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Resident Outrage Forces City’s Hand – Malibu Farmer’s Market will Remain Open Until a Permanent Solution Can Be Negotiated
Around Town, Breaking News, Malibu Life

Resident Outrage Forces City’s Hand – Malibu Farmer’s Market will Remain Open Until a Permanent Solution Can Be Negotiated

On Thursday November 30th, Malibu Daily News and The Local Malibu posted a letter from the LA County Health Department notifying Debra Bianco of the Malibu Farmer’s Market that they will not renew the permits of her vendors based on the City’s notification that the MFM was operating in an unauthorized  location, effectively attempting to…

The Mitrice Richardson Investigation: A New Podcast Releases Featuring New Details in the 14-year Unsolved Case
Around Town, Breaking News, Malibu Life, Public Safety, The Local

The Mitrice Richardson Investigation: A New Podcast Releases Featuring New Details in the 14-year Unsolved Case

Fourteen years ago, Mitrice Richardson took the journey to Malibu, in the midst of what we now know to be a serious mental health episode, which wrongfully landed her behind bars and ultimately cost her her life. Was it murder? Dr. Ronda Hampton and I think so. Hampton, a clinical psychologist and mentor to Richardson,…

Mega Brand James Perse Pushes Local Retailers out of City Owned Malibu Lumber Yard: “Not My Crowd”
Around Town, Breaking News, City, Malibu Life, Politics

Mega Brand James Perse Pushes Local Retailers out of City Owned Malibu Lumber Yard: “Not My Crowd”

Since 2018, after experiencing the most devastating natural disaster to hit the area, Malibu’s idyllic lifestyle – and the coastline – has changed dramatically. For most, the area has become almost unrecognizable from the rural coastal gem it once was. On November 9th, 2018, the Woolsey Fire devastated more than 96,949 acres with over 600…

California Iconic Restaurant to Close Paving Way for Updated Restaurant, Architectural Co-Project
Around Town, Breaking News, Regional

California Iconic Restaurant to Close Paving Way for Updated Restaurant, Architectural Co-Project

The end of an era. After five decades, Gladstones the iconic oceanside seafood landmark will shutter its doors to pave way for a new Wolfgang Puck project designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry. Gladstones first opened in 1972 in Santa Monica Canyon before moving to its beachfront location in 1981. Sources say the restaurant will…

Call to Action by July 10th: Poison Free Malibu Urges Community Members to Support New Policy Banning Harmful Pesticides Severely Impacting Environmentally Sensitive Habitat, Wildlife and Ocean Quality
Around Town, City, Environment, Malibu Life

Call to Action by July 10th: Poison Free Malibu Urges Community Members to Support New Policy Banning Harmful Pesticides Severely Impacting Environmentally Sensitive Habitat, Wildlife and Ocean Quality

Kian and Joel Schulman of Poison Free Malibu need the community’s help to rally together to push through policy ban harmful pesticides in Malibu which has had a serious negative impact on environmentally sensitive habitat, wildlife and ocean quality. This issue goes to a vote before Malibu City Council on July 10th. On December 9,…

LA County Dept. of Health Issues Malibu Beaches High Bacteria Warnings for Eight Malibu Beaches
Around Town, Malibu Life, Public Safety

LA County Dept. of Health Issues Malibu Beaches High Bacteria Warnings for Eight Malibu Beaches

The Los Angeles beaches as the County’s Public Health Department issued a bacteria advisory for 12 beaches — eight of them in Malibu. The department collects samples weekly from various sites year-round to test and monitor bacteria levels. On Wednesday the division found the ocean water at eight beaches in Malibu exceeded state standards for…

Is Kanye’s Malibu Home Mirroring His Life?
Around Town, Real Estate

Is Kanye’s Malibu Home Mirroring His Life?

Much discussion about architect Tadao Ando, the world famous architect who designed the 40,000 s.f. recently purchased by Beyoncé and JayZ for $200 million and setting the record for the highest price tag paid for residential real estate in California. Last year Kanye West purchased another Ando project, a 4000-square-foot ocean front home. He purchased…

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Editor in Chief, Cece Woods

Malibu Daily News Editor in Chief Cece Woods founded The Local Malibu, an activism based platform, in 2014. The publication was instrumental in the success of two ballot measures, seating three Malibu City Councilmen in 2016 and the supporting the top two vote-getters again in 2020.

During the summer of 2018, Woods exposed the law enforcement cover-up in the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings and a few short months later, provided the most comprehensive local news coverage during the Woolsey Fire attracting over 1 million hits across her social media platforms.