with prosecutors saying welfare money had been misspent on items such as drug rehabilitation in Malibu, California, for former pro wrestler Brett DiBiase. DiBiase is a defendant in the lawsuit ...

The lawsuit says the defendants "squandered" more than $20 million in money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program.

During the special City Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 27, Steve McClary was announced as the permanent city manager for the City of Malibu.

A plan by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to move juvenile offenders to a probation camp in a remote area of Malibu has run into increasing opposition, amid a broader debate about what the county’s youth justice system should look like.

During the ZORACES special meeting on Thursday, April 14, the subcommittee addressed the use of rodenticides, insecticides and herbicides and whether a policy or an ordinance to the Local Coastal Program (LCP) Local Implementation Plan (LIP) should be prepared to implement.

The Malibu City Council sent a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors opposing the county’s proposed Local Coastal Program (LCP) amendment that would allow camping in Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (ESHA),

In Monday’s meeting, the Malibu City Council passed a motion to increase parking citation, addressed the Los Angeles County Measure R and M Transportation Funding and Federal Infrastructure Grants, and voted to craft a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors opposing the proposed Local Coastal Program amendment that would allow camping in environmentally sensitive habitat areas.

Youths currently housed in California State prisons will soon be moving into Camp Kilpatrick located in the hills above Malibu. The controversial decision to relocate serious juvenile offenders was made this week by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and the City of Santa Monica have jointly filed a lawsuit that challenges a new law intended to empower disenfranchised voters. This is the latest wrench in Malibu’s struggle for more representation in the district.

Several Republican lawmakers blasted first son Hunter Biden’s Secret Service detail after it was revealed it was shelling out $30,000 per month in rent for a mansion.

The Secret Service is spending more than $30,000 a month to rent a Malibu mansion to protect President Joe Biden's eldest son Hunter Biden near his expensive California rental home, ABC News reports.

The Public Works Commission Meeting on March 23 began with the election of the chair and vice chair of the Public Works Commission and the departure of commissioner James Palmer. Wade Major will serve as chair and Scott Dittrich as vice chair.

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is challenging the constitutionality of a new California law. SB 442 is new to the books, enacted on January 1. The new law authorizes the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization to approve a proposal to establish trustee areas and elect governing board members using district-based elections without submitting the resolution to the electors of the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu and the district for approval.

City Councilmember Mikke Pierson recently decided to replace Georgia Goldfarb, M.D., his appointment to the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission. He had no comment to The Malibu Times other than saying he wanted to make a change.

Public Safety Manager Susan Dueñas provided a background of the issue and said last November, the Public Safety Commission performed its annual review of parking citation fine schedule and identified violations for which they felt fines should be raised,

The evening started with addressing item number 7a on the agenda, “Councilmember Pierson to make his appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission.” Councilmember Mikke Pierson made the motion to move the item to the next City Council meeting on March 28.

Supervisor Holly Mitchell said the move reflects a philosophy of rehabilitating young offenders over a punishment-based system.

Next Tuesday [March 15], a motion to the Board that would direct the County to house justice-involved young people who have previously been under the care of the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice at Campus Kilpatrick in Malibu.

When it comes to wildfires, the safest area to live locally in the near future may be near Las Virgenes Road. Up to 50 young people at a time are expected to be living and training there to join the fire service later this year.

The vacancy of retails, concerns of speeding, and lack of initiative of the Coastal Commission were some of the main topics highlighted during the Malibu Business Roundtable meeting on Friday, March.