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City Council Has New Code Of Ethics, ‘Absolutely Nothing’ In There Says Co-Author Malibu’s city council has a code of conduct – expect no changes. The code was written by council members Bruce Silverstein and Doug Stewart, Silverstein says the code is in effect toothless … and is merely something to aspire to … 70677 […]
City Gave Developer 33 Percent Density Bonus And Got Unbuildable Land In Exchange THIS STORY WAS CORRECTED AT 10 am on Thursday, Oct 10. The city council that approved the land deal at La Pax (now the Ranch at Cross Creek) did that 16 years ago, not “about 14 years ago”, as we originally reported. […]
County Makes Major Error On Malibu Ballots, Flub May Hurt School Bond A major screwup on your election ballot: the county mistakenly said voters in Malibi can vote on the Santa Monica school bind election. And vice versa … that oters in Santa Monica can vote on the Malibu bond issue. The mistake wasn’t discovered […]
Crash Damages Gas Main At PCH/Topanga Traffic is flowing smoothly again this morning … after a late night crash damaged a natural gas pipeline at Topanga Beach. Fire crews … California Highway Patrol officers … and LA county sheriff’s deputies were at the crash site for three hours … after the 11-45 PM crash. No […]
Santa Monica Asked To Cut Blank Check For 2028 Olympic Stadium Next To PCH Santa Monica is about to decide on an agreement to build a stadium for more than 12 thousand people people watching the 2028 Olympic Games volleyball … right next to Pacific Coast Highway at the tunnel. Next Tuesday night … the […]
Santa Monica Asked To Cut Blank Check For 2028 Olympic Stadium Next To PCH Santa Monica is about to decide on an agreement to build a stadium for more than 12 thousand people people watching the 2028 Olympic Games volleyball … right next to Pacific Coast Highway at the tunnel. Next Tuesday night … the […]
Gov Signs Gummed Up Malibu Speed Camera Bill California Governor Gavin Newsom slipped into Malibu last week … to sign the Malibu speed camera bill. City officials and the news media were not notified that the governor drove up to Fire Station 70 … whipped out his pen … took a selfie video … and […]
First Malibu Election Results Are In: Kean, Smith, Leon-Vazquez Win SMMUSD Board Seats The election is 40 days away … but we already have three winners to declare in the Santa Monica-Malibu school board race. The lone challenger to the three incumbents school board members has withdrawn. The Santa Monica Daily Press reports that Christine […]
Traffic Chaos On Morning View, As PCH Closed To Investigate Pedestrian Injury A pedestrian was struck and badly injured by a car on Pacific Coast Highway at Zuma Beach this morning. The crash happened at 5 this morning. A pedestrian … on the ocean side of the highway … was in traffic lanes trying to […]
Point Dume Club Sale To Chicago Firm Raises Questions About Future Tax Bill THIS STORY WAS UPDATED LATE FRIDAY The residents of Malibu’s largest neighborhood are living under uncertainty … and the possible threat of massive rent increases. The Point Dume Club has been sold to a Chicago investment firm. That means the rents will […]