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Newsom deploys poll monitors as feds subpoena L.A. election workers

Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Los Angeles County election workers as Gov. Gavin Newsom readies more than 1,000 poll monitors and 134 election lawyers across California.

Palisades Fire arson retrial opens Monday in federal court

Federal prosecutors will try a second time to convict Jonathan Rinderknecht of setting the New Year's Eve fire that allegedly reignited into the Palisades Fire.

Google maps photo of The Case subdivision, wrapping around Malibu Bluffs Park.

Scott Gillen's $500 million Malibu Bluffs project files for bankruptcy

Construction has halted at The Case, a cluster of five ultra-luxury homes next to Malibu Bluffs Park, as developer Scott Gillen's companies file for Chapter 11. Google Maps photo.

RCD unveils updated Topanga Lagoon restoration plans

The Resource Conservation District wants to replace the PCH bridge and dramatically enlarge Topanga Lagoon, with construction at least three years away.

Calabasas joins Malibu in anger over SCE power cutoffs

The Calabasas City Council has voted to send a protest letter to Southern California Edison and the PUC after a two-and-a-half-day blackout last week.

Malibu could face coastal flooding by Thanksgiving, engineer warns

Coastal engineer Reg Brown says Malibu dodged this week's Orange County-style flooding but higher tides and open storm windows loom at Thanksgiving and Christmas.