Malibu council to define what counts as a beachfront houseFor 35 years the city has used tradition and common sense to apply two different sets of density rules to homes on the sand.Friday, August 21, 20261 comment
Paramount-Warner Bros. merger would cost L.A. 4,500 jobs, study findsA new L.A. County study says the David Ellison-led takeover would wipe out $4 billion in business output and $547 million in tax revenue.Thursday, August 20, 2026
Ellison demands $1.9 billion bond in Warner merger fightThe Malibu billionaire is asking a federal judge to force California and other states to backstop his Paramount-Warner deal.Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner reportedly house-hunting in MalibuNew York tabloid Page Six reports the couple toured high-end Malibu listings, with Jared's brother Josh Kushner already owning an oceanfront home here.Monday, August 17, 20261 comment
Malibu Education Foundation delivers $820,000 to school boardThe three-year-old foundation is ramping up fundraising as it funds academic recovery from the fires and prepares for fall events.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Appeals court sides with county in Carbon Beach mansion tax fightA ruling that off-market sale prices don't automatically set fair market value could reshape California property tax law.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Sergey Brin pours $102 million into fighting California wealth taxThe part-time Malibu resident and Google co-founder is bankrolling opposition and competing measures aimed at Proposition 40.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Council rejects sewer capacity request for Cross Creek apartmentsA proposed 20-unit apartment complex behind Cross Creek Ranch appears unlikely after Malibu declined to allocate additional wastewater plant capacity.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Council hires consultant to review Weintraub hotel proposalMalibu will hire the same firm that produced a widely criticized Whole Foods traffic study to analyze a new hotel at PCH and Malibu Canyon Road.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Malibu billionaire couple joins Bob Iger to buy the LakersJosh Kushner and Karlie Kloss, who live in Malibu's Wave House, are part of a $12.5 billion deal to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
First Malibu apartment project in 35 years proposed behind Cross CreekOwners want to build 20 units on 3.5 acres now zoned for retail, and first need city council approval to tie into the Civic Center sewer.Saturday, August 8, 20261 comment
L.A. Voters to Decide Palisades Exemption from Mansion TaxA November ballot measure would exempt fire-damaged Pacific Palisades homes from the city's tax on high-value real estate sales.Thursday, August 6, 2026
YIMBY Law says Malibu agreed to repeal anti-duplex ordinanceThe housing group sued after the governor exempted four fire-hit cities from SB 9; it now says Malibu will accept duplex applications.Monday, August 3, 2026
FAIR Plan strained by Malibu and other wealthy enclavesMore than 7 percent of California's insurer-of-last-resort liability sits in just seven zip codes, a UC Berkeley analysis finds.Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Broad Beach sand district raises taxes 3.6% — still no sandThe three-resident board approved another increase Sunday, 16 years and $47 million into a project that has yet to move one grain of sand.Tuesday, July 21, 20261 comment
Malibu unveils parks plan — and a surprise hotel land swapThe city released conceptual plans for ballfields at Ioki Park and a rec center on Point Dume, alongside a developer's proposal to swap land for a hotel next to City Hall.Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Council backs Pier-to-Pier ferry concept in 3-2 voteMalibu council members Silverstein and Uhring voted no, warning ferry service could trigger a state law allowing denser residential development.Thursday, July 16, 2026
Broad Beach sand district posts vague agenda for Sunday meetingThe public agency wants to raise taxes on 108 homeowners and pay its attorney $845 an hour, but details are missing from the posted agenda.Thursday, July 16, 2026
David Hockney, famed artist and longtime Malibu homeowner, dies at 88The British painter who helped define the Los Angeles aesthetic owned a beach house on PCH and a Hollywood Hills home.Friday, June 12, 2026
L.A. Mayor's brother joins fire victims suing the cityKenneth Bass lost his Rambla Pacifico home in the Palisades fire and is now among thousands of plaintiffs naming his sister as a defendant.Thursday, June 11, 2026
Emergency rent control for fire victims expires in LA CountySupervisors declined to extend price caps imposed after 12,000 homes were destroyed; price gouging limits on building materials are also over.Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Planning Commission rejects ADU next to Pepperdine gateOn a 3-2 vote, commissioners turned down a small Auxiliary Dwelling Unit proposed for John Tyler Drive at the bottom of the Pepperdine hill.Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Council to decide fate of disputed Cuthbert Road rebuildA Malibu Park homeowner's bid to combine a Woolsey Fire like-for-like rebuild with a 3,400-square-foot addition tops tonight's agenda.Tuesday, May 26, 2026
What counts as 'beachfront'? Malibu seeks a formal definitionThe planning commission will be asked next Monday to adopt language defining beachfront homes, which face different rules than rural houses.Thursday, May 14, 2026
Pro-housing group sues over governor's SB 9 fire-zone suspensionYIMBY says Governor's emergency orders allowing Malibu to limit lot splits and ADUs in the fire area are unconstitutional.Monday, April 13, 2026
Rocky Oaks mansion sells for $13 million, 70% offThe mountaintop estate above Kanan Road tunnels, originally listed at $49.5 million, finally sold this week after two auctions.Thursday, April 9, 2026
