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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023
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Planning Commission special meeting on ADUs results in a list of recommended changes
Malibu Search and Rescue saves two hikers at Escondido Falls Saturday morning Officials responded to back-to-back calls at Escondido Falls in Malibu
The ADU changes to the Local Coastal Plan and Municipal Code now go to City Council By JIMY TALLAL Special to The Malibu Times
In an incredibly complicated process, Malibu is faced with integrating new state laws on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) — the addition of a small house or apartment to an existing residential property. The state wants a streamlined process that makes it easier for property owners to add a separate living unit that can either be rented out or used to accommodate family, like an elderly parent, thus helping to ease the supply of affordable housing in California. However, Malibu’s “no growth” and “slow growth” constituents have concerns that ADUs will only increase housing density and traffic, and make it more difficult to evacuate in the event of wildfire. The planning staff has taken the stance that “State ADU legislation does not supersede the requirements of the California Coastal Act and by extension the City’s LCP.” Therefore, they made as few changes as possible to the LCP. This despite the fact that the recent head of the Coastal Commission, John Ainsworth, instructed coastal cities to make sure to not misuse their existing LCP to block affordable ADU housing, and instead, to modify their LCP to support small-scale ADUs while also CONTINUED ON PAGE A8
By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times
Feel the thunder of the USAF Thunderbirds as they take to the skies in an incredible performance at the Point Mugu Air Show last weekend. Photos by Steve Geldman
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this week Two elite aerial demonstration teams take flight at the Point Mugu Air Show - the USAF Thunderbirds (left) and the USN Blue Angels (right) - showcasing their precision and skill in stunning formation.
Point Mugu Air Show Takes Flight The two-day event brings thousands of all ages together for air performances and ground-based displays By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times
With cameras, phones, and binoculars on hand, adults and children of all ages waited to capture a dual-premiere
demonstration by the two U.S. armed forces flying teams, the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, for the first show of 2023. With an overcast forecast on Saturday, some audience members
were caught off guard after some aircraft flew over them. Their first response was, “They just came out of nowhere.” Established in 1960, The Point Mugu Air Show was an opportunity to show the
community what Point Mugu does and introduce them to the continuing innovations in aviation. The air show celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Navy
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Whale with no tail observed off Point Dume last week
The whale’s fluke was most likely amputated by entanglement with fishing equipment By JIMY TALLAL Special to The Malibu Times
Alison Mytych of Thousand Oaks has been Malibu’s volunteer whale watcher and citizen scientist since 2012. During the gray whales’ northward migration season each year from February to May, she spends hours every day counting the number of gray whales and their calves heading back to Alaskan waters for the summer, noting observations about their behaviors and physical conditions from various places along the Malibu
On Saturday, March 18, the Malibu Search and Rescue, the Los Angeles County Fire Depar tment, the Malibu/ Lost Hills Sheriffs Station, and McCormick Ambulance responded to back-to-back injured hikers at Escondido Falls in Malibu. The first victim, a female adult, suffered a broken ankle and was carried to an awaiting fire QRV for transport.
coast; then sharing the data with the LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project. Last week, she saw something highly unusual from her perch at the Point Dume headlands — a gray whale with no tail, also known as a fluke — migrating north. She noted its conditions as follows: “The end of the peduncle (stalk), where the fluke should be, has visibly deteriorating skin with bone protruding and an area of redness. The injury is most likely from an amputation due to rope entanglement. The peduncle came up high during surfacing and slowly sunk back under the water with each dive.” She wrote The Malibu Times that the gray whale had first been observed off the coast of Newport
A gray whale missing its fluke, or tail, was spotted off the Malibu coast on March 14. Alison Mytych, a volunteer whale watcher, spotted the whale from her perch at the Point Dume headlands. Contributed Photo
Beach on March 13. She then of 3 mph. The whale was sighted Barbara. Bob Perry wrote online that spotted it the next day as it swam again on March 15 by The Condor the tailless whale “miraculously kept past Point Dume traveling at a rate Express in Goleta Bay near Santa CONTINUED ON PAGE A7
14-year-old Malibu High student earns black belt after 11.5-year journey |B1
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . A2 News Briefs . . . . . . . . . A3 • Update on efforts to address illegal parking in Point Dume Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . A4 • Events Local News . . . . . . . . . A5 • Malibu Democratic Club holds ‘meet and greet’ with State Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin Real Estate . . . . . . . . . A8 Malibu Life . . . . . . . . . B1 • ‘That’s the wave of his life’ People . . . . . . . . . . . . B2 • Malibu High Counselor Linh Snyder recognized by national organization Community . . . . . . . . . B3 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . B3 Business & Directory . . . B5 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . B5 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . B8 • Malibu High’s Caceres closes the season with a last-second shot; receives All-League recognition