For over two decades, the family of Gladys Arellano hoped for justice in the 17 year-old’s murder which took place on Super Bowl Sunday in 1996. Arellano’s body was found two days later in Topanga Canyon, 30 feet off a main road in a ravine. Authorities said she was partially clothed and appeared to be…
UPDATE 7/20/23 8:57 a.m.: The Lost Hills Station notified local security at businesses that were harassed by Conor Pilch that he was released from custody as of Wednesday July 19th. The community should be on alert. UPDATE 7/18/23 8:57 a.m.: The suspect arrested yesterday is identified as Conor Arthur Pilch who was arrested on May…
Two homes on the 380o block of Malibu Country Dr. were burglarized on July 10th, between the hours of 3-4 p.m. according to one of the residents involved in the incident who contacted Malibu Daily News. Last year, two burglaries took place on June 22nd and another on July 2nd. The suspects took jewelry, cash…
On Tuesday, actress Rosanna Arquette lost control of her vehicle Malibu driving through Point Dume Village crashing into Lily’s Malibu, a longtime beloved eatery located on the 25000 block of Heathercliff Rd. according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lost Hills Station. The 63-year-old “Pulp Fiction” actress was transported to a local hospital, “It appeared…
After a 13-year battle in the name of preservation of the environment and local wildlife, Malibu City Council finally passed the Poison Free initiative last night to ban all poisons and pesticides within the city limits. Watch the meeting here: Poison Free Malibu, the nonprofit organization founded by Malibu residents Kian and Joel Schulman, began…
On Monday July 10th, Malibu City Council is set to review two important items that needs the community’s attention and participation. Poison Free Malibu, who has championed the fight to ban pesticides in Malibu since 2012, are appealing to residents to pressure council to push through policy to ban harmful pesticides in Malibu, which has…
After almost five years behind bars and multiple circus-like appearances before a judge, Anthony Rauda, accused of the murder of Tristan Beaudette and seven other shootings in the Malibu Creek State Park area between 2016-2018, was finally afforded his right to a trial. My sources at the DA’s office were shocked at the speediness of…
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…
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…
Almost five years after the murder of Tristan Beaudette at Malibu Creek State Park, the trial for his accuser is about to begin next week. Anthony Rauda who is charged with Beaudette’s death and the attempted murder of nine others including Beaudette’s two children who were in the tent with him when he was shot…
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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.