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Sharing their vision Mountain 

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glimpse into proposed uses at Puerco Canyon, Page 6 

Standing up, speaking 

out Charlottesville, Virginia events 

spark protest in Malibu, Page 7 

It’s that time again 

Find out who’s throwing their hats in the 

ring at this year’s Chili Cook-Off, Page 9 

Boys and Girls Club of Malibu welcomes Webster community to its new clubhouse, Page 5 

The new clubhouse for the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu at Webster Elementary School was rehabbed by Jones Builders Group. 

INSET: Jones Builders Group’s David Charvet (left) and Nathan Jones (right) pose inside the newly remodeled Webster clubhouse with Webster PTA officer Amy Cohen. 

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THURSDAY 

Wastewater Advisory 

Committee 

6 p.m. Aug. 24, Malibu 

City Hall Multipurpose 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. The Wastewater 

Advisory Committee will 

meet. For more information, 

email rnelson@mali 

bucity.org. 

FRIDAY 

The Market Beat 

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 

Aug. 25, Malibu City Hall 

Zuma Room, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. The Malibu 

Senior Center hosts this 

free lecture, facilitated by 

Kal Klatte. There will be 

an overview of the status of 

the economy, the stock and 

fixed income markets. The 

group will follow up on the 

companies with very low 

P/E ratios and high dividends 

discussed last month. 

Bring questions as well as 

possible subjects for next 

month’s meeting. For more 

information, call (310) 

456-2489 ext. 357. 

SATURDAY 

Adult Coloring 

1 p.m. Aug. 26, Malibu 

Library, 23519 Civic Center 

Way. This adult program, 

sponsored by the 

Friends of the Malibu Library, 

will allow participants 

to enjoy the zen of 

coloring, relax, socialize 

and listen to a little jazz. All 

supplies will be provided. 

For more information, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

Grand Opening 

2-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 

26, above Cafe Habana, 

3939 Cross Creek Road, 

Suite D210, Malibu. Learn 

about Roots & Wings — a 

new Malibu nonprofit organization, 

holistic wellness 

center, art center and 

bookstore — at this grand 

opening event. There will 

be free demonstrations of 

neurofeedback, a free Q & 

Awith the nonprofit’s therapists, 

and free art for all. 

For more information, visit 

www.rootsnwings.org or 

email hello@rootswings. 

org. 

‘Island Earth’ Screening 

7-9 p.m. Aug. 26, Malibu 

Bluffs Park, 24250 Pacific 

Coast Highway. This free 

event will include a screening 

of the documentary 

“Island Earth” by Cyrus 

Sutton. Bring a blanket or 

chair. This event is part of 

the Seasick in Paradise exhibition. 

For more information, 

email acrittenden@ 

malibucity.org. 

SUNDAY 

Dachshund Rescue at the 

Farmers Market 

10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 27, 

Malibu Library Parking 

Lot, 23555 Civic Center 

Way. The Dachshund Rescue 

of Los Angeles visits 

the market every fourth 

Sunday of the month. For 

more information, visit 

www.cornucopiafounda 

tion.net. 

MONDAY 

City Council 

6:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Malibu 

City Hall Council Chambers, 

23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. The City Council 

will hold its regular meeting. 


call (310) 456-2489 ext. 

228 or email hglaser@malibucity.org. 

TUESDAY 

Living A Healthy Brain 

Lifestyle 

12-1:30 p.m. Aug. 29, 

Malibu City Hall Zuma 

Room, 23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. The Malibu Senior 

Center will host “Living a 

Healthy Brain Lifestyle,” a 

free presentation on keeping 

brains healthy into 

old age. Monica Moore, 

Masters of Gerontology 

and Community Health 

Program Manager for Alzheimer’s 

disease research 

at UCLA Health, will discuss 

methods and research. 

To RSVP, or for more information, 

call (310) 456- 

2489 ext. 357. 

Malibu Speaker Series 


City Hall Council Chambers, 

23825 Stuart Ranch 

Road. B. Gentry Lee, chief 

engineer for the Solar System 

Exploration Directorate 

at the Jet Propulsion 

Lab, will speak as part of 

the Malibu Library and 

City’s speaker series. The 

event is free, but RSVPs 

are required. For more information, 

or to RSVP, call 

(310) 456-6438. 

WEDNESDAY 

Relax Through Coloring 

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

Aug. 30, Malibu City Hall, 

23825 Stuart Ranch Road. 

The Malibu Senior Center 

will offer a therapeutic art 

class. Spend an afternoon 

coloring and learn about 

how colors affect your 

mood and energy. Join 

for this free, unstructured 

drop-in program facilitated 

by Judy Merrick. For more 

information, call (310) 

456-2489 ext. 357. 

‘Water & Power: A 

California Heist’ 


City Hall Council 

Chambers, 23825 Stuart 

Ranch Road. Join for a 

free screening of the documentary 

“Water & Power: 

A California Heist” by 

Emmy award-winning director 

Marina Zenovich. 

No RSVP is required. Open 

seating is limited to the 

first 240 people. For more 

information, email acritten 

den@malibucity.org. 

UPCOMING 

Meet the Artist 

1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, 

Sept. 2, King Gillette 

Ranch, Anthony C. 

Beilenson Interagency 

Visitor Center, 26876 Mulholland 

Highway, Calabasas. 

Meet artist Robert 

Scopinich, whose paintings 

convey the integral nature 

of the ocean and the life it 

inspires. A portion of the 

funds from art sales will be 

donated to continue Arts in 

Parks. For more information, 

email samo@wnpa. 

org or call (805) 370-2301. 

Labor Day Closing 

All day, Monday, Sept. 

4, Malibu City Hall, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. The 

City Hall will be closed for 

the holiday. 

Baby/Toddler Class: Music 

Together 

11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 

5, Malibu Library, 23519 

Civic Center Way. Early 

childhood music education 

specialist Cheryl Lev will 

bring her guitar and other 

musical props for all to 

enjoy. “Music Together” is 

a national award-winning 

parent-child music and 

movement program. This 

program, sponsored by the 

Friends of the Malibu Library, 

is for children ages 

0-5 and their caregivers. 


(310) 456-6438. 

ONGOING 

Chili Cook-Off 

6-10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 

1,-Monday, Sept. 4, 23789 

Stuart Ranch Road. The 

36th annual Malibu Kiwanis 

Chili-Cook Off will 

be held. The chili contest 

will be held from 11 a.m.- 

6 p.m. on Saturday and 

Sunday. Admission is $10; 

toddlers and younger are 

free. To obtain tickets or 

four-day event passes, call 

(310) 589-9266 to pay by 

credit card over the phone. 


malibukiwanischilicoo 

koff.com. 

Malibu Coast Music Festival 

7:30 p.m. Aug. 25, 27 and 

29; Sept. 9, 11 and 12, The 

Montgomery Arts House 

for Music and Architecture, 

6307 Busch Drive, Malibu. 

Various artists will perform. 

For more information, or 

to buy tickets, visit www. 

malibufriendsofmusic.org 

or call (310) 589-0295. 

Vino With Van Gogh 

6-8 p.m. every Thursday 

in August, Spruzzo Restaurant, 

29575 PCH, Malibu. 

Artist Alice M. Howe will 

help participants create 

paintings as they sip wine. 

Couples, beginners and 

children 8 and up are welcome, 

and all materials are 

included. The class costs 

$45, and Spruzzo requires 

a minimum food and wine 

charge of $25. RSVP to alicemhowe@icloud.com. 

Computer Workshop and 

Tech Help 

10 a.m.-12 p.m. every 

second and third Friday 

of the month, Malibu City 

Hall Zuma Room, 23825 

Stuart Ranch Road. Seniors 

can get their technology 

questions answered at the 

Malibu Senior Center’s 

two-hour Computer Help 

Workshop. After a 30-minute 

presentation, the class 

practices the lesson with 

their personal devices. The 

class costs $2 per person. 


the Malibu Senior Center at 

(310) 456-2489 ext. 357. 

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malibu Planning Commission 

Commission votes on 

unpermitted structure 

Big Rock studio 

flagged for height, 

setback variances 

Lauren coughlin, Editor 

round it up 

A brief recap of action from the Aug. 21 meeting of the 

Malibu Planning Commission. 

• The commission voted 2-1, with Commissioner 

John Mazza voting “no” and Vice Chairman Chris 

Marx recusing himself, to approve plans for a 

two-story, 8,633 square-foot home at 5716 Kanan 

Dume Road. 

• The commission voted 4-0 to receive the annual 

compliance review for the Ranch at Solstice 

Canyon restaurant (26023 Pacific Coast Highway). 

The restaurant’s request for extended hours is 

expected to return on Sept. 18. 

• Soho’s Little Beach House Malibu is expected to 

have a joint use parking agreement by Dec. 18; 

the commission voted 4-0 to continue the item. 

The Malibu Planning 

Commission faced a conundrum 

Monday, Aug. 21. 

Neighbors of 20863 Big 

Rock Drive had nothing 

but support for the existing 

studio structure at the 

home. However, it was not 

as clear-cut for the commission, 

as the homeowners’ 

2015 demolition of a 

400-square-foot barn (built 

in 1973) and construction 

of a new 870-square-foot 

studio was never permitted. 

“My problem is that I 

am setting a precedent; 

they did it without a permit,” 

Commissioner Steve 

Uhring said. 

The commission voted 

3-1 to back a staff recommendation 

to deny the 

after-the-fact demolition 

of the barn and construction 

of a studio that, to be 

in compliance, called for 

height and setback variances. 

Commissioner Jeffrey 

Jennings cast the lone dissenting 

vote, and Chairman 

Mikke Pierson was absent. 

“We regret this mistake 

and fully understand the 

need to make this a legal 

and permitted structure,” 

property owner Phoebe 

Sarason told the commission 

prior to the vote. 

Jennings said he hated 

to reward an unpermitted 

construction — and said 

he initially felt inclined to 

deny the item — but ultimately 

motioned for staff 

to return with a resolution 

supporting the variances. 

Jennings’ motion did not 

find a second. 

The project would call 

for variances to reduce the 

side yard setback from 10.6 

feet to six inches, reduce 

the front yard setback from 

54.8 feet to 4.2 feet, and 

permit a 26.7-foot flat roof, 

which exceeds the 24 feet 

allowable per City code. 

Nobu’s parking plan slated 

to return this winter 

As the clock struck 10:45 

p.m., Commissioner John 

Mazza motioned to adjourn 

with Nobu Restaurant’s 

permit conformance review 

still on the agenda ahead. 

“I’ve been here too 

many times until midnight,” 

he said. 

The motion did not find a 

second, but Mazza left. 

The remaining three commissioners 

discussed the 

state of Nobu’s compliance 

issues and voted to continue 

its creation of an offsite 

parking plan and/or joint 

use parking plan to Dec. 18. 

Nobu Attorney Ben 

Reznik, of Jeffer Mangels 

Butler & Mitchell LLP, said 

the restaurant has taken action 

to fix issues with regard 

to employees’ current 

parking etiquette as well as 

reports of valets crossing 

the Pacific Coast Highway 

outside of the crosswalk. 

Reznik said cameras have 

now been put in front of the 

restaurant; any valet observed 

crossing PCH outside 

of the crosswalk will 

be terminated, he said. 

Reznik said the restaurant 

needs roughly 25-30 

spots in the daytime and “as 

much as [they] can get for 

evening parking.” 

For Uhring, Nobu’s issue 

of being underparked 

struck a chord. 

“We’re not going to do it 

tonight, but at some point 

in time I would love to have 

someone explain to me 

why on all these projects 

there’s not enough parking,” 

Uhring said. “Is the 

formula we’re using bad?” 

MUSE School is proud to announce 

our first graduating class in the 

school’s history. 

With hard work, determination, and 

instilling MUSE’s 5 pillars into their 

education, students were accepted 

to top colleges and universities, 

receiving $300,000 in scholarships! 

Experience the MUSE difference! 

“Muse is a fantastic school for the creative and independent thinking child. The teachers developed the 

students at extraordinary levels which traditional schools could never achieve. The different challenges focus 

on their emotional intelligence and development as a young adult. Thank you for all of your guidance the past 

few years to provide him the opportunity to study at New York University.” - MUSE Parent 

www.museschool.org • 818-880-5437 

B. Gentry Lee, Chief Engineer for Solar System Exploration at the Jet 

Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Co-creator with Carl Sagan of the 

Emmy Award winning science show “Cosmos” 

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City, Boys and Girls Club 

of Malibu form partnership 

Submitted by the City of 

Malibu 

The City of Malibu and 

the Boys and Girls Club of 

Malibu will partner during 

the 2017-2018 school year 

to offer after-school enrichment 

programs at Juan Cabrillo, 

Point Dume Marine 

Science School and Webster 

elementary schoosl. 

Programs will encompass 

the Boys and Girls 

Club S.T.E.A.M. model 

and include opportunities 

for participants to engage 

in science, technology, engineering, 

art and math. 

Classes include culinary 

arts, robotics, LEGO engineering, 

computer technology 

and theater arts. 

Enrichment programs 

prices are included in the 

BGC membership. Boys 

and Girls Club members 

may register for enrichment 

programs through Ariel 

Krakowsky, director of 

elementary programs and 

services, by calling (310) 

457-2582. 

Students who are not 

members of the club are 

welcome to join classes by 

paying the community rate 

of $150 per class. Families 

may register by visiting 

malibucity.org/register. 


contact the Community 

Services Department at 

(310) 317-1364 or visit 

malibucity.org/classes. 

City awards grants to various local nonprofits 

Submitted by the City of 

Malibu 

The City of Malibu released 

the list of recipients 

of grants for the Fiscal 

Year 2017/2018 General 

Fund Grant Program that 

is awarded each year to 

local nonprofit organizations 

whose efforts benefit 

the community. 

“The list of General 

Fund Grant recipients really 

demonstrates Malibu’s 

compassion and commitment 

to helping make 

the world and our community 

a better place,” Mayor 

Skylar Peak said. “The 

grants support important 

services and causes that 

touch all of our lives.” 

All submitted applications 

are reviewed by the 

City Council’s Administration 

and Finance Subcommittee, 

and presented 

to the City Council for 

award during the annual 

City Budget approval in 

June. 

Malibu General Fund Grant recipients in 2017-2018 

• American Tortoise 

Rescue $800 

• Aurelia Foundation 

$4,000 

• Boys and Girls Club 

of Malibu Teen Center 

$40,000 

• California Wildlife Center 

$4,000 

• Children’s Creative 

Workshop $2,000 

• Children’s Lifesaving 

Foundation $7,500 

• Community Assistance 

and Resource Team (CART) 

$1,500 

• County of Los Angeles 

Fire Dept./Junior Lifeguard 

Program $2,000 

• Emily Shane Foundation 

$2,500 

• Friends of Malibu Urgent 

Care Center $3,000 

• Malibu Adamson House 


• Malibu Community 

Alliance $1,000 

• Malibu Community Labor 

Exchange $30,000 

• Malibu Council of the US 

Navy League $200 

• Malibu High School — 

7th Grade Core Teachers 

$1,000 

• Malibu High School PTSA 

— Safe and Sober Grad 

Night $4,000 

• MHS — Shark Fund 

$10,000 

• Malibu Jewish Center & 

Synagogue (Hand in Hand) 

$5,000 

• Malibu Methodist 

Nursery School $3,000 

• Malibu Mountain Rescue 

Team, Inc. (Search & 

Rescue Team) $2,500 

• Meals on Wheels $3,000 

• Mighty Under Dogs 

$2,500 

• Nature of Wildworks 

$2,000 

• Ocean Park Community 

Center (OPCC – the People 

Concern) $76,000 

• Poison Free Malibu 

$2,500 

• Sharifololama 


• Tales by the Sea $1,000 

• Young Actors Project 

$1,500



Boys and Girls Club expands to Webster Elementary 

Lauren Coughlin, Editor 

Malibu’s Webster Elementary 

School has officially 

joined the club — 

and it’s done so in style. 

Boys and Girls Club of 

Malibu Executive Director 

Kasey Earnest said the nonprofit’s 

new clubhouse at 

Webster very well may be 

“the nicest building in all of 

SMMUSD.” And BGCM 

is looking forward to doing 

big things in its fourth 

clubhouse. 

The clubhouse held an 

open house/grand opening 

on Friday, Aug. 18, to show 

off the remodeled bungalow 

at 3602 Winter Canyon 

Road. 

Earnest said the building 

was revamped by Jones 

Introducing the new 

Webster ClubHouse 

Where: 3602 Winter 

Canyon Road, Malibu 

Hours 

1-6:30 p.m. Monday- 

Thursday 

12:45-6:30 p.m. Friday 

Phone: (310) 456-6494 

Web: bgcmalibu.org 

Builders Group, co-owned 

by Nathan Jones and David 

Charvet, both of whom 

have children at Webster. 

It was roughly a five-week 

project that resulted in 

new windows, ceilings and 

floors, new paint on the interior 

and exterior, a new 

stairwell, a quartz countertop, 

and more. Earnest 

Matthew Newman, of the Malibu Boys and Girls Club, 

shows off the Webster clubhouse’s computer station, 

which will come in handy for the nonprofit’s after-school 

Power Hour/Homework Club program. 

Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

added that the subcontractors 

donated their time and 

services to the project. 

“It’s really amazing and 

thoughtful, just the level 

of effort they put into the 

space,” Earnest said. “We 

couldn’t have done it without 

them; it never would 

have been in our budget.” 

The Boys and Girls Club 

of Malibu has served Point 

Dume and Juan Cabrillo elementary 

schools for four 

years, and it had been eyeing 

an expansion to Webster 

for about two years, 

Earnest said. This year, the 

club felt it had the capacity 

and support to back that expansion. 

Over the last year, Earnest 

said BGCM worked 

with members of Webster’s 

Parent Teacher Association 

and former principal 

Dr. Susan Samarge-Powell 

(who in July started her 

new role as SMMUSD’s director 

of early learning) to 

identify the needs of Webster 

students. Earnest said 

PTA officer Amy Cohen 

was particularly helpful 

and “led the charge on everything 

having to do with 

the clubhouse.” 

Ariel Krakowsky, the 

Boys and Girls Club’s new 

director of elementary programs 

and services, who 

started her role in early 

June, will be overseeing 

needs throughout the year 

at all three Malibu elementary 

school clubhouses. 

Krakowsky, of Encino, 

earned her master’s degree 

in social work from Columbia 

University and said she 

has a particular passion for 

school program development, 

making the Boys and 

Girls Club the perfect fit for 

her skill set and interests. 

Krakowsky worked as 

the program coordinator for 

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Puerco Canyon field trip paints picture of desired uses 

Coastal Commission, 

members of the public 

tour site with the MRCA 

Suzanne Guldimann, Freelance 

Reporter 

Members of the California 

Coastal Commission and the public 

had an opportunity to tour the 

Mountain Restoration and Conservation 

Authority’s proposed 

campsite and day use areas in Puerco 

Canyon. 

The field trip was part of the 

commission’s August meeting, 

which took place at King Gillette 

Ranch. It was the first time the 

coastal panel and the public have 

had an opportunity to tour the 

site and learn about the MRCA’s 

plans. 

The 703-acre property, officially 

known as Cameron Nature 

Preserve, was purchased by the 

MRCA in 2014 for $12 million 

from filmmaker James Cameron. 

The MRCA describes the preserve 

as a crucial connection for 

wildlife such as mountain lions, 

bobcats, mule deer and gray foxes. 

It’s home to numerous special 

concern species, and preserves 

a wide range of plant communities 

including chaparral, coastal 

sage scrub, native grasslands, 

and oak woodlands. It also encompasses 

drainages from three 

watersheds, with more than three 

miles of USGS-designated blueline 

streams. 

The preserve is made up of 24 

parcels at one time slated to be a 

housing development. The property 

was also once home to a pig 

farm and several farm structures 

are still standing, despite wildfire 

damage. 

The MRCA’s plan for the reserve 

is to use the former farm 

and several areas that were graded 

for development that never occurred 

to accommodate a day use 

area, a group camp for foster and 

other disadvantaged youth, and 

several group activity areas. 

Trails and old fire roads already 

connect the property to the 1,000- 

acre Corral Canyon Park and 

7,000-acre Malibu Creek State 

Park. The network of trails is 

popular with mountain bikers and 

equestrians but difficult for casual 

hikers to access. The MRCA’s 

proposed improvements would 

offer a major new trailhead and 

parking area that would increase 

access to all three areas, as well as 

year-round group camping. 

“We want this to be a destination,” 

Project Manager Mario 

Sandoval said. 

Joe Edmiston, the executive 

director of the Santa Monica 

Mountains Conservancy, the 

MRCA’s sister organization, said 

the beauty of using the areas that 

have already been graded is that 

very little will need to be done. 

“None of these areas require 

anything but smoothing out,” he 

said. 

Edmiston added that the 

cleared areas would be able to accommodate 

facilities while meeting 

fire defensibility and Environmentally 

Sensitive Habitat buffer 

requirements. 

The site does have geological 

limitations. The narrow dirt 

track that wilds precariously up 

the steep canyon is problematic. 

It will need to be widened and 

paved to provide safe access for 

the public and the fire department, 

a major challenge from an 

engineering and cost perspective. 

Water is another concern. The 

old ranch was supplied by a well. 

“The pigs also needed water,” 

Edmiston said. 

However, supplies may be limited, 

especially in drought years. 

Sandoval explained that the day 

use area would provide 80 parking 

spaces, equestrian hookups, 

picnic areas and restrooms. The 

group campground would have 

26 campsites, served by a covered 

kitchen and dining area with 

restrooms and showers, a covered 

activity area, a group amphitheater, 

open air activity areas, and a 

permanent caretaker’s residence. 

Sandoval said the facility as envisioned 

could serve around 100 

campers and staff at one time. 

Because the camp is intended to 

serve youth with special needs, a 

Mountain Restoration and Conservation Authority staff member 

and Puerco Canyon Project Manager Mario Sandoval discusses site 

plans during an Aug. 10 tour of the property. 

Suzanne Guldimann/22nd Century Media 

higher than usual ratio of staff to 

campers is anticipated. 

A youth pilot program is already 

in operation at the park. 

“We reached out to the County 

Department of Children and 

Community Services,” Sandoval 

said. “We are offering a program 

that is safe, secure, and unique. 

It’s a respite for them.” 

Tour participants had the opportunity 

to meet the camp leaders 

and visit a scenic bluff top 

area where groups of young people 

participated in activities with 

camp leaders. 

MRCA Interpretive Director 

Jamie Cabral described the enthusiasm 

of the program’s young 

participants. 

“They go, ‘we can come here?’ 

And I tell them ‘This is your park, 

your land. You are always welcome 

to come back,’” she said. 

City to show ‘Water & Power: A California Heist’ 

Thought-provoking 

documentary to come to 

City Hall Aug. 30 

Submitted by the City of Malibu 

The City of Malibu will host 

a free, special screening of the 

powerful documentary “Water & 

Power: A California Heist,” at 7 

p.m. Aug. 30 in City Hall’s Civic 

Theater. 

The film is a critically acclaimed 

documentary by Emmy 

Award-winning director Marina 

Zenovich (“Roman Polanski: 

Wanted and Desired”) that tells 

the story of how a small group of 

water barons gained control of the 

state’s most precious resource. 

“This educational and entertaining 

film underscores many of the 

important issues surrounding our 

water resources that California 

and Malibu confront every day,” 

Mayor Skylar Peak said. “I’d encourage 

everyone in Malibu to see 

this film so we can make informed 

decisions on our water future.” 

“Water & Power,” which was 

executive produced by Academy 

Award-winner Alex Gibney, takes 

viewers into the complicated 

questions of California’s water 

rights and the powerful interests 

that have long controlled them. 

The screening will be co-hosted 

by Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit 

environmental advocacy organization. 

The screening will be 

followed by a Q&A session with 

Food & Water Watch staff who 

will discuss the proposed new $25 

billion-$67 billion Sacramento- 

San Joaquin delta tunnel project 

and its potential effects on Southern 

California water supplies. 

No reservations are necessary, 

and seats are open to the first 240 

people to arrive. 

For more information, visit www. 

malibucity.org/waterandpower or 

call (310) 456-2489 ext. 337.



Protest comes to Malibu in 

wake of Charlottesville events 

Barbara Burke 

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Katie Row (left) and Tabitha Di Leo, 

Malibu Methodist ministries director, join 

Malibu’s protest of the Charlottesville 

events. Barbara Burke/22nd Century Media 

People everywhere reacted after an Aug. 

12 “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally 

in Charlottesville, Virginia, escalated out 

of control. 

In Malibu, angry, shocked and dismayed 

protestors extemporaneously took to the Pacific 

Coast Highway on the evening of Aug. 

13 to support the multitudes who renounced 

the horrific events across the globe. Members 

of the Malibu Methodist Church organized 

the demonstration. 

Protestors Christina Neferis and Larry 

Jones explained why they joined in the 

protest. 

“We were out there because when Nazis 

and white supremacists attack and kill 

Americans in a city such as Charlottesville, 

it is important to denounce the ideology 

and the violence,” Jones said. “Our 

president’s creation of a moral equivalency 

between neo-Nazis and citizens who were 

standing up against their racism and anti- 

Semitism when he denounced violence 

from ‘many sides’ is dangerous. It should 

be easy for the president to denounce the 

KKK and Nazis by name. He didn’t. So, it 

is up to the citizens.” 

Neferis elaborated on why it mattered to 

show up, stand up and protest vociferously. 

“In our time on PCH today, hundreds of 

passing motorists, including firemen and 

sheriff’s officers, waved peace signs and 

gave us thumbs up while honking their 

horns in support,” Neferis said. “And, one 

passenger gave us the Nazi salute and another 

yelled ‘I love Hitler’ as they passed. 

In Malibu, people who aren’t outraged by 

events in Charlottesville are either not paying 

attention or are sympathizing with unpatriotic 

fascists.” 

Protestors waving signs stating “Are 

You Outraged?”, “Stand with Charlottesville” 

and “No Nazis, No Klan” were 

met by wildly honking horns as motorists 

started to disperse from the beaches on an 

idyllic Malibu evening. Other passersby 

gave the group applause, thumbs ups and 

shouted supportive statements from behind 

their rolled-down windows. 

One of the many protestors was Ann P. 

Meredith, a Malibu producer, writer, photographer 

and director (“Triangles: Witnesses 

of the Holocaust” and television 

series “Actors Entertainment”), long respected 

for her provocative works which 

give voice to persecuted populations and 

to the narrative about global injustice. 

“Devastated by the violent behavior of 

white supremacists and [President Donald 

Trump] ... 25 heat-minded people gathered 

in love, kindness, outrage and protest from 

the Malibu Methodist Church at Morning 

View Drive and PCH to honor peace martyr 

Heather [Heyer] who [was] murdered 

by James Alex Fields, a 20-year-old Nazi, 

and those injured in Charlottesville,” she 

said. “We gathered to protest against hatred 

and racism in Charlottesville.” 

Meredith continued: “I believe with all 

my heart that those of us, and there are 

many, in our country need to be visible. We 

need to express our outrage and the unacceptable 

behavior that is happening from 

the top down. I love our country and it was 

founded on human rights, freedom and respect, 

not the hatred, racism, homophobia, 

antisemitism, xenophobia [and] misogyny 

... that is being perpetrated ever since the 

campaign and election. We must join together 

and get our country back.” 

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the Boys and Girls Club of 

Santa Monica for the past 

three years. 

“The Boys and Girls 

Club in so many communities 

is a space where kids 

can learn and grow and discover 

themselves and their 

interests,” she said. 

At Webster, Krakowsky 

expects that to be the case, 

too. Throughout the school 

year, she will be working 

with staff and families 

at each school to develop 

BGCM programs specific 

to each school’s identity. 

“I think the parents at 

Webster are really enthusiastic 

about our program, 

and I believe that stems 

from their kids’ desire to 

have an after-school program,” 

she said. “ ... I think 

the school has a need for 

that type of consistency.” 

Krakowsky also had the 

chance to meet a handful of 

Webster families through 

the club’s Camp Bu at the 

Juan Cabrillo clubhouse, 

which gave her a peek at 

the students’ passions. 

“They were really open 

to learning new things, 

and I think that speaks to 

the mindset of the whole 

Webster community,” Krakowsky 

said. 

In the long run, Earnest 

said she hopes that the Boys 

and Girls Club of Malibu 

will become integrated into 

the elementary schools’ 

communities, as she feels 

it is at Malibu High. But 

that will take time, she acknowledged. 

“Our real function and 

purpose for being there is 

to support the school and 

the parent-kid community 

there, so we have to work 

together,” Earnest said. 

Programs offered at the 

Webster Elementary location 

will include the 

Healthy Snack Program, 

the Power Hour/Homework 

Club, its sports and 

recreation-focused Triple 

Play program, cooking 

programs, arts and crafts 

offerings, and counseling 

and support group services, 

among others. 

Earnest said the club 

typically does the majority 

of its enrollment in August 

and September, but enrollment 

is accepted throughout 

the year. 

“I would encourage families 

to visit us regardless 

of if they are dependent on 

after-school care,” Earnest 

said. “I would encourage 

them to visit us just to learn 

about all of the social and 

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a part of our program.” 

At the club’s other locations, 

the staff has fostered 

a positive relationship with 

the students, she said, and 

being part of the Boys and 

Girls Club is something the 

children enjoy. 

“It’s a really engaging 

way for them to hang out 

with their friend groups in 

a supervised setting,” Earnest 

added. 

Krakowsky concurred, 

calling the Boys and Girls 

Club a “special place.” 

“I think Boys and Girls 

Club, regardless of the 

community, is a home for 

the kids who attend — and 

that’s my goal, is to create a 

second home for the kids at 

Webster,” Krakowsky said. 

“It’s a place where they can 

learn and grow, challenge 

themselves and make new 

friends.” 

Later this year, the Boys 

and Girls Club will mark 

another milestone as it 

unveils its new Wellness 

Center at Malibu High, for 

which a Sept. 29 ribbon cutting 

and family fun event is 

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Surfside launches Malibu Choice Awards 

Staff Report 

From breakfast place and 

surf shop to hair salon and 

doctor, Malibu Surfside 

News is asking its readers 

to tell them their choices 

for their favorite Malibu 

businesses in the first Malibu 

Choice Awards. 

The voting is part of the 

inaugural Malibu Choice 

Awards, which are to act as 

recognition for standout local 

Malibu businesses and 

offer a chance for residents 

to give their opinions, according 

to Heather Warthen, 

chief events officer for 

Malibu Surfside News’ parent 

company, 22nd Century 

Media. 

“We want to know what 

our readers like best,” said 

Warthen, adding that there 

are 75 categories to vote 

in. “Readers don’t have to 

vote for every category, but 

we do ask they vote for local 

Malibu businesses in at 

least 10 categories.” 

Voting started Aug. 16. 

Main categories on the ballot 

include Beauty, Health, 

Dining, Fitness and Recreation, 

Pets, Services, and 

Shopping. 

“The impact of voting 

will hopefully be to drive in 

some extra business to Malibu 

businesses,” Warthen 

said. “It’ll hopefully remind 

people, ‘Hey, I forgot this 

place has this’ or ‘I forgot 

about this business; I should 

go there a little more.’” 

Winning businesses will 

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cocktail party scheduled for 

Sept. 27. Winners will also 

receive plaques as well as 

a window cling to display 

at their place of business to 

showcase they won the Malibu 

Choice Award. After the 

party in late September, the 

businesses will be recognized 

in the Oct. 12 issue of 

the Malibu Surfside News. 

Voting for the Malibu 

Choice Awards will continue 

until 5 p.m. Monday, 

Sept. 11. 

Ballots will appear weekly 

in the middle of Malibu 

Surfside News publications 

Aug. 24, Aug. 31 and Sept. 

7. Votes also can be cast 

online at www.malibus 

urfsidenews.com/choice or 

mailed to “Malibu Choice 

Awards,” P.O. Box 6854, 

Malibu, CA 90264. 

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Chili Cook-Off competitors revealed 

Malibu’s Labor Day 

weekend to include 

36th annual event 

Submitted by the Chili 

Cook-Off organizers 

The Kiwanis Club of 

Malibu is preparing for its 

36th annual Chili Cook-Off 

and Carnival on Labor Day 

weekend. 

The gates will open at 

5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. 

The event will continue 

through Monday, Sept. 4. 

For full details, visit mali 

bukiwanischilicookoff.com. 

New this year is that the 

organizers will be judging 

the chili in two separate categories. 

On Saturday, Sept. 

2, judges will rate traditional 

chili recipes, and on Sunday, 

Sept. 3, they will judge 

the vegan/vegetarian chili. 

Maggie Luckerath, producer 

of the chili contest, 

said “what is exciting is that 

contestants who have only 

made traditional chili in the 

past will be surprising us 

this year with a vegan/vegetarian 

chili so they will be 

in the judging both days.” 

The event has become 

one of the biggest family 

events in Malibu. In past 

years, chili contestants have 

come from as far away as 

Finland and South Africa. 

A few of the chili contestants 

have shared with Luckerath 

a little about their personal 

backgrounds as well as 

the chilis they are preparing 

for the 2017 contest. 

And the competitors are ... 

• Bart Derek, captain at 

Fire Station 144 in Westlake 

Village, has been in 

the battalion for seven 

years. Derek is the owner of 

French Quarter Firehouse 

Cuisine, a food concessionaire 

and high-end catering 

company with emphasis on 

family recipes passed down 

generation after generation 

since 1750 in the backwaters 

of Louisiana to the bustling 

gas lamp cobblestone 

streets of New Orleans. 

Their food is a combination 

of 30 years of firehouse 

cooking for the most demanding 

palates and their 

families’ 267-year history 

of creating and refining 

dishes. Emerald Society, as 

a benevolent organization, 

continues to honor our fallen, 

and preserve the memories 

of loved ones gone far 

too soon. In 2016, Derek 

placed second in the Sunday 

judging competition. 

• Alex Rylance will run 

a chili booth and represent 

the Malibu Rugby Club. He 

also coordinates other rugby 

teams, including Pasadena 

men’s and Santa Monica 

rugby teams, each of which 

will be in the competition 

this year. In past years, Rylance 

has coordinated the 

Pasadena rugby teams. In 

2015, Alex took third place 

in the competition. In 2014, 

Alex took first place. 

Rylance started a company 

called Future Wave Energy 

in 2010 with a focus on 

energy efficiency for farmers, 

hotels, residential pool 

owners, and anyone who 

runs water or air through a 

motor and pump. This year, 

Rylance will have three different 

chili entries: a chicken, 

beef and vegetarian 

version. All ingredients in 

his chili will be cooked using 

organic vegetables and 

meats supplied by his farmer 

customers in California, 

Texas and Oklahoma. 

• James Soubasis has 

traveled from New Jersey 

to California for years for 

Mestico’s Darrell Gillcrese doles out a sample of his chili 

during last year’s Chili Cook-Off. This year’s chili contest 

will be held from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sept. 2 and Sept. 3. 

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the Malibu Kiwanis Club 

Chili Cook-Off. He has 

also been an award winner 

in the past with his “Jersey 

Jimmy’s Chili.” Soubasis 

owns a sports entertainment 

company called Legends 

of the Ring and works 

with a lot of former and 

current WWE wrestlers 

doing shows all over the 

country. Soubasis’ home 

base is in Monroe, New 

Jersey, where he puts on 

two huge conventions a 

year. He also co-owns Garden 

State Mega Fest where 

he does signings with celebrities 

and sport stars. 

• Darrell Gillcrese, owner 

and chef at Mestico Afro 

Latin Cuisine, is coming 

back for the third year as a 

contestant. Mestico is a restaurant 

startup concept that 

opened its doors in a nontraditional 

manner. Mestico 

has taken its food to the 

streets of Los Angeles, Malibu, 

Orange County and the 

Inland Empire in the form 

of nonprofit events, major 

cultural festivals, private 

events, catering and pop-up 

dining experiences. Its motto 

is “Give the People What 

They Want!” Gillcrese said, 

“We are proud to share our 

award-winning chili with 

the Malibu community for 

the third year,” and he invites 

everyone to stop by 

his booth for a unique chili 

experience. He and his family 

will be preparing their 

signature Love Muff Chili 

and for the second time a 

vegetarian chili by popular 

demand called Yum Yum. 

• Peter Tulaney will return 

with Peter’s Pulled 

Pork. Tulaney finished first 

in the 2015 Sunday competition. 

Tulaney is the former 

owner of the Malibu 

Art Barn, a therapeutic art 

workshop for children, and 

is now the owner of the 

WeHo Sausage and Catering 

Co. and Weho Sausage 

Co. Sandwich Shop and 

Grill, 1313 West 8th St. in 

Los Angeles. Besides being 

a sausage master, he is 

also the catering director 

for Emerald Events LA, 

an event production company. 

Two children and a 

wife round out the picture. 

Stop by his booth to try a 

sample from a four-time 

chili champion. Tulaney 

is also a psychotherapist, 

working with children and 

practicing in Brentwood. 

Tulaney’s company can be 

found online at wehosausageandcatering.com 

• Marco Gonzalez, a 

second-year competitor in 

the Kiwanis Chili Cook-Off 

Contest, will return in 2017. 

In 2016, Marco placed second 

on Saturday and took 

first in Sunday judging. He 

will prepare his smoked 

prime rib chili with ground 

brisket and chuck beef. To 

say Gonzalez has been in 

the restaurant business for 

most of his life would be 

an understatement. Growing 

up in Highland Park and 

starting at the age of 13, he 

worked in his father’s very 

successful trio of restaurants: 

La Cabana, located 

in Cypress Park, Highland 

Park and Echo Park. There, 

he developed the philosophy 

he still practices today: 

Service is No. 1, Food is 

No. 1A. Gonzalez’s first 

restaurant, Mario’s Mexican 

Restaurant, in the east end 

of Ventura, opened in 1983. 

One day he and a customer 

named Dennis started talking 

about smoked meat and 

barbecue, something that 

Gonzalez took to immediately. 

Soon Mario’s became 

Rib Ticklers Barbecue & 

Mexican Restaurant. Marco 

and Dennis started competing 

in cook-offs around the 

west, and they took first 

prize for their baby back ribs 

at the Best in the West BBQ 

Championships in 1986 in 

Reno, Nevada. Gonzalez’s 

barbecue sauces have won 

first place three times at 

the United States Kansas 

City Royal Barbecue Sauce 

Competition. Chili Pepper 

Magazine gave his Thermo 

Barbecue Sauce its “The 

hottest, best tasting sauce 

on the planet” prize. Another 

Rib Ticklers opened in 

Agoura Hills in 1991. This 

eventually led to the opening 

in 2004 of the flagship 

tavern, Tavern 101 American 

Grill in Agoura Hills. 

Serving the same delicious 

BBQ, with 36 craft beers on 

draft, Tavern 101 became a 

success. The newest Tavern 

restaurant, Tavern 1 Grill 

& Tap House PCH-Malibu 

opened in January 2016 and 

quickly became a favorite of 

locals and tourists alike. 

• Chef Ian Martin and 

Chef Cynthia Chea’s booth 

will be called “Diaspora 

Afrique” and will feature 

a vegan chili influenced 

by flavors from Africa and 

the Caribbean. Diaspora 

Afrique is a celebration 

of flavors, techniques and 

traditions of the African 

Diaspora. Martin and Chea 

share a love for plant-based 

food, and they also share 

a similar background of 

Caribbean/African roots. 

Drawing inspiration from 

this, they revisit and revise 

old familiar culinary favorites 

into colorful, complex, 

soul-warming and palatepleasing 

cuisine. Martin 

is originally from Toronto 

and is a first-generation 

Canadian of Jamaican descent. 

Chea was born and 

reared in the San Francisco 

area and is a first-generation 

American of Liberian 

and Guyanese descent. 

• Kousha Harirchia; 

you know him from Cross 

Creek Starbucks, but I bet 

you never knew he can do 

a lot more than pour a great 

cup of joe. Harirchia is also 

a certified acupuncture and 

Chinese herbalist, marathon 

runner and, most recently, 

graduate from the Academy 

of Culinary Education 

in both culinary and pastry. 

Harirchia is excited to share 

his Persian-influenced chili 

with his friends in Malibu.



Police Reports 

Pair of road bikes reportedly taken from closed, unlocked Malibu garage 

A women’s custom 

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road bike, worth roughly 

$25,000, reportedly were 

stolen Aug. 17 from a 

closed garage on Sea Star 

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and GPS charger reportedly 

were stolen from 

a car in the 27000 block of 

Pacific Coast Highway. A 

rear window was broken. 

Aug. 14 

• A suitcase, backpack and 

car keys reportedly were 

stolen from a car at PCH 

and Paradise Cove Road. 

The rear passenger’s side 

window was smashed in. 

Aug. 13 

• Five butane refill bottles 

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staff has told him he’s not 

welcome at the business. 

An employee reportedly 

tried to stop him, but he 

shoved her out of the way. 

Aug. 10 

• A book bag, U.S. passport 

and debit card reportedly 

were stolen from a vehicle 

at PCH and Latigo Canyon 

Road. The rear passenger’s 

side window was reportedly 

smashed in. 

Aug. 7 

• A burglary reportedly 

took place at a residence on 

Vantage Point Terrace. The 

offender broke in through 

a rear glass door. The alleged 

suspect proceeded to 

kick in the master bedroom 

closet door. No items were 

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reported as stolen. 

Aug. 4 

• A Louis Vuitton purse 

containing a California 

driver’s license, Social Security 

card, debit cards and 

miscellaneous items reportedly 

was stolen from a vehicle 

in the 23500 block of 

PCH. A small window on 

the passenger’s side was reportedly 

smashed in. 

EDITOR’S NOTE: The 

Malibu Surfside News police 

reports are compiled from official 

records on file at the Los 

Angeles County Lost Hills/ 

Malibu Sheriff’s Department 

headquarters. Anyone listed 

in these reports is considered 

to be innocent of all charges 

until proven guilty in a court 

of law. 

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deputy’s death was accidental 

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The Aug. 

11 death of 

67-year-old 

Malibu/Lost 

Hills Reserve 

Deputy Jacob 

Castroll has Castroll 

been ruled as 

accidental. 

Los Angeles County 

Coroner Public Information 

Officer Ed Winter said 

Aug. 15 that Castroll’s 

death was the result of injuries 

to his head and neck. 

A fellow competitor in the 

2017 World Police and Fire 

Games found Castroll unresponsive 

on the mountain 

bicycle race course at 9:40 

a.m. on Aug. 11, according 

to a release that day from 

the Los Angeles County 

Sheriff’s Department. 

Castroll was treated by 

on-scene medical personnel 

and transported to a hospital. 

About an hour-and-ahalf 

later, at 11:14 a.m., he 

was pronounced dead. 

Castroll, who served in 

his role with the LA County 

Sheriff’s Department since 

July 2010, is survived by 

his wife, Rody, and his children 

Victor, Lea, and Rica. 

Castroll was a resident of 

Studio City, Winter said.

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Malibu High School grad 

receives $1,500 scholarship 

Student recognized for her 

academic, extracurricular 

achievements 

Staff Report 

Hannah Maier, of Malibu, received 

a $1,500 Howard F. Ruby 

scholarship from Oakwood Worldwide. 

Maier recently graduated from 

Malibu High School, according to a 

release from Oakwood Worldwide, 

and will be attending the University 

of Washington in the fall. 

“She excelled in academics, earning 

Academic All-League and the 

Golden State Seal Merit Award from 

the California Scholarship Federation 

all four years in high school,” 

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Angeles Public Library 

the release said. “In addition to 

her academic success, Hannah was 

heavily involved in sports, clubs, 

volunteer work and other extracurricular 

activities. 

“Some of the most impactful experiences 

for her in high school were 

becoming a yearbook photographer 

and eventually being named assistant 

editor of the yearbook; volunteering 

at her local animal shelter; 

volunteering with Baja Builds, 

which builds housing for impoverished 

families in Tijuana, Mexico; 

and being selected for the Every 15 

Minutes leadership program. In college 

she plans to continue her community 

involvement and focus on 

helping to reduce global poverty by 

volunteering with Habitat for Hu- 

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Malibu Library patrons 

can now visit the library 

and enter their original 

bookmark design, in color. 

The theme of the contest, 

which runs through Oct. 

14, is “What’s Your Story? 

or ¿Cuál es tu historia?” 

The contest is a special 

program for children and 

their families that highlights 

the wonder and importance 

of books and reading. The 

library’s bookmark contest 

challenges parents, educators 

and librarians to introduce 

children to great reads 

and nurture and excite their 

love of reading and the library 

through art. 

Children can take part in 

the 38th annual bookmark 

contest at Malibu Library 

where entry forms are 

available. 

Children will compete 

against other artists in 

these groups: kindergarten 

through second grade, third 

grade through fifth grade, 

sixth through eighth grade, 

and ninth through twelfth 

grade. 

Winners at each library 

will be announced Nov. 

9. All library winners will 

compete in a district contest, 

and those winners will 

be selected by the Los Angeles 

County Board of Supervisors. 

District winners 

will be announced in February 

2018, and their bookmarks 

will be published on 

www.colapublib.org/children, 

where you can also 

see the winners from last 

year’s contest. 

Pentel Arts will print the 

winning bookmarks. These 

bookmarks will be available 

at county libraries during 

National Library Week 

in April 2018. 

Children can enter their 

design at Malibu Library 

at 23519 Civic Center Way, 

Malibu. Call (310) 456- 

6438 for more information. 

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poses with her dad, who works for 

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Bates College 

Malibuite named to dean’s 

list 

Madeline Schapiro, of 

Malibu, was named to the 

dean’s list at Bates College 

for the winter semester that 

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Children’s Creative Workshop marks 35 years 

Barbara Burke 


For 35 years, Shari Latta 

has operated the Children’s 

Creative Workshop 

in Malibu. 

Three generations of little 

ones have been blessed 

by her gentle guidance as 

they learn the basics of interacting 

in life, being creative 

and communicative, 

and beginning to comprehend 

the world. 

The children learn to 

share, to listen, to love 

and to care for others. For 

many, the skills essential to 

being a productive member 

of the Malibu community 

and the greater world begin 

at CCW. 


visited Aug. 16 during 

a summer playdate, and 

wee ones were very busy 

in Miss Shari’s room. The 

lovely learning space invited 

toddlers to try their hand 

at a musical keyboard, a 

dress-up station where one 

can pretend to be a princess 

or an astronaut, a painting 

easel for painting great horizons 

or small, intricate 

characters, places to have a 

snack and to gather for story 

hour, and a little library 

filled with exciting and intriguing 

story books. 

“Two of my kids have attended 

CCW and both have 

thrived and enjoyed being 

here,” CWC mom Gia 

Pappas said. “They love 

the teacher and having the 

animals to play with. We 

love to see all the artwork 

the kiddos bring home and 

listening to the songs that 

they have learned.” 

Children bounce in and 

out of their play stations, 

beaming with smiles as 

they experience their microcosm 

of the real world, 

their special place to tease 

Children’s Creative Workshop founder Shari Latta plays guitar for the children during 

an Aug. 16 summer playdate at the Malibu preschool. Photos by Barbara Burke/22nd 

Century Media 

all their senses, olfactory, 

visual, auditory, and the 

ever-important tactile. It’s 

their little heaven on Earth. 

Periodically, there is a bit 

of contention between two 

children. 

Miss Shari gently mediates 

a solution. She is 

the consummate Barnabas 

amidst the littlest of constituents. 

“Did you tell your friend 

that you’d like to wear 

those pretty princess shoes? 

Were you polite?” she asks 

an anxious child who wiggles 

in anticipation, clearly 

coveting her colleague’s 

princess shoes. “How can 

you use nice words to ask 

her to wear them?” 

The child contemplates 

her options for a moment. 

“Can I please wear those 

shoes?” she asks her friend. 

The friend shakes her 

head from left to right, indicating 

that she does not 

want to share. 

Ever patient, Shari mediates 

a bit more. 

“Can you tell her that 

you’ll share in a few minutes?” 

The child wearing the 

princess shoes finally smiles 

and says, “Sure, in just a little 

bit I’ll give you the shoes.” 

The wee donnybrook 

solved, the children quickly 

forget the dispute and move 

on to other adventures. 

Yet, after that fleeting encounter, 

they take essential 

problem-solving skills with 

them for this day and for 

many more. It’s not about 

the princess shoes when 

one looks at the big picture. 

Rather, it is about having 

essential skills in life to 

interact with others peacefully 

and productively, to 

be confident enough to 

provide for oneself, and to 

understand basic standards 

of conduct in order to function 

well. 

But it is also about so 

much more. 

There is all the learning 

that is going on, even if 

gleaned in fleeting tidbits 

of paying attention to a toy, 

an art project, a cooking 

project, or music time. The 

children learn to paint, sing, 

exercise, choose healthy 

snacks, jump, run and play. 

CCW’s mascot, Sangoma, 

is always there to 

receive an enthusiastic hug 

from one of the toddlers. A 

large, loping black dog, he 

makes his way around the 

play area, patiently allowing 

curious little ones to pet 

him, peek under his ears, 

scratch him on the head 

and hold him in an it’s-justa-little-too-tight 

hug. His 

name, ascribed to traditional 

healers in many Southern 

African tribes, befits him. 

“Oh, puppy. I love you!” 

one child exclaims. 

The Children’s Creative 

Workshop teaches children 

the basic skills of life in a 

nurturing, non-judgmental 

and safe environment. The 

curriculum, however, also 

Children’s Creative Workshop student Nico Falvai beams 

with pride next to his painting. 

CCW’s Shari Latta (middle) aids Isabel Rodriguez (left) 

and Mila Spoliansky as they color eggs during a “Green 

Eggs & Ham”-themed summer playdate. 

exposes children to the 

everyday lives of — and 

sometimes, to the challenges 

faced by — children who 

live in communities far beyond 

Malibu. A school in 

Africa benefits from outreach 

from even the most 

wee Malibuites, ensuring 

that the Workshop’s students 

know how lucky they 

are and how loved children 

all over the world can and 

should be. 

Malibu is lucky that some 

of its smallest citizens have 

learned, played and grown 

under the gentle guidance 

of Miss Shari in this very 

special cocoon.

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Business Briefs 

New nonprofit opens doors 

in Malibu Lumber Yard 

Roots & Wings — a new 

nonprofit that is part holistic 

wellness center, part art 

center and part bookstore 

— will host a grand opening 

event from 2-5 p.m. on 

Aug. 26. 

The grand opening will 

offer free demonstrations 

ofneurofeedback (a treatment 

for ADHD symptoms 

for all ages), a free Q&A 

with Roots & Wings therapists, 

and free art for all. 

The nonprofit’s storefront 

is located at 3939 Cross 

Creek Road, Suite D210, 

above Cafe Habana in Malibu 

Lumber Yard. 

Roots & Wings is the 

brainchild of Malibu mom, 

psychologist and Juan Cabrillo 

PTA President Dr. 

Jennifer Johnston-Jones. 

“Sixteen years ago [Johnston-Jones] 

gave her first 

parenting class and has been 

teaching parents how to 

raise their kids since,” a release 

stated. “Over the years 

she has seen far too many 

parents struggle (including 

herself) and miss the 

benefits of raising children. 

She became frustrated with 

the parenting “experts” and 

pediatricians giving information 

that wasn’t researchbased 

and seeing parents 

and children suffer the negative 

consequences.” 

Roots & Wings aims to 

guide parents and children 

tools for happiness and 

self-improvement. All of 

the nonprofit’s proceeds 

from sales, practitioner 

visits and class fees support 

free parent education, 

teacher development and 

counseling for children in 

Malibu schools. 

“Through art workshops, 

meditation and entrepreneurship 

classes for kids, as 

well as one to one sessions 

such as parent coaching, nutritional 

counseling, neurofeedback, 

and family/child 

counseling, Roots & Wings 

provides experiences that 

are proven to increase happiness 

and heal stress,” the 

release explained. 

Classes for children and 

teens will include an entrepreneurship 

session, a 

DIY Halloween costume 

session, therapeutic spoken 

word and poetry for teens, 

and knitting and art classes. 

For adults, offerings include 

dream interpretation, 

therapeutic writing, parenting 

with positive discipline, 

meditation, moms raising 

girls and pain management. 

Outside of the store, 

and through partnership 

with Santa Monica Malibu 

School District and the 

Boys & Girls Club of Malibu, 

Roots & Wings will offer 

monthly parent education 

sessions at all Malibu 

public schools as well as at 

Our Lady of Malibu. 

Two new businesses join 

Malibu Country Mart 

This summer, two new 

shops have joined Malibu 

Country Mart. 

Last week, on Aug. 15, 

Sunroom — located at 3900 

Cross Creek Road, Suite 

3A — opened. The retailer 

carries women’s clothing 

and accessories including 

swim, evening and cocktail 

dresses, sunglasses, jewelry, 

shoes and handbags. Sunroom’s 

collection includes 

lines that are exclusive to 

the Malibu Country Mart 

location, including: Apiece 

Apart, Ryan Roche, Mara 

Hoffman, Araks and Kalita. 

The store also showcases 

furnishings from Mexico’s 

TXTURE as well as 

custom-built pieces from 

Malibu’s Lotus Fine Woodworking. 

Sunroom will be open 

Monday through Sunday 

from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. For 

more information, visit 

www.shopsunroom.com. 

Also joining Country 

Mart this summer is il Sandalo, 

which opened in July 

at 23410 Civic Center Way, 

Suite D2. The store offers 

custom, luxurious woman’s 

sandals. 

The Malibu location 

marked il Sandalo’s first 

West Coast store. 

Il Sandalo is open Monday 

through Saturday from 

10 a.m.-6 p.m. and on Sunday 

from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 


www.ilsandalo.com. 

“We are thrilled to welcome 

Sunroom and il Sandalo 

to our dynamic lifestyle 

center in the heart 

of Malibu,” said Michael 

Koss, general partner of 

the Malibu Country Mart, 

in a press release. “These 

fashionable boutiques and 

stylish lines will be right at 

home at The Malibu Country 

Mart and will continue 

to enhance the shopping 

experience for our guests.” 

LA Chamber Orchestra 

board welcomes Malibu 

resident 

Julie Andersen, of Malibu, 

was recently appointed 

to a three-year term with the 

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 

Board of Directors. 

Andersen — who has a 

background in biochemistry 

and cell biology — is 

the executive director of the 

Plastic Oceans Foundation. 

Previously, she served 

as the executive director of 

the Joshua Hellmann Foundation 

and scientific director 

of Meditech Media, 

both based in Hong Kong, 

statistician and science 

writer for the Japan International 

Volunteer Center 

in Tokyo, and medical and 

scientific program manager 

of the Huntington’s Disease 

Society of American, based 

in New York City. 

The Los Angeles Chamber 

Orchestra was founded 

in 1968. It was proclaimed 

to be “America’s finest 

chamber orchestra” by 

Public Radio International. 

During its 50-year history, 

LACO has made 31 

recordings, toured Europe, 

South America and Japan, 

performed across North 

America and garnered eight 

ASCAP Awards for Adventurous 

Programming. 

For more information on 

LACO, call (213) 622- 

7001 or visit www.laco.org. 

Partners Trust merges with 

Pacific Union International 

Partners Trust, which has 

an office in Malibu, among 

other locations, announced 

Aug. 11 its plans to merge 

with Pacific Union International. 

Partners Trust — which 

serves both residential and 

commercial markets and 

has offices in Beverly Hills, 

Brentwood, Santa Monica, 

Ocean Park, Malibu, La Cañada 

Flintridge and Pasadena 

— was founded in 2009 

by Nick Segal, F. Ron Smith, 

Richard Stearns and Hugh 

Evans III, a release stated. 

In 2016, Partners Trust 

had a sales volume of $2.47 

billion. Pacific Union International 

is reportedly the 

eighth-largest real estate 

brokerage in the U.S. by 

2016 sales volume. 

“The combined firm creates 

the preeminent independent 

luxury real estate 

brokerage in California, 

with 2016 sales volume of 

$12.61 billion and projected 

2017 sales volume in excess 

of $15 billion,” the release 

stated. “The merger expands 

the brokerage to 47 offices in 

Northern and Southern California, 

with more than 1,400 

real estate professionals.” 

Business Briefs are compiled 

by Editor Lauren Coughlin, 

lauren@malibusurfsidenews. 

com. 

Showing the docents around 

Serra Retreat tour offers historic perspective 

Lena Torslow Hansen (front row, fourth from left) and 

Damian Ruddy (front row, fourth from right), museum 

curator for the Adamson House, shake hands at the 

Serra Retreat after Torslow Hansen conducted a tour 

for new docents from the Adamson House. The tour 

focused on extensive design work Torslow Hansen 

did with Malibu Tiles in the early 1980s over a span of 

approximately two years. Photo Submitted 

Scholarship 

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manity.” 

The scholarship may be 

renewed annually for up to 

four years. 

Maier’s brother, Daniel, 

also received a one-time 

bursary award of $750 for 

the coming school year. 

Maier’s dad, Eric, works 

as an asset manager with 

Oakwood Worldwide, 

which offers furnished and 

serviced apartments. 

Recipients of the Howard 

F. Ruby scholarship 

awards are recognized for 

academic achievement 

and community involvement 

through volunteer 

work in the areas of health 

and human services, education, 

arts and culture, 

civic life, community service 

and environmental 

preservation. 

The program, named after 

the company’s founder, 

has awarded more than 

$168,500 in scholarships 

to children of Oakwood 

Worldwide associates.

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Don’t Panic, It’s Organic 

We need to stop killing our beautiful Earth 

Andy Lopez 

Contributing Columnist 

Invisible Gardener 

Today, I present seven 

ways to kill all living 

things on Earth 

within 50 years, based on 

the 10 ecological boundaries 

— things we should not 

be doing, but are doing. 

1. Nuclear 

Store wastes in pools out 

back. To be sure it will effectively 

kill, build it near 

a fresh water supply. 

Build nuclear plants near 

the ocean, make sure it is 

on a fault line! Let it leak 

into the ocean. 

Build nuclear power stations 

near the major cities. 

Let it leak into the city. 

Build nuclear plants near 

your favorite farm belt. 

Radiate your food. Yum! 

What about nuclear 

waste? Sure, nuclear power 

is safe as long as you 

ignore the waste it produces. 

You can delay this 

end by another 100 years 

(maybe) if you bury it in 

someone else’s state. No 

matter what you put it in, 

it will leak. Every nuclear 

plant on earth is leaking radiation 

into our air, water, 

ocean crossing all ecological 

boundaries. Life cannot 

live long radiated. 

Solution: Stop the use of 

nuclear weapons. If we 

must use nuclear power, 

switch to using thorium. 

Thorium produces no radiation, 

no radiation waste 

and you cannot make 

nuclear weapons from it. 

2. Oil 

Ignore the climate change 

warnings and drill baby 

drill! First will come global 

warming and then it will 

be followed by an ice age. 

The last global warming 

occurred when Europeans 

cut down most of their 

forest. It was called the 

Medieval Warming, which 

lasted around 500 years; 

it was followed an ice age 

called the Little Ice Age 

that also lasted around 500 

years. That was without our 

current pollution/deforestation 

rate. This time, it will 

last much longer. Ice Ages 

are bad, but try surviving a 

Nuclear Ice Age. Ignore climate 

change and continue 

to use outdated methods of 

doing business. (Let’s drill 

in the Arctic. Really?) 

Solution: Go renewable 

and fast! 

3. GMO (GEO) foods 

Eat GMO (GEO) foods 

with pesticides in the gene. 

(Almost everything you eat 

now is GMO unless it is 

certified organic.) 

Let Monsanto control 

GMO research. If not 

stopped, within a few years 

there with be no viable 

organic seeds, no plants, 

no trees, no flowers, no 

safe food. Nothing will 

reproduce due to terminator 

tech build into anything 

GMO. Terminator tech was 

developed so that farmers 

had to buy the seeds over 

and over again. They also 

knew that it (GMO pollen) 

cannot stop from spreading 

around the world and 

pollinating other plants and 

they too would become 

GMO. What they are not 

telling you is that it works 

only 95 percent of the 

time. The other 5 percent 

pollinate and spreads it to 

other plants worldwide. 

Solution: Eat “certified 

organic” food, as anything 

labeled “natural” may 

also be GMO. Control 

GEO research. Make it 

work for all and not for 

one corporation. 

3. Pollution 

Pollute our bodies and 

out water with chemicals. 

The modern world has 

not been paying attention to 

particle pollution, an important 

ecological barrier which 

we passed a long time ago. 

Nothing can survive with 

toxic air to breathe. 

The oceans are in danger 

of becoming toxic to all 

living things. If the ocean 

fails, humans will not be far 

behind. 

Soil pollution is another 

matter. For years, the argument 

was that you cannot 

feed the world organically, 

which is not true. Conventional 

farming methods 

have destroyed the land. 

Disrupt the nitrogen and 

phosphorus cycles in plants 

through misuse of natural 

resources, and through inefficient 

farming methods and 

destruction of the forest. 

Building roads destroys the 

Earth underneath it. 

Electromagnetic pollution 

is awful and crosses 

all ecological barriers. All 

living things cannot get 

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radiated without sustaining 

damage, which includes 

but is not limited to Wi-Fi 

and its various devices. 

Smart meters and towers 

are very bad. Radiation 

comes from our cellphones, 

TV, computers, faulty home 

wiring, faulty microwaves 

and more — all of which 

bombard our bodies with 

radiation known to damage 

living cells. 

Solution: The solution to 

pollution lies in the money. 

If you make something 

for profit then you will 

almost certainly pollute in 

the process. If you make 

something for the benefit of 

everyone, then pollution is 

not there. We must educate 

everyone to understand 

and to work within the 

natural laws. 

5. Human Waste 

Sewer sludge in your 

compost equals heavy 

metals in your food. It was 

a wonderful idea to run a 

pipe underwater, three or 

four miles out to sea and on 

the ocean floor and dump it 

there. Billions of gallons of 

human waste, mixed with 

medicine of all types mixed 

with industrial waste are 

dumped every year along 

the world’s coasts. 

This kind of contamination 

has already crossed several 

of the Earth’s ecological 

boundaries. 

Solution: Develop ways 

to recycle human waste 

into clean, usable compost 

completely. 

6. Plastic 

Plastic does not decompose. 

It merely forms small 

plastic “beads,” which 

algae grows on. It will last 

almost forever. Fishes are 

found to have plastic in 

them, and we are eating 

it. The ocean is being destroyed 

with plastic as well 

as everywhere one looks. 

Solution: Develop ways to 

make plastic compostable. 

7. Deforestation and land 

misuse 

Trees play a significant 

role in the health of the 

Earth as a place where living 

beings are to be found. 

Without that support, nothing 

will be alive. We have 

destroyed three-fourths of 

the world’s trees and are in 

the process of destroying 

the rest. Besides oxygen 

(they take carbon and replace 

it with oxygen), they 

also bring minerals and 

water up from deep within 

the earth for living beings 

to use. The recent drought 

is showing us how important 

trees are in reducing 

the damages a drought 

brings to its local area as 

well as the global environment. 

By telling folks 

to water their properties 

less, they are in essence 

destroying the trees — 

maybe even killing them. 

We need more trees, not 

fewer trees. 

Solution: Stop misusing 

our resources. Learn the 

art of sustainability in all 

aspects of our lives. Plant 

more and more trees. 

Return the top soil back 

to life. Clean our air, our 

oceans and our food. 

Any questions? Email me at 

andylopez@invisiblegardener. 

com.

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From the Editor 

Feeling a little bit nostalgic 

Lauren Coughlin 

lauren@malibusurfsidenews.com 

Roughly a year ago, 

I was settling back 

in at 22nd Century 

Media. 

After branching a bit 

outside of the newspaper 

world for about a year-anda-half 

to work as the editor 

of a website, I decided the 

traditional journalism business 

was where I belonged. 

I missed talking to people, 

researching and learning 

about topics and, of course, 

writing. 

I was lucky. Having 

previously spent about 

three-and-a-half years at 

22CM, it was a style of 

journalism that I already 

knew and loved. 

Coming back to 22nd 

Century Media was more 

than just a matter of comfort; 

it was a challenge that 

was always worthwhile. 

And it just so happened 

that the Malibu editor position 

was up for grabs in a 

time when I really wanted 

to get back to my roots. 

This time last year, I 

knew little about Malibu. 

Measure R was on my 

radar but I had not fully 

grasped the community’s 

passion for it. PCB issues 

were calmer by the time 

I took the helm but still 

never far from the minds 

of SMMUSD parents. The 

Santa Monica-Malibu district 

split was just a dream, 

it seemed. 

I knew the major names 

and issues in Malibu, but I 

didn’t know much else. 

For me, it all started at 

the Malibu Kiwanis Chili 

Cook-Off, one of my 

first assignments for the 

Surfside. It was my second 

week on the job and I was 

expecting it to take some 

time to get to know the 

community. And it did, but 

it started there, where the 

beauty of the Malibu community 

is on full display. 

I recognized the importance 

of the event early. 

But with each person I 

spoke to, that importance 

was further affirmed. 

Notably, Malibu resident 

Marc Gurvitz told me, “It’s 

just nice to have one place, 

one time of year where it 

feels like everybody goes 

— and if they don’t go, 

they miss out.” 

And just as the event is 

a favorite for many Malibu 

residents, it still holds 

strong as one of my favorite 

assignments. 

This year, bridesmaid 

duties call and I won’t be 

able to join the festivities, 

but I am certain a wonderful 

time will be had. I’m 

sure I didn’t need to tell 

you that, though. 

This past year has been 

eventful, educational and 

interesting. There has not 

been a dull day, but there 

have been highlights. 

The November election 

was one of the most exciting 

local elections I’ve 

ever seen. The City Council 

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I thought I would share 

some thoughts as on Aug. 9 

my daughter Emily [Shane] 

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Happy 21st Birthday to 

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day stolen away by anger 

and hatred. 

Here is what I have learned 

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Death is impossible for us 

to fathom. It is so immense 

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Society is organized to 

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Make it count. 

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future would hold, I can only 

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13-year-old girl, with no 

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— tragic for me and all 

she touched. 

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down. 

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Quite the 

selection John 

Varvatos features whiskey 

tasting, live music 

alongside its trademark 

designer clothes, Page 24 

Turbocharged 

This 

2012 Dodge Charger 

is custom-made with 

the zombie apocalypse 

in mind, Page 26 

malibu surfside news | August 24, 2017 | malibusurfsidenews.com 

Shoppers come eager, leave happy at Our 

Lady of Malibu’s annual yard sale, Page 25 

Our Lady of Malibu Church yard sale volunteer Claire Vopatek sorts through items in the toy section on Thursday, Aug. 17. The annual sale was held 

Aug. 12-20 as a fundraiser for the church. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media

24 | August 24, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Life & Arts 


Smooth stylings come to Malibu 

Whiskey tasting, 

live music come to 

John Varvatos shop 

Malibu resident inks her second book 

Book, written for teenagers, available on Amazon 

Suzy Demeter 


Distillery 291 Owner and Distiller Michael Myers (right) 

gives samples of his 291 Colorado Bourbon Whiskey and 

291 Colorado Rye Whiskey to (left to right) Jason Torres, 

Jeff Enoch, Stacey Enoch and Carrie Enoch Aug. 12 at 

John Varvatos in Malibu Country Mart. Photos by Suzy 

Demeter/22nd Century Media 

Pete Pidgeon (right) performs for shoppers at John 

Varvatos in Malibu. 

Malibu’s John Varvatos 

designer retail store created 

an inviting experience for 

their customers on Aug. 12 

at its Malibu Country Mart 

location. 

The shop, specializing 

in men’s contemporary 

fashions, hosted Grammyrecognized 

recording artist 

Pete Pidgeon and Distiller/ 

Owner Michael Myers, of 

Distillery 291 from Colorado. 

While customers 

browsed the new fall collection 

with Manager Krista 

Weissmuller’s assistance, 

they had the opportunity to 

sample boutique styles of 

whiskey while listening to 

a smooth solo music performance. 

Myers introduced tastings 

from his Distillery 291 

Colorado Whiskey offering 

distinctive flavors of bourbon 

and rye. The distillery 

is gaining strong recognition, 

having won Best 

American Rye Whiskey 

from Whiskey Magazine 

in 2016 and Silver from the 

2017 International Wine 

and Spirit Competition in 

four categories. The tasting 

notes as described by Philip 

Rawleigh, brand ambassador 

for Distillery 291, are 

as follows: The Colorado 

Bourbon Whiskey “has 

a bananas foster, brown 

sugar with accent of tobacco 

and cherry.” Colorado 

Rye Whiskey “is heavy in 

maples and vanillas, with 

a round finish in cinnamon 

and graham crackers.” 

Unique to this brand is 

the Aspen stave finish, added 

to the barrel in the last 

three weeks. 

The distribution as of 

March includes our local 

Vintage Market, Malibu 

Farm and Duck Dive, and 

other distribution in nearby 

cities. Expansion into more 

local accounts are currently 

in the works. Myers’ parents 

are longtime residents 

of Malibu. 

“You don’t see much 

bourbon made out west,” 

customer Jeff Enoch noted. 

Pete Pidgeon presented an 

exclusive solo performance 

featuring his captivating 

vocals. He performed new 

and mostly original tunes, 

starting the set with “Whirlwind.” 

Pidgeon also sang 

“The Ways We Change” 

from his new LP, “All the 

Little Things.” Copies of the 

CD and vinyl release were 

available for signing. 

As noted on his website: 

the new LP “appears seven 

times on the 2017 Grammy 

Awards 1st first-round ballot.” 

It features several top 

performers, including Levon 

Helm (The Band, Bob 

Dylan), Justin Guip (Hot 

Tuna, Levon Helm Band), 

and others. 

The harmonious blend of 

activity made for an enjoyable 

Saturday afternoon for 

customers shopping at John 

Varvatos. 

Pictured is the jacket of “Amazing Adventures of Frederick The Butterfly Plus Karen & 

Malibu Kool Kat!” by Malibu resident Karen Ann Smythe. Image Submitted 

Malibuite named 2017 debutante 

Submitted by Coronet Debutante Ball 

Board 

On Aug. 5, the Coronet Debutante Ball 

Board announced their newest debutantes 

at a luncheon at the Bel-Air Country Club. 

This year’s class is comprised of 12 

young ladies who will make their debut 

this fall, including Malibu resident Ashley 

Nicole Griess. Griess’s mother, Lynne, 

has been a 17-year member of the Malibu 

Women’s Club and serves as an advisor for 

the National Charity League Thrift Shop. 

The women were invited to debut based 

on philanthropic service criteria and have 

dedicated their time to volunteer acts in 

their community for at least six years. 

“It is inspiring to see this type of commitment 

and I am confident that these ladies 

will continue to dedicate their time to 

inspire as they move forward in both their 

academic and social ventures,” said Alice 

Wilson Gould, Coronet Debutante Ball 

New debutante Ashley Nicole Griess 

(middle), of Malibu, poses with her mother 

Lynne Griess (right) and 2017 Coronet 

Debutante Ball Director Alice Wilson 

Gould. Lee Salem Photography 

Board director. 

As is tradition, each girl received a gold 

coronet lavalier to be worn for the first time 

on the evening of their debut at The Beverly 

Hilton on Nov. 25. This year will mark 

the 68th Coronet Ball.

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OLM yard sale excites bargain hunters, benefits the church 

Barbara Burke 


For more than 50 years, 

Malibuites have looked forward 

to Our Lady of Malibu’s 

days-long yard sale. 

From Aug. 12-20, diligent 

bargain-hunters descended 

on the church 

hall, seeking hard-to-find 

vintage items, collectibles, 

clothing, toys and household 

items. 

“People are thrilled with 

the prices and the quality of 

the donated items,” volunteer 

Beverly Gleason said. 

“We have excellent things 

for sale and people are 

smiling as they walk away 

with excellent bargains and 

unique finds.” 

The OLM yard sale is an 

adored annual summer tradition 

in Malibu. Longtime 

volunteer Marlene Davenport, 

who has staffed the 

sale for almost its entire existence, 

even flew in from 

Florida to go to the sale. 

As one walked through 

the church hall and outer 

area, they could find everything 

from golf clubs to 

walkers, from toys to furniture 

and bric-a-brac. 

There were books and 

bikes, computers and 

Christmas decorations, 

shoes and shiny jewelry, 

fine art and fine lace. In 

short, it was a shopper’s 

paradise. 

When Malibu Surfside 

News visited, the highend 

boutique was bustling. 

Shoppers casually perused 

the fine art, the designer 

shoes and the unique home 

décor. There was a Wedgewood 

tea set, Prada and 

Manolo Blahnik shoes, and 

lovely vintage clothing. 

“Look at this cute selection 

of items,” volunteer 

Artwork, dishes and other home good were among the items offered at the annual yard 

sale OLM Church held from Aug. 12-20. 

Birute Vileisis said as she 

beckoned curious shoppers. 

“Look at these cute vintage 

clothes and collectibles.” 

No matter where you put 

a genuine item, it stands 

out and shines. Shoppers 

eagerly tried on the clothing 

and shoes, snapped up 

the lovely one-of-a-kind art 

pieces and grabbed something 

special for their hardto-shop-for 

holiday gift 

donees. 

“Look, I’m a model. 

Look at all these awesome 

hats that I found,” shopper 

Jan Gentry said. “You 

didn’t know I was a model, 

did you?” 

The day was young and 

the hunt for one-of-a-kind 

finds was on. 

“We’ve got sterling silver, 

long gold charms and 

handcrafted jewelry,” volunteer 

Sylvianna Baca said. 

“We’ve even got a tiara. 

We’ve got gems, gems 

and more special gems to 

choose from.” 

Pacific Palisades residents Lucy Kelly (left) and Brenda 

Iredale lounge on chairs that are part of the yard sale. 

Attendees Lucy Kelly 

and Brenda Iredale took 

a break from all the shopping, 

clearly enjoying the 

sensational shopping spectacle. 

“This sale is mind-boggling,” 

Kelly said. “There 

are so many items and they 

just keep coming. And, they 

have very high-end brands 

for excellent prices. See, I 

Our Lady of Malibu yard sale shopper Jan Gentry models 

a hat. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media 

got this lovely Chico’s item 

for only $3.” 

Twins Kate and Sophia 

Hall frequented the yard 

sale for several days, displaying 

a penchant for 

purses and designer items. 

If one looked closely, they 

could find lobster catchers, 

a Halloween skeleton that 

vied mightily to serve as a 

new shopper’s holiday welcoming 

committee, or that 

special board game that was 

popular long ago. 

Everyday items that anyone 

would find useful — 

dishes, coffee makers, and 

casserole dishes — were 

tucked away in a section 

that intrigued many shoppers. 

Perhaps those items 

will find their way to college 

dorms nationwide 

or to young couples’ first 

apartments. 

Some items, such as the 

bust of John Wayne carved 

from a 13-ton boulder that 

slid off of Big Rock back in 

the ’70s, found themselves 

headed out of state. That 

particular piece went home 

to Lubbock, Texas. 

Others worked in the reverse 

manner, hailing from 

far away. One such example 

was the signed painting 

by Australian artist Bret 

Livingston Strong entitled 

“Sunrise.” 

Whether one looks in 

Australia, Texas or anywhere 

else in the world, 

Malibuites shopping at the 

OLM yard sale were convinced 

that they would not 

find a better yard sale. 

Proceeds of the yard sale 

go to Our Lady of Malibu 

Church. In past years, proceeds 

have enabled the faith 

community to renovate its 

church kitchen and hall.



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Revved up and ready for the carpocalypse 

Fireball Tim Lawrence 

Contributing Columnist 

Malibu resident 

So there I was, coming 

out of Starbucks 

and heading to my 

daily ride when the corner 

of my eye dragged me to a 

down and dirty sight. 

There in the Malibu 

Country Mart parking 

lot stood a 2012 Dodge 

Charger with some serious 

modification. 

FADE IN: Christopher 

Rutkowski is a director/ 

producer of cool car content. 

He loves cars and his 

passion is to film them not 

only in movies, but also 

on his Youtube Channel 

(theAFICIONAUTO and 

www.driveTA.com). He is 

a serious movie car fan and 

has owned many of them. 

But this 2012 Dodge 

Charger (apocalypse edition) 

wasn’t just any movie 

car. It was fully armed with 

zombie-splattering mods 

and blunt force mods. Let 

me explain. 

Under the dented, 

smashed and hammered 

skin lies a 3.6L Pentastar 

V6 with 290 horsepower 

— just enough to 

cross town and launch 

zombies into neighborhood 

yardage. But the car 

also includes a defense 

exoskeleton, front ramming 

guard, extra large 

truck steelies, and Mickey 

Thompson Baja tires with 

Christopher Rutkowski poses with his modified 2012 

Dodge Charger, a car fit for the zombie apocalypse, 

mundane trips to Costco and everything in between. 

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lots of gross leftover zombie 

parts. 

With real rust, fake rust 

and rusty rust, the car 

had an apocalypse wrap 

convincing enough that 

zombies would think it’s 

real (as they can smell 

fresh paint a mile away) 

and window cages that allow 

one to put their wallet 

in the dash with cash hanging 

out and no worries that 

anyone can do anything 

about it! 

“I’ve had this car for 

about two years now,” 

Rutkowski started. “I got it 

in a prop auction online for 

the TV show ‘Defiance.’ It 

is the perfect car for me and 

my business, theAFICION- 

AUTO. I document and sell 

movie cars online, so when 

I was looking for a new 

business car to replace my 

‘Jurassic Park’ Jeep, this 

was the perfect candidate. 

“The show ‘Defiance’ itself 

wasn’t that popular so 

it can easily be identified 

with me and my brand,” 

he continued. “The fans of 

the show will love it when 

they see it. It’s robust and 

strong for a V6, and the 

cage keeps it secure and 

safe. No one will ever be 

able to break in and steal 

my camera gear. It’s also 

pretty ideal for my dog to 

hang out in with all the 

windows open since the 

gates keep him from escaping.” 

Sounds pretty frickin’ 

awesome to me. 

According to Rutkowski, 

the best part of the car is 

the wheels matched up 

with the exoskeleton. 

“[It] makes it look like 

the baddest thing on the 

road and people get out of 

your way,” he said. 

Except for the zombies. 

Stupid zombies. 

“It’s my daily driver, my 

camera car and I use it to 

go to Costco and for TV 

and film shoots,” Rutkowski 

said. 

I’m pretty sure that 

taking this car to Costco 

would scare anyone. If I 

was in the driver’s seat, I’d 

just drive it right through 

the store and scoop up lots 

of paper towels for zombie 

cleanup. 

The car was also recently 

the star of a ‘Mad 

Max’-style car chase in the 

deserts of California City. 

“Just three weeks ago 

we had the ambitious idea 

to produce and shoot a 

large-scale chase scene 

with this car and many 

other apocalyptic cars in 

the desert,” Rutkowski 

said. “Twelve hours of 

shooting on the hottest day 

of the year and surprisingly 

the engine didn’t fail or 

overheat once! 

“Other than that, everyday 

is a great story. People 

surround it at gas stations 

and parking lots and ask 

every question under the 

sun. Surprisingly, many 

think it’s a proper race 

car or some kind of dune 

racer.” 

Nope, it’s a zombie 

killer and people ought to 

get that right off the bat. 

The best thing about 

driving in Malibu for Rutkowski? 

“The roads in the canyons 

coupled with the best 

weather in the region. It’s 

smooth and curvy and the 

community of auto enthusiasts 

is so strong here,” 

he said. “You don’t feel 

alienated by everyone for 

having an octane addiction. 

It’s my motor paradise.” 

Well, I can appreciate 

that fact ... and Rutkowski’s 

passion. But underneath 

all his kindness and 

movie-making expertise 

lies a zombie eradicating 

monster machine of death. 

Oh, and it’d be a great 

car to have in the event of 

a mummy attack, too. 

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Wixen Music Authentic Voices Festival offers diverse lineup 

Eight artists 

to perform at 

Pepperdine during 

two-day fest 

Submitted by Pepperdine 

University 

The Wixen Music Authentic 

Voices Festival presents 

some of the best of both 

established and emerging 

American songwriting talent, 

including Andrew Bird 

and Lucinda Williams, over 

two days at Pepperdine University’s 

Smothers Theatre 

from 4 p.m.-8:15 p.m. on 

Saturday, Sept. 23, and Sunday, 

Sept. 24. 

Food trucks will be onsite 

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Tickets, starting at $50 

per performance day, are 

available as of Aug. 21 by 

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Bringing together bold 

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spectrum, the Wixen Music 

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is a unique opportunity to 

see both internationally acclaimed 

songwriting darlings 

and emerging talent 

in the intimate setting of 

Smothers Theatre on the 

Malibu coast. 

The weekend festival 

includes two separate lineups. 

Each day will treat 

audiences to four unique 

talents from the American 

music stratum. Some artists 

will be playing acoustically 

or in stripped-down band 

configurations to better 

showcase their songs. 

“We came up with the 

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Where: Pepperdine University’s 

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Coast Highway, Malibu 

Artists performing Saturday, Sept. 23: 

• Wildling (4 p.m.): This Los 

Angeles alternative rock band has 

received rave reviews through 

their monthlong residency at The 

Satellite, a tour of North America 

with Young the Giant, and highprofile 

tracks on ABC’s “Nashville.” 

Their first major label release, 

“Here,” comes out on Warner Bros. 

Records on Sept. 1. 

• Parker Millsap (5 p.m.): Millsap is 

an International Folk Music Award’s 

Artist of the Year. He has earned 

his acclaimed reputation with 

captivating live performances, his 

soulful sound and character-driven 

narratives that rivets audiences 

through a voice that “has the depth 

of some of the best blues musicians 

… the wild and dirty sound that 

comes from a life of hard living,” 

according to Tulsa World. 

• Jonathan Richman (6 p.m.): 

Richman founded the influential 

proto-punk band the Modern 

Lovers in 1970 along with Dave 

Robinson (Cars) and Jerry Harrison 

(Talking Heads), and has since 

toured as a guitarist and singer/ 

songwriter. With a style firmly 

songwriting talent that we 

work with,” said Randall 

Wixen, president of Wixen 

Music Publishing. “These 

are all great writers who 

can evoke emotions and 

tell stories with words and 

melodies, and not just loop 

a beat and layer on autotuned 

vocals. The artists 

will be playing true songs, 

and we may even have a 

few surprises.” 

Saturday features an alternative 

voices-focused 

lineup of alternative rock 

band Wildling, International 

Folk Music Awards Artist 

of the Year Parker Millsap, 

influential acoustic guitarist 

Jonathan Richman, and 

multi-instrumentalist and 

whistler Andrew Bird. 

Sunday features an 

Americana voices-focused 

lineup of wicked country 

lyricist Mike Stinson, the 

genre-bending dark folk 

storyteller The White Buffalo, 

Nashville country music 

outlaw Elizabeth Cook 

and singular Grammy-winning 

songwriter Lucinda 

Williams. 

rooted in American rock and roll, 

Richman’s songs are “quirkily 

framed life lessons, which he pulls 

off by keeping them personal and 

funny,” said Now Toronto. 

• Andrew Bird (7:15 p.m.): This 

internationally acclaimed multiinstrumentalist, 

vocalist, whistler 

and songwriter has synthesized 

jazz, country blues, and folk music 

into his own unique brand of pop, 

spilling his singular voice into a 

career that includes recording 

with the Preservation Hall Jazz 

Band, appearing as “Dr. Stringz” 

on Jack’s Big Music Show, and 

headlining concerts at Carnegie 

Hall, Sydney Opera House, and 

festivals worldwide. 

Artists performing Sunday, Sept. 24: 

• Mike Stinson (4 p.m.): Named 

Best Country Artist of the Year by 

Los Angeles Magazine, Stinson 

has written his very own version 

of the American songbook and 

developed an expansive live show 

that, as The Morton Report puts it, 

“taken country and rock and boiled 

them down to their essence before 

injecting everything with the kind of 

ju-ju that Gram Parsons died for.” 

• The White Buffalo (5 p.m.): 

This group explores the grey 

area between genres, carving 

Wildling will perform at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, on 

Day 1 of the Wixen Music Authentic Voices Festival at 

Pepperdine. Photo Submitted 

out a sound rooted in dark 

folk, countrified soul, cinematic 

storytelling and roadhouse-worthy 

rock with hard-hitting songs, 

including the Emmy-nominated 

“Come Join the Murder,” featured 

on shows like “Sons of Anarchy” 

and “Californication.” 

• Elizabeth Cook (6 p.m.): The 

New York Times has called this 

Nashville singer/songwriter a 

“sharp and surprising country 

singer” with her knife-sharp 

take on heartache and hardship 

that’s cathartic and visceral, a 

transcendent reflection on hard 

times, survival, and rebirth. She 

has played the Gran Old Opry more 

times than any other performer. 

• Lucinda Williams (7:15 p.m.): A 

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter 

often described as the “female 

Bob Dylan,” Williams has achieved 

cultish adoration through her 

meticulous attention to detail with 

her poetically rich, passionate 

and intimate songs, which earned 

her the title of “America’s Best 

Songwriter” by Time magazine in 

2002. 

Tickets — which range from $50- 

$99 — are available by calling 

(310) 506-4522 or at arts. 

pepperdine.edu. 

Faith Briefs 

Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter 

Canyon Road, 310-456-2361) 

Learn about Catholicism 

12:30 p.m. Sundays. Join 

for an informal meeting 

over a cup of coffee or tea 

to share stories of faith and 

community. Contact the 

rectory office or join in the 

lower conference room. 

AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Mondays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Narcotics Anonymous 

7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Sheridan Hall. 

Bible Class 

10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays. 

Men’s AA Meetings 

6 p.m. Fridays, Sheridan 

Hall. 

Chabad of Malibu (22943 Pacific Coast 

Highway, 310-456-6588) 

Evening Shabbat Services 

7:30 p.m. Fridays. 

Saturday Services 

9 a.m., Kabbalah on 

the Parsha; 10 a.m. Shabbat 

service; 11 a.m. Words 

from the Rabbi & Torah 

Reading; 12:30 p.m. Kiddush 

lunch 

Sunday Services 

9 a.m. 

Malibu Presbyterian Church (3324 

Malibu Canyon Road, 310-456-1611) 

Summer Breakfast 

9-9:45 a.m. Sundays 

Sunday Worship Service 

10 a.m. Sundays 

Malibu United Methodist Church (30128 

Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505) 

Wednesday Night Dinners 

5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 

The church will cook 

free dinners. Donations are 

welcome at anytime. 

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AA Meetings 

6:30 p.m. Sundays; noon 

and 7 p.m. Mondays and 

Tuesdays; noon and 7:30 

p.m. Wednesdays; noon 

and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays; 

noon and 8 p.m. Fridays; 

noon and 5 p.m. Saturdays. 

Sunday Worship 

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

Childcare available. 

University Church of Christ (24255 

Pacific Coast Highway, 310-506-4504) 

Worship Assembly 

10:15 a.m. Sundays. 

Meeting in Stauffer Chapel 

Summer Bible Classes 

9 a.m. Sundays. Classes 

for all ages: adult class in 

Stauffer Chapel; teen class 

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St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211 


Contemplative Worship 


Traditional Worship 


Calvary Chapel Malibu (30237 Morning 

View Drive, 424-235-4463) 

Service 


First Church-Christ Scientist (28635 


Sunday School 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Sunday Service 

10-11 a.m. Sundays. 

Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue 

(24855 Pacific Coast Highway, 310- 

456-2178) 

Religious School 

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

Tuesday Mamas 

4 p.m. Tuesdays 

Tot Shabbat 

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

Celebrate Shabbat 

with prayers, music and 

dancing. 

Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive, 

310-774-1927) 

Service 

10:10 a.m. Sundays at 

Point Dume School, 6955 

Fernhill Drive. 

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Surfside puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku 

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

Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur 

Across 

1. Jazz jargon 

5. Alternative 

9. “We’re #1!,” e.g. 

14. Wallet bills 

15. Children’s author 

who won three Edgars 

16. Laid up 

17. “___ that special?!” 

18. “Brady Bunch” 

name 

19. Brings in 

20. “The __” Sandra 

Bullock film 

21. Denmark’s largest 

island 

23. Dwelling: var. 

25. Free, in German 

26. Cookbook amt. 

29. Quartz variety 

32. Broad Beach 

resident, Robert 

34. Less conspicuous 

38. Japanese sashes 

39. Great boxer 

40. Texas university 

42. Tycoon Turner 

43. H.S. exam 

44. El Capitan site 

46. Broad beach 

resident, Mel 

49. “Beowulf,” for one 

50. Paradigm of obstinacy 

51. Old stories 

54. Clothier Strauss 

57. Count in horror 

classics 

60. Many moons 

62. Reprogram the 

GPS? 

66. Pandora’s boxful 

67. Sales pitch 

68. Loud, as a crowd 

69. Comical Carvey 

70. “That’s ___!” 

71. Prefix with graphic 

72. Boxer’s reach, e.g. 

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Down 

1. Enlist in 

2. Insert 

3. Starbucks order 

4. Superlative suffix 

5. Halftime lead, e.g. 

6. Tomb raider of film, ___ 

Croft 

7. Book locale 

8. Classical composer 

9. Golf score 

10. __-man show 

11. Org. concerned with suits 

12. Mo. when asters usually 

flower 

13. N.F.L. scores 

21. Atomic number 30 

22. Homer Simpson’s neighbor, 

Flanders 

24. Puts forward 

26. Lhasa’s land 

27. Grooms partner 

28. Cry for assistance 

30. Actor Brynner 

31. Encephalogram, e.g. 

33. Legal warning 

34. Water in a desert 

35. Spills the beans 

36. Genre that developed 

from hard-core punk 

37. Extinguish 

41. Good name, for short 

43. Grp. concerned with 

clubs 

45. Kunis of “Black Swan” 

47. Veteran 

48. Common conjunction 

52. Surprise attacks 

53. Great success 

55. Female face covers 

56. Michigan county or its 

seat 

58. It parallels the radius 

59. Aspiring atty.’s exam 

61. Poetic contraction 

62. 1990’s Indian P.M. 

63. “To __ is human”...... 

64. Clever comment 

65. Sound of a good massage 

67. Longitude’s alternative, 

for short 

Tavern 1 

(21337 PCH, Malibu; 

(310) 456-8000) 

■7-10 ■ p.m. Friday, Aug. 

25: The Armando 

Compean Band performs 

Malibu Wines Tasting 

Room 

(31740 Mulholland 

Highway, Malibu; 818- 

865-0605; 21 and up) 

■4-8 ■ p.m. Friday, Aug. 

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food truck on location 

■7:30 ■ p.m. Friday, Aug. 

25: Sips N’ Giggles 

comedy show 

■11 ■ a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 26: flower 

crown pop-up 

■12-8 ■ p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 26: The Taco 

Chef food truck on 

location 

■12-7 ■ p.m. Sunday, 

Aug. 27: Bison Burger 

food truck on location 

Rosenthal Tasting Room 


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■5:30 ■ p.m. Fridays; 

12:30 p.m. Saturdays 

and Sundays: Live 

music 

Duke’s Malibu Restaurant 


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■4 ■ p.m.-close. Friday: 

Aloha Hour with Hawaiian 

dancers 

Moonshadows 


310-456-3010) 

■7 ■ p.m.-1 a.m. Friday 

and Saturday; 3-9 

p.m. Sunday: Live DJ 

The Sunset 

(6800 Westward Beach 

Road, Malibu; 310-589- 

1007) 

■5 ■ p.m. Friday; 4-8 

p.m. Saturday; 4 p.m. 

Sunday: local DJ 

Taverna Tony 

(23410 Civic Center 

Way, Malibu; 310-317- 

9667) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Every night: 

Live house band 

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answers 

How to play Sudoku 

Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has 

been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. 

To solve the puzzle each row, column and box must 

contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 

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well-represented Four 

Waves golfers represent Pepperdine 

University at the U.S. Amateur Championship, 

Page 32 

High hopes 

Malibu High School girls 

volleyball team looks forward 

to the season, Page 32 

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Malibu youngster 

takes baseball skills 

to Illinois and Japan 

for the summer, 

Page 33 

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32 | August 24, 2017 | Malibu surfside news Sports 


Men’s Golf 

Theegala advances to Round of 32 at US Amateur 

Chris Megginson 


Four Pepperdine Waves 

golfers competed in the 

117th U.S. Amateur Championship 

last week just 25 

minutes away from campus 

at the Riviera Country 

Club in Pacific Palisades 

and Bel-Air Country Club 

in Los Angeles. 

Sahith Theegala led the 

way for the Waves, narrowly 

missing a return to 

the U.S. Am quarterfinals 

when he lost a playoff on 

the 19th hole to the eventual 

runner-up, University of 

Texas golfer Doug Ghim 

on Aug. 17. 

The U.S. Amateur experience 

adds to a full year of 

golf for Theegala, who was 

a 2017 All-American and 

the West Coast Conference 

Co-Player of the Year. He 

also competed in the U.S. 

Open and won the Sahalee 

Players Championship earlier 

this summer. 

Playing on the opposite 

course from his teammates 

Roy Cootes, Clay 

Feagler and Joshua Mc- 

Carthy, Theegala shot 72 

at Riviera and 68 at Bel- 

Air in the two rounds of 

stroke play to finish even 

par (140) to make the cut 

Aug. 15 and advance into 

match play. McCarthy shot 

147 (76-71), Cootes shot 

149 (76-73) and Feagler 

had a 156 (75-81) in their 

two rounds of action at the 

U.S. Am. 

“I had two solid stroke 

play rounds,” Theegala 

said in his press conference, 

via the United 

States Golf Association. “I 

couldn’t really complain 

on either of those rounds. 

Obviously I could have 

shot better, but even par 

on these two courses was I 

thought pretty solid.” 

Theegala was all square 

with his opponents in 

both the Round of 64 and 

Round of 32 after 18 holes 

of golf. On Aug. 16, he 

took an early lead over 

Gavin Hall, who evened 

the match with a birdie on 

the second hole. A birdie 

on No. 6 regained the lead 

for Theegala, who held a 

one-stroke edge until the 

12th hole. He gave a fist 

pump as he birdied a par 5 

on No. 17 to pull even with 

one hole to play. After both 

finished even on 18, Theegala 

parred the first playoff 

hole to advance while Hall 

missed for a bogey. 

“I know there is a lot riding 

on this tournament, but 

I try not to think about it,” 

Theegala said entering the 

Round of 32. “I just try to 

think, OK, I’m playing Riv 

and Bel-Air, which are two 

awesome courses right by 

home. It feels like a home 

game.” 

Growing up 45 minutes 

away in Chino Hills, Theegala 

had a large following 

of family and friends present, 

which helped keep 

him focused entering the 

playoff. 

“I was kind of doing it 

for them at the end,” Theegala 

said. “After that fist 

pump on 17, how loud they 

got, I mean, that was awesome. 

That basically made 

my week right there. 

On Aug. 17, Theegala 

led only once against 

Ghim, going 1-up with a 

birdie on No. 10. However, 

Ghim, the 2017 Big 

12 Conference Player of 

the Year, birdied two of his 

next three to go up one with 

five holes remaining. Once 

again, Theegala birdied on 

17 to pull even and force 

a playoff, but bogeyed the 

19th hole. Ghim, a native 

of Arlington Heights, Illinois, 

went on to finish 

runner-up to Doc Redman 

in a 37-hole championship 

round Aug. 20. 

It was Theegala’s second 

trip to Riveria this year, 

finishing tied for 49th at 

the PGA Tour’s Genesis 

Open at Riviera in February. 

Girls Volleyball 

Supportive, talented team expects to win league again 

Coach: ‘There is 

no reason why we 

shouldn’t defend 

our title’ 

Brittany Kapa 

Assistant Editor 

Not every team is fortunate 

enough to be successful 

one season and return a 

good majority of their players 

the next, especially in 

high school. 

Malibu High School volleyball 

coach Jenna Pierson 

has found this to be the case 

with her team this season. 

Last season, her squad went 

11-1 and won the Frontier 

League Championship for 

the first time in 10 years. 

Pierson, a Malibu resident 

and alumna of the school 

herself, is looking toward 

another productive season 

this year. 

“I only lost one really 

important player and I have 

another player that is taking 

that position,” Pierson said. 

“But, yes, we pretty much 

have the same team and 

that’s why we’re really excited; 

we’re ready to defend 

our title.” 

Last year when Pierson 

took over as coach of the 

team she saw a disconnect 

between the varsity players 

and those on the lower levels. 

She knew she needed to 

fix that. 

“There used to be some 

separation before I took 

over,” Pierson said, adding 

that the varsity players would 

sit toward the back of the 

bus heading to away games 

while the JV squad sat up 

front. “There was a hierarchy 

going on in my program 

and now my seniors are big 

sisters to my freshman.” 

Pierson said that she 

knew teaching the girls to 

have respect for one another 

off the court would translate 

to good chemistry on the 

court. She encouraged the 

big sister program as a way 

to create that connectivity. 

“They may not necessarily 

be best friends at school, 

but when it comes to volleyball 

they have each other’s 

back,” she said. “They are 

there for each other on and 

off the court.” 

Pierson, who played volleyball 

both at Malibu High 

School and later and San Diego 

State University, wanted 

to create a program that 

was different from what she 

had experienced. She wanted 

it to foster a fun and supportive 

environment — one 

that taught volleyball not by 

yelling when mistakes happened 

but by teaching her 

players the correct way to 

do things. 

“The girls have to leave 

my gym with a smile on 

their face, otherwise what 

am I doing?” Pierson said. 

“It’s not about yelling at 

them and being aggressive; 

I try to be very positive. ... 

I try and just make it really 

fun for them.” 

That positivity translated 

into huge numbers for this 

year’s tryouts. But spots on 

her varsity roster are not given 

out freely. It’s something 

the players have to earn. 

Halle Detrixhe is one of 

those players. The setter 

was consistent last season, 

and Pierson is expecting her 

to serve as the team’s foundation. 

“She is the heart and soul 

of our team,” Pierson said. 

“She was been playing club 

since she was in sixth grade 

and she just really keeps our 

team together. My setter is 

my most important player 

... because [she is] the one 

that gets the ball to everyone 

else.” 

Returning as an outside 

hitter is junior Ceylon Gelbart. 

She has been a varsity 

player since freshman year 

and that experience is only 

going to add to the Sharks’ 

strength this season. Pierson 

credits Gelbart with being 

one of her hardest-working 

players and a player who 

can finish plays consistently. 

Sophie Basset, a starting 

middle hitter, and Josie 

Basset, libero and Sophie’s 

twin, will both be part of the 

lineup again this season. 

“I’ve been coaching them 

for five years,” Pierson said. 

“They’ve just grown so 

much when it comes to the 

sport; their self-confidence 

and the way that they handle 

everything else. They’re 

now like my team leaders. 

They are really great.” 

Shaila Sundher is taking 

over an outside hitter position 

this season as well. Her 

sister, Pria, was the captain 

of the team last season. Despite 

Shaila’s age, Pierson 

said she is an experienced 

player that will do well at 

that position. 

“There is no reason why 

we shouldn’t defend our title 

again this year,” Pierson 

said about her expectations 

for this season. “I don’t want 

to jinx it, but I feel very confident 

about my team.”

malibusurfsidenews.com Sports 


For the love of the game 

Malibu 11-year-old 

travels across the 

world to play ball 

Chris Megginson 


From one “once-in-alifetime” 

experience to 

another, 11-year-old Zoe 

Doyle has been on a historical 

baseball journey the last 

few weeks, traveling from 

the home of the Rockford 

Peaches to Japan. 

“It’s fun; you get to see 

new places and meet new 

people,” Zoe said of her 

travels. 

Zoe played as a member 

of the Los Angeles Monarchs 

girls’ baseball team 

at the Baseball For All 

National Tournament in 

Rockford, Illinois, in late 

July, and then spent most of 

the last two weeks in Japan 

representing the USA at the 

World Children’s Baseball 

Fair. 

“It’s really amazing,” 

Zoe said. “ ... [You] have a 

lot of fun playing baseball 

and goofing around with 

other kids from other countries.” 

In Rockford, the Monarchs 

were part of a 25th 

anniversary celebration 

for the film “A League of 

Their Own” about the All 

American Girls Baseball 

League, which included 

the Rockford Peaches. Zoe 

maintained a perfect fielding 

percentage during the 

tournament, pitching and 

playing the corners of the 

diamond, and added a few 

home runs on offense at the 

historic Beyer Stadium. At 

the tournament’s opening 

ceremony, the Monarchs 

were able to meet former 

Zoe Doyle (right) was one of several baseball players representing the U.S.A at the 

World Children’s Baseball Fair this month. Photos Submitted 

Rockford players Maybelle 

Blair and Shirley Burkovich. 

Burkovich, who wore 

Zoe’s No. 9, also appeared 

in the 1992 film about 

women’s baseball. 

“They were all super nice 

and all loved baseball,” Zoe 

said. “They want ... girls 

to have another chance in 

making it farther.” 

The 26th annual World 

Children’s Baseball Fair 

took place in Yokohama, 

Japan, from Aug. 8-16. The 

event, which has produced 

more than 5,000 participants 

from 92 countries and 

regions since 1990, was 

founded by Dr. Akiko Agishi 

and baseball home run 

legends Hank Aaron and 

Sadaharu Oh of Japan. 

“We are exceptionally 

grateful to Sadaharu Oh, 

Hank Aaron and Akiko 

Agishi for providing children, 

including Zoe, with 

the privilege of visiting 

Japan, the exposure to numerous 

different cultures, 

and the joy of making lifelong 

international friends, 

all through the beautiful 

game of baseball,” said 

Todd Doyle, Zoe’s father. 

“Zoe had an incredible 

time chalked full of independence 

and responsibility 

which will undoubtedly 

fuel her passion for new 

experiences in life and athletics.” 

Oh, who holds the Japan 

record with 868 home runs, 

appeared to be in his element, 

interacting with the 

children to lead cheers every 

day. 

“It was really cool,” Zoe 

said. “He was really polite 

and wished us good luck. 

He loves baseball.” 

Each day began with 

waking up and having 

breakfast. Then, it was 

time to change into their 

WCBF clothes and go to a 

two-hour clinic. The children 

refined their skills in 

hitting, bunting, throwing, 

fielding ground balls, 

base running and sliding 

— Zoe’s favorite. They 

learned techniques for sliding 

and judging distance, 

and then practiced it on a 

slip-and-slide. 

She said they focused on 

“playing as hard as you can 

to learn what you can really 

do.” 

Zoe was one of five representing 

the U.S. among 

the 11 countries and nearly 

80 individuals represented. 

She was joined in Japan by 

Monarch teammates Cameron 

Ely, of Valencia, and 

Grace Van Der Water, of 

Santa Barbara. 

“I learned that baseball 

there is very different 

than MLB here,” Ely said. 

“Every inning is a party 

and they have their own 

cheering sections. It’s kind 

of like a college football 

game.” 

After the clinics, the 

Eleven-year-old Zoe Doyle sits on her luggage before 

traveling to Japan for the World Children’s Baseball Fair, 

which took place Aug. 8-16. 

participants were mixed 

together and formed teams 

to compete in games. Zoe’s 

team included players 

from Japan and India. The 

coaches for the week came 

from Japan, Australia, Italy 

and the U.S. 

The days also included 

sight-seeing opportunities, 

with trips to the Sky 

Garden observation deck, 

Yokohama Stadium, Red 

Brick Warehouse shopping 

mall and the Hakkeijima 

Sea Paradise Aquarium. 

“They were all super 

fun,” Zoe said. 

Zoe and the others were 

able to play catch in the 

outfield at Yokohama Stadium 

once and had a ceremony. 

They also attended 

a game between the Yokohama 

DeNA BayStars 

and Hanshin Tigers, which 

included an appearance on 

the scoreboard’s screen. 

The trip to Japan fulfilled 

a dream of Zoe’s to see 

professional baseball in the 

country her uncle, Paul Oseguera, 

once played for the 

Fukuoka Hawks. 

“I think it was a full 

circle kind of experience,” 

said her mother, Olivia 

Doyle. “I really wanted her 

the opportunity to see Japan 

for herself because the 

country is amazing and it’s 

a very gracious country. … 

It’s kind of reflective of my 

brother’s experience as a 

whole.” 

The summer also included 

a baseball history trip for 

Zoe’s brother and Marlins 

teammate, Joshua Doyle, 

who went to the National 

Baseball Hall of Fame in 

Cooperstown, New York, 

with his travel team. While 

at Cooperstown, he was 

able to see memorabilia 

from his great-great-grandfather, 

Tom Swope, who 

was a sports journalist covering 

the Cincinnati Reds 

in the 1940s.

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This Week In... 

SHARKS ATHLETICS 

Girls Volleyball 

■Aug. ■ 22 hosts Chaminade, 6 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 29 at Archer, 6 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 31 at Windward, 5 p.m. 

Football 

■Aug. ■ 25 hosts Mark Keppel, 4 p.m. 

Girls Tennis 

■Aug. ■ 29 hosts Oak Park, 3:15 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 31 hosts Beverly Hills, 3 p.m. 

Boys Water Polo 

■Aug. ■ 29 at Santa Barbara, 2 p.m. 

PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS 

Women’s Volleyball 

■Aug. ■ 25 hosts Utah Valley, San Jose State 

Invitational, 2 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 25 at San Jose State, San Jose State 

Invitational, 7 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 26 hosts Fresno State, San Jose State 

Invitational, 4:30 p.m. 

■Aug. ■ 31 hosts Northeastern, 7 p.m. 

Women’s Soccer 

■Aug. ■ 25 hosts Texas Tech, 3 p.m. 

Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Naomi Jolie Peterson 

Naomi Jolie Peterson, 16, a rising junior, 

is a cheerleader and a thrower for the 

track and field team. 

How did you first get into 

cheerleading and track and field? 

Ever since I was little I wanted to be a 

cheerleader and I thought freshman year 

would be a good chance to tryout and hopefully 

make the team, which I did! When 

cheerleading season ended I was looking 

to do another sport and I thought I would 

try the track team. I tried shot put and really 

enjoyed it, then I moved onto throwing 

discus as well. 

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Did anything you learned in track 

and field help make you a better 

cheerleader, or vice versa? 

I believe the conditioning that I do for 

cheer helps me to throw better and the 

workouts we do for track help me to be a 

better base for cheer. 

What qualities are most important 

for a cheerleader to have? 

I think the most important qualities are 

to always stay positive toward every situation, 

to be a leader in your own way, to 

work hard and to bring school spirit wherever 

we go and to support our other teams. 

Is there any one place you’d most 

want to travel to? 

I would love to travel to Santorini, 

Greece. I would also like to travel to Iceland 

to see the Aurora Borealis. 

What is your dream job? 

There are three careers I have been thinking 

about, which are wedding coordinator, 

criminologist and lawyer. 

What are your favorite subjects in 

school? 

My favorite subject is history because I 

like to learn about the past and how people 

thought the world should work. 

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How have you improved since you 

started throwing? 

My throwing coach is really helping me 

improve my technique and always believes 

in me. I have been able to reach a new personal 

record at almost every meet. 

What are you most looking forward 

to next season? 

For this upcoming cheer season we have 

a new cheer coach, Jess Murray, and I love 

working with her so I am excited to see 

how we progress as a team. For track I am 

looking forward to working even harder 

so I can throw farther and hopefully score 

points for the track team. 

If you could have one superpower 

what would it be? 

Teleportation, because I would love to 

get to places faster and not have traffic. 

What are your hobbies outside of 

track and cheer? 

My hobbies are hanging out with friends, 

going to the beach, playing with my dogs, 

spending time with my mom and going on 

nature hikes to take pictures. 

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Pepperdine Athletics 

Women’s soccer returns 18 players, notes depth on defense 

The Waves will return 

18 players from last season’s 

West Coast Conference 

Championship team 

roster. 

Pepperdine women’s 

soccer coach Tim Ward 

and his staff have brought 

in an additional 11-player 

freshman class to add in 

this season. In addition, 

the Waves will welcome 

back Hailey Harbison, a 

2014 WCC Freshman of 

the Year and 2015 All- 

WCC honoree who returns 

after injury last season. 

All-WCC second team 

honoree Bri Visalli (11 

goals, 4 assists) returns 

along with Michelle Maemone 

and Hailey Stenberg; 

both earned All-WCC honorable 

mentions last season. 

Seven players on the 

current roster have earned 

All-WCC recognition during 

their tenure. 

With the loss of key 

goalkeepers Rylee Baisden 

and Hannah Seabert, 

the team is looking toward 

Brielle Preece as the key 

goalkeeper. 

“She had a wonderful 

spring in training and what 

I really love about Brielle 

is that the girls love having 

her in the net behind 

them,” Ward said. “Hannah 

was incredibly talented 

and a great leader, and 

the transition to Brielle has 

been about as seamless as 

it could be so far, so that’s 

really a testament to her 

leadership abilities. 

“She also has two years 

of eligibility, which is 

great. And then we have 

Zoe Clevely, a freshman, 

who has come in and is 

really pushing Brielle in 

training, which is great for 

both of them to have that 

competition. Zoe has all 

the ability to be an outstanding 

goalie for this 

program. Brielle is our 

starter right now, but we 

really look at it like we 

have two starting caliber 

players back there, which 

is excellent for us.” 

Prior to this season Preece 

has appeared in five 

games and has accrued 55 

minutes of play time. 

Ward said that almost 

the entire back line will 

return with the exception 

of Meghan Schoen, right 

back, who will be replaced 

by Harbison. 

“She’ll join Michelle 

Maemone, Danielle Thomas 

and Jamie Van Horn 

on what I think is a really 

good starting back line,” 

Ward said. “What we are 

adding are two sophomores, 

Brooke Zenner and 

Tara Morris, who showed 

in the spring that they are 

very much starting caliber 

defenders for us. 

“We feel we have six potential 

starters in the back 

row. On top of that, we’ve 

added three true freshman 

defenders in Laura Ishikawa, 

who’s a wide back, 

Erin Sinai, who’s a wide 

back or a center back, and 

Emily Sample, who’s a 

center back. We haven’t 

had this much depth back 

there in a long time, which 

is great for our program 

not only this year and going 

forward, but it helps 

our strikers to have to try 

to score against this group 

every day in training. This 

year I think what you’ll see 

is us be a bit more liberal 

with how we rotate our defenders.” 

Last season, the defensive 

line tied a school record 

with 11 shutouts in 

2016 and just an average 

of 0.71 goals per game. 

The Waves will return 

the entire midfield lineup. 

Ward said that many of 

the women are playing for 

minutes this season. 

“Courtney Merrill and 

Ashley Buck, much like 

Brooke Zenner and Tara 

Morris, were awesome 

in the spring and they are 

both playing at the next 

level and could easily 

start for us,” Ward said. 

“Add to that Katy Byrne, 

who played a little bit up 

front for us last year, but 

we think she’s going to be 

transitioning into more of 

a midfield role as a junior. 

“She comes in with great 

experience and is a good 

ball-winner. Then, as a 

freshman coming in, Joelle 

Anderson is the real deal 

and she’s going to see a lot 

of time. We also add Maddie 

Cook as a newcomer to 

the group. Like the back 

line, we’re running at least 

two-deep at each position, 

which is excellent.” 

Ward said that the team 

has nine or 10 women who 

can play striker, not including 

Harbison or Maemone. 

Ward added that Alex 

Marmureanu and Hailey 

Stenberg can expect to see 

a lot of playing time this 

season and that the two 

were “vital to our attack.” 

“We have some other veteran 

players like Meghan 

Healy and Emily Tanaka 

who are coming back and 

look better than they’ve 

ever looked,” Ward said. 

“And we’ve added to that 

a ton of younger players. 

Brie Welch is a freshman, 

but was also with us in the 

spring so she has already 

put in some great training. 

Devyn Gilfoy and Calista 

Reyes, two more newcomers, 

made outstanding 

contributions in our first 

scrimmage already. Lauren 

Bateman is also coming 

off a redshirt year as well, 

so there is going to be a ton 

of competition in the front 

row among a good young 

group that also includes 

newcomers Chloe Gaynor 

and Aliyah Satterfield.” 

Ward added that the 

team does not care who 

scores goals or creates opportunities, 

as long as they 

team is getting to the net 

and scoring. 

“I think what’s going 

to be interesting with this 

team, and maybe what our 

hardest job as a staff is going 

to be looking gameby-game 

at the tactics that 

are going to be required,” 

Ward said. 

WOMEN’S SOCCER 

Waves drop season opener 

Pepperdine took on Texas 

A&M at a neutral site in 

San Diego, Friday, Aug. 

18, for the team’s seasonopening 

game. 

After 90 minutes of play, 

the two teams went into 

overtime. Texas A&M’s Jimena 

Lopez scored in the 

94th minute of play from a 

shot at the top of the box 

into the right corner of the 

goal. 

Waves goalie Brielle 

Preece recorded six saves 

in the outing while the 

Aggies’ goalie Cosette 

Morche only recorded four 

saves. 

“Special praise for Brielle 

Preece, who made two 

or three fantastic saves and 

catches to keep us in the 

game,” coach Tim Ward 

said. “I’m super proud of 

her and her fight, as she 

played like a true Wave tonight.” 

Texas A&M both outshot 

Pepperdine (18-10) 

and recorded more shots 

on goal (7-4) during the 

match. 

“I thought they started 

really strong, but by the 

middle of the first half, I 

thought we were in control 

of the game and had 

some really great chances 

to score,” Ward said. “We 

had maybe two or three 

golden opportunities and 

at this level, if you don’t 

capitalize it comes back 

to haunt you. In the second 

half they were the better 

team and as much as it 

pains me to say, they used 

their experience to squeeze 

the game. 

“We’ll need to do a better 

job managing the ball 

when we’re fatigued, as 

late in the game, some of 

their best chances came 

from our giveaways. In the 

end, their goal was well 

taken and it will be a game 

we can and will have to 

grow from.” 

Pepperdine takes draw 

against Virginia Tech 

The Waves closed out 

their season-opening 

games in San Diego, Sunday, 

Aug. 20, with a tie 

game on the pitch. 

Pepperdine took on Virginia 

Tech in a game that 

went into double overtime. 

Waves freshman Devyn 

Gilfoy connected with 

Brie Welch during the 

24th minute of play to 

score her first career 

goal. Gilfoy scored on 

the counter-attack after 

Welch slipped a pass to her 

through the box that Gilfoy 

finished at the near post. 

The Hokies’ Heather 

Timothy connected with 

the goal on assists from 

Kelsey Irwin and Kallie 

Peurifoy midway through 

the second half to even the 

score. 

Once again, Pepperdine’s 

goalie Brielle Preece 

came up with three big 

saves, including stopping 

a penalty shot in the 17th 

minute, to keep the Waves 

in the game. 

The Waves outshot Virginia 

Tech 7-2 during the 

two overtime periods. 

Information from Pepperdine 

University and www.pep 

perdinewaves.com. Compiled 

by Assistant Editor Brittany 

Kapa, assistant@malibusurf 

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Case No. 17STPB07307 

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, 

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or estate, or both, of DARIUS NOU- 

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13-014 – An application for the construction of a new 5,987 square 

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MERGER NO. 14-002, VARIANCE NO. 15-011, SITE PLAN RE- 

VIEW NO. 15-018 – An application to construct a 22-foot high, 7,850 

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Commission 

Application Filed: December 15, 2014 

Case Planner: 

Categorical Exemption 

CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 (a) and (e) 

and 15305 

Richard Mollica, Senior Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 346 

rmollica@malibucity.org 

ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN REVIEW NO. 16-078 AND VARI- 

ANCE NO. 16-037 – An application for construction of a 2,625 

square-foot rooftop trellis with attached solar panels on an existing 

commercial structure, including a variance to allow the construction up 

to 48.5 feet in height 

Location: 

29160 Heathercliff Road 

APN: 4466-021-029 

Zoning: 

Community Neighborhood (CN) 

Applicant: Tobias Architecture 

Owner: 

Point Dume Pavillion, LLC 

Appealable to: City Council 

Environmental 

Review: 


CEQA Guidelines Sections15303(e) 

Application Filed: November 28, 2016 

Case Planner: 

Jessica Colvard, Associate Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 234 

jcolvard@malibucity.org 

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 13-015, SITE PLAN 

REVIEW NO. 13-007, AND MINOR MODIFICATION NO. 

13-014 – An application for the construction of a new 5,987 square 

foot, two-story single-family residence with a 4,140 square foot subterranean 

garage and basement, porte-cochere, covered patios, trellises, 

ground-level pool deck, fencing, entry gates, swimming pool, 

spa, tennis court, hardscape, landscaping, a new alternative onsite 

wastewater treatment system, including a site plan review for construction 

in excess of 18 feet in height but not to exceed 24 feet for a flat 

roof, and a minor modification for the reduction of the required front 

yard setback 

Location: 

30544 Morning View Drive, not within the 


APN: 4469-025-063 

Zoning: 

Rural Residential-Two Acre (RR-2) 

Applicant: Santos Planning 

Owners: 

Michael and Antonette Weinreb 

Appealable to: 

Environmental 

Review: 

City Council 

Application Filed: March 14, 2013 

Case Planner: 


CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(a) and (e) 

Adrian Fernandez, Senior Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 482 

afernandez@malibucity.org 

EXTENSION OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 

12-063 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 12-044 – A first request to 

Location: 

30544 Morning View Drive, not within the 


APN: 4469-025-063 

Zoning: 

Rural Residential-Two Acre (RR-2) 

Applicant: Santos Planning 

Owners: 

Michael and Antonette Weinreb 


Environmental 

Review: 


CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(a) and (e) 


Application Filed: March 14, 2013 

Case Planner: 


(310) 456-2489, Extension 482 


EXTENSION OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 

12-063 AND SITE PLAN REVIEW NO. 12-044 – A first request to 

extend the Planning Commission’s approval for the construction of a 

new single-family residence and associated development 

Location: 

24523 Vantage Point Terrace 

APN: 4458-033-004 

Zoning: 

Single-Family Medium (SFM) 

Applicants/Owners: Noelle and Robert Radnoti 


Environmental 

Review: 


CEQA Guidelines Section 15303(e) 

Extension Filed: April 28, 2017 

Case Planner: 


(310) 456-2489, Extension 482 


For the projects identified above with a categorical exemption for environmental 

review, pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in 

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

has analyzed these proposed projects and found that they are 

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

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

projects are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. The 

Planning Director has further determined that none of the six exceptions 

to the use of a categorical exemption apply to these projects 

(CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2). 

Extension requests will be presented on consent calendar based on 

staff’s recommendation but any person wishing to be heard may request 

at the beginning of the meeting to have the application addressed 

separately. Please see the recording secretary before start of the meeting 

to have an item removed from consent calendar. The Commission’s 

decision will be memorialized in a written resolution. A written 

staff report will be available at or before the hearing for the projects. 

All persons wishing to address the Commission regarding these matters 

will be afforded an opportunity in accordance with the Commission’s 

procedures. 

Copies of all related documents are available for review at City Hall 

during regular business hours. Written comments may be presented to 

the Planning Commission at any time prior to the beginning of the 

public hearing. 

LOCAL APPEAL – A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

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

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

the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action for which 

the appeal is made and shall be accompanied by an appeal form and 

filing fee, as specified by the City Council. Appeal forms may be 

found online at www.malibucity.org/planningforms or in person at 

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

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL – For projects appealable to the 

Coastal Commission, an aggrieved person may appeal the Planning 

Commission’s approval to the Coastal Commission within 10 working 

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

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

Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office located at 89 

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

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

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

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

________________________________________ 

BONNIE BLUE, Planning Director 

Publish Date: August 24, 2017 


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 


PLANNING COMMISSION 

The Malibu Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on 

TUESDAY, September 5, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 

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

the project identified below. 

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 14-051 AND DEMO- 

LITION PERMIT NO. 17-002 – An application for the demolition 

an existing single-family residence and associated development and 

the construction of a new 5,560 square foot, two-story, single-family 

residence including an attached two-car garage, 602 square foot second 

unit located on the upper level, understructure mechanical storage 

area, rooftop deck, swimming pool and two spas, and installation of a 

new alternative onsite wastewater treatment system on a beachfront lot 

Location: 

31224 Broad Beach Road, within the appealable 

coastal zone 

APN: 4470-015-017 

Zoning: 

Single-Family Medium Density (SFM) 

Applicant: The Land and Water Company 

Owner: 

Bel Air Estates at Mulholland Drive, Inc. 

Application Filed: August 7, 2014 

Case Planner: 

Jessica Colvard, Associate Planner 

(310) 456-2489, Extension 234 

jcolvard@malibucity.org 

Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA), the Planning Director has analyzed 

the proposed project. The Planning Director has found that this project 

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

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

project is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant 

to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(a) and (e) - New Construction 

and 15301(l) – Existing Facilities. The Planning Director has further 

determined that none of the six exceptions to the use of a categorical 

exemption apply to this project (CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2). 

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

project. All persons wishing to address the Commission regarding this 

matter will be afforded an opportunity in accordance with the Commission’s 

procedures. 

Copies of all related documents are available for review at City Hall 

during regular business hours. Written comments may be presented to 

the Planning Commission at any time prior to the beginning of the 

public hearing. 

LOCAL APPEAL – A decision of the Planning Commission may be 

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

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

the City Clerk within ten days following the date of action for which 

the appeal is made and shall be accompanied by an appeal form and 

filing fee, as specified by the City Council. Appeal forms may be 

found online at www.malibucity.org/planning forms or in person at 

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

COASTAL COMMISSION APPEAL – An aggrieved person may appeal 

the Planning Commission’s approval to the Coastal Commission 

within 10 working days of the issuance of the City’s Notice of Final 

Action. Appeal forms may be found online at www.coastal.ca.gov or 

in person at the Coastal Commission South Central Coast District office 

located at 89 South California Street in Ventura, or by calling 

805-585-1800. Such an appeal must be filed with the Coastal Commission, 

not the City. 

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

MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE ISSUES YOU OR 

SOMEONE ELSE RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DE- 

SCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, OR IN WRITTEN CORRESPON- 

DENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY, AT OR PRIOR TO THE 

PUBLIC HEARING. 

_________________________________________ 

BONNIE BLUE 

Planning Director 

Publish Date: August 24, 2017

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