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  • Olivia Vasey named to president’s honors list at Pepperdine University
    MALIBU, CA — Olivia Johanna Vasey, of Sweet Valley, has been named to the president’s honors list at Pepperdine University with a 4.0 GPA. She attended Pepperdine’s Heidleberg Campus in Germany and traveled throughout Europe during the fall semester. Vasey was the 2018 valedictorian at Lake-Lehman High School. She is majoring in Biology ...
  • She Almost Lost Her Home In California’s Wildfires. Instead She Built A $200 Million Business.
    Forbes
    Seeing opportunity in the ashes, Nikki Pechet set out to reinvent home building with software designed to cut the delays and cost overruns that plague the industry.
  • Nine months in, Magic Castle chef is out
    Los Angeles Times
    For many years, the restaurant side of the operation was an afterthought, a required part of an evening at the castle. But Fullilove, who previously cooked at Barbara Jean in Culver City and Malibu Pier Restaurant and Bar, was hired to take the restaurant in a new direction. “I want people to talk about the food as much as the magic ...
  • The Station Wagon That You Could Mistake For a Supercar
    With 591 horsepower, a top speed of 190 mph, and a “launch control” button, Audi’s RS 6 Avant is a lean, mean, grocery-getting machine.
  • Changing L.A. retail scene: Active Ride Shop up for auction, Opening Ceremony to close stores
    Los Angeles Times on MSN.com
    According to a legal notice published Friday in The Times, Malibu-based GemCap Lending I is putting the intellectual property ... John Wallace and his son, Shane, opened the first Active Ride Shop in Chino in 1989 to cater to the burgeoning Southern California skate market, following it up with store No. 2 in Rancho Cucamonga in 1991.
  • Nighttime Parking Restrictions Approved Along PCH
    The Malibu Times
    The City of Malibu is one step closer to implementing nighttime parking restrictions on two segments of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)—one near Las Tunas Beach and one near the Malibu Pier. On Monday, Jan. 13, the City Council voted, 4-0, to approve the resolution. The council also voted to bring a resolution with similar parking restrictions ...
  • Malibu Moves to Put District-Based Elections on 2020 Ballot
    The Malibu Times
    In a letter dated Oct. 25, attorney Milton Grimes threatened the City of Malibu with litigation under the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) of 2001. The letter, officially received by the city clerk’s office on Oct. 28, alleged Malibu’s at-large ...
  • Listen: Radio call to LAX tower raises questions about jet fuel dump over school
    Los Angeles Times
    According to the flight-mapping data, the pilot had been on one of two typical routes that Delta flies to Shanghai when he turned back toward L.A. One path takes jets farther west over the Pacific Ocean, while the other turns north over Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains before veering west. In tracking Tuesday’s flight, the pilot appeared ...
  • Former Delco resident’s film ‘The Last Full Measure’ opens next week
    Delaware County Daily Times
    Currently, Robinson is a professor at the University of Southern California in the graduate program of the School of Cinematic Arts. Robinson lives in Malibu, Calif., with his wife of 30 years, Elizabeth. The couple has two children, both of whom graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and who are also “in the business.” Rob Dunion ...
  • Newsletter: How did a plane end up dropping jet fuel on an L.A. playground?
    Los Angeles Times
    Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 15, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. The Shanghai-bound plane had only been in the air for a few minutes when it abruptly veered off course on Tuesday morning, turning north over the Pacific Ocean toward Malibu. The Delta jetliner would eventually make ...
  • Meet ASL, A Group of Hit-Making Songwriters That Accidentally Became a Band
    After a songwriting session in California yielded immediate results, the band ASL was born. Signed to AMLOR Music/Modest! Management, the six-piece -- scattered in age from late 20s to early 30s -- is gearing up to release its third EP by the end of January.
  • Novato Man Leads Deputies On A High-Speed Chase
    It was a very busy weekend for the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. On January 11, Jesse Watson, 34 years old, from Novato lead deputies on a 20 mile long high speed pursuit. The incident unfolded at approximately 8:20 pm,
  • Scott McLaughlin hopes to be IndyCar-bound with Team Penske
    ESPN
    Having achieved his Australian motor sport goals, Scott McLaughlin is hoping his next stop will be the IndyCar circuit in the United States as a member of Team Penske.
  • The 5 fictional high schools we'd love to go to
    Girls' Life
    Fun fact: Zoey 101 was actually filmed on a college campus! The show took place at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, which def explains why it looks so luxurious. It may not be a real high school, but who doesn't want to live in a place with *so* much freedom?! For East High, it's out with the old and in with the new. While both the ...
  • Tracking Delta Flight 89’s path before it dumped fuel on an elementary school
    Los Angeles Times
    The cause of the diversion still isn’t known, but the pilots took the plane — a Boeing 777 — north over Malibu within four minutes after takeoff at 11:32 a.m., according to Flightradar24, a firm that maintains airline path data across the globe. During Tuesday’s flight, however, an engine problem apparently forced the pilots to end the ...
  • Restaurant review: It’s not just a meal, it’s a mindset at SunLife Organics
    Marin Independent Journal
    My hunch is that reactions to another review about organic superfood bowls and smoothies will divide between the skeptics who avoid the hype and price tag, and the strong believers eager to see what’s distinctive about Marin’s latest spot.
  • Man Arrested In Connection With 20-Mile Hwy 37 Chase From Sonoma
    Two people were injured when they swerved to avoid the Novato man as the pursuit reached U.S. 101, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said.
  • Novato Man Arrested In Connection With 20-Mile Hwy 37 Chase: SCSO
    Two people were injured when they swerved to avoid the Novato man as the pursuit reached U.S. 101, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said. Jesse Watson, 34, of Novato, was arrested Monday night in Sonoma after sheriff's deputies and detectives searched for him throughout the weekend,
  • Jesse Billauer Conquered Machu Picchu in a Wheelchair — and He Let Us Come Along
    YAHOO!
    Billauer learned to have that patience early in life. At the age of 17, while surfing in Malibu, California, he fell off a wave, hit his head, and shattered his spinal cord at the C6 level, leaving him instantly paralyzed from the chest down. This accident and his resulting injury in no way define him, but rather, have become a part of his ...
  • Sheldon Adelson’s Son Buys $6.5 Million Starter House
    YAHOO!
    Back in 2015, his much older half-sister Yasmin Lukatz paid a brain-freezing $35.3 million in cash for a titanic compound up north in Atherton, Calif.; his father, meanwhile, has spent at least $70 million buying up eight homes in Malibu, Calif. And Adelson grew up in his parents’ enormous main residence in Las Vegas, NV — a shopping mall ...
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