UPDATE Tuesday 11/28/23: City Council members Paul Grisanti, Marianne Riggans and Doug Stewart voted NO to strengthen the Emergency Ordinance passed on 11/13/23 to have more control over CalTrans to expedite PCH safety strategies. That means the majority of immediate emergency traffic mitigation will rely primarily on an already overburdened law enforcement. Three additional CHP…
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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.