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…
Republished from our sister Publication The Current Report Last night, at a delegates meeting for the Professional Peace Officers Association, elected PPOA representative LASD Sergeant Tony Romo read his resignation letter to approximately a hundred members in attendance citing a laundry list of potential corruption and questionable acts and protocols committed by PPOA president and…
In a trial that took more than four years to be finally be heard in front of a judge and tried for only two and a half weeks (our sources at the DA’s office say the trial was expected last more than two months), a jury in the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings case found…
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…
The City of Malibu invites all Malibu community members to join the next virtual workshop to learn about the importance of, and how to participate in, the City’s Organic Waste Recycling Program, on Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 PM. Participants will receive a free, 1.9 gallon, dishwasher-safe kitchen scraps caddy. They are just the right size…
Still recovering from sticker shock after the record setting real estate transaction that made Beyonce and JayZ’s $200 million Malibu purchase the most expensive home purchase in California real estate? Look no further than “The Kaizen Home” which was on the market last spring at $75 million for this contemporary Spanish-Mediterranean estate. The gated property…
It was absolute mayhem at our local surf spots as filmmaker Brad Jacobsen documented. You gotta love the stoke to get stuck in a line-up like this!
Mega-celebs Beyonce and Jay Z recently recently set the record for purchasing the most expensive home in California. The $200 million, 40,000 s.f. designed by Tadao Ando, a Japanese master architect, shatters Marc Andreessen’s former record in California, set with his $177 million purchase in 2021, also in Malibu. The house was built by art collector William…
More than 13 years ago, Mitrice Richardson disappeared into the Malibu Hills never to be seen alive again. The high-profile case has continued to gain media attention consistently throughout the years and will continue the trend with the new children’s book series “The Skool Kids” inspired by Dr Ronda Hampton’s journey as an advocate for justice in…
On April 3rd, 2010, the Malibu community was devastated by the tragic death of 13 year old Emily Rose Shane who was struck and killed walking home along the right shoulder of PCH near Heathercliff Drive. Sina Khankhanian, 26, was driving a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer erratically for several miles on PCH prompting numerous 911 calls…
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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.