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MALIBUSurfsideNEWS
VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 26
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THE COMMUNITY FORUM
MAY 17 • 2012
F RO N T PAG E
Appellate Court Rules that Camping
‘Override’ Exceeded CCC’s Authority
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EDUCATION
Balloons Mark Future Location of
MHS’s Controversial Field Lighting
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ISSUES
Family Seeks Community Assistance
to Find Answers in Daughter’s Death
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COMMUNITY
America Offers Rock and Roll Aid for
Corral Canyon’s Volunteer Fire Crew
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SPOTLIGHT
26th Annual Cook’s Tour Provides
Gourmet Sample of Malibu’s Delights
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THIS WEEK
Opinion
People
Doings
Notices
Issues
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AIL-END—It’s been a stellar season for whale watching, as large numbers of California gray whales have passed close to
Malibu on their way to and from Baja California. As May ends, the last of the spring migrants, like this whale cow and her
young calf, will be headed up the coast, traveling slowly and close to the shore. Notice the bubble print near the cow’s
head. Photographer Jim McHenry observed this pair from the Point Dume Headlands, a top whale watching spot.
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Puzzle
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Classifieds
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Front PAGE
MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS
MAY 17 • 2012
Ruling Finds CCC Exceeded Authority with Camping Plan Approval
I Appellate
Court Unanimously Decides that Coastal Agency ‘Overlay’ Exceeded Jurisdiction
A
state Court of Appeal sided
with the City of Malibu last
week in a lawsuit filed by
the municipality against the
California Coastal Commission’s
approval of the Santa Monica
Mountains Conservancy’s park
plan which included a controversial provision for overnight
camping in several coastal canyons.
In a unanimous decision, the
appellate court said, “We decide
the California Coastal Commission acted in excess of its jurisdiction when it approved amendments to the city’s certified local
coastal program at the request of
state agencies, over the objections
of the city, where the amendments
were not requested to undertake a
public works project or energy
facility development, but instead
changed the city’s land use policies and development standards as
they would apply to future plans
for development within the city,”
the justices wrote.
City Attorney Christi Hogin
praised the decision for limiting
the CCC’s authority and enforcing one such limit. “The Conservancy and the Commission
basically teamed up to rewrite
Malibu’s LCP as it would apply
to the Conservancy’s several
properties scattered throughout
Malibu and tried to do it by
invoking an obscure provision of
the Coastal Act meant for energy
facilities and regional public
works projects.
“The bottom line is that the
court agreed with our core argument that the commission exceeded its jurisdiction when it invoked
the narrow ‘override’ provision to
purport to adopt comprehensive
changes to the uses and development standards applicable to the
Conservancy’s holdings in Malibu (a virtual mini-LCP) just for
Conservancy land.”
Malibu Mayor Laura Rosenthal
concurred. “This decision is a
very big deal because it puts a
limit on the commission’s ability
to interfere with local planning
decisions.”
The litigation has its beginnings in 2007 when the SMMC
asked the city to amend its LCP
“This decision]]
is a very
“...big deal...”
to add land use policies and
development standards, in part, to
permit the Conservancy to develop four park properties in Malibu
and allow overnight camping.
In December 2007, the Malibu
City Council approved an amendment to the city’s Local
Coastal Plan.
Referred to as Malibu’s LCP,
the document included many
changes proposed by SMMC,
including a plan to provide the
framework for a proposed trail
network to link various publicly
owned properties throughout
Malibu, but did not include the
overnight camping proposed in
the SMMC’s plan in various
coastal canyons.
SMMC officials rejected
Malibu’s plan and submitted to
the Coastal Commission its own
proposed LCP amendments,
asserting an override provision.
The Conservancy asked the
commission to declare, in effect,
that the override procedures contained in the Coastal Commission’s regulations authorized
the SMMC to allow the Coastal
Commission to certify the
SMMC’s proposed amendments
to Malibu’s LCP over the objections of the city.
The appellate court said the
Conservancy “never claimed its
proposed LCP amendment constitutes a public works project,
and clearly, they do not.”
The appellate court also indicated, “It is undisputed that the
[SMMC] overlay district substitutes the land use policies and
development standards of the
Conservancy for the policies and
standards certified for Malibu in
2002; and it does not seek a permit to develop a public works
project.”
The justices also opined that,
“The Conservancy’s overlay district eliminated city participation
in the design or development of
parkland and trail improvements.
“In short, the Conservancy proposed to override Malibu’s land
use plans and policies and substitute new ones over the objections
of the city, not for the purpose of
developing a public works project, but so that in the future
development and programs could
be approved by the CCC, thus
(Continued on page 9)
Point B of A Vigiled by Local Critics Council Says No to New
Corporate Security Told Branch to Lock Doors for Six Hours Condos on Point Dume
Controversial Parcel Retains RR1 Zoning
E
I
leven area residents took
part in a peaceful vigil in
front of the Point Dume
branch of Bank of America last
Wednesday to express solidarity
with similar actions at over 200
branches of Bank of America
throughout the country, as well
as the bank’s shareholders meeting in South Carolina.
The participants held up handlettered signs that included such
statements as: “Shame;” “Get
Money Out of Politics;” and
“Move Your Money, Malibu.”
Point Dume teller operations
specialist Maria Ponce told the
Malibu Surfside News that because branch manager Benjamin
Soriano was not at the bank, the
corporate security officer, Howard Yaris, took control and instructed personnel to close the
bank at 9:30 a.m.
Ponce said the bank personnel
did not feel threatened, but they
were concerned that customers
were being inconvenienced
when the bank did not reopen
until 3:30 p.m.
She indicated that a few customers complained about the
inconvenience but no one indicated that the vigil participants
harassed them and many people
expressed support for the right to
protest the role of the banking
industry in creating the current
economic miasma.
Bank of America was selected
for the action, according to May
9 vigil coordinator Valerie Sklar-
I
LOCKDOWN—Some of the people who held a peaceful vigil outside the Point Dume Branch of Bank of America last Wednesday
hold up their handmade signs. B of A, which is in the process of
terminating its “Bank of Opportunity” media campaign, was targeted for what the group said are “devious practices.” The branch
kept its doors locked from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., even though
no one reported being disturbed by the participants.
She criticized the bank’s chief
evsky, because the bank “made
millions in profits by not paying executive officer, Brian Moyniany federal income taxes and, han, who she said had a “salary/
even though bailed out ($45 bil- bonus of over $8,000,000 last
lion) with taxpayer funds, was year, while over 35,000 [B of A]
the number one bank in foreclos- employees were laid off.”
Sklarevsky added, “I would
ing on homes.”
Sklarevsky, a decades-long love to see us have a cash-mob
peace activist who has poured event at Bank of America where
her own blood at actions protest- Malibu residents would withdraw
ing war and corporate greed, also [their] money in opposition to a
said, “Bank of America is one of company that finances businesses
the largest financiers of nuclear in order to make a profit without
weapons, investing hundreds of regard for the impacts on people
millions of dollars every year in and the planet.”
BY ANNE SOBLE
weapons of mass destruction.”
The Malibu City Council this
week refused to consider an
amendment to the Local Coastal
Program to change the Land Use
Designation of vacant land on
Point Dume planned for condominiums from Rural Residential
to Multi-Family and to change the
zoning designation from Rural
Residential-one acre (RR-1) to
Multi-Family for the parcel located at 29255 Heathercliff Road.
“My family has been on Point
Dume since the 50s. I don’t think
this project should be [Multifamily],” said Councilmember
Skylar Peak.
The entire Rodriguez family
urged the council to make the
zoning change saying it was an
error made by the Coastal
Commission, which could be
cleared up by a LCP amendment.
“We wanted the kids to stay
with us. To have our kids close to
us,” said Anna Rodriguez, in
explaining why the family wanted to build a three-unit condo.
The applicant’s expediter
Marissa Coughlin told the coun-
cil she and her clients had done
“due diligence” and had been
repeatedly told by city planners it
was just a matter of rectifying a
zoning discrepancy. However, a
neighbor said the council should
not approve any more condos for
Point Dume. “I can’t see condo
after condo. It is not beautiful if a
bunch of condos are built,” said
John Lits.
“We have to decide if the city
is right or if the Coastal Commission is right? The Coastal
Commission said they made an
error?” asked Councilmember
Lou La Monte.
However, Planning Director
Joyce Parker Bozylinski said during planning commission deliberations, the discussion turned to
what the proper zoning should
now be on the vacant lot.
“If we are not looking at the
discrepancy, it is best as a singlefamily [lot],” said Mayor Laura
Rosenthal.
Councilmember John Sibert
said he also lives on Point Dume
FAMILY’S QUESTIONS NEED ANSWERS:
Malibu family wants person believed to have
been with their daughter before she died to
step forward. See article on page 11.
MAY 17 • 2012
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Newest Council Members Lagoon Project Proponents Go on the
Make Panel Appointments Defensive as June 1 Start Date Looms
Some Commission Seats Remain Open Opponents Say They Will Continue to Fight Stop the Plan
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he Malibu City Council made
appointments to commissions
and other advisory boards at
its meeting this week.
Incoming Councilmembers
Skylar Peak and Joan House
made their appointments, while
Councilmember John Sibert,
reelected to his second term,
either affirmed his existing appointments or made new ones.
Several vacancies were also
filled by members.
The planning commission will
have two new members when
House’s appointment David Brotman takes a seat and Mayor Laura
Rosenthal’s appointment Mikke
Pierson takes over a vacant seat
after Carol Randall stepped down
from serving an interim appointment.
Three current commissioners
will keep their seats after Peak
tapped John Mazza to stay on
board. Jeff Jennings will continue
to serve on the planning panel
after Sibert reaffirmed his appointment.
Roohi Stack was chosen by
Councilmember Lou La Monte,
after his appointee, Joan House,
was elected to a council seat.
The Parks and Recreation Commission got three new members.
Peak chose Laura Principe,
House tapped Steve Parks and
Rosenthal picked Ren Smith to
replace Dermot Stoker, who
retired.
Peak served on the Parks and
Rec commission, appointed by
former Councilmember Pamela
Conley Ulich.
Sibert had tapped Carl P.
Randall, who will remain on the
panel. Former Councilmember
Jefferson Wagner had chosen
Mark Welton. Councilmember
Lou LaMonte had appointed Justine Petretti and reaffirmed that
appointment.
House and Peak also made
appointments to the Public Safety
Commission.
House tapped Merrill May and
Peak retained David Saul. Sibert
affirmed his existing appointment
Marlene Matlow.
Chris Frost serves as the mayor’s appointment to the safety
panel. Carol Randall was chosen
by La Monte.
Peak asked that Chumash representative Mati Waiya, who is the
executive director of the Wishtoyo
Foundation, be appointed by the
council-at-large to the Native American Cultural Resources Committee.
Peak also requested that the
council-at-large appoint Andy
Lyon to the Wastewater Advisory
Committee.
Peak’s appointment to the Public Works Commission was Steven Karsh.
House said she had no public
works appointment at this time.
Sibert affirmed his existing appointment Frank Kerze.
For the Telecommunications
Commission, House tapped Kathy
Wisnicki and Peak reappointed
Ryan Embree.
The council members made no
changes to the Building Board of
Appeals and kept on the same
members for the Trails Master
Plan Ad Hoc Committee.
BY BILL KOENEKER
I
he fight over the Malibu
Lagoon Restoration and
Enhancement Project is escalating, as the June 1 start day
for the State Parks’ plan to drain,
dredge and reconstruct the western portion of the lagoon rapidly
approaches.
The Malibu City Council voted
unanimously to oppose the lagoon project in April. Malibu City
Manager Jim Thorsen outlined
the city’s most recent actions at
Monday’s city council meeting.
Malibu Mayor Laura Rosenthal
issued a letter from the city to
California Governor Jerry Brown
State Parks last week.
This week, the city replied to
State Parks, rebutting the state
agency’s response to concerns
expressed by the city over the project’s dewatering and monitoring
plan.
City Attorney Christi Hogan
also this week submitted an amicus brief in conjunction with the
lawsuit filed by the Wetlands
Defense Fund’s lawsuit, enumerating the city’s concerns. The city
also issued a letter highlighting its
concerns to the California Coastal
Commission, which is the agency
that will review the final dewatering and monitoring plans.
“[The city made] many comments,” City Manager Jim Thorsen told the Malibu City Council
on Monday. He cited an apparent
discrepancy in the plan’s dewatering plan that appears to indicate
that the system will be inadequate
to treat the volume of water that
must be removed as one of the
city’s main concerns, and also
Control Board ,” the comments to
the CCC state. “Unfortunately,
we were not afforded the courtesy
to review the documents in advance of the latest submittal.
Therefore, the City of Malibu is
now providing the California
Coastal Commission with its preliminary comments on these documents.
“The City is anticipating that
the Coastal Commission and
RWQCB will be able to use these
comments to refine these two
plans to ensure that public health
is protected for the thousands of
ocean-going visitors at Surfrider
Beach.
“The most glaring and troublesome read of the dewatering plan
deals with the initial lowering of
the entire lagoon. As described in
detail on page 11 of the report, the
plan indicates that the entire
lagoon must be lowered to an elevation of 3.0 in order to begin to
install the interior dike. Therefore,
it is estimated that the entire lagoon area would need to be
pumped at a rate of 25 cfs (11,200
gallons per minute) to overcome
the inflow. It is stated this work
will likely run continuously, 24
hours a day, for three days and
possibly up to seven days. There
are no statements on how this
flow will be stored, treated or dispersed.
Thorsen told the council that
the current plan calls for the collection, storage, treatment and
discharge of 48.5 million gallons
of water during a three-day period, but that the contractor is only
required to install a water treatment system with a capacity of
1100 gpm.
“It will take over 30 days to
treat this amount of water and require approximately 2500 “Baker” tanks, with each tank having a
capacity of 20,000 gallons,”
Thorsen wrote in the letter submitted to the CCC.
“Nowhere in the report is this
issue addressed. This is a fatal
flaw in the design.”
Thorsen concluded his update
by explaining the city has been
unable to find an independent
third party willing to do a
review of the project. The council voted to allocate $25,000 to
fund a study in April. The USGS,
structure as well as environmental
constraints on new development,
according to a planning department staff report.
John Douglas the consultant
hired by the city to oversee the
update, said they were very pleased by the results of a survey sent
out for those interested in utilizing
those second units as affordable
housing.
“We believe we can satisfy 30
additional units that can be satisfied [for the affordable housing
credits],” he said.
Douglas also talked about the
densities required for the affordable housing overlay zone. He
cited six units to 20 units per acre
for low and moderate income.
Some residents have expressed
concern with this approach.
Lucile Keller, representing the
Malibu Township Council, said
MTC believes the planning direc-
tor is trying to find the least damaging manner to meet the goals.
“The city should not follow [the
SCAG numbers]. The allocation
[for the number of affordable
housing units] is wrong. All the
nongovernmental constraints exist
today or more than when the city
was sued over this,” she said. “The
appellate judgment should be used
as part of the report. The non-governmental constraints convinced
two judges. We should avoid being
forced into high density development.”
Councilmember Lou La Monte,
who called the process “a mandated fictitious solution to a mandated fictitious problem,” asked
about the farm worker housing
mandate.
Planners said that every city
that allows farms must provide
farm worker housing. “It would
stated that the dewatering plan,
which requires millions of gallons
of onsite water storage, is “problematic.”
“The City met with State Parks
more than 18 months ago and
requested an opportunity to review and comment on these documents before submission to the
Coastal Commission and the Los
Angeles Regional Water Quality
“[This is]si
embarrassing.
It doesn’t
iiilook good.
”
Closing Arguments Begin in Council Approves Housing Element Revisions
Sina Khankhanian Retrial Staff Is Authorized to Submit the Changes to HCD for Review
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he retrial of Sina Khankhanian on a second-degree
charge of murder in the death
of Malibu resident Emily Shane
entered another week on Monday,
with “the people’s testimony continuing,” according to the Los
Angeles County District Attorney’s office.
The DA’s spokesperson said that
closing arguments could start as
soon as Tuesday afternoon.
Jury selection began on April 26
and the trial got underway on May
3, according to the spokesperson,
who added it was not certain when
the case might be handed over to
the jury.
The first trial ended in a hung
jury and a mistrial was declared.
After a review by the DA’s office
it was determined to retry the case.
The San Fernando Valley man
was accused with the second-
degree murder of the 13-year-old
Shane.
Deputies reported that in April
2010 the defendant drove his vehicle off the roadway on Pacific
Coast Highway east of Heathercliff Road, fatally hitting Shane,
who was walking along the north
side of PCH from a friend’s house
and was preparing to cross the
highway to walk to the Point
Dume shopping center where she
was to be picked up by her father.
A number of witnesses, some
of whom testified at the trial,
called law enforcement to report
Khankhanian, who was described
as driving erratically and at a high
speed westbound on PCH in the
minutes preceding the crash.
Shane’s death generated a new
push for increased safety on
Pacific Coast Highway.
BY BILL KOENEKER
n a 4-1 vote with Councilmember Skylar Peak dissenting, the Malibu City
Council gave the green light for
the staff to submit revisions to the
Draft Housing Element and send
it back to the state Department of
Housing and Community Development or HCD for review and
comment.
The council was told the state
agency had reviewed the draft
document after it was submitted
last year and two months ago
planners received the first official
comment letter from HCD in
response to the city’s submission
of its housing update.
The letter asked for further
information and evidentiary support related to the strategy of the
city to use second units to fulfill
the need for very low and low
income housing units, the suitability and availability of infra-
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MAY 17 • 2012
Town FORUM
L-E-T-T-E-R-S
to the
E-D-I-T-O-R
SUPPORT
Editor:
I have been following the ASP tour of pro surfers and
have heard Gabriel Medina’s interviews. I believe the Brazilian is the next Kelly Slater, so young and super talented,
but his English is limited and I would bet he did not read
the project plan or the EIR for the Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project before signing the petition (as shown in a photograph in last week’s issue of the Malibu Surfside News).
When the Surfers Coalition recruits signers, they really
only say that the project will destroy the surf and massacre
wildlife, and if I heard these rumors, thinking it may be
true, I would sign on to the opposition and sign a petition
too. But because I know better, I can’t sit idly by when outand-out distortions and disinformation are being spun.
I understand why Andy Lyon is against the project. He
will take a financial hit as he has claimed, but why would
other surfers be against improving the health of an impaired ecosystem?
We may be outnumbered, but we are not waivering.
Thanks for your community forum and allowing me to express my viewpoint.
Steve Woods
SELECTION
Editor:
As a surfer, I am offended by the two letters from the
Malibu Lagoon restoration project supporters that appeared
last week. Do these supporters think the public does not
know who the organizations are they represent?
These organizations state that when there are high indicator bacteria, waters are harmful and anything or anybody
who lets the bacteria out on the beach must be punished
and fined and crucified in the press. Now that it is their own
project, they suggest they did not really mean it, that all this
stuff is everywhere and that no one is going to get sick from
a little more. They pick and choose their science to defend
their position. They say that the levels of staph in the sand
that will be disturbed will not make you sick.
Project supporters say that it has always been flowing out
to the beach and there is nothing their project will do to increase bacteria in the water this summer. Tell that to the
surfers who testify they get staph infections at the beach.
Tell that to the surfers who will be sitting in the surf this
summer while a discharge pipe dewaters the 30-year resuspended solids into our surfzone.
At least they admit that all kinds of sources of bacteria
are at this beach and have been forever. In 2009, Surfrider
was cleaner than Avalon and Doheny, but who knows about
2012 because the levels of staph are dependent on who and
how many people go to the beach. They, in fact, note that
the source of these pathogens is shedding from human skin.
They cite good references that explain why almost every
supermarket has disinfectant wipes because their carts have
the same level as the beach and why school janitors are sanitizing to avoid contamination. For some people, even low
levels of staph and MRSA can cause illness.
The project supporters should be cautious for the public
instead of defensive.
Jeremy Marco
PROPONENT
Editor:
I am a director on the board of directors and the vice president of the Resource Conservation District of the Santa
Monica Mountains. I have never taken any salary, payment,
or honorarium for any of my services for the RCD. The RCD
and other agencies and organizations involved have spent
decades fighting to protect and preserve the Malibu Lagoon
ecosystem, and most of the improvements in environmental
quality and human health are due to our efforts. I can say
from firsthand experience that this is no gravy train; the
experts and academics who support the restoration project
are not getting rich off it; they support it because they have
been convinced of the merits. The accusation that they are
(Letters are continued on page 15)
Folks seem to be
surprised to learn
that surfing and
politics are not
mutally exclusive!
They may be even
more surprised to
learn that we all
don’t share the
same mindset!
Publisher’s NOTEBOOK
Good Samaritan ‘Law’
A recent Malibu tragedy has raised the issue of
whether the State of California should have what is
often called a “Good Samaritan” law that codifies
the requirement that non-emergency trained random
individuals seek professional help for a medical crisis or other life-threatening emergency they observe.
This is a legal determination that provides tangible
consequences for someone who does not report a
person who is in acute medical distress, such as a
drug overdose reaction, or who has died for any
cause that was not at the hand of the individual who
is witness to the incident and not self-incriminating.
Laws prohibit individuals from running from the
scene of a vehicular accident, where property or physical damage is a factor. Of course, one can argue
that this applies to people who cause the accident,
but shouldn’t there be a way to require that someone
who is present at a tragedy remain to answer any
questions that might explain the circumstances?
The notion of the Samaritan is fundamental to Judeo-Christian beliefs and the concept that one should
seek help for those in distress evokes the most basic
sense of human nurturing and compassion toward all
living beings.
It finds its scriptural source in Luke 10:33-35:
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast,
and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out
two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto
him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest
more, when I come again, I will repay thee.”
California’s so-called Good Samaritan law only
addresses protections for trained emergency and
medical personnel responding to accidents and other
disaster scenes. Nothing provides protections or responsibilities for those who are not in the covered
categories, such as bystanders or others who are pre-
sent when something calamitous occurs.
Should there be a legal responsibility to seek aid in
that kind of circumstance, or, at a minimum, should
there be a requirement to dial 911 even if one plans to
leave the scene before help arrives?
Would anyone argue that there isn’t a moral or
social imperative to assist people in distress by calling
for the assistance of those trained and equipped to
handle the kind of emergency encountered?
How does society codify goodness into law? Laws
are at their best and clearest when prohibiting bad
behavior, but mandating good behavior is a much
more complex matter.
I will have more to say about this in future columns. For now, I’d like to hear what community
members think about this thorny philosophical issue.
ANNE SOBLE
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People&PLACES
MAY 17 • 2012
Malibuite Helps Win Lacrosse Title Equestrian Team Celebrates Banner Year
WINNING SHOT—Malibuite
Ross O’Shea, who is a sophomore attack for Harvard-Westlake High School’s lacrosse
team, helped his school win the
Mission League Title, defeating
Crespi 8-7, a press release
states. “With just over a minute
remaining in regulation play,
Harvard Westlake was trailing
Crespi 5-7. O’Shea of Malibu
scored one of two goals to tie
the game and send the Championship match into overtime.
Leading his team to victory with
four goals, Ross scored the
game winning shot to clinch the
Mission League,” the release
states.
Malibu resident Janice Villarosa’s short thesis film
“Heaven’s Door” will be in
this year’s Cannes Film Festival—Court Métrage short
film corner. “‘Heaven’s Door’
is about an abused woman
who falls in love with her
fiancé’s sister and relives their
love through her paintings,” a
press release states. Villarosa
directed and acted in this film.
Villarosa’s music video,
“Deep Water,” which she
created in collaboration
with Vietnamese artist Vu
Ngoc Phuong (Phoenix
Vu), will be screened at
Long Island International
Film Expo in July. Villarosa
“is currently working on
post-production of her documentary, ‘Shunned’ about the
lives of transgenders.”
Malibu resident Julianna
Ball will join the Hunter Seat
squad at New Mexico State
University’s Equestrian team.
Ball has been competing
nationally and internation-
ally for the past nine years
and has won numerous
championships.
RECORD BREAKERS—The Malibu High School Equestrian Team finished their
best season ever last week, finishing up in fourth place overall for the season out of
over 65 schools in Los Angeles and Ventura County. The Novice Division Riders
brought home the Reserve Championship Ribbon and Silver Plate for their second
place finish in the Novice Division. The Team competes in the Interscholastic
Equestrian League, www.theiel.org. MHS did particularly well in Dressage with
Kelsey Holmes winning the Year-End Championship for Junior Varsity Dressage,
and Renie Walczuk and Edie Denker finishing second and third in Novice Dressage. Bridget Helm finished in 4th place for the Varsity Jumpers. Abby Blackwood
tied for third place in Novice Equitation, and finished up third overall in the Novice
Division out of 85 riders. Team captain and senior Emma Blackwood won the Interscholastic Equestrian League Academic Excellence Scholarship for her outstanding academic achievement. Shown above at the 2012 IEL Awards Banquet are
Abby Blackwood, Edie Denker, Hannah Huffman, Sean Kelly, Kelsey Holmes,
Emma Blackwood, Renie Walczuk, and Sami Semler.
MAY 17 • 2012
PAGE 7
Balloons Indicate Impact of MHS Field Lights AMIBA Event Offered
Local Business Advice
BRIGHT IDEA—A quartet of orange balloons confirm that the Malibu High School field lights will be visible
from every view point and overlook in the Malibu Park area. The balloons were especially visible along Merritt
Drive, above, but public views were impacted at the City of Malibu’s Equestrian Center, where the two
remaining balloons rose like twin moons above the crest of the hill, and along Zuma View Ridge, where a
National Park Service sign invites visitors to “enjoy a view that goes on forever.”
ed improvements.
Critics of the Santa Moni- wind, but despite being the maximum extent.
Volunteers are currently
They say they are also
ca Malibu Unified School buffeted, they were clearly
District’s Malibu High visible from almost every not surprised that the school in the process of raising an
School field lighting plan vantage point in the bowl- has not yet made any effort estimated $600,000 to fund
say that they had some of shaped mesa surrounding to modify existing light pol- the lights.
The City of Malibu is
lution issues on the campus,
their worst fears realized the MHS campus.
Malibu Park residents which was suggested as a currently listed as a donor
this week, when large orange balloons on 90-foot say they are not surprised remediation measure by the in the “Bring on the Lights”
fundraising campaign’s litcables were floated on the that the district did not coastal panel.
Questions are also being erature, in the $1-$499
football field to indicate notify them in advance
where the lights will be about the balloon plan, and raised over whether the dis- donation level.
The City of Malibu’s
are also raising the ques- trict put the project out to
placed.
Planning
Commission is
Two balloons burst with- tion of whether the district bid, since the contract
scheduled
to hear the disin hours of being erected is honoring the California appears to be with the
trict’s
request
for a Condion Friday and were later Coastal Commission’s con- company originally selectreplaced. The balloons dition that the lights use the ed when the lighting pro- tional Use Permit to install
were never at a constant best available technology ject was still part of the the lights next month.
90-degree angle due to the to control light pollution to school’s Measure BB-fund- BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN
PROACTIVE—Approximately 40 people, including
activists, city council members, and Chamber of
Commerce board members participated in a seminar
and workshop at Malibu City Hall on Saturday that
was presented by Jeff Milton, cofounder of AMIBA—
American Independent Business Alliance. Milton discussed strategies for promoting and supporting local
independent businesses. Milton was optimistic,
describing success stories in other communities,
including Boulder, Colorado. However, he stressed
that “Most [shop local] campaigns come and go
quickly without making much of an impact,” and that
only long term campaigns have the potential to “dramatically” improve business. Milton warned that “big
chains have money for lobbyists” and that developers
can have “undue influence.” He also cautioned that
“programs that are run under the auspices” of a city
government “don’t have as much credibility” as independent efforts. FI: www.amiba.net MSN/Suzanne Guldimann
We support
the Lagoon
Restoration
Project.
Glenn Hening
Founder, Surfrider Foundation
Skip Engblom
Surf/skate legend, Surfrider’s 1st member
Steve Woods
Veteran Malibu surfer
Fred Roberts
Veteran Malibu surfer/waterman
Ken Seino
Malibu surfer & lagoon pollution survivor
Malibu/Humaliwu - Poster for The Surfrider Foundation - Art Daryl Todd -Research Reeve Woolpert (c)1986 The State of Native California P.O. Box 312 Summerland, CA 93067
Glenn: “Its been a long time since the lagoon was healthy - and 28 years of Surfrider trying to make things right.”
Skip: “ I can’t understand how anyone could not want this project. I guess some people have a lot to learn.”
Steve: “The natural forces that shape the wave will not be affected in any way by restoring the lagoon.”
Fred: “I think there continues to be opposition to this project because uninformed people are still writing checks.”
Ken: “Why would anyone oppose this genuine effort to improve the wetlands’ ability to help clean itself?”
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experts and agencies who support the Restoration Project:
Heal the Bay - Cal Trout
Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society
Santa Monica Baykeeper
S.M. Bay Restoration Foundation
Sierra Club - EcoMalibu
Surfrider Foundation
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The Groundswell Society
West LA/Malibu Chapter of Surfrider
Matt Horns, aquatic ecology consultant
and
18 years of stakeholder meetings
(Malibu Creek Advisory Council,
Surfrider Malibu, Lagoon Task Force)
Calif Coastal Commission (voted 11-0)
CCC staff led by Peter Douglas
Calif. Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Regional Water Quality Control Board
California Coastal Conservancy
California Dept of Fish and Game
N.O.A.A. Fisheries Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and
the Superior Court judge who ruled
decisively against a lawsuit intended to
stop the project
We believe that sincere surfers, the general public, and many
Malibu residents have been mis-informed and mis-led by:
Real estate agents
Professional fund-raisers
Some local politicians
Please come to our public information meetings
May 20 - West Malibu see www.therealmalibu411.com for details
May 24 - Duke’s Restaurant - PCH at Las Flores Cyn - 7 pm
Media inquires: contact CeCe Stein/Rock&Revolution PR 310-456-4172
Our thanks to Stephenie Glas for her grassroots efforts and www.therealmalibu411.com
PAGE 8
DoINGS
MAY 17 • 2012
Screening Supports Preservation Effort MHS Theater Students Will Perform ‘9-5’
DAVID AND GOLIATH—On Saturday, May 19 the award winning film “Milagro Beanfield War,” directed by Robert Redford, shown above with Beanfield
actor and Malibu resident Julie Carmen Hoffman, will screen at the Malibu
Film Society. The grassroots group, Preserve Malibu, will co-host the event.
Two of the film’s stars, Chick Vennera and Julie Carmen will lead a Q&A
starting at 7:30 pm. Tickets for non-members are $10 at the door and $5 if
reserved through www.MalibuFilmSociety.org.
Point Dume School Plans Golf Tourney
Point Dume Elementary
School will hold its fourth
annual golf outing fundraiser on May 20 at the
Malibu Golf Club, 901
Encinal Canyon Road. This
year’s fundraiser will fea-
ture a chance to win a
brand-new BMW (and
more) with a hole in one,
on one of the course’s par
three holes. There will also
be a live and silent auction.
Golf check-in is at 10 a.m.,
tee time begins at 11:30
a.m., “Kid Play Date” is
scheduled from 2–5 p.m.
Dinner and reception begins at 5 p.m. FI and registration: 310-466-7936.
www.pdmssgolf.com
SWEET REVENGE—Malibu High School’s theater department is presenting a theatrical adaptation of Dolly Parton’s 1980 comedy film “9 to 5,”
which tells the story of “three female employees Sophia Stewart, Tanner
Porter, and Martha Thatcher, above—tired of trying to move up the corporate ladder in a male dominated world, who team up against their sexist
boss in this hilarious workplace comedy.” Performances are scheduled for
Friday, May 25 at 7 p.m., on Saturday, May 26, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., and on
Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 students/seniors, $20 adults.
Tickets available at malibuhigh.org.
Dancer Wins Key Role in ‘Noah’s Ark’ Show
PRIMA BALLERINA—Malibu High School senior
Leah Hamel will be performing a key role in Malibu resident Eric Allaman’s theatrical dance interpretation of “Noah’s Ark” at the Thousand Oaks
Civic Arts Plaza on Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 20, 2 p.m. Tickets
are available from Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000,
or ticketmaster.com. Hamel, who is a senior at
MHS, has recently been accepted at the Juilliard
School, where she will continue to study ballet.
More information on “Noah’s Ark” is available at
www.pacificfestivalballetcompany.com
L.A. Opera Brings Verdi to Malibu Library
The L.A. Opera is coming to Malibu Library,
23519 W. Civic Center
Way. Children and families
are invited to Opera Tales,
Tuesday, May 29 at 3:30
p.m. Four professional
opera singers from the
L.A. Opera will perform
selected scenes from some
of Verdi’s most beloved
operas celebrating the sto-
ries and music of the opera
and introducing the art
form to Malibu children.
The event is free. No registration is needed. FI: 310456-6438.
MAY 17 • 2012
PAGE 9
Lagoon Proponents Go on the Defensive as Project’s June 1 Start Date Approaches
(Continued from page 3)
Thorsen said, indicated that
it did not wish to undertake
the study due to a “perceived bias,” and opponents
of the project expressed
objections to NOAA.
“At this point [the city
is] still looking for a third
party reviewer.”
Several public speakers
and council members expressed concern over the
potential for an upcoming
State Parks project to
remove Rindge Dam to
impact the lagoon.
Former councilmember
Jefferson Wagner brought
a symbolic white flag to
the meeting and urged
both sides to open a dialogue. “[The Rindge Dam
removal is] something we
will need to review,” he
said.
“The Environmental Im-
pact Report needs to be
done again,” lead lagoon
opponent Marcia Hanscom
told the council. She stated
that the Rindge Dam removal was not figured into
the cumulative impact on
the lagoon.
Serra Retreat resident
Ann Payne expressed concern over whether the
cumulative impact of both
projects will also have a
negative impact on residents who live near the
creek and on the Cross
Creek Bridge, which enables emergency and fire
department access.
“We need representation,” Councilmember John
Sibert said about the dam
removal project. “The cumulative impact on the
creek and those who live
here is a little, a lot concerning.”
The project, which has
received a groundswell of
opposition in the Malibu
community, has recently
acquired one new defender:
Glenn Hening, who helped
to found the Surfrider
Foundation in 1984.
The Ventura resident is
no stranger to local hot button issues. In 2007 he spoke
out in favor of the floating
Liquified Natural Gas terminal that was proposed for
the water off Malibu, despite overwhelming opposition to the project.
“I am not here about the
project, but about the
behavior,” Hening told the
council on Monday.
“A highly respected scientist fears for her life,” he
said. “It’s embarrassing. It
doesn’t look good.”
Hening, who created a
documentary exposé in
2001 focused on surf
scene violence, called the
behavior of project opponents “contentious, petulant and disgraceful.”
“[My] colleague was just
flipped off by your most
famous real estate agent,”
Hening said.
State Parks was also active
this week, defending the project. In what observers are
calling an unusual move,
Anthony Perez, deputy
director of park operations,
wrote a letter to the Los
Angeles County Democratic
Party, requesting that they
reconsider their opposition
to the project.
“We regret that the party
chose not to contact a representative from State
Parks before adopting the
resolution, but instead
relied on false and unsupported statements of pro-
ject opponents,” the letter
states.
Perez rebuts the points
made by the LACDP. Perez
writes that the Tapia Water
Reclamation Facility’s discharge prohibition has “no
bearing on the project,” and
that “the use of the word
‘destruction’ is subjective
and emotional and is not
supported by any evidence.”
Perez also clarifies State
Parks policy for dealing
with the endangered tidewater goby, a tiny, muddwelling fish that has been
at the heart of much lagoon
project debate.
“State Parks has a permit
for this project from the
USFWS,” Perez wrote.
“The permit requires us to
relocate any tidewater gobies from the project area
prior to construction. This
Appellate Court Overturns CCC Camping Plan Override Housing
enabling the Conservancy
to avoid having to ask the
city for coastal development
permits.”
In an aside that might
make Malibu residents’
brows furrow, the court
said, “Moreover, the Conservancy’s new land use
policies did not change the
rules only for its own park
properties, the overlay district prohibits any fire outside any park facility,
including backyard fires
and barbeques, on any public or private property,
within 20 feet of any flammable vegetation.”
After public hearings
before the Coastal Commission, when it heard both
the SMMC’s plan and the
city’s, the coastal panel
found in favor of the SMMC
and rejected the city’s LCP
amendment.
The city filed a lawsuit
and in July 2011, the trial
court found for the city
opining the Conservancy’s
plan was just that—a
“plan” rather than a specific public works project—
and did not qualify for the
override procedure. The
SMMC sought to have the
decision overturned at the
appellate level.
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However, the appellate
court, in a published opinion, turned back the Conservancy at every turn.
“This argument violates
basic principles of statutory
interpretation cited below,
and contrary to the Conservancy’s claim, courts do
not defer to the Coastal
Commission’s interpretation of the scope of its
authority under the statute.
The Conservancy has no
relevant authority or rational explanation for its position and we find nothing in
the Coastal Act indicating a
legislative intent to distinguish a public works pro-
ject from an energy facility
development for purposes
of permitting the Coastal
Commission to override a
local government’s land
use policies and development standards.”
The city attorney said the
decision offers the city a
great opportunity. “In the
wake of the court’s ruling,
the city will be able to
assume its role in the development of policies and
work with the Conservancy
to achieve our shared goals
of public access, a worldclass trail system and wonderful parks.”
BY BILL KOENEKER
will be accomplished by a
team of biologists that are
trained and led by a
USFWS-approved fisheries biologist. The goby
population number in the
lagoon is unknown at this
time, but is likely in the
thousands.
“The USFWS permit
allows an incidental take of
up to only five tidewater
gobies. While we will take
every precaution to avoid
goby mortality, if this
should occur, the number
will be limited to a very
small percentage of the total
population.”
Perez concludes the letter
by requesting that “the
matter be brought back to
the Resolution Committee
for revision and that a representative of the project be
present.”
BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN
still have to go through the
planning process and HCD
control,” said one planner.
Councilmember Skylar
Peak asked about winegrowing areas. “What if
we say no?” he asked.
City Attorney Christi
Hogin acknowledged the
city had been sued before
and won, but the goal was
to get HCD certified.
“Then you have the presumption of a valid housing element. We do have
options of being self-certified. We are not there yet.
We need to get an Environmental Impact Report. The
easiest way to get certified
is by HCD. The court
could go on to issue permits. Let’s play it straight,”
she said.
Councilmember John
Sibert said he was encouraged by how many second
units might be available. “I
personally know of three
people who have second
units but did not yet respond to the city,” he said.
Sibert said he thought
the council should go
through the document segment by segment.
But when Peak put on
the table a motion to bring
it back for further discussion, he could not get a
second. Sibert then asked
A Matter of PUBLIC RECORD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF MALIBU
CITY COUNCIL
The Malibu City Council will hold a public hearing on TUESDAY,
May 29, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at Malibu City Hall, located at
23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA, for the item identified
below.
Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013
The City’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 totals
over $30.9 million. This amount includes General Fund revenues
of $20.8 million and General Fund expenditures of $20.6 million.
If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact
Reva Feldman, Assistant City Manager at 310-456-2489, ext.
224. Copies of all related documents can be reviewed by any
interested person at City Hall during regular business hours.
Oral and written comments may be presented to the City Council
on, or before, the date of the meeting.
_______________________________
REVA FELDMAN, Assistant City Manager
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Publish date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
(Notices are continued on page 10)
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A Matter of PUBLIC RECORD
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF
ROBERT J. HUDECEK
Case No. BP134295
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of
ROBERT J. HUDECEK
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has
been filed by Jamie Hudecek
Laughton in the Superior Court of
California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE
requests that Jamie Hudecek
Laughton be appointed as personal
representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be
admitted to probate. The will and any
codicils are available for examination
in the file kept by the court.
THE PETITION requests authority
to administer the estate under the
Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority will allow
the personal representative to take
many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very
important actions, however, the personal representative will be required
to give notice to interested persons
unless they have waived notice or
consented to the proposed action.)
The independent administration
authority will be granted unless an
interested person files an objection to
the petition and shows good cause
why the court should not grant the
authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be
held on May 24, 2012 at 8:30 AM in
Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St.,
Los Angeles, CA 90012.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of
the petition, you should appear at the
hearing and state your objections or
file written objections with the court
before the hearing. Your appearance
may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a
contingent creditor of the deceased,
you must file your claim with the court
and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court
within four months from the date of
first issuance of letters as provided in
Probate Code section 9100. The time
for filing claims will not expire before
four months from the hearing date
noticed above.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept
by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with
the court a Request for Special
Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of
an inventory and appraisal of estate
assets or of any petition or account
as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice
form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for petitioner:
JOHN M WILLIAMS JR ESQ
SBN 1830720
THE LAW OFFICES OF
JOHN M WILLIAMS JR
236 W MOUNTAIN ST STE 110-A
PASADENA CA 91103
Publish dates: May 3,10,17, 2012
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF MALIBU
CITY COUNCIL
The Malibu City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday,
May 29, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Malibu City Hall, located at 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA,
for the project identified below.
COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE FEE WITHIN THE MALIBU
GARBAGE DISTRICT
IF YOU CHALLENGE THE CITY COUNCIL’S ACTION IN
COURT, YOU MAY BE LIMITED TO RAISING ONLY THOSE
ISSUES RAISED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING DESCRIBED IN
THIS NOTICE, OR OTHERWISE HELD BY THE CITY, OR IN
WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE DELIVERED TO THE CITY,
EITHER AT OR PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
If there are any questions regarding this notice, please call 310456-2489 extension 275. Copies of all related documents can be
reviewed by any interested person at City Hall during regular
business hours. Oral and written comments may be presented to
the City Council on, or before, the date of the meeting.
____________________________________________
Victor M. Peterson, Environmental Sustainability Director
Publish date: May 17, 2012 and May 24, 2012
PUBLIC NOTICE – FILE NO. PS014405
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Michelle Goodwine filed a petition with this court for a decree changing
names as follows:
Present name
Grant William Goodwine
Proposed name
Grant William Joyce
2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear
before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the
petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to
the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes
the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is
scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why
the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 6-28-12. Time: 8:30 a. m. Dept. F47
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
900 Third Street
San Fernando, CA 91340
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each
week for four consecutive successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing
on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this
county.
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT:
Charlaine F. Olmedo
May 7, 2012
Publish in The Malibu Surfside News, May 17, 24, 31, and June 7, 2012.
PUBLIC NOTICE – FILE NO. 12054680
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The following person is doing business
as:
1. Malibu Honey Company
2. Malibees
28943 Selfridge Drive, Malibu, CA
90265
Laura H. Rockwell
28943 Selfridge Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
This business is conducted by an
Individual.
The Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed
above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Los Angeles County on
March 30, 2012.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information
which he or she knows to be false is
guilty of a crime.)
s/Laura H. Rockwell
NOTICE — In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious
name statement generally expires at
the end of five years from the date on
which it was filed in the office of the
county clerk, except, as provided in
Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where
it expires 40 days after any change in
the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a
change in the residence address of a
registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed
before the expiration.
Publish date: April 26 and May 3, 10,
17, 2012.
PUBLIC NOTICE – FILE NO. 12071436
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
DC 2299853
The following person is doing business
as:
True Fit Malibu
6341 Busch Drive, Malibu, CA 90265
Barbara Grushow
6341 Busch Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
Emmanuel Bujold
6341 Busch Drive
Malibu, CA 90265
This business is conducted by
Copartners.
The Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above
on March 1, 2012.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Los Angeles County on
April 19, 2012.
I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant
who declares as true information which
he or she knows to be false is guilty of a
crime.)
s/Barbara Grushow
NOTICE — In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious
name statement generally expires at the
end of five years from the date on which
it was filed in the office of the county
clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision
(b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40
days after any change in the facts set
forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the
residence address of a registered
owner. A new fictitious business name
statement must be filed before the expiration.
Publish date: May 10, 17, 24, 31,
2012.
NOTICE OF DIVIDED
PUBLICATION
Made pursuant to
Section 3381, Revenue
and Taxation Code
Pursuant to Sections 3381 through 3385,
Revenue and Taxation Code, the Notice
of Power to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property in
and for Los Angeles County, State of California, has been divided and distributed to
various newspapers of general circulation
published in the County. A portion of the
list appears in each of such newspapers.
NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO
SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY
Made pursuant to Section 3361, Revenue
and Taxation Code
Notice is hereby given that real property
taxes and assessments on the parcels
described below will have been defaulted
five or more years, or, in the case of nonresidential commercial property, property
on which a nuisance abatement lien has
been recorded or that can serve the public
benefit by providing housing or services
directly related to low-income persons
when three or more years have elapsed
and a request has been made by a city,
county, city and county, or nonprofit organization that property will become subject
to the Tax Collector's power to sell.
The parcels listed will become subject to
the Tax Collector's power to sell on July
1, 2012, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of
law. The Tax Collector's power to sell will
arise unless the property is either
redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to 5:00 p.m., on June
29, 2012. The right to an installment plan
terminates on June 29, 2012, and after
that date the entire balance due must be
paid in full to prevent sale of the property
at public auction.
The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell,
but it terminates at 5:00 p.m. on the last
business day before actual sale of the
property by the Tax Collector.
All information concerning redemption or
the initiation of an installment plan of
redemption will be furnished, upon
request, by Mark J. Saladino, Los Angeles
County Treasurer and Tax Collector, 225
North Hill Street, First Floor, Los Angeles,
California 90012.
The amount to redeem, in dollars and
cents, is set forth opposite its parcel number. This amount includes all defaulted
taxes, penalties, and fees that have
accrued from the date of tax-default to the
date of June 29, 2012.
I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the
foregoing is true and correct. Dated this
2nd day of May, 2012.
MARK J. SALADINO
TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM
EXPLANATION
The Assessor's Identification Number
(AIN), when used to describe property in
this list, refers to the Assessor's map
book, the map page, the block on the
map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The
Assessor's maps and further explanation
of the parcel numbering system are available in the Assessor's Office, 500 West
Temple Street, Room 225, Los Angeles,
California 90012.
The real property that is the subject of this
notice is situated in the County of Los
Angeles, State of California, and is
described as follows:
PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED IN YEAR
2009 FOR TAXES, ASSESSMENT, AND
OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR
2008-2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC WORKSHOP
PROGRESS MEETING
YOU ARE INVITIED TO A PROGRESS MEETING
TO DISCUSS THE DESIGN FOR THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY BIKE ROUTE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where: Malibu City Hall, Multi-Purpose Room
23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA
The City of Malibu is working on the design for the Pacific Coast
Highway (PCH) Bike Route Improvements Project. The objective of this project is to improve the existing bike route and promote safety for all modes of travel between western city limit
and Busch Drive.
You are invited to join us for a progress meeting on the PCH
MAY 17 • 2012
3238 $21,162.01
VERNON,STEPHEN P AIN: 4448-015056
3239 $13,782.90
VERNON,STEPHEN P AIN: 4448-015057
3240 $3,824.08
COHEN,HARRY AIN: 4448-017-023
3241 $14,531.85
KOHLER CONNOLLY,RICHARD AND
KIMBERLY AIN: 4448-023-009
3242 $17,456.99
EISENGART,BRUCE AND JOETTE AIN:
4448-024-018
3243 $8,354.58
KRIENSKY,ROBERT AIN: 4448-027-068
3244 $35,527.60
LAUREL CANYON INVESTMENTS LLC
SITUS:19750 PACIFIC COAST HWY
MALIBU CA 90265-5425 AIN: 4449-008013
3245 $9,052.85
CHAPMAN,HENRY R SITUS:3849 RAMBLA ORIENTA ST MALIBU CA 902655113 AIN: 4451-015-087
3246 $8,569.37
CHAPMAN,HENRY R SITUS:3816
PASEO HIDALGO ST MALIBU CA
90265-5108 AIN: 4451-015-088
3247 $1,800.40
HIGGINS,LELAND L AND PEARL R C/O
C/O JOHN F GOPLEN & ELIZABET AIN:
4452-020-068
3248 $28,042.44
DOUGLAS,H RUSSEL AND KAREN L
AIN: 4453-002-040
3249 $4,842.59
GHALILI,SHAHRAM AND ESTER AIN:
4453-010-008
3250 $3,778.19
CHASIN,GILBERT A AND VALERIE Y
AIN: 4453-014-029
3251 $32,088.52
FOY,KEVIN R SITUS:100 MILDAS DR
MALIBU CA 90265-3019 AIN: 4453-017044
3252 $8,038.64
SUYDAM,MARY J AIN: 4453-018-055
3253 $14,472.97
ANDERSON,DAVE E AIN: 4453-019-027
3254 $9,092.00
PALMER,JEFF AIN: 4453-024-008
3255 $23,366.72
ROVALA,KARI A AIN: 4453-035-006
3265 $8,728.87
ORNELAS,WILLIAM AND CAROL AIN:
4457-006-017
3266 $20,372.20
ESCAMILLA,JOSE AIN: 4457-007-059
3267 $26,554.02
REIF,BOBBIE AND STOLER,BRUCE A
AIN: 4458-024-032
3268 $26,427.32
REIF,BOBBIE AND STOLER,BRUCE A
AIN: 4458-024-033
3269 $28,561.06
STANSFIELD,DENISE AIN: 4460-003015
3270 $2,685.07
ETEBARI,BOB TR ETEBARI FAMILY
TRUST AIN: 4460-026-018
3271 $5,436.80
TRUST AIN: 4460-027-010
3272 $47,865.59
B AND J NEIDER ENTERPRISES INC
C/O C/O JOHN NEIDER AIN: 4461-007014
3273 $2,091.61
SULLIVAN,GARY C TR GARY C SULLIVAN TRUST AND DE NICOLA,NANCY
AIN: 4461-009-022
3274 $78.63
WU,TE SAN AND CHA AIN: 4461-010016
3275 $6,184.85
LEVIAS,KARLETON
AND
WHALEY,CARL AIN: 4461-011-021
3276 $29,750.02
CATALYST INDUSTRIAL MARKING INC
AIN: 4461-017-002
3277 $24,317.41
CATALYST INDUSTRIAL MARKING INC
AIN: 4461-017-004
3278 $10,124.50
ABAD,MARIA AIN: 4461-017-009
3279 $4,169.19
BARNES,GEORGE E AIN: 4461-018-002
3280 $31.49
ATLASSI,FARIBORZ AIN: 4461-018-030
3281 $3,105.87
KASPERSKY,LEON
AND
PROKOPCHUKKASPERSKY,DEBORAH
AIN: 4461-024-001
3282 $2,675.62
KASPERSKY,LEON
AND
PROKOPCHUK KASPERSKY,DEBORAH
AIN: 4461-024-002
3283 $2,604.00
KASPERSKY,LEON
AND
AIN: 4461-024-003
3284 $2,811.87
KASPERSKY,LEON
AND
AIN: 4461-024-004
3285 $2,632.57
KASPERSKY,LEON
AND
AIN: 4461-024-005
3286 $2,423.58
FREEDMAN,SCOTT L AIN: 4461-042005
3292 $4,044.79
HEJAZI,ARMAGHAN AIN: 4464-010-006
3293 $3,742.06
HSU,PAUL AND NELLIE AIN: 4464-012033
3294 $3,742.95
HSU,PAUL AND NELLIE AIN: 4464-012034
3295 $1,676.48
SCHIAN,PETRA I AIN: 4465-010-004
3296 $1,624.87
SCHIAN,PETRA I AIN: 4465-010-005
3297 $11,650.00
TRUST AIN: 4466-012-014
3298 $10,581.38
BONSALL TRAILS LIMITED PTNSHP
AIN: 4467-023-029
3299 $5,214.83
BONSALL TRAILS LIMITED PTNSHP
AIN: 4467-023-031
3301 $29,115.57
TRANCAS CANYON PARTNERS LLC
C/O STEVEN K KARSH SITUS:5877
TRANCAS CANYON ROAD MALIBU CA
90265 AIN: 4470-004-006
3302 $28,384.26
PAGE,BARBARA J TR CARVIN TRUST
AIN: 4470-024-062
3303 $14,845.13
ESLAMIEH,FATEMEH SITUS:31800
BROAD BEACH RD MALIBU CA 902652621 AIN: 4470-025-005
3304 $11,226.67
TAGHAROBI,SHERENE SITUS:31817
SEAFIELD DR MALIBU CA 90265-2661
AIN: 4470-025-006
3305 $17,929.48
HOWE,KRYSTAL E SITUS:31814
BROAD BEACH RD MALIBU CA 902652621 AIN: 4470-025-007
3306 $632.45
SCCHWART,ALAN AND TERESA Y C/O
HOLISTIC RESOURCE CENTER AIN:
4471-012-006
3307 $501.68
SCCHWART,ALAN AND TERESA Y C/O
HOLISTIC RESOURCE CENTER AIN:
4471-012-007
3308 $1,185.58
WALSH,JOHN AIN: 4471-014-021
3309 $37,032.99
MALIBU VISTA DEVELOPMENT LLC
C/O C/O NATIONAL MTGE UNDERWRITE AIN: 4471-027-002
3310 $37,032.99
3311 $16,443.43
3312 $2,369.63
MANNING,BARRY AIN: 4472-006-045
3313 $17,652.84
MALIBU BUSINESS TRUST AIN: 4472031-004
3314 $30,336.60
SIMPSON,MARK AND JULIE AND SIMPSON,VERNON E SITUS:3710 DECKER
EDISON RD MALIBU CA 90265-0017
AIN: 4473-005-014
PROPERTY TAX DEFAULTED IN YEAR
2007 FOR TAXES, ASSESSMENT, AND
OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR
2006-2007
3214 $22,881.32
HYATT,ABRAHAM AND GRACE TRS
HYATT TRUST SITUS:18038 BLUE SAIL
DR LOS ANGELES CA 90272-2901 AIN:
4443-019-010
3300 $93,197.03
HADJIAN,GARABED Y AND GULENIA
SITUS:29451 BLUEWATER RD MALIBU
CA 90265-4118 AIN: 4468-006-002
6578 $11,429.14
SALSE,SALVADOR R&CARMEN G
SITUS:336 S LOUISE AVE AZUSA CA
91702-4309 AIN: 8614-025-027
Publish dates: May 17, 24, 2012
Bike Route Improvements Project. After receiving insightful community input from two public workshops and conducting a critical
analysis of PCH, creative solutions are being developed to
address issues pertaining to cycling throughout the study corridor. The meeting will provide an informational overview of feasible options and preliminary design strategies that will improve
safety and functionality along PCH.
If you have any questions, or can’t attend the progress meeting
and would like to learn about more ways to participate, please
contact Project Manager, Elizabeth Shavelson at 310-456-2489
ext. 254 or [email protected].
Publish date: May 17, 2012.
Be Informed
Read the Public
Notices
MAY 17 • 2012
PAGE 11
Young Woman’s Death Raises Many Difficult Questions
I
Son of Pepperdine University President Thought to Hold Key to Some of What’s Unknown
T
CELEBRATION—Diane Wilkins beams proudly with
her daughter at Katie Wilkins’ college graduation with
honors last year. Katie Wilkins then moved back to
the family home in eastern Malibu as she prepared to
embark on a career as a graphic designer.
ABOVE AND BELOW—Katie Wilkins’ brother Steve
always seems protective of his younger sister and he
never could have foreseen that the job of trying to
obtain answers about her death last month would
become a round-the-clock endeavor for him.
he case number at
the office of the
Los Angeles Department of Coroner is 2012-02852.
The name on the file is
Katherine Jessie Wilkins.
Wilkins died on April 28 at
the Malibu family home
she had moved back into
last August. Her parents
were in Chicago that weekend. The cause of death is
currently listed as deferred,
the DOC catch-all term
used until the completion
of toxicology tests expected
to take another four to six
weeks.
The DOC file can’t be
expected to include anything personal about the
vibrant young woman everyone called Katie. It
makes no reference to the
anguished family Katie
Wilkins left behind or their
fierce determination to obtain answers to their questions about the circumstances of her death.
Family members, especially her older brother
Steve Wilkins, stress that
they intend to keep up the
drumbeat for those who
may have some of the answers to these questions to
step forward and help to
bring them some closure.
Katie Wilkins, 25, was
attractive, talented and appeared to be embarking on
a promising career as a
graphic designer. The Malibu High School graduate
had recently received a
degree with honors from
the Art Institute of California in Orange County and
had set up a website, www.
katiewilkinsdesign.com and
was planning on doing
freelance work while she
explored the options that
might await someone creative and enterprising.
That all ended on Saturday, April 28, when Katie
Wilkins’ brother found her
lifeless body on the floor of
the garage. It is not known
exactly when she died. Her
death is being attributed to
a possible heroin overdose,
but this awaits the results of
toxicology analysis.
Steve Wilkins told the
Malibu Surfside News, “I
am extremely grateful to
each and every law enforcement officer and fire
department member I have
met since Katie’s death. I
was beyond distraught when
I found Katie; these men
and women and their composure and compassion to-
ward me and my family
stands out when I reflect on
the moment of walking into
my parents’ home to find
Katie dead in the garage and
being confronted with the
reality of her death.”
Regarding the ongoing
investigation and “particularly the detectives on the
case,” Steve Wilkins added,
“Their work has been exceptional, deliberate, methodical, careful, compassionate and caring.”
However, Steve Wilkins
does not have similar sentiments toward the individual
thought by Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department investigators to be the
last person who saw Katie
Wilkins alive.
LASD Homicide Detective Tim O’Quinn told The
News that “according to the
facts as we now have them,
it appears that Christopher
Benton was the last person
to have been with her before she died. If there are
facts that might change
that, we do not have access
to them because we do not
have [access to Benton] at
this time.”
Benton, 27, is the son of
Andy Benton, the president
of Pepperdine University,
and his wife Debby. The
younger Benton is their only
son and reportedly lives at
the Benton residence on the
Pepperdine campus. The
Benton and the Wilkins
families have known each
other for decades.
O’Quinn said surveillance cameras at the Malibu
McDonald’s show someone
who appears to be Benton,
who the detective indicated
has a record of prior arrests
in the Los Angeles area and
is said to now be at a drug
rehab facility, getting into
Katie Wilkins’ silver BMW
on the evening of April 27.
Benton had reportedly
crashed his car and texted
Wilkins to pick him up. The
family does not describe
them as close friends, but
they reportedly have known
each other for years.
The operating assumption is that Chris Benton allegedly fled the Wilkins
home in her car when the
young woman had a major
drug reaction or was dead.
As to whether the drugs
were self-administered,
O’Quinn said any conjecture at this point is “speculation.” However, he confirmed family reports that
FAMILY FAVORITE—A photograph of Katie Wilkins in
a reflective moment as she thought about all that she
had to look forward to in life. All Photos Courtesy of Wilkins Family
SIBLING—Big brother Steve Wilkins and sister Katie.
VIEW—The graphic artist liked creative composition.
CALENDAR
PAGE 12
Thurs., May 17
The City of Malibu’s
Student Intern Program
is accepting applications
through June 1. Applicants must be in high
school, or in a university
undergraduate or graduate program. Interviews
will be held the week of
June 18. Internships will
begin June 25. FI: [email protected]
Fri., May 18
The Point Dume Marine Science School Service Commission is hosting an “Old F ashion
F amily Fun Carni v al”
with games, contests, carnival food and prizes, 4
p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Point
Dume school. All money
raised will go to the Children’s Lifesaving Foundation. Admission is $10
per person and includes
10 carnival tickets. FI:
[email protected]
The Malib u Surfing
Association together with
Nike Surfing is hosting
the Malibu premiere of
“12 Miles North: The
Nick Gabaldon Story” at
Duke’s Malibu Restaurant
at 6:30 pm. The film documentary chronicles the
life of Gabaldon, California’s first African American surfer who graduated
from Santa Monica High
School, and often paddled
the 12 miles north from
Santa Monica to Malibu
to surf the perfect waves
of Surfrider Beach. There
will be a question and
answer session with filmmaker Richard Yellend
preceding the movie. FI:
www.msasurfing.org
The Malib u Stage
Company is presenting
Preston Jones’ play “The
Oldest Living Graduate,”
starring longtime Malibu
resident Howard Ferguson-Woitzman. Performances are scheduled
for Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m., through
May 20. Tickets are $25.
Malibu Stage Theatre,
29243 PCH. FI: 310-5891998.
Vital Zuman F a rm,
29127 Pacific Coast Highway, is hosting a series of
free organic gardening
workshops for adults and
children f i v e and up,
taught by Sandra Peltola
on Saturdays through
May 19, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
FI: 310-317-1364.
Sat., May 19
Pepperdine University’s Weisman Art Muse-
um is presenting an opening reception from 5–7
p.m. for the exhibition
“On Location in Malibu:
Paintings by the California
Art Club,” which will be on
display through Aug. 4.
The museum is open Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. FI: 310-506-4851.
the Malibu Lagoon Restoration and Enhancement Project, will be conducting field trips at Malibu Lagoon every Saturday during the month of
May at 1 p.m. to discuss
the issue from a project
proponent’s perspective.
FI: 818-857-8204.
Malibu—Tales by the
Sea, storytelling for adults,
invites seven tellers to remember parents in a concert dedicated to “Our
Folks: Fathers, Mothers,
and Others” at 7 p.m. at a
private home in Malibu.
Seating is limited. FI: 310457-2385.
Point Dume Elementary
School will hold its fourth
annual golf outing fundraiser at the Malibu Golf
Club, 901 Encinal Canyon
Road. This year’s event
will feature a chance to
win a new BMW. There
will also be a live and
silent auction, children’s
activities and dinner. FI:
www.pdmssgolf.com
Our Lady of Malibu
School’s Musical Theatre
along with American Musicals, directed by Beverly
Craveiro, is presenting a
musical review/tribute
show of “The Wizard of
Oz,” and “The Wiz” at
Pepperdine University’s
Smothers Theatre, at 2
p.m. and 7 p.m. FI: 310456-8071.
Malibu pioneer Millie
Decker is celebrating her
92nd birthday and the community is invited to the
party. Millie moved to
Malibu in 1926. That’s a
long time and a lot of
changes. Join her for a
afternoon of stories and
good food. Thornhill
Broome State Beach, between Deer Creek Road
and Point Mugu, from
noon to 8 p.m. Party goers
should park on PCH and
ask at the entrance gate for
site location. Everyone is
asked to bring their own
meat and a side dish to
share for a potluck style
afternoon. FI: [email protected],
310-589-0302.
Sun., May 20
The community is
invited to a used book
sale benefiting the combined youth group of
Saint Aidan’s Episcopal
Church and Malibu United Methodist Church at
St. Aidan’s, 28211 PCH,
across from Paradise
Cove, 1-4 p.m. Cash,
checks and credit cards
will be accepted. Books,
CDs and DVDs are still
being collected. Donations are tax deductible.
FI: 310-457-7966.
Matt Horns, who has
worked in watershed management and environmental science in Malibu for
13 years and was recently
appointed to the board of
Eco Malibu organization,
which is a proponent of
Tues., May 22
The L.A. Opera is
coming to the Malibu Library, 23519 W. Civic
Center Way. Children
and families are invited
to “Opera Tales” at 3:30
p.m., featuring four professional opera singers
from the L.A. Opera
who will perform selected scenes from some of
Verdi’s most beloved
operas celebrating the
stories and music of the
opera and introducing
the art form to children.
Free. No registration is
needed. FI: 310-4566438.
The fifth session in the
City of Malibu’s latest
Community Emergency
Response Team training
for the public is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. at
City Hall. The free program consists of seven
classes held on consecutive Tuesday evenings,
through June 5.
Malibu Library’s current storytime sessions
for toddlers ages one-two
take place every Tuesday
at 11 a.m. through June
6. Malibu Library, 23519
W. Civic Center Way. FI:
310-456-6438.
The City of Malibu
Planning Commission’s
regular meeting takes
place at City Hall, 23825
Stuart Ranch Rd., 6:30
p.m. FI: 310-456-2489.
Wed., May 23
The Malibu Library,
Way, is offering storytime
for three-four-year-olds at
11 a.m. at the library,
Way. FI: 310-456-6438.
Malibu High School is
partnering with the UCLA Blood and Platelet
Center to hold a blood
MAY 17 • 2012
drive from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. in the old gym. FI:
and appointments: 310825-0888 ext. 2.
The City of Malibu
Senior Center, 23825
Stuart Ranch Road, is
hosting a variety acting
workshop for seniors
every Wednesday, 1 3:30 p.m. through June
27. FI: www.malibucity.org
The City of Malibu is
holding an EIR scoping
meeting at Malibu City Hall,
23825 Stuart Ranch Road,
for the proposed “Whole
Foods in the Park Project”
that would be located on the
corner of Civic Center Way
and Cross Creek Road, at 6
p.m. to describe the proposed project and the environmental process, and to
receive input on the scope of
the EIR. The City encourages all interested
individuals, organizations
and agencies to attend.
Comments can also be
submitted in writing. FI:
310-456-2489 ext. 258.
Proposed
calendar listings must be submitted to The News as far in advance of
event as possible. Items for free listings will be screened for community-wide
interest and are subject to space and lead time limitations. If you would like to
list a commercial or election campaign event, contact the advertising department
for information about charges. Items must include an FI, or “For Information”
number, whenever possible. Submit items for consideration in writing (no listings
will be accepted over the telephone) by Friday to: MSN Calendar, P.O. Box 947,
Malibu, CA 90265, FAX listing to 310-457-9908 or email to [email protected]
DARK SHADOWS (PG-13)
Mon–Fri: 4:00, 7:15, 10:00
Sat – Sun: 12:30,4:00, 7:15, 10:00
AVENGERS 3D (PG-13)
Mon–Fri: 3:40, 7:00, 10:10
Sat – Sun: 12:15,3:40, 7:00, 10:10
5/16/12–5/24/12
Malibu Religious Services Times
Ascend Malibu Fellowship
310-317-9434
Sunday 10:30 a.m. at Webster Elementary School
3602 Winter Canyon Road. [email protected]
Calvary Chapel Malibu
310-589-WORD(9673)
Sun. 11 a.m. at Juan Cabrillo School
Wed. 7 p.m., Bible Study at 6136 Tapia Dr.
Chabad of Malibu
310-456-6588
22933 Pacific Coast Hwy. (Rabbi Levi Cunin)
Fri. 6:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. followed by lunch
First Church of Christ, Scientist www.tfccs.com 310-457-7767
28635 W. Pacific Coast Highway
10 Church & Sunday School, Wed. 8 p.m.
Malibu Presbyterian Church
310-456-1611
3324 S. Malibu Canyon Road (Rev. Greg Hughes, Pastor)
Sun. 9:30 a.m. Trad./Contemp. Blended, 11 a.m. Contemp.
Nursery thru 5th grade Sunday School at both services.
Malibu Seventh-Day Adventist Church
818-458-8884
Sat. 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. at Webster Elementary,
3602 Winter Canyon Rd.
www.malibusdachurch.adventistfaith.org
Malibu United Methodist Church
310-457-7505
www.malibuumc.org
30128 Morning View Drive (Reverend Lynn Westover) Adult &
Youth classes, 10:30 a.m. Contemp. Worship & Children’s Class
Our Lady of Malibu Catholic Church
310-456-2361
3625 Winter Canyon Road (Rev. William F. Kerze)
Sat. 5 p.m., Sun. 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
310-457-7966
www.staidanschurch.org
28211 Pacific Coast Highway (Rev. Joyce Stickney)
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist, music, choir,
Sunday School and childcare (10-11 a.m.).
University Church of Christ
310-506-4504
24255 Pacific Coast Highway. Sun. worship at
10:15 a.m. in Elkins Auditorium; Bible classes at
9:00 a.m. in various Pepperdine campus locations.
http://www.universitychurchofchrist.us
Waveside Church
310-774-1927
Malibu West Beach Club (Pastor Dave Dowler)
Sun. 10 a.m. Nursery through 5th grade service available.
www.wavesidemalibu.com
MAY 17 • 2012
PAGE 13
America Comes to Aid of Corral Canyon Volunteer Fire Crew
ROCK AND ROLL—Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnel of the band America volunteered to perform at a fundraiser benefiting the Corral Canyon volunteer firefighters and Los angeles County Fire Department Engine 271. The event, which
took place at a Corral Canyon residence, featured live and silent auctions, a
selection of Los Angeles’ hottest food trucks and wine tasting. All proceeds from
the event will go to support the Corral Canyon Fire Safety Alliance, which formed
Photos: Rick Mueller
following the devastating Corral Canyon Fire in 2007.
f H r on e k
Jef
COMMUNITY SPIRIT—The event provided an opportunity for canyon residents
and other Malibuites to relax and visit, and it celebrated the courage and determination of the community to rebuild and become proactive. Ten Corral Canyon
residents have successfully completed the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Call Firefighter Recruit Academy and continue to train under the direction
of LACoFD Station 71
every other weekend.
Corral Canyon’s own
Engine 271 is now permanently stationed in
$45 for 45 min.
the canyon and ready to
In your home.
assist on a 24/7 basis.
“Seeing a community
un-selfishly pull together
to do something that
benefits everyone reminds me what make
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MAY 17 • 2012
Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station and Public Safety REPORT
GARGANTUAN GROW
California State Parks peace officers from the Los Angeles
District Marijuana Eradication Team, officers from the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Mountains
Recreation Conservation Authority raided an illegal marijuana
plantation in Topanga State Park on May 11. Law enforcement
personnel removed 34,000 marijuana plants valued at $100
million. They also retrieved more than 500 pounds of trash and
waste, including “large amounts of hazardous material such as
propane tanks, fertilizers, poisons, decaying batteries and
pesticides banned for use in California,” according to a State
Parks press release. “Damage to the native plant and animal
communities was evident,” the release states. “Numerous
hunting traps were removed and a dead fox was identified at the
site.” The report indicates that substantial damage was caused to
vegetation, soil and several streambeds, which were diverted to
water the illegal crops. The grow was described as the largest in
the Santa Monica Mountains in the past seven years.
BLOOD DRIVE
Malibu High School is partnering with the UCLA Blood and
Platelet Center to hold a blood drive on Wednesday, May 23
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the old gym. Malibu residents who are
interested in signing up for a blood donation appointment
should call 310-825-0888 ext. 2 or email [email protected].
BIKE ROUTE PROGRESS MEETING
In its ongoing effort to improve safety along Pacific Coast
Highway, the City of Malibu invites the public to a progress
meeting regarding the Pacific Coast Highway Bike Route
Improvement Project on Friday, May 25, 6 p.m. at City Hall.
BRUSH CLEARANCE
The City of Malibu is hosting a free fire clearance brush drop
off and mulch pick up on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19,
8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at 29136 PCH, near Heathercliff Road. The
brush will be chipped into free mulch at the event. Palm fronds,
stumps, ice plant and construction waste will not be accepted.
The event is “self pack and haul.” FI: 310-456-2489 ext. 286.
BY SUZANNE GULDIMANN
•
FATALITY CRASH IS GRIM REMINDER THAT MALIBU’S MOUNTAIN ROADS ARE HAZARDOUS
CRASH SCENE—At 9:50 a.m. last Thursday, the 40year-old driver of a red convertible reportedly lost
control of her vehicle and went over the side of Malibu
Canyon one mile north of PCH. According to a Malibu
Search and Rescue report, the woman was ejected.
Above, the vehicle, resembling a crushed can more
than a sports car, landed in dense vegetation deep in
the ravine. Below, Malibu Canyon was closed for
several hours in both directions, while emergency
personnel, including the coroner, investigated the
crash scene and retrieved the victim.
RETRIEVAL—Coroner Mario Sainz and LASD
Deputy Karen Rinzler help members of the Malibu
Search and Rescue team transport the victim’s
remains out of the ravine. The incident was another
reminder of canyon road hazards. MSN PHOTOS Frank Lamonea
MALIBU PROFESSIONAL and BUSINESS GUIDE •
• PROFESSIONAL •
Financial Services
Accountants
Johnson, Harband, Foster & Darling, CPAs
Pacific Palisades - Full Service Tax and
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310-454-6545
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Attorneys
Brickell & Meza
Serious injury lawyers/all claims & cases
25 YEARS in Malibu & Beverly Hills
310-858-3555
Free Consult
FAST ANSWERS
Doctor of Chiropractic
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Practicing in Malibu since 1984
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In Malibu Health Club
310-456-7721 • Fax 310-456-5191
22917 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 220
Malibu, CA 90265
Malibu Capital Management Inc./Securities America/
Security America Advisors. Wayne Ribnick
310-457-5113
Optometrists
Gregory O’Connor, O.D.
3840 Cross Creek Road
310-456-7464
Orthodontists
Alan Barbakow, D.D.S.
22340 Civic Center Way
310-456-2014
Stephen J. Nahigian, DDS
23440 Civic Center Wy. #201
Office: 805.386.0240
Pager: 805.532.0705
Fax: 805.386.4310
Physicians
Mary Lee Amerian, M.D.
310-456-7561
23410 Civic Center Way, Suite E-8 Dermatology
Plastic Surgery and Facial Rejuvenation
Glass
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3547 Winter Canyon Road
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310-456-1844
Housecleaning
Malibu Maintenance—William D.
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310-456-2051
email: [email protected]
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Somis, CA 93066
Mobile Veterinary Service
for Equine and Camelids
Serving Ventura and
Los Angeles Counties
310-456-2051
Dentists
Allan V. Pfeiffer, D.D.S.
Veterinary Care
Oral Surgeon
James H. Sternberg, M.D.
310-456-1765
23410 Civic Center Way, Suite E-8 Dermatology
310-457-9292
Sharon A. Talovic, Ph.D. PSY9674
310-456-7230
Individual and Couples Therapy
Ann Forisha Thiel, Ph.D., M.F.C.C.
310-457-7606
Clinical Psych. & Marr., Fam., Child & Adolescent Therapy
Richard L. Jacobson, D.M.D., M.S.
310-454-0317
Invisible/Conventional/TMD
881 Alma Real Dr., #200, Pacific Palisades, CA
310-456-7721
David C. Niebergall, DDS
M. Natalie Dianati, DDS
Periodontist
29350 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 3
Psychologists
310-387-5408
Roofing
Coastal Roofing Co.
P.O. Box 2531
310-455-2827
Malibu, CA 90265
MAY 17 • 2012
L-E-T-T-E-R-S
to the
E-D-I-T-O-R
(Letters are continued from page 4)
accumulating wealth from government money is offensive.
As a lifetime Democrat, conservationist and environmentalist, I want to make it clear that Ted Vaill’s letter is
filled with false claims and scare tactics—starting with
his initial premise that the proposed environmental
restoration work will destroy Malibu Lagoon. It isn’t
even happening in Malibu Lagoon, but rather in a side
channel. The project’s purpose is to remove fill from old
road projects that was dumped into the immediate area
for years and restore the hydrology of this channel, as
well as physically remove the contaminants existing in
the fill. It will also allow natural flushing of the ecosystem, so that contaminants of all kinds do not build up to
levels unhealthful for animals or people.
Every major regional environmental habitat defense
group, as well as science-based experts, have come to
the defense of the restoration project and the need for
viable hydrology in this area. It has been challenged in
court, and has been validated after thorough judicial
scrutiny.
Another of Mr. Vaill’s claims states that the Department of Finance had audited the lagoon project several
times and found waste and mismanagement each time.
The DOF did indeed audit a grant the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains received
to work on the project. The audit report made findings
that the RCDSMM’s expenditures were in compliance
with applicable laws, regulations, and the grant requirements. The DOF made two minor recommendations
regarding written policies and procedures for administrative and management processes and for documenting
the basis for administrative overhead to prevent overcharging or undercharging. This hardly rises to Mr.
Vaill’s characterization of “waste and mismanagement.”
In fact, those terms were not and are never used by the
Department of Finance.
David Gottlieb
PROOF
Editor:
Last week the letters about human health risk during the
Malibu Lagoon construction project laid out the project’s
defense of the dewatering plan. They stated there will be
nothing to worry about. Their unpersuasive arguments are
that levels of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in the sands
at Surfrider were at least 1000 times lower than concentrations that cause infections on normal human skin. What
about the cuts and wounds, the human heart, eyes and ears?
Where are the surfers they use to testify just that? Their concept that the construction water will dilute any harmful
effects and the wave action stirs up bacteria, staph and
MRSA all the time anyway is not supported by science or
by hydrology. Researchers around the world may disagree
with project supporters. One can check out the studies on
what clings to sand and lots of other related research on the
City of Malibu website: http://www.malibucity.org/index.
cfm/fuseaction/DetailGroup/navid/ 493/cid/15747/.
Even if the project cleans the construction area water so
that a person could drink it, when it is directly discharged
onto dry sand, it dislodges all the bacteria and the pathogens
and sends them on to the swimmers and surfers. If someone
looks at the research, bacteria levels are highest in the dry
sand, from 4–10 times greater. The concept that waves stir
up all this stuff anyway so bacteria and staph will not increase exposure to swimmers and surfers during the project
is simply not true. The highest the wave will go becomes
wet sand, which has lower levels of bacteria. In addition to
this naturally occurring cycle, the project’s construction dewatering discharge will be onto dry sand for our summer enjoyment, which is an area that is not subject to wave action.
Researchers have not figured out who will get sick yet.
If project proponents are going to clean the water and
discharge it into our surf zone, they should do it right.
They should test it and monitor it to the max so swimmers
and surfers will not be exposed to bacteria that will make
them sick. It is better to be safe than sorry. If they are right
and there was no harm and others are wrong, great. If the
others are right and they are wrong, then shame on them.
Steve Dunn
REBUKE
Editor:
This is a rebuttal to last week’s letter written by Ted Vaill.
Ted begins by quoting Tom Hayden (who apparently knows
little about the restoration project or the science behind it):
“It is not clear who the watchdogs are.” Then Ted opines
“The watchdogs are non-governmental progressives like
myself, blah, blah, blah...”
Restoration opponent ringleaders mostly are, or work
for, real estate industry moguls and their proxies (including
Ted) that have no concern about Malibu’s distressing environmental problems or dangerous threats to public health.
They have no credibility as “watchdogs.”
All of the public and private organizations that support
the project have a long history of successes and accomplishments as “environmental watchdogs.”
Ted goes on to state “...the other public and private organizations running (and financially benefiting from) the
restoration/destruction of the lagoon, blah blah blah...”
None of those groups are “financially benefiting from”
this project. They are dedicated to improving the health of
our streams, beaches, wetlands, and ocean. They have very
small budgets and allocate their limited resources to what
environmental scientists deem the most cost-effective ways to
improve our most degraded and valuable wildlife habitats.
Malibu Lagoon’s West Channels are infamous among
professional ecologists for being one of Malibu’s most degraded, yet potentially valuable, wildlife habitats. That is
where they have chosen to focus their efforts. If it wasn’t
there, it would be somewhere else where our precious tax
dollars would be spent less effectively. As Skip Engblom
says on our Malibu 411 Tumblr website: “I can’t understand how anyone could not want this project. I guess some
people have a lot to learn.”
Matt Horns
SILENCE
Editor:
With all of the hype from the proponents for the Malibu
Lagoon Restoration project, why have we not heard a single comment on the severe adverse water quality issues related to the discharge pipe associated with the project?
Letters by the city, concerned citizens and surfers are all
asking the same thing about the water quality and not a
peep from the proponents.
It makes you wonder.
Wendi Werner
AIRBORNE
Editor:
I wonder whose bright idea it was to float balloons on
the football field. Was this to give the neighborhood an
idea how tall the stadium lights will be?
If so, there are a few problems with this idea, the neighbors were not told what the balloons were for. It could
have been a graduation celebration, or end of the season
party, as far as the neighbors would know.
Then by the end of the first day, two had popped, two
were left standing, sort of standing, they were hardly at 70
feet tall at any one time, because of the ocean breeze and
the breeze that comes up every afternoon.
How is a balloon going to show the neighborhood, just
how invasive these 70-foot-tall lights are going to be to the
neighborhood? I think we deserve a better representation
then four balloons on a string.
Give us some temporary lights on 70 foot poles, for a
few nights in a row and announce to the neighborhood
just what it is for. Then we might have a better idea just
how invasive these lights will be to our neighborhood.
The movie “The Red Balloon” shows us that “hopeful
declaration resonates with humanity: we can rise above
that which seeks to destroy us.”
If only that were true.
Judi Hutchinson
HOTEL
Editor:
As I will be on an extended vacation at the time of the
hotel hearing, I will not be able to personally respond with
our objections to this horrific idea of a resort-like edifice at
this specific location in Malibu.
It was only four to five years ago that a raging brush fire
driven by N/E howling winds in this very corridor took out
much of Pepperdine University [sic], outbuildings at the
Hughes Research Lab, the Presbyterian church, and five to
seven homes along Malibu Road.
Isn’t this enough evidence to suggest that no structures
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of this expanse and loss of life potential should be constructed in this canyon corridor, even with L.A. County
Fire Station 88 just blocks away...who would most likely
be elsewhere deployed in such a catastrophe anyway.
This is totally absurd to suggest the Malibu City Council would be in favor of such a monstrosity being erected
there or anywhere else in the city, for that matter.
For whatever it means, I and my family want to be
counted in absolute opposition to this plan.
Bruce Collings
Los Angeles County Fire Captain—Retired 1998
SOLUTION
Editor:
As many people may have seen, Pepperdine filed a lawsuit against me regarding a video that showed water gushing into the ocean with a torrential amount of suds indicating contents of more than just rainwater.
Pepperdine does not operate the sewage facility that
appeared to be upstream of the outflow. Pepperdine built
that facility to process its sewage near the campus, but
L.A. County operates it. When I apologized for webcasting
the video and accusing Pepperdine, the lawsuit was dismissed and I received wide ranging comments from; how
did the crow taste, was it served with suds? (to which I
responded; best crow I ever had...more suds coming right
up) to everyone that thinks I’m a hero; but I did not want
to be a hero or an activist, I simply wanted to bring the
water to people’s attention and I did not intend to malign
Pepperdine’s name.
In light of what was learned from the many points of
view, I would like to propose a solution to City of Malibu
commercial sewage processing in central Malibu and Pepperdine’s sewage processing. Since Pepperdine already
has pipes going to Tapia, we should re-route all of Pepperdine’s sewage and all of commercial Malibu’s sewage
back to Tapia under the proviso that Tapia is never again
permitted to discharge down Malibu Creek, but instead,
sell the water to places in the valley that will pay for it,
like golf courses.
Pipes to accomplish this have already been installed
under an Obama Administration initiative. Filtration systems along the coast are questionable at best and we need
to protect the ocean once and for all. The real problem is
the EPA’s acceptance of the label Title 2 water as acceptable to discharge into streams and the ocean. Title 22 does
not address heavy metals, other bacteria and viruses,
pharmaceuticals, and other chemicals deemed harmful to
the environment.
However, by the time systems are upgraded to remove
all of this, it would be much more practical in my opinion
to simply re-route all the above mentioned sewage to Tapia
so that only one main facility would be required to upgrade its purification processes. It appears that the EPA
needs to be taken to task on the label Title 22.
Cary ONeal
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The Aquarium AGE
The Week of May 17–23, 2012
The routines of daily life diverge
from their normal rhythms this week,
as several powerful celestial patterns
continue to pull hearts, as well as
minds, in diverse directions. This
scattering of attention is sure to produce a peculiar psychic and/or emotional disequilibrium—but don’t
worry about the tilt. Life isn’t wobbling completely out of control, even
if there are moments when some of
us are likely to feel overwhelmed by persistent situations that
no matter how hard we try just won’t seem to “straighten out.”
Truth is, the idea of getting anything “straight” is its own kind
of challenge right now, given that we’re also in the thrall of an
astral time warp, straddling past, present, and future realities,
all at the same time. Balance is key to handling this astral flux,
and while that might sound like a simple solution, finding and
maintaining a steady internal stance in the midst of so many
potent shifts requires a deep, perhaps even new, level of concentration and skill. Three significant configurations contribute
to this week’s wobble. First, Venus just began a retrograde
The PUZZLE
MAY 17 • 2012
phase on May 15 that lasts until June 27. Venus, the goddess of
relationships, is retracing her recent path through Gemini, the
Sign of information, which means many of us are revisiting
data about our relationships or our relationship habits. We’ve
been in this Venus intensive since the beginning of May, when
Venus began her trine to Saturn—a positive alliance that lasts
until the end of the month. Saturn is in Libra, the Sign of relating, and one of the Signs Venus rules. Because Saturn represents the principle of learning, many of us have been experiencing profound lessons in intimacy. At its Libra is the Sign
where we attempt to embrace a process of learning how to
relate to another human being as an equal without surrendering
a sense of self or asking the other person to do the same. This is
a difficult dynamic for many of us, especially when conditioning keeps us enslaved to unconscious patterns that often take
the form of projections, making it nearly impossible to see the
other person clearly. Staying conscious in the midst of old
emotional patterns is among the most difficult personal work
of all, and while the current relationship intensive may be
exhausting, it is providing real opportunities for insight and
growth. A solar eclipse on May 20 exacerbates this intensive,
as it reveals hidden patterns. During a solar eclipse, the New
Moon overshadows the Sun, and from an astrological perspec-
5/17/12
tive, this “reversal” of light can be interpreted as the power of
unconscious drives to overshadow conscious concerns, allowing previously withheld feelings, yours or others’, to see the
light of day. Eclipses distort time, so you or a partner may
already be experiencing this heightened state. The
Uranus/Pluto square is also tightening its grip, and as we move
closer to the first exact square, emotional reactions are sure to
run high. So in addition to making “balance” your mantra, also
try to choose kindness whenever possible. It will go a long way
toward alleviating the tension of extreme reactions—yours or
others.’
If you know your Ascendant and/or your Moon Sign, read that, too.
Aries (March 21-April l9): Conversations not only reveal
what significant others may have been hiding; they also have
the power to reveal what you may have been keeping from
yourself.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): Be completely honest with yourself about your financial condition, and then use that candor to
create greater stability. I realize that sounds like an oxymoron,
but sometimes a paradox is a powerful catalyst.
Gemini (May 21-June 21): Call it an identity crisis if you like,
but you can also embrace the idea that sooner or later you were
going to emerge from your cocoon and greet the world through
an entirely different persona.
Cancer (June 22-July 22): The answer could come to you in a
brilliant blaze of sudden insight, or it could sneak up on you
quietly. Either way, you’ll feel confident about being able to
handle a variety of challenging situations.
Leo (July 23-August 22): Think about your relationship to
success, and then contemplate how you could make real strides
toward expanding your ability to share your gifts with the
world.
Virgo (August 23-September 22): Ask yourself what you are
truly called to, and don’t settle for a standard answer. Really
consider what brings you the deepest daily satisfaction – and if
you’re not doing it, do it.
Libra (September 23-October 22): You’re searching for
answers, and whether your search is physical or metaphysical,
it’s sure to lead you out of your comfort zone. Be brave, and
even if it’s uncomfortable, stretch.
Scorpio (October 23-November 21): You’re digesting and
metabolizing new information about how you value yourself,
and because you have your own filtration system, this process
of self-evaluation might take a while. Give yourself all the time
you need.
Sagittarius (November 22-December 21): You’ll be surprised at just how quickly certain relationships will clarify if
you stay centered and committed to coming from the heart.
Even if it’s difficult news, just stick to the truth – it will set you
free.
Capricorn (December 22-January 19): In some ways you’re
right – it is a career crisis, but it isn’t necessarily negative. Be
willing to look at your situation from a completely different
perspective, and you’ll discover a gold mine of useful information.
Aquarius (January 20-February 18): A deeper insight into
your creative process might provide a better understanding of
why it is so important to you. This isn’t about altering your
method; it’s about understanding how it sustains you.
Pisces (February 19-March 20): The emphasis is on home,
and how you create safety internally as well as externally. Be
patient with this process and you’ll strengthen your ability to
belong to yourself and with others.
BY RALFEE FINN
Copyright © 2012
City Approves Housing Revision
what the timing was and
was told it is important to
keep the process moving
forward to meet the deadSOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’s PUZZLE
line, so the city can start on
the next update cycle.
La Monte then made a
motion to send the revisions to HCD for review.
The council voted 4-1 to
approve the motion, with
Peak dissenting.
Critics say they are concerned the plan could lead
to high density development despite census records that indicate little
population growth and
many empty residences.
BY BILL KOENEKER
MAY 17 • 2012
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Malibu Tragedy Affects Two Families in Very Different Ways
the needle marks were on
Katie Wilkins’ right arm
and the young woman was
right-handed. O’Quinn also
acknowledged that her body
has some signs of minimal
bruising but adds that might
have been incurred if she
fell to the floor.
Wilkins’ silver BMW was
found abandoned in a part
of the Woodland Hills area,
that is described as on the
route to the offices of noted
criminal attorney Ronald J.
Lewis who the family has
ostensibly hired to keep
Benton under wraps and
prevent any direct communication with the LASD or
the Wilkins family. O’Quinn
said the car is awaiting department processing for
contents and fingerprints but
this was not finished when
The News went to press.
According to Lewis’ online profile, he has represented many high-profile
clients in the business and
entertainment world and
specializes in cases regarded as sensitive in nature. In
a response to an inquiry
from The News, Lewis
said, “Thank you for your
e-mail. Because there is an
ongoing investigation, I
will not be issuing any
statements at this time.”
However, O’Quinn states
that Benton is not a suspect
in Katie Wilkins’ death,
which at this time is not
considered foul play, but the
detective would like to talk
to him about what happened after he was picked
up at the fast-food eatery.
Steve Wilkins has kept
up an incessant media barrage of requests that Ben-
ton step forward and tell
the LASD and the family
what he knows.
In an April 27 timeline
provided by her brother to
The News, Wilkins said,
“Chris texts ‘u comin’ to
Katie at 8:32 p.m., at 8:33
p.m., video surveillance
from the Malibu McDonald’s shows Chris getting
into Katie’s car and just the
two of them driving away.
No more texts between the
two of them for a period after that also confirm Chris
was picked up [by Katie] as
was planned.”
Steve Wilkins maintains
“Katie’s time of death is
sometime after she left McDonald’s with Chris and
the morning of April 28.
The final text Chris sent to
Katie was at 1:13 p.m. on
April 28. There were no
more texts between the two
of them. I showed up to the
house at 6 p.m. on April 28
to find Katie dead and her
car missing with no drug
paraphernalia present.”
Her brother said a load of
laundry sat partially processed in the washing machine and some food had
been prepared. The family
dog was loose.
Steve Wilkins asserts that
the Benton family is more
concerned with status and
appearance than with “trying to help a grieving family find closure.”
Detective O’Quinn also
is concerned with resolution for the Wilkins family.
He said, “My goal is to
help the family find some
closure. I truly believe
Chris Benton knows some
things. Because there is no
criminality to leaving a per-
son in medical distress or
not calling 911 to report a
death, there is nothing to
charge. Even if we forcibly
tried to talk with him, he
would remain silent and
defer to counsel.”
Katie Wilkins’ father,
Robert, indicated that he
called the Benton family
and spoke with Debby
Benton, who told him that
her son was in rehab. He
said, “The family didn’t
reach out to us after Katie
died. No compassion, no
concern. Not a word.”
The family said it is particularly upset with part of
a media statement that
members attribute to the
Pepperdine University president to the effect that “illegal substances are a scourge
on society and they have
hurt many wonderful families in Malibu.”
The family indicates that
Benton added, “If anything,
I hope this devastating situation will underscore the
damage that drugs have had
on some of our best and
brightest.”
Steve Wilkins retorts that
the senior Benton “is in denial about his own son.”
Katie Wilkins’ brother
stresses that “knowing her
mindset intimately leading
up to her passing, has made
the circumstances surrounding her death very
difficult given the game of
cat and mouse we’ve been
subjected to since. The
manner in which the circumstances of her death
have played out have
shown me the very worst of
what I could imagine in
people. For those with information essential to my
and my family’s well-being, for them to indulge in
rhetoric and a legal construct at a time like this is
not what I would have expected and it is a disrespectful ‘gotcha’ to Katie
and my family at a time
when we deserve, expect,
and need better.”
Her brother added, “Katie
did not like and was discomforted with the thought
of people who may judge
her on her past issues with
heroin and cocaine. I can’t
think of anyone who had an
opportunity to meet her and
affirm her as a whole person
that did this. Doing so is a
great insult to her and others
who have suffered addiction
and drug abuse issues. The
stigma and scourge of drugs
is carried on not by those
who have had issues with
them, but rather the stigma
is realized and perpetuated
by others choosing to judge
another merely by focusing
on drug use over all else and
vulnerable with those who
were having difficulties
themselves. This beautiful
gift she shared with others,
her willingness to become
vulnerable for the benefit of
another, in my belief led to
her death.”
Steve Wilkins said Chris
Benton sent his sister a text
on the Saturday she was
found dead that said: “Wut
happened? was that ur
brother? Lemme kno that
ur alrite. have a good day.”
If Chris Benton ever sits
down and discusses the
fateful hours that remain an
enigma, this text message
and many other unknowns
may be explained.
CHRISTOPHER BENTON—The only photo available to the Malibu Surfside News of the person
thought to hold any clues to how Katie Wilkins died.
BY ANNE SOBLE
City Council Votes to Deny Point Dume Condo Zone Change
and is familiar with the terrain and zoning. “Point
Dume is rural residential.
By going forward with the
multi-family, they are rolling the dice. Single-family
makes the most sense,” he
said.
“I’m concerned about
exploiting an error. The
case is deciding what is
best for the neighborhood,”
La Monte added.
Peak made the motion,
which was the staff recommendation, and the vote
was unanimous.
The staff recommendation was for the council to
adopt a resolution denying
the request “without prejudice.”
The planning commission had originally directed
the staff to return with a
resolution recommending
to the council denial of the
requested LCPA and denying the subject coastal
development permit with
associated entitlements.
During the planning commission meeting, the staff
returned with the denial resolution, where the planning
commission with the consent of the project applicant
separated the LCP amendment from the subject CDP.
The planning panel continued the coastal permit to a
date uncertain and recommended denial of the LCPA
to the city council, according to a staff report.
“Had the LCPA and CDP
not been separated, the
planning commission resolution would have also
denied the subject CDP.
The planning commission’s
decision on the CDP would
have been appealable to the
city council following the
planning commission’s
decision. However, the
planning commission presented the option of separating the LCPA and CDP
in order to allow a decision
on the CDP and the merits
of the development project
to be evaluated by the planning commission once a
decision on the LCP amendment is made,” the
staff report states.
“Should the city council
deny the requested LCPA,
the zoning and land use
designation for the subject
property would remain as
RR/RR-1 in the LCP. Staff
would then revise the zon-
ing designation in the
[Malibu Municipal Code]
and include in a future
comprehensive constancy
LCP and M.M.C. zoning
clean up effort,” the staff
report goes on to state.
“Should the city council
approve the requested LCP
amendment, the item
would be sent to the California Coastal Commission
for review and certification.
“In the event the CCC certified the LCP amendment,
the zoning and land use
designation for the subject
parcel would then be in
effect. Staff anticipates at
that time the project applicant would proceed with
the subject CDP application and the development
project be reviewed at a
public hearing before the
planning commission,” the
staff report concludes.
The LCPA plus a request
for a conditional use permit
had previously been heard
by the planning panel,
which took a different tack
than the applicant, who
considered it a “housekeeping” matter.
However, when the planning commission considered the matter at the meeting, debate ensued on how
the zoning issues should be
resolved.
The panel on a 3-2 vote
with Commissioners Jeff
Jennings and Carol Randall
dissenting, denied recommending the LCPA process.
Plans call for the construction of a new, twostory, 4,459 square foot,
three unit condominium
building, uncovered balconies and patios and a
1,768 square-foot subterranean garage with six
parking spaces on 29255
Heathercliff Road on Point
Dume.
Commissioners could
not agree about the map
discrepancy between the
Malibu Municipal Code
Zoning and General Plan
Land Use Policy Maps and
the Local Coastal Program
Zoning and Land Use
Maps.
Parker-Bozylinkski
explained only the council
would be making the zone
change; the commission
could only make a recommendation to the city council.
BY BILL KOENEKER
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TROPICAL PARADISE—The 26th Annual Malibu Cook’s Tour,
which raises funds for the programs at Malibu United Methodist
Church, offered tour participants a peek at four different Malibu
homes and a gourmet sampling of local cuisine. The Malibu
High School Jazz Band welcomed visitors to the Hawaiian and
Tahitian-themed LEED-certified home of Shalane and James
Respondek, on Point Dume, above.
CULINARY DELIGHTS—Visitors sample Mexican-themed dishes provided by Casa Escobar’s
Kathy Escobar and hand-made caramel from
Cathy Egner and Casey Reardon of Malibu
caramel at a 1960s Broad Beach home.
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Klein’s user-friendly Broad Beach home features
light, harmonious spaces.
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Cinnabon is a two-year-old deep red neutered male.
He is active, playful and still kind of kittenish. He likes
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side, he is intimidated by other cats, tolerates them,
but needs his space. He loves to drink from a running faucet and will sit on the sink and wait until it is
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Dusty is a 10-year-old Chihuahua who was
turned into the shelter when his owner had
to move and could not take him along. He’s
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lucky day. Meet Lucky. He is a four-year-old
neutered shorthaired male with round yellow
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be an inside cat. He is sweet, gentle and muscular. He gets along well with other cats and
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Perfect Private Point Dume Paradise
ONE-OF-A-KIND—One of Pt. Dume’s
most desirable and enchanting villas is
available for sale for the first time since
1995. The magnitude of the living
spaces combined with their soaring
ceilings opening to the beautifully
landscaped lawns, patios, gardens,
cascading waterfall and pool provide
the perfect setting for entertaining family and friends. The large fireplaces
offer a focal point for the warmth of the
overall décor of the residence. The
essence of Malibu is captured
throughout the five bedroom single
story home and two bedroom detached guest house. Located on
approximately 1.1 manicured acres,
this home also includes a basketball
hoop, hammock, 6 garages and the
coveted Riviera 3 beach access to
the beautiful Pt. Dume beaches.
$4,995,000. www.7004Fernhill.com.
Call Susan Monus at 310-589-2477.
www.susanmonus.com
As seen in ca HOME + DESIGN
Wonderfully appointed Point Dume home on over 1.3 nearly all usable acres. Exceptional
detail and expense has been put towards this home over the last 7 years giving it a “likenew” feeling. Upgraded kitchen, bathrooms, windows, plumbing, electrical, roof, all new
appliances, indoor/outdoor stereo system throughout. Huge backyard for entertaining,
two separate free standing cabanas perfect for gym, office or meditation space. Ocean
and whitewater views and extreme privacy give this property a true retreat feel.
Furnished. Offered at NEW PRICE $3,995,000. www.29417BlueWaterRoad.com
310.562.2399—direct
310.456.3655—office
www.brantdidden.com • Brant@Brant Didden.com
Malibu is More Than a Lifestyle...
It’s a Way of Life.
Distinguished www.SusanMonus.com
Malibu Homes 310.589.2477
And Estates
[email protected]
5 BR Contemporary w/ Pool
$27,500,000
Lease for $105,000 /MO
Pt. Dume 5 BR & Beach Rights
$4,995,000
$3,999,000
Pool & Tennis Court Estate
NEW! Winding Way Estate
$4,500,000
Pool and Sport Court
www.7004Fernhill.com
4 BR, Pool & Expansive Lawns
$3,750,000
NEW! Romantic Hideaway
www.6420DelaplaneRoad.com
$1,299,000
Stunning Beachfront Summer Lease $70,000/MO
Pt. Dume Club, Ocean Views, 4 BR
Gated & Deeded Beach Access
www.28000SeaLane.com
$7,000,000
$15,000/MO
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Reduced! Paradise Cove Retreat
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www.6201RamirezMesa.com
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MALIBU
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TOPANGA CANYON—This is a spacious tri-level with 4-5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2
offices with editing bays and studio space. There are expansive entertainment decks,
luminous and fluid floor plan with converging horizontal & vertical lines, chef’s kitchen,
Zen courtyard with lily pond, dipping pool and hot spa with waterfall. Large garage. Breathtaking views. Walk to trails, convenient to shops & beach.To view this property please contact Christine Kapetan at Pritchett-Rapf Realty in our Topanga office at 310-455-4363,
or her cell 310-804-8336. Or stop by our office at 436 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
D AV I D C A R T E R
310.456.6271 (Direct) • 310.980.4434 (Cell)
w w w. M a l i b u M o b i l e H o m e s . c o m
Quint Carter
310.980.1639
Bracken Carter
310.980.1027
PARADISE COVE MANUFACTURED HOMES - Malibu
“CAPE COD” BEACH BUNGALOW: Newly built 1+1, hi-ceilings, hrdwd floors, granite ktchn
counters. Big tile bathroom. Completely fenced. Just 300 yds to the beach!
$ 285,000
CREEKSIDE GET-AWAY: Nice 2+1 with large private back patio. Sunny location, just 250 yrds
from the sand. Recent remodel, new ktchn, cabinets, wood flrs & tile bath.
$ 345,000
QUIET LOCATION: Nestled against the hill, 2+2 dblwd. Slider from master bdrm to pvt back
deck, garden/waterfall. Charming country touches, hrdwd flrs, sep laundry/util rm. $ 375,000
STEPS AWAY FROM PRIVATE BEACH: Ocean view, newly remodeled 1+1. Granite counters
stainless appliances, wood flrs, tiled bthrm. Fenced & landscaped backyard. 3-car pkng, decks,
In Escrow
$ 375,000
putting & chipping green! Perfect for beach life!
GREAT OCEAN VIEW BEACH BUNGALOW: Easy stroll to beach & restr. Remodeled
2+1+bonus ofc/study. Apx 900 sf of charm. Tile kitchen & bath, fireplace in LR, outside decks,
large storage shed. Rooftop ocean view deck. Low space rent.
$ 409,000
WHITEWATER OCEAN VIEWS: 150 yards to the sand! Total custom 2+1 beach home.
High ceilings, tile & wood floors, decks, grass yard.
$ 545,000
GREAT VALUE: Charming, modern, newer 2+1 dblwide in quiet upper area. Hi ceilings, hrdwd
flrs, tile bathrm, new appliances, french drs from mstr to pvt decks & fenced yrd. $ 595,000
INCREDIBLE OCEAN VIEWS: Well priced 2+2 located in upper level/horseshoe loop. Home
needs work, but oh, ‘what a view!’ Full ocean views of SM Bay & Palos Verdes. Lg pvt deck
In Escrow
$ 865,000
from LR opening to garden area. Seclusion & sun-filled days.
TROPICAL PARADISE: Remodeled 3+3 with 1,850 sf. Yellow pine flrs, custom tile bthrms,
ironwd decks, granite ktchn. Bonus ofc (or 4th bd). Pvt location looking out at trees & distant
ocn vu. Hawaiian feel w/mature tropical gardens. Low space rent.
$ 889,000
POINT DUME CLUB MANUFACTURED HOMES - Malibu
SHORT WALK TO BEACH: 3+2 near Park perimeter, close to back gate. Small ocn vus, 1440
sf, Pergo flrs, sliders from mstr & bdrm to huge grassy bkyrd. Ask for Quint
$ 295,000
CLOSE TO CLUBHOUSE AND POOL: Great 2+2 home, approx 1,600 sq. ft, and remodeled
throughout. Hardwood teak flrs, sandstone tile, mtn vus, bonus rooms, sound studio, sleeping
Reduced
$ 445,000
loft. Fenced yard, lg storage areas, low space rent.
IMMACULATE REMODEL: 3+2, lg den, apx 2,000sf. Ocn & mtn vus, lg flo plan, wd flrs, tile
ktchn. Lndscpd gardens, flgstn path, decks, lawns. 3-car pkng. Peaceful!
$ 525,000
BREATHTAKING VIEWS: Ocean, whitewater beach views from this luxury, custom home. 3+3
with 2,300 sf. Huge open rooms, decks, private spa. No expense spared
$1,950,000
SEMINOLE SPRINGS MANUFACTURED HOMES – Agoura Hills
RESIDENT OWNED PARK - Ask for Bracken Carter
GREAT VALUE: 3+2 home on large lot. Nice front deck, fplc, garage, extra loft-ofc, fenced
yard. Needs remodel or replace with new unit
$ 149,000
QUIET STREET-UPPER AREA: 2+2, open flr plan with beautiful mtn vus from DR & LR. Big
ktchn w/center isl & bkfst bar. Encl. porch & bonus rm. Priced well!
$ 235,000
GREAT NEW LISTING: Charmingn remodeled 2+2+bonus, granite counters in ktchn & bthrns.
Lg bdrms, beautiful mountain vus from the living rm. Ready to move right in!
$249,000
GORGEOUS CONTEMPORARY: 2+2+bonus ofc/study, completely remodeled. Open flr plan,
hrdwd flrs, ktchn w/brkfst bar, center island, top of the line appliances. Mtn vus from LR, Dr,
Ktchn & porch. Apvd plns for deck. Prime location on the top street.
$ 295,000
MAY 17 • 2012
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VITAL ZUMAN
ORGANIC FARM
Is your local supermarket too busy? Hard to get what
you want? Long lines? Come to THE VITAL ZUMAN
ALTERNATIVE MARKET at the N.E. corner of PCH
and Heathercliff. New, expanded organic-earth parking. The best of Vital Zuman Organic Farm, the best
of our organic farm consortium, the best of Malibu
backyard organic, the best of Southern California
agriculture. Some may think it’s complex but we
actually grow our food here, harvest it daily, put it in
our on-site market . . . . open the market to the highway. Malibu Fig Season has begun! Now in on-site
market: Multi-varietal figs, stonefruit, watermelon,
corn, VZ Malibu Jewel tomatoes, heirlooms, greens,
super salad bags, raw honey, Weiser potatoes,
Summer and Winter squash, early pumpkins, Malibu
Monkey Lemonade, Goddard’s Grove avocados,
Milton Greene’s gourmet seasonings and Himalayan
pink salts. Weekly Farm Boxes: consortia boxes and
also exclusive all Vital Zuman boxes. Free VZ baking
squash with any purchase. Organic mulch and fruit
tree starters. Community Service Providing Host,
daily volunteer program. Open every day, except
Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (note: due to special farm
needs occasionally there is an unscheduled market
closure. If you’re coming from out of the area please
first check in at 310-924-2210). Vital Zuman Organic
Farm 29127 P.C.H. Malibu, 310-924-2210. RIGHT
TURNS ONLY IN/OUT THE FARM.
Call for All Local Agriculture Now:
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• Kitchen & Bath Remodels
• Handyman Service
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Need help with your bookkeeping, or with your QuickBooks or Quicken program?
Call Tony, 424-644-0217.
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Coastal repair and rebuilding. Stairs, decks, tea houses, sea walls. Rot and decay
specialist. Extensive local
references, quality work. 25
years experience, free estimates. State License #
448718. Call Jerry, 310-7391461.
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Finish carpentry, all forms,
and termite damage repair. Attention to detail. Locally owned
business, over 20 years. Local
references, clean and courteous. Call Dennis at 310-5892969.
Tom’s Electrical Service.
Based in Malibu. Providing installation of all wiring systems.
Expert trouble shooting. Quick
response. Fully stocked truck.
New circuits, ceiling fans, lighting. Call Tom 310-589-8573.
Lic. 792875.
Landscape, maintenance,
sprinkler system, planting,
low volt lights, clean-up.
Everything your garden
needs. Efren, 310-733-7414.
Top-notch landscaping and
animal care provider seeks
additional day work to replace an employer leaving
the area. He has an excellent knowledge of plants
and gardening, and has
worked with horses and
other livestock in Malibu for
22 years. An industrious
and reliable multi-tasker, he
is a citizen and speaks English. Has own transportation. Excellent references.
Carlos, 323-751-1663.
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Estate/garage sale: Grand piano, china cabinet, furniture,
women’s clothing, yard tools
and equipment, small appliances, etc. Sat & Sun, 5/19 &
5/20, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. No early
birds please. 28843 Selfridge
Dr., Pt. Dume, Malibu.
Malibu West community yard
sale & document shredding.
May 19 & 20. Our stuff is your
treasure. Follow signs from
PCH and Trancas. 8 a.m.-2
p.m. NEB. Free document
shredding Saturday 8 a.m.noon or until truck is full.
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HANDYMEN
Carpentry & Repairs by
Frank. Doors, cabinets, fences, gates, shelving, mailboxes, deck repairs, picture hanging, etc. Malibu resident. 310924-4634.
0517
Local Malibu Handyman.
Anything! From picture
hanging to building a house!
Installation, improvement,
repair, carpentry, electrical,
drywall, patching, painting,
putting things together,
shelves, screens, lighting,
cement, tile, fencing, and
tough things—we love helping out! 7 days. 310-2288158.
0517
Estate Sale 31275 Bailard
Road. Sat. & Sun. May 19 &
20. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Beds, sofas,
dining rooms, office furniture,
file cabinets, appliances, bedding, dishes, MORE. No early
birds please.
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GARDENING SERVICES
Don’t Panic It’s Organic! ©
Natural arborist, organic fruit
tree, palm tree, roses,
lawns, veg. gardens, natural
pest control-Let me protect
your citrus from HLB! Since
1972, Invisible Gardener ®.
310-457-4438. www.organicdatabank.info.
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PAINTING
CUSTOM PAINTING
HAULING
Quick hauling and construction. Demolition, yard
and garage cleaning. All
construction work; masonry,
carpentry, painting, drywall,
concrete work, etc. Call
Manny. 323-393-6541.
Interior & Exterior
Faux Finishes - Stain
Oil Paints - Sealers
Epoxy Coating - Lacquers
0524
Happy Hauling Malibu.
Hauling single items to gigantic loads. Residential
and commercial clean up.
Yards, closets, storage,
houses and furniture moving. New 17-foot moving
van! We love helping out
with anything you need help
with! 7 days. 310-228-8158.
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Malibu.
Read all
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in the
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Malibu
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Student Intern. The City of
Malibu invites applications for
the position of Student Intern.
Part-time position. Under
general supervision, Intern
will provide a variety of office
support activities to various
City departments, which may
include word processing, data
entry and organization, telephone and counter reception,
record keeping, report preparation and filing; provides information and assistance to
the general public. Application deadline is Friday, June
1, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. Visit
www.malibucity.org<http://ww
w.malibucity.org> employment opportunities for a complete job announcement and
City Employment Application.
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RETAIL SPACE
WANTED
3bd., 3ba. 1800 sq. ft. Malibu
Villas, spacious downstairs
with atrium and porch. Pool
and hot tub in complex. Available June 1. $3900/mo. 310924-9749.
3 bd. 3 ba. Pt. Dume
house. 2200 sq. ft. spacious,
warm, has carport. Rivera III
beach key. Realtor owned.
Available June 1. $4350/mo.
lease. 310-457-4806.
Ocean view 5 bed., 4 ba.
Gated Pt. Dume Club home.
Spacious and clean. 10
min. drive to Pepperdine, 5
min. walk to beach. 12 mo.
lease $4950/mo. Utilities
not included. Photos by email. Stephanie, 310-7514370.
Immaculate ocean view
home, 1 block to beach. 3
bed., 3 ba., fireplace, hardwood floors, granite kitchen,
formal dining room, washer/
dryer. Gardener, beach club,
2-car garage. Avail. June 1.
One year lease. $4850/mo.
626-799-4795. http.www.malibuhome.webspawner.com
Malibu-PCH retail store for
lease-approx. 495-1800 sq.
ft. Available immediately.
22627-22631 PCH. 310456-7031 ext. 175.
Part-time reporter to cover
the schools and education
beat, including Santa MonicaMalibu Unified School Board
meetings. The previous reporter left for a full-time job.
Please send email indicating
interest and background to
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2 br., 1 1/2 bath house. Fireplace, bar, range, tile bath, 2
decks, garage, view. No pets.
Corral Canyon, $2300/mo.
805-986-3219, cell 805-5121367.
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Redwood guesthouse.
Wrap-around deck, ocean
view, 1 bd., 1 ba., open
beam, full kit. No pets. 1/2
mile off PCH. References
req. $2300/mo., utilities included. Call 310-457-2249.
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Pt. Dume White Water
Ocean View Condo 2 bedroom + loft 2.5 baths, 10
minute drive to Pepperdine,
close to beach and market.
Available beginning of May
$3300/mo. 310-457-5490,
310-383-6357.
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2 BR 1 Bath Guest House.
Beautiful, Private setting.
Kitchen/living room w/vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors,
laundry room, pets ok. Lushly landscaped. Steps to
Broad Beach. Available
lightly furnished. $2,150/mo.
310-589-9420.
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Change
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Section at
Romantic redwood, with 6
acres. 2 bed., 2.5 bath.
Beautiful, rustic, stream,
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MALIBU ROAD COMPOUND
Malibu: The finest beachfront residence on
the deepest, sandiest part of Malibu Colony
Beach. 5+4.5, huge beachfront deck,
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23826MalibuRoad.com $19,500,000
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MARISOL MALIBU ESTATES
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MALIBU ROAD
Malibu: Probate Sale, subject to overbid. 1st overbid is $6,930,500.
Court hearing: 5/11/12 @ 9am, Santa Monica Superior Court.
Property sold as-is. Call Agent for details. Stunning Architectural
beachfront 4+4 on 50' of sandy beach, completed in 2008. Pocket
sliding doors open to ocnft pool & spa!
$7,900,000
Matt Ogden & Gayle Pritchett 310.456.6771
BEAUTIFUL BONSALL CANYON
Malibu: Craftsman Lodge on 7 acres in Bonsall
Canyon across from Zuma Beach. 4+4, guest
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gardens, orchard. Room for vineyard.
www.MalibuEquestrianEstateBonsallDr.com
$5,250,000
Anne Kiblinger 310.456.6771
POINT DUME CRAFTSMAN
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1+ ac. Redone in 2002, this pristine residence exudes warmth,
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tennis court. Gourmet kitchen, dining rm, living & family rm &
lg windows framing the yards. www.6622Portshead.com
$4,750,000
Matt Rapf 310.456.6771
CARBON BEACH CONDO
Malibu: Stunning 2+2.5 penthouse on sandy Carbon
Beach. Spectacular sunset views over the Malibu
Pier and sparkling Santa Monica Bay city lights.
Kitchen, living & dining rooms all on the water.
$4,650,000 Also for lease $12,500 mo/yr; or
$25,000 mo/summer.
POINT DUME CONTEMPORARY
Malibu: Beautifully remodeled 5+4
Mediterranean with separate 1+1 gst hse, near
cul de sac with beach rights! New kitchen & master bath. Incredible landscaping, lg lawn & fruit
orchards. Very private, keys to Little Dume beach.
$4,500,000
Mike Cunningham 310.456.6771
LAS TUNAS BEACHFRONT
Malibu: Stunning Contemporary home on close-in Las
Tunas Beach offers incredible finishes with hardwood
floors, onyx, and custom tile designs. Completed in
2005. Large home with 4 bdrms & 4.5 baths, 2-car
garage. For lease $14,000 mo/yr; or $26,000 mo/summer.
$4,150,000
Matt Ogden/Gayle Pritchett 310.456.6771
GRAYFOX - BEACH KEY
Malibu: bedroom remodel just 10 doors from
the beach gate! 2-story guesthouse, huge flat
yard with incredible landscaping and room for
pool. Great Price!
$3,999,000 Also for lease $17,500 mo/yearly
or $22,500 mo/summer.
MALIBU PARK
Malibu: Beautiful 4 bd + 4.5 ba contemporary
Mediterranean on apx 1 private acre in Malibu
Park. Ocean views, large open gourmet kitchen.
Gated. Lots of natural light throughout!
$2,595,000
BIG OCEAN VIEWS
Malibu: Short Sale. Best value in Malibu. 4 bedroom home with the finest finishes. Huge decks
and incredible views. Gourmet kitchen and
screening room.
$2,500,000
PRICED TO SELL!
Malibu: Panoramic ocean & coastline views. 3+2
main house with office. Detached 1+1 guest house.
Expansive grassy front yard, ocean vistas & built in
spa. Includes coveted Riviera 3 beach keys.
www.OceanViewDume.com
$2,195,000
Matt Rapf 310.456.6771
MALIBU PACIFICA MEDITERRANEAN
Malibu: Fantastic 1-sty in pvt, gated community,
just 2 mi's from PCH. 5+5.5 on 1+ acres. Great
ocean & mtn vus. Fam rm w/bkfst area opening
to lg bkyrd with fenced pool & hot tub. 3 fplcs, 4car garage (or 2-car & gym). Nicely landscaped.
$2,100,000
Jim Rapf 310.456.6771
MALIBU PARK RANCH HOME
Malibu: Charming 4+4, light, open floor plan, glass,
skylights, beamed ceilings, wood flrs. Enjoy outdoor
living on this mostly flat, ocean view, 1+ ac. Rebuilt
in ’04, spacious chef’s ktchn, indoor pool w/adj
current, lg mstr, spa tub, workout room.
$1,395,000
John Cosentino & Marco Cosentino 310.456.6771
POINT DUME HOME
Malibu: First time on the market in 40 years!
Spacious 3+2 with ocean views! Bonus rooms,
beamed ceilings, bar area and wonderful yard for
pool. Probate sale!
$1,275,000
Shelly Yrigoyen 310.456.6771
SUMMER FUN
Malibu: Come spend the summer in this great
5+3 Point Dume home with pool and spa.
Entertainer's BBQ area, complete with pizza
oven. Stroll to the bluffs and down to the
beach. Time for some fun in the sun.
$15,000 mo/Jun 15-Labor Day
Vicki Salsberg 310.456.6771
HOLIDAY HOUSE CONDO
Malibu: Ultra chic 1+1.5 near Geoffrey's Restr.
Sweeping ocean views & beach and pool, too!
Meticulously decorated. Indulge yourself!
Avail long or short term, furnished.
$12,000 mo
John Cosentino 310.456.6771
MODERN MASTERPIECE
Malibu: Panoramic whitewater views from
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Beach/Tennis Club as well! Avail June 1st.
$7,995/mo.
CARBON BEACH UPGRADED UNIT
Malibu: Spacious 2+2 unit in the heart of
Malibu. Secured oceanfront building. Ocean
views, open kitchen with granite counters, dishwasher, refrig, and fireplace. Laundry available.
$6,950 mo/long term, furnished or unfurnished
ACROSS FROM LA COSTA BEACH
Malibu: Spacious and bright with an air of
romance! Whitewater views from this elegant 4
bdrm + 3.5 bath home with a pool. La Costa
Beach Club Membership available.
$6,900/mo.
Anne Kiblinger & Isabel Miller 310.456.6771
OCEAN VIEWS OVER PARADISE COVE
Malibu: 3+3 townhome. Master bath with claw
foot tub, custom cabinets. Great interior patio
for intimate outdoor dining. Pool, spa, clubhouse, sauna. Live-in Vacationland!
Avail Aug 7th $3,950 mo/yearly
Vicki Salsberg 310.456.6771
OCEAN VIEW CONTEMPORARY
Malibu: Stylish, remodeled 3+2 with ocean
views. Wonderfully upgraded, custom cabinetry,
vaulted ceilings, French sliders & skylights.
Fantastic entertainers backyard with wraparound decks & spa!
$3,925 mo/year
SPECTACULAR OCEAN VIEWS
Malibu: Tastefully remodeled 2+2 end unit.
Nearly 180° views of the s0parkling blue ocean.
Upgraded to the nines. Price to lease quickly!
$3,500/mo, unfurn.
CHARMING UNIT WITH VIEWS
Malibu: Adorable 1-bdrm in Point Dume Club.
Beautiful canyon views! Wonderful deck,
storage area and carport. Enjoy all of the
amenities!
$2,100 mo/year
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CARBON BEACH LEASE
Malibu: Classic California Beach House on
Malibu's premier beach. Furnished 3+3, single
level, with new wood floors, updated baths &
huge entertaining deck, on 50' of sand.
$17,500 mo/long; $30,000 mo/summer.
www.22008PCH.com
Isabel Miller 310.456.6771
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N Calabasas: Private community of only 7 luxury
D estates. Tree-lined drive to lg 34,000 sf pad,
just steps from renowned SM Mtns "Backbone
Hiking Trails". Minutes to Malibu & the 101
Fwy. Acclaimed Las Virgenes Schools.
$895,000
Chris Frost 310.456.6771
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LUXURY COUNTRY ESTATE
Topanga: Renowned designers artful renovation
set in park-like compound. 1700's French
Blessing Stone, top-of-the-line appliances,
historic stone guest hosue, luxury pool, spa.
Baron VanGysel's mastery is unsurpassed.
$3,799,000
Christine Kapetan 310.455-4363
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STUNNING ARCHITECTURAL
Topanga: Approx 4,600 sf, 5+4.5 home with 2
offices and studio space. Luminous floor plan,
breathtaking views! Gourmet kitchen, Zen
courtyard with pool, waterfall. Impeccably
designed, built and maintained.
$1,999,000
Christine Kapetan 310.455.4363
MID-CENTURY MODERN
Topanga: Private and secluded songwriters
retreat in the backyard of Topanga Village. 3
bdrms, 3 baths, with riverrock fireplace and
detached guest house.
$995,000
William Bowling & Chryssa Lightheart 310.455.4363
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CALIFORNIA COTTAGE
Santa Monica: Quaint 3+2 cottage located
on 7th Street in highly desirable, north of
Montana Ave. neighborhood. Charm &
warmth, vaulted ceilings.
$1,650,000
prtopanga.com

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