After lengthy discussions regarding the proposed use of the Malibu Playhouse as a recording studio, commissioners voted, 5-0, to approve a resolution to memorialize the Malibu Playhouse—granting it a permit to operate for the time being—with specific conditions. The property owner, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, requested the approval to ...

Rande Gerber is probably best known as an impresario, the husband of supermodel Cindy Crawford and owner of Café Habana, and when it comes to Malibu, he tells it like it is. He recently told C Magazine he lives in Malibu “because it’s a small beach town with locals who are mostly here for the same reason: to escape the stress and ...

Malibu city officials are looking for community volunteers to help with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) annual homeless count on Jan. 22. “The federally mandated homeless count is crucial to providing accurate data from the field needed to inform funding, resources and activities to address homelessness across the ...

Hardworking Malibu Times office dog Ginger Sawicki takes some much-deserved rest beneath the Christmas tree. Ginger makes the season extra festive by distributing fluff from chewed up toys like little snowballs everywhere she goes.

Thank those who help you and even those who merely don’t hinder you. A kind note is not overdoing it. Along those lines, many thanks to Malibu Urgent Care and, later, Las Robles Regional Medical Center, which were able to provide my grandson with exceptional care on Dec. 26. Watching an extremely high level surgeon, Dr. Choi, set a very ...

MALIBU, Calif. (KYMA, KSWT, KECY)- U.S. Border Patrol agents found 60 pounds of marijuana left near an abandoned panga boat Sunday. The U.S. Customs and Borde Protection (CBP) said the marijuana was found near Point Mugu State Park. Agents responded to a report from the Maritime Coordination Center that a 40-foot panga with powerful outboard ...

The postseason accolades just keep washing in for the Pepperdine Waves men’s water polo team. Five Waves were named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches’ All-America list on Dec. 17. This came four days after Pepperdine head coach Terry Schroeder was named the Golden Coast Conference Coach of the Year for the second time ...

Malibu Surf Team coach John Cross (center right) accepts a check presented by Malibu Rotary Club members (from left) Steve Harwood, Carlye Rudkin and Margo Neal. The check was one of several donations made by the Rotary Club in December.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, as the French say.The more it changes, the more it stays the same. You think Malibu has a problem with squatters and homeless and Bedouin RV campers now? May Rindge dealt with the same problem in 1930. Almost 100 years ago, real estate dealers could be unscrupulous—believe it or not—and some ...

And U.S. military veterans and first-responders suffering from PTSD, depression and other ailments are finding that out as participants in special equine psychotherapy programs being offered by Reins of HOPE in Malibu, Ojai and Santa Ynez. That healing ...

Two weeks ago, I was visiting relatives and friends on the East Coast, just outside Philadelphia, and spent a few hours on a cold, gray afternoon observing the rehearsal of an annual Christmas Day reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware. It just so ...

Okay, let’s get something straight right now. I am not making this stuff up in order to sell copies of this esteemed newspaper, although I am certainly not above appealing to your prurient interests to increase my readership. I was online looking for breaking news when I saw the following headline on CNN, “Thousands of ‘penis fish ...

Living in Malibu is a privilege, but for us suckers paying five-figure property taxes it’s now clear that privilege can be absolutely free to anyone clever enough to game our increasingly dysfunctional system of toothless law enforcement and court-sponsored chaos.

On Dec. 22, the Session of Malibu Pacific Church announced the resignation of Pastor Greg Hughes as head of staff. Joining the church, which was then called Malibu Presbyterian, in December 2000, Hughes has served as a senior pastor for 19 years. His final day will be Sunday, Feb. 9. “Greg has expressed his desire to retire from Pastoral ...

The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) announced in a Tuesday, Dec. 17, Facebook post that two young male mountain lions—P-78 and P-79—have been added to its study of big cats in the region. According to the post, which was written by Public Affairs Officer Ana Beatriz Cholo, P-78 was captured in the central portion of ...

His cell phone and a brown wallet containing multiple credit cards were stolen. There were no cameras available for evidence. Two designer rings were stolen from a home in an unidentified area of Malibu. The rings had been located in the victim’s drawer in the master bedroom. The victim told deputies the last time she saw the ring was on Oct. 20.

Actress Brie Larson, 30, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2015 film “Room,” has purchased a home in Malibu for $3.4 million. According to Variety, the 2,100-square-foot mid-century cottage with swimming pool was originally ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau is continuing its investigation into the body of a woman found in Malibu Lagoon on Dec. 20. As of the time The Malibu Times went to print, detectives and county officials had not publicly identified the body, nor did officials confirm the woman’s identity. In the days since the ...

The holidays provide a good opportunity to spend quality time with family, friends and co-workers while making deposits in our relationships. Naturally, conversation and talking with people is a big part of this season. Most people are very good at talking about themselves; however, the best gift this year is the gift of listening, and it doesn ...

Just before Christmas, power couple Aaron Rodgers and Danica Patrick closed on a $28 million Malibu bluff-top, ocean-front estate in an all-cash, off-market transaction, according to Variety. The couple had leased the house over the summer. Patrick, 37, is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the ...