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 ...

As published in the Feb. 13 edition of The Malibu Times, the rules for voting in Los Angeles County have changed: This year, Los Angeles County is rolling out a new method for voting, just in time for the March 3, 2020, primary elections. Here are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Collectively, Winkler’s movies have earned 65 Academy Award nominations and 12 wins. He’s now set to receive yet another honor, Malibu Film Society’s Malibu Filmmaker Award, at a special event on Saturday, Feb. 22. The very first MFS Malibu Filmmaker Award was presented by producer/director James Cameron posthumously to Stan Winston in ...

Most parties agree that between 235 and 240 applications is the 50 percent mark. What can we do to help? This is my 55th column to appear in The Malibu Times on the subjects of fire recovery and disaster resilience. I have strayed several times into the fringes of the political arena and hope you will forgive me for some comments about the ...