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Sea change 

California Wildlife Center employee highlights 

unusual marine mammal activity, Page 3 

Above and beyond 

Malibu teen who founded his business in high 

school earns college scholarship, Page 6 

Assessing the damage 

Surfside takes a look at how the Woolsey Fire 

impacted Malibu High athletics, Page 25 

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Ranger Nico Ramirez 

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participants (left to 

right) William Snyder, 

Olivia Dear and James 

Dear in an activity 

on Friday, July 12, 

at the Santa Monica 

Mountains Visitor 

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THURSDAY 

Polynesian Paradise 

Dancers 

3:30-4:30 p.m. July 18, 

Malibu Library, 23519 

W. Civic Center Way. The 

Polynesian Paradise Dancers 

return to Malibu Library, 

offering an educational 

and interactive hula 

lesson for all ages. Sponsored 

by the Friends of the 

Malibu Library. For more 

information, call (310) 

456-6438. 

Malibu Ukulele Orchestra 

Concert 

4:30-5:30 p.m. July 18, 

Malibu Library, 23519 

W. Civic Center Way. The 

Malibu Ukulele Orchestra 

will perform a variety 

of popular songs from the 

1960s and 1970s at this allages 

concert in the courtyard 

(weather permitting). 

Sponsored by the Friends 

of the Malibu Library. For 

more information, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

FRIDAY 

Art Trek 

2-4 p.m. July 19, Malibu 

City Hall Multipurpose 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. Participants will design 

their own land, sea 

and sun composition using 

watercolor and ink pen. 

Classes are $5 each, plus 

a $10 materials fee due to 

the instructor on the day of 

the workshop. Participants 

must register in advance. 

To register, contact malibuseniorcenter@malibu 

city.org or (310) 456-2489 

ext. 357. 

SATURDAY 

Poetry Workshop for 

Adults 

11 a.m.-1 p.m. July 20, 

Malibu Library, 23519 W. 

Civic Center Way. Join 

City of Malibu Poet Laureate 

Ellen Reich for a poetry 

workshop. Poets are asked 

to bring a work-in-progress 

for instruction, discussion 

and workshopping. Constructive 

feedback from 

peers and the instructor 

will be offered. For adults. 

Sponsored by the City of 

Malibu Cultural Arts Commission. 

For more information, 

call (310) 456-6438. 

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City Hall Multipurpose 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. Join for a screening 

of “Wings of Life” (6 p.m.) 

as well as various butterfly 

themed activities, face 

painting and more. Admission 

is free and seating is 

open. Attendees are welcome 

to bring a picnic. 

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TUESDAY 

Intro to 3D Printing 


Library, 23519 W. Civic 

Center Way. Learn the basics 

of 3-D printing and 

how to design your own 

creation using simple, webbased 

software. For ages 

10-18. For more information, 

call (310) 456-6438. 

WEDNESDAY 

Woolsey Fire Memory 

Project 

5:30 p.m. July 24, Michael 

Landon Center at 

Malibu Bluffs Park, 24250 

Pacific Coast Highway. 

Drop by to hear about Pepperdine’s 

Malibu Community 

Woolsey Fire Memory 

Project and contribute photos, 

videos, and stories. 

Attendees will have the 

opportunity to share their 

materials on the spot or 

have their story recorded in 

conversation with a librarian. 

For more information, 

visit library.pepperdine. 

edu/collections/woolseyfire-project/. 

THURSDAY 

Disaster Preparedness for 

Seniors and Older Adults 

1:30-2:30 p.m. July 25, 

Malibu City Hall, Multipurpose 

Room, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. This 

class covers general preparedness 

with a focus on 

strategies for those with 

medication or medical device 

dependencies, as well 

as mobility, vision or hearing 

challenges. Participants 

55 and older are eligible to 

receive a free rolling backpack 

emergency kit. Register 

on Eventbrite. For more 

information, contact (310) 

456-2489 ext. 368 or sberg 

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UPCOMING 

Fun with Ozobots 

3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, 

July 30, Malibu Library, 

23519 W. Civic Center 

Way. Learn about robotics 

at this program, for ages 

8-12. For more information, 

call (310) 456-6438. 

Relaxing Through Coloring 

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

Wednesday, July 31, Malibu 

Senior Center, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. The act 

of coloring activates different 

areas of the brain using 

logic, forming colors and 

creativity. All materials provided 

for this free program. 

For more information, contact 

(310) 456-2489 ext. 

357 or malibuseniorcent 

er@malibucity.org 

DIY Canvas Book Bags 

2-3:15 p.m. Wednesday, 

July 31, Malibu Library, 

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23519 W. Civic Center 

Way. Talk about new books 

and old favorites and then 

make a book bag at this 

program for ages 12-18. 

For more information, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

ONGOING 

Summer Reading Program 

June 1-Aug. 3, Malibu 

Library, 23555 Civic Center 

Way. The library’s annual 

summer reading and 

discovery program is underway. 

The library will 

have reading games for 

babies, toddlers and children, 

reading challenges 

for tweens and teens, 

book giveaways and more. 

Adults can participate at 

LACountyLibrary.org/ 

summer-reading. 

Summer Sundays 

3-5 p.m. Sundays July 

21-Aug. 11, Malibu Lumber 

Yard Center Courtyard, 

3939 Cross Creek Road. 

Listen to local musicians 

and enjoy beverages from 

Strange Wines or Café Habana.

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Wildlife rescuer highlights unusual trends 

Barbara Burke 

Freelance Reporter 

“Something troublesome 

is definitely going on in 

the ocean,” said Heather 

Henderson, marine mammal 

stranding coordinator 

for the California Wildlife 

Center during a presentation 

at the Malibu Library 

on July 9. 

Henderson discussed incidents 

involving marine 

animals stranding on beaches 

in and near Malibu, and 

some peculiar marine animal 

behaviors in the area. 

“We’ve had some unusual 

marine mammal sightings 

in the past year,” Henderson 

said. “For instance, 

we know that gray whales 

migrate north from February 

to April after spending 

the winter in lagoons off 

the coast of Mexico and 

they have a pattern of hugging 

the coast, so we are 

used to seeing them very 

close to shore at places 

such as Westward Beach, 

where the shelf is very 

close to land. However, 

we have been seeing them 

at unusual places, such as 

Carbon Beach and off of 

Malibu Road and we will 

have to conduct further 

studies to figure out why.” 

Usually, a mother gray 

whale and her calf will 

come close to shore because 

the mother knows 

that her young can fall 

prey to orcas and sharks 

in deeper waters, Henderson 

explained, adding that 

a mother often guides her 

young near shore because 

she is teaching her calf to 

drag its face along the shelf 

to filter feed. 

Pinnipeds, such as seals 

and sea lions, regularly 

come out of the water, often 

to sun or rest, Henderson 

said. 

“However, when you 

see a cetacean, such as a 

dolphin or a whale, on the 

beach or in rocky areas near 

the beach, that is a sign that 

something is extremely 

wrong and therefore, you 

should immediately call us 

so we can render aid.” 

Henderson discussed 

some troublesome statistics. 

“We have seen a spike in 

strandings of marine animals 

since 2018,” she said. 

“To date, we’ve had 170 

strandings in 2019, and that 

is very unusual.” 

Moreover, the types of 

animals that are stranding 

are unusual, Henderson 

said, noting that a Guadalupe 

fur seal recently 

beached, when officials had 

not seen one in many years, 

as did a pygmy whale and a 

Risso’s dolphin. 

“One troublesome trend 

is that we are witnessing 

more cetaceans washing up 

on shore in very poor shape 

or already dead,” she said. 

“We do not know why and 

we are trying to perform 

post-mortem exams to 

gather more data and obtain 

some answers.” 

Some strandings of animals 

occur in predictable 

patterns each year, Henderson 

explained. 

“For instance, seals give 

birth at the end of December 

and then, they only 

nurse for approximately 

one month, not allowing 

time for the young to learn 

much from their mothers,” 

she said. “They are 

good timekeepers and so 

we know that beginning in 

March, we will start to see 

stranded seal pups that haul 

out onto shore and need a 

little help.” 

As she spoke, Henderson 

showed a picture of an 

California Wildlife Center’s Heather Henderson, marine mammal stranding coordinator, shares information about 

marine mammal rehabilitation and more at the Malibu Library on July 9. Stephanie Chaisson/Surfside News 

emaciated seal, and the attendees 

collectively sighed. 

There was a happy ending 

for the seal pup, Henderson 

said. 

“We knew it had some 

chance to survive because 

if you look closely at the 

picture of the stranded 

seal on the beach, you will 

see that it had covered itself 

with sand and they 

do so to thermo-regulate, 

so we knew it had a little 

strength left because it did 

that.” 

Nature’s processes 

sometimes cause marine 

mammals to strand, 

Henderson noted, as she 

showed a picture of a 

California sea lion that 

most likely succumbed to 

Domoic acid poisoning. 

“Sea lions and other 

cetaceans sometimes eat 

shellfish and other fish that 

are affected by the neurotoxin, 

Domoic acid, which 

blooms in algae in late 

spring and makes cetaceans 

dazed and confused and, 

sometimes, might even 

make them have seizures 

or have seizure-like behaviors,” 

Henderson said. 

“Then, they will haul out 

on the rocks and we try to 

help them recover.” 

Domoic acid poisoning is 

prominent in adult females 

because they are ingesting 

a lot of fish before mating 

season, she said. 

If small cetaceans such 

as dolphins or small whales 

beach, officials at the California 

Wildlife Center can 

usually remove them from 

the beach and transport 

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Call us with any questions. 

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Junior ranger program 

provides food for thought 

Children learn 

about select birds’ 

eating habits 

Suzy Demeter 


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With open and imaginative 

minds, children took an 

interactive look at some of 

the food-foraging tactics of 

the region’s avian inhabitants 

during the latest session 

of the Santa Monica 

Mountains National Parks’ 

junior ranger program. 

The Bird Beak Buffet 

program was presented 

Friday, July 12, by Ranger 

Nico Ramirez at the Visitors 

Center. 

Ramirez introduced the 

group to a discussion and 

activity on how the different 

shapes of beaks help birds 

crack, tear, pluck, or scoop 

their food. 

Activity tables displayed 

photos of birds and descriptions 

of their method of 

obtaining food, and a tool 

to simulate how they get to 

their food source. 

The great blue heron, 

with its long beak, can spear 

fish, frogs and, surprisingly, 

squirrels. Chopsticks and 

clay fish were used to demonstrate 

the technique. The 

participants used the chopsticks 

to pick up the “fish.” 

Woodpeckers, meanwhile, 

use their beaks as chisels on 

tree limbs to pluck out insects. 

To imitate the woodpeckers’ 

method, children 

picked up skewers and tried 

to spear clay “insects” from a 

wood block with holes. 

William Snyder enjoyed 

the woodpecker display. He 

Ranger Nico Ramirez explains a chart showing the 

shapes of birds’ beaks during a National Park Service 

junior ranger program on Friday, July 12, in the Santa 

Monica Mountains. Photos by Suzy Demeter/Surfside News 

Junior rangers (left to right) James Dear, Olivia Dear 

and William Snyder display the pins they earned during 

the Friday, July 12 program on birds. This week’s junior 

ranger program is to focus on species of bees that live in 

the Santa Monica Mountains. 

learned that the bird’s spearlike 

tongue helps scoop out 

the insects. 

Once the children made 

their rounds, they were 

given a chart and, with the 

help of their parent, they 

matched each birds’ photos 

to a correlating plastic bird 

skull. Clues to which bird 

was which required them to 

study the shape of the beak, 

the size and the eye socket. 

Olivia Dear found the owl 

display most interesting. 

Her brother James Dear 

said the activity he enjoyed 

was cracking seeds with pliers 

since he learned small 

birds like the black-headed 

Grosbeak use their beaks in 

a similar way. 

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Love of logistics, lobster drive young entrepreneur 

College-bound Malibuite 

receives scholarship 

Lauren Coughlin, Editor 

Despite being 

surrounded by seafood 

restaurants, 

Malibu’s Hunter 

Nelson could not 

find the entree he 

wanted on the local 

level. 

Nelson 

The Malibu High 

School graduate’s love for Maine 

lobster — a familiar and beloved 

aspect of his summertime visits 

with his grandparents — inspired 

him to become a young 

entrepreneur. 

“Once I’m set on something, 

I really want to get it done,” he 

said. 

Three years ago, Nelson 

founded Lobster Taxi, a business 

that provides overnight shipping 

of fresh Maine lobster and 

other products, including crab 

products, chowders and bisques, 

Maine blueberry pie, Maine 

whoopie pie and Maine salt water 

taffy. 

“I’ve always just been enthralled 

in the way you can get 

something from Place A to Place 

B in 24 hours,” Nelson said. 

Fast forward to present day, and 

the 18-year-old is getting ready to 

head off to college at Brandeis 

University outside of Boston, 

where he hopes to become a business 

major. In his first semester, 

he is to study abroad in London. 

Further, he recently was selected 

as the recipient of The Malibu 

Association of Realtors’ Future 

Leaders Scholarship, which, they 

state, is given to “an outstanding, 

graduating Malibu High School 

senior who demonstrates a strong 

entrepreneurial spirit.” MAR was 

further impressed by Nelson’s 

high-school accomplishments including 

being the senior editor of 

the yearbook, captain of the high 

school varsity golf team, president 

of the Republican Club, and 

being on the Principal’s Honor 

Roll with a 4.0 GPA for the whole 

year. 

Now, with college on the horizon, 

Nelson admits he will have 

to be a bit more hands off, but 

Lobster Taxi, he hopes, will keep 

on cruising thanks to his team in 

Maine and the foundation he has 

built. 

“A lot of it’s running on its 

own now thankfully,” he said. 

“ ... We have a lot of repeating 

customers.” 

Nelson also said he hopes to 

continue expanding the business 

to offer more popular 

products and seafood, with 

Alaskan crab near the top of 

his list. 

Nelson prides himself on his 

customer service — no small feat 

considering he was often fielding 

requests and addressing concerns 

while in high school — and 

his swift action, and he said he 

plans to remain involved virtually 

while abroad. 

“I understand that you can’t 

take care of everybody, but I try 

my best to for sure,” he said. 

RIGHT: Hunter Nelson (second 

from right) poses with his 

grandpa Carlisle Towery, his 

sister Jade and his grandmother 

Susan Deutsch at Malibu High 

School’s graduation ceremony. 

His summer visits with his 

grandparents inspired him 

to create Lobster Taxi, which 

provides overnight shipment of 

fresh Maine lobster nationwide. 

Photo Submitted 

ranger 

From Page 5 

At the end of the presentation, 

each child received a junior ranger 

pin and a junior ranger activity 

booklet. 

“Kids are usually excited seeing 

a bird doing something,” Ramirez 

said. “Birds are easy to observe 

and can do things that are very 

memorable.” 

He mentioned seeing a bird of 

prey with its catch, or a woodpecker 

on a tree. He also said that 

it inspires kids to “bring up stories.” 

The National Park Service’s junior 

ranger activities are open to 

families and also are designed to 

be self-guided. 

Ranger Nico Ramirez holds a replica of a great blue heron skull. 

Next week, junior rangers will 

have a chance to learn about other 

winged wonders: bees. That program, 

which is to include activities 

and a short hike, is scheduled 

for 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, July 19, at 

King Gillette Ranch (26876 Mulholland 

Highway, Calabasas). 

James Dear matches the skull shape to the correlating bird’s photo. 

Photos by Suzy Demeter/Surfside News 

The Santa Monica Mountains 

National Parks Visitor Center is 

running programs through the end 

of August. For a schedule and information, 

visit www.samofund. 

org/calendar.

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Malibu planning commission 

Soho’s traffic, noise issues to return Sept. 3 

Sound system, 

offsite employee 

parking OK’d 

Michele Willer-Allred 


The Malibu Planning 

Commission is giving Soho’s 

Little Beach House extra 

time to work out sound, 

traffic and parking issues 

that have been the subject 

of neighbors’ complaints for 

the past several years. 

After a more than three 

hour public hearing, the 

Malibu Planning Commission 

on Monday, July 15, 

unanimously approved allowing 

Soho House to test 

an installed sound system 

and get the blessing of the 

community and City staff 

before it returns for a Conditional 

Use Permit Amendment 

review by the Planning 

Commission on Sept. 

3. No amplified music will 

be allowed. 

The commission also 

agreed that offsite parking at 

The Enclave can be utilized 

for employee parking (employees 

will have stickers), 

and that a planned on-site 

valet system can be implemented. 

A traffic study will 

be conducted on the impact 

of the new valet system, and 

reviewed by the City engineer 

before Sept. 3. 

Soho House, located at 

22716 Pacific Coast Highway, 

is a social club for arts 

and media professionals, 

and features a sitting room, 

bar, terrace, and dining 

room. About a third of the 

club is made up of Malibu 

residents, though it is not 

open to the public. About 

100 employees work there, 

with about 25 to 40 employees 

on site per shift. 

Soho House shares a parking 

lot with Nobu restaurant, 

which also has parking and 

other issues to be addressed 

at a separate meeting. 

Richard Mollica, the 

City’s assistant planning director, 

said that over the past 

couple of years, staff has 

worked with Soho House 

in an attempt to bring them 

into conformance with recorded 

violations regarding 

music, parking and traffic, 

which were brought up during 

a hearing in February. 

As a result, Mollica said 

Soho House submitted a 

Conditional Use Permit 

amendment in an effort to 

comply. This includes no 

queuing on PCH of cars 

looking to enter the parking 

lot. They also suggested 

moving the valet as far west 

in the parking lot as possible 

and stacking parking to allow 

more cars on site. 

Soho House also wants 

to include amplified and 

acoustic sound at the site. 

Currently, they are prohibited 

from having music indoors 

or outdoors. 

Soho House Attorney 

Kenneth Ehrlich said the 

club is taking responsibility 

to correct noise issues, 

and that they would like to 

continue having music there 

because it is an important 

and complimentary part of 

the business. 

Residents are concerned 

about music, saying they 

want to maintain the community’s 

peaceful ambiance. 

“Any sort of noise that 

obscures the [sounds of the] 

waves, interrupts our sleep 

and concentration and even 

our own music, is really not 

appropriate for Malibu,” 

resident John Graham said. 

Jeff Moore, president of 

Corona Del Malibu Homeowners 

Association, said 

virtually all of the 21 homeowners 

he represents as part 

of the HOA “vehemently 

oppose” the CUP amendment. 

Moore said the sheriff’s 

department doesn’t 

respond to neighbors’ complaints 

because it is a code 

enforcement issue. 

“The City is on notice 

that they have a huge problem 

and if they do nothing, 

because we’ve complained 

and not one thing has ever 

been done to cure this situation 

effectively, the City is 

going to be liable for lack 

of enforcement of their own 

rules,” Moore said. 

Some residents spoke 

about the benefits of having 

Soho House, saying it provides 

a service for the arts 

community. 

Other residents spoke 

about increased traffic on 

PCH caused by Soho House 

and Nobu. 

Planning Commissioner 

Chris Marx had concerns 

with continuing to allow 

employee parking at The 

Enclave, since a lot of the 

community input had to do 

with concerns over valets 

driving cars and parking 

there. 

The commission also 

agreed that the valet traffic 

circulation plan proposed 

by Soho House can be put 

into effect; the City engineer 

will review it and bring 

back findings on Sept. 3. If 

it looks like it isn’t working, 

Soho House representatives 

agreed to look at working 

with Nobu on a single valet 

parking system. 

Jennings supported the 

motion, however, he added 

that “it’s not the function of 

this body to bless whatever 

agreement is reached by affected 

residents and applicants. 

That’s not what we 

do here.” 

Assistant City Attorney 

Trevor Rusin agreed, saying 

Soho is “under no obligation 

to work with the residents, 

although it is encouraged by 

the community.” 

“We’re also under no obligation 

to approve what they 

come up with,” Mazza said. 

“We have to review it.” 

police reports 

Offenders reportedly smash door, swipe $1,900 in cash from Malibu pizza place 

Police responded to a 

burglary call at D’Amores 

Pizza, 22601 Pacific Coast 

Highway, on June 25. The 

front door was smashed 

and at least $1,900 in cash 

was taken. An employee 

of a nearby store arrived 

to work early in the morning 

and noticed the damage 

to the door, while another 

employee of the same store 

observed a red sedan driving 

out of the parking lot. 

Video surveillance showed 

three suspects entering the 

restaurant between 3:30 

and 3:45 a.m., taking money 

from the cash register 

and an envelope from the 

manager’s office. 

June 25 

• Two camera lenses 

worth $2,000 each reportedly 

were among items stolen 

from a locked vehicle 

parked at a residence on 

PCH. The alleged victim 

stated she went out of town 

on June 23, and received a 

call from a neighbor that 

her vehicle had been broken 

into. The window was 

shattered. 

• A $950 cashmere bag 

reportedly was stolen from 

Ranch At The Pier, 23000 

PCH. On June 22, a female 

came into the store, and an 

employee noticed that she 

was in the bag area for an 

unusually long time. The 

woman paid for a T-shirt 

and a patch with a credit 

card. After the woman left 

the store, the employee noticed 

a bag missing from 

the display. 

• A $500 rivet removal 

tool reportedly was stolen 

from a job site on the east 

side Heathercliff Road. The 

alleged victim stated that the 

tool was stolen from inside 

the bed of a company-owned 

pickup truck. The job site is 

surrounded by a chainlink 

fence, but there were no 

signs of forced entry. 

June 24 

• Fifteen women’s fur 

coats totaling $150,000, a 

$10,000 women’s designer 

dress, and a $1,500 bottle of 

champagne reportedly were 

stolen from a residence on 

Latigo Bay View Drive. 

The house was damaged 

during the Woolsey Fire 

and is under construction. 

The alleged victim stated 

he wasn’t in the house between 

June 21-24 when the 

theft occurred. Various fingerprints 

were found on the 

stainless steel rods where 

the clothing items were 

hanging. A shattered garage 

window was found on the 

property. Entry is believed 

to have been made through 

an unsecured dog door. 

June 21 

• Approximately $1,989 

worth of tools reportedly 

were stolen from Malibu 

Sands, 22333 PCH. Video 

footage shows an unidentified 

male taking the tools. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Malibu 

Surfside News police reports 

are compiled from official 

records on file at the Los 

Angeles County Lost Hills/ 

Malibu Sheriff’s Department 

headquarters. Anyone listed in 

these reports is considered to 

be innocent of all charges until 

proven guilty in a court of law.



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Auciello extends equestrian enlightenment 

Owner of My Best- 

Self Coach shares 

insight at Malibu 

Chamber event 

Barbara Burke 


Horses are intuitive 

animals, often displaying 

comforting sensitivity and 

empathy, according to Liza 

Auciello. 

Auciello, a psychologist 

and owner of My Best- 

Self Coach, which offers 

personal and professional 

development coaching and 

leadership retreats with 

horses, spoke at a Malibu 

Chamber of Commerce 

Connections Breakfast at 

Paradise Cove on July 10. 

Equestrian sessions are 

aimed at helping attendees 

focus on empowering 

themselves to take steps 

toward a more fulfilling 

life. 

“The benefits of incorporating 

horses into leadership 

and individual coaching 

sessions are that they 

help people clarify their 

strengths and growth opportunities,” 

Auciello said. 

“Horses mirror our leadership 

style and our patterns 

of communication — the 

way that they respond allows 

us to clearly see what 

kind of outcomes our habitual 

actions produce.” 

“There are three components 

of our coaching and 

retreat models,” Auciello 

explained. “The first component 

is expanding selfawareness, 

which helps 

attendees understand their 

patterns of communication 

and behavior that either 

help them achieve more 

favorable outcomes or get 

in their way of success. We 

also focus on setting goals 

and achievement standards 

that help us to break 

through to success.” 

Auciello explained further. 

“The final component 

includes building a body 

and mind that sustains the 

change the person makes 

and enables them to use 

their thoughts and emotions 

in a productive way,” 

she said. “This leads to 

good decision-making, 

creativity and balance.” 

“Using the horses in the 

process sounds very cool,” 

said Barbara Bruderlin, 

CEO of the Malibu Chamber 

of Commerce. “How 

does it work exactly?” 

Responding, Auciello 

said: “Horses are amazing 

facilitators! They let you 

know pretty quickly how 

effective your communication 

is, what your boundaries 

are like, how much 

pressure you use in your 

communication and being 

near them brings people 

a great sense of joy and 

peace.” 

“Learning with the horses 

is by far the fastest way 

to learn about yourself,” 

she said. “Ultimately, we 

want our program attendees 

to achieve personal 

freedom — freedom from 

the expectations of others, 

the negative beliefs 

we have about ourselves 

or the armor that we’ve 

surrounded ourselves with 

over the years to avoid getting 

hurt.” 

Relaxation management, 

effective communication 

and emotional ability are 

foundational skills that underlie 

My Best-Self Coach 

programs. 

“Progress can be made 

even in one session,” Auciello 

said. “We can begin to 

Liza Auciello, owner of My Best-Self Coach, spoke to the Malibu Chamber of Commerce last week about her business’ 

equestrian sessions. Annalise Robbins 

assess a person’s skill sets 

and determine the actions a 

person needs to take in order 

to effectively address 

any concerns he or she has 

and we start building at 

least two skills right away 

to support his success.” 

My Best-Self coaching 

sessions are offered at a 

private ranch in the Santa 

Monica Mountains. Auciello 

invites people who are 

interested to contact her at 

(323) 319-4747 or liza@ 

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News Briefs 

Poetry Workshop planned 

for July 20 

City of Malibu Poet Laureate 

Ellen Reich will lead 

a free Poetry Workshop for 

Adults from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

on Saturday, July 20, at the 

Malibu Library. 

Poets may bring original 

poems that are works-inprogress 

and receive instruction 

and constructive 

feedback from fellow writers. 

Attendees also can participate 

in poetry writing 

exercises, discussions and 

readings. 

The workshop is sponsored 

by the City of Malibu, 

and hosted by the Malibu 

Library. 

For more information 

about the City of Malibu 

Poet Laureate program or 

other art programs, visit 

www.MalibuArtsAndCulture.org. 

For information about 

the Malibu Library, visit 

www.LACountyLibrary. 

org or call (310) 456-6438. 

Local project recognized by 

Americans for the Arts 

“Camp Ground: Arts, 

Corrections and Fire Management 

in the Santa 

Monica Mountains,” a twoyear 

project by artist Kim 

Abeles, was honored as 

part of Americans for the 

Arts’ Public Art Network 

Year in Review program. 

The project was managed 

by the Armory Center for 

the Arts. 

Abeles was embedded in 

the Malibu Conservation 

Camp #13 to work with 

female inmates who fight 

fires in the region to create 

a series of 10 mixed media 

suitcases (“valises”). The 

women provided the content 

for the valises through 

their experiences with firefighting 

and fire abatement 

methods. Each valise has 

a theme with specific talking 

points, and all of them 

circle back toward teaching 

issues about fire abatement 

and our connection to the 

wilderness that Fire and 

National Park Services are 

using in their educational 

public outreach events to 

increase public awareness, 

engagement and responsible 

stewardship. 

Abeles plans to develop 

a training video that can 

accompany the valises and 

be accessed on the Fire and 

NPS websites. 

This year, the PAN Year 

in Review received 361 

applications, their largest 

set of submissions in over 

five years from public art 

programs and artists from 

across the U.S. and beyond. 

News Briefs are compiled 

by Editor Lauren Coughlin, 

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Ashley’s Angle 

The rebirth of Malibu 

Ashley Hamilton 

Contributing columnist 

Malibu resident 

The day begins like a 

flame. 

The day begins 

with zones of blue and 

black, yielding to luminous 

sections of yellow and 

gold. 

The day begins with the 

light of promise and the 

flicker of mourning, a day 

in the life of life itself. 

The day begins with 

love, loss, suffering, 

triumph and transcendence: 

a constant cycle of 

birth and burial in which 

the noblest thing we can 

do for ourselves is to be 

aware of what we do, to 

know what we plan to do 

— to know what we have 

done — so we may earn 

forgiveness and achieve 

enlightenment. 

The day begins, in 

Malibu, with the chance 

to repair a portion of the 

world. 

If the days ahead are to 

be glorious, we must make 

them so. 

We must restore the 

wealth of nature, rather 

than impoverishing 

ourselves with material 

riches. 

If all we do is replace 

one mansion with another, 

fireproofing our homes 

instead of fortifying our 

souls, we will be even 

more vulnerable to the fire 

next time. If we ignore the 

lessons of the Woolsey 

Fire, we will continue to 

incite the forces of Mother 

Nature. 

If we are to have an 

everlasting name — if our 

names are to rest beside an 

eternal flame — we must 

rebuild the best of Malibu. 

By our acts future generations 

will know us. 

Neither the fondest 

hopes nor the most fervent 

prayers will save us. Not 

when we alone have the 

power to write the next 

chapter of the history of 

Malibu, and to write it 

throughout the landscape 

of Malibu. 

What, then, shall we 

write? 

What, then, shall we 

do to right the wrongs of 

abuse and neglect against 

Malibu? 

We can start by cleaning 

the air. 

We can clear the air 

of the chemicals that 

turn day into night, that 

threaten us with a permanent 

midnight of heat and 

smog in which it is safer 

to stay inside than it is to 

go outside. 

We can purify the air. 

We can free ourselves 

from our air-conditioned 

living rooms, so we may 

live — and work — in the 

fresh air of Malibu. 

We can revive the canyons 

and coastline, converting 

ruins into habitats 

of humanity. 

We can do all of these 

things, and more, if we 

commit ourselves to the 

hard work of renewal. 

The work will test our 

resolve and try our devotion. 

The work will make 

us cry and sweat, as we 

struggle to refresh the soil, 

as we labor to resurrect 

the soil, as we strive to 

replenish the soil. 

The work is impossible 

without a measure of suffering, 

because the price 

of greatness is sorrow: 

the sorrow of trying to 

conceive life, of bringing 

forth life, of sustaining 

life. 

The work will harden 

our bodies, not our hearts, 

so long as we remember 

to treat the day like we till 

the ground — with awe 

and reverence, and tenderness 

too, recognizing that 

our suffering is temporary; 

that our suffering is necessary; 

that our suffering is 

just. 

The work goes on, the 

cause endures, and the 

dream shall never die. 

The work infuses our 

lives with meaning. 

The work begins the day 

because we have promises 

to keep, and miles to go 

before we sleep, and miles 

to go before we sleep. 

Ashley’s Angle is a monthly 

column from Malibu resident 

Ashley Hamilton. Hamilton 

is an artist and father who 

seeks to express the truth 

through his work. Ashley’s 

Angle will cover issues and 

politics which are relevant 

to the Malibu community at 

large. The opinions of this 

column are that of the writer. 

They do not necessarily 

reflect those of the Malibu 

Surfside News. 

Poet’s Corner 

Whenever Two Hearts Meet 

Allen Waldman, Malibu resident 

CWC 

From Page 3 

Sunrise is the energy 

That starts the day anew, 

Sunset the serenity 

To know when to be thru. 

The rustling of the leaves 

When the winds begin to blow, 

The rhythm of the waves 

With the tide’s ebb and flow. 

them to the center to recover, 

Henderson said. 

“However, some species 

do not do well in care and 

we make an assessment on 

the beach regarding whether 

to attempt to rehabilitate 

an animal, or whether it is 

more humane to euthanize 

it because sometimes when 

they are larger, their body 

weight can crush their internal 

organs and they suffer,” 

she said. 

Henderson noted that 

“decisions to euthanize are 

not made lightly and are 

only reached after as many 

experts as possible are consulted.” 

CWC was established 

in 1998 as a nonprofit organization 

that provides 

emergency care, medical 

treatment and rehabilitation 

to injured and orphaned native, 

wild animals throughout 

Southern California. 

Since then, the organization 

has served approximately 

52,000 animals. Every year, 

the center serves approximately 

4,000 terrestrial and 

marine animals and fields 

approximately 30,000 calls 

from the public, Henderson 

stated, noting that some of 

those calls are duplicative 

reports of incidents. 

“The center is a shortterm 

care facility,” Henderson 

said. “It only takes 

animals in order to rehabilitate 

them so they can be released 

back into the wild.” 

In addition to its efforts 

working with the animals, 

CWC also provides educational 

outreach in the community. 

“We want the community 

to know that if someone 

sees a stranded animal, 

he should give it space and 

contact us so that we can 

come and render aid,” Henderson 

said. 

She and her team cover 

the 26 miles of coastline 

stretching from Topanga to 

County Line, and they are 

always seeking volunteers 

We’re surrounded by their sights and 

sound 

And the pulse of Nature’s beat. 

They all become so clear to us 

Whenever two hearts meet. 

Want to submit a poem to the Surfside? Email 

Editor Lauren Coughlin at lauren@malibu 

surfsidenews.com. 

to prepare food, clean enclosures 

and, after appropriate 

training, help with 

rescues. Marine mammal 

volunteers can join from 

January to July, whereas 

those who want to work 

with terrestrial animals can 

begin training anytime. 

“Donations are always 

needed,” Henderson noted, 

adding that people also can 

go online and designate the 

California Wildlife Center 

as a recipient of monies 

when they shop on Amazon 

Smile or at Ralph’s. 

Attendees were impressed 

by Henderson’s 

presentation. 

“It’s fortunate that we 

can learn about the animals’ 

patterns of behavior near 

Malibu,” attendee Hampton 

Smith said. “We can 

become more responsible 

with our relationships with 

them.” 

For more information 

on the California Wildlife 

Center, visit www.calwild 

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

Looking to plant new seeds 

Andy Lopez 

Invisible Gardener 

Contributing Columnist 

Recently, a reader 

wrote in to ask me 

for flowering plant 

recommendations for a 

steep, sunny area that was 

left bare after they trimmed 

dead ceanothus bushes 

from it. The area has a 

sprinkler system, they 

added. 

They wrote: “It is a 

southern exposure in 

Malibu Park facing the 

ocean about a mile away. I 

do not want to plant vining 

plants like bougainvillea, 

as they will grow over the 

stone pathways that wind 

down the hill. 

I also recently planted 

a Sapote tree there, and it 

dropped all of its leaves 

in a few weeks. Is that 

normal, or is it failing? 

And finally, what flowering 

perennials do you 

recommend for an area 

that is in partial shade and 

gets very light watering? 

I would like it to be in 

bloom in August, but can 

plant different plants so 

that there is bloom all year 

round?” 

Thanks for the question! 

First, let’s start with 

what to plant on your hillside. 

I would think about 

planting California natives 

as much as possible. They 

would require less watering, 

maybe once or twice 

per month. You can have 

a beautiful ground cover 

with these natives: white 

yarrow, farewell to spring, 

Chinese houses, California 

poppy (plant different colors), 

globe gila, bird’s eye, 

tidy tips, golden lupine, 

arroyo lupine, five spot, 

baby blue eyes, California 

bluebells, blue-eyed grass, 

African daisy and coreopsis. 

All of them will do 

well. 

I would plant a mixture 

of these for year-round 

flowering. I also would 

plant native grasses. Many 

varieties will look and do 

well. 

All of these can be 

started from seeds, except 

the native grasses. You can 

buy those at most nurseries 

in Malibu, or try Green 

Thumb in Ventura. They 

have a large selection of 

native grasses and plants. 

You can order native plant 

and grass seeds from 

Peaceful Valley Farm and 

Garden Supplies in Grass 

Valley. A local source of 

natives is Soils Solutions 

(www.soilssolutions.com). 

Soils Solutions also sells 

Kurapia — a California 

native with roots that go 

down 10 feet and, once 

established, does not need 

much water to survive. It 

has white flowers and is 

very hard to burn. 

You can always do a 

cover crop. There are many 

excellent cover crops you 

can use that return organic 

matter, nitrogen and trace 

minerals back into the 

soil. There are many, but, 

usually, you would grow 

various vegetables that will 

spread and can either be 

left alone or turned over 

and allowed to decompose 

in the soil. 

Some cover crops include: 

onion/garlic family; 

mint/thyme family; carrot/ 

dill family; alder, legume 

family (fava beans, Dutch 

clover, alfalfa); Diakon 

Radish; dandelions; wheat, 

rye, oats and sorghum; 

vegetables like arugula; 

soybeans; Austrian winter 

field peas, crimson clover, 

hairy vetch, and subterranean 

clover. 

Biennials and perennials 

include red clover, white 

clover, sweet clover and 

alfalfa. 

Crimson clover is 

considered one of the best 

cover crops for us. 

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Cowpeas are native to 

Central Africa and do well 

in our climate. Soybeans 

also will do well here with 

a small amount of soil care. 

Velvet bean (mucuna), 

Canavalia, Crotalaria 

and Tephrosia all can be 

used as living mulches. 

Alfalfa is commonly interseeded 

with small grains, 

such as oats, wheat and 

barley. Crown vetch can 

be grown as a permanent 

groundcover. Red clover is 

another excellent cover 

crop. Sweet clover and 

White clover produce as 

much growth as many of 

the other legumes, with 

the New Zealand types of 

white clover being perfect 

for our dry summers. 

Some grasses are: annual 

cereals (rye, wheat, barley, 

oats), annual or perennial 

forage grasses such 

as ryegrass, and warmseason 

grasses such as 

sorghum–sudan grass. 

Winter rye (also called 

cereal or grain rye) is very 

winter-hardy and easy to 

establish. While oats are 

not winter-hardy, they 

will do well in our mild 

winter climate. Annual ryegrass 

grows well in our climate, 

especially if planted 

in the fall. It develops an 

extensive root system and 

therefore provides very 

effective erosion control 

while adding organic matter. 

As far as other cover 

crops, buckwheat is an 

excellent one for our area 

if appropriately handled. 

Brassicas including mustard, 

rapeseed and forage 

radish also are great as 

cover crops. 

A healthy mix of all the 

above is what I would call 

a good cover crop. 

Concerning your Sapote 

tree, you didn’t mention 

when you first planted it. 

If you planted it during the 

summer, leaves should not 

have fallen off, but if you 

planted in late fall, they 

usually drop off during 

wintertime, especially if it 

gets freezing. I would apply 

rock dust, compost, organic 

fertilizer and mulch 

it. Place 2 gallon per hour 

drip heads around the base, 

water once a week and see 

what happens! 

You can plant various 

fruit trees on the slope if 

you want fruit. Try figs, 

dates, oranges, limes, lemons 

(do not plant together 

with oranges, plant one or 

the other). If you plant fruit 

trees, use a drip around the 

base. They will need watering 

only once per week 

during the hottest time of 

year. 

Here are a few types of 

California natives you can 

plant that flower: mountain 

yarrow, sierra sticky 

monkeyflower (all kinds 

of monkeyflowers can be 

planted), California fennel, 

Christmas berry, alumroot, 

jack o rocks, San Diego 

pitcher plant, California 

honeysuckle, mint bush 

and wild mock orange are 

a few California natives 

that love the particle shade 

and flower well. They all 

need little water. 

Planting a mix of these 

plants will give you flowers 

all year long! 

Any questions? Email me at 

andylopez@invisiblegardener. 

com.

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From the Editor 

A light on bright futures 

Lauren Coughlin 


It takes a special drive 

to be an entrepreneur 

— and a very special 

one to become one during 

their teenage years when 

that type of responsibility 

is often a personal choice. 

Even before I interviewed 

Hunter Nelson, 

I could tell he had the 

trademarks of a successful 

businessman. He promptly 

replied to my initial 

inquiry and noted that he 

was a morning person, and 

he quickly made himself 

available to talk about his 

business, Lobster Taxi 

(which you can read a bit 

more about on Page 6, if 

you missed it). And, once 

I got him on the phone, 

you could certainly hear 

the passion in his voice. 

I’m not the only one 

who noticed his ambition, 

as The Malibu Association 

of Realtors also recently 

announced Nelson was 

their scholarship recipient. 

Surely, Nelson is not 

the only one who is doing 

big things at such a young 

age, and it’s the type of 

story we love to hear and 

share here at the Surfside 

News. So, for those 

Letters to the Editor 

A convert 

We’ve seen them come 

and go, often with pain involved: 

• How many years did 

the wonderful Pier View 

restaurant sit vacant and rot 

before the final demolition? 

I sure miss that chowder in 

a bread bowl and playing 

pool with an ocean view. 

• At the great Malibu 

Lumber Yard store, one 

could buy fixtures, ladybugs 

and, yes, even wood. 

• Granita still bobs like a 

gutted merchant vessel on a 

lifeless sea. 

• Remember Psycho 

Chicken? Scary name, delicious 

fare, nice Aussies 

long gone. 

• Bank of Books? Vamoosed. 

Try finding those 

old Surfer’s Journals online. 

Local author book 

signings were meaningful 

community events. 

• The twin movie theatre 

that was a Malibu fixture for 

45 years survived a fire but 

not economic headwinds. 

It is not just rumor that 

two longstanding restaurants 

in town will soon go 

belly-up. 

Papa Jack’s Skate Park 

was a Malibu institution – 

until suddenly it wasn’t in 

2011. 

Where am I going with 

this? Why, of course to the 

new Whole Foods at the 

Park, just like the imagined 

hordes of PCH-mangling 

trucks forewarned prior to 

the Measure R proposition 

vote in 2014. 

Confession: Along with 

59.58 percent of the electorate, 

I voted to restrict the 

size of future commercial 

enterprises in Malibu, targeting 

Whole Foods. Those 

nervy billionaires, trying 

to build whatever they 

want on property they own. 

We’ll keep that Ralph’s 

wrecker out! 

After the Second District 

Court of Appeals put the 

matter to rest, finally, we 

watched as the new center 

began taking shape. Feeling 

jilted that the will of the 

people was overturned yet 

again; I considered writing 

a dismissive missive, excoriating 

out of control development 

in the city and closing 

with an invective laced 

kiss-off directed at Steve 

Soboroff. 

A calming (hard-won) 

inner voice told me to take 

pause. 

After reading about its 

grand opening and then listening 

to a longtime local 

gush about the new center, 

it was time to visit. 

Confession (2): It’s awesome! 

Fabulous grocery 

store/restaurant with a 

smooth local vibe I feared 

might be missing. I will 

even try some Laird Superfood, 

whatever that is. I’ve 

never seen living walls like 

those. Glad Howdy is back 

in town. I’ll check out the 

other new businesses. 

I ran into a couple of 

folks who I know for a fact 

voted against the store. We 

beamed, shrugged and continued 

shopping. 

Sometimes you just roll 

with it. 

Al Griswold, Malibu resident 

who are reading this and 

thinking of a neighbor, a 

friend’s daughter, etc., we 

would love to know more. 

Whether Malibuites are 

spending their summers 

traveling, volunteering 

or honing a skill, I would 

love to hear about it. As 

always, I can be reached 

by email at lauren@mali 

busurfsidenews.com or by 

phone at (310) 457-2112, 

ext. 1. 

Malibu 

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New Parisian fashion boutique 

comes to Malibu, Page 20 

Something to talk about 

Malibuite to present lecture 

on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Page 22 

Dance performance, 

Chamber event offer peek 

at upcoming Pepperdine 

arts season, Page 21 

Versa-Style Dance company members (left to right) Brandon 

Juezan, Ernesto Galarza and Cynthia Hernandez, present “Powers 

that Be” during the July 9 Sunset Mixer at Pepperdine University’s 

Frederick R. Weisman Museum. Suzy Demeter/Surfside News 

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Malibu Country Mart 

welcomes ba&sh 

Rentable closet among 

draws at new boutique 

Barbara Burke, Freelance Reporter 

Malibu is home to a second 

West Coast location for ba&sh, a 

French boutique that its founders 

describe as a venue “where the 

glamorous meets the bohème.” 

The shop opened July 2 in the 

Malibu Country Mart and will 

carry upscale, casual chic, bohemian 

and retro clothes for all 

occasions. Barbara Boccara and 

Sharon Krief, two friends who 

parlayed their shared love of 

fashion into a highly successful 

boutique business, named the 

store after the first two letters of 

each of their names. 

“We are thrilled to be opening 

our seventh store and our second 

West Coast store in Malibu,” 

said Irene Yuan, vice president 

of marketing for ba&sh, North 

America. “The effortless, relaxed 

sophistication of Malibu has long 

been an inspiration for – and in 

ideal alignment with – our brand, 

and we’re excited to share our 

feminine, Parisian collections 

with the community.” 

As one walks into the wellappointed, 

upscale venue, she 

sees feminine, flowing fashions 

that are casual, yet chic. There 

are soft, silky dresses, floral 

jumpsuits that are “all the rage” 

this season, and fresh, flowing 

blouses that can augment any 

wardrobe. Suede boots are on 

show and complement the store’s 

many fashions. 

“We offer effortless, feminine 

Parisian pieces – our cofounders, 

Barbara and Sharon, 

envisioned bringing to life their 

dream wardrobe for all occasions 

when they founded the 

brand in Paris in 2003,” Yuan explained. 

“From work to weekend 

to beyond, our collections are 

ba&sh Boutique 

23410 Civic Center Way, 

Suite D-5 

Hours 

10 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday- 

Saturday 

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday 

Phone: (424) 235-2339 

Email: Malibu@ba&sh.com 

designed to be always easy-towear, 

elevated and sophisticated. 

We are especially known for our 

special occasion dresses: many 

women in France turn to ba&sh 

for summer weddings, graduations, 

birthdays and other special 

moments in their lives.” 

The fun is just beginning at 

ba&sh, Malibu, Yuan promises, 

noting that the venue is a permanent 

store — not a pop-up. 

“We will have several fun 

opening events coming up and 

if customers email us at malibu@ba-sh.com, 

we’ll be able 

to keep you in the loop!” Yuan 

said. “Also, we’re launching 

a program called the Dream 

Closet at our Malibu store, 

where every Friday from 5-7 

p.m., customers can come “borrow” 

ba&sh iconic [ready-towear] 

pieces for the weekend for 

free — as long as you return by 

Monday.” 

Yuan said interested customers 

should send an email to find out 

more details, including exactly 

what Friday in July the Dream 

Closet opportunity would be 

available. 

“The Dream Closet is perfect 

to borrow dresses for summer 

weddings, chic outfits for date 

nights, etc.,” she said. “It’s a program 

we piloted in our NYC Nolita 

boutique with great success, 

and we’re excited to bring it to 

Malibu as our first West Coast location 

of the Dream Closet!” 

Faith Briefs 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter Canyon 

Road, 310-456-2361) 

Annual Yard Sale 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 13-21. The 

church’s annual yard sale will 

feature bargains on furniture, 

clothing, shoes, jewelry, glassware, 

linens, sporting goods, 

toys, book and more. 

Centering Prayer 

8:30 a.m. second and fourth 

Thursdays 

Learn About Catholicism 

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. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Okoneski 

Room. 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 Morning 

View Drive, 310-457-7505) 

Speaker Series 

7 p.m. Tuesday, July 23. Malibu 

resident Larry Jones, a former 

history teacher at Malibu Park 

Jr. High and Moorpark High 

School and academic decathlon 

coach of 4 U.S. National Championships, 

opens this summer’s 

speaker series with a presentation 

on 18th Century philosopher 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 

Co-Dependents Anonymous 

7:30-9 p.m. Mondays. For 

more information, contact risk 

2change@gmail.com. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Sundays; noon and 

7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 

noon and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 

noon and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays; 

noon and 8 p.m. Fridays; noon 

and 5 p.m. Saturdays. 

Sunday Worship 

10:30-11:30 a.m., Sundays. 

Child care available. 

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 

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. 

Religious School 

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

Tuesday Mamas 

4 p.m. Tuesdays 

Tot Shabbat 

11:30 a.m.-noon. Fridays. Celebrate 

Shabbat with prayers, music 

and dancing. 

Waking Up to Jewish Ethics 

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

discussion group based on Talmudic 

sources. For more information, 

call (310) 456-2178. 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 PCH, 310- 

457-7966) 

Sacred Yoga 

7:15-8:15 p.m. First Thursday 

of every month. 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 PCH, 310-456-6588) 

Evening Shabbat Services 

7:30 p.m. Fridays. 

Saturday Services 

9 a.m., Kabbalah on the Parsha; 

10 a.m. Shabbat service; 11 

a.m. Words from the Rabbi & Torah 

Reading; 12:30 p.m. Kiddush 

lunch 

Sunday Services 

9 a.m. 

University Church of Christ (24255 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-506-4504) 

A cappella Service 

10:15 a.m. Sundays, in Elkins 

Auditorium 

Instrumental Service 

5 p.m. Sundays, in Stauffer 

Chapel 

Adult Bible Class 

9 a.m. Sundays, in Payson Library 

Children and Youth Bible Classes 

9 a.m. Sundays, various locations 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive, 310- 

774-1927) 

Sunday Worship 

10:10 a.m. Sunday. Children’s 

ministry. 

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 


First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-457-7767) 

Wednesday Meetings 

8 p.m. Wednesdays. Testimony 

meetings include readings 

from the Bible and “Science and 

Health with Key to the Scriptures.” 

Have an event for faith briefs? 

Email editor@malibusurfsidenews. 

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on Thursdays one week prior to 

publication.

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Mixer sheds light on Pepperdine’s programs 

Blend of new, old 

performers slated 

for this season 

Anastassia Kostin 


A new dawn is setting for 

Pepperdine University’s art 

scene. 

At a Malibu Chamber of 

Commerce Sunset Mixer 

on July 9, Chamber members 

and faculty at the Lisa 

Smith Wengler Center for 

the Arts gathered to announce 

the CFA’s programming 

for the 2019-2020 

season. 

The event, held at Pepperdine’s 

Frederick R. 

Weisman Museum, marked 

the first time the CFA and 

Crest Associates, a community 

support group for Pepperdine 

University, paired 

together for a mixer. 

“We were interested in 

pairing with the Chamber 

of Commerce to show what 

the Center for the Arts and 

Pepperdine can do to attract 

local business community 

leaders,” said Rebecca Carson, 

managing director of 

the CFA. 

In terms of communitybuilding, 

the purpose of the 

CFA is to partner with the 

community to bring innovative, 

unique and diverse 

performances and museum 

exhibitions to Pepperdine. 

Last year, the CFA served 

50,000 patrons in over 

1,100 zipcodes. Most of the 

attendees for professional 

presentations come from 

outside of Pepperdine, according 

to Carson. 

“It’s really important in 

terms of quality of life for 

people,” Carson said. “You 

have an opportunity to see 

Sunset Mixer attendees mingle during the recent event at 

the Frederick R. Weisman Museum. 

and hear dance, music, theater 

and visual arts. It just 

changes your perspective 

and opens you up to new 

worlds in a way that’s really 

important.” 

Something that draws 

audiences in, Carson said, 

is the intimate setting of 

Smothers Theatre, which 

has 450 seats. This typically 

results in singer-songwriter 

performances selling 

out, according to Carson. 

Tickets for upcoming 

programs range from $20- 

$70 for the general public. 

For Pepperdine students, 

tickets for any show are 

$10. 

Upcoming shows include 

cover performances 

of Beatles songs by Abbey 

Road, a cirque FLIP 

Fabrique show, a comedy 

show by Colin Mochrie 

and Brad Sherwood and an 

interactive panel discussion 

by Rolling Stone magazine 

critics Peter Travers and 

David Fear. 

“It’s a range of different 

types of shows,” Carson 

said. “Our goal is to have 

something that appeals to 

everyone.” 

Selecting the performances 

is about a 10-month process, 

according to Carson, 

who vets all the performers 

and talks to experts in the 

field to get a sense of what 

shows are worth doing. 

In addition to the new 

performances, some groups 

that have performed at the 

CFA before also will be returning, 

including the Versa- 

Style Dance Company. 

Four members of the 

group — Ernesto Galarza, 

Brandon Juezan, Cynthia 

Hernandez and Harry 

Weston — performed a 

sneak peek of their fulllength 

production, “ORI- 

GINS of Hip-Hop,” which 

they will be presenting in 

October. 

“There’s a lot of families 

that come to watch the 

shows and so we have a 

specific love for that community,” 

Galarza said. 

“ORIGINS” is planned to 

be more than a dance performance. 

“It’s going to be looking 

at the origins of street dance 

and the foundation and what 

that means for us as a dance 

culture,” Weston said. “But 

then also what that means 

for us as individuals. 

“Where do we all come 

from? What is our story? 

Rebecca Carson, the managing director for the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts, 

speaks at the July 9 Sunset Mixer at Pepperdine. Photos by Suzy Demeter/Surfside News 

What does origin mean, as 

a human? We’re going to be 

exploring that thematically 

and movement-wise.” 

In addition to performances, 

the Weisman Museum 

has summer, fall and 

spring exhibitions. The current 

exhibition, called “How 

the Mind Works” by Squeak 

Carnwath is on display until 

the end of July. In August, 

the Weisman Museum will 

be installing sculpture pieces 

by artist Auguste Rodin, 

who is famous for his sculpture 

“The Thinker.” 

From dance, theater, and 

circus to all types of musical 

performances, CFA aims to 

cater to all tastes. 

“I would encourage people 

to try something new 

and get to see something 

different,” Carson said. “We 

have comedy performances, 

music performances — a 

little bit of everything.” 

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Foreign and Domestic! 

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Items like tweets and blogs, 

but in print form! 

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On another note, Chamber 

CEO Barbara Bruderlin 

announced that the 

Chamber will be hosting a 

monthly Rebuild Malibu 

Together Mixer for those 

whose homes were damaged 

during the Woolsey 

Fire. The reoccuring mixer 

will feature local building 

professionals and serve as a 

space to share stories and resources. 

This month’s event 

was planned for July 16. 

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Malibu resident to kick off lecture series 

Submitted by Malibu United 

Methodist Church 

The writings of the 18th 

century philosopher Jean- 

Jacques Rousseau had an 

impact on family life and 

education, politics and government, 

science and religion, 

psychology and social 

structure in the two-and-ahalf 

centuries since. 

Rousseau influenced the 

American Revolution and 

the founding documents, 

our school system and family 

relationships, and continues 

to influence our dayto-day 

lives. 

Rousseau saw his tasks as 

being to move people from 

caring only about themselves 

to doing what is good 

for all people, to persuade us 

that there is a possible social 

order that is helpful and fair, 

and to show people how to 

reach the “basic sweetness 

of existence.” 

In addition to The Social 

Contract that established 

his ideas of the general will 

and liberty, Rousseau wrote 

the educational treatise 

“Emile,” the first romance 

novel “Julia: The New Heloise,” 

the first warts-and-all 

autobiography “The Confessions,” 

the economics 

guide “Discourse on Inequality,” 

the environmental 

musings of “The Reveries 

of a Solitary Walker,” and 

the critique of science “Discourse 

on the Sciences and 

Arts,” among others. 

Anybody who is interested 

in learning how we 

are “friends of Rousseau” is 

invited to the Malibu United 

Methodist Church on Morning 

View Drive at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, July 23. 

After a year-long hiatus, 

the church is reviving the 

Charles Green Memorial 

Community Lecture Series. 

There is no admission fee, 

and snacks will be served. 

The presenter is Dr. Green’s 

son-in-law Larry Jones. 

A Malibu resident from 

1951 until 1977, Jones 

moved back to Malibu in 

2012 with his wife of 38 

years, Marilyn Green. Jones 

taught history at Malibu 

Park Jr. High in the 1980s 

and then at Moorpark High 

School for 25 years. Jones 

was inducted into the Ventura 

County Educators’ Hall 

of Fame in 2010, and he 

coached the Moorpark High 

Academic Decathlon Team 

to four U.S. National Championships 

and 13 Ventura 

County Championships. 

He also was the director of 

the federal Teaching American 

History project through 

which he taught content and 

skills to 170 history teachers 

for five years until his retirement. 

Jones is looking forward 

to his presentation to show 

why Immanuel Kant said 

that “Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

was the Isaac Newton 

of the moral universe.” 

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

How to play Sudoku 

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

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 

Across 

1. Comedian 

4. Nuts found in pies 

10. Meat 

14. Wonder 

15. Concerning a heart 

chamber 

16. Nagy of Hungary 

17. Junior 

18. Hotel amenity 

20. Connects 

22. Gator or lemon 

ending 

23. Word before a discounted 

price, perhaps 

24. The Jetsons’ dog 

29. Texas A & M student 

31. Sea mammal seen 

from Malibu shores 

33. Farmer’s yield 

34. Juvenile 

36. Comic Johnson 

37. Prominence 

38. They’re nuts 

39. Goons’ guns 

40. Traditional snake 

dancer 

41. Sterile 

42. Solitary time 

43. Fish-eating hawks 

seen in Malibu 

45. Unhappy spectator 

46. Religious song 

47. Eyelid pigment 

48. “___ a Rock” (1966 

song) 

51. “As You Like It” 

hero 

55. 18-yard box, in 

soccer 

60. Technology giant 

61. Earth Day subject 

62. Big test 

63. Red ___ (Japanese 

food fish) 

64. India tourist mecca 

65. Garam ___ (Indian 

spice mixture) 

66. Barrier breaker, for 

short 

Rosenthal Tasting Room 

(18741 Pacific Coast 

Highway, Malibu; 310- 

456-1392) 

■■12-9 p.m. Saturday, 

July 20: live music 

starting with US 99 at 

12:30 p.m., DJ Tonz 

of Fun at 3 p.m. and 

Brandon Ragan Proj- 

Down 

1. Legally qualified 

2. Choppers, so to speak 

3. Weaken 

4. Knock down 

5. Arrests 

6. Fable maker 

7. Tally mark 

8. Chinese calendar animal 

9. River craft 

10. State 

11. Lowest female voice 

12. Get going 

13. Publishing execs 

22. Cousin of ante- 

24. “Why should ___ 

you?” 

26. Terminator 

27. Big city in Iraq 

30. Blue grass 

31. Scarlett of Tara 

32. More sparse 

33. Crunchy vegetables 

35. French nobleman 

36. G.I. entertainers 

37. Video camera action 

ect at 7 p.m.; Azteca 

Food Truck 

■12-9 ■ p.m. Sunday, 

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at 12:30 p.m. with 

Rebel Rose, and Rich 

Sheldon at 3:30 p.m.; 

Humble Crust Pizza 

Truck 

The Sunset 

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1007) 

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40. Bean 

42. 1967 musical 

45. Much admired woman 

48. Intertwine 

49. Zero 

51. Fall ground cover 

54. Receive 

55. ___ podge (mess) 

56. Append 

57. La ___ opera house 

58. Smart-mouthed 

60. Escape route 

62. Roger of “Cheers” 

63. Beginner instruction in 

a subject 

64. Mauna ___ (Hawaiian 

volcano) 

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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Lewis Baron 

Pepperdine Athletics 

Waves men’s basketball gets Arizona 

in Wooden Legacy First Round 

Baron was a member of the 

Malibu High School boys 

water polo and baseball 

teams. 

When and why did you 

start playing baseball? 

I started when I was 7 

and it was because my dad 

loved baseball as a kid and 

he got me into it from a 

young age. 

What do you like most 

about the sport? 

I like the competitiveness 

and the teamwork. Without 

the entire team, you can’t 

win a game. I like being able 

to work with my friends. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before a 

game? 

I never step on the line 

and me and my friend Max 

do a dance before a game. 

What is your favorite 

sports moment? 

It was probably going to 

the finals at CIS last year 

for baseball. We didn’t win 

but we had a good game, 

probably the most-memorable 

I ever had. 

What is one thing people 

don’t know about you? 

I really like nature and 

going out on hikes and stuff. 

If you could be any 

superhero, which super 

power would you 

want? 

I would want teleportation. 

Photo submitted 

What would you do if 

you won the lottery? 

I would save half of it 

and the other half I would 

make sure to take care of 

my family and friends. 

If you could play any 

other sport, which 

would you play? 

I would play football. 

I played flag football 

as a team, but my mom 

wouldn’t let me play actual 

football. 

What is one thing on 

your bucket list? 

I want to build and live in 

a house in Costa Rica. 

If you could be any 

animal, which would 

you be? 

I would be an eagle because 

they can hunt and 

stuff but can look down and 

get a different perspective 

in life. 

Interview by Assistant Editor 

Michal Dwojak 

Pepperdine men’s basketball 

coach Lorenzo Romar 

will face the school he 

last worked at in the first 

round of the Wooden Legacy, 

as ESPN announced 

Thursday, July 11, that the 

Waves will take on Arizona 

on Thanksgiving night 

in the tournament’s first 

round. 

The Pepperdine-Arizona 

matchup will take place 

at 8 p.m. PT on ESPN2 

at the Anaheim Arena on 

Thursday, Nov. 28. UCF 

and Penn are the other two 

teams in the Waves’ half 

of the bracket. Providence 

plays Long Beach State 

and Wake Forest battles the 

College of Charleston in 

the other two games. 

The tournament continues 

with four games on 

Friday, Nov. 29, and the 

final set of contests will be 

played on Sunday, Dec. 1. 

All games will be shown 

on the ESPN family of networks. 

Romar was the associate 

head coach at Arizona for 

the 2017-18 season, before 

returning to Pepperdine 

ahead of last season. The 

Waves and Wildcats will 

be meeting for the first time 

since December 2001. 

The matchup means that 

the Waves will now play 

three Pac-12 teams in the 

upcoming season, as they 

will also play road games 

at California (Tuesday, 

Nov. 5) and USC (Tuesday, 

Nov. 19). 

The tournament is 

named after UCLA coaching 

great John Wooden — 

the great-grandfather of 

Pepperdine men’s basketball 

director of operations 

John Impelman. 

The Waves return three 

starters and 10 letterwinners 

who accounted for 75 

percent of the scoring, 81% 

percent of the rebounding 

and 85 percent of the assists 

in 2018-19. Colbey Ross 

earned All-WCC first team 

honors after setting school 

records and ranking among 

the best in nation in assists 

and free throws. Kameron 

Edwards was All-WCC 

honorable mention and 

Kessler Edwards made the 

WCC All-Freshman team. 

Pepperdine finished 16-18 

but in Romar’s first season 

back, the Waves were 

one of just nine Division 

I schools to post a 10-win 

improvement over the year 

before. Pepperdine won 

three games in three days 

at the WCC Tournament to 

reach the semifinals of the 

event. 

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 

Wong adds Hittle to staff 

Head coach Scott Wong 

announced the hiring of 

Tara Hittle as the team’s 

newest assistant coach for 

the upcoming 2019 campaign. 

“We are lucky to have 

Tara as she has had a significant 

impact in every 

program that she has been 

a part of as a player, and 

more recently as a coach,” 

Wong says in a press release. 

“Tara has developed 

into a great recruiter and 

as she has the unique ability 

to quickly connect with 

anyone on and off the court 

and to develop those into 

lasting relationships. 

“Lastly, Tara knows what 

it takes to be great and she 

will help mentor our young 

ladies to excel in all areas 

of their lives.” 

A former NCAA Division-I 

multi-sport studentathlete 

and professional 

volleyball player, Hittle 

spent her collegiate career 

playing both volleyball and 

basketball at the University 

of Hawai’i, graduating 

with a degree in physical 

education and health in 

2009. While playing from 

2004-08, with Wong on 

the coaching staff in 2006, 

she was a four-time letterwinner 

and remains in the 

record book for career digs 

(fourth – 1,315) and digs/ 

game (seventh – 2.83). Hittle 

also helped the Rainbow 

Wahine to a pair of NCAA 

Elite Eight appearances in 

2006 and 2008, as well as 

Sweet 16 berths in 2004 

and 2005. 

“It’s a tremendous honor 

to be able to represent Pepperdine 

University,” Hittle 

says in a press release. “I 

believe it’s a place where 

student-athletes have an 

opportunity to receive an 

excellent education and 

compete at the highest 

level. 

“I’m thankful for the 

opportunity to work with 

Scott Wong. He’s an incredible 

coach who has a 

great vision for the program 

and I can’t wait to be 

a part of the journey.” 

Most recently, Hittle 

served as an assistant coach 

with the Duke women’s 

volleyball program, a program 

that frequents the 

NCAA Women’s Volleyball 

Championships. In 2018, 

Hittle helped the Blue Devil 

squad to a 16-12 overall 

record and a fifth-place finish 

in the ACC, as well as 

a NCAA First Round ending. 

She helped three Blue 

Devils to All-ACC performances 

throughout the 

season, while also guiding 

two to AVCA All-American 

accolades. 

Prior to Duke, Hittle 

spent time on the sidelines 

with Portland State in 2017, 

helping the Vikings to the 

team’s first 20-win season 

since 2013 and guiding four 

to All-Big Sky Conference 

honors. Before Portland 

State, she spent time as a 

member of the Dartmouth 

coaching staff in 2016. 

From 2011-16, she 

served as a high school 

and club volleyball coach 

in her home state of Colorado, 

serving as the head 

volleyball coach at Valor 

Christian High School from 

2014-15 and Doherty High 

School from 2011-14. She 

led DHS to a 2012 State 

Championship title and 

was named 2012 Colorado 

Coach of the Year. 

After UH, she also 

played professionally for 

the Volleyball Franches- 

Montagnes in Switzerland 

during the 2010-11 season. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and 

www.pepperdinewaves. 

com. Compiled by Assistant 

Editor Michal Dwojak, 

m.dwojak@22ndcentury 

media.com.

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‘Sports is a way out of the sadness’ 

Athletics deliver 

solace in wake of 

Woolsey Fire 

Michal Dwojak 

Assistant Editor 

Amelia Goudzwaard 

drove through the apocalypse 

on Nov. 9 looking for 

salvation. 

Flames and smoke roared 

around the teenager’s car, 

shaking it as it zipped down 

the Malibu hillside. She repeated, 

“Everything is OK,” 

as fires consumed to her left 

and to her right. Amid the 

fright, guilt and regret were 

already blossoming in her 

mind, feelings that tug at her 

to this day. 

Goudzwaard, then a 

Malibu High School senior, 

fled her family home on the 

second day of the Woolsey 

Fire — the first day it 

reached Malibu. That morning, 

her childhood home in 

the mountains filled with 

smoke. While her father argued 

the house was safe, she 

decided to take no chances 

and head to Zuma Beach, 

taking a bag, her basketball 

gear and her dog. 

She found refuge with 

a friend’s family, but fear 

started to o verwhelm her. 

Goudzwaard’s mother visited 

her around noon, then 

went home before text messages 

that flooded Goudzwaard’s 

phone much of the 

morning suddenly stopped. 

She looked up toward home 

and saw only an orange 

glow. 

Fortunately, her family 

escaped unharmed, but her 

house with everything in it 

was erased. 

“I’m frustrated with 

myself every single day,” 

Goudzwaard said about not 

staying to help hold off the 

fire. “ ... I’ve been living in 

that house for 17 years and 

four months. I was basically 

born in that house and it’s 

basically gone.” 

Like many homes in 

danger during the fire, firefighters 

never stopped by 

the Goudzwaards’. Many 

residents fought fires at their 

homes and the homes of 

their neighbors. Some fights 

were successful. Some were 

not. The one at the Goudzwaards’ 

is in the latter category, 

and while it was a long 

shot, Goudzwaard believes 

she could have done something. 

That burden, one she 

still carries, lay heavy. 

The Woolsey Fire officially 

ended Nov. 21, 

burned 96,949 acres (more 

than three times the size of 

San Francisco), destroyed 

hundreds of homes and 

stole three lives. The end of 

the fire marked a transformation 

of Malibu’s future, a 

future that will require years 

of recovery efforts. 

With a horrifying recent 

past and a daunting foreseeable 

future, Goudzwaard, 

like her neighbors, needed 

an escape from reality. 

And she turned to what she 

knows best: sport. 

It wasn’t easy. Athletes 

and teams at Malibu High 

worked through delayed 

seasons and destroyed facilities. 

Some student-athletes 

never returned to their 

teams while others rejoined 

for an uncertain amount of 

time, but in those months 

following the fires, sports 

served as the distraction 

many required. 

“It helped me realize that 

I can’t control everything; 

there’s [no situation when] 

I’m going to be able to do 

that,” Goudzwaard said. 

“Sports is a way out of the 

sadness and dark feeling everyone 

was feeling.” 

*** 

Luke Davis sat in his 

compact Malibu High office 

on a May afternoon, 

occasionally peeking out his 

window to look at the past. 

He could see clearly 

the effects of the fire from 

his desk. Past the portable 

classrooms and blacktopped 

parking lot, Davis eyed the 

charcoaled trees and disintegrated 

homes. The view 

consumed him. It took static 

and chatter from a walkietalkie 

to break the MHS 

boys basketball coach’s 

stare. 

“The effects of the fire, 

man, were a lot. It was a lot 

to deal with,” Davis said before 

pausing to look again 

to the past. “It was a tough 

situation.” 

A cloud-dotted blue sky 

on that May afternoon was 

a far cry from what he saw 

on his third day as the program’s 

coach, Nov. 8, when 

he was forced to cancel 

practice as hell rolled down 

the mountainside. 

Etched forever in Davis’ 

memory is the orange blaze 

and smoke coming from the 

hills when he returned that 

day from the gym to his office. 

He would not run a practice 

in the Malibu High gym 

for a month after the Woolsey 

Fire. Many in-season 

Sharks programs canceled 

practices, while gamedays 

became a concern. 

Davis had to withdraw 

his team from three tournaments 

and all but two preseason 

games. This was not 

the way he wanted to start 

his coaching tenure. But he 

had no choice. 

“At that point, as a coach, 

I couldn’t be selfish,” Davis 

remembered. “I understood; 

[the fire] didn’t affect me.” 

Andy Meyer had the 

same hardships. The girls 

basketball head coach also 

canceled practice because 

of poor air quality the day 

the fire started. 

He offered his home in 

Culver City to any of his 

players and their families, 

but after that, he didn’t 

know what to do. 

“It’s tough as a coach 

and a teacher,” Meyer said. 

“You want to help, but what 

can you do?” 

Within the first few days 

of the fire, basketball players 

reached out to both 

coaches about practices. 

Some players sent texts 

needing a place to stay while 

others just wanted to stay in 

contact, but both coaches 

were surprised at what the 

kids — many with their 

lives very recently changed 

forever — wanted the most: 

They wanted to play basketball 

again. 

Both coaches contacted 

area gyms to see if there 

were spaces for their teams 

to practice. The details 

(time, place, who showed 

up) didn’t matter. What 

mattered was offering the 

escape the student-athletes 

needed. 

Davis and Meyer secured 

gym time at Santa Monica 

High School and tried to run 

practices like they normally 

would, even though normal 

was now a confusing word. 

“To me, it was to get their 

normal life back again,” 

Meyer said. “There were 

two practices where everyone 

was there. I could tell 

there was an awkward feeling. 

You could see things 

had changed a bit because 

of what they went through.” 

It was quiet. Eerily but 

understandably silent, players 

waited around the court 

for their turn to practice. 

Meyer told the girls to start 

getting ready, and then 

something happened. 

“They went to go put 

shoes on and just started 

jabbering,” Meyer said. 

“This forced them to get together; 

it was almost like it 

was a month before.” 

Their chatter continued as 

they warmed up. Normally, 

Meyer like most coaches 

would tame the chatter, but 

things were different now, 

and Meyer didn’t know 

what to do: Should he let 

them talk or be the stern 

coach he had always been? 

Before he could decide, 

the players started to run 

practice, competing with the 

same focus he was used to. 

For those hour or twohour 

long practices, with 

devastating circumstances 

waiting outside the gym 

doors, basketball took over. 

Many other MHS teams 

and student-athletes went 

through the same recovery 

process when students 

reunited when school resumed. 

No matter which 

sport it was, it served as a 

respite, stability amid chaos 

— a way to forget, if only 

for 120 minutes. 

MHS basketball player 

Chloe Dyne was one of 

about 50 district students 

who lost a home in the fire. 

Her new home was a hotel 

Editor’s Note 

This is the first part in 

a two-part series about 

how sports in Malibu 

served as a necessary 

interruption and respite 

for both athletes and 

coaches post-fire. Stay 

tuned for Part II of the 

series in next week’s 

edition. 

room in Santa Monica, so 

when she had the chance to 

escape through basketball, 

she took it. 

“I think sports, for me, 

has always been something 

to take me away from reality, 

but especially during 

the fires, it was nice to get 

away from it all — trying to 

replace stuff and worrying 

about where we’re going 

to move next,” Dyne said. 

“That was a way to escape 

from the world and focus on 

one thing at a time.” 

Both Davis and Meyer 

canceled games. Two players 

from Davis’ team never 

returned to Malibu or the 

team after their houses were 

destroyed, while others 

needed time as their families 

worked through next 

steps. 

Since some student-athletes 

didn’t return as quickly 

as others, fewer players 

were available to compete. 

And there were plenty of 

smaller logistical concerns: 

With the homes, the fire 

took clothes, like jerseys. 

During basketball games, 

some Malibu players wore 

illegal numbers, but not 

many officials charged the 

technical fouls, and when 

they were charged, op- 

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The water’s fine 

Children’s Lifesaving Foundation gets children in the water at 

annual Surf Camp 4 All event 

Children’s Lifesaving Foundation surf camp attendees (left to right) Learsi Auregui, 

Jayda Reyna and Kierea Jones run through the water at Zuma Beach on Friday, July 12. 

For the fourth year in a row, Rothschild & Co provided volunteers and sponsored the 

event. Photos by Stephanie Chaisson/Surfside News 

Chase Rojas attempts to surf during the 

CLF surf camp at Zuma Beach. Children, 

young adults and families from Covenant 

House, Girls Inc and My Friends Place 

participated in arts and crafts, boogie 

boarding, and surfing. 

Kelsey Vinson (left) persuades Savannah 

Petit to go into the water during the CLF 

surf camp at Zuma Beach. 

(Left to right) Jay Allen, Coty Holsey, Nathan House, Brittney Jimenez and Chase Rojas 

practice popping up at Zuma Beach during the camp. 

Mia Campos (left) jumps over water with Camila Campos at the CLF surf camp. 

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posing coaches graciously 

didn’t accept them. 

Neither basketball team 

went on to make a postseason 

run, but the teams 

fought every chance they 

got. They were fighting 

plenty, but the sport allowed 

them an outlet in 

which to exert that energy. 

The dubious fight to find 

normal became something 

definite: a fight for a loose 

ball or a fight for a victory. 

Davis again sat back in 

his chair and turned his eyes 

toward the window, where 

he could see construction 

workers rebuilding in the 

distance. 

He smiled. 

“It’s very encouraging,” 

Davis said. “If they can 

rebuild and stay and say, 

‘This isn’t going to get the 

best of me,’ what I have to 

go through is very miniscule. 

Just to know that the 

community is still here and 

[staying mad is] not worth 

it. … To know that they are 

rebuilding says a lot of what 

type of people are here.”

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above: 06/2019. /s/:MARISA DZINTARS, 

MARISA DZINTARS AND /s/:MICHELLE 

BARBIC, MICHELLE BARBIC; SO RAH 

JEWELRY. This statement was filed with the 

County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 















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doing business as ENCHANTING FAN- 

TASY GARDENS, 21830 DUMETZ ROAD 

WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364. The full 

name of registrant is: SHAWN 

LOCHRIDGE 21830 DUMETZ ROAD 

WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364. This business 

is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not commenced to transact 


listed above. /s/:SHAWN LOCHRIDGE, 

SHAWN LOCHRIDGE, ENCHANTING 

FANTASY GARDENS. This statement was 


LES County on 06/17/2019. NOTICE: THIS 


MENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM 

THE DATE ITWAS FILED INTHE OF- 

FICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 


MENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TOTHAT 

DATE. The filing ofthis statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious 

business name statement inviolation 

of the rights ofanother under federal, state, 

or common law (see Section 1441et seq., 

Business and Professions Code). MALIBU 

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doing business as FOUND ORGANIZING, 

17 PARK AVE. APT. 11 VENICE, CA 

90291. The full name ofregistrant is: KA- 

MILLE VANWARMERDAM, 17 PARK 

AVE. APT. 11 VENICE, CA 90291. This 

business is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not commenced to 

transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above. /s/: KAMILLE VAN- 

WARMERDAM, KAMILLE VAN- 

WARMERDAM, OWNER, FOUND OR- 

GANIZING. This statement was filed with 

the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County 

on 06/18/2019. NOTICE: THIS FICTI- 

TIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 


IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OFTHE 











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doing business as NAILSBYKALEE, 44650 

VALLEY CENTRAL WAY SUITE #12, 

LANCASTER, CA 93536 AND 27928 

PERIWINKLE LANE, VALENCIA, CA 

91354. The full name ofregistrant is: KA- 

LEE VALERIE ROSE RUSSO, 27928 

PERIWINKLE LANE, VALENCIA, CA 

91354. This business isbeing conducted by: 

an Individual. The registrant commenced to 


name listed above: 06/2019. /s/:KALEE 

VALERIE ROSE RUSSO, KALEE VALE- 

RIE ROSE RUSSO, OWNER, NAILS- 

BYKALEE. This statement was filed with 





IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OFTHE 











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doing business as THE LANDEROS 

LEARNING CO, CONTIGO LANGUAGE 

LEARNING 5353 EDNA ST APT 4, LOS 

ANGELES, CA 90032. The full name ofregistrant 

is: THE LANDEROS LEARNING 

CO.,5353 EDNA ST APT 4LOS ANGE- 

LES, CA 90032. This business isbeing conducted 

by: a Corporation. The registrant 

commenced to transact business under the 

fictitious business name listed above: 

06/2019. /s/:CLAUDIA SLANDEROS DE 

OCHOA, CLAUDIA S LANDEROS DE 

OCHOA, THE LANDEROS LEARNING 

CO., CONTIGO LANGUAGE LEARNING. 

















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doing business as ELEVATED GROWTH, 

445 NROSSMORE AVE #313, LOS AN- 

GELES, CA, 90004 and 209 E 11TH 

STREET #2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90015. 

The full name of registrant is: SEYED 

HAFEZ ADEL 445 NROSSMORE AVE 

#313, LOS ANGELES, CA 90004. This 

business is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not commenced to 


name listed above. /s/:SEYED HAFEZ 

ADEL, SEYED HAFEZ ADEL, OWNER, 

ELEVATED GROWTH. This statement was 


LES County on 06/21/2019. NOTICE: THIS 


MENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM 

THE DATE ITWAS FILED INTHE OF- 

FICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW 


MENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TOTHAT 

DATE. The filing ofthis statement does not 

of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious 

business name statement inviolation 

of the rights ofanother under federal, state, 

or common law (see Section 1441et seq., 

Business and Professions Code). MALIBU 

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doing business as PAWSITIVE HOUND 

DOG TRAINING, 19538 CALVERT 

STREET TARZANA, CA 91335. The full 

name of registrant is: KIM KURLAND, 

19538 CALVERT STREET TARZANA, CA 


an Individual. The registrant commenced to 


name listed above: 06/2019. /s/:KIM KUR- 

LAND, KIM KURLAND, OWNER, 

PAWSITIVE HOUND DOG TRAINING. 

















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doing business as WATCHMODE, 3435 

OCEAN PARK BLVD #107D, SANT 

MONICA, CA 90405. The full name ofregistrant 

is: METEORIC, LLC, 3435 OCEAN 

PARK BLVD #107D, SANT MONICA, CA 


an Limited Liablity Company. The registrant 

commenced to transact business under the 

fictitious business name listed above: 

04/2019. /s/:BRIAN MEINHAUS, BRIAN 

M EINHAUS, PRESIDENT, 

METEORIC,LLC. This statement was filed 

with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES 

County on 07/01/2019. NOTICE: THIS FIC- 

TITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 













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doing business as WESTSIDE ETCH, 1000 

S. ALFRED ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 

90035. The full name of registrant is: 

ALYSSA ANNE LOWE, 1000 S. ALFRED 

ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90035. This business 

is being conducted by: an Individual. 

The registrant has not commenced to transact 


listed above. /s/:ALYSSA ANNE LOWE, 

ALYSSA ANNE LOWE, OWNER, WEST- 

SIDE ETCH. This statement was filed with 
















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doing business asMITCHELLDOESHAIR, 

22201 VENTURA BLVD, WOODLAND 

HILLS, CA 91364. The full name ofregistrant 

is: MICHAEL MITCHELL, 22201 

VENTURA BLVD, WOODLAND HILLS, 

CA 91364. This business isbeing conducted 

by: an Individual. The registrant commenced 

to transact business under the fictitious business 

name listed above: 07/2019. /s/: MI- 

CHAEL MITCHELL, MICHAEL 

MITCHELL, OWNER, MITCHELLDOE- 

SHAIR. This statement was filed with the 

County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 















07/25/2019, 08/01/2019, 08/08/2019 


PERSONS: 

Petitioner Michael David Johnson 

Jr filed apetiton with this court 

for adecree changing names as 

follows: 

Present Name: Michael David 

Johnson Jr to Proposed Name: 

Prince Mikhail Dawid Johnson El 

Case No. 19CHCP00215 


persons interested inthis matter 


















Date: August 19th, 2019

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PERSONS: 

Petitioner Estilito Jose Diaz filed 

apetiton with this court for adecree 

changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Estilito Jose Diaz 

to Proposed Name: Estilito Jose 

Diaz El 





















Date: August 19th, 2019 

Time: 8:30 AM 


Room: 



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9425 Penfield Ave 



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PERSONS: 

Petitioner Gabrielle Elise Dunn 

filed apetition with this court for 

adecree changing names as follows: 

Present Name: Gabrielle Elise 

Dunn to Proposed Name: Gabrielle 

Elise Dunn El. 










above must file awritten objeci 

h i l d h f 

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without a hearing. 


Date: August 26, 2019 

Time: 8:30 AM 


Room: 

The address ofthe court is: Superior 

Court of California, County 

of Los Angeles 

9425 Penfield Ave. 


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