On Friday, August 27th, 2021, a photo was circulated on social media of an officer crouched over a deceased mountain lion, shot through the heart with a high powered rifle. The photo went viral causing an uproar on social media resulting in the following press release released by the Department of Fish and Wildlife, whose…
Sheriff Villanueva’s kick in the pants to L.A. politicians to attend to the homeless issue on the Venice Boardwalk seems to have resulted in a swift clean-up, however, coastal and county areas patrolled by LASD have seen no action in catastrophic wildfire danger zones currently experiencing extraordinarily dangerous conditions and an uptick in fires primarily…
As violent crime skyrockets across L.A. County as a result of law enforcement defunding by the county Board of Supervisors and the pro-criminal directives of District Attorney Gascon, city leaders throughout the county, many unanimously, have voted No Confidence in DA Gascon’s leadership of the District Attorney’s office of the largest county in the nation. Approximately…
In 2018, during my investigation into the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings, I met Dr. Ronda Hampton, who I have since continued to work with on multiple missing persons cases. In September 2019, in collaboration with Dr. Hampton and as a result of my reporting on the shootings, a new tip came in in the…
A 32 year old man from Pennsylvania was arrested this morning, Thursday July, 8th, by Lost Hills station deputies for sexually assaulting two minors in the restroom at the Malibu RV Park. The Lost Hills station was contacted by the victims families immediately upon learning of the assault. Deputies located the suspect, a registered sex offender…
Long time Missing Persons advocate Dr. Ronda Hampton, an integral part of the high-profile Mitrice Richardson case has launched a social media campaign to assist in the search for Elaine Park, a young actress that went missing in the same general area of Dark Canyon in 2017. Over the last 11 years since Mitrice Richardson…
The families of three high profile cases that occurred in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department jurisdiction, were recently denied additional assistance to get answers in their unsolved cases. The families of Mitrice Richardson, Elaine Park and Matthew Weaver Jr. personally contacted Sheriff Alex Villanueva on April 1st, 2021 requesting a lateral investigation. Five days later,…
As mandatory evacuations are on-going in the Palisades Fire, which grew to 750-acres as of last night according to fire officials and is 0% contained, law enforcement sources revealed LASD/Lost Hills Station deputy Cory Gaudet detained the arson suspect shortly after midnight at the Arco Station at Topanga and PCH. LAPD and LA City fire,…
Today, Lost Hills Station Captain Becerra hosted leaders from law enforcement agencies from a 30 mile radius at Pepperdine Univer is hosting with his counterparts, Captains, Detective Lt. at Pepperdine University to discuss preparation for a potential uptick in crime now that COVID mandates have relaxed and the economy is gearing up for a full…
An over-crowded AirBnB rental, whose max capacity was six people was the scene of a balcony collapse Saturday. Shortly after 5 p.m., in the 20500 block of W. Pacific Coast Highway the structure collapsed with 15 partygoers. At least nine suffered injuries, four were hospitalized with tw0 patients critical conditions. Fire officials declared a Malibu house…
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Malibu Daily News Editor in Chief Cece Woods started The Local Malibu, an activism based platform in 2014. The publication was instrumental in the success of two ballot measures, and seating three Malibu City Councilmen in 2016, and 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.
