2019 is Laura Dern’s year. We’re just living in it

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I’m sort of fashion-obsessed. I think it’s such a high and beautiful art. Yes, he walked in Raf’s last season [at Calvin Klein] and then he walked in the Saint Laurent show [in Malibu]. And then he did a season this summer in Paris … He wanted it as an educational experience to really see how different designers work and collaborate and ...
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City Manager Salary Increase Approved

The Malibu Times
Malibu City Council voted unanimously, 5-0, Monday night to approve a $67,000 project to install five water bottle filling stations across the city. The construction of the project will be executed by Zusser Company, Inc. One of the filling stations will be indoors at the Michael Landon Community Center, and four will be outdoors at each of the ...
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For ‘Love Actually Live’ star Rex Smith, Billy Mack is Iggy Pop meets Jayne Mansfield

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Smith embraced this son, Brandon, now 39, who has a child of his own — Smith’s first grandchild.) In his 20s, he would buzz his biplane upside down over Linda Ronstadt’s place in Malibu as she and her boyfriend, Jerry Brown, waved below. Andy Warhol questioned him for Interview magazine. At some point, he attended culinary school.
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Commission to Meet at King Gillette Ranch This Week

The Malibu Times
Also on Friday morning, the Coastal Commission will take a tour of Malibu Bluffs Park and Topanga Ranch Motel (part of Topanga State Park). Because of the reversal of the park swap, Malibu Bluffs Park is once again state-owned land, with Charmlee Wilderness Park again under the purview of the City of Malibu. According to the commission agenda ...
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Theologians Tackle Climate Change Crisis

Jewish Journal
In 2018, wildfires destroyed multiple churches in Paradise, Calif., and caused the temporary closure of the Pepperdine University campus. Also in 2018, fires destroyed three Jewish summer camps, including one in Malibu. It has been one of the driest period in California’s history. The Los Angeles Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological ...
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Help Requested After Individual Allegedly Destroys Over 500,000 Books Belonging to Bank of Books in Ventura

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Though it lost its lease, Bank of Books continued to give back to Malibu—after the Woolsey Fire, the company, which still owns Bank of Books and Abednego Book Shoppe in Ventura, offered thousands of free books to anyone who lost their home. In fact, the family-owned company has donated over 300,000 books to individuals and other bookstores ...
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Bel-Air’s Chartwell estate sells for about $150 million, a new California price record

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Since his death, Perenchio’s estate has listed and sold a number of properties, including large holdings in Malibu. Across from Chartwell, a vacant property Perenchio used as a private vineyard sold in November for $12 million.
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Rodenticide, Herbicide, Insecticide to Be Banned Citywide

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Come what may, Malibu will enact a ban on rodenticide. That was the unanimous, 5-0, city council decision that came down on Monday night, capping off a years-long effort to put an end to the use of poisons along Malibu’s 21 coastal miles. “If it ends up in some sort of lawsuit or whatever, let’s go there, because this is so immoral ...
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Inside the $44.5 million former newlywed home of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston

Seattle Times
Even though the supercouple announced their separation in 2005, the estate at 1026 Ridgedale Drive in Beverly Hills “is one of Southern California’s most romantic homes,” according to TopTenREalEstateDeals.com. It was just after their Malibu wedding that the A-list Hollywood couple bought the five-bedroom, 12-bath French Normandy Revival ...
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Elon Musk is driving Tesla’s Cybertruck prototype around Los Angeles

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Just a few weeks after Elon Musk unveiled his polarizing sci-fi Cybertruck, the Tesla CEO was seen driving the prototype vehicle in Malibu, California this weekend, all while knocking over a sign and possibly making an illegal turn in the process. There’s no hiding the Cybertruck, though, with its massive angular steel frame, giant wheels ...
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