The Malibu Times, City Hall close for holiday
The Malibu Times building will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. Also on Monday, City Hall will be closed.
Annual beach barbecue comes to Malibu Road
The Malibu Road Association will host its annual Malibu Road Beach Party on Sept. 10 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Field of Dreams Beach, located at 24712 Malibu Road. The dinner will be gourmet barbecue picnic and includes wines, beers and soft drinks. There will be games for kids, a silent auction and a raffle.
The cost of the event is $40 for adults and $20 for children. There is no charge for children under 6. For questions or to make a reservation, call 317.1040.
New members appointed to SMC bond committee
The Santa Monica College Board of Trustees has appointed four new members and reappointed another to the college’s Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee. The 10-member committee oversees the implementation of Measures U and S, the 2002 and 2004 bond measures that are funding capital improvement projects at the college.
Appointed to two-year terms were Malibu Democratic Club President Ralph Erickson and Santa Monica residents Belinda Phillips, Sylvia Rose and Lorraine Sanchez. Reappointed to a two-year term was Clarence Chapman.
Santa Monica Mountains superintendent wins national award
The National Park Service recently named Woody Smeck, superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural Recreation Area, the Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Stewardship.
According to the award statement, “[Smeck] has provided outstanding leadership and support for effective natural resource stewardship by embracing scientific inquiry, linking data and science to management decision-making, and promoting resource stewardship broadly among partner agencies and organizations at the park and the Mediterranean Coast Network.”
Horse slaughter ban up for House vote
A Sept. 7 vote has been scheduled for the U.S. House of Representatives on HR 503, a bill that would ban the killing of horses at slaughterhouses and prohibit exporting the animals to other countries for the purpose of slaughter. There are three equine slaughterhouses in the United States; two are located in Texas and one is in Illinois. All three are foreign owned and ship the horsemeat to other countries for human consumption. Horsemeat is not commonly eaten in the United States.
Malibu’s representative in the House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, is on record supporting HR 503.
-Jonathan Friedman