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ELECTION 2020
Nine eye three seats on
Malibu City Council
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Voters could be asked to
fill three seats from a field
that includes one incumbent
in November’s Malibu City
Council election.
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With the lone Malibu City
Council member able to seek
another term pulling papers
for the Nov. 3 race, the filing
period for those eyeing one
of three seats up for grabs is
Friday.
As of late last week, nine
people had pulled papers,
including incumbent Rick
Mullen, according to Heather
Glaser, city clerk.
None has qualified for the
ballot.
Mullen, a captain with the
Los Angeles County Fire
Department, was first elected
in November 2016. His
deciding to make another
run moved the filing deadline
up from Aug. 12.
The others indicating their
intentions to run are: Paul
Grisanti, real estate; Andy
Lyon, real estate; Alia Ollikainen,
artist; Bruce Silverstein,
attorney; Lance Simmens,
writer; Doug Stewart,
finance and a Malibu Public
Safety Commission member;
Regina Voarino, enterprise
sales and business
development; and Mark
Wetton, real estate and financial
services.
Two other members of the
council, Skylar Peak and Jefferson
Wagner, are termed
out and can’t seek reelection.
More election information
is available online at
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POLICE REPORTS
A baby stroller is not a safe-deposit box
MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,
Staff Reporter
July 29
• A $400 jackhammer, a $300
fan, a $200 weedwacker and
a $200 vacuum were among
the items stolen from a residence
on Blue Dane Lane.
The alleged victim stated
that around noon, he noticed
his tools were missing from
inside the residence. Security
camera footage showed an
unknown male enter through
an opening above the front
door and exit with the stolen
items
• A burglary was reported at
a residence on Pacific Coast
Highway. At about 4 a.m., a
resident said she was sleeping
upstairs and heard movement
downstairs. Looking
out a window, she saw a
black vehicle parked next to
the house. When she went
downstairs, she saw a male
run from the side of the house
to the vehicle, which sped
off. The resident found the
laundry room ransacked and
a knife on the floor, but does
not believe anything was
taken. The resident was able
to get a photo of the suspect’s
vehicle, and the knife was
booked as evidence.
• Sheriff’s deputies arrived at
an audible alarm call at 4 a.m.
at Lululemon, 3880 Cross
Creek Road, and noticed the
side door was slightly open
and the window next to the
door was smashed. They believe
that the unknown suspects
were inside the store between
July 28-29 and exited
through the side door.
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July 28
• A $5,000 Cartier diamond
ring and a $1,000 Michael
Kors purse were among the
items reportedly stolen from
a vehicle at trailhead parking
on Solstice Canyon Road.
The alleged victim stated
she went hiking at about 5
p.m. and when she returned
at 6:15 p.m., her purse was
missing from her friend’s car,
which she believes was left
unlocked.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Malibu
Surfside News police reports
are compiled from official records
on file at the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department
Malibu/Lost Hills Station.
Anyone listed in these reports
is considered innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
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Info kiosks, sirens part of Malibu’s
emergency preparedness plan
The Woolsey Fire
fresh on their
minds, officials
putting safety first
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Magnetic vehicle placards, emergency lights and handheld
loudspeakers like those used in a drill shown here are among
the gear Malibu city officials can use to share information with
residents when the power goes out and phone infrastructure
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A $60,000 study on a system
of neighborhood outdoor
warning sirens was set
to get a first airing before
the Malibu Public Safety
Commission on Aug. 5.
City officials call the
study “the first step in moving
forward with an outdoor
emergency siren system.”
According to information
provided by the city, an
outdoor warning system —
similar to air raid sirens of
days gone by — is intended
to improve emergency
communications during disasters
such as wildfires or
floods when cellphone and
traditional phones may not
be working. This could be a
result of power being out or
damage to telecommunications
infrastructure.
Mayor Mikke Pierson
cited the 2018 Woolsey Fire
as one such emergency.
“The size and ferocity of
the Woolsey Fire and other
California mega-wildfires
was a game-changer, and
we are working to address
the vulnerabilities that they
revealed,” he said.
Malibu’s proposed system
is part of the city’s
disaster preparedness efforts;
specifically, part of
the Zero Power Plan “to
increase emergency communication
capabilities
during widespread power
and phone service outages
that may occur during high
wind, disasters” or when
Southern California Edison
shuts off the power for public
safety reasons.
City officials note the
Woolsey Fire damaged cellphone,
landline, electricity
and internet infrastructure,
“creating a virtual communications
blackout in the
entire city of Malibu.”
This increased the danger
of the fire, and hindered
emergency communications
and evacuations.
The city responded by
developing the Zero Power
Plan, which includes the
proposed siren system,
along with emergency supplies
and information stations
“that can be set up
along the 21-mile length of
the city at gathering places
such as shopping centers.”
These stations would be
staffed by volunteers with
the Community Emergency
Response Team and would
feature kiosks or “sandwich
boards” with printed emergency
information that can
be updated as needed.
This way, even if their
phones don’t work, residents
can keep up with
emergency information.
During the Thomas Fire in
late 2017 and the subsequent
flooding in January 2018,
emergency personnel in
parts of Ventura County and
in unincorporated Montecito,
in Santa Barbara County,
used similar means to provide
daily fire maps, evacuation
zone updates, sandbag
distribution centers and other
helpful information.
The city of Malibu has
also purchased megaphones,
flashing light bars
and emergency vehicle ID
placards so that city staff
and volunteers can pitch in
when power and communications
go out.
Several drills have already
been conducted.
The siren sound study included
analysis “to examine
the feasibility of the project,
analyze the effectiveness of
different system types, and
consider potential locations
and the number of outdoor
sirens needed,” according
to spokesperson Matt Myerhoff.
Calistoga, Sonoma and
Mill Valley are reportedly
among cities pursuing a siren
system after the deadly
wildfires in Northern California.
Officials here hope the
federal government will
provide a grant to help offset
the cost of the system.

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Malibu’s skate park plans go off the rails
COVID-19, rebel side of
skateboarding got the
best of the new park
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Intended to be an example of
successful recreation policy during
a pandemic, Malibu’s experiment
with opening a skate park while
everything around it was closing
reinforced the narrative that things
are getting back to normal too soon.
The temporary park, located
on the Crummer/Case property
adjacent to Malibu Bluffs Park,
opened July 3, just as every beach
(and beach parking space) in Malibu
was shut down, businesses
struggled to make ends meet under
ever-changing open and close
orders, while people who use local
hiking trails were told again
and again that, yes, social distancing
and face-covering rules
apply even in the great outdoors.
All of this was enacted to curb
the spread of COVID-19, which,
up to that point, had upended life
as we know it, and claimed the
lives of two in Malibu, while the
number of confirmed cases in the
city of nearly 13,000 was around
50. (It has since topped 70.)
Still, leading up to the Fourth
of July weekend, as beaches,
parking lots and parking spaces
along PCH were closed to curb
the spread and to discourage illegal
fireworks, Malibu City Manager
Reva Feldman insisted that
Bluffs Park would remain open
over the holiday.
Questions about the virus possibly
suspending the planned opening
of the skate park were put to
rest by Feldman, and the facility
opened to eager skaters on July 3,
albeit with limited capacity, based
on pandemic protocols: Only 12
skaters per session, six walk-ins
and six by reservation; sessions
last 55 minutes; face coverings
required when not skating; physical
distancing of 6 feet required.
In addition, no visitors allowed.
“It’s better than I can ever
imagine,” skateboarder Finn
Murphy told Malibu Surfside
News on opening day. “They did
a great job designing it.”
“Thank you so much for everyone
who helped out, and all the
kids.”
Added skater Axel Polito: “I
like riding the park because it has
two segments: a beginner segment
and intermediate segment.”
But did the park open too soon?
At 7:15 p.m. July 11, essentially
a week after it opened, the city
announced via Twitter that Bluffs
Park and the skate park “will temporarily
close effective immediately”
to “protect the health and
safety of visitors and city staff.”
Other than citing “the current
COVID-19 conditions,” the announcement
included no specifics.
Feldman would later share
some details with Surfside.
“Visitors have not been complying
with the COVID-19 regulations
… Skaters are not following
the limit of people allowed in the
skate park (12 max) and are not
leaving when asked by city staff.”
“Parents are refusing to wear
masks and continue to congregate,”
she added.
Explaining the Bluffs Park closure,
Feldman said, “We keep getting
large groups of people playing
sports on the fields.” This, she
added, resulted in numerous daily
calls to the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department to try to enforce
the rules.
Meanwhile, the city opened
another recreation facility — the
community pool at Malibu High
School — the very day the skate
park closed.
A crew from Upland-based California Skateparks assembled Malibu’s
temporary skate park in early June. SCOTT STEEPLETON/SURFSIDE NEWS
Feldman’s sentiments were
echoed by city Parks and Recreation
Commission member Joshua
Spiegel who, responding to our
July 11 tweet about parks’ closures,
said of the skate park: “It closed because
many people did not respect
the rules of the pandemic.”
“I’d say I’m bummed but not
surprised.”
Spiegel added that he’s been
“begging” parents to counsel
their kids on the importance of
following the rules.
It’s unclear when the skate park,
no doubt a popular recreation facility,
and a sign of what’s to come
when the permanent site opens
nearby in the future, will reopen.
Surfside asked Feldman to
share what criteria is being used
to determine how and when skaters
can return. Is it guidance from
the county? The City Council?
Is it, perhaps, just Feldman’s gut
telling her the time is right? Or,
does someone else make the call?
She wouldn’t say.
“We will be providing an update
on this,” Feldman said in
an email, “on the August 10 City
Council meeting agenda.”
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Bridge at Trancas Canyon Creek and PCH set for upgrade
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
A longer, wider, modern
bridge on Pacific Coast
Highway over Trancas
Creek is moving along.
In mid July, Caltrans and
the city of Malibu laid out
plans for the $12.5 million
structure, a project that entails
demolition of the existing
85-foot-wide, 90-footlong
concrete span built in
1927, and replacing it with
a concrete bridge 105 feet
wide and 240 feet long.
The new bridge will
include two 12-foot traffic
lanes, a bike lane and
10-foot shoulders in each
direction. Northbound and
southbound traffic would be
separated by a 6-foot striped
median.
The two-year construction
work could begin in
February 2021.
At the same time, the city
is proposing adding a turn
pocket on northbound PCH
at Trancas Canyon Road. It
would be 430 feet wide and
also allow access to Trancas
Country Market shopping
center.
That project would be
funded by Measure R Highway
Operational Improvements.
In effect since July 2009,
Measure R is a half-cent
sales tax in Los Angeles
County to help finance new
transportation projects and
programs, and accelerate
those underway.
Fifteen percent of expenditures
is for local city sponsored
improvements.
Funding from Measure R
is intended for synchronizing
traffic signals, providing
clean-fuel buses and expanding
subway/Metrolink/
bus service, among other
thins.
Measure R also includes
dedicating millions of dollars
for community traffic
relief.
Changes coming to the Trancas Creek area include a longer,
wider, modern bridge on Pacific Coast Highway and a
dedicated northbound turn lane from PCH to Trancas Country
Market and Trancas Canyon Road. SCOTT STEEPLETON/
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Malibu Planning Commission
adds teeth to short-term rental rules
Recommendations
include revoking
permits for
recalcitrant owners
MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,
Staff Reporter
The Malibu Planning
Commission unanimously
agreed to send a controversial
short-term rental
ordinance back to the City
Council, but not before
adding recommendations
such as revoking permits
for recalcitrant owners.
During a special meeting
July 29 via Zoom, the
five-member commission
reviewed proposed amendments
to the short-term
rental ordinance, which is
modeled after Santa Monica’s
home-sharing and
vacation-rental ordinance
allowing eligible residents
to “share” for fewer than
30 days their primary residence,
if the property owner
or an agent stays on the
property while it is being
rented.
Back in December, the
council first decided to bypass
approving an interim
short-term rental ordinance,
referred to as a zoning text
amendment, to focus on
a Local Coastal Program
amendment, a legal requirement
for changing the intensity
of use of properties in
the coastal zone.
The coastal program process
can be long, first having
to go to the Planning
Commission, then back to
the council for approval.
Eventually it would also
have to be certified by the
California Coastal Commission,
a process that city
officials said could take
more than a year.
However, in June, the
council decided to fasttrack
the process by considering
the ZTA at its Aug. 10
meeting, while also sending
the coastal program process
back to the Planning Commission.
At the July 29 meeting on
the 29th, both commissioners
and speakers noted that
the LCP doesn’t even mention
short-term rentals, so it
really doesn’t need Coastal
Commission approval. The
Planning Commission ultimately
agreed to bypass
making recommendations
to the LCP, and left the decision
to pursue the matter
further with the council.
The council has already
identified certain provisions
for inclusion in an
ordinance that address conditions
unique to Malibu,
most notably for hosting
requirements and multifamily
short-term rentals.
The council directed that
the ordinance requires the
host to live on-site during
the rental, but the ordinance
need not require that the
host live within the rented
dwelling unit. Regarding
multi-family short-term
rentals, the council directed
that up to two dwelling
units in a multi-family
building can be rented on a
short-term basis without a
host provided that the other
units are rented on a longterm
basis.
Owners of rental properties
must be primary residents
and require applicants
to show proof of primary
residency. It allows two units
in a multi-family building to
be rented without a host, and
prohibits off-site parking except
in rare instances where
on-site space is limited.
Assistant City Attorney
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Trevor Rusin explained that
since there is no prohibition
right now, the city can’t legally
shut down short-term
rental operators but can cite
them for noise and other
specific violations.
“There will be a significant
difference when an
ordinance comes through,”
he said.
Planning Director Bonnie
Blue added that the ordinance
also puts in place
a whole new regulatory
scheme that the city doesn’t
have, including that people
who are going to do shortterm
rentals will have to
get a permit that needs to
be renewed annually. Permits
can also get denied
and revoked, and fines
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DAYS AGO
in Malibu dies of COVID-19
BARBARA BURKE, Staff Reporter
A fixture on the Malibu restaurant
scene has died from CO-
VID-19, according to his family.
For a quarter-century, Francisco
Garcia Perez — known
around town as Don Francisco
— worked at various eateries,
including Casa Escobar, Allegria,
Marmalade and Sunset
Restaurant, and for 16 years at
Coral Beach Cantina and its
adjacent restaurant, Zooma Sushi,
according to his nephew,
Neymar Garcia, who spoke to
Malibu Surfside News Aug. 1
with help from translator and
co-worker Alex Aspron.
Most recently, Garcia Perez
worked at Nicolas Eatery and V’s
Restaurant.
According to Neymar, a day after
management at Nicolas Eatery
told Perez Garcia to go home because
he was ill, he was admitted
to Good Samaritan Hospital in
Los Angeles.
The next day, according to Neymar,
“he could not hardly breathe
and was immediately placed on a
ventilator.”
That was in May.
“The doctors did a tracheotomy
and tried to save him, but he died
of COVID-19 on July 20.”
Aspron, who worked at Zooma
Sushi as a hostess for years alongside
Perez Garcia, remembers
how hard-working he was and
how he was a team player, helping
coworkers in every way.
“He could fill most any position
at the restaurants and he always
had a smile and was a gentle
soul,” Aspron said. “He worked
six long days a week at Zooma
Sushi for years and years. He was
always working so hard.”
Nicolas Fanucci, proprietor
of Nicolas Restaurant, told Surfside
he sent Perez Garcia home
because he was not feeling well
one evening right after Mother’s
Day. “And I immediately called
our doctor to inform him of his
illness.”
“All of our employees were
tested for COVID-19 and all
the results were negative,” said
Fanucci. “We, of course, did a
thorough deep cleaning as we do
four times a week to prevent CO-
VID-19.”
Fanucci said he is extremely
saddened by the loss of Perez
Garcia, who he understood had
some health issues.
“He was an amazing man and
always working very hard and V
(owner Vassil Pertchinkov) and I
spoke when he got sick,” Fanucci
said. “Francisco was introduced
to me by one of the persons at V’s
because he was incredible … we
will miss him very much.”
Perez Garcia is survived by 11
children and many extended family
members, both in Los Angeles
and in his native Guatemala. Private
services were held July 25.
Service announcement for
Francisco Garcia Perez, aka Don
Francisco. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,
Staff Reporter
It may be some time before
in-person public meetings
can resume as the pandemic
continues, so what
can city officials do to make
the Zoom video conference
experience go smoother?
That topic was discussed
during the Malibu Planning
Commission meeting Aug.
3 — held via Zoom.
Saying the platform has
become the “new normal”
and not just a “stop-gap
measure,” Malibu resident
Kraig Hill suggested during
public comment that
the city should look into
ways that speakers can donate
their minutes to other
speakers, and find ways to
call on experts if clarification
is needed on issues.
Using the “raised hand”
function on Zoom, or having
speakers vetted at the
beginning of meetings, were
among the suggestions.
Planning Commissioner
Chris Marx said there was
actually a lot of confusion
during the Planning Commission’s
recent special
meeting on short-term rentals.
He said people dialing
in to speak just couldn’t
get connected and a good
portion of valuable public
comment got blocked
because of technical problems.
“The parallel in city
hall would be if your car
broke down on the way
to city hall, you are kind
of screwed,” he said. “So,
those that don’t have a
working computer are also
screwed, or can we somehow
get a better way to
manage those that have to
dial in?”
Having test-runs prior to
the meeting was also suggested
by Marx.
Planning Chair Jeff Jennings
said consideration for
donating time must be done
fairly for both sides.
Jennings added that he
has heard from applicants
and their representatives
that they are not happy
with the way meetings are
being held, but also said it’s
a “learning process.”
Planning Vice Chair
John Mazza said the recent
short-term rental special
meeting showed the commission
can actually handle
any matter now on Zoom.
“I think we ought to consider
not restricting what
we hear from now on,”
Mazza said. “I think we
had enough time to get (the
process) down to where we
can hold a real meeting (on
any matter).”
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
UPDATE
An agenda is now online
for the interim short-term
rental ordinance that the
Malibu City Council will
consider on Monday.
The interim ordinance,
which would amend the
municipal code zoning
provisions, is the first step
toward new permitting and
regulations for short-term
rentals in the city.
The agenda is available
through the Agenda Center
at https://www.malibucity.
org.
The interim ordinance is
one of two efforts regarding
short-term rentals in the
city and would be in place
while a permanent ordinance
is established.
The Planning Commission
made several recommendations,
and the permanent
ordinance is scheduled
to go in front of the council
in September.
If approved on Monday,
the interim ordinance will
return to council on Aug.
24 for second reading and
final approval.
According to the staff report,
the proposed interim
ordinance provides for a
new short-term rental permit
system with stricter requirements
for non-primary
resident permits and multifamily
permits. It also adds
new regulations to address
nuisance and other issues,
and establishes significant
penalties for violations.
The permanent measure
is similar to Santa Monica’s
“home-share” ordinance requiring
an on-site host during
the rental, but Malibu’s
ordinance doesn’t require the
person to be within the same
dwelling unit as the renters.

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California
Wildlife Center
First year won’t be the same
for university students
Online classes, lack of
social events a challenging
way to start college
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Having suffered injuries to its legs and an eyelid, this mule
deer fawn was in bad shape. But after medications and
rehydration, it is on the mend and could be back in the wild in
October. SUBMITTED PHOTO/HEATHER PATRICE BROWN
CWC’S patient of
the week: Injured
mule deer fawn
HEATHER PATRICE BROWN
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER
On July 21, California
Wildlife Center received a
mule deer fawn from Santa
Clarita. It was lethargic and
had wounds on its legs and
eyelid. Staff immediately
administered pain medications
and antibiotics and
treated his wounds topically.
Luckily his abrasions
were superficial and did
not require sutures. Technicians
also gave the patient
subcutaneous fluids
to combat his dehydration.
At this stage, the fawn’s
prognosis was guarded, and
staff was concerned about
his ability to recover.
The day following his arrival,
the fawn still had low
energy and hadn’t eaten
anything. Staff tried handfeeding
the deer wild grape
leaves, a snack they usually
enjoy, but without success.
Fortunately, a day later, his
appetite and energy improved
thanks to effective
medications and rehydration.
He was soon standing and
would try to head-butt staff
when they approached. It
is reassuring for us to see
aggression in wild patients
because it means they have
retained a healthy fear of
humans.
Four days after his arrival,
the fawn was introduced
to the other five deer in
care. He had made a quick
recovery and his prognosis
is now listed as good.
He will be released with
the other fawns in October.
California Wildlife Center is
a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides
medical and rehabilitative
care to more than 4,300
sick, injured, and orphaned
native California animals
every year.
Alexis Thomas was hoping to join
a student club or go out for a sports
team when she starts college. But the
17-year-old from Malibu realizes the
pandemic — which has led to distance
learning, a dearth of athletic
opportunities and little in the way of
meaningful social interaction — has
changed all that.
Like others who graduated from
high school this year and were looking
forward to university life, Alexis,
who will be studying hospitality and
tourism management at California
Lutheran University in Thousand
Oaks, is rethinking what “going off to
college” is all about.
“Distance learning is a bit more
challenging for me because I naturally
work harder in a classroom setting
than somewhere else, like home,”
the Malibu High School graduate told
Malibu Surfside News. “Also, I am
more motivated and less likely to be
distracted being in a classroom than
doing school virtually.”
Pre-pandemic, Alexis said she
would have been “thrilled to have
been able to do all my school work
at home. But going through it now
has changed my opinion. I’ll definitely
miss being in a classroom with
a teacher and classmates, as well as
being able to sit in a different location
for each class.”
“Virtual learning can be difficult for
me,” she added, “because it is sometimes
hard for me to sit in one place
over a long period of time.”
While looking forward to joining
a club or a sports team, Alexis now
realizes “the college experience I
dreamed of will probably be different
than I was expecting.”
Jibriel Taha, an 18-year-old graduate of
Malibu High School, will be attending
Stanford University in the fall, studying
economics and political science.
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Another member of the MHS class
of 2020, Jibriel Taha, one of the 14
valedictorians, said distance learning
is neither as effective nor enjoyable as
in-person learning, “but circumstances
make it necessary, so I’m trying to
make the best of it.”
The 18-year-old will be attending
Stanford University, studying economics
and political science.
“Although there will probably be
fewer activities, I’m hoping there will
be enough to get a good college experience,”
he said.
“Because many of the activities
will take place virtually, it will be
more difficult to determine whether
the activity is a good fit and something
I would like to pursue further,”
he added.
Taha said he’d much rather be in a
physical classroom with a professor
and other students.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to get
back to that soon.”
Malibu High Principal Patrick
Miller told Surfside, “Similar to our
(grade) 9-12 students, we know that
the freshman experience for our graduates
in the class of 2020 will be different
as well, regardless of their college/university
choice. Like our grade
Because of the pandemic, said Malibu
High 2020 graduate Alexis Thomas,
17, “the college experience I dreamed
of will probably be different than I was
expecting.” SUBMITTED PHOTO
9-12 students, they will miss out on
many of the aspects of school beyond
the strict academics.”
Miller likes to say that no matter
the grade a student is in, 90 percent of
schooling is social.
“People think I’m crazy when I say
that, but in meaningful learning … the
academic and social development are
intertwined,” he said. “At a time of
social/physical distancing, it’s hard to
do that hands-on, mind’s-on learning
that is part of our school and part of
the college experience.”
“I would encourage all of our graduates
to stay focused on their goals
and to press forward with a positive
attitude, finding ways to apply themselves,”
he added. “They should look
for ways to develop that independence
that is part of the college experience,
not rely too much on Mom’s laundry
service or cooking, regardless of how
their classes are being delivered.”
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NOT JUST EATS, AN EXPERIENCE
For some,
the Old Place is
the best place
for steaks,
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and Patrick Horan
provided the
illustrations for
Ellen Shane’s
children’s book
“Emily’s Gift:
The True Story
of Sherlock
and Jackson.”
SUBMITTED PHOTO/
KP PUBLISHING
Ellen Shane with
then 9-year-old
daughter, Emily,
who in April 2010
at just 13 was
run down and
killed by a crazed
driver on Pacific
Coast Highway.
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Malibu’s Ellen Shane
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a children’s book
dedicated to a daughter
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Old Place: Not just eats, an experience
Owner Morgan
Runyon making
sure customers are
safe, satisfied
BARBARA BURKE,
Staff Reporter
“You are not in the mountains
- the mountains are in
you.” - John Muir
That inscription on a
sign nestled among the tall
trees in the patio area between
the Old Place and
the Cornell Winery & Tasting
Room sets the tone for a
lovely outdoor dining experience
that is perfect during
COVID-19 times.
The Old Place, originally
a general store and post office
that opened in the early
20th century, now a saloon
and steak house, has served
as the set for many a movie
and television show, as a
favorite haunt for many a
celebrity and as a favorite
steak place for many a local.
Today, the Old Place continues
to be an iconic venue
where Hollywood meets the
Old West, but also where
bikers meet cyclists, and
families and friends meet
and enjoy eating out in one
of its open-air booths.
An old truck has been
converted into a coffee
shop in the back, and if
you’re in the mood for libations,
next door the Cornell
Winery offers a tasting
room celebrating wines
sourced from Monterey to
Santa Clarita to Los Angeles
and provides a lovely
outdoor sitting area to take
in the views of the beautiful
trees and lush foliage.
“It’s very peaceful here,”
Lyssa Hurvitz said as she
and Anna Petrelli enjoyed
glasses of wine. “It’s really
nice to be able to leave the
house and enjoy drinks outside.”
For eats, the Old Place
is known for steaks grilled
over a local red oak fire,
served with all the fixings.
Try the 12-ounce Old Place
cut sirloin ($31), cooked to
perfection and served with
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THE OLD PLACE
29983 Mulholland
Highway, Agoura Hills
Hours
3-7:30 p.m. Thursday;
noon-7:30 p.m. Friday;
10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday;
closed Monday-
Wednesday
Phone: (818) 706-9001
Email:
oldplacecornellrez@
gmail.com
On the web:
oldplacecornell.com
a side salad and a loaded
baked potato. For a heartier
appetite, the 18-ounce ribeye
($46) satisfies even the
most hungry customer. Add
on thick crust sourdough
bread and butter for $4.50
a Caesar salad — with tasty
Old Place sourdough croutons
— for $16; .
Non-meat-eaters can also
enjoy some terrific fare. Try
the oak-grilled portobello
mushroom sandwich ($18)
with roasted garlic, sage ash
aioli and caramelized onion,
served on sourdough bread
with a choice of potato wedges
or a mixed green salad.
“The portobello sandwich
is excellent,” said Emma
Goodwin as she sat on the
porch of the Old Place with
husband Matthew Goodwin.
“We came to support
(owner) Morgan (Runyon)
and the Old Place because
it’s a true Malibu icon.”
The Goodwins, who operate
Surfrider Hotel in Malibu,
fully understand that
locals must support locals.
As Emma spoke, Runyon
smiled with appreciation and
You won’t leave hungry and might just have enough for
another meal at home with the 12-ounce Old Place cut sirloin,
with salad and baked potato ($31).
SUBMITTED PHOTO/MAGGIE PEDERSEN
The breezeway at Cornell Winery is the perfect place to pick
up a lovely plant, enjoy a glass of wine and chill while your
food is being cooked at the steak house.
BARBARA BURKE/SURFSIDE NEWS
talked about the synergy between
locals and their businesses
and his energy spent
on expanding outdoor eating
areas on the property.
Runyon gave Malibu
Surfside News a tour of the
grounds.
“We’re making sure our
customers are safe, taking
every precaution, having
customers eat outside, wearing
masks and social distancing,”
Runyon said. “My next
project is to have a two-top
in a tree house bolted into a
eucalyptus tree.”
As your food is cooking,
venture over to the winery
and buy a glass or a bottle
or choose from a variety
of small craft California
beers. The small shop has
a variety of items from local
vendors and vintners.
A foray out into the garden
breezeway is not to be
missed because the carefully
curated merchandise features
beautiful succulents,
cactuses and other plants.
The Old Place affords
a space to enjoy the Santa
Monica Mountains and
some excellent fare as well
as indulge in communing
with nature, a respite in uncertain
times.

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Mother pens delightful tribute
to a daughter lost too soon
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DAYS AGO
BARBARA BURKE,
Staff Reporter
With her entire life before
her, Malibu’s Emily Rose
Shane, 13, was tragically
taken too soon at the hands
of a maniacally violent driver
on Pacific Coast Highway in
2010, leaving her parents, Ellen
and Michel, sisters Gerri
and Leigh, extended family,
friends and the Malibu community
devastated and distraught.
Emily’s motto, a lovely
tribute honoring her life recounted,
was: Dance, love,
sing, live. Emily also left behind
two dogs — Sherlock
and Jackson who, Ellen says,
“were true gifts as the family
came to grips with the senseless
loss.”
The dogs are the central
characters in a book by Ellen
Shane, “Emily’s Gift: The
True Story of Sherlock and
Jackson,” which was set for
release Aug. 4. The story in
its entirety came to Ellen in
a vivid dream two years after
Emily was killed.
“The dream was like a
message — I literally saw the
cover, turned the pages, read
it and closed it,” Ellen said,
noting that she immediately
woke up, turned toward the
still-slumbering Michel, and
exclaimed, “I have to write a
book!”
His surprised response:
“What are you talking
about?”
She was talking about
the beautifully illustrated
book that tells a tale about
how — with dogged determination
— Emily brought
two puppies into the Shane
household, which previously
had been petless, save for a
hairless guinea pig, the only
pet allowed because Michel
suffers from serious allergies.
The moral of the book: Do
not give up on your dreams,
keep believing, and one day,
they will come true.
“Animals have a way of
finding their way into our
hearts,” Ellen told Malibu
Surfside News. “The dogs
literally rescued us. We got
them in December and Emily
was killed in April. They
were still puppies when the
tragedy happened.”
With Gerri off to college
and Leigh about to leave,
Ellen noted, she and Michel
“would have been emptynesters.”
A hole left in a home
by Emily’s loss would have
made the tragedy even more
unbearable.
“But we had the puppies
to feed and they wanted to
play,” Ellen said. “We were
forced to go out on walks.
The dogs really brought so
much life into the house and
they were like a gift from
Emily. It was like almost on
some level, she left us with
these dogs. We wouldn’t have
had them except for her.”
Since the dream in 2012,
Ellen has steadfastly nurtured
The Emily Shane Foundation,
a nonprofit organization
offering the Successful
Educational Achievement
Program, which provides intensive
mentoring to middle
“Emily’s Gift:
The True Story of
Sherlock and Jackson”
by Ellen Shane
KP Publishing,
$36.95 (limited first
edition); $9.95 (e-book)
On the web: kp-pub.com
school students who, like
Emily did, struggle in a mainstream
classroom because of
processing challenges.
SEA hires university students
or recent college graduates
to mentor students in all
areas, including study skills,
turning frustration and poor
performance into academic
success. The need for such
support services has never
been greater, Ellen noted, referring
to local schools teaching
online during the pandemic.
However, fundraisers
to support SEA were canceled
in light of COVID-19.
With the book release at
kp-pub.com, Ellen is hoping
there is an increased awareness
of the work SEA does.
“More than 90 percent of
The idea for Ellen Shane’s children’s book “Emily’s Gift: The
True Story of Sherlock and Jackson,” came to the author in a
dream in 2012. SUBMITTED PHOTO/KP PUBLISHING
the kids in the SEA program
are kids of color and if one
looks at the online learning
situation, the need has never
been greater,” Ellen said. “I
am hoping that the awareness
the book raises will result in
increased support for our important
work.”
The road the Shanes have
traveled since Emily’s loss
has been difficult but inspiring.
“It’s been a long journey
to get ‘Emily’s Gift: The
True Story of Sherlock and
Jackson’ written and in the
proper format,” Ellen said.
“It is a passion project and
we are so fortunate that
Michel knew animators in
Canada who illustrated it. I
described what I saw in the
dream and what the cover
looked like to them and
they captured it so perfectly.
When I saw what they illustrated,
it was uncanny
and incredible that they captured
the vision I saw in the
dream.”
Ellen has started writing
the second book in the series
and she promises to continue
the stories about the dogs.
“I think that the message
in the book I just released
is to never give up,” Ellen
said. “When you have a
dream about something —
even when it seems impossible
— forge ahead and figure
out what to do and make
it work.”
FAITH BRIEFS
Malibu United Methodist Church (30128
Morning View Drive, 310-457-7505)
Livestream service
10:30 a.m. Sunday. Worship
via Zoom. To register
to join, go to malibuumc.
org.
Our Lady of Malibu Church (3625 Winter
Canyon Road, 310-456-2361)
Livestream Mass
8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday;
12:10 p.m. Monday
through Saturday (followed
by The Rosary).
Email frmatt@olmalibu.
org for the links and passwords
to join.
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church (28211
Pacific Coast Highway, 310-457-7966)
Livestream service
10 a.m. Sunday. To join
worship, go to facebook.
com/staidanmalibu/videos.
Malibu Pacific Church (3324 Malibu
Canyon Road, 310-456-1611)
4, 5, 6 Ministry
7 p.m. Thursday. For
more information, go to
malibupacific.church/456.
Livestream service
10:15 a.m. Sunday. Live
worship broadcast. Tune
in at malibupacific.church/
live.
Virtual prayer
To share a prayer request,
submit to Wendi.
To pray with a deacon,
contact Annie McRae or
(310) 310-4889.
Community Care Board
Anyone with a need can
visit the online community
care board: malibupacific.
church/board.
Virtual ministry gatherings
Individual ministries
will meet through their
devices through various
digital platforms
like Zoom and YouTube.
Each ministry leader will
contact members on how
to connect.
Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
(24855 PCH, 310-456-2178)
Livestream Friday Night
Services
6 p.m. Friday.
Shabbat Morning Service
9-10 a.m. Saturday.
Livestream Torah Study
10:15 a.m. Saturday, with
Rabbi Michael Schwartz.
For more information, go
to facebook.com/MJCS2020.
Waveside Church (6955 Fernhill Drive,
310-774-1927)
Sundays Live from the Barn
10:10 a.m. Sunday at
wavesidechurch.com/live.
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Dean Cain-produced anti-Semitism
documentary wins Daytime Emmy for directing
‘Hate Among Us’ is the
follow-up to a look at the
Armenian genocide
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Round two for the Television
Academy’s 47th annual Daytime
Emmy Awards was a winner for
Malibu actor-producer Dean Cain.
“Hate Among Us,” the Popstar!
TV documentary about the rise
in anti-Semitism that Cain coproduced
with talk-show host and
longtime friend Montel Williams,
won the award for Outstanding
Directing Special Class for David
McKenzie.
The award presented July 26
is given to a single original program,
with fiction, non-fiction,
music and variety events eligible.
“It’s wonderful for this film to
be recognized by the Television
Academy, and I really hope this
film can make a difference,” Cain
told Malibu Surfside News after
the win. “Please try and see the
film, and help us stop the hate.”
When the nominations were
announced, Cain, who turned 54
on July 31, sat down with Surfside
over coffee at Starbucks
in Malibu Colony Plaza to talk
about the movie, the atrocities
against Jews and Armenians, his
support of President Trump and
the danger of “cancel culture.”
For many, the longtime Malibuite
became a household name for
playing the Man of Steel opposite
Teri Hatcher on ABC’s “Lois &
Clark: The New Adventures of
Superman” in the early 1990s.
Others may know him from his
2005-07 turn as Casey Manning,
the millionaire who buys the
Montecito Resort and Casino on
NBC’s “Las Vegas.” Since 2014,
he’s hosted the magic show “Masters
of Illusion” on The CW. And
in one of several darker roles, the
never-married father of one portrays
Scott Peterson, the young
husband who is on death row for
murdering his wife and unborn
child, in Sony Pictures Television’s
“The Perfect Husband: The
Laci Peterson Story.”
While these credits and numerous
others have gained Cain lots
of attention — including perennial
feuds over who is “the best”
Superman — the 92-minute “Hate
Among Us” (hateamongus.com)
is his first to earn such high notice
from the Television Academy.
It was nominated for two
awards, including Outstanding
Special Class Special — a recognition
for the producer.
“The subject matter is tough,
especially during these times,”
Cain said. “I was extremely happy,
and really full of hope that, by
being nominated, a lot more eyeballs
would fall on to the project.
That serves our ultimate purpose
of educating.”
While another project took the
Outstanding Special Class Special,
those awards handed out earlier
last month, Cain admitted he
was “pretty giddy” just to get the
nominations.
“I immediately changed my
resume to Emmy-nominated producer.”
“Hate Among Us” — the follow-up
to Cain and Williams’
documentary “Architects of Denial:
Genocide Denied Is Genocide
Continued” on the Armenian
genocide — connects stories of
survivors of recent violent acts
of anti-Semitism to those of the
Holocaust. It includes interviews
with descendants of those murdered
by the Nazis as well as
those who survived but still met
their fate because of their faith.
“It’s the Holocaust repeating
itself,” said Cain.
The genesis of “Hate” began
with 2017’s “Architects of Deni-
Dean Cain’s documentary
“Hate Among Us” is available
at hateamongus.com.
SUBMITTED IMAGE/POPSTAR! TV
al,” which looks at the systematic
killing of 1 million Armenians by
the Turks of the Ottoman Empire
in 1915, a quarter century before
Hitler’s state-sponsored murder
of 6 million Jews.
“What we kept finding during
the discussions of that genocide
was that the denial of that genocide
allowed other genocides to
continue and to be perpetrated,”
said Cain. “The largest one, of
course, being the Holocaust. Adolf
Hitler, during one of his early
speeches — you know, trying to
get his base rallied — when he’s
talking about his Final Solution,
said, after all, who remembers
the Armenians? That’s just paraphrasing.
But that’s what it was.
Because nobody remembered
the Armenians. They were able
to get away with this atrocity by
just denying it.”
Whether it’s a Muslim extremist
killing someone over a drawing
of Muhammad, a Turk killing
an Armenian or Hitler’s extermination
of nearly two-thirds of
Europe’s Jewish population, it
all comes from one place and one
word, said Cain.
Hate.
“Having the kind of hate in
your heart toward a person or a
group of people that you want to
kill them, if you tried to explain
it to a rational person, they’d say
Real estate broker Hassen Masri (left) takes a break for morning coffee
and conversation with actor-producer Dean Cain at the Malibu Colony
Plaza. SCOTT STEEPLETON/SURFSIDE NEWS
that just couldn’t happen,” he
said. “But then we have example,
after example, after example of
exactly that taking place. The Armenian
genocide. The Holocaust.
And it goes on and on and on.”
Cain also called out journalists’
participation “cancel culture,”
where you say something that detractors
don’t like; they whip up
support, often through social media;
the mainstream media then
deems it a “story”; and the mob is
now calling for your firing, or for
advertisers to stop doing business
with you.
A recent example: the boycott
of Goya Foods, after CEO Robert
Unanue, appearing in the White
House Rose Garden as part of
Trump’s Hispanic Prosperity Initiative,
an executive order aimed
at improving Hispanic Americans’
access to educational and
economic opportunities, praised
the president. Not rattled in the
face of criticism, Unanue later
told Fox News the boycott was
“suppression of speech” and that
he was “not apologizing.”
Said Cain of cancel culture:
“That’s McCarthyism. It’s frightening.
It’s like, ‘Not only do you
have to agree with what I’m saying,’
but if you have an alternate
opinion, then you are vilified and
they want to cancel you. They
want to take away your livelihood.”
“That is the opposite of tolerance.
That is the opposite of freedom
of speech.”
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Golden Coast Conference
postpones water polo season
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UNIVERSITY, Ricky Davis
The Pepperdine men’s
water polo team will not
be able to defend its 2019
Golden Coast Conference
championship until 2021,
as the conference office announced
the postponement
of the season until at least
January because of the CO-
VID-19 pandemic.
“The pandemic has had a
major impact in the state of
California over the last few
weeks which has forced us
to make some tough decisions
in collegiate athletics,”
said Commissioner
Mike Daniels. “We are
hopeful this will enable us
to have a full season come
January.”
The move does not prohibit
teams from paractice
or other training opportunities
as allowed by state and
local guidelines, NCAA
guidelines and each individual
campus’ procedures.
“While this decision was
extremely difficult and will
be incredibly challenging
for our student-athletes,
coaches and administrators,
the GCC Men’s Water
Polo Executive Committee
focused on the importance
of the safety, health and
well-being of our campus
communities,” said Andy
Fee, GCC men’s water polo
executive committee chair
and Long Beach State director
of athletics.
“COVID-19 has challenged
each of us in ways
we could never have imagined,
and we are proud that
our student-athletes and
coaches are handling this
difficult time with resiliency
and determination.”
The Waves won the 2019
conference tournament and
reached the NCAA tournament
for the first time since
the 1997 championship
season, reaching the semifinal
round.
A revised schedule will
be released at a later date
after the NCAA solidifies
its plan for the national
championship.
Pepperdine tennis
contributes nine waves to
ITA scholar-athlete lists
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Nine members from both Pepperdine tennis
teams were recognized by the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association for their performances
in the classroom over the 2019-20
year, as both squads were also named ITA
All-Academic Teams.
From the women’s side, #1 Ashley Lahey
(senior; Hawthorne), #35 Jessica Failla
(graduate student; Ramona), #33 Anastasia
Iamachkine (sophomore; Lima, Peru), Astrid
Olsen (freshman; Hagan, Norway) and Lisa
Zaar (freshman; Stockholm, Sweden) earned
Scholar-Athlete status, averaging a 3.71
grade point between the five Waves as well
as a 3.51 GPA as a team.
Lahey is the sole returner to the list after
being named to the All-Academic list for the
fourth year in a row.
The #13 Waves women finished the 2020
spring season 8-4, going 6-3 against ranked
teams as #1 Lahey provided a show each
match, going 10-1 in the dual season.
On the men’s side, the ITA named Daniel
De Jonge (sophomore; Vlissingen, Netherlands),
Tim Zeitvogel (sophomore; Baden-
Baden, Germany), Pietro Fellin (freshman;
Milan, Italy) and Enrique Luque Rico (sophomore;
Cordoba, Spain) to the Scholar-Athlete
list, after averaging a 3.72 GPA between
the four as well as earning a 3.23 team GPA
Jessica Failla
SARAH OTTEMAN/PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
Anastasia Iamachkine
SARAH OTTEMAN/PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
garnering the All-Academic Team award.
The men also finished the season ranked
#19 as the last undefeated team (11-0) in the
country. They accomplished their best start to
a season since 2006, when the Waves won an
NCAA national championship.

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Dear Friends of Malibu Urgent Care,
My wife and I listened as the Malibu City Council awarded grants to Malibu
non-profit organizations. We heard that Friends of Malibu Urgent Care,
unfortunately, did not receive all that it was hoping to get, but were still one
of the lucky ones to receive a grant from the City.
My wife and I would like to supplement the $2,000 awarded by the City
with our own grant to Friends of Malibu Urgent Care for $8,000.
This is a tad less than our previous donations to Malibu Urgent Care, but we
wanted to bring you to the amount you originally requested from Malibu.
We hope that you will be able to further continue the important work you do
for all of us here in Malibu.
Barry and Diane Woods
To donate, please visit
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