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10 | April 11, 2019 | Malibu surfside news NEWS<br />
malibusurfsidenews.com<br />
Police Reports<br />
Parked vehicle covered with dents reportedly struck several times<br />
About $2,000 worth of<br />
damage reportedly occurred<br />
to a vehicle parked<br />
on Las Flores Road.<br />
The alleged victim stated<br />
that on March 30, he parked<br />
and left his vehicle to hike<br />
on a nearby trail. On March<br />
31, he returned to his vehicle<br />
and saw damage to the<br />
hood, fenders, bumpers and<br />
windshield.<br />
The responding police<br />
deputy said that it appeared<br />
the vehicle was struck by<br />
an object several times<br />
due to the fact the vehicle<br />
had several, approximately<br />
four-inch circular dents.<br />
April 3<br />
• A $1,500 Chloe purse, a<br />
$750 Prada wallet, a $75<br />
money pouch, $250 worth<br />
of makeup, and $200 in<br />
cash reportedly were stolen<br />
from a vehicle parked at the<br />
Malibu Pier, 23000 Pacific<br />
Coast Highway.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
that on March 31, she was<br />
at the pier and was only<br />
gone from her vehicle for<br />
about 15 minutes. When<br />
she came back, she saw that<br />
the passenger side window<br />
was smashed and that her<br />
purse with all the items was<br />
missing.<br />
April 2<br />
• Two electric bikes valued<br />
at $14,000, speakers valued<br />
at $550, and two garage<br />
clickers valued at $50, reportedly<br />
were stolen from a<br />
residence on Pacific Coast<br />
Highway.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
that the garage clickers and<br />
a speaker were taken on<br />
April 1 from inside of a vehicle<br />
parked in front of the<br />
residence. The clicker was<br />
then used to gain access to<br />
the garage, where the rest<br />
of the items were taken.<br />
March 31<br />
• A $350 glass sliding<br />
window was shattered at<br />
Cholada Thai Cuisine,<br />
18763 Pacific Coast Highway.<br />
• Police responded to an<br />
audible alarm call at the<br />
location, and noticed the<br />
smashed window in front<br />
of the restaurant. They<br />
looked inside the restaurant<br />
and did not see evidence of<br />
a burglary.<br />
March 31<br />
• Two cell phones valued at<br />
$750 and $700 in cash reportedly<br />
were stolen from<br />
a vehicle parked at Malibu<br />
Lagoon State Beach, 23200<br />
Pacific Coast Highway.<br />
About $200 damage was<br />
also reported on the vehicle<br />
door lock.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
that she went to the beach<br />
to go for a walk on March<br />
11. Before the walk, she<br />
left her purse on the rear<br />
passenger seat of the vehicle,<br />
covered it with a jacket<br />
and locked the doors.<br />
• When she returned, she<br />
noticed damage to her driver<br />
door lock.<br />
• Later in the day, she<br />
opened her purse and noticed<br />
the items were missing.<br />
When asked why they<br />
didn’t report the incident<br />
on the day it happened, she<br />
replied that she didn’t think<br />
there was anything the police<br />
could do since everything<br />
was already gone.<br />
March 30<br />
• A $300 wallet containing<br />
a driver’s license, debit<br />
card and credit cards, reportedly<br />
was stolen from a<br />
purse and used at both CVS<br />
Pharmacy and Ralphs market<br />
on Malibu Road.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
that her wallet was taken<br />
from her purse at a nearby<br />
restaurant, which she noticed<br />
when she attempted<br />
to pay for her meal. She<br />
received notifications of<br />
declined transactions for<br />
about $240 on two of her<br />
credit cards at both CVS<br />
and Ralphs.<br />
• The police saw surveillance<br />
footage of a male attempting<br />
to unsuccessfully<br />
purchase multiple gift cards<br />
at CVS.<br />
March 29<br />
• Two Burberry jackets<br />
valued at $600, clothing<br />
valued at $1,000, a $400<br />
makeup bag, and a $65<br />
suitcase reportedly were<br />
stolen from a vehicle at<br />
Duke’s Restaurant, 21150<br />
Pacific Coast Highway.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
that she had the valet park<br />
her vehicle at the restaurant.<br />
After she left the restaurant<br />
and arrived at her hotel, she<br />
noticed her suitcase was<br />
missing from the trunk. She<br />
drove back to the restaurant<br />
and the operations manager<br />
said he did not know what<br />
happened to her bag.<br />
• Police interviewed an unnamed<br />
person regarding<br />
the theft, and he told them<br />
that the restaurant did not<br />
have cameras in the parking<br />
lot and that they do lock<br />
the vehicles when they are<br />
parked by valet.<br />
March 29<br />
• A $700 iPad, a $600<br />
Leica camera, a $100 bag<br />
containing $400 cash, a<br />
driver’s license and credit<br />
cards, reportedly were stolen<br />
from a vehicle parked<br />
at Topanga Beach, 18700<br />
Pacific Coast Highway.<br />
• The alleged victim stated<br />
he parked his vehicle<br />
on the south shoulder of<br />
Pacific Coast Highway,<br />
locked his vehicle, and<br />
tucked the key fob under<br />
the passenger side front<br />
wheel well. He said he often<br />
leaves his keys under<br />
the wheel well when he<br />
goes surfing.<br />
• When he returned, he<br />
found the key fob on the<br />
ground next to the front<br />
tire, and item taken from<br />
his inside his wallet inside<br />
the car. He also noticed the<br />
other items missing. He immediately<br />
called to cancel<br />
his credit card accounts, but<br />
that a charge for $600 was<br />
already made on one card<br />
at a Ralph’s grocery store<br />
at an unknown location<br />
and another $400 charge at<br />
a different unknown location.<br />
Attempts were made<br />
for purchases on other<br />
credit cards, but were declines.<br />
March 28<br />
• About $1,504 worth of<br />
clothing reportedly were<br />
stolen from Urban Outfitters,<br />
3807 Cross Creek Rd.<br />
• A witness stated that she<br />
noticed three males walk<br />
into the store and shop for<br />
clothes. After taking multiple<br />
items off hangers and<br />
display racks and holding<br />
them around the store, one<br />
of the men shouted, “Go!”.<br />
All three of the men ran out<br />
the front of the store with<br />
the items in their arms, and<br />
got into a waiting black<br />
BMW.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The<br />
Malibu Surfside News police<br />
reports are compiled from official<br />
records on file at the Los<br />
Angeles County Lost Hills/<br />
Malibu Sheriff’s Department<br />
headquarters. Anyone listen<br />
in these reports is considered<br />
to be innocent of all charges<br />
until proven guilty in a court<br />
law.<br />
News Briefs<br />
Malibu resident appointed<br />
to serve on a respected<br />
performing arts board<br />
U.S. President Donald<br />
Trump appointed a Malibu<br />
resident to the Board<br />
of Trustees of the John F.<br />
Kennedy Center for the<br />
Performing Arts in March.<br />
Mac Stern, a business executive<br />
and philanthropist,<br />
is chairman of the Los Angeles-based<br />
asset-management<br />
firm The TCW Group<br />
Inc. He is a major Republican<br />
donor and will now<br />
serve a six-year term expiring<br />
Sept. 1, 2024, as a trustee<br />
on the board in Washington,<br />
D.C., and administer<br />
the center’s programming.<br />
Stern’s company has<br />
since January 2018 been<br />
embroiled in a court battle<br />
after sexual misconduct allegations<br />
made by a former<br />
employee. The lawsuit is<br />
still in fact-finding stage.<br />
Wattles to control erosion<br />
in Malibu<br />
Workers have begin installing<br />
fiber logs called<br />
wattles on lots in Malibu<br />
where houses once stood<br />
and where rain and erosion<br />
threaten to send mud onto<br />
nearby streets.<br />
Officials with the state<br />
Debris Removal Operations<br />
Center in Calabasas say the<br />
first half dozen lots that have<br />
been cleared tested negative<br />
for contamination.<br />
The fiber logs are the first<br />
of two erosion control measures<br />
state crews will use.<br />
Contractors will return to<br />
each site within three workdays<br />
to apply a wood-based<br />
mulch on each property.<br />
Launch of media project<br />
about the Woolsey Fire<br />
On March 23, people<br />
gathered at the Rosewood<br />
(1135 N Topanga Canyon<br />
Boulevard) in Topanga for<br />
the launch of the Woolsey<br />
Chronicles, a collaborative<br />
media project to raise<br />
awareness and funds in the<br />
aftermath of the devastating<br />
2018 Woolsey Fire in the<br />
Santa Monica Mountains.<br />
The launch event featured<br />
the debut of the 186-page<br />
magazine/art book weaving<br />
together seven stories of<br />
surviving the fire into a tapestry<br />
that shows how a community<br />
comes together and<br />
finds beauty and resiliency<br />
in a disaster; an art show,<br />
and a fundraiser for organizations<br />
that support education,<br />
emergency preparedness,<br />
and habitat restoration.<br />
Important step toward<br />
securing long-term<br />
community water needs<br />
On March 22, World Water<br />
Day, the West Basin Municipal<br />
Water District introduced<br />
a renewed approach<br />
to addressing its service<br />
area’s water future. The Water<br />
for Tomorrow Program<br />
brought new emphasis to<br />
West Basin’s commitment<br />
to protecting, securing and<br />
diversifying its water supply<br />
portfolio while building<br />
upon its history of innovation<br />
and industry leadership.<br />
Board President Scott<br />
Houston said as water stewards,<br />
ensuring that their region’s<br />
needs are met both<br />
now and in the future is very<br />
important. Water for Tomorrow<br />
addresses their service<br />
area’s unique water supply<br />
challenges by ensuring<br />
long-term water reliability<br />
and security for the communities<br />
they serve.<br />
Southern California’s<br />
water supply is less certain<br />
and less reliable because<br />
it comes from a variety of<br />
sources, including Northern<br />
California and the Colorado<br />
River. World Water<br />
Day, celebrated annually,is<br />
an opportunity to highlight<br />
Please see news briefs, 11
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