

chin-ups, as well as another 

configuration that included 

pull-up rings, such as those 

utilized in gymnastics competitions. 

“The benefits of providing 

fitness equipment is 

to ensure that the park is 

geared toward parents and 

other adults and to provide 

for recreation opportunities 

for a larger segment 

of Malibu residents,” Bobbitt 

said, indicating that 

such areas are popular with 

citizens in other cities in 

Southern California. 

“Providing an area with 

fitness equipment will also 

allow the City to offer 

workout classes and circuit 

training through the Community 

Services Department.” 

Bobbitt said. 

Bobbitt reiterated nothing 

was final and his staff 

would continue to work on 

the proposal and invited 

residents’ input. 

For more information, 

contact Jesse Bobbitt, community 

services director, at 

jbobbett@malibucity.org, 

or (310) 456-2489 ext. 225. 

his family. Look at this 

picture of myself and his 

mother, Dagmola Sakya, 

who impressively, is a 

woman Tibetan Lama. We 

are garbed in traditional 

Tibetan dress.” 

Moss’s vigor, her vivacious 

quest for understanding 

others and her voracious 

appetite for finding 

ways to serve the underserved 

are contagious and 

she has led many to open 

their eyes and hearts and 

to appreciate differences, 

to help fashion solutions 

aimed at addressing people’s 

needs and challenges, 

and, from Moss’s point 

of view, to fully embrace 

such solutions. 

SMMUSD Board of education 

Busted gas line at Malibu High 

School costs district $87,000 

Break occurred over 

winter break, fixed 

by start of school 

Michele Willer-Allred 


The Santa Monica- 

Malibu Unified School 

District Board of Education 

agreed at its meeting 

on Thursday, April 3, to 

authorize up to $86,981 

to pay for already-completed 

repair of a gas leak 

that occurred at Malibu 

High School during winter 

break. 

The board voted 6-0, 

with member Jon Kean absent, 

to authorize an emergency 

resolution to pay for 

the work by Suttles Plumbing 

and Mechanical on the 

broken gas line. 

Gail Pinsker, the school 

district’s community and 

public relations officer, 

said that all repairs on the 

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A recap of other action at the April 3 meeting of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 

School District Board of Education 

• Approved was a notice of completion by ASR Construction for the repair of water 

damage in Building D at Malibu High School. 

• Continued authorization given for an emergency resolution for repair work 

required due to mud flow that impacted athletic fields, basketball courts, 

and student parking lots at Malibu High School. South Bay Landscaping was 

contracted to conduct the repairs. 

• A contract not to exceed $2.4 million with Waisman Construction Inc. for interim 

housing related to the Malibu Alignment Project at Pt. Dume Elementary School. 

Funding is provided from Measure ES, a voter-approved bond. 

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gas leak have already been 

made. 

She said that in an 

emergency, a special 

provision is made to 

complete and pay any 

vendors. 

According to the school 

district, a smell of gas was 

detected on the campus 

during the winter break, 

and the maintenance department 

was unsuccessful 

in locating the source of 

the gas. 

The gas company was 

then called in, and it confirmed 

a gas leak somewhere 

on campus, but 

couldn’t confirm where. 

The gas company then 

turned off the gas to the 

entire campus, and told 

the district that it would 

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8 | April 11, 2019 | Malibu surfside news MALIBU 


THE CITY OF MALIBU IS HERE TO HELP 

Our hearts go out to all those affected by the devastating Woolsey Fire. The City is committed to 

doing everything possible to help community members with their immediate needs, to provide a 

smooth process for those who lost homes to establish temporary housing on their property and 

to rebuild, and to resume normal City services and activities. 

NEW -CA CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD REBUILD 

WORKSHOP APRIL 13 AT CITY HALL 

State Assemblymember Richard Bloom and the CA State License Board are holding afree 

Woolsey Fire Rebuilding Workshop Sat, April 13, 1PM-2:30 PM at City Hall. Representatives 

from the CLSB, building officials from City of Malibu and County Public Works and other experts 

will provide information and assistance to help residents rebuilding their homes. Topics: 

permits, hiring alicensed contractor, contract requirements/change orders, workers' 

compensation insurance requirements. Info and RSVP at https://a50.asmdc.org/event. 

NEW -CADEPT. OF INSURANCE WORKSHOP 

APRIL 28 AT CITY HALL 

State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the United Policyholders are hosting afree 

Insurance Workshop for Malibu residents impacted by the Woolsey Fire. The event will include 

atown hall meeting and free, one-on-one appointments with experts from the Department of 

Insurance. Sunday, April 28 at Malibu City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA 90265). 

Town hall: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Appointments: 11:00 AM –3:00 PM. To schedule an 

appointment call 800-927-4357. Walk-ins will accommodated on first-come, first-served basis. 

FIRE DEPT OFFICIAL AT CITY HALL EVERY TUES &THURS 

An official from the LA County Fire Dept. is stationed at Malibu City Hall every Tues and Thurs, 

8:00 AM -12:00 PM to assist residents with Woolsey Fire rebuilding questions. No appointments 

are necessary. Check in at the Fire Rebuilding Desk at City Hall. 

RESILIENCY PROGRAMS 

As part of the City's efforts to offer support and resources to residents impacted by the 

devastating Woolsey Fire, the Community Services and Environmental Depts. created aseries 

of Resiliency Programs throughout the year to help strengthen the community and foster 

healing and resilience. Workshops include art, music, yoga and meditation therapy, and fire 

resilient and sustainable building design &landscaping. Schedule: www.MalibuCity.org/ 

ResiliencyPrograms. 

HANDOUTS -NATIVE PLANTS 

The City encourages residents to replace fire damaged landscapes with native plants that will 

help rebuild lost habitat. This handout features native species recommended by the Malibu 

Monarch Project that can be used to create gardens that support endangered monarch 

butterflies, which are important pollinators. https://www.malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/ 

View/23996/Native-Plant-List. 

HANDOUTS - PLANNING APPLICATION WORKSHEET 

The Planning Dept. created a worksheet to help residents rebuilding their homes with their 

Planning Verification application, which expedites in-kind and up to 10% expansion of the 

building envelope. This is aroad map to complete the planning entitlement process, building 

plan check review and construction phase. 

www.malibucity.org/DocumentCenter/View/23992/Planning-Verification-Rebuild-Worksheet. 

REBUILDING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) 

The City offers astreamlined process for residents to get back into their homes. Planning & 

Environmental Sustainability staff are available to help residents navigate this process. Contact 

Planning at 310-456-2489 x485 or mplanning@malibucity.org, and Environmental Sustainability 

at 310-456-2489 x371 or mbuilding@malibucity.org. For in-person assistance, visit the Fire 

Rebuild Desk at City Hall Mon -Thurs, 7:30 AM -5:30 PM or Fri, 7:30 AM -4:30 PM. To see the 

Frequently Asked Questions about the rebuilding process visit 

www.malibucity.org/WoolseyRebuildFAQs. 

NEW -FIRE DEBRISREMOVAL LOCATIONS 

CalRecycle started fire debris removal under the California state-sponsored program the week 

of February 4, 2019 at properties that were burned in the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, as well as in 

the unincorporated Malibu area. Every week, we post the streets where fire debris removal 

work is taking place at www.malibucity.org/debrislocations. 

CRISIS COUNSELING AVAILABLE 

Stress, anxiety, and depression-like symptoms are common reactions after adisaster for both 

children and adults. Getting help as soon as possible is the best way to protect your long-term 

mental health. Mental Health Access Hotline: Call (800) 854-7771 or text “LA” to 741741 to find 

immediate mental health services. Learn more at https://dmh.lacounty.gov/our-services/ 

disaster-services/follow-disaster 

REBUILD FORM-EXPEDITED PERMITTING 

The Planning Department offers anumber of Development Options for properties affected by 

the Woolsey Fire. Learn more at www.MalibuCity.org/RebuildOptionsForm. 

Those planning to rebuild an in-kind replacement of legally permitted structures destroyed in 

the fire may submit aPlanning Verification (PV) Submittal Checklist. Get the form online at 

www.MalibuCity.org/LikeForLikeSubmittal or call the Planning hotline at 310-456-2489, ext. 485, 

or email mplanning@malibucity.org to set up apre-submittal appointment. 

City Geotechnical staff and the Environmental Sustainability Department developed aflowchart 

to explain the geotechnical submittal requirements and review process for burned properties. 

View, download or print the chart at www.MalibuCity.org/GeotechFlowchart. Additional Planning 

Dept. forms, checklists and applications are available for those interested in more complex 

rebuild options at www.MalibuCity.org/369/Applications-Forms-Fees. 

FIRE REBUILD DESK AT MALIBU CITY HALL 

Awalk-up counter staffed by aplanner is available during City Hall open hours. meet one-onone 

with aCity planner who can walk residents through the process of getting atemporary 

mobile home or trailer placed on their burned property, and help them begin the rebuilding 

process. Mon -Thurs, 7:30 AM –5:30 PM, Frid 7:30 AM –4:30 PM 

PHONE AND ONLINE RESOURCES 

Malibu City Hall main phone: 310-456-2489 

Malibu City Fire Rebuild webpage: www.MalibuRebuilds.org 

Malibu City Debris Removal webpage: www.MalibuCity.org/Debris 

Malibu City Planning Department questions: mplanning@malibucity.org 

Malibu City Planning Department phone: 310-456-2489, ext. 485 

Malibu City Building Division questions: mbuilding@malibucity.org 

LA County Woolsey Fire Recovery webpage: www.LACounty.gov/LACountyRecovers



Pepperdine University School of Law Dean Paul L. Caron (left) and Executive Director 

of The Malibu Foundation Evelin Weber signed papers on April 5 to provide the 

Disaster Relief Clinic with $200,000. Photo Submitted 

Pepperdine’s Disaster Relief 

Clinic receives $200,000 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

university 

The Pepperdine University 

School of Law has received 

a major grant from 

The Malibu Foundation for 

its Disaster Relief Clinic. 

The organization will 

give up to $200,000 so the 

clinic can continue its support 

of victims of the 2018 

Southern California wildfires. 

Evelin Weber, executive 

director of The Malibu 

Foundation, noted that the 

need for legal aid is crucial 

in this phase of residents’ recovery 

from the fire as they 

navigate legal steps like the 

rebuilding permit process. 

“There was a demand, 

but there was no supply, for 

hands-on legal help for people 

who are overwhelmed 

by the work ahead. Pepperdine 

Law’s Disaster Relief 

Clinic not only provides legal 

service, it also provides 

economic value to them,” 

she said. 

The grant will fund the 

hiring of a supervising attorney 

and stipends for law 

students who will continue 

their pro-bono work in the 

community. They offer assistance 

on FEMA applications 

and appeals, insurance 

coverage matters, business 

interruption, housing and 

rental issues, estate matters, 

unemployment, consumer 

protection issues, and the 

complex needs for rebuilding. 

In the wake of the Woolsey 

Fires, Pepperdine University 

School of Law 

launched the Disaster Relief 

Clinic to provide pro bono 

legal services to people and 

communities harmed by 

wildfires. It’s work includes 

community education, advice-and-counsel 

and selfhelp 

clinics, referral services, 

and limited-scope legal 

representation. 

It offers a variety of services 

such as assistance on 

FEMA applications and 

appeals, insurance coverage 

matters, business interruption, 

housing and rental 

issues, estate matters, unemployment, 

and consumer 

protection issues. 

The clinic also works 

with legal aid agencies and 

volunteer lawyers to receive 

cases by referral. Presently, 

the Disaster Relief Clinic is 

limited to those affected by 

the Woolsey Fire and will 

prioritize clients in Malibu, 

the Santa Monica Mountains, 

and the Conejo Valley. 

Paul L. Caron, Duane and 

Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine 

School of Law, said: 

“We are delighted to partner 

with the foundation to continue 

our important work for 

Malibu residents impacted 

by the fires. Our students 

benefit from this experience 

in providing a wide range of 

legal services for members 

of our community.” 

“The work is to help 

people figure out how to 

advocate for themselves 

through the complicated 

processes that are necessary 

for rebuilding,” said 

clinic founder Professor Jeff 

Baker. “The needs of victims 

of this natural disaster 

evolve over time. We are 

seeing insurance and FEMA 

issues settle down, now we 

are seeing these new issues 

start to ramp up.” 

Malibu United Methodist Church 

EASTER SUNDAY 

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April 21st 

Sunrise Service 6:30am 

On Zuma Beach at MorningView&PCH 

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Coffee and Easter Egg Hunt 9:45am 

Worship in Sanctuary 10:30am 

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Police Reports 

Parked vehicle covered with dents reportedly struck several times 

About $2,000 worth of 

damage reportedly occurred 

to a vehicle parked 

on Las Flores Road. 

The alleged victim stated 

that on March 30, he parked 

and left his vehicle to hike 

on a nearby trail. On March 

31, he returned to his vehicle 

and saw damage to the 

hood, fenders, bumpers and 

windshield. 

The responding police 

deputy said that it appeared 

the vehicle was struck by 

an object several times 

due to the fact the vehicle 

had several, approximately 

four-inch circular dents. 

April 3 

• A $1,500 Chloe purse, a 

$750 Prada wallet, a $75 

money pouch, $250 worth 

of makeup, and $200 in 

cash reportedly were stolen 

from a vehicle parked at the 

Malibu Pier, 23000 Pacific 

Coast Highway. 

• The alleged victim stated 

that on March 31, she was 

at the pier and was only 

gone from her vehicle for 

about 15 minutes. When 

she came back, she saw that 

the passenger side window 

was smashed and that her 

purse with all the items was 

missing. 

April 2 

• Two electric bikes valued 

at $14,000, speakers valued 

at $550, and two garage 

clickers valued at $50, reportedly 

were stolen from a 

residence on Pacific Coast 

Highway. 


that the garage clickers and 

a speaker were taken on 

April 1 from inside of a vehicle 

parked in front of the 

residence. The clicker was 

then used to gain access to 

the garage, where the rest 

of the items were taken. 

March 31 

• A $350 glass sliding 

window was shattered at 

Cholada Thai Cuisine, 

18763 Pacific Coast Highway. 

• Police responded to an 

audible alarm call at the 

location, and noticed the 

smashed window in front 

of the restaurant. They 

looked inside the restaurant 

and did not see evidence of 

a burglary. 

March 31 

• Two cell phones valued at 

$750 and $700 in cash reportedly 

were stolen from 

a vehicle parked at Malibu 

Lagoon State Beach, 23200 

Pacific Coast Highway. 

About $200 damage was 

also reported on the vehicle 

door lock. 


that she went to the beach 

to go for a walk on March 

11. Before the walk, she 

left her purse on the rear 

passenger seat of the vehicle, 

covered it with a jacket 

and locked the doors. 

• When she returned, she 

noticed damage to her driver 

door lock. 

• Later in the day, she 

opened her purse and noticed 

the items were missing. 

When asked why they 

didn’t report the incident 

on the day it happened, she 

replied that she didn’t think 

there was anything the police 

could do since everything 

was already gone. 

March 30 

• A $300 wallet containing 

a driver’s license, debit 

card and credit cards, reportedly 

was stolen from a 

purse and used at both CVS 

Pharmacy and Ralphs market 

on Malibu Road. 


that her wallet was taken 

from her purse at a nearby 

restaurant, which she noticed 

when she attempted 

to pay for her meal. She 

received notifications of 

declined transactions for 

about $240 on two of her 

credit cards at both CVS 

and Ralphs. 

• The police saw surveillance 

footage of a male attempting 

to unsuccessfully 

purchase multiple gift cards 

at CVS. 

March 29 

• Two Burberry jackets 

valued at $600, clothing 

valued at $1,000, a $400 

makeup bag, and a $65 

suitcase reportedly were 

stolen from a vehicle at 

Duke’s Restaurant, 21150 



that she had the valet park 

her vehicle at the restaurant. 

After she left the restaurant 

and arrived at her hotel, she 

noticed her suitcase was 

missing from the trunk. She 

drove back to the restaurant 

and the operations manager 

said he did not know what 

happened to her bag. 

• Police interviewed an unnamed 

person regarding 

the theft, and he told them 

that the restaurant did not 

have cameras in the parking 

lot and that they do lock 

the vehicles when they are 

parked by valet. 

March 29 

• A $700 iPad, a $600 

Leica camera, a $100 bag 

containing $400 cash, a 

driver’s license and credit 

cards, reportedly were stolen 

from a vehicle parked 

at Topanga Beach, 18700 



he parked his vehicle 

on the south shoulder of 

Pacific Coast Highway, 

locked his vehicle, and 

tucked the key fob under 

the passenger side front 

wheel well. He said he often 

leaves his keys under 

the wheel well when he 

goes surfing. 

• When he returned, he 

found the key fob on the 

ground next to the front 

tire, and item taken from 

his inside his wallet inside 

the car. He also noticed the 

other items missing. He immediately 

called to cancel 

his credit card accounts, but 

that a charge for $600 was 

already made on one card 

at a Ralph’s grocery store 

at an unknown location 

and another $400 charge at 

a different unknown location. 

Attempts were made 

for purchases on other 

credit cards, but were declines. 

March 28 

• About $1,504 worth of 

clothing reportedly were 

stolen from Urban Outfitters, 

3807 Cross Creek Rd. 

• A witness stated that she 

noticed three males walk 

into the store and shop for 

clothes. After taking multiple 

items off hangers and 

display racks and holding 

them around the store, one 

of the men shouted, “Go!”. 

All three of the men ran out 

the front of the store with 

the items in their arms, and 

got into a waiting black 

BMW. 

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 listen 

in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

law. 

News Briefs 

Malibu resident appointed 

to serve on a respected 

performing arts board 

U.S. President Donald 

Trump appointed a Malibu 

resident to the Board 

of Trustees of the John F. 

Kennedy Center for the 

Performing Arts in March. 

Mac Stern, a business executive 

and philanthropist, 

is chairman of the Los Angeles-based 

asset-management 

firm The TCW Group 

Inc. He is a major Republican 

donor and will now 

serve a six-year term expiring 

Sept. 1, 2024, as a trustee 

on the board in Washington, 

D.C., and administer 

the center’s programming. 

Stern’s company has 

since January 2018 been 

embroiled in a court battle 

after sexual misconduct allegations 

made by a former 

employee. The lawsuit is 

still in fact-finding stage. 

Wattles to control erosion 

in Malibu 

Workers have begin installing 

fiber logs called 

wattles on lots in Malibu 

where houses once stood 

and where rain and erosion 

threaten to send mud onto 

nearby streets. 

Officials with the state 

Debris Removal Operations 

Center in Calabasas say the 

first half dozen lots that have 

been cleared tested negative 

for contamination. 

The fiber logs are the first 

of two erosion control measures 

state crews will use. 

Contractors will return to 

each site within three workdays 

to apply a wood-based 

mulch on each property. 

Launch of media project 

about the Woolsey Fire 

On March 23, people 

gathered at the Rosewood 

(1135 N Topanga Canyon 

Boulevard) in Topanga for 

the launch of the Woolsey 

Chronicles, a collaborative 

media project to raise 

awareness and funds in the 

aftermath of the devastating 

2018 Woolsey Fire in the 

Santa Monica Mountains. 

The launch event featured 

the debut of the 186-page 

magazine/art book weaving 

together seven stories of 

surviving the fire into a tapestry 

that shows how a community 

comes together and 

finds beauty and resiliency 

in a disaster; an art show, 

and a fundraiser for organizations 

that support education, 

emergency preparedness, 

and habitat restoration. 

Important step toward 

securing long-term 

community water needs 

On March 22, World Water 

Day, the West Basin Municipal 

Water District introduced 

a renewed approach 

to addressing its service 

area’s water future. The Water 

for Tomorrow Program 

brought new emphasis to 

West Basin’s commitment 

to protecting, securing and 

diversifying its water supply 

portfolio while building 

upon its history of innovation 

and industry leadership. 

Board President Scott 

Houston said as water stewards, 

ensuring that their region’s 

needs are met both 

now and in the future is very 

important. Water for Tomorrow 

addresses their service 

area’s unique water supply 

challenges by ensuring 

long-term water reliability 

and security for the communities 

they serve. 

Southern California’s 

water supply is less certain 

and less reliable because 

it comes from a variety of 

sources, including Northern 

California and the Colorado 

River. World Water 

Day, celebrated annually,is 

an opportunity to highlight 

Please see news briefs, 11

malibusurfsidenews.com school 


School News 

Board of Education adopts 

sustainability plan to guide district 

conservation efforts 

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 

School District Board of Education 

has approved the District 

Sustainability Plan, which provides 

a strategic roadmap for formalizing 

and uniting the District’s many existing 

sustainability initiatives and 

integrates sustainability into student 

learning and District operations. The 

plan is organized into eight focus 

areas. 

Climate that will deal with reducing 

greenhouse gas emissions 

and protecting the local environment; 

Education and Engagement 

to integrate sustainability education 

into the curriculum and improve 

environmental literacy; Energy Efficiency 

and Renewables to install 

energy efficient systems and use 

clean, renewable energy; conserving 

water and eliminating water waste; 

reducing and recycling solid waste; 

coverting to environment friendly 

transportation; serve locally grown 

healthy food and use non toxic local 

building materials. 

The plan, approved at a regular 

school board meeting on March 21, 

2019, had been in development for 

more than a year, and aligns multiple 

sustainable efforts that date back 

to 2010. 

The new plan included input from 

students, faculty, staff, parents and 

the larger Santa Monica and Malibu 

communities. It is in line with efforts 

also being undertaken by the 

cities of Malibu and Santa Monica. 

Board of Education President 

Dr. Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein 

lauded the extensive work that went 

into what he called a comprehensive 

plan and said the plan is so thorough, 

other districts will use it as a 

benchmark. 

The district is working with fiscal 

staff to come up with specific budgets 

for the major programs that require 

funding. Most of the projects 

outlined are cost neutral, including 

those that are paid for with grants, 

cost savings, or involve staff time. 

Two Meetings to Share Malibu 

Campus Plan and Get Community 

Feedback 

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 

School District is holding two 

meetings where students, parents 

and community members are invited 

to participate in the Malibu Middle 

School and Malibu High School 

Campus Planning process, 6-8 p.m. 

on April 24 and May 1, at the Juan 

Cabrillo Elementary School Multi- 

Purpose Room (30237 Morning 

View Drive, Malibu). 

These will be town hall-style 

meetings, with presentations followed 

by workshops, including 

plenty of time for questions and 

feedback. Attendees will hear from 

representatives of LPA, the architects 

who are leading the campus 

plan process, and site officials. The 

Malibu Middle School and High 

School Campus Plan will guide the 

removal of old buildings and the 

construction of the new campus. 

The new campus will be significantly 

funded by voter-approved 

Measure M. As part of the planning 

process, a survey was conducted 

in January of current Malibu students, 

parents and administrators 

asking, among other things, what 

items should take priority for the 

new campuses. Portions of that research, 

as well as the results of the 

ongoing Campus Planning Committee 

meetings will be discussed 

including how the campus currently 

serves and can better serve the 

community. 

The campus is already in the process 

of changing. After fire and rain 

delays, work is progressing on the 

new middle school building. It will 

be ready for students when school 

starts in the fall. The library/admin/ 

classroom building construction is 

underway. After gathering feedback 

from many stakeholders, the campus 

plan architects should have a 

final concept or concept options this 

fall. Upon review and recommendations 

by the Malibu Facility District 

Advisory Committee and approval 

of the campus plan by the Board of 

Education, the district will hire a 

project architect to begin designing 

the first phase. 

Questions about these meetings 

can be directed to Barbara Chiavelli, 

Sr. Design Manager, at bchiavelli@ 

smmusd.org. 

Pepperdine Law announces $2 million endowment 

from Parris Institute for Professional Formation 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 

news Briefs 

From Page 10 

the importance of water and 

the sustainable management of 

resources both globally and locally. 

The District will focus on 

improving the reliability of the 

region’s critical imported water 

supplies, continuing to invest in 

its recycled water program, and 

exploring local drinking water 

supplies such as potable water 

The Pepperdine School of 

Law has announced a gift by 

benefactors Carrol and R. Rex 

Parris to formally endow the 

Parris Institute for Professional 

Formation. The Parris Institute, 

established in 2014 with 

an initial gift of $1 million, is 

dedicated to the professional 

development of first-year law 

students at Pepperdine Law. An 

additional $2 million presented 

in 2019 names the Parris Institute 

in perpetuity and firmly 

establishes the Parris family 

legacy at Pepperdine Law. 

A national model for professional 

leadership training, the 

Parris Institute is committed 

to enhancing the core internal 

character competencies that 

have marked the great contributions 

of lawyers throughout human 

history. 

“We are humbled by the continued 

generosity of Rex and 

Carrol Parris in funding the 

critical work of the Parris Institute 

for Professional Formation, 

which continues to provide one 

of the finest law school programs 

in ethical leadership training 

for our students,” said Paul 

L. Caron, Duane and Kelly Roberts 

Dean of the School of Law. 

Led by institute director Danny 

DeWalt, the institute provides 

all first-year students with 

training in character and professional 

development, assistance 

with planning their law school 

experience, and exposure to 

different legal professionals as 

mentors across practice areas 

including judges, notable alumni, 

and entrepreneurs. With the 

latest gift from the Parris family, 

the program will expand to 

serve second- and third-year 

students as well. 

“Our family is proud to announce 

that we are expanding 

the reach and impact of the Parris 

Institute,” said R. Rex Parris. 

“The commitment to fostering 

the human and professional 

skills that take a lawyer from 

great to distinguished is what 

sets Pepperdine Law apart.” 

The institute’s programming 

is designed to foster the character 

development, leadership, 

and professionalism integral to 

students’ success as members 

of the legal profession. The four 

cornerstone areas of the institute 

are Launch Week, an Introduction 

to Professional Formation 

course, the Preceptor Program, 

and the Parris Awards. 

Students kick off their law 

school experience with Launch 

Week, a training program focused 

on legal analysis, academic 

success, legal ethics, 

and professional character. In 

collaboration with the career 

reuse and desalination. 

City looking for artists for 

Outside the Box public art 

project 

The City of Malibu is looking 

for talented artists to bring their 

vision and craft to the City’s utility 

boxes. 

Featured artists will design 

original art to cover either a traffic 

signal or a wastewater treatment 

box located in the Civic 

development office, Introduction 

to Professional Formation 

helps students develop their 

identity as future professionals, 

learn presentation skills 

and how to interview, and begin 

to form their academic and 

career plans. 

“It is an honor to have the opportunity 

to shape the character 

of the young men and women 

who come to Pepperdine Law 

for a premiere legal education,” 

said Carrol Parris. “Beyond expanding 

the skill sets of these 

students, the Parris Institute 

perhaps most importantly connects 

future lawyers with current 

legal professionals who 

give them practical advice on 

how to use those skills.” 

All first-year students are 

automatically enrolled in the 

Preceptor Program, an initiative 

that connects students with 

an attorney or judge in the local 

area. These preceptors agree 

to serve as mentors for the 

students throughout their first 

semester of law school. Since 

2014 the program has grown 

from 75 preceptors to 210, allowing 

expansion of the program 

to upper year students. 

The Parris Awards, held at the 

close of each spring semester, 

seeks to honor 3Ls who exhibit 

the highest order of the pillars 

of courage, competence, and 

civility. 

Center area of Malibu. 

The selected artist will be paid 

$250 for supplies at the beginning 

of the project and $1,000 

at the completion of the project, 

This budget will cover all of the 

artist’s costs, including artwork, 

supplies, installation and touchups, 

if needed, for two years. 

The project is open to artists in 

the region. 

The deadline to submit an application 

and supplemental information 

is May 17.



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New campaign to help 

Malibu Creek State Park 



The Malibu Creek State Park’s GoFundMe campaign will 

help them rebuild the signs burned during the Woolsey 

Fire. Photos Submitted 

Burned trail entrance signs that welcome visitors, 

damaged by the Woolsey Fire. 

The Woolsey Fire in November 

left a trail of widespread 

devastation all over 

the city, and the Malibu 

Creek State Park was not 

immune to it. 

Many of the trail signs 

and information displays 

were damaged and while 

nature is recovering, the 

Malibu Creek Docents 

have organized a fundraising 

campaign to help with 

the park’s recovery. 

Considered the recreational 

crown jewel of the 

Santa Monica Mountains, 

the Malibu Creek State Park 

has more than 8,200 acres 

of pristine open space visited 

by more than 300,000 

visitors annually from the 

surrounding area, as well as 

from across the country and 

around the world. 

The park offers jagged 

peaks, canyon vistas, 

mountain slopes of dense 

chaparral and aromatic 

sage, cool riparian woodlands, 

grassy savannahs 

dotted with oak trees, exposures 

of volcanic rock surrounding 

a captivating pool 

of water for outdoor enthusiasts 

and families. 

When visitors come to 

Malibu Creek State Park, 

they are greeted by information 

display panels and 

trail signs to help navigate 

the trails and provide useful 

information during their 

visit. The campaign aims 

to install 20 new trail signs 

that cost $50 each, and 10 

display panels for $900. 

The Malibu Creek Docents 

Association is a nonprofit, 

all-volunteer organization 

whose mission is to 

enhance the public’s experience 

in the park. 

“The State Parks staff 

are busy with removal of 

the debris and rebuilding of 

the damaged infrastructure, 

so our volunteer docent organization 

has organized 

a GoFundMe campaign to 

replace and/or install new 

trail signage throughout 

the Park to make it easier 

for our visitors to navigate 

around the Park,” said Sasan 

Sheibani, volunteer for 

Malibu Creek Docents Association. 

“We also plan to install 

information panels at key 

locations in the Park to capture 

some of its rich human 

and film history and make 

our visitors’ experience 

much richer as they hike 

around the Park.” 

For more information on 

how you can get involved, 

visit: www.malibucreekstatepark.org/docents



Malibu Garden Club takes members on a floral journey 

Barbara Burke, Freelance Reporter 

On the morning of April 3, the 

Malibu Garden Club toured Gardens 

of the World in Thousand 

Oaks, a private, impeccably landscaped 

footprint featuring gardens 

from various cultures. 

As they began their tour, the 

attendees enjoyed coffee and 

pastries in the picnic area where 

convivial conversations launched 

their experience. 

Idyllic, inviting breezeways, 

expansive terraces, intriguing 

structures and manicured trees including 

London plane trees, embraced 

the party as aromas from 

various rose species that were 

just beginning to bloom filled the 

morning air. 

As attendees walked up a small 

incline past the grand American 

bandstand, they were welcomed 

by Docent Stan Bochniak. 

“The founders of the garden, 

Ed and Lynn Hogan, who owned 

Pleasant Holidays tours, built 

the gardens so as to commemorate 

various cultures,” he said. 

“Therefore, the tour is not so 

much a botanical tour as a cultural 

tour and we start with an 

American bandstand, a structure 

popular in the U.S. and Britain 

that served as a communal gathering 

place for everything from 

jazz concerts to military parades 

to President Lincoln’s famous 

address.” 

Approaching the Italian gardens, 

visitors are transported to romantic 

Roma as Venus de Milo’s 

statue oversees a chain fountain’s 

gentle flow of water before passing 

topiary-blessed terraces approaching 

pergolas that host grape 

leaves. 

“This garden features Italian 

Cypress trees and lavender plants, 

species that do well in the heat,” 

Bochniak explained. “If you look 

there, you will see the Kadota fig 

which is the fruit used for fig newtons 

and some black mission figs.” 

Next, the English gardens beckoned 

attendees with their beautiful 

rose bushes. 

Malibu Garden Club members meandered through the Gardens of the World on April 3. Barbara Burke/22nd Century Media 

“This is a typical rose garden 

arranged with precise symmetry,” 

Bochniak said. “There are close 

to 300 rose bushes on the property, 

but one very interesting one 

is the white rose that derives from 

the War of the Roses, wherein the 

House of Lancaster fought the 

House of York, that is until Henry 

VII married Elizabeth of York and 

ended the war.” 

Columbia roses are beginning to 

bloom, bright yellow and perfectly 

positioned near artichokes which, 

Bochiak said, “blossom into gorgeous 

plants with vibrant purple 

flowers inside.” 

The group segued to the English 

Gardens that enjoy the company 

of perennials of all types of colors 

and textures and bespeak of lazy 

summer days spent in luscious 

landscapes amid English cottages. 

“This is absolutely beautiful,” 

murmured Glen Gessford, president 

of the Malibu Garden Club. 

“One doesn’t see many gardens 

like this anywhere.” 

Bochniak explained that the 

garden employs three full-time 

gardeners, uses water judiciously 

and only uses organic gardening 

methods. 

The group marveled before the 

French gardens. 

“This is a replica of the gardens 

at the Palace of Versailles,” Bochniak 

said. “See how the French 

approach gardening as depicting 

man’s mastery over nature, while 

an English garden is more freeform.” 

“The French garden is best 

viewed from above so that one 

can see that the labyrinthian bushes 

are configured into a beautiful 

butterfly,” Bochniak shared. “You 

will see that the French arrange 

their gardens with a perfectly 

spaced 50-50 balanced symmetry, 

while Japanese gardens, although 

very balanced, are configured 

such that 30 percent of the foliage 

is on one side of a walkway and 

70 percent is on another, or perhaps 

such that different allocated 

percentages of plants compose 

the space.” 

Next was a Mission Courtyard, 

its architecture commemorating 

California’s early history when 

Father Junipero Serra oversaw 

the establishment of a series of 

missions strategically planned to 

be one day’s walk apart from one 

another as one travels up the Pacific 

Coast from San Diego. 

A statue of Serra greets visitors 

as they enter a courtyard with 

pomegranate and guava trees and 

large coastal oaks. 

The interior has a fountain and 

breezeways beautified by murals 

depicting the 21 missions. 

Finally, down a curvaceous 

walkway, awaits the traditional 

Japanese garden. 

“The path winds this way and 

that because the Japanese tradition 

instructs that will keep out 

evil spirits.” Bochniak said. 

Tranquil, the Japanese Pagoda 

is an experience. The tsukubai is 

described in the tour brochure as 

“a water basin placed low to the 

ground so that no guests, no matter 

their social status, are forced 

to bend into a humbling position 

in order to purify themselves.” 

The hatsunugi is “an entrance to 

the Pagoda used to place sandals 

prior to entering, with a custom of 

pointing the sandals back to the 

garden so they are ready to go.” 

The pagoda’s rich mahogany 

flooring shines brightly, highlighting 

an alluring area affording 

an opportunity for one to momentarily 

mediate at the rock encircled 

with the straw rope, known 

as a shim-nawa, that designates a 

dwelling place of gods. 

The tour ended with a leisurely 

lunch.



Fans gather at John Varvatos Malibu to help Woolsey Fire Victims 

Barbara Burke 


He is the star of the runway 

and of the popular 

television show “Fashion 

Master” and, in many of his 

loyal, admiring fans’ minds. 

He is a leading, quintessential 

men’s fashion designer 

of our time. 

John Varvatos met with 

delighted customers at a 

well-attended, convivial 

evening sales fundraising 

function at the Malibu store 

in Cross Creek on Thursday, 

April 4. 

The philanthropic event 

highlighted his Spring Collection 

and 10 percent of all 

proceeds were donated to 

Woolsey Fire victims. 

Malibu is a mecca for casual 

yet cutting-edge, highquality 

apparel, and for 11 

years, John Varvatos’ store 

has spearheaded new looks 

and helped customers shine. 

His are timeless, classic 

investment pieces that never 

go out of style, serve as a 

fashion statement, last for 

decades and provide a platform 

for a person to present 

with a hip, unique look, one 

that highlights a person’s individuality. 

As the popular D.J. Andres 

Sette Arrura spun “Life 

in the Fast Lane,” and patrons 

enjoyed upscale mixed 

drinks, Ed Marek took it all 

in. 

“I come here all the time 

to buy John’s wonderful 

jewelry and clothes, such as 

this great bracelet and the 

shirt I am wearing,” he said. 

“I love his styles because, 

although I’m only a real estate 

guy, when I wear John’s 

clothes, I get to pretend that 

I am a rock and roll star.” 

Customer Richard Fields 

heartily agreed, displaying 

a jacket he bought when 

Varvatos began his business 

in 2001, all the while 

purchasing another classic 

jacket. 

“I bought the leather jacket 

that I’m wearing right 

when John started his line,” 

Fields said. “It is still in 

style because John is far and 

above a fashion designer for 

all time and his pieces are 

cutting edge but not wacky 

like some designers’ lines.” 

The ladies like Varvatos’ 

jewelry as well. 

“His pieces are versatile 

as well as being cuttingedge,” 

Melissa Finkelstein 

said. “I could see working 

them into my wardrobe. 

Melissa’s husband, Marc 

Finkelstein agreed, noting, 

“I manufacture leather and 

I am a big fan of John’s because 

the materials he uses 

in his apparel are of the 

highest quality.” 

Sales were repeatedly 

ringing up, as were the donations 

for the Woolsey Fire 

victims, a fact that delighted 

Varvatos and his many customers. 

As he affably chatted with 

attendees and signed leather 

jackets, shirts and caps, he 

inquired how they fared in 

the fire. 

His customers admire 

him for his brilliant designs 

as well as his gravitas, and 

Varvatos is proud to contribute 

to the Malibu community. 

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Ride of the Week 

Car superheroes of Southern California 

Fireball Tim Lawrence 

Contributing Columnist 

Malibu resident 

There’s really no difference 

between an 

art exhibit and a car 

show. Just the art itself. 

I mean, sure, art shows 

are indoors and pieces are 

hanging on the walls, but 

they are basically the same 

in that people gather to appreciate 

beauty, expression 

and passion. 

Southern California is the 

absolute center of car culture. 

And being so, the art 

pieces are flavored throughout 

the city on roads, highways, 

driveways, stores and 

shows. We get to see a lot. 

And that makes SoCal the 

world’s largest automotive 

art gallery. 

Last weekend was a fun 

event where I spotted one 

of the nicest 1968 Chevy 

Chevelles I’ve ever seen. 

In fact, this car has been 

around for a while and 

I’ve seen it before, but this 

time I got to speak with the 

owner Robert Anderson a 

bit on its history and build. 

“Originally, the car was 

so rusted,” said Anderson 

“that you could actually 

look through one side of 

the car and see someone 

standing on the other side.” 

That’s some serious rust. 

But it being a $20,000 

purchase, it wasn’t an option 

to dump it. They had 

to keep moving. 

A few years later and 

you can see Robert cruising 

the streets of SoCal 

and Malibu in his flawlessly 

beautiful red Chevelle 

convertible. The motor, 

interior and all details an 

absolute piece of art. 

But the most amazing 

thing about this car is the 

paint: a creamy perfect red 

that reflects in such a way 

that boggles the eye. You 

could cook a meal off of the 

car during summer (although 

not recommended) 

and not worry about any 

contaminants. Just a beauty. 

Again, the cars are as 

amazing as art, but the 

passion from the owners 

is very similar to a mom 

talking about her first child 

being the most beautiful 

baby ever created. 

Struggles are plentiful in 

life. And we could spend a 

Robert Anderson’s 1968 Chevy Chevelles. Fireball Tim 

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day identifying all of them. 

But in car culture, there 

are many heroes who use 

their cars for good. It’s like 

superheroes talking about 

their capes as sidekicks — 

trustworthy, loyal, always 

by their side. Our cars are 

our loyal steeds, journeying 

us through life and all 

that is good about it. 

If we allow goodness in 

our lives, then goodness 

permeates. Driving something 

cool helps us to think 

about others by sharing 

what we love in a positive 

way. And you know this, 

my friends, the secret to a 

limitless life is in our ability 

to think about others 

and not always ourselves. 

Cool cars do this and we 

become custodians of cool. 

So props to Robert and 

his 1968 Chevelle for 

bringing it out and sharing 

it with me. 

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

How to heal the soil and why is it so important? 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

A 

lot of you folks 

want to know more 

about the soil and 

its relationship to being 

healthy. Many people do 

not realize that if the soil 

is sick, human being will 

be too. 

It doesn’t take much 

thought to see the connection, 

and yet we would 

never know it considering 

all the damage we are continually 

doing to the soil. 

Recently, a reader writes 

to me and says: “Help! 

I am overrun with ants! 

They are attacking all my 

plants and causing major 

problems! Tell me what to 

spray!”. 

Since I was on 

Facebook when she asked 

the question, she also 

received several hundred 

“suggestions” on what 

they spray or use. I saw 

things like pour boiling 

water on their mounds 

(bad idea), use 20 Mule 

Team Borax (bad idea), 

pepper, cinnamon. You 

name it they are using it. 

And so, they all freaked 

out when I said, “You are 

having a soil problem.” 

If you have a pest 

infestation, then you have 

a soil problem. It is the 

soil that controls these 

populations and keeps 

them in check or makes 

them produce and do 

their job. What is their 

role? The ants are Mother 

Nature’s gardeners. Their 

job is to remove the sick 

to allow the healthy to 

grow. Sick plants etc. are 

the perfect food for what 

the ant’s use -- they herd 

aphids and other nectarproducing 

insects. It is 

these insects that attack 

the plants, and in turn 

produce nectar which 

the ants “milk” from the 

pests. This nectar gets 

taken back to the colony. 

Actually, ants have two 

stomachs, one for them to 

eat and the other for them 

to bring back the nectar. 

This nectar gets formed 

into various type of 

nutrition for the multiple 

groups of ants. 

The soil comes into 

play because it is the 

soil that feeds the plants 

and not us humans. The 

soil has this relationship 

with nature because it is 

nature. Nature recycles 

everything. Most comes 

through the soil. The soil 

takes carbon and makes 

an acid which they eat 

through any rock or mineral. 

This produces a nutritional 

food that is then 

passed to the plants. This 

food must be rich in all 

the necessary trace minerals 

needed for healthy 

body functions. When it 

rains, the water not only 

nourishes the soil but also 

washes into the ocean the 

trace minerals needed by 

everyone. 

Humans have gone 

down the path of thinking 

they are different and 

therefore unique. They do 

not treat the soil as a living 

thing. Everything we 

eat comes from the earth. 

We call it the food chain. 

The soil is the beginning 

and the end of the food 

chain. It is the soil that 

controls all life on earth. It 

is the soil that controls the 

weather. Drastic climate 

change is due to extreme 

soil damage. We have 

destroyed more soil in the 

last 100 years than all of 

mankind has in their entire 

existence. 

The current problems 

we are having with the 

earth are all due to the 

damages we have inflicted 

on the soil. Cutting the 

forests of the planet damages 

the land. Bad farming 

practices around the world 

have destroyed much of 

them. 

Stop using chemical 

fertilizers for starters. Use 

only certified organic fertilizers 

that have various 

Mycelium and various microbes 

as well as minerals. 

Learn to use clean, live 

compost. Sewer sludge is 

not good compost since it 

is toxic with heavy metals. 

Apply rock dust and 

mulch every year. The 

mulch should also be full 

of the proper Mycelium 

and nutrient. Just remember 

that it will take time 

for the proper life to come 

back into the soil. You 

can speed it up by planting 

mushroom spores into 

the soil. This will help the 

Mycelium. 

Any questions or help? Email 

me at andylopez@invisiblegardener.com. 

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Poet’s Corner 

Feel horsepower-drawn 

Caissons rumble the main artery 

Near each day’s end. 

Gone the vast enemy, 

But bound to recur. 

Desperate to remember, 

Trying to forget, 

Poor skeletal timber 

Beside entire trees 

Felled together with rooms 

In covered caskets, 

Hundreds of heirlooms, 

Necessities, playthings, 

Ashes of ashes, finery— 

Abandoned: Think of it: 

Curling away reality, 

The scrapings of 

Families grasping a relic 

To stand for the whole, 

Leaving behind melic 

CAISSONS 

Grasses and regrets, 

Dreary tears liquefying 

Dark detritus melded to memory, 

Irretrievably sliding 

Gritty remains 

Blowing back to the sea. 

No drum rolls, no bagpipes, 

No hymnal, no elegy, no wreath 

For the vanquished. 

What then? 

Blessing of wild flowers, 

Poppy and lupine, 

Mustard, penstemon, 

Sage to bundle for 

Purifying, house clearing, 

Then close the door. 

A lament endures, 

My heart to yours. 

Charlotte Ward, Malibu Resident

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From the Editor 


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Malibu is a city 

of glistening 

beaches, picturesque 

neighborhoods, 

friendly people and 

glorious weather. Each 

Letters to the Editor 

The serious threat that 

technology poses 

This statement is from 

a letter I read: “It is a fact 

that not a single medical 

organization states that cell 

phone/wireless radiation is 

safe. There is no proof of 

safety.” And that is why I 

am writing to you today. 

I use a cellphone on a 4G 

LTE system, and I observe 

every safety precaution I 

can. I have used a cellphone 

for years, just like most of 

us have. Several years ago 

I became aware that there 

were significant negative 

ramifications of using cell 

phones, microwaves and 

other dirty/smart electricity. 

I hope you are aware of 

the ill effects of these devices, 

too. 

The 5G technology is 

being pushed as quickly as 

A city of paradoxes 

day, something about 

the city surprises me and 

what caught my attention 

this week was a sense of 

strong juxtaposition – on 

one hand, Malibuites are 

still trying to rebuild their 

lives after last year’s fire 

and contributing to Earth 

Month (among other 

noble endeavors), but on 

the other hand, there are 

instances of vandalism 

and thefts that are causing 

nothing but devastation. 

The cover of this week’s 

Surfside News features 

Carol Moss, a woman who 

has relentlessly dedicated 

possible on us by the telecom 

industry. I would like 

you to consider some very 

important facts before we 

allow these installations 

in Malibu. The telecom 

industry is out of control 

and does not care about the 

effects of this technology 

on humans and animals. 

Their bottom line is greed. 

Nationwide, communities 

are being told by wireless 

companies that it is necessary 

to build “small cell” 

wireless facilities in neighborhoods 

on street lights 

and utility poles in order 

to offer 5G, a new technology 

that will connect the 

Internet of Things (IoT). At 

the local, state and federal 

level, new legislation and 

new zoning aim to streamline 

the installation of these 

5G “small cell” antennas 

her life to those in need. 

In a few weeks, people 

are going to flock to the 

theaters to watch the latest 

“Avengers” movie, but 

women like her are the 

true superheroes of our 

society. 

The same thing can be 

said about designer John 

Varvatos who put his fan 

following to good use and 

organized a fundraiser to 

help the Woolsey Fire victims. 

So many others are 

also finding ways to support 

happiness in the lives 

of their fellow residents. 

But the Police Reports 

in public rights-of-way. 

However these “small cell 

towers” can reach 150 feet 

and be disguised as a tree. I 

am hoping that we can stop 

the installation of these ... 

devices before it’s too late. 

... 

I hope you will look 

into this issue, and as the 

people we have elected to 

have our best interests at 

heart, you will stop this 

from being installed in our 

community. 

This technology is especially 

harmful to children 

and if you care about them, 

and us, all of us, you will 

do your best to stop this. 

I am doing my best to 

wake people up to what’s 

coming. 

Lonnie Gordon, Malibu 

resident 

from the city seem to be 

getting worse each week. 

From destruction of 

signs on Pacific Coast 

Highway to the theft of 

hundreds of dollars’ worth 

of products from cars, it is 

increasingly difficult for 

people to trust each other. 

I am certain these paradoxes 

are visible in every 

city around the world; 

however, there must be a 

way to slow these crimes. 

The key perhaps is to 

follow the example of the 

aforementioned people 

and build a better, stronger 

Malibu. 

Malibu 

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Faith Briefs 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 

Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505) 

Taize Meditation 

7 p.m. Tuesdays. Join 

for 10 minutes or stay for 

an hour in quiet meditation 

and reflection in the Sanctuary. 

Support Group 

Anyone impacted by the 

fire who is in need of support 

may call the church’s 

office or email the Listening 

Post at TheListening- 

PostMalibu@gmail.com 

to arrange a support group 

appointment. 

Co-Dependents Anonymous 

7:30-9 p.m. Mondays. 

By the time one reaches 

co-dependents anonymous, 

they have lost touch with 

themselves by focusing 

on another. This meeting 

begins with an affirmation 

of each individual’s own 

authenticity and attendees 

write on their experience 

with one of the 55 traits. 

Members then share what 

they’ve written or pass, 

then have open sharing. For 

more information, contact 

risk2change@gmail.com. 

Malibu Music Nights 

6:30-9 p.m. third Saturday 

of the month. Malibu 

artists (from established 

musicians to students) will 

perform in the courtyard. 

To perform, or for more 

information, email devonmeyersproject@gmail. 

com. 

Prayer and Healing Circle 

7-8 p.m. Tuesdays. A 

non-denominational gathering 

of like-minded people 

united in different forms of 

focused prayer and healing 

modalities. Featured speakers 

and workshops are offered 

throughout the year. 

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. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 

Malibu Canyon Road, 310-456-1611) 

Sunday Worship Services 

10:15 a.m. Sundays 

Connect Hour 

9-10 a.m. Sundays 

Men’s Breakfast 

7:30-9 a.m. Wednesdays 

at Marmalade Cafe, 3894 

Cross Creek Road, Malibu. 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue 

(24855 Pacific Coast Highway, 310- 

456-2178) 

Torah Study 

10 a.m. Saturdays, with 

Rabbi Michael Schwartz. 

Open to all. 

Baby & Me Class 

9:30-11 a.m. Thursdays. 

The synagogue hosts 

weekly classes where babies 

and toddlers are welcome 

to explore the school 

through blocks, paints, 

dramatic play, puppets, 

music, cooking, movement, 

sensory play, and, of 

course, bubbles. There will 

be a weekly discussion 

pertaining to babies and 

toddler’s beginning years. 

Open to all. 

Religious School 

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

Hand in Hand 

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

Hand in Hand is an inclusion 

program that integrates 

youth of all abilities 

in an after-school social 

program. For more information 

on how to participate, 

email cantor@mjcs. 

org. 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7966) 

SSacred Yoga 

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

Class with Liz 

Krystofik. 

Contemplative Worship 

8 a.m. Sundays 

Traditional Worship 


Martial Arts 

4-7 p.m. Mondays, 

Wednesdays, Thursdays. 

Class with Kurt Lampson. 

Sunday School 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Chabad of Malibu (22943 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-456-6588) 

Distribution Center 

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Chabad 

is distributing women’s 

men’s and children’s clothing 

as well as accessories, 

shoes, toys and toiletries 

free of charge. For more information, 

visit www.onewithmalibu.com. 

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 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter 

Canyon Road, 310-456-2361) 

Centering Prayer 

8:30 a.m. second and 

fourth Thursdays 

Learn About Catholicism 

Join for an informal 

meeting with no obligation 

over a cup of coffee or tea. 

The group meets on Sundays 

and shares stories of 

faith and community. Contact 

the rectory office for 

meeting times. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Mondays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

University Church of Christ (24255 


A cappella Service 

10:15 a.m. Sundays, in 

Elkins Auditorium 

Instrumental Service 

5 p.m. Sundays, in 

Stauffer Chapel 

Children and Youth Bible 

Classes 

9 a.m. Sundays, various 

locations 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive, 

310-774-1927) 

Sunday Worship 

10:10 a.m., children’s 

ministry 

Wednesday Home Groups 

6:30 p.m. at various locations. 

Call for locations. 

Vintage Church (Webster Elementary 

School, 3602 Winter Canyon Road, 

310-395-9961) 

Sunday Service 

4-5:30 p.m. Sundays, 

with children’s ministry 

Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning 

View Drive, 424-235-4463) 

Service 


Midweek Bible Study 

7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

The Rev. Brian La Spada 

holds a weekly Bible study 

at his home to walk through 

the book of Genesis. For 

more information, email 

info@calvarychapelmalibu.com. 

Pre-Church Prayer 

9:30 a.m. Sundays, Juan 

Cabrillo picnic tables. 

Meditation Group 

7:30 p.m. Thursdays. An 

open, ongoing sitting group 

in central Malibu. Meditate 

to the sound of the waves. 

Non-denominational, free, 

welcoming. Simple guidance 

offered. For more information, 

contact Carol 

Moss at (310) 456-3591 or 

email greenlotus@earthlink.net. 

First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 


Wednesday Meetings 

8 p.m. Wednesdays. Testimony 

meetings include 

readings from the Bible and 

“Science and Health with 

Key to the Scriptures.” 

Have an event for faith briefs? 

Email editor@malibusurfsidenews.com. 

Information is due 

by noon on Thursdays one 

week prior to publication. 

In Memoriam 

Dick Dale 

On December 8, 2018, 

Malibu’s Casa Escobar 

hosted a one-of-a-kind, outstanding 

concert by the legendary 

Dick Dale, the King 

of Surf Guitar, whose famous, 

seminal song, “Misirlou,” 

first issued in 1962, 

was featured in Quentin 

Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in 

1994, and rocked the house 

at that Malibu concert. The 

event proved to be one of 

Dale’s last concerts. Dale, 

81, passed away at Loma 

Linda Hospital on March 

16. 

Billy Scott Wilson, 

whose band opened for 

Dale in 2013, shared anecdotes 

about him. 

“Dick told me about 

teaching Jimi Hendrix how 

to play a song,” Wilson 

said. “He told me about 

how he was influenced by 

Gene Krupa.” 

What the Beatles did 

for rock and roll, Dale did 

for surf music. His iconic, 

incessant, surging guitar 

playing brought in a whole 

new genre. Many also refer 

to him as the father of metal 

music. 

Wilson recounted how 

Dale told him that often, 

when he “looked down at 

his guitar strings, they were 

changing colors from the 

heat caused by him letting 

it fly.” 

He said Dale “pushed the 

limits of sound.” 

Dale was the “precursor 

to the Beach Boys and the 

Safaris,” Wilson said. “He 

was a legacy like no other.” 

Before he passed away, 

countless accolades were 

conferred on Dale, including 

the prestigious Musical 

Instrument Museum installing 

a permanent exhibit of 

his instruments and memorabilia 

in its Artist Gallery. 

The MIM’s website recounts 

Dale’s influence on 

modern music in America, 

noting that he collaborated 

with Fender Guitars Corporation 

to produce custommade 

amplifiers, including 

the first-ever 100-watt guitar 

amplifier.

malibusurfsidenews.com life & arts 


Malibu artist shines during LA Fashion Week 

Barbara Burke 


Helen Allois, a Malibu 

surrealist artist whose pieces 

are popular with area 

collectors, recently exhibited 

some of her works at 

two galleries in downtown 

Los Angeles. 

An alluring array of her 

earlier and most recent 

paintings that highlighted 

her intriguing oeuvre were 

featured at the 2019 LA 

Fashion Week March 21-24 

at Los Angeles’ iconic Majestic. 

Mixed media artist Karen 

Bystedt attended the 

LA Fashion Week exhibit. 

Bystedt is a fan of Allois, as 

evidenced by the fact that 

the pair are collaborating 

and Allois is painting some 

of the Lost Warhols in her 

surrealist form. 

“I am very excited to 

participate in a project with 

Allois,” Bystedt said. “Her 

works are stunning and 

unique.” 

Melanie Martin, who 

also collects Allois’ work, 

attended the LA Fashion 

Week exhibit. 

Martin posed next to 

two paintings that she purchased, 

“Sir Gustav VII” 

and “Sir Benjamin.” 

Both of those works 

evoke the ethereal ethos of 

Allois’ paintings, which she 

describes as “an attempt to 

invite a viewer into an other-worldly 

realm.” 

Ever since Praxiteles 

sculpted a nude Aphrodite 

and the Romans revered a 

naked Venus, patrons have 

admired artistic renditions 

of the human form. 

Such appreciation was 

accorded to “Lucy in the 

Attendees witnessed ingenious creations in the form of 

body art. 

Sky with Diamonds,” a 

work by Allois that was 

exhibited at the Nude L.A. 

Art show at Cooper Design 

Space March 29- 30. 

Allois’ works often entrance 

and excite viewers 

as they did at the classy and 

cutting-edge nude art event, 

which featured fashion 

shows and live performances 

accompanied by moving 

music and also highlighted 

many intriguing visual 

artworks depicting some 

figures in repose, others 

floating in space, yet others 

fancifully positioned in fantastical, 

fluid formations. 

As with all of Allois’ 

works, Lucy is accompanied 

by an interpretative 

fable: “You may call me 

Lucy, or the Babe, no matter 

to me because I am not 

staying here for longer than 

one night. When visiting 

Earth, I cannot stay for 

too long, the place and the 

people, although painfully 

dear to me, you make me 

sad and make me lose my 

celestial powers and my 

sunny disposition.” 

Poised and playful, beautiful 

Bonnie, Lucy’s companion, 

lazily lounged on 

Lucy’s lap, enjoying Lucy’s 

allegorical apologue 

which states that Bonnie 

“helps me through this one 

night, when I have to listen 

and to absorb all your pains 

and troubles. I listen, and 

Bonnie channels all your 

negative energy into a place 

where it cannot harm you 

anymore. Tomorrow, you 

are free to collect more sorrows, 

but for this one night 

with me I want you to be 

young, and free, and happy 

as a child.” 

A gleaming golden chain 

positioned at a slant on Lucy’s 

neckline serves as the 

conduit between the physical 

and spiritual realms: 

“If I drink too much of 

your pains, my necklace 

will help me to fight the 

gravity, it will take me back 

home to the Floating Kingdom,” 

Lucy’s explanation 

elaborated. “If it is late at 

night, and you are all alone 

and lonely in the bar or at 

the club, just look around 

you, find me, and I will 

make you feel better!” 

Flirtatious and funloving, 

yet probing and 

pensive, “Lucy in the Sky 

with Diamonds” ignited 

observers’ senses because 

the creature invites one to 

Artist Helen Allois (left) and Nude Art LA founder Christopher Wallace pose by Allois’ 

painting “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” on March 29 at Cooper Design Space. photos 

by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

linger and learn. 

Attendee Steve Kowalski 

tried to interpret the work 

and to comprehend its context 

and composition. 

“Lucy has a pensive gaze 

and draws a person in,” he 

said. “Her little spirit animal 

gives an observer the 

same gaze and I note the 

animal is positioned on 

Lucy’s heart and Lucy’s 

fairy-like eyes are big and 

slanted and intriguing. It’s 

beautiful.” 

Allois is one of many 

Malibu artists whose collection 

was destroyed in the 

Woolsey Fire. 

Like many other painters, 

the tragic experience 

has motivated her to prolifically 

create. 

Her fans are delighted by 

her response and they look 

forward to viewing future 

works. 

“No collector of my 

works has less than three of 

them,” Allois said. 

A genre that people often 

strain to comprehend, surrealism 

has a potent ambassador 

in Allois, whose pieces 

connect with collectors, 

and viewers are entranced 

by her allegorical fables 

that explain her works.

22 | April 11, 2019 | Malibu surfside news dining out 


The Dish 

Intuitive Forager dishes unique salads at farm stand 

Barbara Burke 


A classic Cicoria salad 

($8 a pound) is one of the 

healthiest salads, according 

to Malibu’s Kerry Clasby, 

the Intuitive Forager, 

whose farm near the intersection 

of Pacific Coast 

Highway and Heathercliff 

Road at Sterling Farms has 

opened for business again 

after sustaining damage in 

the Woolsey Fire. 

The farm stand sells 

ready-to-go salads and 

fresh vegetables and fruits, 

produce that is carefully curated 

by Clasby, who grows 

some of the ingredients and 

also acts as a food aggregator, 

sourcing some produce 

from carefully selected, organic 

farmers located along 

California’s coast. 

Clasby demonstrated 

making the chicory salad 

and discussed its ingredients 

in detail. 

“This lovely salad choice 

has seven types of chicory,” 

she said. “Endive, also 

known as curly frisee, escarole, 

red ball radicchio, 

Castelfranco, Pink Triveso, 

Chiggers Variegated lettuce 

and traditional Treviso.” 

Fox Hollow olive oil and 

Malden salt must be mixed 

and poured on the chicory 

and, “if one is to get the best 

salad ever, she has to toss 

and toss,” Clasby said. 

Malibu resident Nicki 

Anderson added, “Nothing 

is overbearing and it is a 

The Intuitive Forager’s 

Kerry Clasby spruces up 

a salad with her special 

ingredients. Barbara 

Burke/ 22nd Century Media 

perfectly balanced salad.” 

Clasby also made a broccoli 

roasted-tomato and 

pinenut salad ($8 a pound), 

noting that the secret to that 

dish is to steam the broccoli 

al dente, thus ensuring that 

the flavor of the vegetable 

is heightened and that it 

provides the most nutrition. 

Howard Parr, a loyal, 

longtime fan of the sarm, 

said that he “absolutely 

loves visiting the farm and 

the farm stand because 

Kerry offers the best of all 

types of vegetables and she 

is constantly educating me 

about new vegetables and 

how to prepare and to eat 

them.” 

Parr insisted that any 

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visitor to the establishment 

“simply must also try the 

Peruvian potatoes because 

they are absolutely magical, 

as are the amazing English 

peas and Inca berries.” 

Mango, guacamole and 

cilantro salsa ($8), enticed 

Parr as well. 

The farm stand and the 

juxtaposed farm are not just 

any drive-by produce place. 

Clasby shares her extensive 

experience and knowledge 

regarding sourcing excellent, 

fresh, organic produce. 

Her knowledge of food is 

encyclopedic, her enthusiasm 

contagious. 

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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. Bisque crustacean 

5. Attention getting 

sound 

9. Botanical supports 

14. Floor cover, for 

short 

15. Sword sport 

16. Similar: Prefix 

17. Fall times, abbr. 

18. Close at hand 

19. Not upright 

20. Ballet Conservatory 

West ballet that 

features Malibu ballerinas 

23. Thor Heyerdahl 

craft 

24. Goal 

25. Beach area 

29. Canadian hockey 

player Bobby __ 

30. Mach 1 breaker 

33. Relieves 

34. Epicurean 

36. Large lake 

37. Pens 

39. Rocky mountain 

state 

40. Sale benefit 

42. Saw 

43. Harden 

44. Offload 

45. About-face 

47. Prevail 

48. Great boxer 

49. Famous Malibu 

attraction 

56. Like Thai cuisine 

58. Clark Kent’s girl 

59. Ravel’s “Gaspard de 

la ___” 

60. “You _____ Have to 

Be So Nice” 

61. Lodge letters 

62. Leafy green 

63. Liquor sediments 

64. Excellent 

65. Chinese dollar 

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2. Full-bodied 

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5. Five years 

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7. Brand 

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9. “Hips don’t lie” singer 

10. Pole 

11. Islamic potentate 

12. Gibson who directed 

“The Passion of the 

Christ” 

13. One tippling too much 

21. “Trinity” author 

22. Atkins diet no-nos 

25. Outbuildings 

26. Creepy 

27. Most-wanted invitees 

28. Blueprint 

29. “___ Como Va” (1971 

Santana hit) 

30. Instrument, favored by 

George Harrison 

31. Guys-only gatherings 

32. Snicker 

34. Military rank, abbr. 

35. “How ___!” 

37. Alerting an actor 

38. Plus 

41. Gets a GPS out 

42. Tel ___, Israel 

45. Limited allotment 

46. French president’s 

residence 

47. Leather whip 

49. Cause of beach erosion 

50. Site of Napoleon’s 

exile 

51. “___ the mornin’!” 

52. Black 

53. Hilo feast 

54. Country singer Mc- 

Cann 

55. Egyptian solar deity 

56. Throw in 

57. Mister, politely 

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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 

answers 

Rosenthal Tasting Room 

(18741 pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu; 310- 

456-1392) 

■7 ■ p.m. April 12: Wine 

About It: Karaoke 

Nights; hosted by Hi- 

Ho Karaoke 

■12-9 ■ p.m. April 13: 

live music with Hunter 

Nakozono, 3 For Rent, 

Street Monks; Azteca 

food truck 

■12-9 ■ p.m. April 14: 

live music with Erin 

McAndrew; Dago Red 

Revival; Humble Crust 

Pizza Truck 

Malibu Wines 

(31740 Mulholland 


865-0605) 

■5-9 ■ p.m. Friday, April 

12; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 

Sunday, April 14: Two 

Doughs Pizza 

■12-9 ■ p.m. April 13: live 

music (12-2 p.m. Matt 

Bradford; 3-5 p.m. 

John Koah 6-9 p.m. 

Mike Bell) 

■12-7 ■ p.m. April 14: 

live music ( 12-3 p.m. 

Sylver Strings; 4-7 p.m. 

Star Travelers) 

The Sunset 

(6800 Westward Beach 

Road, Malibu; 310- 589- 

1007) 

■4 ■ p.m. Sunday, DJ 

Duke’s Malibu Restaurant 

(21150 Pacific Coast 


317-0777) 

■4 ■ p.m.- close. April 

12: Aloha Friday with 

Tahitian dancers, live 

music and $8 mai tai’s 

Moonshadows 

(20356 Pacific Coast 


456-3010) 

■7 ■ p.m.- 1 a.m. Friday 

and Saturday; 3-9 p.m. 

Sunday: Live DJ 

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Scene, email editor@malibusurfsidenews.com 

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26 | April 11, 2019 | Malibu surfside news sports 


Pepperdine Athletics 

Waves men’s volleyball wins league title 

The No. 4 Pepperdine 

Waves clinched the Mountain 

Pacific Sports Federation 

regular-season title and 

the top seed for the upcoming 

MPSF Tournament with 

a three-set home sweep over 

No. 14 Concordia (25-11, 

25-20, 25-17) on Saturday, 

April 6. 

Thanks to USC’s victory 

over UCLA later that night, 

the Waves won the MPSF 

title outright. It’s Pepperdine’s 

first regular-season 

title since 2014 and it’s the 

first time the MPSF semifinals 

and final will be hosted 

in Firestone Fieldhouse 

since 2007. 

The Waves (20-6, 9-3) 

hit .467 and had their 

fourth consecutive match 

with single-digit hitting errors 

(eight, compared to 43 

kills). Concordia fell to 14- 

18, 3-9, after being held to 

.076 hitting. 

The Waves celebrated 

Senior Night, and as usual, 

Pepperdine’s soon-to-be 

graduating players were the 

key contributors, collecting 

42 of the team’s 43 kills. 

Pepperdine has now won 

20 matches for the first time 

since 2015, and for just the 

second time in the last 10 

seasons. 

Although the Eagles 

started with a 5-3 lead in the 

first set, the Waves quickly 

answered with a 10-1 run 

to take a 13-6 lead over the 

opposition. A perfect 5-0-5 

line from David Wieczorek 

in the first set helped the 

cause and kills from Max 

Chamberlain and Kevin Vaz 

put the Waves up 21-10 late 

in the action. Three Concordia 

attack errors in the final 

moments of the first set, 

courtesy of a strong service 

output from Michael Wexter, 

resulted in a 25-11 first 

set final mark. The Waves 

harassed the Eagles into 10 

hitting errors against just 

four kills in the first set. 

The second set proved to 

be much closer throughout, 

as each side worked toward 

an 18-18 tie with a nearly 

point-for-point output. 

Back-to-back kills from Kaleb 

Denmark and Wieczorek 

gave the home team an edge 

and forced a CUI timeout. 

An attack error from across 

the net and a block from Vaz 

and Robert Mullahey gave 

the Waves a 22-18 lead and 

forced yet another Eagles’ 

timeout. Denmark came 

out of the second timeout to 

plant an ace on the floor and 

Wieczorek followed up with 

a kill to extend the run to six 

straight points. After a sideout, 

a service error from the 

opposition gave Pepperdine 

a 25-20 set win. 

At 5-5 in the third set, the 

Waves ran off five straight 

points with contributions 

from Wieczorek (a kill), 

Denmark (an ace), Mullahey 

(a kill), Vaz and Mullahey 

(a block) and finally an 

Eagle attack error, making it 

10-5. Concordia later closed 

within two points, last at 

15-13, but two Wexter service 

aces as part of a 4-0 run 

pushed the lead back up to 

19-13. At 21-16, the Waves 

closed out the match by 

scoring four of the final five 

points. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS 

Pepperdine handles Portland 

The No. 9 Waves took 

care of Portland from start 

to finish on Saturday, April 

6, sweeping the Pilots 4-0 

at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis 

Center. 

The win puts the Waves at 

14-3 overall and 5-0 in West 

Coast Conference play, not 

having dropped a point to a 

conference opponent. Pepperdine 

took on USC in the 

last nonconference match 

on Tuesday, April 9, before 

heading to San Diego on 

Friday, April 12, and BYU 

on Saturday, April 13. 

The Waves started off 

going back and forth in 

doubles play until the pair 

of Adrijana Lekaj and Dzina 

Milovanovic took a commanding 

6-2 win over Angela 

Schuster and Laura 

Okazaki. After a short rally 

by their Portland opponents, 

Ashley Lahey and Daria 

Kuczer won 6-4 to take the 

doubles point, giving Pepperdine 

a 1-0 lead. 

Anastasia Iamachkine 

struck first in singles, destroying 

Angela Schuster 

6-0, 6-0. Satsuki Takamura 

finished second, winning 

6-2, 6-1 and putting the 

Waves up 3-0 overall. 

The final point was left 

up to courts one and two, 

where Lekaj and Jessica 

Failla were on their respective 

match points simultaneously. 

It was Lekaj who 

eventually took charge and 

defeated Jelena Lukic 6-0 

and 6-2 to complete the 

sweep for Pepperdine, 4-0. 

BASEBALL 

Waves rebound against 

Broncos 

After falling in game one 

of the series, Pepperdine exploded 

for 10 runs on Saturday, 

April 6, to defeat Santa 

Clara 10-1. Reese Alexiades 

had three RBI for the 

Waves. 

The Waves (15-11, 6-5 

WCC) had four players with 

more than one RBI while 

holding the Broncos (6-22, 

1-7 WCC) to just a single 

run. 

Santa Clara struck first in 

the second inning, getting 

their only run of the game 

on an RBI single to take a 

1-0 lead after one and a half. 

The Waves answered 

back in the home half of the 

second inning, scoring two 

runs on an Alexiades’ RBI 

double down the line, bringing 

in Wills and Aharon 

Modlin to take a 2-1 lead. 

They added a run when 

Joe Caparis singled up the 

middle, scoring Alexiades 

from second. After two full 

innings, the Waves had a 

3-1 lead. 

In the third inning, Wills 

got his first RBI of the 

game on a sacrifice fly that 

scored Matthew Kanfer 

from third. Lutes then doubled 

off the wall, bringing 

in Duncan McKinnon, 

who pinch ran for Billy 

Cook, and Alexiades, who 

walked. On the next pitch, 

Caparis got his second RBI 

of the game on another 

single up the middle. The 

Waves led 7-1 after three 

innings of play. 

Pepperdine scored twice 

more in the fourth, first on 

a Will single, which scored 

Brandt Belk. Alexiades 

then got his third RBI of the 

day, on a single through the 

right side, scoring Modlin to 

make the score 9-1 in favor 

of the Waves through four 

innings. 

McKinnon brought in the 

game’s final run in the fifth, 

when he singled into right 

field, scoring Caparis to cement 

the 10-1 Waves win. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and 

www.pepperdinewaves. 

com. Compiled by Assistant 

Editor Michal Dwojak, 

m.dwojak@22ndcentury 

media.com. 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

BASEBALL 

Malibu 3, Carpinteria 1 

Alec Morrison had four 

hits and an RBI to lead the 

visiting Sharks, who scored 

twice in the top of the seventh, 

to the league victory 

Friday, April 5. 

Carpinteria 8, Malibu 3 

Brodie Anderson had 

two hits in the Sharks 

loss Wednesday, April 3, 

when Carpinteria scored 

seven runs in the fifth 

inning. 

Malibu 8, Huenenme 1 

Lewis Baron and Lars 

Peterson had two RBI a 

piece as the Sharks toppled 

their league foe March 29 

in Malibu. 

Reef Graham added three 

hits for Malibu. 

This Week In ... 

Sharks Athletics 

Baseball 

■April ■ 16 - hosts Filmore, 

3:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Filmore, 

3:30 p.m. 

Boy’s Tennis 

■April ■ 18 - at Finals, 

1:30 p.m. 

Softball 

■April ■ 16 - hosts Nordhoff, 

3:30 p.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Carpinteria, 

3:30 p.m. 

Track and Field 

■April ■ 13 - at Russel Cup, 

9 a.m. 

■April ■ 18 - at Ventura CC, 

3 p.m. 

Pepperdine Athletics 

Men’s Volleball 

■April ■ 13 - at MPSF, TBA 

BASEBALL 

■April ■ 11 - at BYU, 6 p.m. 

Alec Morrison connects 

with a pitch for the Sharks 

in their April 3 game. Suzy 

Demeter/22nd Century 

media 

Malibu 17, Hueneme 0 

Lars Peterson notched 

four hits and three RBI as 

the Sharks dismantled their 

hosts March 27 in Oxnard. 

Send a score and recap to 

news@malibusurfsidenews. 

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■April ■ 16 - at USC, 6 p.m. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS 

■April ■ 12 - at San Diego, 

TBA 

■April ■ 13 - at BYU, 11 a.m. 

MEN’S TENNIS 


■April ■ 14 - hosts San Diego, 

1 p.m. 

Women’s Beach 

Volleyball 

■April ■ 11 - at USC, 4 p.m. 

■April ■ 13 - at Cal Poly, 

10 a.m. 

MEN’S SOCCER 

■April ■ 15 - at Western 

Intercollegiate, All Day 





WOMEN’S GOLF 

■April ■ 18 - at WCC 

Championships, All Day

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Interference call seals Sharks’ win 

Ryan Flynn 


Aggression has been the 

game all season for Malibu 

High School softball. 

They were glad it was 

April 2 in a dramatic 6-5 

win over visiting league foe 

Carpinteria. 

“This year, the whole 

thing has been about aggression, 

about playing 

hard,” Sharks coach Geoffrey 

Stern said. “Our whole 

thing this year has been, 

‘Go get the ball.’ And with 

hitting, it’s no cheap swings 

until you have two strikes. 

On the base paths, take 

that extra base. If you’re 

out sliding because they 

make a great play, I’m OK 

with it.” 

The mantra was put into 

play in the final play of the 

game. 

Malibu was up 6-2, but 

the Warriors scored three 

runs in the final inning and 

looked to add a fourth to tie 

the game. 

With the bases loaded and 

two outs, a ground ball was 

softly hit toward shortstop 

Lexi Thomas, whose aggression 

was Malibu’s saving 

grace. 

Thomas charged the 

ball, and the runner from 

second base collided with 

her, impeding her ability 

to make a clear play. The 

umpire called interference 

but did not initially call 

an out, so Stern called 

timeout to discuss it with 

the interference. 

The official eventually 

changed the call, ending the 

game on the play. 

“If Lexi doesn’t play that 

ball aggressively and waits 

for it, the runner doesn’t interfere 

with her,” Stern said. 

“Last year or the year before 

she probably would’ve 

waited on the ball and let the 

girl go by and they would 

have tied the game.” 

Instead, Thomas made 

an aggressive play, and the 

Sharks have another win to 

show for it. 

With a tough Warriors 

team in town, the Sharks 

needed every ounce of effort 

and energy to record the 

victory. 

Sharks ace Janet Ann Purtell 

had her work cut out for 

her early. 

Boys Volleyball 

Improved Sharks hit speed bump against Warriors 

Ryan Flynn 


This is just the beginning 

for Malibu boys volleyball. 

First-year coach Derek 

Saenz has a small roster of 

inexperienced players — 

12 total players, seven of 

whom play varsity and most 

of whom have no volleyball 

background. 

It’s a team of basketball 

and football players: All 

good athletes, but almost all 

of them are new to the sport. 

The inexperience was noticeable 

April 2 when Malibu 

lost to visiting Carpinteria, 

25-18, 25-23 and 25-18. 

Errors, Saenz said, were 

the biggest difference. 

“It’s a pretty simple math 

game,” Saenz said. “If you 

can score 25 points, you’ll 

win. But if you give errors, 

then the other team has to 

score less and less points. 

We made it so they only had 

to earn five or six points a 

set. So, that makes it pretty 

easy for any team to win.” 

Saenz, who most recently 

coached in Orange County 

and has also helmed several 

club volleyball teams, said 

that he’s seeing improvement 

throughout the season. 

The team started off 0-4, 

all in nonleague matches, 

but has since gone 3-3. 

“There wasn’t a lot of 

experience coming in,” he 

said. “The bar was pretty 

low to start with but they’re 

all really good athletes. Volleyball 

may be new to them 

but they’re all coming from 

athletic experience from 

other sports. ... We’re not 

winning a ton but they’ve 

improved tremendously. 

They’ve got a good attitude. 

They’ve got a good work 

ethic. We’re just so late to 

it that we don’t always get 

rewarded with wins.” 

His team played hard, 

even down two sets. 

Comparing the two Carpinteria 

games, the first of 

which was an early-season 

loss, Saenz saw a difference. 

Just one match remains 

this season, against Hueneme 

after Spring Break. 

“If we can [win] we 

should be able to make the 

playoffs this year and it will 

be the first time making the 

playoffs in seven years for 

the program,” Saenz said. 

Injuries and illnesses 

have sapped the small roster 

even further over the course 

of the season, but even still, 

Saenz is proud of his group. 

“Despite the win-loss record, 

they are a really good 

group of guys who work really 

hard,” he said. “I wish 

there was more of them and 

I had more time with them, 

but ... they’ve been great.” 

Julia Carol puts bat to ball for Malibu in her team’s win 

April 2 in Malibu. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

In the first inning, Malibu 

gave up two runs. With 

one on and one out, Purtell 

struck out the next two batters 

to stop the bleeding. 

The following inning, 

Carpinteria loaded the bases, 

but again Purtell got her 

team out unscathed, forcing 

the opposing batter into a 

ground out to first. 

“She pitched great the 

whole game,” Stern said. 

“She didn’t give up any really 

big hits. She got some 

key strikeouts and some 

key ground balls when she 

needed to. I think they got 

maybe two or three hits to 

our outfield all game, so she 

was really good at keeping 

the ball down today.” 

From the second inning 

on, Purtell was stellar, especially 

after receiving some 

run support from her offense. 

Led by senior first baseman 

Amelia Goudzwaard, 

who recently committed 

to attend the University of 

Southern California next 

fall, Malibu’s bats were consistently 

on point. 

The Sharks scored two 

runs apiece in the first, third 

and fourth innings to blow 

the game open. 

Goudzwaard scored three 

times, while catcher Chloe 

Dyne chipped in two RBI. 

Malibu outfielder Emma 

Sudmann had one of the 

plays of the game as well, 

barely sliding in to home 

ahead of a tag on a Dyne 

ground out. 

Late in the game, Carpinteria 

mounted the comeback 

that came up just short. 

Malibu’s George Roth (4) and James Harandi try for 

a block in a match with visiting Carpinteria April 2 in 

Malibu. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media

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Athlete of the Week 

views on the water 

Sharks take to the pool in 2019 

10 Questions 

Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Malibu’s Kennan Hotchkiss swims the breaststroke during a March 20 home meet with 

Nordhoff. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

with Luke Mickens 

The Malibu High School 

pitcher recently struck out 

four in a three-hit shutout 

performance. 

When and why did you 

start playing baseball? 

I started with T-Ball, 

my dad got me into it 

and my grandpa played a 

little bit of major league 

baseball. 

What do you like most 

about the sport? 

I like that it’s not dictated 

by the clock. There are 

three outs; you don’t have 

to worry about running out 

of time. 

Do you have any pregame 

superstitions? 

Sometimes, I try not to 

step on the line before the 

game. Stuff like that. 

What is your favorite 

sports moment? 

When my team in Pony 

[League] won the championship. 

What is one thing 

people don’t know 

about you? 

That I like to kite surf 

and stuff like that. 

If you have any super 

power, which super 

power would you 

want? 

I would want invisibility. 

What would you do if 

you won the lottery? 

I would probably retire 

and when I die I would donate 

it all to charity. 

If you could play any 

other sport, which 

would you play? 

I would play basketball. 

What is one thing on 

you bucket list? 

I would want to take off 

on a 50-foot wave when I 

surf. 

If you could be any 

animal, which would 

you be? 

I would be an eagle because 

I just like the food 

chain, fly around. 

Interview by Assistant Editor 

Michal Dwojak 

The Sharks Valerie Burchard competes in the butterfly at the meet. 

Assistant swimming coach Mike Mulligan talks to his team before a heat.

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 18-030 AND MINOR 

MODIFICATION NOS.18-017 AND 19-003 - An application to alstairs 

to the beach, landscaping and hardscaping, 20 percent view corridor, 

installation of a new onsite wastewater treatment system and LOCAL APPEAL – A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

shoreline protection device; including a stringline modification review appealed to the City Council by an aggrieved person by written statement 

for the single-family residence to extend 11 feet beyond the building 

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

stringline, and offer to dedicate a lateral public access easement across the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action (15 days for 


the property 

classifieds 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF MALIBU 

PLANNING COMMISSION 

The Malibu Planning Commission will hold public hearings on MON- 

DAY, May 6, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Malibu 

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

identified below. 

EXTENSION NO. 19-001 OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PER- 

MIT NO. 11-056, COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 

AMENDMENT NO. 18-006, AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 

19-016 - A request to extend the Planning Commission’s approval of 

Coastal Development Permit No. 11-056 and a coastal development 

permit amendment to amend the scope of proposed work to decrease 

the total development square footage by 20 square feet, increase the total 

amount of remedial grading to 10,929 cubic yards, change the location 

of the detached garage and reduce the size to 400 square feet, add 

a 559 square foot impermeable terrace, change the location of the onsite 

wastewater treatment system, and add a 2,059 square foot basement; 

including a site plan review for the amount of remedial grading 

at a vacant property 

Location: 

24157 Malibu Road 

APN(s): 4458-018-010 

Zoning: 

Single-family Medium (SFM) 

Applicant: 

Santos Planning and Permitting 

Owner: 

The Lyn and Laurie Konheim Trust 

Appealable to: 

City Council and California Coastal 

Commission 

Environmental Review: Categorical Exemption CEQA Guide 

lines Sections 15303(a) and (e) and 

15304(b) 

Application Filed: August 23, 2018 

Case Planner: 

Justine Kendall, Assistant Planner 

(310) 456-2489, extension 301 

jkendall@malibucity.org 

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 12-004, LOT 

MERGER NO. 12-001, STRINGLINE MODIFICATION RE- 

VIEW NO. 12-001, DEMOLITION PERMIT NOS. 12-002, 

19-012, AND 19-013, AND OFFER TO DEDICATE NO. 19-001 - 

An application to demolish three existing beachfront single-family 

residences and associated improvements on three adjacent parcels, 

22230, 22224, and 22214 Pacific Coast Highway, merge the three parcels, 

and construct a new 13,419 square foot, two-story, single-family 

beachfront residence with an attached two-car garage, decks, exterior 

stairs to the beach, landscaping and hardscaping, 20 percent view corridor, 

installation of a new onsite wastewater treatment system and 

shoreline protection device; including a stringline modification review 

for the single-family residence to extend 11 feet beyond the building 

stringline, and offer to dedicate a lateral public access easement across 

the property 

Locations/APNs: 22224 Pacific Coast Highway / 

4451-006-040 

22230 Pacific Coast Highway / 

4451-006-018 


4451-006-020 

Zoning: 


Applicant: 

DP Planning & Development, Inc. 

Owner: 

Carbonview Limited, LLC 



Commission 

Environmental Review: Categorical Exemption CEQA 

Guide 

lines Sections 15301(l), 15303(a) 

and (e), and 15315 

Application Filed: January 17, 2012 

Case Planner: 

Jessica Colvard, Associate Planner 

(310) 456-2489, extension 234 

jcolvard@malibucity.org 

Locations/APNs: 22224 Pacific Coast Highway / 

4451-006-040 


4451-006-018 


4451-006-020 

Zoning: 


Applicant: 

DP Planning & Development, Inc. 

Owner: 

Carbonview Limited, LLC 



Commission 


Guide 

lines Sections 15301(l), 15303(a) 

Application Filed: January 17, 2012 

Case Planner: 


(310) 456-2489, extension 234 


COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 18-030 AND MINOR 

MODIFICATION NOS.18-017 AND 19-003 - An application to allow 

an interior and exterior remodel of an existing 2,954 square foot, 

one-story, single-family residence, 11.5 percent demolition of exterior 

walls, construction of a new 784 square foot attached second residential 

unit, new swimming pool and spa, hardscaping and demolition of a 

163 square foot storage shed; including a minor modification for a 16 

percent reduction in the front yard setback, and a minor modification 

for a 20 percent reduction of the cumulative side yard setback 

Location: 

6810 Wildlife Road 

APN(s): 4466-005-020 

Zoning: 

Rural Residential-One Acre (RR-1) 

Applicant: 

Tobias Architecture 

Owner: 

The Cameron and Karen Farrer 

Living Trust 


City Council 


Guidelines Sections 15301(a) and (e) 

and 15303(e) 

Application Filed: July 5, 2018 

Case Planner: 


(310) 456-2489, extension 234 


_________________________________________________________ 

For the projects identified above with a categorical exemption for environmental 

review, pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in 

the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Director 

has analyzed these proposed projects and found that they are 

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

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

projects are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. The 

Planning Director has further determined that none of the six exceptions 

to the use of a categorical exemption apply to these projects 

(CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2). 

A written staff report will be available at or before the hearing for the 

projects. All persons wishing to address the Commission regarding 

these matters will be afforded an opportunity in accordance with the 

Commission’s procedures. 

Copies of all related documents can be reviewed by any interested person 

at City Hall during regular business hours. Oral and written comments 

may be presented to the Planning Commission on, or before, the 

date of the meeting. 

LOCAL APPEAL – A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

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

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

the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action (15 days for 

tentative maps) for which the appeal is made and shall be accompanied 

by an appeal form and filing fee, as specified by the City Council. Appeal 

forms may be found online at www.malibucity.org/planningforms 

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

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL – For projects appealable to the 

Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the Planning 

Commission’s approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working 

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

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

Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office located at 89 

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

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

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

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

peal forms may be found online at www.malibucity.org/planningforms 

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

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL – For projects appealable to the 

Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the Planning 

Commission’s approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working 

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

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

Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office located at 89 

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

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

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

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

_________________________________________ 

Bonnie Blue, Planning Director 

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE- 

MENT FILE NUMBER: 2019064372 

ORIGINAL FILING. This statement was 

filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGE- 

LES on 03/12/2019. The following person is 

doing business as MILLOT & SON, 319 S 

PASADENA AVE, GLENDORA, CA 

91741. The full name of registrant is: 

CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY MILLOT, 319 

S PASADENA AVE, GLENDORA, CA 

91741. This business is being conducted by: 

an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced 

to transact business under the fictitious 

business name listed above. /s/:CHRIS- 

TOPHER ANTHONY MILLOT, CHRISTO- 

PHER ANTHONY MILLOT, OWNER, 

MILLOT & SON. This statement was filed 

with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES 

County on 03/12/2019. 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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doing business as EVANS ELECTRICAL & 

COMMUNICATIONS; KOON FARMS, 

556 WEST 40TH PLACE, LOS ANGELES, 

CA 90037. The full name of registrant is: 

JOHN LUCAS EVANS CRUZ JR, 556 W 

40TH PLACE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90037. 

This business is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not yet commenced 

to transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above. /s/:JOHN LUCAS 

EVANS CRUZ JR, JOHN LUCAS EVANS 

CRUZ JR, OWNER, EVANS ELECTRICAL 

& COMMUNICATIONS; KOON FARMS. 

This statement was filed with the County 

Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 

03/18/2019. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS 

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EX- 

PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT 

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doing business as PLASTIC FILMS, 10202 

W WASHINGTON BLVD HEPBURN E 

208, CULVER CITY, CA 90232. The full 

name of registrant is: ANJALI NATH, 10202 

W WASHINGTON BLVD, HEPBURN E 

208, CULVER CITY, CA 90232. This business 

is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not yet commenced to 

transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above. /s/:ANJALI NATH, AN- 

JALI NATH, OWNER, PLASTIC FILMS. 




















doing business as PLASTIC FILMS, 10202 

W WASHINGTON BLVD HEPBURN E 

208, CULVER CITY, CA 90232. The full 

name of registrant is: ANJALI NATH, 10202 

W WASHINGTON BLVD, HEPBURN E 

208, CULVER CITY, CA 90232. This business 

is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not yet commenced to 

transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above. /s/:ANJALI NATH, AN- 

JALI NATH, OWNER, PLASTIC FILMS. 





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doing business as NICKIE NICOLE CREA- 

TIONS, 13002 KORNBLUME AVE APT B, 

HAWTHORNE, CA 90250. The full name of 

registrant is: ELAINE STROTHER, 13002 

KORNBLUM AVE APT B, HAWTHORNE, 

CA 90250. This business is being conducted 

by: an Individual. The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above: 03/2019. /s/:ELAINE 

STROTHER, ELAINE STROTHER, 

OWNER, NICKIE NICOLE CREATIONS. 

















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doing business as SIGNATURE SMART 

CONSTRUCTION, 2688 RAMBLA PACI- 

FICO, MALIBU, CA 90265. The full name 

of registrant is: GREGORY A WILSON, 

2688 RAMBLA PACIFICO, MALIBU, CA 

90265. This business is being conducted by: 

an Individual. The registrant has not yet commenced 

to transact business under the fictitious 

business name listed above. /s/:GREG- 

ORY A WILSON, GREGORY A WILSON, 

PRESIDENT, SIGNATURE SMART CON- 

STRUCTION. This statement was filed with 

the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County 

on 03/19/2019. NOTICE: THIS FICTI- 

TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 

EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE 

IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE 











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TO ALL INTERESTED 

PERSONS: 

Petitioner Kiwon Jo filed a petition 

with this court for a decree 

changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Kiwon Jo 

to Proposed Name: Kay Jo Aranas 

Case No. 19STCP00848 

THE COURT ORDERS that all 

persons interested in this matter 

appear before this court at the 

hearing indicated below to show 

cause, if any, why the petition for 

change of name should not be 

granted. Any person objecting to 

the name changes described 

above must file a written objection 

that includes the reasons for 


PERSONS: 

Petitioner Kiwon Jo filed a petition 

with this court for a decree 

changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Kiwon Jo 

to Proposed Name: Kay Jo Aranas 

Case No. 19STCP00848 



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the objection at least two court 

days before the matter is scheduled 

to be heard and must appear 

at the hearing to show cause why 

the petition should not be granted. 

If no written objective is timely 

filed, the court may grant the petition 

without a hearing. 

NOTICE OF HEARING 

Date: May 14, 2019 

Time: 10:30 AM 

Department: 44 

Room: 418 

The address of the court is: 

Superior Court of California, 

County of Los Angeles 

111 North Hill Street 

Los Angeles, CA 90012 

Stanley Mosk Courthouse - Central 

District 

MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS to 

publish 03/28/2019, 04/04/2019, 

04/11/2019, 04/18/2019 


PERSONS: 

Petitioner Veronica Rebecca Fern 

Palmer filed a petition with this 

court for a decree changing names 

as follows: 

Present Name: Veronica Rebecca 

Fern Palmer 

to Proposed Name: Eryn Rebecca 

Moon 

Case No. 19AVCP00085 




















Date: June 5, 2019 

Time: 8:30 AM 

Department: A14 

Room: 




42011 4th Street West, 1st Floor 

Lancaster, CA 93534 

North District 


publish 04/11/2019, 04/18/2019, 

04/25/2019, 05/02/2019 

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Notices 


PERSONS: 

Petitioner Deanna Marie McCarty 

filed a petition with this court for 

a decree changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Deanna Marie 

McCarty 

to Proposed Name: Deanna Marie 

McCarty-Schiess 

Case No. 19BBCP00116 




















Date: May 24, 2019 

Time: 8:30 AM 

Department: B 

Room: 




Burbank Courthouse 

300 East Olive Avenue 

Burbank, CA 91502 


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