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Woolsey Fire’s Destructive Legacy Remembered
Five Years Later, Malibu showcases unwavering resilience and unity
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A legacy of architectural construction expertise
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M A LIB U ’S AWA RD W INN IN G N E WSPA P E R S I N CE 1 94 6 VOL. LXXVIII • NO. XXIII
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
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City Council holds special meeting Review of strategic priority project; reflection of last meeting By SAMANTHA BRAVO Of The Malibu Times
STEVE UHRING
Meet your new Malibu mayor: Steve Uhring ‘I think it’s City Council’s responsibility to try to improve the quality of life for Malibu residents.’ By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times
Malibu’s new mayor, Steve Uhring, has come a long way from his humble beginnings, born the son of a coal miner in western Pennsylvania. After graduating from Merrimack College with a degree in accounting, he started work with Arthur Andersen, but said, “Over time I decided accounting wasn’t exactly my love.” After working in a number of fields, including graphic design, Uhring eventually worked his way up to vice president at a big company. When the company was sold, his wife decided to move back to California. “The interesting part is she bought the house in California,” Uhring said. “I never saw the house. She moved CONTINUED ON PAGE A6
The Malibu Triathlon featured professional triathletes from across the globe, celebrities, and weekend warriors swimming in the Pacific Ocean, biking on Pacific Coast Highway, and running along the Zuma Beach shore. Photo by Samantha Bravo/TMT
Thousands hit Zuma Beach for Malibu Triathlon Winners crossed the finish lines despite heavy rain that poured Saturday morning By McKENZIE JACKSON Special to The Malibu Times
Over 5,000 people competed in the 38th edition of the Malibu Triathlon at Zuma Beach last weekend — days after the two-day endurance spectacle was on the precipice of cancellation. The charity race raised over $1 million for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Pediatric Cancer Research Program and featured professional triathletes from across the globe, celebrities, and weekend
warriors swimming in the Pacific Ocean, biking on Pacific Coast Highway, and running along the Zuma Beach shore. However, the participants did not pedal their bicycles down the underpass at Zuma Beach, a key component of the race’s bicycle route in past years. The section of roadway was closed due to flooding caused by heavy rains earlier this year and presence of an endangered fish, the tidewater goby. The Triathlon’s organizers modified the bike route, but the race was nearly
called off because the organizers didn’t have a temporary use permit for the event. Five days before the two-day endurance event’s start date, the Malibu City Council approved the TUP. That allowed the starting pistol to go off on Sept. 30. The Triathlon held the Olympic distance race — a 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike ride, and 10-kilometer run — on the first day and the Classic distance race — a 0.5-mile swim, 17-mile bike ride, and 4-mile run — the next day.
Mark Feuerstein and his son Frisco won the male relay team in 1 hour, 13 minutes, and 13 seconds. Anna Hutchinson was the top finishing woman in 1:28:15. The Triathlon’s first day also included the third version of the Super League Triathlon Malibu, a competition in the Super League Triathlon’s Championship Series, which brought professional endurance race professionals to Malibu. The SLT sponsored the Triathlon this year. The SLT Malibu
Market has been operating Center.” The motion noted that the weekly on City of MalibuCornucopia Foundation is a owned Legacy Park nonprofit organization that has
Photo of security outside the property where the Kardashian event was being held taken by a neighbor. Contributed Photo
Questions linger over Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh party in Malibu neighborhood
celebration to be hosted the next of approval, same-day setup and
Apparent discrepancies day by a local resident, despite takedown despite then-Mayor in permit application and apparent red flags communicated Bruce Silverstein having already by a neighbor and multiple alerted the city code enforcement enforcement By JUDY ABEL Special to The Malibu Times
Controversy continues over a recent commercial influencer event held in a residential Malibu neighborhood. A Special Event Permit was issued by the city on Sept. 22 for a purported backyard
discrepancies on the face of the application itself. As it turned out, the Sept. 23 shindig was a promotional event for Kourtney Kardashian’s company Poosh to be posted on the attendees’ social media accounts. The $118 permit application required, as an express condition
office of party set-up beginning Sept. 21. Silverstein provided city staff photos of the event setup, calling it a possible fire hazard with boxes piled outside the residence. The application, a copy of which was obtained online by The Malibu Times, appears to CONTINUED ON PAGE A5
“We are excited to welcome the Malibu Farmers Market back to the Malibu Civic Center now that the beautiful Santa Monica College Malibu satellite campus is complete,” Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath said on Sept. 26 after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed her motion addressing the farmers market returning to the countyowned SMC parking lot. “Now, the Malibu community can enjoy fresh, local produce and this cherished Sunday tradition, organized by the Cornucopia Foundation.” The Malibu Farmers Market has temporarily been operating at Legacy Park under a temporary use permit issued by the City of Malibu that expires Oct. 7. Horvath introduced a motion entitled, “Fee Waiver and Gratis Issuance of a License Agreement for the Cornucopia Foundation’s Malibu Farmers Market held on certain Sundays at the Malibu Civic
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Malibu Farmers Market to return to county-owned lot at college
By BARBARA BURKE Special to The Malibu Times
The Malibu City Council met last week for a special session to address the Strategic Priority Project list for Fiscal Year (FY ) 2023-24, the Malibu Culture Ad Hoc Committee to work with the Malibu Culture Priority Project team, and the recommended list of employee benefit items. City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Malibu Culture Project, a sweeping plan with concrete steps meant to improve city operations, workplace morale and culture, and staff recruitment and retention during the special meeting on Sept. 27. The City Council and city manager have been focusing efforts on addressing many longstanding challenges that the city faces, including being able to provide more efficient, effective, and consistent services to the community; high staff workloads and high expectations; and demands for services and projects from the City
previously operated a farmers market held on certain Sundays at the county-owned Malibu Civic Center parking lot located at 2352523555 Civic Center Way in Malibu, through a gratis license agreement approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Jul. 27, 2021. The license agreement issued by the County to Cornucopia expired on Dec. 30, 2022, and Cornucopia has since been operating its weekly farmers market on the City of Malibu-owned Legacy Park, adjacent to the County Parking Lot, under a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) issued to Cornucopia by the City of Malibu. Horvath’s motion noted that TUP “expires on Oct. 7, and Cornucopia has requested the county to return the farmers market to the Parking Lot once its TUP expires.” Horvath proposed issuing Cornucopia day use permits on certain Sundays through Jan. 31, 2024 (Permit Period), and waiving CONTINUED ON PAGE A7
Changing of the Verse: New Malibu Poet Laureate Nathan Hassall welcomed |B1
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