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VOLUME 35 • NUMBER 50 THE COMMUNITY FORUM OCTOBER 16 • 2008 

MALIBUSurfsideNEWS 

TREE TRIBULATION—Just last year, this pink-blossomed floss silk tree in the Civic Center area was surrounded by scorched terrain from 

a wildfire that took a major toll a few weeks earlier. This week, almost a year to the date, smoke and ash swirled around its branches as two 

major northern wildfires raged out of control. The tree has survived wildfires dating back to the 1940s, according to Malibu oldtimers who 

say it has never failed to put on a floral display at a time of year when Santa Ana winds put Malibu at nature’s mercy. MSN/Frank Lamonea 

FRONT PAGE 

Fire Officials Feared Sesnon Blaze 

Could Have Burned to the Sea 

2 

NEWS UPDATE 

Local Volunteers Prep for Annual 

Malibu Free Arts Benefit Gala 

5 

ISSUES 

Planning Commission to Hear Final 

Plans for Trancas Canyon Park 

9 

COMMUNITY 

Vineyard Harvest and Crush Event 

Raises Funds for At-Risk Youth 

13 

SPOTLIGHT 

Experts Warn that Invasive Spurge 

Plant Can Be a Health Hazard 

17 

THIS WEEK 

Opinion 4 

People 6 

Doings 8 

Notices 10 

Calendar 12 

Community 13 

Puzzle 16 

Spotlight 17 

Real Estate 18 

Classifieds 22

PAGE 2 MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS OCTOBER 16 • 2008 

FrontPAGE 

Officials Feared Runaway Wildfire Had Potential to Reach Coast 

■ Porter Ranch Blaze Was Headed Southwest until Wind Changes Altered Its Behavior 

Powerful Santa Ana winds 

had already whipped one 

wildfire into an uncontrollable 

frenzy when a second fire 

broke out Monday morning on 

Oat Mountain above Porter 

Ranch and quickly grew as 35 to 

45 mph winds, with gusts as high 

as 70 mph, fanned the flames. 

Malibuites who know the community’s 

fire history joined county 

fire officials in recalling the 

Wright and Clampitt fires that 

also started near Oat Mountain 

and traveled over two mountain 

ranges, through Chatsworth to the 

ocean, in September 1970. That 

wildfire claimed 135,000 acres 

and destroyed 226 structures. 

As the Malibu Surfside News 

went to press, the fire had claimed 

over 13,000 acres and at least 20 

structures. More than 3000 people 

had been evacuated from hundreds 

of homes. The fire is not yet 

under control, but containment is 

expected by Saturday, as long as 

the wind and weather cooperate. 

An all-out aerial assault, including 

the leased SuperScoopers that 

had just arrived in Los Angeles 

County, helicopters, and the DC- 

10, and intensely focused ground 

crews kept losses down. 

A shift in winds Tuesday reduced 

the risk the Sesnon Fire in 

the Porter Ranch area would follow 

its 1970 predecessor. The fire, 

described in its first few hours as 

“a blowtorch we can’t get in front 

of” by a county fire official, took 

turns inland rather than march to 

the sea. A flare-up west toward 

Simi Valley was an unknown variable 

as The News went to press. 

Though Malibu was 20 miles 

away from the flames, smoke and 

ash followed the southwest thrust 

of the Santa Anas before nature 

came to the rescue of weary fire 

“This fire has theeie 

real potential [to 

reach] Pacific 

Coast [Highway].” 

crews and Monday night’s winds 

fell short of 60-plus mph forecasts. 

The seriousness of the potential 

danger to Malibu from the Sesnon 

blaze was reiterated by Los Angeles 

County Fire Chief P. Michael 

Freeman at press conferences 

at 4:40 and 6:30 p.m. on Monday. 

Freeman said, “This fire has the 

real potential of moving all the 

way down to the 101 freeway and 

perhaps even as far as Pacific 

Coast [Highway].” 

“[The fire] can go from here to 

the ocean in a matter of two to 

three hours,” said Los Angeles 

County Supervisor Zev Yaroslav- 

Water Fight Could Lead to 

‘Septic System Prohibition’ 

■ City and Regional Board at Odds 

Afight has broken out between 

the City of Malibu 

and the Regional Water 

Quality Control Board over the 

city’s oversight of its Lumber 

Yard shopping center. In what is 

considered a punitive action, the 

board, at a meeting on Nov. 13, is 

expected to consider rescinding a 

memo of understanding that 

gives the city waste discharge 

permitting power. 

The tentative resolution, if 

adopted by the board next month, 

could result in the board directing 

the staff to prepare a septic system 

prohibition. 

At the least, it could delay the 

opening of the shopping center 

by months, if not longer. and impact 

other commercial permits. 

In September, the city notified 

the regional board of its intent to 

regulate its own discharge of the 

shopping center under the MOU. 

Shortly thereafter, the board notified 

the city and Richard Weintraub, 

who is building the center, 

of its intent to issue waste discharge 

requirements for non-restaurant 

flows less than 3200 gallons 

per day and advised both parties 

that should the shopping center 

open without its requirements, 

the board might take enforcement 

action for illegal discharge. 

A week later, the city told the 

state agency it intended to issue a 

permit for the shopping plaza 

under the MOU. Another week 

went by, and the board issued a 

30-days notice letter informing 

the city of its intent to terminate 

the MOU. The city has continued 

overseeing the construction and 

permiting for the shopping center, 

according to RWQCB. 

The give and take between the 

board and the city goes back sev- 

(Continued on page 5 

sky at a press conference, and 

match the the October 1978 

Kanan Fire that burned 25,000 

acres and 230 homes in its twoand-a-half 

hour push from Ladyface 

Mountain to Broad Beach. 

The threat from Sesnon kept 

local fire crews on alert. County 

fire department spokesperson 

Maria Grycan said Malibu had received 

augmented staffing as soon 

as Santa Anas were forecast. 

An additional strike team was 

staged at Pepperdine University, 

another in Agoura Hills, which 

could have been in the path of a 

southwest-moving Sesnon Fire, 

as well as one at Camp 8. 

A fourth firefighter was assigned 

to Malibu Stations 70, 72 

and 99 to assure added personnel 

if the crews were called out. Grycan 

said patrols staffed with a 

captain and a firefighter reconnoitered 

the coastal area on Monday 

when the danger was most acute. 

Local residents were urged by 

county officials to monitor news 

reports on the fire and be prepared 

to take appropriate action if fire 

lines began to travel down traditional 

paths through the Santa 

Monicas to the ocean. 

Although the Marek Fire in the 

East Valley posed no evident danger 

to the local coast before its 

near containment, it was a classic 

example of a wind-driven blaze 

that took its toll before firefighters 

could meet it head on. One fire 

official at the scene said, “Wind is 

ON ALERT—Santa Ana winds registering over 80 mph in some 

areas meant local firefighters, including the crew at Station 99 at 

Encinal, were ready for rapid deployment. Able to concentrate 

on the station now that the Sesnon Fire, which could have headed 

toward western Malibu, appears to be taking a different turn 

are (right to left): Captain Rob Smith, Firefighter Sean 

McAfee, Engineer Bob Kelley and Engineer Steve Voegtli. 

king here, it’s dictating everything 

we are doing.” 

The twin blazes, the first conflagrations 

of Southern California’s 

autumn wildfire season, were the 

largest of several that erupted across 

the state this week, burning 

over 27,000 acres from San Diego 

County to San Francisco Bay. 

Malibu’s most devastating 

blaze last year, the Corral Fire, 

occurred in November, and many 

of the scars are still healing. 

Local wildfires used to occur 

once every five or six years, even 

as far apart as a decade or more. 

They now are becoming multiple 

annual events in the Southland. 

Malibu and other fire-prone 

areas desperately need rain, but 

most long-range forecasts are 

grim. Add the drought conditions 

to the increased frequency of 

Santa Ana winds, and there is the 

formula for repeat performances 

of a drama that no one wants to 

watch, let alone try to withstand. 

BY ANNE SOBLE 

City Finances Subject to Nation’s Volatility 

■ Council Members to Consider Halting Optional Studies 

While Malibu city officials 

questioned whether the 

taxpayers’ money was 

safe and secure given the financial 

news of the past few weeks, 

Councilmember Sharon Barovsky 

called on the council to consider 

halting spending money on 

discretionary studies until revenue 

from the Lumber Yard 

shopping center is collected. 

“We are committed to so many 

future projects. I would like to 

talk about holding in abeyance 

all discretionary studies until the 

lumber yard is opened,” said 

Barovsky, who got council members 

to agree to put the matter on 

the next agenda for discussion. 

Since the city depends on 

much of its revenue from property 

tax and given the volatile markets 

including real estate, according 

to Barovsky, that steady revenue 

stream could suddenly drop 

if payments decline in some kind 

of dramatic fashion because of a 

reduction in property values. 

SUPPORTERS—Four members of the Malibu City Council individually 

endorsed Cynthia Loo (center), a candidate for Los 

Angeles Superior Court judge, at a press conference before 

Monday night’s council meeting. Loo grew up in Malibu and 

attended local schools. Urging yes votes for Loo are Andy Stern, 

Jefferson Wagner, Sharon Barovsky and John Sibert. MSN/Bill Koeneker 

Earlier, council members had 

called on Reva Feldman, the 

city’s administrative services 

director, for a briefing on the status 

of the municipality’s money 

in terms of what kind of financial 

shape the city is in. 

“We are in pretty good shape,” 

replied Feldman, who explained 

that the city banks with Bank of 

America where its checking 

account is located. 

Banks are required to insure 

(Continued on page 9)

OCTOBER 16 • 2008 MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS PAGE 3 

Political Commercial Puts 

Pepperdine at Legal Risk 

■ Problem Prop. 8 Ad Is Still Running 

In a recent controversial commercial, 

Californians are urged 

to vote yes on Proposition 8, a 

2008 California General Election 

ballot measure titled, “Eliminates 

Right of Same-Sex Couples To 

Marry.” However, locally, a key 

aspect of its controversy is less 

with the message, but with the 

messenger—specifically, the messenger’s 

use of his job description. 

Pepperdine University School 

of Law professor Richard Peterson 

appears in the commercial 

stating, “That changes a lot of 

things. People sued over personal 

beliefs, churches could lose their 

tax exemption, gay marriage 

taught in public schools.” 

According to the Federal 

Elections Campaign Act of 1971, 

Pepperdine University, or any 

other not-for-profit entity, must 

not associate with political campaigns, 

nor engage in activities 

that promote or advance a political 

candidate, political party, 

proposition, or political action 

committee. 

Professor Peterson also appears 

in another Yes on Proposition 

8 commercial stating, 

“Think it can’t happen? It’s 

Planning Panel OKs Off-Site View 

Corridor— $ 1 Million Gift Promised 

■ Third Change of Location (and Money) May Be the Charm 

already happened. When Massachusetts 

legalized gay marriage Another change of location for of Malibu, he is a supporter of state. 

schools began teaching second an off-site view corridor— environmental protection. “This “This amendment would lessen 

graders that boys can marry boys. this time on Big Rock will provide significant benefit to the effect of the special condition 

The courts ruled parents had no Beach—and a promise of a $1 mil- the city’s residents and visitors,” providing for on-site view protec- 

right to object.” 

lion donation for Legacy Park he told the commission. tion and cannot [be] justified by 

Many have voiced their opin- swayed opponents and the Malibu Neighbors up and down the any material change in conditions. 

ions that Pepperdine has breached Planning Commission last week coastline, where Morton had It would set a very poor precedent 

the Elections Act, as included in when the co-founder of the Hard 

for those that accept conditions in 

this issue’s Letters to the Editor. Rock Cafe empire, Peter Morton, 

order to obtain a [permit] and then 

In an Oct. 3 email sent to stu- got approval for the complicated 

attempt to evade the conditions 

scheme that requires a Local 

upon which a [permit] is based,” 

dents, Pepperdine president An- 

Coastal Program amendment, ap- 

the petition had stated. 

drew Benton acknowledged the 

“[This] would settt 

proval by the city council and the 

“The possible availability of 

controversy regarding the com- 

California Coastal Commission. 

public views in other locations 

mercial. 

Various neighbors from La a poor precedent along the California coast does 

“Several students have raised 

not justify Mr. Morton’s attempt 

issues concerning the fact that one Costa and Las Flores beaches, 

to limit public views from his 

of our university professors pres- over the months, had complained [on ways] to property, where public views 

ently appears in an ad in support and signed petitions when Morton 

were diminished by his extensive 

of a ballot proposition that he is sought to demolish a house at Las 

construction,” the petition added. 

named, along with his Pepperdine Flores Beach and, before that, an iiievade conditions.” But that viewpoint changed at 

affiliation,” Benton said in the existing residence on La Costa 

last week’s planning commission 

email. “I want you to know that Beach to comply with the condi- 

meeting. 

we have asked that any reference tions for a view corridor required floated his idea about demolishing The planning panel is charged 

to Pepperdine University be with- by the CCC for his permit to build a house and turning it into a view with making a recommendation 

drawn immediately for the rea- a mansion on Carbon Beach. corridor, decried the idea of Mor- about the LCPA, which must be 

sons I noted above, and we have Currently, the city’s Local ton shifting his obligations from approved by the city council and 

been assured it will happen.” Coastal Program does not allow his Carbon Beach home onto subsequently by the California 

However, as this week’s issue offsite view corridor mitigation, another beachfront community Coastal Commission. 

of the Malibu Surfside News goes thus the need for an amendment. until he offered to do the same on Attorney Alan Block, who was 

to press, the commercial is still Morton, explaining the million- Big Rock Beach near a public hired by one opposing homeown- 

airing on local network stations dollar gift to the city for Legacy viewing area called Vista Point, a er and had helped spearhead the 

(Continued on page 16) Park, said, as a longtime resident view corridor established by the 

(Continued on page 11) 

Special Ed Program Celebrates Proactive Approach 

■ Foundation’s First Back-to-School Night Brings Parents, Teachers and Staff Together 

Parents of special education 

students had an opportunity 

to meet each other and visit 

with school administrators, special 

education teachers and support 

staff at the Malibu Special 

Education Foundation’s first backto-school 

night. The foundation, 

established in 2002, helps fund 

programs for children with disabilities 

and their parents and teachers 

in Malibu and Santa Monica. 

At the event, packets of information 

were handed out, parents were 

encouraged to join the organization’s 

parent support group, and 

tables were laden with special education 

resources. MSEF members 

were on hand to answer questions, 

together with an assortment of district 

officials and guests, including 

Interim Superintendent Tim 

Cuneo, Director of Special Education 

Ruth Valadez, board of education 

members Kathy Wisnicki 

and Maria Leon-Vazquez, and 

board candidate Ben Allen. 

A dinner, served al fresco in the 

quad at Malibu High School, was 

followed by speeches in the library, 

delivered to a standingroom-only 

crowd. Teachers and 

staff were greeted with cheers and 

applause in an evening punctuated 

with tears and laughter. 

“You are part of what makes 

Malibu Special Education so wonderful,” 

special education activist 

and MSEF board member Laureen 

Sills told the audience. “It’s the 

gem of the district, and I’m honored 

and proud to be part of this.” 

Tim Cuneo, the district’s interim 

superintendent, had praise for the 

program, which he described as a 

wonderful model. “We are going 

to be capturing many things you 

are doing here,” he said. “We really 

want to carefully look at the programs 

we’re offering and the way 

in which we are doing our business 

and continue to improve our program. 

We’re looking at many of 

the things you have here. We’ll be 

studying the entire special education 

program in our district.” 

Cuneo also had praise for the 

parents. “What is really very 

unique are the parents who work 

with us together to do what’s best 

for our children. Thank you for 

that. We will make sure to work 

very closely with you to make sure 

we deliver what’s best for all our 

children. It’s so important to have 

that kind of commitment.” 

Ruth Valadez, the districts special 

education director, also 

expressed appreciation to the 

Malibu community and the MSEF 

parents for their support. She 

announced that, thanks to MSEF, 

Cabrillo Elementary school will 

soon have an occupational therapy 

clinic, the second OTC for Malibu 

schools. She also invited Malibu 

parents to the SMMUSD’s PTA 

Council Fall Forum on Nov. 15 at 

BUDDY SYSTEM—Malibu High School student volunteers Simon Ettenger and Danielle 

Murray tell an appreciative audience about MSEF’s Best Buddies program, which provides 

disabled students an opportunity to engage in activities with “typical peers.” Recent 

events have included field trips to Disneyland and a Clippers’ game. MSN/Suzanne Guldimann 

John Adams Middle School in 

Santa Monica. Valadez said that 

the half-day event will offer parents 

the opportunity to review the 

district’s new special education 

handbook, which was developed 

in response to last year’s special 

education report and subsequent 

controversy. 

“We’re a room of problem 

solvers,” said MHS psychologist 

Juliette Boewe. “This is what 

works, all of us here tonight. For 

those of you at the elementary and 

preschool level that are here, I welcome 

you, and let you know this is 

your home in a few years. You’re 

going to be here with us and we’re 

so excited to be part of the education 

of your children. It’s a journey 

for all of us.” 

Board of education member 

Kathy Wisnicki called MSEF “a 

true example of equality for all. “I 

have sat with you for the past four 

years and really listened to parents 

stories, listened to parents shedding 

tears over sometimes how difficult 

things can be and knowing 

that you come together and support 

each other. You struggle, but 

you also share in your joy. I think 

that’s why we end up with a positive 

outcome. Parents have been in 

there not only with resources 

financially but with a personal 

commitment of time.” 

“We want to make sure ever 

child who needs help receives it,” 

said Point Dume Elementary 

School’s Julie Siegel. 

“I think Santa Monica could 

learn a lot from Malibu’s example, 

particularly the Malibu Special Education 

Foundation,” school board 

candidate Ben Allen told the Malibu 

Surfside News after the event. 

BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN


Town FORUM 

L-E-T-T-E-R-S 

to the 

E-D-I-T-O-R 

FIRE FLIGHT 

Editor: 

It seems to me that Malibu tends to be reactive, instead of 

proactive when it comes to the yearly fires. After the Corral 

fire in ’07, my friend Tim Harvey took the time to investigate 

what it would cost to have an aircraft flown during red 

flag and Santa Ana conditions. 

The entire cost for the 24/7 surveillance would break 

down to approximately $200 an hour. When we see the devastation 

to our community members, it doesn’t seem so 

prohibitively expensive, does it? 

Perhaps our mayor or city council should make this happen. 

Is there a “good Samaritan” out there that would 

want to take this on? 

Does anyone else feel we in Malibu should be more proactive 

when it comes to these yearly dangerous fire seasons? 

If there is anyone out there that feels this is important 

please contact our mayor, as this has been proposed but 

nothing has moved on it. 

Leslee Cook 

RIGHTS ROIL 

Editor: 

I am thoroughly disgusted by the political advertisement 

“Yes on 8” featuring Pepperdine Professor Richard Peterson. 

What a sad commentary on Pepperdine. I realize Pepperdine 

is a Christian university, but I have been the 

employer of many babysitters over the years from Pepperdine 

and my favorite “mannies” were gay and struggled 

incredibly with their Christian upbringing and the “reality” 

of their genetics. I held their hands as they came to terms 

with who they were as people and accepted the fact that 

they could still love the Lord and be gay. 

I know that there are some (I’ve heard many) gay students 

at Pepperdine, and I shudder to think of what kind of 

message this professor’s right wing tirade will send to these 

young students. I shudder to think of the message these ads 

send to my kids who have grown to know gay students 

from Pepperdine and accept them without question. It was 

a great life lesson for my teenagers as they became aware 

of the societal taboo one of their favorite sitters had to 

endure. My teenagers and their surfer dude friends learned 

to really like our gay sitters and will walk through the rest 

of their lives without the burden of intolerance fostered by 

ignorance. 

I called the university president’s office to voice my 

complaints and received an email with a press release stating 

that Pepperdine doesn’t endorse this professor’s comments 

and had succeeded in getting the commercial producers 

to take off Pepperdine’s name from Professor Peterson’s 

ignorant and intolerant comments. 

To close, I guess it is fair to say that if one supports equal 

rights for all Americans, women, men, black, white, disabled 

and, yes...gay, they will vote no on 8. My teenager, 

who will be voting in his first election, will most certainly 

do so and proudly. 

Laureen Sills 

Editor’s Note: The commercial with the Pepperdine ID line is still 

being run on network television as The News goes to press. 

FARM FIX 

Editor: 

I am pleased to see that Proposition 2 has opened up for 

discussion the treatment of farm animals, especially those in 

factory farms now owned by a handful of multinational corporations. 

The animals are now treated as commodities 

rather than living things. We must stop this inhumane and 

unhealthy system currently in place from conception to 

slaughterhouse. In doing so, we also save ourselves. 

Factory farm animals have altered genetic makeups (similar 

to inbreeding). These mono-breeding programs that escalate 

growth and milk and egg production take their toll, 

putting animals under great stress and pain (e.g. brittle 

bones, painful udders), pushing animals to their limits. 

(Letters are continued on page 15) 

You know the Santa 

Anas are going to be 

bad when you can’t 

stay on your feet 

during the gusts! 

Publisher’s NOTEBOOK 

Firefighters know that the wind rules. The courageous 

and skilled men and women who fly the aircraft 

and walk the fire lines know that nature decides 

the destiny of the infernos that ever more frequently 

remind us of our fragile hold on the environment 

in which we dwell. The Malibu autumn 

mantra has always been a variant of “If it’s October, 

the Santa Ana winds will blow; if the Santa Anas 

blow, sparks will fly; if sparks fly, wildfire will follow.” 

This is now a year-round litany, as climate 

change spurs the state’s drought conditions and 

intensive development in the wildland interface 

makes fire control increasingly problematic. 

However, even the most negligible incidents can 

illustrate the wind’s power. In what is now second 

nature during Santa Anas, I was out Sunday night 

and pre-dawn on Monday clocking winds that 

ranged from 25 to 60 mph. When I arrived at the 

newspaper offices early Monday morning, my trusty 

pocket weather tracker and wind meter registered 

gusts in back of the building at 70 mph. The wind 

was strong, but I’ve held my ground in comparable 

conditions before. I have clocked gale force blasts of 

84 mph in the mountains from the safety of my car. 

But I was caught off guard when I turned the corner 

of the building. As I reached for the door knob, 

a gale force blast of at least 78 to 80 mph knocked 

me to the ground. The wind meter landed at my 

side, and only swift reflexes kept it from being 

blown away. The two sacks of market supplies I 

was bringing to the office had been snatched from 

my left hand, and the bags and their contents were 

scattered across the parking lot. Some of them were 

never recovered. The assumption is they were carried 

over adjacent fences, never to be seen again. 

Still sitting on the ground, I turned my back to the 

You think that’s bad! 

What is it about the 

plumes of smoke and 

raining ash that you 

don’t understand? 

It’s All about the Wind Wind 

wind and tried to stand. The wind was just too 

strong. I would start to get up, only to be buffeted 

again. Fortunately, at that point, a colleague rounded 

the corner and got help. They provided a wind 

shield and assistance. After determining that the 

worst of the damage was a sore shoulder, a scraped 

knee, and an aubergine bruise the size of a soccer 

ball, the realization sunk in that the removal of a 

huge old tree and shoulder-high hedges to facilitate 

construction below the building had transformed the 

terminus of the Kanan Dume Road wind tunnel into 

a vortex. When one of the fire officials said this 

week, “Wind is king,” I humbly concurred. 

ANNE SOBLE 

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RWQCB 

(Continued from page 2) 

eral years, with each side 

apparently making promises 

about what would and could 

happen. 

The city agreed to build a 

centralized plant in the Civic 

Center seven years ago and, 

after buying the Chili Cook- 

Off site, gave the RWQCB 

the impression it thought 

that would become what 

some at the time derisively 

named Leachfield Park. 

However, further study 

found the site unsuitable for 

wastewater disposal, if the 

city was going to use it for a 

stormwater storage facility 

and the city moved forward 

with stormwater treatment 

at that location. 

The wastewater component 

got put on hold while 

the city worked on lumber 

yard septic issues. 

Then the city decided to 

discharge lumber yard effluent 

at Legacy Park and that 

led to further scrutiny by the 

RWQCB. 

City officials originally 

thought they had an agreement 

with RWQCB officials 

that if they did a $500,000 

groundwater monitoring 

study, they could proceed 

with the lumber yard permitting. 

But when the Legacy 

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RWQCB staff found 

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with groundwater discharge 

pertaining to the 

lumber yard and told city 

officials there were no studies 

about overall water quality 

impacts since the city 

indicated it was delaying a 

wastewater treatment plant 

and proceeding with stormwater 

treatment only. 

During the previous year, 

the city and RWQCB staff 

had contined to meet on the 

lumber yard permit. 

RWQCB indicated they told 

the city about completing a 

groundwater study. 

However, the RWQCB 

now says that despite the 

meetings between regional 

staff and the city, differences 

evolved about how that study 

would be conducted. 

The RWQCB staff subsequently 

met with Weintraub 

in an attempt to revise the 

engineering designs for the 

shopping center to comply 

with state and regional water 

quality plans. 

After an apparent agreement 

on the conditions required 

by the state agency 

for discharge, the RWQCB 

staff insists technical plans 

sent back to the regional 

staff did not meet all of the 

requirements and the matter 

is considered incomplete. 

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By then Weintraub and 

the city complained that the 

shopping center would not 

open as planned in October 

2008. That is when the city 

reaffirmed it was going to 

issue a permit for the shopping 

center. 

Now the regional board 

staff says it found that the 

“assimilative capacity of the 

Civic Center area is already 

exceeded under certain conditions. 

The existing onsite 

wastewater treatment commercial 

system in the Civic 

Center have systems which 

fail to adequately treat the 

entire volume of waste treated 

and which do not maintain 

the minimum five feet 

of separation.” 

The tentative resolution 

states the city has failed to 

impose and enforce the 

board’s requirements on 

several different counts and 

the MOU could be terminated 

without immediate renegotiation, 

and dischargers 

will be required to apply for 

permits for their discharges 

and may be subject to enforcement 

action if their 

effluent does not meet water 

quality objectives, if they 

did not previously receive a 

permit from the board, or if 

the permit provided by the 

city does not meet regional 

board standards. 

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Free Arts for Abused Children Plans Benefit 

PLANNING COMMITTEE—Members of the nonprofit Free Arts for Abused 

Children met last week to discuss their upcoming “Art Heals!” fundraiser on 

Thursday, Nov. 13, from 7-10 p.m. at Geoffrey’s Malibu, 27400 Pacific Coast 

Hwy. Pictured above are Cindy Landon, K.J. Margolis, Jeff Chertow, Mindy 

Heydon, Tracy Park, Kathy May, Karrah Lompa and Mary Pritchett. Other 

members of the committee are Stephanie Ex, Lizzie Kipner and Pat Farrar. 

With honorary chair actress Felicity Huffman, the event will include cocktails, 

hors d’oeuvres and an auction. “Free Arts for Abused Children inspires hope 

in the lives of abused, homeless and at-risk children through innovative arts 

programs and positive interactions with caring adult volunteers,” states the 

organization’s mission statement. Some of these programs include the Parents 

and Children Together with Art Program (PACT), the weekly volunteer 

program, courthouse programs and various other special events. Tickets for 

the fundraiser are $150 and can be obtained by calling 310-313-4278, or visiting 

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People&PLACES 

NEWLYWEDS—Latigo residents Eimear Noone and 

Craig Stuart Garfinkle celebrated their marriage on 

Aug. 16 “with our own version of a Malibu Mystery 

Tour,” according to Garfinkle. The ceremony took 

place at Pepperdine’s Stauffer Chapel, followed by a 

reception at Rancho Sol del Pacifico. Noone, a 

native of Galway, Ireland, had almost 80 of her 

friends and family from her homeland at the wedding. 

She is a composer for film and television as 

well as a conductor for the Los Angeles Ballet and 

orchestral recording sessions. Garfinkle is an 

Emmy-nominated composer for film and television 

and a multi-platinum-selling comedy producer. 

Come be a part of the 

Pepperdine Family! 

Free COMMUNITY RECEPTION 

- Come join us! 

Saturday, October 25, 2008 

11 a.m.–1 p.m. (Children’s Story time 12:30–1 p.m.) 

Center for the Arts/Payson Library - Pepperdine University 

Hosted by the Crest Advisory Board 

RSVP/Information: 310-506-4745 

Children’s Story Time/Arts & Crafts 

Museum/Surfboard Collection Tours 

Musical Entertainment 

Complimentary Reception 

All Welcome! 

CONGRATULATIONS—Malibuite Ruth Selwitz won 

first prize in the Malibu Juried Exhibit “Colors, Colors, 

Colors” at the Emeritus College Gallery for her monotype 

“Bliss Fusion,” above. The exhibit will continue 

until Nov. 7 at the gallery, located at 1227 Second St. in 

Santa Monica. Selwitz is a prize-winning artist of 

Women Painters West and the Pacific Palisades Art 

Association. Her work is owned by three museums. 

NEWLY CROWNED—Above, Tami Farrell, left, who 

was recently crowned Miss Malibu 2009, poses with 

local Greer Grammer, who is Miss Teen Malibu 

2008. Farrell, who resides in West Hollywood, was 

chosen over 50 other applicants for the title. A former 

Miss Teen USA, she helped raise more than 

$20 million for charity during her year-long reign in 

2003 and was the American Heart Association’s first 

youth spokesperson. Farrell, who plans to relocate 

to Malibu, is an actress, singer and writer. 

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BY ROBBY MAZZA


Optimists Install New Officers at Annual Picnic 

SWEARING IN—Members of the JOOI Club (Jr. Optimists) were sworn in on the Junior Optimists board 

of directors. Pictured above are Deanne Rollins, Katie Rollins, Rebecca Gray and Sonja Van Soelan. 

TURNOVER—Outgoing president Ann Payne 

passes the gavel to incoming president Al Cowart. 

SOOTHING MUSIC—Rebecca Gray played her 

guitar at the event. MSN Photos/Frank Lamonea 

Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue 

Early Childhood Center opens new classroom for 2-year-olds 

MJC&S’ Early Childhood Center provides a nurturing, loving 

environment, always recognizing that young children have their own 

special ways of learning. Our small teacher-child ratio allows our 

teachers to develop a special bond and relationship with your child 

that will follow them throughout their school years. 

MJC&S’ Early Childhood Center brings together elements 

of Reggio, a program that combines outdoor classroom and 

Jewish life throughout the year. Our ECC accepts children, 

two- through five-years-old as well as children still in diapers. 

ECC school hours are 9:00 am – 2:00pm. On Fridays, please 

join us for Tot Shabbat at 11:15 am. 

We welcome you to stop by and visit our school. Come visit 

our garden, woodworking, clay, block, free art, writing and 

imaginary play areas. 

PERFECT DAY—The installation picnic was held at Zuma Canyon Orchids, where, after the 

ceremonies, the Optimists enjoyed lunch as well as the perfect weather. 

The Mommy & Me Program is a great program for your young child. 

They can enjoy playtime, music, arts and crafts, cooking and discussion 

in this weekly program. This is an opportunity to meet other parents, 

discuss concerns and share ideas. 

Mommy & Me “Wednesday” Program 

(for children, ages 12 months to 24 months) 

Oct. 8 – Dec. 14 • Wednesdays, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 

Synagogue Members, $300 • Non-Members, $350 

Fee includes lunch & supplies, facilitated by Joy Czubiak 

The Tykes & Torah (Shabbat Program for Young Children) 

begins Friday, October 17 at 10:30 am with Rabbi Carrie. 

This program, geared toward young children is followed by 

our musical Tot Shabbat with Cantor Marcelo. 

“As we start this school year, I can honestly say I couldn’t be happier with what has evolved at MJC&S Early Childhood 

Center. When my son came home from the first day of class and said, “That was the BEST DAY EVER!” I knew we were 

off to a great start. As I listen to Jake recount his days, the stories truly get better and better. Whether it’s woodworking 

with Gregory, or practicing his letters as he writes in his journal with Jennifer, or learning the “proper way to cover your 

eyes with three fingers like this, when you say the Shemah” as Melissa taught him, he cannot wait to tell me about his 

exciting days. It is such a pleasure to watch as his teachers engage him in countless, diverse activities from the moment 

he arrives at school. I hope to see more families recognize the opportunity to watch their children flourish, with what I 

see as a dynamic group of educators in the ideal pre-school environment.” ~ Early Childhood Center Parent, Melissa Stein 

For more information on these programs, 

please contact Rabbi Carrie Benveniste 

or Lauren Abramowitz 

at 310-456-2178 

Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue 

24855 Pacific Coast Hwy. 


www.mjcs.org


DoINGS 

Tidepool at the Wallflower Festival 

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL—Children who attended 

the recent Malibu Chamber of Commerce’s 

Wallflower Festival were treated to a 

mobile tide pool. “The children touched sea stars, 

hermit crabs, sea urchins, fish, a brittle star, a sea 

slug, a sea cucumber and many other animals,” 

stated a press release. “It was one of the most 

popular booths at the show.” However, the Malibu 

Chamber of Commerce erroneously reported in a 

press release promoting the event that the tide 

pool was from Aquarium of the Pacific, when, in 

fact it was from Mobile Marine Labs and was 

funded by donations from Michael Novotny of 

Prudential Malibu Realty and Valleycrest Landscape 

Companies and the Sperber family. 

‘Diva’ at Malibu Stage Company 

ON STAGE—The Zuma Repertory Co. is presenting 

Howard Gould’s comedy “Diva” at the Malibu 

Stage Co., 29243 PCH, weekends through Out. 

26. Pictured above is the cast: Jay Tando, Bennett 

Liss, Richard Johnson, Brenda Bakke, Oscar 

Best, John Litten and stage manager Diane Peterson. 

Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 

5 p.m., Sundays. Tickets are $20. For more 

information, call 310-589-1998. 

MHS Artwork at Santa Monica Pier 

Malibu High School Students 

are showcasing a variety 

of artwork at the Sant 

Monica Pier. 

This exhibit is part of a 

rotation art program, where 

local students and community 

groups are invited to 

showcase their artwork on 

the walls of the carousel 

building. 

All of the work in the 

exhibit, which runs through 

Nov. 7, was created by fine 

arts students at MHS generated 

through drawing, painting 

and visual arts classes. 

The pier is located at Colorado 

Blvd. and Ocean Ave. 

For more information, 

call 310-458-8901 or visit 

www.santamonicapier.org. 

Local Business Owners Gather 

CELEBRATION—Longtime Malibu residents 

Dawn Walker, owner of Tops Secret; Melissa 

Moore, owner of Toy Crazy; and Tracy Park, 

owner of Tracy Park Gallery, celebrated Park’s 

gallery’s fourth anniversary recently. 

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9908, . or email us at news@malibusurfsidews.com 

BY ROBBY MAZZA


Councilmember Warns City Finances Are Subject to Nation’s Volatility 

100 percent of whatever 

amount that is deposited in 

public funds, according to 

Feldman. “It is different 

than personal funds,” she 

added. 

The balance of funds are 

kept by the Local Agency 

Investment Fund, a staterun 

agency where public 

entities can invest funds. 

“The funds are invested, 

but are very diversified. 

There is very little risk to 

city funds,” Feldman said. 

“It is not an area where we 

are investing in the high 

risk kinds of activity you 

have been hearing about.” 

The city has two investments 

it is currently holding 

in addition to its investments 

at the LAIF, according 

to Feldman. The first 

investment of $3 million 

with the Federal Home 

The Malibu Planning 

Commission is scheduled 

to hold a public hearing on 

the final plans and documents 

for Trancas Canyon 

Park at its meeting on 

Tuesday, Nov. 4. 

The planning panel will 

consider the final Environmental 

Impact Report, 

coastal permit, conditional 

use permit and other entitlements 

for the public park, 

which includes a multi-use 

sport field, picnic area, tot 

lot, dog park, onsite wastewater 

treatment system and 

grading in excess of 1000 

cubic yards on about 13 

acres located along Trancas 

Canyon Road. 

Next week, the council is 

scheduled to consider an 

amendment to the consultants' 

contract for another 

Loan Bank is set to mature 

on April 2, 2009 and will 

yield three percent. The 

second investment of $2 

million with the FHLB is 

set to mature on June 24, 

2009 and will also yield 

three percent. 

Feldman indicated that 

while those investments are 

not collateralized, “it is 

implied that the FHLB is 

backed by the federal government 

and the risk of loss 

is minimal.” 

The majority of the city’s 

funds are held at LAIF, 

which is part of the state’s 

pooled money investment 

account. As of Sept. 30, 

2008 the balance of city 

funds at LAIF was 

$19,817,803. The yield is 

2.779 percent. 

In a staff report to subcommittee 

members, Feld- 

$85,000 for a total of 

$307,000. 

The proposal got bogged 

down in controversy when 

neighbors battled organized 

sports enthusiasts on 

the kind of sports fields 

and uses that should be 

considered for the community 

park. 

Sports proponents wanted 

more than practice 

fields and demanded that 

the amount of money being 

spent on the park warranted 

such use. 

Nearby homeowners 

especially in Malibu West 

where the proposed park is 

located said the extra burden 

of more traffic and 

more intensive use would 

cause them to oppose the 

park altogether. 

The council has refereed 

man goes on to explain 

how PMIA money is 

invested by the state treasurer. 

The PMIA portfolio 

consists of loans, commercial 

paper, time deposits, 

CDs, mortgages and treasuries. 

Councilmember John 

Sibert, who sits on the 

council’s Administrative 

and Finance Subcommittee 

with Barovsky, said, “Still 

there is a lot of uncertainty. 

True, we don’t depend on 

sales taxes from big box 

stores.” 

RWQCB INVITE 

The council agreed unanimously 

to form a stormwater 

and wastewater ad 

hoc committee comprised 

of Sibert and Barovsky to 

make overtures to the 

Regional Water Quality 

Control Board. 

Planning Commission to Air 

Trancas Canyon Park Plans 

the fight on several occasions 

and entered the fray 

directly when its Parks and 

Recreation Commission 

voted by a slim margin to 

recommend placing no 

restrictions on the kinds of 

sports play allowed. 

Municipal officials were 

accused of going back on 

their word and a truce of 

sorts was informally brokered 

when a majority of 

council members reassured 

park neighbors the playing 

field would remain for 

practice only. 


Mayor Pamela Conley 

Ulich, who brought the 

matter before the council, 

said at various municipal 

meetings some staffers suggested 

that city officials 

collaborate with them. 

“I requested a meeting 

with board members, but 

the executive officer Tracy 

Egoscue said I could not 

speak to them because of 

ex parte communication 

rules,” she said. 

The mayor indicated she 

thought it might facilitate 

matters to form an ad hoc 

committee to try to deal 

with the matter. 

The city and RWQCB 

have been at odds lately, 

and the state agency is considering 

rescinding a memo 

of understanding with the 

city about oversight of discharge 

permits. Currently, 

Once again the ocean 

waters where Solstice Creek 

empties into the Pacific 

scored a flunking grade on 

Heal the Bay's weekly 

beach report card, when it 

garnered a D grade. 

While almost all of the 

rest of the Malibu coastline 

was awarded A plus or A 

grades, the new hot spot of 

pollution seems to be 

where the stream water 

from Solstice Canyon 

pours out at Dan Blocker 

County Beach. For the past 

several weeks, the outlet 

has been getting flunking 

grades. 

“We are not aware of 

anything. We have not got 

the city oversees permits 

for residential septic system 

discharges, but the 

RWQCB still oversees 

commercial permitting. 

City council members 

and others have hinted the 

arrival of Egoscue, formerly 

the head of Santa Monica 

Baykeeper, has helped create 

a rocky relationship with 

the board given her previous 

advocacy position. 

APOLOGY 

Councilmember Jefferson 

Wagner said he wanted 

to apologize to any one 

who might have taken 

offense at a remark he 

made that was recently 

published in a local newspaper. 

After what many considered 

a grueling city council 

hearing, Wagner told reporters, 

“Tonight was just like 

any advisories,” said a Los 

Angeles County lifeguard, 

in response to queries 

about the fouled water. 

He added by way of a 

possible explanation. “We 

have had a number of high 

tides coupled with waves 

and that can sometimes 

wreak havoc on septic systems,” 

he said. 

Solstice is one of the few 

streams that run year 

round, even in drought 

years, while most coastal 

creeks are dried up by now, 

much like Corral Creek 

just down the beach from 

the Solstice Creek outlet. 

The only other location 

where a less than stellar 


Tammany Hall.” However, 

Wagner now says the comment 

was made in jest. “I 

said it as humor,” he told 

his colleagues and others 

this week. 

Tammany Hall is the 

popular term for the historic 

influence the Democratic 

Party political machine 

had in dominating 

New York City politics in 

the late 19th and early 20th 

centuries. The expression is 

sometimes used as a 

derogatory term. 

Barovsky said, with 

laughter, the mayor did not 

even know who or what it 

was. “I thought you meant 

me. I’m the only one that 

smokes,” she quipped, 

referring to the smokefilled 

back rooms of Tammany 

Hall. 


Solstice Outfall Gets Poor Grades 

grade was reported was at a 

testing location 50 yards 

east of the Malibu Pier 

which got a C grade. 

Whether it is an anomaly 

or problems with the 

facilty at Marie Canyon, 

the usually polluted Marie 

Canyon storm drain at 

Malibu Road had been getting 

A plus grade for the 

past several weeks, but got 

a flunking grade for the 

week ending Oct. 7. A 

county official indicated 

the stormwater treatment 

facility for the Marie 

Canyon outfall has been 

online for the last two 

months. It remained un- 

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A Matter of PUBLIC RECORD 

PUBLIC NOTICE – FILE NO. 081744624 

FICTITOUS BUSINESS 

NAME STATEMENT 

DC 1430620 

The following person is doing business as: 

1. Westwind Women’s Services 

2. Abortion by Choice 

22110 Roscoe Blvd. #104, West Hills, CA 91304. 

1.Susan E. Burger 2. Charles Kimelman 

6240 Tapia Dr. #F. 4417 Nogales Dr. 

Malibu, CA 90265. Tarzana, CA 91356 

3.Eldridge H. Pearsal 

14600 Sherman Way #200 

Van Nuys, CA 91405 

This business is conducted by an 

Unincorporated Association other than a 

Partnership. 

The Registrant commenced to transact 

business under the fictitious business name 

or names listed above on February, 2006. 

This statement was filed with the County 

Clerk of Los Angeles County on 

September 29, 2008. 

I declare that all information in this statement 

is true and correct. (A registrant who 

declares as true information which he or she 

knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

s/Susan E. Burger 

NOTICE—In accordance with Subdivision (a) 

of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement 

generally expires at the end of five years from 

the date on which it was filed in the office of the 

county clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision 

(b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days 

after any change in the facts set forth in the 

statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than 

a change in the residence address of a 

registered owner. A new fictitious business name 

statement must be filed before the expiration. 

Publish in the Malibu Surfside News, 

October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008. 




DC 1431335 


Malibu Distribution 

12420 Yerba Buena Rd., Malibu, CA 90265 

Anais Mills 

12420 Yerba Buena Rd. 

Malibu, CA 90265. 

This business is conducted by an individual. 


business under the fictitious business 

name or names listed above on 


This statement was filed with the 

County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 

October 1, 2008. 

I declare that all information in this 

statement is true and correct. (A registrant 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF MALIBU 

CITY COUNCIL 

The Malibu City Council will hold a public hearing on MONDAY, October 27, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. in the 

Council Chambers, Malibu City Hall, 23815 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA, for the project identified below. 

Local Coastal Program Amendment (LCPA) No. 06-001 – On March 5, 2007, the City of Malibu submitted 

LCPA No. 06-001 (5920 Paseo Canyon Drive) to the California Coastal Commission (CCC). On June 11, 

2008, the CCC approved LCPA No. 006-001 with no modifications as contained in the Resolution of 

Certification adopted by the CCC on June 11, 2008. Pursuant to the Commission’s Administrative Regulations 

Section 1354, the LCPA certification shall not be deemed final and effective until all of the following occur: 1) 

the City Council: a) acknowledges receipt of the Commission’s resolution of certification, including any terms 

or modifications suggested for final certification; b) accepts and agrees to any such terms and modifications 

and takes whatever formal action is required to satisfy the terms and modifications; and c) agrees to issue 

coastal development permits for the total area included in the certified Local Coastal Program (LCP); 2) 

subsequent to the City Council’s action, the Executive Director of the Commission shall report the Council’s 

action to the Commission at its next regularly scheduled public meetings; and 3) the Commission shall review 

the City Council’s action and make a determination whether or not to certify the LCPA. 

Project Description: In 1995, the City Zoning Map was amended to reflect that the parcel located at 5920 

Paseo Canyon Drive was a privately held parcel distinct from the adjacent, publicly held parkland area. The 

zoning designation was changed from Public Open Space (OS) to Single-Family Low Density (SF-L). The 

purpose of this amendment is to amend the Certified Malibu Local Coastal Program Land Use Map, Park 

Lands Map and Zoning Map and the General Plan Land Use Map designation from Open Space (OS) to 

Single-Family Low Density. 

Application Numbers: LCPA No. 06-001 and GPA No. 06-001 

Application Filing Date: July 24, 2006 

Applicant/ Owner: Kurt Bachman 

Location: 5920 Paseo Canyon Road within the coastal zone 

APN: 4469-046-007 

City Planner: Stefanie Edmondson, Principal Planner 

310-456-2489, ext. 233 

A written staff report will be available at or before the hearing. Following an oral staff report at the beginning of 

the hearing, all persons wishing to address the Council will be provided three minutes to address the Council. 

These time limits may be changed at the discretion of the Council. At the conclusion of the testimony, the 

Council will deliberate and its decision will be memorialized in a written resolution. 

Copies of all related documents, including the grounds for appeal, are available for review at City Hall during 

regular business hours. Written comments may be presented to the City Council at any time prior to the close 

of the public hearing. 

IF YOU CHALLENGE THE CITY’S ACTION IN COURT, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE 

ISSUES YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, 

OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC 

HEARING. 

If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Stefanie Edmondson, AICP, Principal Planner, 

at (310) 456-2489, ext. 233. 

_____________________________________ 

Stacey Rice, PhD, AICP, Planning Manager 

Publish Date: October 16, 2008 




DC 1430623 


1. Philanthropy Collection 

2. Philanthropy Apparel 

3. Philanthropy 

6032 Philip Ave., Malibu, CA 90265 

Alan Sutcliffe 

6032 Philip Ave. 





or names listed above on N/A. 






who declares as true information which he 

or she knows to be false is guilty of a 

crime.) 

s/Alan Sutcliffe 

NOTICE—In accordance with Subdivision 

(a) of Section 17920, a fictitious 

name statement generally expires at the 

end of five years from the date on which it 

was filed in the office of the county clerk, 

except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of 

Section 17920, where it expires 40 days 

after any change in the facts set forth in 

the statement pursuant to Section 17913 

other than a change in the residence 

address of a registered owner. A new 

fictitious business name statement must 

be filed before the expiration. 




or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

s/Anais Mills 









statement pursuant to Section 17913 other 

than a change in the residence address of 

a registered owner. A new fictitious 

business name statement must be filed 

before the expiration. 



www.malibusurfsidenews.com 





The Sandwich Joint 

722 S. Bixel St., Los Angeles, CA 90017. 

The Sandwich Joint LLC 

6015 Paseo Canyon Dr. 

Malibu, CA 90265. 

This business is conducted by a Limited 

Liability Company. 


business under the fictitious business name or 

names listed above on N/A. 


Clerk of Los Angeles County on Sept. 29, 

2008. 

I declare that all information in this statement is 

true and correct. (A registrant who declares as 

true information which he or she knows to be 

false is guilty of a crime.) 

s/The Sandwich Joint 









statement pursuant to Section 17913 other 

than a change in the residence address of 

a registered owner. A new fictitious 

business name statement must be filed 

before the expiration. 


October 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2008. 




DC 1410323 


Apollo Rodriguez 

8491 Sunset Blvd. #238, West Hollywood, 

CA 90069. 

Wilfredo Rodriguez 

8491 Sunset Blvd. #238 

West Hollywood, CA 90069. 



business under the fictitious business 

name or names listed above on July 

29, 2008. 








DC 1430618 


Epiphany Relations 

29257 1/2 Heathercliff Rd., Malibu, CA 90265 

Stephanie J. Supinski 

29257 1/2 Heathercliff Rd. 





or names listed above on N/A. 


Clerk of Los Angeles County on 





or she knows to be false is guilty of a 

crime.) 

s/Stephanie J. Supinski 

















who declares as true information which he or 

she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 

s/Wilfredo Rodriguez 
















NOTICE OF POLLING PLACES 

AND DESIGNATION OF CENTRAL 

COUNTING PLACE 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the 

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office 

of polling places designated for the 

GENERAL ELECTION scheduled to be 

held on NOVEMBER 4, 2008. 

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that 

the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's 

facility, 12400 Imperial Highway, 

Norwalk, California 90650 has been 

designated as the central counting place 

for the above election. 

Polling places shall be open between the 

hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. 

Persons requiring multilingual assistance 

in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, 

Tagalog/Filipino, or Vietnamese regarding 

information in the notice may call 

(800) 481-8683. 

POLLING PLACES 

0070006A (CONS 4060002A, 4060002B, 

4060002C) - RESIDENCE; 25711 DARK 

CREEK RD CALABASAS 91302 

0070041A (CONS 4060008A) - SEMI- 

NOLE SPRINGS MOBILE PARK; 30473 

MULHOLLAND HWY AGOURA HILLS 9 

4050059A (CONS 4050063A) - MALIBU 

UNITED METH CHURCH; 30128 

MORNING VIEW DR MALIBU 90265 

4050060A (CONS 4050060A, 4050060B) 

- POINT DUME CLUB; 29500 HEATH- 

ERCLIFF RD MALIBU 90265 

4050062A (CONS 4050062A, 4050063B) 

- POINT DUME MARINE ELEM; 6955 

FERNHILL DR MALIBU 90265 

4050064A (CONS 4050063C, 4050064A, 

4050064B, 4050064F, 4050065A, 

4050065B) - BEAURIVAGE; 26025 

PACIFIC COAST HWY MALIBU 90265 

4050208A (CONS 4050065D, 4050065E, 

4050065F, 4050208A, 4050208B, 

4050208C, 4050208D, 4050208E, 

4050208F, 4050208G, 4050208H) - 

MALIBU COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY; 

23519 CIVIC CENTER WAY MALIBU 

90265 

4060003A (CONS 4060003A, 4060003B, 

4060003C, 4060003E, 4060003F, 

4060003G, 4060003H, 4060003J, 

4060003K, 4060003L, 4060003M) - 

MALIBU BLUFFS PARK; 24250 PACIFIC 

COAST HWY MALIBU 90265 

4060004A (CONS 4060004A) - RESI- 

DENCE; 2032 CORRAL CANYON RD 

MALIBU 90265 

4060005B (CONS 4060005B, 4060005C, 

4060005D, 4060005E) - MALIBU 

UNITED METH CHURCH; 30128 

MORNING VIEW DR MALIBU 90265 

4060012A (CONS 4060011E, 4060012A, 

4060012B, 4060012C, 4060012G, 

4060012H, 4060012J, 4060012K) - 

MALIBU UNITED METH CHURCH; 

30128 MORNING VIEW DR MALIBU 

90265 

DEAN C. LOGAN 

Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk 

County of Los Angeles 

Malibu Surfside News 

CN806589 CODE 282 Oct 16, 2008 

NOTICE OF RFP 

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District of Los 

Angeles County will receive sealed proposals on the following: 

RFP #9.11—Solar Photovoltaic Systems District wide. All 

proposals must be filed in the Purchasing Office at 1651 

Sixteenth Street, Santa Monica, California on or before: 

December 4, 2008; 2:00 p.m. at which time and place the 

proposals will be publicly opened. A manditory Job Walk will 

be held on 10/28/08 and 10/29/08. Each proposal must be 

sealed and marked with the proposal name and number. The 

right is reserved to reject any and all proposals. 

Publish Date: October 16, 23, 2008 

Santa Monica-Malibu 

Unified School District 

____________________________________ 

By Virginia I. Hyatt 

Purchasing Director 

OBITUARY 

Arthur London 

Arthur London, 

longtime Malibu resident, 

passed away 

on September 26, 

three days before his 

82nd birthday. He 

moved to Malibu in 

1968 and soon became 

a passionate 

activist, working to 

protect Malibu’s natural 

environment and 

rural character. 

Art later met his 

beloved wife, Lois, 

in 1972 after a mutual friend brought them 

together as tennis partners. Since then, the two 

frequented Pasquale’s Jazz Club on the beach 

almost every week until it closed, played tennis, 

attended theater, jazz and cultural events 

continually and traveled the world. Art saw 

their cherished home on Carbon Mesa 

threatened by wildfires several times, until it 

was finally lost in the Malibu fire of 1993. Never 

one to give up on Malibu, he rented several 

properties until finally buying a beautiful home 

high up Las Flores Canyon where he and Lois 

lived for the past 13 years. 

A professional attorney since graduating from 

Harvard Law School, Art worked tirelessly for 

Malibu. In the pre-cityhood days, he opposed 

Caltrans proposed expansion of PCH to the 

current four lane highway and opposed L.A. 

County attempts to impose sewers on Malibu. 

He actively supported Malibu cityhood campaigns 

as a member of MTC and MCI. Once 

Malibu became a city, his many volunteer 

activities included active roles as a member of 

the Transportation and Natural Resources 

Study Groups, Single Family Building Criteria 

Task Force and General Plan Task Force (Land 

Use, Conservation, Open Space and Recreation 

and Safety and Health Sub-Committees). 

Born in Los Angeles to Russian immigrant 

parents in 1926, and raised in the Boyle Heights 

district, Art remembered seeing movies in the 

spectacular movie palaces on Broadway for a 

quarter and taking the Red Line cable car all 

the way to Venice Beach. He graduated with 

a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the 

University of Illinois in 1949 and received his 

law degree from Harvard Law School in 1952. 

He is survived by his loving wife, Lois London, 

son Stephen London, daughters Hildy Gal and 

Susan London, step-daughters Cheryl Yaney 

and Marina Yaney and eleven grandchildren.


SportsSPORTSSportsSportsSPORTS 

TRR Held English Show Last Weekend 

UP AND OVER—Chloe Nouzlle guides her horse Gaybey Shadow over a 

jump at last weekend’s English show at Malibu Equestrian Park. 

Sharks 

Football 

Wins Again 

The Malibu High Sharks 

football team continued its 

winning streak by defeating 

Flintridge Prep 20- 

7 last weekend. 

Local Wins Triathlon 

>>>KUDOS—Malibu 

High School 10th-grader 

Ryan Brown participated 

in the Hermosa 

Beach Triathlon last 

weekend. He placed 

first in the 14-17-yearold 

age group and 15th 

over all out of more 

than 1000 participants. 

Pepperdine Women’s Swim and 

Dive Team on a Winning Streak 

CHAMPS—For the second year in a row, Pepperdine women won both the 

PCSC swimming and diving relay meet at the PSCSC Pentathlon meet. The 

team’s coach Nick Rodionoff has singled out three swimmers Dani Kimmel, 

Haley Wilson and Kayleen Hicks, all pictured above, for their performances. 

Of the scoring teams, Pepperdine placed first in fourth meet, second in 

seven, third in four, fourth in three, sixth in two, eighth in three and ninth in 

one. At the Pentathlon meet on Saturday, the team dominated. Pepperdine 

swimmers and divers will be giving a demonstration and free lessons on 

Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10:45 a.m. 

Planning Panel 

residents’ opposition, now 

told the commission the 

current arrangement could 

be supported. Other beachfront 

residents agreed. 

There was reluctance on 

the part of some commissioners. 

“I am envisioning 

a future where the 

wealthiest on Carbon Beach 

are wall to wall and everything 

else is torn down. We 

will start losing the less 

magnificent portion and end 

up with a Chinese wall,” 

said Commissioner Jeff Jennings. 

“It is like the billionaires 

against the millionaires.” 

Commissioner John 

Mazza, who acknowledged 

Morton’s generosity, said 

he wanted to narrow down 

the scope of the LCPA so 

that it would be considered 

special or unusual circumstances. 

Mazza said he could 

support the request by 

placing restrictions, requirements 

and conditions 

on the permit, including 

that the property to be used 

for a view corridor must be 

adjacent to public land. 

House said she was 

clear what happened most 

recently. 

That location for a good 

part of the summertime had 

been given Ds or Fs because 

the stormwater treatment 

plant was not working. 

Other hotspots got good 

grades, such as Surfrider 

Beach at the Colony fence, 

which garnered an A plus 

hesitant about the matter 

and questioned why the 

view corridor requirement 

and other conditions imposed 

by the Coastal Commission 

were not met. 

Morton was also seeking 

an after-the-fact permit for 

an as-built, front yard, solid 

concrete wall topped with 

wood screen and two side 

yard gates and modifications 

to the previously 

approved landscape plan. 

House ultimately voted 

against the commission’s 

resolution despite the many 

conditions placed on the 

application. 

“I see it as a stand-alone 

LCP amendment without 

your name on it. It is 

tainted. If the intention is 

good government, it might 

not be the lot you provided,” 

House said. 

In other action, the 

commission approved an 

application for a conditional 

use permit to allow 

the re-opening of the preexisting, 

1639-square-foot 

gasoline service station and 

convenience market located 

at the corner of Pacific 

Coast Highway and Webb 

grade and Surfrider Beach 

at the breach location 

where an A grade was 

awarded. The berm has not 

been breached and consequently 

no lagoon or creek 

water has entered the ocean 

for several months leading 

to the improved grades. 

All other locations where 

water is tested for bacteria, 


Way. The existing station, 

which was built in 1957, 

halted operations over two 

years ago. Ben Poulder, of 

Malibu Petroleum, Inc. the 

applicant, who was not 

able to prove that a CUP 

had ever been issued, 

sought the entitlements. 

No new development is 

proposed. Previously, 12 

gasoline pumps operated 

onsite under a 16-foot high 

canopy along with a 358square-foot 

convenience 

market with two public 

restrooms and three service 

bays. 

Plans call for operating 

the market and gasoline 

pumps 24 hours a day, 

seven days a week. The 

service bays will operate 

between the hours of 7 a.m. 

and 6 p.m., Monday 

through Saturday. 

A majority of the commission 

also agreed to 

schedule a full hearing for 

a new wastewater system 

for Malibu Country Mart 

instead of allowing it to 

proceed as an administrative 

permit which 

requires no hearing. 


Beach Report (Continued from page 9) 

from Leo Carrillo to 

Topanga State Beach were 

given stellar grades of A or 

A plus. 

The beaches are graded 

on an A-F scale based on 

the risk of ocean users 

becoming ill. Samples are 

analyzed for bacteria that 

indicate biological pollution.


CALENDAR 

Thurs., Oct. 16 

● The Malibu Meditation 

Group meets each Thursday 

at 7:30 p.m. in a private 

residence. FI: 310- 

456-3591. 

● Alcoholics Anonymous 

meets each Thursday 

at 8 p.m. at Malibu 

Methodist Church, 30128 

Morning View Dr. FI: 

888-684-6444. 

Fri., Oct. 17 

● Gan Malibu Early 

Childhood Center has 

Mommy and Me classes 

each Friday from 9:30- 

10:30 at Chabad of Malibu, 

22931 PCH. FI: 

310-456-6588. 

● Docent led tours of 

Malibu’s historic Adamson 

House gardens, 

23200 PCH at 10 a.m. 

every Friday. There is 

also ongoing docent 

training for all new volunteers. 

No reservation 

needed for this weekly 

activity. If your group 

numbers more than 10, 

please reserve a Tuesday 

tour. FI: 310-456-8432. 

● Duke’s Malibu, 21150 

PCH, is holding a fundraiser, 

“Duke’s Malibu 

for a Cure,” to benefit 

breat cancer research 

from 6-11 p.m. The event 

will include a threecourse 

Hawaiian-style 

dinner, hula dancers, 

musical entertainment 

and a silent auction. The 

cost is $100 each. FI and 

tickets: 310-317-6204 or 

www.dukesmalibu.com. 

● The Zuma Repertory 

Theatre, 29243 PCH, is 

presenting “Diva,” Howard 

Gould’s “Hollywood 

Insider” comedy on 

weekends through Sun., 

Oct. 26. Showtimes are 8 

p.m. Fridays and Saturdays 

and 5 p.m. Sundays. 

Tickets are $20 each. FI 

and tickets: 310-589- 

1998. 

Sat., Oct. 18 

● The Malibu Seventh 

Day Adventist Church 

meets Saturdays for worship 

services at Juan 

Cabrillo Elementary 

School, 30237 Morning 

View Dr., at 9:30 a.m. FI: 

818-458-8884. 

Sun., Oct. 19 

● Dog Adoptions are held 

each Sunday from 12-3 

p.m. at the Canine Connection, 

23431 PCH. FI: 

818-222-1488 or malibudogadoptions.org. 

● Jessica Queller, author 

of “Pretty Is What Changes,” 

will speak, read part 

of her book and answer 

questions with Dr. Richard 

Frieder, OB-GYN, UCLA 

at the Malibu Jewish Cen- 

ter and Synagogue, 24855 

PCH at 5 p.m. about breast 

and ovary cancers. The 

event is free and open to 

the public. FI and reservations: 

lauren @mjcs.org or 

call 310-456-2178. 

Tues., Oct. 21 

● Dr. Tony Hall is presenting 

a free “Rehabilitating 

Sports Injuries” workshop 

at Malibu Public 

Library, 23519 PCH at 

6:30 p.m. Subjects include 

eliminating pain and 

swelling, and stabilizing 

and strengthening the area 

of the injury. Seating is 

limited. FI and reservations: 

310-589-1005. 

Thurs., Oct. 23 

● The Malibu Chamber 

of Commerce is holding a 

“Halloween After Hours 

Mixer” from 5:30-7:30 

p.m. at the Malibu Pier. FI: 

310-456-9025. 

● The Malibu Township 

Council meets on the 

fourth Thursday of each 

month at the Malibu Jewish 

Centr and Synagogue, 

24855 PCH at 7:30 p.m. 

The meetings are open to 

the public. FI:malibutownshipcouncil.org 

Sat., Oct. 25 

● The Malibu Senior Citizens 

Club is sponsoring an 

AARP 55 Alive Class 

from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the 

Point Dume Mobile Home 

Park Clubhouse, 29500 

Heathercliff Rd. A certificate 

from the class entitles 

the holder to a discount on 

insurance. The class is limited 

to 25 students and the 

cost is $10, make check out 

to AARP. FI and reservations: 

310-457-7086. 

● Hope Ranch Animal 

Rescue is featuring horseman 

and trainer Chip 

Mandeville speaking 

about “Listening to Your 

Horse: an Equine Communications 

Seminar,” at 

31302 Mulholland Hwy., 

from 3-6 p.m. With over 

45 years of experience, 

Mandeville will discuss 

the verbal and non-verbal 

techniques he has developed 

to connect with 

one’s horse. Admission is 

a $100 tax-deductible 

donation. FI and reservations: 

310-457-0213. 

Sun., Oct. 26 

● Diesel Bookstore, 3890 

Cross Creek Rd., is presenting 

actor and local 

activist Martin Sheen who 

will discuss the new book 

for which he wrote the forward, 

“Can a Catholic 

Support Him: Asking the 

Big Questions About 

Barack Obama,” with its 

author Pepperdine law 

school professor Douglas 

Kmiec at 3 p.m. FI: 310- 

456-9961. 

Tues., Oct. 28 

● Robert Kawika Sheet, 

aka “The Spirit Shadow 

Photographer,” is presenting 

“Spirit Shadow Photography: 

No Digital. No 

Multiple Exposures,” at 

Clicker and Flickers’ 

monthly photo networking 

dinner from 6:30-10 p.m. 

at the Castaway, 1250 Harvard 

Rd. in Burbank. The 

cost is $59 each and reservations 

are required. FI: 

626-794-7447 or www.clickersandflickers.com. 

Wed., Oct. 29 

● The Malibu High 

School Choral Music 

Program, directed by 

Amy Loch, is presenting 

a concert of “American 

Classics,” featuring songs 

by Irving Berlin, George 

Gershwin and Cole Porter 

at 7 p.m. at the school, 

30215 Morning View Dr. 

Tickets are $15 for adults 

and $10 for students and 

seniors, and will be sold 

at the door. FI: 310-457- 

6801. 

Sat., Nov. 1 

● Our Lady of Malibu, 

3625 Winter Canyon Rd., 

is holding its first annual 

Fall Family Festival from 

11 a.m.-4 p.m. The event 

is open to the public and 

will include carnival 

games, pony rides, a 

bounce house and slide, a 

rock climbing wall, face 

painting, food and live 

music by the High Hills 

Bluegrass Band. Admission 

is free; food and ride 

tickets will be sold. FI: 

310-456-8071. 

Tues., Nov. 4 

● Auditions for Once 

Upon a Time Children’s 

Theater’s production of 

“Once Upon a Mattress” 

will take place from 3-6 

p.m. at Malibu Stage Co., 

29243 PCH. FI: www.malibucommunitytheater.org. 

Wed., Nov. 5 

● The City of Malibu is 

holding free Community 

Emergency Response 

Team (CERT) training 

classes each Wednesday 

morning from 9-11:30 

a.m. through Wed., Dec. 

17 at city hall, 23815 

Stuart Ranch Rd. Instruction 

will be given in 

disaster preparedness, 

fire suppression, disaster 

medical triage and rescue, 

first aid and medical 

organization, light search 

and rescue and team 

organization, disaster 

psychology and terrorism. 

The final class will 

be a disaster simulation 

exercise. FI and to register: 

310-456-2489, ext. 

260 or e-mail bdavis@ci.malibu.ca.us. 

Fri., Nov. 7 

● The Malibu Art Association 

meets on the first Friday 

of each month from 

11 a,.m.-3 p.m. at the Malibu 

Country Mart and 

paint plein air. The show is 

called “Montmartre in 

Malibu” and 15 percent of 

sales go to the MAA 

scholarship fund. FI: 

maqueart @yahoo.com. 

Wed., Nov. 12 

● Award-winning portrait, 

lifestyle and fine art photographer 

Jim McHugh is 

presenting “Artists, Archi- 

tecture and Vanishing 

Landscapes” at the 

Clickers and Flickers 

monthly networking dinner 

at the Castaway, 1250 

Harvard Rd. in Burbank, 

from 6:30-10 p.m. FI: 

626-794-7447 or www.clickersandflickers.com. 

Thurs., Nov. 13 

● Free Arts for Abused 

Children is holding a 

fundraiser from 7-10 p.m. 

at Geoffrey’s Malibu, 

27400 PCH. The honorary 

chair is actress 

Felicity Huffman and the 

event will include cocktails, 

hors d’oeuvres and 

an auction. Tickets are 

$150 each. FI: 310-313- 

4278 or freearts.org. 

● Proposed calendar listings must be submitted to The News as far in advance 

of event as possible. Items for free listings will be screened for community-wide 

interest and are subject to space and lead time limitations. If 

you would like to list a commercial event, contact the advertising department 

for information about charges. Items must include an FI, or “For 

Information” number, whenever possible. Submit items for consideration 

in writing (no listings will be accepted over the telephone) by Friday to: 

MSN Calendar, P.O. Box 947, Malibu, CA 90265 or FAX listing information 

to 310-457-9908 or by email to news@malibusurfsidenews.com. 

310-317-4531 • 310-456-6990 

Malibu Religious Services Times 

St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church 310-457-7966 

www.staidanschurch.org 

28211 Pacific Coast Highway (Rev. Joyce Stickney) 

8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, music, choir, 

Sunday School and childcare (10-11 a.m.). 

Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Church 310-456-2361 

3625 Winter Canyon Road (Rev. William F. Kerze) 

Sat. 5 p.m. Sun. 7, 8, 10:30 and 12:30 

Malibu United Methodist Church 310-457-7505 

30128 Morning View Drive (Pastor Andrew Mattick) 

Adult & Youth classes, 10:30 Contemp. Worship & Children’s Class 

Malibu Presbyterian Church 310-456-1611 

3324 S. Malibu Canyon Road (Rev. Greg Hughes, Pastor) 

Sun. 9:30 a.m. Trad./Contemp. Blended, 11 a.m. Contemp. 

Nursery thru 5th grade Sunday School at both services. 

First Church of Christ, Scientist 310-457-7767 

www.tfccs.com 

28635 W. Pacific Coast Highway 

10 Church & Sunday School, Wed. 8 p.m. 

University Church of Christ 310-506-4504 

24255 Pacific Coast Highway (Minister, Ken Durham) 

Our fall worship schedule is subject to change so please consult our 

church web site at http://www.universitychurchofchrist.us for 

the current schedule. 

Chabad of Malibu 310-456-6588 

22933 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Rabbi Levi Cunin) 

Fri. 6:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. followed by lunch 

Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church 310-454-0366 

15821 Sunset Blvd. (Rev. K. Edward Brandt, D. Min.) 

Sun.9 a.m. Contemp. 10:30 a.m. Traditional 

Sunday School & childcare both services www.palipres.org 

Calvary Chapel Malibu 310-589-WORD(9673) 

Sun. 10 a.m. at Juan Cabrillo School 

Wed. 7 p.m., Bible Study at 6136 Tapia Dr.


Harvest and Crush Party Raised Funds for At-Risk Youth 

TRADITION—Malibu Family Wines held its eighth annual Harvest and Crush 

Event last weekend at Saddlerock Ranch. Proceeds from the fundraiser 

benefitted City Hearts: Kids say “Yes” to the Arts, “a nonprofit organization that 

transforms the lives of the most disadvantaged and at-risk children through the 

highest quality arts education, training and experience,” stated a press release. 

TALENT—Guests were treated to a dance performance and live music. 

PERUSING—Above, guests check out the items available for the silent auction. 

CONTEST—Children ages six through 14 participated in the event’s first annual 

art contest. 

MSNPhotos/Frank Lamonea


Sheriff’s REPORT 

Redmond O’Neal Ordered into a ‘Resident Setting’ for Two Weeks 

Malibu resident 

Redmond James O’Neal, 

who was arrested on Sept. 

17 for probation violation, 

•MALIBU PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS GUIDE • 

Accountants 

Johnson, Harband, Foster & Darling, CPAs 310-454-6545 

Pacific Palisades - Full Service Tax and 

Accounting Firm. jhfd@jhfd.com 

Attorneys 

BRICKELL & MEZA 310-858-3555 

Serious injury lawyers/all claims & cases Free Consult 

20 YEARS in Malibu & Beverly Hills 

Dentists 

David C . Niebergall, D.D.S. 310-457-9292 

29350 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 3 

V. Mishra & N. Kripalani, D.D.S. 310-456-6497 

23706 Malibu Road 

Allan V. Pfeiffer, D.D.S. 310-456-2051 

23440 Civic Center Way, Suite 201 

Financial Services 

Malibu Capital Management Inc./Securities America/ 

Security America Advisors. Full Service Asset Management. 

Wayne Ribnick and Wally Glass 310-457-5113 

Optometrists 

was ordered to live in a 

“resident setting” for two 

weeks by Judge Scott 

Millington, when he 

Gregory O'Connor, O.D. 310-456-7464 

3840 Cross Creek Road 

recently appeared in LAX 

Superior Court. 

The judge further ordered 

O’Neal to reappear 

in court on Oct. 23 with 

proof of enrollment and a 

progress report. 

O’Neal was arrested 

early in the morning after 

an unauthorized routine 

• PROFESSIONAL • 

Orthodontists 

Oral Surgeon 

Stephen J. Nahigian, DDS 310-456-2051 

23440 Civic Center Wy. #201 

Physical Therapists 

Gregory S. Beaton. PT, OCS 310-456-9332 

Malibu Rehabilitation Center—Orthopedic/Sport Therapy & Gym 

Physicians 

Mary Lee Amerian, M.D. 310-456-7561 

23410 Civic Center Way, Suite E-8 Dermatology 

James H. Sternberg, M.D. 310-456-1765 

23410 Civic Center Way, Suite E-8 Dermatology 

Psychologists 

REDMOND O’NEAL 

probation search of the 

residence that he shares 

with his father, actor 

Patrick Ryan O’Neal, 

Richard L. Jacobson, D.M.D., M.S. 310-454-0317 

Invisible/Conventional/TMD 

881 Alma Real Dr., #200, Pacific Palisades, CA 

Ann Forisha Thiel, Ph.D., M.F.C .C . 310-457-7606 

Clinical Psych. & Marr., Fam., Child & Adolescent Therapy 

28990 Pacific Coast Highway, Bldg. C , Suite 220 

Sharon A. Talovic, Ph.D. PSY9674 310-456-7230 

Individual and Couples Therapy 

• MALIBU PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS GUIDE • 

revealed that he was in 

possession of controlled 

substances, one of which 

was alleged to be methamphetamine. 

Both men were arrested 

and posted $10,000 bail 

each. Ryan O’Neal has not 

been charged as The News 

went to press. 

O’Neal was sentenced to 

three years probation after 

pleading guilty to methamphetamine 

and heroin possession 

in June. 

According to the Los 

Angeles district attorney’s 

office, O’Neal is in a drug 

rehabilitation program, and 

his participation in a “resident 

setting” will offer a 

more structured environment 

for him. 

Veterinarians 

Malibu Veterinary Clinic 

Dr. Kay Fransen, D.V.M. 

28990 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Pt. Dume) 

310-457-6453 

Veterinary House Call Service for Dogs & Cats 310-614-3530 

Dr. Armaiti May, D.V.M. www.drmayvethousecalls.com 

• BUSINESS • 

Air Conditioning & Heating 

Malibu Refrigeration 310-457-9986 

P.O. Box 4088 Malibu, CA 90265 

Glass 

Malibu Glass Company 310-456-1844 

3547 Winter Canyon Road 

Housecleaning 

Malibu Maintenance—William D. 310-387-5408 

Residential/Commercial 

Roofing 

Broad Beach Road 

Repaving to Start 

Malibu City officials have 

announced that the repair 

and overlay work planned 

for Broad Beach Road is 

scheduled to begin this 

week. Streets to be impacted 

include Broad Beach Road, 

Bunnie Lane and Cottontail 

Lane. One lane of traffic will 

be open at all times, according 

to municipal officials, 

who noted that delays 

of up to 30 minutes could be 

encountered. Work on the 

project will take place 

Monday through Friday 

from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 

estimated time of completion 

is about 60-75 days. 

The construction contract 

for the repaving project went 

to Security Paving Company. 

The contract is worth a 

little more than $400,000. 

The project had been 

delayed because municipal 

officials wanted the upgrades 

to the existing water line in 

Broad Beach Road completed. 

The water line project 

was done in May 2008. The 

contract calls for an asphaltrubber 

hot mix paving 

material which adds an 

additional cost of $53,010. 

The project involves removing 

the existing pavement 

surface and overlaying it with 

the new pavement material. 

Security was the low bidder 

among seven firms. 

Coastal Roofing Co. 310-455-2827 

P.O. Box 2531 Malibu, CA 90265 

Weddings 

Malibu Party & Wedding Retreat 310-457-5119 

$ 100+Ceremonies/Beach, Forest, Waterfall 

Rev. Fred, “Malibu’s 10 minute minister” 

www.malibuphoenix.com Congrats 6/16


BizTALK 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE—Agoura Lube and 

Smog offers complete smog service, including 

“test only” smog service. They also offer 10minute 

lube and oil change service and even 

have a self-service car wash facility. They are 

proud of offering oustanding service for 30 years 

at 29338 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills. To reach 

Agoura Lube, go west on Agoura Road at Kanan 

Road, one block south of the 101 freeway. Then 

make a right turn on Roadside Drive and follow it 

around to Agoura Lube and Smog. Call 818-889- 

6488 for more information. Above, Orlando Ortiz 

services a car. 

A New Web Site Comes to Malibu 

Malibu has an exciting 

new community-based 

website: MalibuYokel.com. 

After three years of development 

by their website 

development team, MalibuYokel 

combines an 

interactive forum for business, 

real estate, and the 

community. “MalibuYokel 

was developed to provide a 

modern approach for residents 

and visitors to find 

information and communicate 

with each other,” says 

Ken Fasola, president of 

LokalYokel, LLC. “It’s 

quick to use, entertaining, 

and always relevant to the 

community.” 

Articles and information 

are constantly changing, 

and the users of MalibuYokel 

supply much of 

the information. “It’s de- 

signed to be very participatory 

and will keep growing 

as people use it more,” says 

Ashley Brauer, Director of 

Development. Since its 

launch in August, the site 

has already landed more 

than 12,000 visits. “Users 

can locate any business in 

Malibu, read articles, find 

real estate, participate in 

contests, post classifieds 

and events, and find ‘Lokal 

Deals.’ Best of all, it is free 

to use.” 

MalibuYokel is the first of 

a series of community websites 

under the LokalYokel 

umbrella. Coming soon will 

be Yokels in Calabasas, 

Pacific Palisades, Santa 

Monica and Beverly Hills. 

To find out more, visit 

www.MalibuYokel.com or 

call 310-581-6737. 

L-E-T-T-E-R-S 

to the 

E-D-I-T-O-R 

(Letters are continued from page 4) 

These same factory farms cause huge amounts of pollution 

due to overcrowding, claustrophobic and foul-smelling 

conditions. One hog can produce as much waste as eight 

people, yet these premises are not required to have sewage 

treatment facilities. This waste pollutes water systems, 

killing fish and wildlife. Also, what has been found in analyzed 

feed samples for many factory farm animals is noxious, 

including blood meal, hydrolyzed feather meal, animal 

hair, chemicals, cardboard, candy, dried poultry 

manure and cattle manure. 

Although Proposition 2 is not perfectly written, it is a 

start. I would also demand that more legislation be added 

later so that any out-of-state food brought into California 

would be certified with the same standards as outlined in 

Proposition 2. Furthermore, any chemicals, drugs, hormones 

or compounds given to animals and humans should 

be considered toxic until proven safe—not the other way 

around. 

The consequences of doing nothing are staggering. This 

is not just a humane issue, this is also a threat to human 

safety. Therefore, we must not only vote yes on Proposition 

2, but follow up as described above. 

Cindy Emminger 

PLAN PROMOTERS 

Editor: 

We are members of the Measure BB site committee at 

Malibu High School. We have been working hard to ensure 

that the Measure BB facility funds are spent appropriately 

and in a timely manner at our high school. 

It has been a long process and began 5 years ago as our 

school district worked to create a long range Facilities Master 

Plan for our community. Stakeholders from all segments 

of our community gave valuable input during those sessions 

to create a dynamic, forward looking vision for our schools. 

We are excited to finally see the outcome of all the hard 

work. Thanks must be passed around our community for its 

support of the groundbreaking Measure BB that has allowed 

the Master Plan to begin to be implemented at Malibu High, 

a school recently recognized as a top-100 school in the country. 

A new library with attached administration offices, middle 

school science labs and classrooms and sports facilitieswill 

only improve our strong programs. Intensive work 

and communication regarding traffic and parking have 

resulted in plans that will dramatically improve the traffic 

flow around our school. 

Our staff has designed a facility that uses sustainable 

design that lessens impacts to the neighborhood and promotes 

green building standards. Overall, the planning process 

always welcomes input from community members. We feel 

it is our function as members of the BB committee to ensure 

that accurate information is disseminated to all neighbors and 

stakeholders who will surely benefit from having a community 

friendly public school in their neighborhood. 

We welcome input and suggestions and rely on valuable 

help. Quality schools have a positive impact on the community 

and Malibu High School is on its way to becoming the 

world class facility that Malibu needs and deserves. 

Mark Kelly, Principal, MHS 

Sandy Thacker, PTSA President 

Heather Anderson, past PTSA President 

Colleen Baum, BB site committee 

Laura Rosenthal, BB site committee 

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OBITUARY 

Esther Catherine Lowry 

March 31, 1920 - October 

13, 2008. A fifty-four year 

resident of Point Dume, 

Esther Lowry passed 

away quietly in the 

morning hours of October 

13. In her final days, she 

was surrounded by family 

from California, Michigan 

and Canada. 

The youngest of three 

children, Lowry was born 

and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Single and 

enamored of a co-worker who had moved to Santa 

Monica, she took a risk and decided to give California 

a try. Her risk blossomed into a 37-year marriage to 

Harry Lowry. They purchased land and built their 

dream home on Point Dume. 

Lowry was a founding member of the Malibu 

Methodist Church and taught Sunday school. Initially, 

church services were held in the Lowry home. 

Lowry was an active member of the Malibu Garden 

Club and a former president. 

A generous woman to strangers as well as those 

she knew and loved, Lowry was a foster parent 

and worked with youth both here in the U.S. and 

abroad. She loved Malibu, her garden, and a 

menagerie of animals that kept her busy and 

young-at-heart. 

Lowry is survived by a large family and many 

friends. She was predeceased by her husband 

Harry, and son Gilbert. Esther will be missed by 

many. 

Lowry’s relatives are grateful to Doug and his 

family, also Cathy and Carol for their loving care 

and support. 

A memorial service and celebration of Esther 

Lowry’s life will be held at the Malibu United 

Methodist Church on Thursday, October 16, at 2 p.m. 

A reception will follow in the church hall. In lieu of 

flowers, please make donations to the Humane 

Society of the U.S. 

Check out the 

electronic version of the 

Malibu Surfside News at 

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The Aquarium AGE 

The Week of October 16-22, 2008 somewhere in our individual charts. For some, this event is happen- 

Saturn/Uranus Opposition, Part 

Four: The Saturn/Uranus opposition 

continues to tighten its grip, 

and daily life continues to feel surreal— 

and for good reason. We’re in one of 

those life-changing phases of human 

history where individual reality, as well 

as collective reality, is busy being born. 

And while many of us feel powerless 

before the constant shifts and ceaseless 

tumult, we actually aren’t without the 

tools to handle this crisis. Yet using 

those tools wisely means first being clear about what’s dying and 

then, surrendering the need to resurrect the past. Clinging to life as 

it once was won’t work. Neither will unrealistic expectations about 

the future, which are, if you’re willing to look closely, mostly 

another way of holding on to the past. Times like these, times 

potent with power of change, require staying grounded in the now. 

One of the best ways to do that is to be a spiritual warrior, an 

approach that assumes consciousness, courage, common sense, 

compassion, and honesty as guiding lights of behavior at all times, 

not just in times of crisis. Each of us is experiencing this opposition 

The PUZZLE 

ing on a personal point. Saturn, at 18 degrees Virgo, or Uranus, at 

18 degrees Pisces, may exactly conjunct someone’s Sun, Moon, 

ascendant, or other planet in their birth chart. Many of us are 

encountering the opposition as part of a generational shift. For 

example, those born in September/October 1920, or April-July 

1921, November/December 1949, January/February 1950, August 

1950, or September/October 1979 are all having this opposition as 

part of a Saturn return. Saturn returns signify a time of taking stock, 

which means those people currently in the midst of a Saturn return 

are going to take that inventory as part of an already intense process 

of evaluation. The generation born during the 1965-1967 

Saturn/Uranus opposition series will feel the current opposition 

quite keenly given that many of those people have a Saturn/Uranus 

opposition in their birth charts. Be aware, during the last 

Saturn/Uranus opposition series, their positions were reversed; Saturn 

was in Pisces and Uranus was in Virgo, conjunct Pluto, also in 

Virgo, which from an astrological perspective was another reason 

why the world turned upside down. Not everyone born during that 

period had the Saturn/Uranus opposition at 18 degrees Virgo or 

Pisces, only those born at the end of February or the beginning of 

March 1966. But even though the other previous oppositions didn’t 

occur at the same degree as the first opposition of the current series, 

10/16/08 

a deep resonance will be triggered in all those birth charts. What’s 

more, people born between October-December 1965, January- 

March 1966, and August/September 1966, are experiencing the 

current Saturn/Uranus opposition as part of their astro-midlife crisis, 

a time when transiting Uranus opposes its natal position, triggering 

realizations about the passage of time—no longer young and 

not yet old—that tend to inspire dramatic changes. While there’s 

more generational information, there’s no room in this column to 

cover it all. So we will pick it up next week. Until then, be thankful 

Mercury is Direct, and most importantly, be as kind to your fellow 

travelers as possible. Lots of us are in great need of a kindness. 

If you know your ascendant and/or your moon sign, read that too. 

Aries (March 21-April l9): Despite the erratic economic environment, 

your finances are stabilizing. Whether that’s from discipline 

or determination, it doesn’t matter. What does matter, is that you 

are prospering. 

Taurus (April 20-May 20): It’s crucial for you to believe in yourself, 

so rather than devolving into doubt, trust your decisions. And 

don’t worry about mistakes—if you’re wrong, correct the situation, 

and move on. 

Gemini (May 21-June 21): You’re stretched beyond your capabilities 

and adding anything else to the list will simply overload your 

system and cause a meltdown. Take a break, give yourself some 

much need rest, and you’ll restore your reserves. 

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Positive, uplifting interactions with 

friends offer relief from an otherwise packed work schedule, so 

don’t put off having fun for later. All those responsibilities will be 

right where you left them. 

Leo (July 23-August 22): The pace of daily life increases exponentially, 

so don’t put off until tomorrow what you should have done 

yesterday. But also don’t worry—simply find a comfortable personal 

pace and maintain your stride. 

Virgo (August 23-September 22): Keep your head, as well as your 

cool, and you’ll have an easier time handing most situations. 

Remember, in times of trouble, a gentle touch and kind attitude will 

facilitate a much better response than harsh words. 

Libra (September 23-October 22): Allow your inner composure to 

inform your words and deeds, as well as you thoughts, and you’ll 

engender cooperation. Creating a positive environment will generate 

positive, long-term results. 

Scorpio (October 23-November 21): Try not to let intense interactions 

with partners, personal or professional, throw you off course. 

The brouhaha will pass with time and clear communication will be 

restored. 

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21): Staying optimistic in the 

midst of so much turmoil takes a special effort even when optimism 

is your strong suit. So rather than despair, rely on your innately positive 

attitude, and you will emerge victorious. 

Capricorn (December 22-January 19): Take advantage of every 

opportunity to extend a helping hand to those in need, and you’ll 

not only put positive energy in motion, you’ll also have a dramatic 

impact on your immediate surroundings. 

Aquarius (January 20-February 18): Avoid disputes over petty 

details, and instead concentrate on prioritizing your time and energy. 

There is more to do than you can possibly imagine, and you’ll 

need all your energy to handle the load. 

Pisces (February 19-March 20): Positive interactions with friends, 

family, and partners (personal and professional) bolster your spirit. 

So rather than brood about the future, keep yourself firmly planted 

in the present. 

BY RALFEE FINN 

Copyright © 2008 

Political Ads (Continued from page 3) 

with Peterson’s name over 

the line “Pepperdine University 

School of Law.” 

Earlier in the email Benton, 

clarified what the 

Elections Act is and how it 

relates to the current situation. 

Benton continued, “Pepperdine 

should provide the 

platform for robust discussion, 

but for the institution 

to promote a single side in 

an issue is not appropriate.” 

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’s PUZZLE 

The first commercial 

begins with a clip from the 

state recognition of gay 

marriage press conference 

on May 15, 2008 at which 

San Francisco Mayor 

Gavin Newsom told the 

audience, “This door’s 

wide open now. It’s gonna 

happen, whether you like it 

or not.” 

The second commercial 

depicts a young girl coming 

home from school and 

informing her mother that 

she learned about a “prince 

that married a prince,” and 

how she could marry a 

princess. 

To view the commercial 

visit http://www.protectmarriage.com/video, 

and to 

contact the Pepperdine 

president, email Andrew.benton@pepperdine.edu. 

BY NICOLE KLIEST


Exotic Spurge Plant Has Become a Scourge 

■ Homeowners and Gardeners Are Urged to Eradicate It 

It may seem like a lovely 

plant to some—colorful 

lime green leaves with red 

stems and a delicate flower 

that is cupped within the 

leaf. 

However, native plant 

enthusiasts and others have 

nothing but bad things to 

say about the plant called 

terracina spurge, which 

they call one of the newest 

problem plants of Southern 

California. 

Recently, a brochure was 

sent to many residents asking 

homeowners and gardeners 

to help stop the 

invasive plants from sprea 

Officially called Euphorbia 

terracina, the exotic 

specimen in the past several 

years has been very 

prominent in Malibu. 

Spurge seems to know 

no boundaries. It has been 

observed in numerous locations 

on National Park Service 

and State Park holdings. 

The toxic invader 

from Europe has been 

established in Malibu and 

various other coastal and 

inland areas. The plant’s 

worst habit, among many, 

according to native plant 

experts, is its ability to 

establish dense stands in 

the landscape excluding 

native plants and causing a 

potential public health hazard. 

Terracina is cited as a 

public health hazard because 

it is said to cause a 

number of problems for 

humans, including a toxic 

milky sap that can cause 

temporary blindness. Contact 

with its leaves and 

stems can cause a poisonoak 

like reaction in susceptible 

individuals. 

Experts say the toxic 

exotic offers poor forage 

and inferior habitats for 

animals such as deer, rabbits 

and birds. Its ability to 

eliminate all other vegetation 

also poses problems. 

Spurge makes a poor soil 

stabilizer, and it can eliminate 

the native plants that 

do help mitigate erosion 

problems. 

There are other spurges 

that can be found in the 

garden and there are native 

spurges that can cause less 

How Windy Was It in Malibu? 

GALE FORCE—Wind gusts estimated above 70 miles an hour raked the 

Trancas Canyon area Monday, coating cars with ashes from combustion 

at Oat Mountain, 25 miles away. This old pine tree toppled, uprooting a 

fence but missing two houses. MSN/Hans Laetz 

NOXIOUS NEIGHBOR—Plant experts say this toxic exotic specimen has 

overrun parkland and other areas of Malibu and can represent a health 

threat to humans because of a sap that can irritate, much like poison oak. 

It also represents a threat to native plants and wildlife because it tends to 

crowd out vegetation and makes a poor habitat for animals. 

of a problem than the terracina, 

according to experts. 

One can separate a Terracina 

spurge from other 

spurges based on its size of 

one to three feet and the 

small serrations on its leaf 

edge, which look like the 

serrated edge of a steak 

knife. 

Native plant enthusiasts 

are calling for Malibuites 

to help eliminate the weed 

and say there are various 

methods of removing the 

pest. When the soil is soft, 

plants can be yanked out 

of the ground by hand. 

Make sure to wear gloves 

and a long-sleeved shirt. 

Experts explain that plants 

will not re-sprout as long as 

the top three inches of the 

root are removed. Plants can 

also be eliminated by spray- 

ing with a general herbicide, 

although many gardeners are 

hesitant to do so. 

Terracina has a large 

seedbank, with seeds lasting 

in the soil for three to 

five years, according to the 

experts. Seed germination 

can by prevented by applying 

thick mulch on the 

ground or by using landscape 

cloth. 

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RE Spotlight 

Coldwell Banker Launches National 10-Day Sales Event 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has announced “an 

innovative home sales event designed to bring homebuyers 

and sellers together that may help jump-start the U.S. real 

estate market,” a press release stated. 

“The nation’s oldest residential real estate brand will kick-off 

its first-ever national ‘10-Day Sales Event’—during which participating 

home sellers from across the United States will reduce 

the listing prices of their homes that may help jump-start the 

U.S. real estate market.” The Coldwell Banker 10-Day Sales 

Event will run nationally through Oct. 19, 2008. 

“Here in Los Angeles, the 10-Day Sales Event is especially 

timely. Our participating home sellers feel that a home 

priced properly to sell will generate much more interest,” 

said Betty Graham, president and COO of Coldwell Banker 

Residential Brokerage Greater Los Angeles. “Plus, we’re 

hearing loud and clear from many of our sellers that they’re 

comfortable with lowering their listing prices if it means getting 

offers and selling quickly.” 

Graham states that participating sellers who have listed 

their home with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in 

Los Angeles will drop their listing price by 10 percent or 

more during the 10-Day Sales Event. 

“Despite the difficult headlines regarding our overall economy, 

the residential real estate market has been showing several 

positive signs over recent months” said Graham. 

“Because of higher inventory, buyers have more homes to 

choose from and they can take advantage of near historically 

low interest rates and affordability levels that are the best 

they have been in years. The recent housing and economic 

recovery legislation also provides first-time homebuyers with 

the added incentive of a $7500 tax credit.” 

Jim Gillespie, president and chief executive officer of Coldwell 

Banker Real Estate LLC said, “our research and discussions 

with our brokers and sales associates show that in many 

markets sellers remain reluctant to list their homes at the proper 

prices necessary to attract buyers. It’s our hope that the Coldwell 

Banker 10-Day Sales Event will move buyers off the sidelines 

and into the market. We are embarking on this initiative— 

which has never been done before on a national basis— 

because we believe it is critical for Coldwell Banker, as an 

industry leader, to help serve the needs of those individuals listing 

homes with a Coldwell Banker broker and to help move the 

U.S. real estate market in the right direction.” 

Gillespie said that in a recent survey of 3379 Coldwell 

Banker real estate professionals in markets across the United 

States, 56 percent said that listing prices in their market 

remain above where they need to be to attract qualified buyers. 

Additional findings from the survey include: 

• 77 percent agreed that the majority of sellers in their 

market still have unrealistic expectations regarding the initial 

listing price for their homes. 

• 79 percent agreed that homes in their market that are 

priced appropriately are attracting more buyers and moving 

more quickly. 

• 76 percent feel that a 10 percent or less reduction in listing 

prices in their area is all it will take to help push these 

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homes over the “tipping point” to a sale. 

“Our brokers and sales associates agreed that, even in the 

current climate, it will not take much movement to attract 

those buyers who have been watching and waiting,” said 

Gillespie. “Depending on the market, a price reduction of 

just 10 percent or less just may make the difference in both 

satisfying sellers and bringing buyers to the table.” 

“Sellers participating in the 10-Day Sales Event will have 

added promotional power from the Coldwell Banker brand 

behind their listing. Those sellers’ listings will be specially promoted 

through national and local radio, print and Web advertising. 

The brand’s flagship Web site, coldwellbanker.com, will 

feature participating listings. Home sellers will have the option 

to maintain the reduced listing price for their properties following 

the 10-Day Sales Event.” 

Most of the Coldwell Banker Greater L.A. participating 

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• Santa Barbara 

• Ventura 

• South Bay, e.g. Marina Del Rey 

• North San Fernando Valley, e.g. Calabasas, Westlake 

Village, Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills 

• Westside L.A., including Malibu, Beverly Hills, 

Brentwood, Pacific Palisades 

• San Fernando Valley e.g., Valley Village, Toluca Lake, 

Studio City, Glendale, Burbank 

• Hancock Park 

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY: Room to expand this 2 bedrm + 1 ba, bluff area home. Largest 

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SUNNY FRONT ROW LOCATION: 4 bdrms, 3 baths with nice views. Decks, tile floors, 

granite kitchen counters, fireplace, 1,800 sq. ft. Great value. $ 750,000 

NEW HOME ON HUGE LOT IN BLUFF AREA: New 1,700 sq. ft. home with hi-ceilings, 2+2 

and den. Big deck, landscaped and fenced. Immaculate condition. $ 995,000 

SPECTACULAR WHITEWATER, COASTLINE & OCEAN VIEWS: Perimeter bluff location. 

Charming 2+2, 1,700 sq, wood flrs, fplc & huge decks. REDUCED $ 2,033,000 

AWESOME WHITEWATER VIEWS: Complete upscale remodel; hrdwd flrs, stone fplc, 

custom cabinets, tile bathrooms w/granite cntrs, stunning ktchn with center island. Lg wraparound 

deck, outdoor BBQ & refrig. Hillside bluff location. $ 1,245,000 

POINT DUME CLUB MANUFACTURED HOMES - Malibu 

BEAUTY~AFFORDABILITY~LOCATION: Spacious 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 1,900 sq. ft. home with 

high ceilings, wood floors, fireplace. Fenced and landscaped. IN ESCROW $ 495,000 

CLOSE TO BEACH EXIT: Outstanding ocean view 2+2. Nice open floor plan, wood flrs, big 

wrap-around deck with ocean, sunset & mountain views. REDUCED $ 495,000 

NEWLY BUILT: 3+3, 2,300 sf living space. Granite kitchen, wood flrs, spa tub, fplc, French 

drs, decks, landscaped yard with build-in BBQ. Low space rent. $ 595,000 

PANORAMIC VIEWS: Ocn, sunset & mtn vus. Custom remodeled 1,900 sf, 4+4. Drywalled 

thruout, limestone flrs, granite ktchn, sliders to lg deck & spa. IN ESCROW $ 799,000 

NEWLY BUILT CRAFTSMAN: Sunset & ocean views. 3+2, 1,760 sf of custom luxury. High 

ceilings, hardwood floors, custom tile, roof deck. $ 975,000 

WHITEWATER, MOUNTAIN & CANYON VIEWS: 2+2+den. Bamboo & travertine floors, wraparound 

decks, private lawn and gardens. $1,060,000 

STUNNING OCEAN VIEW HOME: Unobstructed views, Custom 2+2 with 1,900 sf. Hi-ceilings, 

marble floors, granite counters. Huge master suite. $1,699,000 

OCEAN VIEW LUXURY: Newly built 3+3, custom 2,200 sq. ft home,. Stone & travertine tile 

floors, gourmet ktchn. Large glass sliders to open decks. Fully landscaped. $1,700,000 

Good Financing Available! 

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ASTROLOGY 

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specializes in 

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For information 

about readings, call 

1-888-937-9264 

Write to Ralfee Finn at 

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email her at ralfee@aquariumage.com 

AUTO BODY AND PAINT 

Malibu Auto Restoration. Full 

service auto body and paint 

shop. Dents, scratches, collision 

repair. Free estimates on location, 

free pick up and delivery. 

1613 Pacific Ave., #81, Oxnard, 

CA 93033. 310-456-3929. 

1016 

AUTO DETAILING 

Malibu Mobile Auto Detail 

serving our community for 22 

years. Insured, trustworthy, 

same-day service. Visa/MC/ 

AX—weekly specials—fully 

equipped mobile detail service. 

310-456-3929. Gift certificates 

available. 


BOOKKEEPING 

Bookkeeping services provided, 

personal, business needs. Longtime 

experience processing bills, 

receivables, generating financial 

reports, processing sales/use tax, 

processing payroll. Certified Quick- 

Books Pro Advisor. Local references. 

Please contact Kathleen at 

818-292-1488. 1016 

✩ ANIMAL ✩ 

STARS of the WEEK 

“ Dale ” 

“ Misty ” 

“ Brandy ” 

My name is Dale. I am a little twoyear-old 

Jack Russell terrier, only 

15 pounds. Dale came to the shelter 

with his best buddy Chip, but 

Chip got adopted so poor Dale is 

all alone. His heart is broken. Dale 

is tons of fun, loves to play and 

chase balls. A perfect little walker, 

he would love a beach stroll. He’s 

used to other dogs, come and 

meet Dale, if you have any dogs 

bring them, too! Adopt Dale at 

#A3800325. 

Oh, she is so gorgeous, our sweet 

Misty. She is a beautiful nine-yearold 

flame point Himalayan mix 

with the bluest eyes this side of 

Paul Newman. She has a sweet, 

docile personality and loves people. 

Look her in the eyes, pet her, 

love her and she will steal your 

heart. No doubt. Likes other cats 

but LOVES humans even more. 

What a doll. Adopt Missy at adoption 

#A3851400. 

Look at this sweet face! Brandy is 

a young adorable pup, just two 

years young. She is a total love 

and adores people. Brandy loves 

taking walks, playing in the grass 

and spending getting as many 

belly rubs as she can get. She’s 

been here FAR too long, her life is 

soon in danger. PLEASE don’t let 

that happen. Come and meet 

Brandy, she’s just a young pup 

and has a whole loving life ahead 

of her—if someone will only adopt 

her! Adoption #A3848375. 

Neither The News nor any of the animal volunteers can determine the 

appropriateness of a particular animal for a prospective adopter. 

Agoura Animal Shelter • 29525 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. 

818-991-0071 

http://animalcare.lacounty.gov 

CAKE BAKERY 

For Heaven’s Cakes in Thousand 

Oaks delivers to Malibu. Custom 

designs, B-Day cakes, wedding 

cakes, exotic and even cake bites 

packaged for great gifts. 805-497- 

6111, forheavenscakes.com. 

CAREGIVER 

1023 

Companion/caregiver. Live-out. 

Available any day. Can also shop, 

run errands, drive, cook. Can also 

babysit. Excellent references. California 

driver’s license. Call Beth, 

818-857-1345. 1016 

DESIGN CONSULTANT 

CAROL LARKIN 

Home Design Consultant 

310-457-1681 

www.carollarkindesigns.com 

GARDENING 

Calvin’s Speciality Gardens. 

Rose gardens (feeding, spraying 

and trimming), prayer gardens, 

container gardens, organic vegetable 

gardens, flower cutting gardens, 

hummingbird and butterfly 

gardens, orchid care (feeding and 

repotting), houseplant maintenance, 

weekly floral arrangements, 

holiday wreaths and garlands 

installation. Call 310-460- 

8760 for free consultation. 

1030 

Garcia Gardening Service. 

Landscaping, maintenance, 

planting, clean-up, low-voltage 

lights, sprinkler systems. Everything 

your garden needs. Call 

Efren at 818-881-8523 or 310- 

733-7414. 1127 

Don’t Panic It’s Organic! Malibu’s 

only 100 percent organic nutritional 

spraying and fertilization 

service. Also organic arborist 

(palms, trees), organic lawn, rose 

care. Water management, natural 

pest control (ants, whiteflies, 

etc.), fertigation, misting systems. 

Seen on PBS, CBS, NBC, radio. 

A few openings have become 

available! Since 1972, Invisible 

Gardener, 310-457- 

4438, www.organicdatabank.info. 

1023 

GARAGE SALES 

Moving sale. Olhausen pool 

table, roll top desk, 5-piece light 

wood bedroom set, large sectional 

couch, dining room table, coffee 

table, end table, hutch, vacuum, 

bookcases, 50’s style wooden 

desk, wooden computer desks, 

serigraphs, collectibles, giftware, 

Mexican art and much more. Sat., 

10/18, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 7022 Birdview, 

Pt. Dume, NEB. 1016 

Garage-veranda sale. Antiques, 

furniture, clothing, appliances and 

much more. 11799 Ellice St., #5. 

Turn at corner of Tonga and PCH. 

Sat., Oct. 18, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 310- 

871-0165. 

GRAPHICS 

HANDYMEN 


H & L Handyman and Maintenance. 

Painting: interior, exterior. 

Drywall, tile, maintenance and 

cleaning service, plumbing and 

electrical. Remove/replace carpet, 

hauling. References. Call Hugo, 

310-204-6107 or 661-886-9440. 

1106 

Miscellaneous repairs and carpentry. 

Shelving, picture hanging, 

mailboxes, fence repairs, deck repairs. 

Malibu resident. 310-924- 

4634. 


Reliable, experienced, cheerful 

handyman. Will repair, connect, 

assemble, install, fix, paint, hang 

and clean-up… Free estimates— 

no job too small! Repair it now and 

relax! Call, I’m in Malibu, 310-456- 

8707. 1204 

HAULING 

Happy Hauling Malibu. Hauling 

single items to gigantic loads. Residential 

and commercial clean-up. 

Yards, closets, storage, houses 

and furniture moving. New 17-foot 

moving van! We love helping out 

with anything you need help with! 

7 days, 310-228-8158. 


HAULING 

Manny’s Hauling and all construction 

work, including demolition 

and building. Carpentry, masonry, 

drywall, painting, tile work and 

building retaining walls. 18 years 

experience, local references. Call 

Manny, work: 323-273-6895 and 

323-921-3027. 

HORSES 


3 great trail geldings for sale! 

1—7 yr.-old 15.1 H. bay Kentucky 

saddle horse, 2—5 yr.-old 

Rocky Mts. (1) grey, 15.2 H, (1) 

palomino 15 H. Excellent manners, 

very friendly disposition, 

easy to handle. $7000 each. Val, 

310-457-1617. 

1023 

Boarding near the beach and 

mountain trails. Riding ring and 

track. Groom available. Open 7 

days. Arena lights. Hot and cold 

wash rack. Turnout daily. Trainer 

available. 310-457-4146. 

HOUSECLEANING 

1023 

Housekeeper available 1 or 2 

days. Honest, reliable and experienced. 

Excellent Malibu references. 

Have a Cal. License and 

own car. Please call Veronica at 

310-936-2870 anytime. 

1023 

Babysitting or housekeeper or 

pet care, or senior care. 10 years 

experience. Good references. Live 

in or out. Call 310-457-5964. 


Experienced, with excellent references 

and own transportation. 

Honest, reliable, friendly. English 

speaking. Free estimates. Available 

any day. 562-413-6845. 


Maria’s Housecleaning Services. 

Bilingual, “I have 10 years experience.” 

Ref. available. 310-480- 

1168 or 310-674-5403. 

1106 

Reliable cleaning services. 

Good references, 20 years experience 

in the Malibu community. 

Have own transportation and 

cleaning products. Free estimates. 

Contact Sylvia, 310-592-3497. 


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C L A S S I F I E D 

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 

Industrial shops, “New” 600'- 

2400', for sale or lease. City 

of Oxnard (20-30 PCH minutes 

from Malibu), 10 x 12-roll 

door, office, bathroom, 15' 

ceilings. No automotive, vehicle 

storage OK. 818-760- 

7386, www.arcturusproperty.com. 

020509 

LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE 

Invest in Las Vegas. Market 

prices down 40%-50%. Buy and 

rent/positive cash flow. Mgmt. 

available. Jeffrey Thomas Barton, 

broker. www.jtbnevada.com, 800- 

403-1988/310-849-5309. 

LOST AND FOUND 

1218 

Found 10/13. Small male Dalmatian. 

Blue collar, neutered. Found in 

Malibu Park vicinity. Between 1-2 

yrs. old, friendly. Call 310-457- 

9892. 1016 

PAINTING 

CUSTOM PAINTING 

Commercial & 

Residential License 

Interior #816325 & Exterior 

Faux Finishes - Stain 

Oil Paints - Sealers 

Epoxy Coating - Lacquers 

(310) 435-7551 

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PLANT CARE 

Calvin’s Speciality Gardens. 

Rose gardens (feeding, spraying 

and trimming), prayer gardens, 

container gardens, organic vegetable 

gardens, flower cutting gardens, 

hummingbird and butterfly 

gardens, orchid care (feeding and 

repotting), houseplant maintenance, 

weekly floral arrangements, 

holiday wreaths and garlands 

installation. Call 310-460- 

8760 for free consultation. 1030 

RENTALS 

PCH-oceanfront. Renovated 1 

bd. house with garage and oceanfront 

balcony on PCH near Las 

Flores. Furnished/unfurnished. 

$3000/mo., min. 2 mos. 310-317- 

6979 or 786-286-9100. 1016 

Guest house, Malibu Park. 1 bd., 

tile floors, large yard, very private. 

Corral available. Including storage. 

$2300/mo. 310-457-6464. 


Newly remodeled Malibu Park 3 

bd., 1 ba. house on 2 acres. Secluded, 

private, behind security 

gate. Washer/dryer, dishwasher, 

fridge, furnished or unfurnished. 

$4000/mo. Stacy, 310-924-4740. 


Pt. Dume apartment above 3-car 

garage. High beam ceilings, 8-foot 

French doors, many windows. 

Mountain tree views, full kitchen. 

No smoking, no pets, one person 

only. Utilities, laundry. $1600/mo. 

310-457-1465. 

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Live the dream on private 

beach—bills included. “Studio” like 

room in large home on Broad 

Beach Rd. Ocean views, laundry, 

parking, yard. Private, quiet, relaxing. 

Pepperdine welcome. 

$1395/mo. Nov. 1. 310-924-1798. 


Malibu Road on the sand. 2 bd., 2 

ba., 50-ft. deck, 2 fireplaces, 

sunken living room, kitchen with 

nook. Private, quiet, killer views. 

Pets OK. Hardwood sisal. Nov. 

1st. $6500/mo., 310-317-8473. 

Malibu’s only real online newspaper 

1009 

RENTALS 

Agoura studio. Private entrance to 

spacious bedroom/cozy loft. Private 

bathroom. Quiet. Large kitchen/ 

deck overlooking lake. Utilities included. 

Beautiful grounds. Nature 

all around. Quiet neighborhood. 

$1250/mo. 818-706-0209. 1016 

Little Dume beach; fabulous 

ocean view, private beach access, 

4 bd., 3 ba., large master with office, 

deck, hot tub. Separate guest 

apt., furnished/unfurnished. Nov. 

15. 6 mo.-1 yr. lease, $15,000/mo. 

Brett, 310-435-8576. 1016 

Prime beach apartment, near 

central Malibu, tide pools, snorkeling, 

fireplace, clean and bright, 

Santa Monica to Catalina ocean 

view. Two 2-bd. units. $2250/mo. 

and $3400/mo. No dogs, no smoking, 

references required. 310-456- 

6736. 1106 

Malibu. $1350/mo.-$1395/mo. 

Surfrider Beach ocean view studios. 

Newly remodeled. Includes utilities, 

cable and parking. Laundry room 

on premises. 310-456-6559. 1113 

Pt. Dume Club. Light, bright, airy 

3 bd./2.5 ba. home with high ceilings, 

open floor plan, spacious 

rooms. Great community with 

clubhouse, pool, spa and tennis 

court. $4200/ mo., agent—Susan 

Monus, 310-589-2477. 1016 

The best ocean view in Malibu. 

Completely remodeled 2-story condo. 

2 bd., 2 ba., small office. All new 

kitchen, bathrooms, carpets, 

drapes. Tennis, pool, sauna, gated. 

$2600/ mo. 310-403-3737. 1106 

2 master suites, 2 ba. condo, 

Calabasas Hills, Malibu adjacent. 

Gated complex, 2 pools, and 

Jacuzzis. Attached garage, fireplace, 

can include W/D and refrigerator. 

$1895/ mo. 818-599-1086, 

818-880-8075. 1113 

RENTALS TO SHARE 

Malibu ocean views. Bedroom 

in a large Med-style 

home. Shared bath, personal 

deck. W/D. $900/mo., monthto-month. 

Call 310-924-0950. 


RENTALS WANTED 

Longtime Malibu resident desires 

small guest house/separate 

living quarters, countryside preferable. 

Quiet, responsible nonsmoker, 

loves gardening. Privacy 

a must, no shares. Great references. 

Linde, 310-457-1636. 

SERVICES 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

PHOTOGRAPHY 


Weddings and Events 

FRANK LAMONEA 

818-706-1138 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

SERVICES 

Malibu Maintenance 

Residential/Commercial 

Complete Housecleaning 

Reasonable Rates 

Call Now For 

CLEANING SPECIALS 

Bathrooms • Windows • Carpets 

• Floors • New Construction 

• Weekly/Monthly Service 

• Local References 

• Schedules Available 

310-810-2389 

310-387-5408 

20 years local experience 

SECRETARY 

30 Years in Malibu 

Carol on call 

310-457-3120 

Scripts, Book Ms. 

Resumes, Mailing Lists 

Legal Briefs, Notary, Editing 

Ghost Writing, Member WGAw 

TILES 

Custom Tile Works. Local, reliable, 

very clean. 20 years + 

experience. Call Adam Barker, 

“Your Tile Guy.” 818-703-2171. 

Licensed and bonded. Iic. 

#525640. 1120 

TREE TRIMMING 

Malibu Tree Service’s Gary 

Migliori, consulting arborist. Expert 

in pruning, diagnosis and treatment 

of infected trees. 30 years in 

Malibu. Consultations and free estimates. 

Call 310-457-6800, cell: 

818-692-5006. 1030 

Environmental Tree Care, Inc. 

Complete tree service and fully 

insured. Serving the community 

for the past 20 years. Give us a 

call for professional service. Lic. 

#725258. 310-456-5969. 

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SERVICES 

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VACATION RENTALS 

Mammoth Lakes townhouse. 

Ski season starts Nov. 13. Christmas, 

President’s, winter weekends 

available. 4 bd., 3 full baths, comfortably 

sleeps 10. Tennis courts, 

pool, Jacuzzi, fireplace, washer/ 

dryer. Weekends, $325/night. Sun. 

through Thurs., $180/night. 818- 

599-1086. 818-880-8075. 1211 

Great getaway. Sandpoint, Idaho 

lakefront home, 3+3, sleeps 11, 

fully furnished, dock, amazing 

views, 45 min. to ski area. Special 

rate Oct. through June. $1200/mo. 

Summer weekly rates available. 

805-370-0085. 1106 

VIDEO PRODUCTION 

Introductory Rate 

$100/Day (8 Hrs.) 

22455 Pacific Coast Hwy. #19 

Office: (310) 456-7625 

Cell: (805) 657-3474 

References Available 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Most economical of all! Professional, 

prompt, and easy to 

work with…15 years cleaning 

Malibu windows tells all! 

Squeaky Clean Co. is also the 

most Eco-friendly with biosoap 

and hybrid vehicles—Our work 

is satisfaction guaranteed. Call 

today, 310-456-8707. 


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PR 

CROWNED JEWEL OF SUNSET MESA! 

Malibu: Done to the nines from top to bottom. 

Gorgeous yard with spa – incredible panoramic 

ocean views – priced to sell! 

Open House Sunday 2pm - 5pm 

$2,449,000 

John Cosentino 310.456.6771 

UNOBSTRUCTED WHITEWATER VIEWS 

Malibu: Santa Monica Bay views from this 

2 bedroom, 2 bath upscale remodel in 

Paradise Cove Park. Hardwood floors, 

fireplace, granite counters. Large wraparound 

deck with built in BBQ. Enjoy the beach. 

$1,245,000 

David Carter 310.456.5621 

MASTERFUL VITUS MATARE CREATION 

Malibu: 3,170 sq. ft. of open and flowing living 

space with polished hydronic concrete floors 

throughout, steel siding and roof garden. 

Incredible views from almost every room. 

La Costa membership. 

$2,695,000 

Chris Frost/Brant Didden 310.456.5621 

BEACH FRONT 

Malibu: Beautifully appointed home with 

oceanside decks, views from all rooms, outdoor 

entertaining area with BBQ, bar and lounge. 

3 bedroom 3.5 bath. Step out onto beach. 

$25,000/month 

Elizabeth Campbell 310.456.5621 

OCEAN VIEW PROPERTY 

Malibu: Spectacular 5 acre property. Full architectural 

drawings and coastal approval for 5960 

sq. ft. house, guest house, and 3 car garage. 

Many permits ready to be pulled! 

$1,500,000 


OCEAN VIEW BUILDABLE LOT 

Malibu: Adjacent close-in lots with stunning views 

of the cean and mountains. Reports and plans for 

a 4,600 sq. ft. modern design home by renowned 

architect Vitus Matare. 

$389,000 


MALIBU’S ULTIMATE RANCH 

Malibu: Located only 8 minutes from Zuma 

Beach is 320 acres of Malibu’s finest ranch 

land. 2 homes, lakes, pastureland, oak & pine 

forests and great ocean views. Great 

vineyard/equestrian potential. 

$17,900,000 

Kirk Murray/Chris Frost 310.456.5621 

PARADISE COVE 

Malibu: Newer model mobile home in beautiful 

Paradise Cove. High ceilings and large windows 

throughout. Spacious kitchen, double sided 

fireplace. Lushly landscaped yard. Steps to 

beach & restaurant. 

$685,000 

Chandra LaBerge 310.456.5621 

SPACIOUS TOP ROW CONDO IN MALIBU VILLAS 

Malibu: 2 bedroom plus a loft that makes a 

great 3rd bedroom! Complex has lush 

landscaping and lovely pool and spa! 

Perfect for a remodel! 

$759,900 

Allison Ray 310.456.5621 

AMAZING EQUESTRIAN PROPERTY! 

Malibu: Situated on 25 acres with several fenced 

open pastures lies this working horse ranch. Full 

dressage arena, stud barn, huge main barn! 

More! Main house has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. 

$13,500/month 

Jeff Chertow/Isabel Miller 310.456.6771 

READY TO GO! 

Malibu: 20 acre property with views and privacy. 

Two huge, flat building pads. Utilities to site. 

Reports done. Plans for 5,500 sq. ft. house, 

guest house, barn and more! 

$2,200,000 


CENTRAL MALIBU 

Malibu: 2.9 acres with views of Surfrider and 

Malibu Pier. Gated with designs ready for a 

new home. La Costa Beach Club and tennis 

rights. Full reports. 

$895,000 

Chris Frost 310.456.5621 

BEST VIEWS IN MALIBU! 

Malibu: Gorgeous whitewater & ocean views 

overlooking Surfrider Beach & the Malibu Colony. 

Walls of glass from this light & bright 3 bedroom 

home with a complete full separate gust house! 

$2,950,000 

Jeff Chertow 310.456.6771 

PARADISE COVE 

Malibu: Rare opportunity. Cleard pad near bluff 

section of cove. Ready for custom build or bring 

in manufactured home. Great location on street 

of 800K+ homes. Plans for 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 

1650 sq. ft. home. 

$535,000 

Kirk Murray 310.456.5621 

FIRST TIME ON MARKET IN 30 YEARS! 

Malibu: Wonderfully located 3 bedroom 2 bath 

home on a flat corner lot with ocean & canyon 

views! Many doors lead to a meticulously 

landscaped, grassy yard & patio area. 

5 min. to PCH. 

$1,195,000 

Susan Cosentino 310.456.6771 

ARCHITECTURAL TOWNHOUSE 

Malibu: Light & open with patios on both levels. 

Tile & carpet thoughout. 2 bedrooms plus loft, 

1.5 baths. 2 car garage. Ocean views and 

community pool. 

$3,000/month 

Elizabeth Campbell 310.456.5621 

1.6 ACRES ON MALIBU ROAD 

Malibu: Magical ocean view property. Includes 

3 separate and adjacent parcels with 3 

conditional certificates of compliance. Deeded 

beach rights. Geology reports & survey available. 

$3,500,000 


OVER 5 ACRES 

Malibu: Ocean & city light views from 3 

contiguous parcels. Multi million dollar 

neighborhood. Close to all utilities. Great access 

to west side and West Valley. Very private. 

$795,000 


Offices in Malibu and Topanga 

Pritchett-Rapf Cross Creek: 310.456.5621 

It’s different here. 

Colony: 310.456.6771 

Topanga: 310.455.4363 

OCEAN VIEWS GALORE! 

Malibu: Breathtaking ocean views from this 

gated, one story villa in Malibu Park. Situated 

on approx. 1.2 acres, with 3 bedrooms, 

3 baths in the main house, plus a 1 bedroom, 

1 bath guest house. 

$3,550,000 

Jeff Chertow/Isabel Miller 310.456.6771 

CARBON BEACH 

Malibu: 80 foot sandy lot in a great part of 

Carbon Beach. With approved plans to build a 

6,000 sq. ft. estate with a beach front pool 

and spa. 

$32,000,000 

Brett Esformes 310.456.5621 

RESORT STYLE LIVING! 

Malibu: Stunning whitewater ocean views from 

upgraded 2+2.5 bath beauty! This one has it 

all – top-floor, corner unit, double balcony, 

2 fireplaces. Amenities include volleyball, 

tennis, pool, steps to surf & beach! 

$1,100,000 

Susan Cosentino 310.456.6771 

LEASE IN THE MALIBU VILLAS! 

Malibu: Versatile, spacious floor plan, light & 

bright! Private 2 car garage. Pool and spa! 

Excellent credit a must! 

$3,800 per month 

Allison Ray 310.456.5621 

MALIBU ROAD 

Malibu: One of the last sandy beach lots. Water 

meter at site. Build your dream home on this 

deep, sandy parcel. Close in location and off 

PCH. Great opportunity. 

$7,495,000 

Jack Pritchett 310.456.5621 

OCEAN VIEW ESTATE WITH POOL 

Topanga: Light & modern architectural with 4 

bedrooms, large office, 3.5 baths. Stunning & 

spacious kitchen, 2 story living room. On 2 

acres with room for horses. 

Photos: www.garyharryman.com 

$2,249,000 

Gary Harryman 310.455.4363 

MASTERPIECE ON THE SAND 

Malibu: Stunning three level masterpiece on 

Malibu Rd. Offering 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths 

with multiple oceanfront decks. Open floor 

plan. Gourmet kitchen, private rooftop 

deck and garden. 

$14,795,000 

Jeff Chertow/Dan Dillon 310.456.6771 

MID CENTURY MODERN RANCH 

Topanga: Exquisitely designed home set perfectly 

on five private acres. Open views with true 

indoor/outdoor feel. Pool, riding and boarding 

area. Mature landscaping. A must see! 

$3,125,000 

Brant Didden/Chris Frost 310.456.5621 

SUNSET PLAZA HIDEAWAY 

Los Angeles: Behind private gates atop famous 

“bird-streets” sits this contemporary home with 

spectacular views. Motor court, guest wing, pool 

& media room. Exquisitely landscaped with 

indoor/outdoor design. 

$8,995,000 

Brant Didden 310.456.5621 

4.5 ACRES - ANACAPA VIEW 

Malibu: Whitewater ocean views, sunsets, city 

lights. See it all from this property. Huge street 

frontage. All reports available. Drastic price 

reduction for a quick sale. 

$1,495,000 


PRIVATE WITH VIEWS 

Malibu: 3/4 acre lot in private and quiet neighborhood. 

Sensational ocean and city light views. 

Active required planning approval and architectural 

plans for 2,400 sq. ft. single family residence. 

$159,000 


CHARMING MEDITERRANEAN WITH VIEWS 

Topanga: Romantic 3 bedroom 2 bath plus large 

office plus large media room. Excellent 

Fenwood location, attached 2-car garage, 

2 flat lawns, orchard, gardens. 

Photos: www.garyharryman.com 

$1,349,000 

Gary Harryman 310.455.4363 

prmalibu.com prtopanga.com

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