At Approximately 12:45 a.m., a brush fire erupted in Tuna Canyon, an area known for an increasingly growing population of homeless encampments. According to L.A. County Fire, the access to the fire presented challenges with firefighters having to hike in to the fire via a narrow trail in steep rugged terrain with approximately 2,000 feet of…
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…
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…
Kyle Kiddy, the man arrested on April 11th with an arsenal of weapons at Zuma Beach is due in court May 17th. Malibu resident Danette Eilenberg, fearing for her safety and the safety of beach goers, called the Lost Hills Station for help after an encounter with Kiddy, who was wearing a bulky trench coat with…
Malibu residents and beach goers can breathe a little sigh of relief knowing the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station Beach Team patrol will start ahead of schedule this year after the harrowing experience a community member reported last weekend to the Lost Hills Station. Resident Danette Eilenberg noticed a suspicious man in a trench coast and dark…
UPDATE: 4/15/21 4:21 pm: At press time of this article and the time of my interview with NBC (I contacted reporter Robert Kovacik directly about this story because of the critical nature of this event and potential crime), bail amount was not yet reported. Suspect Kiddy is currently at Twin Towers under psychiatric evaluation with bail…
By Cece Woods, Editor in Chief *Originally published on thelocalmalibu.com March 28th, 2021. EDITOR’S NOTE: Long before the pandemic, law-enforcement defunding and the-worst-presidential-election-drama-ever was the first of a series of events, the murder of Tristan Beaudette at Malibu Creek State Park, which became a turning point for our community, forever changing Malibu as we once knew it….
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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.