Malibu Surfside News September 2020 Edition

2 | September 16, 2020 | MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS EDITORIAL
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Scott Steepleton
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FROM THE EDITOR
We’re online whenever
you need us
SCOTT STEEPLETON
scott@malibusurfsidenews.com
If you haven’t been
to our website lately,
you’ve missed a lot of
news.
For instance:
• The Malibu City
Council was looking
at fining you $50 for
going outside without
a mask.
• Eight people are running
for three seats on
the Malibu City Council.
(We let them tell
you why they deserve
your vote elsewhere in
these pages.)
• Malibu’s Bassett
twins, Sophie and
Josie, did some original
art for a pop-up
shoe gallery in Malibu
Village.
• The city wants to
know what amenities
you’d like to see at the
permanent skate park.
• Businesses in town
are getting a break
from some of the rules
regarding signs and
banners as a way of
helping them through
the pandemic.
• Daniella Hunter,
founder of grain-free
chip maker the Real
Coconut is opening
her second restaurant
— and the first in the
Malibu Surfside News
U.S. — right here in
Malibu, at The Park at
Cross Creek.
• Malibuite Paige
Mycoskie is expanding
her Aviator Nation
store at the former
Malibu Inn.
My point is, while we’re
excited to bring you this
second special edition
since the pandemic started,
we’ve been covering
Malibu all along — online.
And unlike print, some
of our online stories are
accompanied by video, like
the TV news.
It’s a changing world,
and we’re changing with it.
Drop me a line and tell
me what you think.
Scott Steepleton is editor of
the Malibu Surfside News.
You can reach him at scott@
malibusurfsidenews.com.
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POLICE REPORTS
Religious center planter
vandalized
MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED,
Staff Reporter
POSTED TO malibusurfsidenews.com
Aug. 31
• Two prescription medicine
bottles reportedly were
stolen Aug. 30-31 from a
backpack inside a tent at
Tuna Canyon Road and Pacific
Coast Highway.
• A concrete pedestal valued
at $300 reportedly was
stolen from a residence on
Big Rock Drive.
Aug. 30
• A Marc Jacobs purse, valued
at $300, and $100 cash
reportedly was stolen from
a vehicle parked at Winding
Way and Pacific Coast
Highway. The alleged victim
stated he parked his vehicle
on the street at about 10:30
a.m. to go on a hike. When
he returned around 2 p.m.,
the front passenger side
window was broken and the
items were missing from the
front passenger seat.
Aug. 27
• At approximately 7:59
p.m., sheriff’s deputies responded
to an emergency
call regarding a possible
burglary at a residence in
the 18000 block of Pacific
Coast Highway. When
deputies arrived, they
2
DAYS AGO
found two vehicle windows
smashed, and the front door
of the residence smashed.
A protective sweep of the
residence was conducted,
and two male suspects were
found inside. Residents inside
the home said they did
not hear the break-in.
• A $500 planter pot was
vandalized at Chabad of
Malibu, 22933 Pacific
Coast Highway. Video footage
showed that at around
10:51 p.m. on Aug. 26, a
male was walking west on
the sidewalk in front of the
center. As he walked by, he
used his right hand to grab
onto the pot and then pulled
it toward himself. The pot
fell onto the sidewalk and
shattered. The suspect continued
to walk southbound
on the sidewalk. It isn’t believed
that the vandalism
was religiously motivated.
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. Individuals
named in these reports
are considered innocent until
proven guilty in a court of
law.
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