Omaha Beach is the ultimate case of what-could-have-been and Saturday he showed why. The Kentucky Derby favorite in May, before having to scratch with a throat issue, ran a flawless race to win the Grade 1 $300,000 Malibu Stakes. His win by 2¾ lengths highlighted a Santa Anita opening day card of seven stakes races. It was jockey Mike Smith ...

Water, water everywhere, but Venice is still the place to go. Regular readers of Malibu Seen know that a few times a year, we go off on a globe-trotting expedition. Since it is the holidays and a time to look with gratitude on your blessings, we thought this would be a good time to fly into Venice and examine her impressive recovery from a $1 ...

Wilmar Mejia stood behind his pickup truck in the hills of Malibu, watching a hawk soar overhead. Ahead lay the job, a mid-century ranch house with a glittering aquamarine pool and breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean. Moments later, he shimmied into the house’s low-slung attic, crawling through tufts of white insulation studded with fresh ...

The Grade 1 Malibu Stakes features Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Omaha Beach ... “To not do so is placing profit above the welfare of horse and rider,” she said in a statement. The California Horse Racing Board plans to issue a report next month on the deaths. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office concluded ...

As they grow older, the trees cease to get taller but expand in girth, just like me. I was so sore from all that walking that upon my return to Malibu, I sought a massage lady who tore me limb from limb. I felt like Mike Tyson had given me the massage. A couple of months ago a fire in Eastern Malibu almost burnt the house down where I am ...

California Wildlife Center rehabilitated this red-tailed hawk (likely the victim of a vehicle collision) and it was cleared for release Dec. 19, just in time to be home for the holidays.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has scheduled an insurance workshop to take place at Malibu City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 30. The event, previously announced for Jan. 16, was rescheduled to the later date. Lara, an elected official who heads up the state’s department of insurance, scheduled the workshop “to offer community ...

acting executive director of California for The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita. "It was very important to make this call as early as possible for our horsemen, fans and employees." Six graded stakes races -- among them the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes\ featuring Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Omaha Beach and the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes ...

According to Variety, Aaron Rodgers and his lady friend, Danica Patrick, have purchased a house in Malibu for $28 million. According to Variety ... one of those Super Bowl halftime shows we usually do not watch anyway. Rodgers is a native to California(from Chico, in the northern part of the state), but spends most of his time in Southern ...

You can track St. Nick with the Google Santa Tracker and the NORAD Tracks Santa to see when he will arrive. (Shutterstock) MALIBU, CA — If you need some incentive to get the kiddos tucked in, remind them that Santa has Rudolph's red nose trained on Malibu and won't make his scheduled landing if they're still stirring. There are a couple of ...