Opinion: Election Season 2026
Election Day will mark twenty-two months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires forever reshaped the li…
Wade Major, Malibu Rebuild Task Force ·
Opinion
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Driving Change: Who Sets the Speed Limit
The most important feature at Elon Musk's car launch two weeks ago was a robot. An Optimus humanoid sat behind the wheel of the new Tesla Roadster, posed for show, while the car ran a routine its engineers had programmed. No human was needed. I doubt one would have enjoyed the ride. The show took pl
By Michel Shane·
Letter to the Editor: When Malibu parents fought the school district over toxic classrooms, Oscar de la Torre was always our side.
Dear Editor, In 2013, teachers and students at Malibu High School started getting sick, and parents…
Letter to the Editor ·
Letter to the Editor: The new wildfire camera in Corral Canyon
Dear Malibu Times team, I read your story on the new AI-powered camera in Corral Canyon and how it s…
Letter to the Editor ·
Driving Change: What the cameras didn't count. Malibu counted the dead. I counted the promises.
In the weeks after the crash, volunteers from Fix PCH laid four white tires beside Pacific Coast Highway near Webb Way, one for each Pepperd…
Michel Shane ·
Letter to the Editor: Thank you!
Dear Editor, I don’t live in Malibu, but I’ve been reading The Malibu Times for years. Every Thursday, I have a ritual: I go hiking off PCH,…
Letter to the Editor ·
A historic moment for Malibu’s families
We must celebrate this moment in Malibu’s history. The City Council’s vote to move forward with two regulation-size soccer fields at the Iok…
By Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Councilmember ·
Driving Change: Show me the bodies first
Joshua Farmer was crossing Pacific Coast Highway in the dark at Winding Way one night in February. A car hit him, and he died. The driver wa…
Michel Shane ·
Column: CCC and the Big Rock landswap
The Coastal Act was ratified into law in 1976. I can count, on one hand, the amount of times the Coastal Commission appears to have helped …
By Darren Graves, Malibu Rebuild Task Force Chair ·
Column: Malibu marks new milestones in rebuilding after the Palisades Fire
Malibu has reached two meaningful milestones in our recovery from the Palisades Fire: the issuance of our 100th rebuilding permit and the fi…
Yolanda Bundy, Community Development Director, City of Malibu ·
From the Family Seat: Six Days
Six days. The four families were six days from jury selection. Suits chosen, work arranged, three years of waiting pointed at one morning. O…
Michel Shane ·
Opinion: Big Rock is rebuilding — and building back stronger
The Palisades Fire devastated Big Rock, destroying 75% of our neighborhood and displacing families from homes, neighbors, and a community ma…
By Colin Drummond, Big Rock resident, Malibu Brigade member ·
Malibu Pier and Adamson House cannot wait for another storm
Malibu Pier and the Adamson House are more than a landmark. It is part of California’s history, an important part of our local economy, and …
Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Council ·
Rebuilding Malibu must include the ocean
Just a few issues ago, I wrote about why Malibu should become a Tree City USA community. The response was overwhelmingly positive. People wa…
Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Council ·
Opinion: Malibu is still paradise. Now we need leaders who will fight to bring it back
By Scott Dittrich and Lea Johnson, Malibu Rebuild Task Force A few weeks ago, at our church home group, someone mentioned that a friend was…
Opinion Column ·
Driving Change: The other side of the table
Fourteen years. More than 1,300 students, all of them children from under-resourced families who could never have afforded this kind of help…
Michel Shane ·
Opinion: From your phone to the data center: The hidden journey of your digital life
Everything your phone does eventually ends up in a data center, and this series will explain how that process works. We’re going to follow t…
Lonnie Gordon, Opinion Columnist ·
Burt's Eye View: Bittersweet
I just returned from the Adirondacks in upstate New York, where family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of my brother Phil, who di…
Burt Ross ·
Growing Malibu back: Why we should become a Tree City USA community
By Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Councilmember As Malibu continues to recover from the Palisades Fire, we have an opportunity to think not …
Opinion Columnist ·
The trial I already lived: Watching the Bohm case from the family seat
By Michel Shane, Opinion Column On Sept. 8, in a Van Nuys courtroom, the People of the State of California will finally put Fraser Michael…
Michel Shane ·