On October 17, 2023 at approximately 8:30 PM, four female Pepperdine students were killed by a speeding motorist on PCH. While details of the crash are still unfolding, the tragic and untimely deaths of the young women has left so many mourning their loss. It has also brought to light the critical need to improve…
Four female Pepperdine students were killed Tuesday night when a speeding vehicle collided into multiple parked vehicles which struck the students who were walking on PCH. The vehicle that caused the impact killing the four females was driven by 22 year old Fraser Bohm, a Malibu resident and star athlete. Bohm was driving in the…
Per sources at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, a preliminary investigation indicated the driver, a male, 22 years old, was speeding westbound on Pacific Coast Highway and texting while driving. The driver sideswiped a parked vehicle on PCH and continued forward colliding with a second parked vehicle which caused that vehicle to be pushed…
On September 2oth, the Malibu Daily News broke the story of the former chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission and distinguished attorney Ann Ravel’s letter to City officials regarding her intention to file a formal complaint with the FPPC against Council members Paul Grisanti and Marianne Riggans and their appointments to the Planning Commission,…
The Malibu Daily News obtained a detailed letter provided by former chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission and attorney Ann Ravel, who was contacted to investigate the actions of Planning Commissioners Skylar Peak and Dennis Smith who have previously refused to recuse themselves from voting on building projects they can financially benefit from. In…
Malibu Daily News has learned that LASD investigators are inching closer to make an arrest into murder of a rapper found murdered in a barrel floating at the Malibu Lagoon on July 31st. Javonnta Murphy’s body was identified hours after a lifeguard found a barrel floating in the Malibu Lagoon the morning of July 31st….
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,…
On August 13th, CC UNIT, a child activist organization that catches online predators preying on minors, was instrumental in the arrest of Scott Woeckel, a Senior Analyst-Instructional Systems at Pepperdine School of Law, who was taken into police custody after an in-person meeting he believed was going to be with a 13-year old girl with…
Serious legal questions were brought to the attention of City Officials and staff this week by Malibu residents and small business owners Brian and Shamra Strange, mega-brand James Perse and Washington Prime Group, the current leasing agent for the Malibu Lumber Yard, a City-owned property. Last week, the Malibu Daily News broke the story of…
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…
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Editor-in-Chief Cece Woods founded Malibu Daily News in 2021.
Woods began publishing in 2013, creating the lifestyle publication 90265 Magazine. One year later, she launched 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 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.
Woods went on to create the LA political platform The Current Report, exposing the corruption at LA Metro under Philip Washington. She worked with Federal investigators, a watchdog organization, and senators, ultimately leading to Washington withdrawing his nomination to become head of the FAA.
In 2020, Woods added Cali Mag to her extensive list of successful publications.