Album Review: Trixie Mattel — ‘Barbara’

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This time, she’s taking us out of the countryside of Wisconsin straight to the beach of Malibu, California. Named after Trixie’s ultimate inspiration — the fashion doll Barbie — , the album Barbara also sees the singer-songwriting dabbling in electro-folk and surf-rock for the first time. So pack your sunglasses and bathing suit ...
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Travel: A Vision of London at The Marylebone Hotel

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In the early 1980s, when everything that was cool in pop music was coming out of Britain (again), I, like many a Yankee, had a vision of London as a hotbed of new romantics and general gorgeousness. This was the era of Duran Duran and Lady Di and “An American Werewolf in London” and a prevailing sentiment was that the apotheosis of glamour ...
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The Food Column: Tacos Next to Holiness

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As promised, it’s now time for our second-favorite Sunday-after-the-farmer-market eating establishment in Mar Vista. ...drum roll, please... It’s the MV Grab & Go. The MV Grab & Go is a smaller version of the Mar Vista Restaurant located across the street from it on Venice Boulevard. They serve some of our favorite tacos. As I am an ...
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Sirens: Malibu Crime Report 1.27 - 2.3

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A resident called the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station to report vandalism on their vehicle parked in a parking structure in Seagull Drive. The deputy observed the vehicle and noticed small scratches measuring approximately half an inch. The damage was estimated to cost $800. Deputies responded to burglary on Cross Creek Road. The victim ...
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Keeping Creative

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Children’s Creative Workshop (CCW) preschoolers ages two to five years old took a “trip around the world” last month with a study of the seven continents. Students learned a song to remember the continents and then explored each of them with “music, food, language and art, singing all the way!” CCW director Shari Latta shared ...
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On the Rise

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Local author Robert Kerbeck, whose 2019 book “Malibu Burning” has earned accolades locally and nationally, earned a 2019 Best of Los Angeles Award for best historical nonfiction of 2019. The award, presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mikke Pierson during a reception at V’s Restaurant, drew a local crowd including many fire survivors. The award ...
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Photos: Strange Festival

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The 19th annual Malibu Film Festival, held last weekend at Malibu City Hall, featured a dozen films, both feature length and shorts. This year’s festival opened with the festival premiere of a local favorite, “Johnny Strange: Born to Fly,” which told the story of beloved local adventurer Johnny Strange who grew up in Malibu, traveled ...
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California Coastal Commission Says City Not Using Latest Available Science on Sea Level Rise

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At the monthly California Coastal Commission meeting in Long Beach last Thursday, two commissioners formally appealed the City of Malibu’s approval of a development permit for the Klein Family Partnership beachfront property at 30708 Pacific Coast Highway. They found five “substantial issues” with the project, which they decided to hold ...
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