An updated complaint was filed against Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide detective Dan McElderry after it was revealed in recent court findings that McElderry lied in a case leading to the false conviction of Miguel Solorio who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Photo byThe National Registry of Exonerations The defense and the prosecution’s failure…
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…
Shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday near a lifeguard tower at Las Tunas Beach off Pacific Coast Highway, a hispanic man in his 20s was stabbed in a domestic dispute sources at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told Malibu Daily News. According to investigators, witnesses heard arguing between the victim and the woman. There…
A woman who was arrested and released in 2018 for the murder of a 66 year-old nurse, was arrested again today for that same murder. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators told Malibu Daily News that after a five-year long investigation, they have gathered the necessary probable cause to issue a warrant for Cherie Townsend’s…
Today marks 13 years since the LA County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed the identification of Mitrice Richardson’s partially mummified remains, found just three days before on August 9th, 2010, in a remote area in Malibu Canyon known to locals as “Dark Canyon”. At the time of the discovery, Park Rangers were surveying an area previously…
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…
In a world where technology has taken over, it is nice to know the intrusion may actually be beneficial – and in some cases on a critical, lifesaving level. Recently, the internet was a buzz when multiple rescues were swiftly and successfully completed with the help of the Iphone 14 SOS feature which connects via…
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…
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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.