It’s going to be a while before we get any money, how much of a while none of us know. I’m sad to report that there have been two deaths in Malibu related to COVID-19: John Bell, a retired contractor, and Emeritus Professor Wayne Strom of Pepperdine. Stay healthy and stay safe. The virus is here among us.

It’s been a decade-long haul for the 123 property owners on Malibu’s Broad Beach Road, as they have struggled to save their houses from the ocean. When the once broad beach (giving the street its name) dwindled to almost nothing, an emergency rock revetment, or wall, was put up in front of 78 of the homes back in 2010 to save them from ...

Malibu got a jolt last week when L.A. County Health started breaking out the COVID-19 cases for municipalities with a population smaller than 20,000. We went to bed thinking there were no cases in Malibu and woke up to a press release announcing that we actually had five cases. No further information is available as to the age or location of ...

Your suggestion of a possible domestic use of the back page of the Times brought a smile to my face. It also reminded me of my childhood days during and after World War II. We would use the Liverpool Echo newspaper during the week and, as a treat on the weekends we would use The News of the World newspaper. It was a much more upscale newspaper ...

Continued construction is essential for the residents of Malibu—not only the homeowners whose homes were lost, but for those neighbors and neighborhoods that were devastated by the fire. The smell of burned-out foundations still lingers. Construction workers are also repairing electrical, cable, cell phone towers, roads, traffic lights and ...

Will someone please explain to me how the SMMC is an essential business? They should lock the gates and go home to their families. The article describing Joe Edmiston’s power grab disgusts me. It is another example that factions of the government believe ...

Please read about the major Earth Day land preservation goal for Malibu on Facebook: “Save Open Space over the Edge.” Given our world-wide health crisis, it’s best to change direction on how to save this majestic, lush, green Malibu mountainside. We now request that the Irish band U2 collectively help preserve this pristine scenic ...

On March 12, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District schools were operating operating as normal, but behind the scenes, staff was already preparing for changes due to COVID-19. Then, on Friday, March 13, a “dismissal” was implemented for all SMMUSD schools—students were advised not to attend school, educators arrived as normal in ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, April 7, there were nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Malibu residents, following weeks of speculation regarding the number (or existence) of cases. On Thursday, April 2, the first five confirmed cases were reported by LA ...

Prince Markle are reportedly searching for a home close to where Diana, Princess of Wales hoped to start a new life with Dodi Fayed. The royals, who begin their new life beyond the palace walls on Wednesday,

Malibu, CA (90265) Today Cloudy with periods of rain. High 56F. Winds E at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible..

I do not like it when companies lie to me. As a SARS-CoV-2 virus home-sheltered senior, I was forced to purchase Lucerne plain yogurt instead of my usual Mountain High plain yogurt. I made sure that the front of the container said “plain” because I did not want added sugar, added starch, stabilizers, etc. The texture of the “yogurt” I ...

Malibu author Kim Stanwood Terranova holds a launch and signing of her new book, “The Technology of Intention: Activating the Power of the Universe Within You,” at an event in early March at the Malibu Design Center. “It was a brilliant kick off ...

Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, 86, just purchased his ninth property in the Malibu Colony for $17 million, according to Variety. The exclusive, gated community contains approximately 120 properties in total. His latest purchase was an off-market deal for an oceanfront property described as “lavish.” Adelson, who is also well ...

My gratitude to Paula Mae Schwartz, or possibly a Malibu Times editor, for the wonderful line, “...the city must be wrestling with the red rape of state government...” Also, thank you, Sigmund Freud, for enabling us to recognize the deeper truth behind what the Times will probably call a typo.

Sadly, we did not learn from the H1N1 pandemic. But it is not too late to learn from the 2018 Woolsey disaster. In a few short months, Malibu will again face fires driven by Santa Ana winds. Since we’re mostly homebound, this is a perfect time to inspect and harden our homes so they won’t burn next fall. The city’s program is on hold for ...

It was only a few weeks ago that Trump declared the coronavirus pandemic a “Democratic hoax” which would disappear by April. Of course, his propagandists, led by Sean Hannity, echoed the “Democratic hoax” theory. Then, in a remarkable, head-spinning turnabout, Trump suddenly announced we were fighting a war and gave himself a new title ...

Andy Lopez, Malibu’s “Invisible Gardener” said in a phone interview that, “Now is the time to get started—you can have vegetables in 30 days... and if you plant fruit trees, you can have a ton of fruit by next year.” All of the garden supply companies in town have confirmed that sales of plants, potting soils and seeds are going ...

With so many people contemplating the end of the universe, I thought it a good time to look into its beginning, and so I opened my Bible—the Old Testament that is. I was looking through Genesis, because I am curious about how we all got here. I have to say I am especially inspired by God’s work ethic. Day 1: LIGHT: “In the ...

He has the briefest Wikipedia entry of any major American writer that I’ve ever read, and there doesn’t seem to be a library repository for his manuscripts and papers — many of which were lost when his Malibu home burned down in the 1993 fire. Thomas was born in Oklahoma, a place “he didn’t speak kindly about,” recalls his friend ...