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Radiocarbon Dating of Malibu Artifacts Confirms Importance of Farpoint Site • National Science Foundation and Smithsonian Officials Are Among Those Urging Preservation and Additional Archaeological Research at Point Dume Property • BY ANNE SOBLE Archaeologist Gary Stickel announced at a recent lecture at the Malibu Public Library that a stone spearhead, or point, found at a local construction site by a Native American project monitor in 2005 has been established as an artifact from the oldest archaeological find in the City of Malibu. Radiocarbon dating of mussel shell fragments from the site that was provided gratis by the National Science...

LOS ANGELES – You may never get a date with Pamela Anderson, but now you can buy her used linens, old clothes and a chair she once sat in. Anderson was holding a weekend estate sale in Malibu, offering French country furniture, chandeliers, Depression glass, jewelry, antique toys, dirt bikes and other items, including a Chrysler electric car, according to an Internet flyer from Helping Hand Estate Sale Service, which was coordinating the sale. The company set up a pink Web page detailing the sale and headlined with a cartoon blonde straddling the word “Pamela.” The sale was scheduled through...

For summer lease: Four-bedroom, eight-bathroom bluff-side Malibu house. Price -- $150,000 a month. That's a jaw dropper, even for Malibu. The Cliffside Drive property's rental price is a local record high, according to the Multiple Listing Service, but it's just the latest pinnacle in a summer rental market that seems to have no high-water mark. Even mundane beachfront houses are renting for as much as $70,000 a month, and they're still expected to be snapped up by mid-April. It all seems impossible, when real estate is wilting just about everywhere else. But Malibu in the summer isn't like everywhere else....

When a devastating series of wind-driven wildfires ripped last fall through Southern California, manpower ran short and equipment even shorter. In the end, more than 2,000 homes were destroyed. And the vast acres of blackened ruins drew the spotlight to an overextended state firefighting system that needs emergency help of its own, especially as a growing number of homes are built in fire-prone areas. Faced with a $14.5 billion state deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a surcharge on property insurance bills across-the-board to pay for more resources. But the plan raises questions over who should pay to fight wildfires...

Los Angeles County sheriff's arson investigators said today that they were making a series of arrests in connection with a wind-driven brush fire that destroyed dozens of homes Thanksgiving weekend as it swept through Corral Canyon in Malibu. The suspects range in age from 18 to 27, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. He said investigators would disclose the identities of the men at a news conference this afternoon at the Sheriff's Department bureau in Monterey Park. Authorities said the suspects were having an illegal late-night campfire near a cave when the blaze broke out. Investigators found evidence such as...

Celebrities flee, homes gutted as wildfire ravages Malibu Nov 24 05:47 PM US/Eastern Hollywood stars were among nearly 10,000 people forced to flee as wind-driven wildfires tore through the celebrity enclave of Malibu on Saturday, gutting at least 35 multi-million dollar homes and threatening hundreds more, officials and reports said. Fires erupted at around 3:30 am (1130 GMT) officials said, spreading rapidly through tinder-dry brush as winds packing gusts of up to 50 mph fanned the inferno, the second major blaze to hit Malibu in the space of a month. By 10:30 am (1830 GMT), around 2,200 acres had been...

MALIBU, Calif. A wind-driven brush fire that destroyed 49 homes and two out-buildings in the Malibu Bowl and Latigo Canyon areas was started by "human activity," but not necessarily set on purpose, fire officials said Saturday night. The so-called Corral Fire was 25 percent contained, but had blackened more than 4,650 acres and forced the evacuation of up to 20,000 residents. ... "Fire investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and Cal Fire investigated the area and determined the fire was caused by human activity," said Sgt. Ed Hummel of the county Office...

MALIBU, Calif. — Residents were ordered to evacuate their homes early today ahead of a wildfire that scorched about 100 acres in the hills above Malibu as the dry Santa Ana wind returned to Southern California. The blaze began shortly before 3:30 a.m. PST near Malibu Lake on state park land, said Los Angeles County fire Capt. Mike Brown. Some residents who live in the canyons above Malibu were ordered to leave, Brown said, but it wasn't immediately clear how many. No injuries were reported. About 160 firefighters were on scene and the cause of the fire was being investigated....

MALIBU, Nov. 24, 2007 - Residents were ordered to evacuate their homes early Saturday ahead of a wildfire that scorched about 250 acres in the hills above Malibu as the dry Santa Ana wind returned to Southern California.

I got a call at 6 a.m. saying there was a fire in the canyon and there were santa ana winds," said Pastor Greg Hughes. "That's a bad combination so I came over." Hughes drove from his home near Zuma Beach and reached the church with other staffers about 6:30 a.m. A fire engine was already at the scene. "There was thick smoke. I could hardly see anything," he said. Firefighters told him that the church was not immediately under threat but warned that the unpredictible winds meant that could quickly change. He and his colleagues started removing important items...

.A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH WEAKER SANTA ANA WINDS CONTINUING AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A STRONG SANTA ANA EVENT FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE WINDIER LOCATIONS THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. CAZ055-192200- /O.NEW.KSGX.WI.Y.0026.071020T1800Z-071021T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KSGX.HW.A.0009.071021T0700Z-071023T0100Z/ SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...

Malibu Canyon is on fire. Local news reporting the Malibu Castle, a local landmark, is completely engulfed in flames. Malibu Presbyterian Church is burning. Pepperdine University is threatened with students being told to seek refuge in the auditorium immediately. Hughes think tank on fire.

UPDATE: The city of Malibu is advising residents in Puerco Canyon to begin evacuating due to a wildfire driven by powerful winds. This area is north of Pacific Coast Highway and about 1 mile west of Pepperdine University. Residents along the beach on Malibu Road may soon be evacuated. Pacific Coast Highway is closed between Kanan-Dume Road and Topanga Canyon. Residents are advised to head to the west. Evacuation centers are being set up in the Zuma Beach area. A wildfire driven by powerful winds in the Malibu Hills this morning threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and...

Wild fires breaking out in So California Malibu fire

CBS) LOS ANGELES Hurricane-force winds, bone-dry humidity and hazardous fire conditions will buffet Southern California beginning late Saturday, the National Weather Service warns. The approaching Santa Ana winds will have gusts topping 80 miles per hour Sunday, and can be expected to be as strong and long-lasting as the 2003 wind event, when nearly 60,000 acres of San Diego County burned, forecasters said. High pressure over the Rocky Mountains will push warm air across the deserts of Nevada, Arizona and California, and then further heat, compress and dry that as it squeezes through mountain passes, forecasters said. The National Weather...

Native American Skull Found at Malibu Construction Site• State Native American Heritage Commission Initiates Process for Handling Find • BY ANNE SOBLE A human skull unearthed at a construction site in the Paradise Cove mobile home park has been officially declared a prehistoric Native American find, and the wheels have been put in motion for the remains to be handled in accord with state law. Workers preparing the foundation for a new mobile home in the beachside complex discovered the skull during routine digging Monday at about 4 p.m. and contacted the sheriff’s department. Capt. Ed Winter of the Operations...

MEL Gibson has poured a further $10 million into his controversial sect in the Malibu hills as he oversees construction of a 400-seat church to expand his flock. A federal tax filing reveals that the troubled actor-director made the large lump sum donation earlier this year to his Holy Family Catholic Church, which is situated in the secluded Agoura Hills. The private church now has $37 million in its coffers - up from $27 million last year, according to the tax document. Gibson's secretive sect is not recognised by the Roman Catholic Church because it does not acknowledge the authority...

A small plane crashed this afternoon into a house on the edge of downtown Sitka, setting the house afire in a wreck whose flames could be seen by many in town as well as many of the nearly 3,000 tourists there, according to authorities.

Excerpt - Just before Lindsay Lohan was arrested early Tuesday morning, she commandeered a car and took three men hostage -- this, according to the three men who were in the car with her. ~ snip ~ They say at one point, Lindsay boasted, "I can't get in trouble. I'm a celebrity. I can do whatever the f**k I want." ~ snip ~

SACRAMENTO - Despite continuing opposition from environmentalists, a $1 billion liquefied natural gas facility proposed for off the Malibu coast could win key state approvals as early as next week. To be built by Australian energy giant BHP Billiton and anchored about 14 miles offshore, the floating facility would become California's first such plant. The 214-foot-high terminal would accept liquefied natural gas from tankers, convert it into natural gas and pipe it to a facility in Oxnard. "The facility we're proposing is absolutely the most environmental facility out there," said Renee Klimczak, president of BHP's liquefied natural gas division. "That's...

MALIBU, Calif. - Authorities have accused Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O'Neal of assaulting his adult son at the actor's home over the weekend...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again. NBC4 forecaster Fritz Coleman said the mixture of precipitation in West Los Angeles at about 3 p.m. included a dusting of snow. Residents in West Los Angeles said the snow accumulated in parking lots, on cars and around palm trees near Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards and other areas. Most of the snow fell south of Sunset Boulevard and just east of the 405 Freeway. Residents told NBC4 that several inches of snow fell in...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again. CHP To Escort Motorists Through Icy Grapevine NBC4 forecaster Fritz Coleman said the mixture of precipitation in West Los Angeles included a dusting of snow. Residents in West Los Angeles said the snow accumulated in parking lots, on cars and around palm trees near Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards and other areas. Snow fell earlier Wednesday in Malibu and caused traffic problems on the area's winding and narrow roads. More snow was reported in Canyon...

A wind-whipped fire raced through a row of multimillion-dollar homes in Malibu on Monday, destroying four oceanfront residences and a guest house, and damaging four more structures and several vehicles. More than 300 firefighters were sent to battle the blaze, which was reported at 5:01 p.m. and charred about 20 acres around Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road. The fast-moving but short-lived blaze began inside the Malibu Bluffs State Park, Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman said. Windblown embers spread below to Malibu Road and set fire to the homes along the beach, he said.

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MALIBU, Calif. - A wildfire fanned by Santa Ana winds destroyed eight seaside mansions and damaged five others Monday as it spread over more than 10 acres in this celebrity enclave, authorities said. Flames boiled furiously out of the skeletons of million-dollar beach homes as palm trees bent in winds blowing at 21 mph. More than 300 firefighters battled the blaze, which began about 5 p.m., said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Ron Haralson. The blaze erupted near West Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road. Residents were being evacuated on the west end of the canyon road, Sheriff's Sgt....

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy approved a controversial plan this week to further open the rugged hills of Malibu for camping, hiking and other activities, heightening a battle with canyon residents and city leaders over public access. Malibu city leaders and other opponents have harshly criticized the access plan, contending that greater use of hillsides and canyons would result in more traffic, heightened fire risk and damage to wildlife habitat. City officials also say the conservancy, which plans to present its proposal to the California Coastal Commission, is trying to circumvent local land-use laws. Proponents have accused residents of seeking...

Health officials plan to use DNA testing to reveal the poopy perpetrators behind the sewage fouling Malibu's famously star-studded coastline, the Associated Press reports.

LOS ANGELES – A mistrial was declared yesterday in the theft and fraud trial of a Swedish businessman who drew unwanted international attention to himself when he wrecked a rare $1.5 million Ferrari on a seaside highway in Malibu. After deliberating the case against Bo Stefan Eriksson, 44, for a little more than a day, jurors told Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg that they were deadlocked 10-2 in favor of conviction, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors quickly announced they would retry Eriksson, who remained in custody. A pretrial hearing is set...

(CBS) MALIBU Celebrities and coastal residents held a protest in Malibu against a plan to build a massive, floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast of Malibu and Oxnard. Actor Pierce Brosnan and big wave surfer Laird Hamilton hosted the "Paddle Out Protest" at Surfrider Beach, near Malibu Pier in an effort to stop the BHP Billiton LNG terminal. Opponents claim storing liquefied natural gas poses a danger since it's highly flammable and explosive. The terminal would also draw huge tankers to the site from foreign countries several times per week and has the potential for significant and irreversible...

MALIBU, October 5, 2006 - Just whose waste is fouling the most star-studded stretch of the Southern California coast? Los Angeles County officials intend to find out, and if the evidence leads back to the toilets of some of Hollywood's rich and famous, the sewage could really hit the fan. "This is going to get messy," predicts Mark Pestrella, the public works official assigned to the project. Environmentalists and health officials suspect Malibu homeowners' leaky septic tanks are allowing what gets flushed down the toilet to flow down the hills and into the Pacific Ocean. To identify the offenders, authorities...

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Pierce Brosnan and other celebrities on Friday protested plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast of Southern California. The Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas facility is being proposed by Australian-based BHP Billiton, one of the world's largest energy companies. The $800 million terminal would be located 14 miles off the coast of Malibu. Opponents of the project said the terminal fails to meet federal clean air requirements, but BHP officials argued that it would provide a reliable source of low-polluting energy.

MALIBU, Calif. -- Authorities confirmed Tuesday morning that a body found in a wrecked car in the Malibu area was that of an aviation magazine editor last seen leaving a Calabasas restaurant on June 3rd. County firefighters discovered the car and the body of Michael Arthur Dornheim, 51, on Monday...

LOS ANGELES - A man under investigation in the crash of an exotic $1 million Ferrari in Malibu has been booked on suspicion of grand theft, officials said Sunday.

In the latest proposal to import liquefied natural gas to California, an Australian company has unveiled plans to place a terminal about 22 miles off the coast of Malibu. The plan announced Wednesday by Woodside Energy attempts to sidestep fears from environmentalists and some residents that importing natural gas is too dangerous because it is volatile and potentially explosive in its gaseous state. Woodside wants to ship supercooled LNG from Australian fields to the California coast in specially designed tankers. But unlike other proposed terminals off the West Coast, the plan doesn't require any large, permanent structures. Instead of feeding...

Malibu Mystery Races Away With Buzz Thursday March 02, 2006 It was a rare and exotic animal: a Ferrari Enzo, one of just 400 ever brought forth into this world. When you saw this thing coming, you didn't look away. If you wanted to own it, it cost you a cool $1 mil -- and it could earn you a whole lot of buzz. Last week, Swedish millionaire Stefan Ericksson slipped behind the wheel of his Enzo with, he says, a German named "Dietrich." They took the vehicle out on Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway. And they let that baby run....

It was a SigAlert made for Malibu. A red Ferrari Enzo — one of only 400 ever made and worth more than $1 million — broke apart Tuesday when it crested a hill on Pacific Coast Highway going 120 mph and slammed into a power pole. The driver jumped out of the wreckage and ran into the canyon above, evading a three-hour search by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter and a mountain search-and-rescue team. The crash did not result in serious injuries. But it sent shockwaves through both the tabloid and exotic car worlds as one group wondered...

Mel Gibson made so much money from “The Passion of the Christ” that he’s now putting it where his mouth is, so to speak. He’s continuing to build a religious compound in Malibu for Catholics who reject Vatican II, and is implicitly endorsing his controversial father’s beliefs by helping him launch a similar church in Pennsylvania. Last year, according to federal tax filings, Gibson parked $5 million of his "Passion" profits in his tax-free private foundation — the same vehicle he’s used to pour millions into a 17-acre religious compound he’s building in Agoura Hills, Calif., at a “secret” rural...

(CBS) LOS ANGELES A brush fire broke out around 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, near the Ventura County line. As of 4:30a.m., the fire had consumed about one acre of vegetation without damaging any structures or causing any injuries.

Is the movie colony no longer movie-friendly? Filmmakers contend that movie production in Malibu could fade to black if strict new rules limiting movie-making go into effect in the 21-mile-long beach city. The regulations, which the Malibu City Council will consider for final action Monday, would ban late-night and early-morning film shoots, prohibit the use of helicopters and limit the amount of time production companies could use a particular site to 16 days. Industry officials contend that the rules are among the strictest they've seen and would prevent them from filming during the so-called "magic hour," a prized period at...

The turf battles over Malibu's oceanfront tend to be as predictable as the spring tides as property owners and beachgoers contest for control of the sand. This year, the tussle over what is public and what is private has taken a surprising turn with property owners bringing in heavy equipment to scoop up tons of public beach and pile it onto their property. The battlefront is again Broad Beach, where skip loaders have erected a massive ridge of sand between the ocean and the community of 108 beachfront homes that has been in settlement talks over public access issues with...

The cameras were rolling and one of Hollywood's biggest producers was watching. And on Thursday, an excited group was auditioning for what could be this summer's hottest feature: Malibu beach-going.Coastal-access advocates set foot on the sand at Tinseltown titan David Geffen's sprawling beachfront estate, some for the first time, celebrating the opening of a 9-foot-wide public pathway to the ocean. Creation of the walkway came after Geffen reluctantly made good on a 22-year-old legal promise to let the public onto part of Carbon Beach, a mile-long stretch of sand east of the Malibu Pier. The public will have access to...

At a time when our culture rewards abrasive, in-your-face celebrity, a man whose movie personas embody the quiet American hero and who lives his life with similar humility is reaching a milestone. Clint Eastwood turns 75 next Tuesday. Perhaps not since John Wayne have so many of the qualities that made this country great resided in a single star’s screen portrayals. From action hero roles including soldier, cowboy and police detective to more sensitive, vulnerable characters like a magazine photographer and grizzled boxing manager, Eastwood epitomizes individualism, courage, honor, integrity, patriotism and justice. And he occasionally throws in a few...

Out of Malibu, Calif., came one of the most influential literary works of modern times. And this spring,48 years after it was published, the whole town is reading it. I refer to the novella "Gidget," which Malibu recently picked for its "One City One Book" program. Laugh if you must, then ask yourself the following questions: Did "The Great Gatsby" change the world? How many people decided to move or quit their jobs after reading "Moby-Dick"? "Gidget," on the other hand, altered the course of American history, drawing legions to California beaches, spawning a lineage of movie and TV spinoffs...

Jack Wheeler and others have been writing recently that Hillary Clinton has a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy underway even now and her own left wing conspirators intend to take over the House and Senate on their way to the White House in 2008. Should that happen, the Constitution and Bill of Rights - as written - would be little but a paper prop that she and her co-conspirators will blast through like a paper pep rally banner when she and her team take the field for the Big Game. The current attacks on Tom DeLay are just one small, but...

Ending a long-running dispute over coastal access, music producer David Geffen gave up the key to locked wooden gates next to his Malibu home, allowing the public to enter an exclusive stretch of beach walled off by multimillion-dollar homes. The announcement brought public applause at a California Coastal Commission meeting Thursday as settlement talks continued over how much the billionaire principal of Dreamworks SKG may owe in attorneys fees and fines under the terms of the state's Coastal Act. Geffen's action makes good on a 22-year-old legal promise to open a public pathway across his property in exchange for permits...

MALIBU, Calif. - Just off the Pacific Coast Highway, where the Santa Monica Mountains tower over the ocean, some of Hollywood's biggest stars have settled into a slice of heaven. Steven Spielberg. Danny DeVito. Goldie Hawn. Over the years, they have joined the lucky few who call Broad Beach home. Their front yards open onto a mile-long, sandy stretch of California coastline. They spent millions to get here, and they'd like to be left alone. Alan Latteri didn't spend a dime, and nobody's heard of him. But he figures he has as much right to the sand, surf and...

Malibu residents lined up at the polls in record numbers Tuesday, casting their hopes for the future. As of 10:30 p.m., exit polls had incumbent President George W. Bush with 269 electoral votes, most likely winning another four years in the 2004 presidential election. In what has been a highly anticipated election, publicly, Malibu voices have been on the quiet side as to which way they were going to vote. Only one or two letters to the editor have been published voicing their views. Locals gathered at the temporary Malibu Republican Headquarters next to Spumonis restaurant Tuesday night were upbeat...

Brush Fire Threatens Malibu Homes * Strong Santa Ana Winds Fan 100-Acre Blaze Jan 6, 2003 2:01 pm US/Pacific (AP) (MALIBU) A 100-acre brush fire fanned by strong Santa Ana winds threatened 20 mansions on hillsides above the Pacific Ocean Monday. The blaze was believed to have been sparked by downed power lines, said Los Angeles County fire Inspector Ed Osorio.

Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 11:30 a.m. EST Actor McNamara Sees Malibu Conspiracy Actor William McNamara, whose credits include leading roles in a score of feature films and TV series, is in a battle with Mailbu police authorities in a brouhaha that is getting national attention. Now the young actor has even posted a $5,000 reward on his Web site (williammcnamara.com) for anyone who can produce a copy of the complaint that led to his arrest in July 2001. He says that he is taking this unusual step to highlight the illegalities of his prosecution by the Malibu Municipal Court on...