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 gr…
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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 want more trees, more nature, and a recovery that restores the living landscape around us. This is the sister article to that one. What lives above also lives be
By Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Council ·
Driving Change: The other side of the table
Fourteen years. More than 1,300 students, all of them children from under-resourced families who cou…
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 tha…
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 …
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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 ·
When Malibu speaks with one voice
By Salwa Wahba, Co-Chair of the Malibu Rebuild Task Force There are moments that remind us why we chose to live in Malibu. Sometimes it's…
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Burt's Eye View: San Marino
If you read my column last week, and if you did not, shame on you, then you will recall that I wrote about Spain’s soccer team's not singing…
Burt Ross ·
Malibu residents push for safety as 5G installations expand across the city
By Lonnie Gordon, Opinion Column Malibu residents were encouraged on July 13 when the City Council approved the first portion of what many…
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Opinion: Malibu or Las Vegas? Is the city selling its soul for motel tax revenue?
By Jo Drummond, Opinion Columnist At the last City Council meeting, Malibu approved something unprecedented: selling its soul for higher re…
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Burt's Eye View: Singing at the World Cup
We all experience things differently. My best guess is that those of you who watched the World Cup did so because you wanted to see soccer …
Burt Ross ·
A Malibu permit in 23 days — and the 18 months before it
By Arno Koch, Malibu Rebuild Task Force Malibu is arguably one of the most difficult municipalities to get a building permit. People are sc…
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Driving Change: Bringing driver's education back to school
Start with the concession, because it is the honest place to begin. In the early 1980s, the skeptics were right. A federally funded study i…
Michel Shane ·
Burt's Eye View: My ordering food
For reasons I don’t begin to comprehend, I have massive difficulty when it comes to ordering food. It seems like this pattern started way ba…
Burt Ross ·
Malibu should not price residents out of their own view protections
Malibu’s View Preservation Ordinance was adopted in 2012 for a simple and important reason: to protect residents’ established ocean views an…
By Jo Drummond, Co-Founder, Malibu Rebuild Task Force ·
Driving Change: Manifesto for the next 50 miles
We built a cathedral out of words. Twenty-one miles of coastline, rising into something a future narrator could stand inside, our own Blue H…
Michel Shane ·
Burt's Eye View: 250 years and counting
Our great country has now survived and flourished for a quarter of a millennium. This experiment in democracy is well worth celebrating with…
Burt Ross ·
Sewer on PCH: Updates and crucial next steps
By Danny Smith, Malibu Rebuild Task Force One of the key drivers of recovery for beachfront homes affected by the Palisades Fire is the po…
By Danny Smith, Malibu Rebuild Task Force ·
Telecommunications on SCE Poles: Why We Don’t Always Bury the Entire Pole
By Haylynn Conrad, Malibu City Councilmember Understanding pole ownership, regulation, safety concerns, and the path toward total undergrou…
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