In last week’s column I mused about the possibility of scheduling a Sandcastle building contest On Corral Beach directly across from Malibu Seafood. The purpose was to remove the contestant’s sand from under the bridge/drainage device that also connects the Sara Wan Trail to the beach. I believed less sand under the bridge would improve the ...

... Driver looked fantastic while strolling down the beach in Malibu on Oct. 13. A slimmed-down Simon Cowell enjoyed some pool time while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with his family on Oct. 1. Alessandra Ambrosio played beach volleyball in Santa Monica, California, on Oct. 13. While hanging out poolside in Miami on Oct. 14, Emily ...

As president of Friends Of Malibu Urgent Care, I would like to take this moment to thank Dru and Rick Margolis for opening their beautiful home in order for Friends to have our Sunday event on Nov. 3. People were treated to a beautiful wine and food party and were able to listen to our amazing doctors in order to find out how they take care ...

The special Thanksgiving event was for the Walmart Community Table initiative at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, where the pair also met up with Walmart chef Mark ... off the program by revitalizing the community space of a Save the Children school in California. Garner and Garten teamed up last year around Thanksgiving, too, for Garten’s Barefoot ...

Every year, we hear about yet another iceberg the size of Rhode Island or Delaware breaking off from the west Antarctic and the corresponding warnings about rising sea levels and the end of life as we know it. While these are truly massive displays of nature at work, this spectacle has been going on for many millennia. A new NASA study says ...

The City of Malibu invites those rebuilding their homes following the Woolsey Fire to attend a town hall on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Malibu City Hall. The town hall will be an opportunity for the community to meet the city’s new environmental sustainability department director and building official Yolanda Bundy ...

Rosarito, BC, was devastated by a wildfire less than two weeks ago. Their city budget is a fraction of Malibu’s, yet Rosarito City has provided free medical exams to victims and opened a special document center to replace birth certificates, drivers licenses and deeds. They provided large tents to shelter rebuilding sites. Volunteer ...

For the past 40 years, many in the community of Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Westlake Village, Malibu, Calabasas and Thousand Oaks, became involved with a Santa Come to Agoura and Beyond Food Drive to help those in need. Through the generosity of monetary donations we have also purchased what they needed—100 percent of all donations are only used ...

My letter is in response to the alarming report of another urgent care opening in our city, Malibu Urgent Care has supported my family’s health needs for the 20 years we have lived here. Their recent Improvements were paid for by our community’s donations. We will continue to support them as they have supported us and consider them be the ...

We just celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Woolsey Fire this weekend in numerous locations in Malibu, although “celebrate” is really not the right word. “Commemorated” is really more accurate. Still, 12 months post-fire we still don’t know why 750-plus homes burned in greater Malibu, why some fire engines stood idle in Malibu ...

Bears aren’t normally seen rummaging near the tony suburbs of Malibu, California, but a few years back a resident black bear kept turning up on wildlife cams in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains just outside town. Further north, they’ve ...

The Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center at Pepperdine University “served up” some exciting tennis this past week, playing host to the Oracle Pro Series. It was a terrific opportunity for Malibu residents to see professional tennis locally—and the first such opportunity in many years. Sixty-four men and 64 women, including some international ...

Katie Holmes, who first achieved fame as part of the TV series Dawson’s Creek, has recently placed her Calabasas, CA, home on the market. Calabasas is part of Los Angeles County, and is located in the hills west of the San Fernando Valley, about 45 minutes away from the downtown core and 35 minutes from Malibu. TMZ reported that Holmes ...

MALIBU, Calif. — The Malibu Hindu Temple here celebrated Dussehra, Deepavali and Skanda Sashti during the month of October. The temple provided special worship services for goddesses Saraswati, Parvati, Lakshmi, and lords Shiva and Karthikeyan led by the priests, Narasimha Bhattar, Krishnamachary, Prasad and Prasanna. The programs were ...

Earlier this month, the pair met up for dinner at Nobu in Malibu, California, but sources insisted the date was "casual" and seemed to be platonic, with the pair seeming "friendly" rather than romantically involved. The eyewitness shared at the time: "They had a casual two-hour dinner at Nobu on Monday night. It seemed friendly and there wasn't ...

The Roaring Twenties went out with a bang around Malibu: The year 1929 was a big one locally and in the bigger picture. Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer in 1927 sparked the transition from silent movies to talkies, and that shook up the world of motion pictures and set a lot of Hollywood people on edge—much as the internet is doing now to ...

Next Sun., 3 p.m. $15, $30. colburnschool.edu Zlatomir Fung The cellist plays pieces by Brahms, Gabrieli, et al., in recital. Pepperdine University, Raitt Recital Hall, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu. Next Sun., 2 p.m. $28; sold out; waiting list available. (310) 506-4522. arts.pepperdine.edu Juana The UCLA School of Music presents the ...

She's an icon of the silver screen who is known for her glamorous looks. And Julia Roberts proved she's stunning on any occasion as she went make-up free during an outing at a skate park in Malibu, California, on Thursday. The Pretty Woman star, 51, showed off her radiant visage while she enjoyed the casual stroll, which she went on with a friend.

Then their voices tighten, their eyes shift and for a moment they lose focus as they glance to the north, where the wind-whipped flames came roaring through the Malibu hills and upturned their lives, and could easily do so again, as the spate of recent wildfires in Southern California attests. More than 1,600 structures were destroyed in the ...

The new Los Angeles County Sheriff liaison to Malibu was introduced at Last Wednesday’s Public Safety Commission meeting. Sgt. James Braden replaces Lt. Jennifer Seetoo. Sgt. James Braden, who comes to the position with years of experience at the station ...