SUV plunges off cliff into ocean near Point MuguState parks lifeguards and Ventura County paramedics rescued the driver from a vehicle rolling in three feet of surf.Friday, August 28, 2026
Council member demands crackdown on Wednesday night canyon racingHaylynn Conrad wants sheriff's deputies stationed at the bottom of Las Flores Canyon to stop weekly street racing on PCH.Friday, August 28, 20261 comment
Rebecca Grossman and surgeon husband file for divorceVictims' mother calls the split a maneuver to escape nearly $200 million in court-ordered damages for killing two boys in a crosswalk.Friday, August 28, 2026
San Diego weighs charging out-of-town beach parkersA proposed tax on non-resident coastal visitors would need Coastal Commission approval — an unlikely prospect with obvious Malibu implications.Friday, August 28, 2026
Commissions push for pedestrian overpass at Malibu SeafoodCity engineers unveiled three PCH crossing options, but public safety and public works commissioners want a fourth: an overpass.Thursday, August 27, 20261 comment
City revives plan to fix Malibu's crashiest intersectionsPlanners want to eliminate a left turn lane at Rambla Pacifico and reconfigure the crowded left turns at Las Flores Canyon.Thursday, August 27, 2026
Commissioners vent frustration over decade-old PCH safety plansWade Major, Kevin Keegan and Josh Spiegel say Malibu has been talking about the same fixes since 2015. City touts speed cameras coming in two weeks.Thursday, August 27, 2026
Triple-digit heat, record ocean warmth grip regionInland Malibu could hit 108 Wednesday as a scientist warns an "extreme" El Nino may drive record coastal flooding this fall and winter.Monday, August 24, 2026
City orders Malibu Farmers Market shut down SundayCity manager Joe Irvin says zoning officials, backed by deputies if needed, will block the market from setting up on Civic Center Way.Friday, August 21, 20263 comments
Speed cameras, new AV system also on council radar MondaySocial media complaints about Malibu's new LIDAR speed cameras are likely to surface in public comment.Friday, August 21, 2026
Caltrans to drill in PCH landslide zone next week; lane closure aheadGeotechnical rigs will be set up just past Sunset, heading towards Malibu, with a westbound lane closed all next week.Thursday, August 20, 2026
PCH speed camera poles going up at five Malibu locationsAbout 30 metal poles are being installed this week to support LIDAR-based enforcement cameras that will start issuing warnings in about four weeks.Wednesday, August 19, 20262 comments
Caltrans to repair century-old PCH pedestrian tunnelsThe tunnels at Chautauqua and Entrada suffer from failed pumps, sand-blocked drains and contaminated water leaking from above.Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Caruso reopens Palisades Village 19 months after fireDeveloper Rick Caruso cut the ribbon Saturday at the rebuilt Pacific Palisades shopping center, calling it one chapter in a long recovery.Monday, August 17, 20261 comment
Waymo wins appeal to keep late-night Santa Monica operationsA state appeals court restored Waymo's overnight access to Santa Monica charging lots, over the objections of the city and neighbors.Monday, August 17, 2026
LAUSD starts school today; Malibu classes begin next weekThe nation's second-largest school district opens today, bringing more traffic through the Santa Monica Mountains and Malibu.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Malibu council rejects PCH roundabouts near Broad BeachCouncil members unanimously scrapped plans for two traffic circles west of Broad Beach, saying they belong elsewhere on PCH.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Seven more Malibu fire properties red-tagged as PCH erodesCaltrans is dumping rock to shore up PCH near Big Rock as 23 burned-out sites now threaten the highway and ocean.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
Scientists warn of 'Quad Tides' flooding threat this winterScripps oceanographers say a super El Niño, rising seas, high waves and peak tidal cycles will converge around Thanksgiving and Christmas.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Caltrans races to shore up PCH at Big RockEmergency weekend repairs aim to stop waves from washing more of Pacific Coast Highway into the ocean west of the Big Rock signal.Monday, August 10, 2026
Multiple PCH lane closures scheduled this weekCaltrans, Verizon and Southern California Edison all have crews working along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu this week.Monday, August 10, 2026
Surfrider hotel promoted concert it promised city to skipDays after telling Malibu in writing it would not participate in Sunday Sessions, the hotel's manager appeared on CBS LA inviting guests to his rooftop bar.Monday, August 10, 2026
Caltrans installs more K-rails at Big Rock as coast erodesEmergency work targets a 20000-block stretch of PCH after hurricane waves washed behind seawalls that survived the fire.Saturday, August 8, 2026
Malibu presses Caltrans to shore up PCH before winterCity Manager Joe Irwin says the state may be underestimating the immediate threat of erosion to Pacific Coast Highway near Big Rock.Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Study: PCH roundabouts would add just 7 seconds to evacuationMalibu's traffic engineers say the two proposed westside roundabouts would have minimal impact on a wildfire evacuation that could take up to 16 hours anyway.Wednesday, August 5, 20261 comment
Metro grant means PCH roundabouts can't be temporaryA new city report says the two proposed western Malibu roundabouts must be permanent if the $2 million project is funded by LA Metro.Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Speed camera project runs $1.25 million over budgetMalibu's $20 million automated traffic ticket camera program has a cost overrun, and the city may have to cover it out of the general fund.Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Malibu Planning Commission rejects DWP storage yard on Corral CanyonCommissioners voted 3-0 against Los Angeles's plan to stage electrical equipment on a Malibu hillside for a Pacific Palisades project 10 miles away.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Point Dume Access Road still closed after hurricane wavesLA County Beaches and Harbors is searching for a temporary fix after last week's surf ate away sand supporting the road and 340 parking spaces.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
County scrambles to stabilize washed-out Westward Beach roadLast week's hurricane waves washed out the beach and forced closure of the road leading to Point Dume.Monday, August 3, 2026
Malibu red-tags 16 lots along PCH, but fencing remains inadequateThe city says it red-tagged parcels as a public safety measure, but most sites still have fencing that blew over months ago.Monday, August 3, 20261 comment
Heat and warm ocean pack Malibu beaches over the weekendZuma Beach's parking lot sold out and PCH jammed as hundreds of thousands hit the coast. More of the same is expected all week.Monday, August 3, 2026
PCH speed camera project faces $1.25 million cost overrunMalibu officials need nearly 50% more to install electric power for five automated radar enforcement cameras planned along Pacific Coast Highway.Sunday, August 2, 20261 comment
Malibu Pier music festival plans unravelingTwo of three announced venues for the August 9th outdoor concert lack city permits, and the Surfrider Malibu has pulled out entirely.Sunday, August 2, 2026
Man's Body Recovered from Ocean at Big RockSheriff's deputies and lifeguards responded to a burned-out vacant lot just west of the Big Rock traffic signal.Friday, July 24, 2026
LA DWP Seeks Seven-Year Storage Yard in Malibu HillsThe plan would send dozens of daily truck trips through PCH lane closures to serve Pacific Palisades reconstruction 10 miles away.Friday, July 24, 20262 comments
Reckless driver rear-ends family car on Malibu Canyon RoadChildren were heard screaming over the phone as a father called dispatchers to report the crash near Piuma Road.Tuesday, July 21, 2026
City unveils PCH redesign at Malibu's most crash-prone intersectionThe plan for PCH at Las Flores Creek would eliminate the westbound left turn into the gas station near Duke's.Tuesday, July 21, 2026
85-year-old Santa Monica Pier bridge to be demolished this weekTemporary stairways will keep the pier open while Santa Monica replaces the seismically unsafe span at Ocean Avenue.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
PCH roundabout plan still up in the air, vote set for Sept. 4Malibu has spent about half a million dollars designing lane narrowing and roundabouts west of Broad Beach, with construction costs of $1.4 million still ahead.Thursday, July 16, 2026
Malibu asks state to independently study PCH cliff stabilityCouncil members are skeptical of Caltrans' assurance that the highway in the fire zone is not in danger of falling into the ocean.Thursday, July 16, 2026
Fire victims may be asked to pay to bury Malibu communications linesSCE's high-voltage lines are now underground, but household voltage wires and thick communications cables from Verizon, Charter and Crown Castle remain on poles.Thursday, July 16, 2026
Nobu and Malibu near secret settlement over zoning violationsThe trendy restaurant has asked to put its lawsuit against the city on hold, apparently as part of a legal agreement council will discuss Monday.Friday, July 10, 2026
Malibu asks state to protect PCH, not private ownersA proposed letter to Caltrans argues fire-zone beachfront owners should not bear responsibility for shoring up the state highway against wave damage.Friday, July 10, 2026
Malibu officials fight LADWP storage yard on Corral CanyonCity says emergency permit expired Monday for hillside graded by Los Angeles utility to store pipe for Palisades rebuild 10 miles away.Tuesday, June 23, 20261 comment
Coastal Commission approves PCH lane reduction, roundabouts in western MalibuCaltrans now has final permission to cut one mile of PCH from five lanes to two and install two traffic circles.Friday, June 12, 2026
Concrete guardrails installed on Malibu Canyon Road after teen's deathLA County added barriers on the canyon road where 17-year-old Hunter Langley plunged to his death last winter, after his mother's persistent advocacy.Friday, June 12, 2026
High tides flood second Zuma Beach entrance, leaving one risky way inTwo of three Zuma parking lot entrances are underwater, forcing all traffic through a treacherous PCH left turn.Friday, June 12, 2026
High surf pounds Malibu beaches as tides keep climbingThe Malibu Pier remains closed and tides will rise nightly through Sunday, with more swell predicted next Tuesday.Thursday, June 11, 20261 comment
World Cup fan zone opens at Santa Monica PierMichelob ULTRA Pitchside Club runs June 12-25, raising concerns about PCH traffic at Malibu's only freeway connection.Friday, June 5, 2026
Caltrans to brief Malibu council on PCH stability after fire damageBurned wooden piers and retaining walls that protected the highway for a century are gone, leaving vertical drops to the ocean.Thursday, June 4, 2026
Malibu-to-Santa Monica ferry backers say $60 million in handPier to Pier will ask the City Council Monday for a letter of support to take to State Parks for a Malibu Pier permit.Thursday, June 4, 2026
Iskander family seeks $439 million in crosswalk deaths trialJurors begin deciding damages against Rebecca Grossman and former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson for the 2020 deaths of two boys in Westlake Village.Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Two mountain lion kittens killed on roads near MalibuA kitten was struck on Las Virgenes Road two miles from the soon-to-open Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing; another died days later above Bel Air.Friday, May 29, 2026
Coastal Commission staff back PCH traffic circles, reject appealStaff say the western Malibu roundabouts will enhance beachgoer safety and access, not violate the Coastal Act.Thursday, May 28, 2026
State orders Malibu out of Zuma Creek underpassThe Regional Water Quality Control Board has told L.A. County to suspend all work in the flood control channel used as a road under PCH.Wednesday, May 27, 20261 comment
Council cools on $3 million Malibu Seafood pedestrian tunnelMembers worry the proposed undercrossing would flood, attract vandalism and still leave pedestrians scrambling across PCH.Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Two San Francisco tourists arrested racing Ferraris on PCHDeputies clocked the rented high-end cars above 100 mph before stopping both at Corral Canyon Road.Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Malibu spends $107,000 to study beachfront sewer assessmentCouncil moves ahead on a PCH sewer district for fire victims, even as members openly question whether the project will pencil out.Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Council also takes up street repaving, Corral Creek underpassTonight's agenda includes annual residential repaving and a $260,000 Caltrans design deal for a pedestrian underpass at Malibu Seafood.Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Malibu eyes $3 million pedestrian underpass at Corral BeachCity council to vote on using Metro sales tax money to build a tunnel beneath PCH near Malibu Seafood, alongside an existing creek underpass.Friday, May 22, 2026
$2.5 million Ferrari destroyed in PCH passing crash near NobuDriver of a Ferrari 812 Competizione Aperta used the center turn lane to pass a truck and slammed into a Mercedes convertible.Friday, May 22, 2026
Agoura Hills Evacuation Plan Sends Malibu Drivers on 8-Mile DetourCity officials say their new safety element is just a framework, but it assumes only 100 cars per hour fleeing up Kanan and zero from Malibu.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
One-Lane Traffic Control in Topanga at GrandviewCaltrans maintenance work will close one lane on Topanga Canyon Boulevard from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Caltrans Sets $154 Million PCH Repaving ProjectThe first major repaving of Pacific Coast Highway since 2010 will start this fall and run through 2030, including striped bike lanes.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Mother of Two Boys Killed in Crosswalk Testifies in Civil TrialNancy Iskander told a Van Nuys jury her career and life ended when Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson struck her sons in 2020.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
City study finds PCH pedestrian undercrossing feasibleAn engineering study concludes a tunnel beneath Pacific Coast Highway at Malibu Seafood is possible.Monday, May 18, 2026
Father testifies at Grossman civil wrongful death trialKarim Iskander told jurors he tried mouth-to-mouth on his 11-year-old son Mark, but the boy's skull was disconnected from his spine.Monday, May 18, 2026
State to unveil new Topanga Lagoon plans May 31California will reveal revised designs for a 31-acre lagoon and rebuilt PCH bridge at Malibu's gateway, after the Palisades Fire erased earlier plans.Friday, May 15, 2026
Agoura Hills evacuation plan draws fire from Kanan Road residentsResidents say traffic estimates ignore reality as city approves more apartments along the key evacuation route from Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains.Thursday, May 14, 2026
Malibu impound lot at middle school returns to planning commissionFor the fourth year, the city wants permission to use the Morningview Drive parking lot to hold summer tow-aways.Thursday, May 14, 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
Trancas Creek bridge faces new round of constructionL.A. County Waterworks will spend seven months installing a water main, followed by a city right-turn lane project at the same site.Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Swain: El Niño now certain, with extreme event possibleUCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain says odds exceed 50% for a strong-to-extreme El Niño that could batter Malibu's burn-scarred coast.Wednesday, May 13, 2026
CHP Still Investigating Three Malibu Traffic Deaths in 48 HoursSheriff's deputies briefed the city council on a string of fatal crashes outside city limits, including two pedestrians struck near Leo Carrillo.Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Caltrans to Shift PCH Lanes Inland for Rebuild AccessThe shift, expected late next week, will give oceanfront homeowners more room to unload construction materials in the Malibu fire zone.Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Coroner names two men killed on PCH near Leo CarrilloSteve Griffith, 42, and Anthony Jones, 62, were struck and killed in separate crashes hours apart Monday on Pacific Coast Highway.Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Limo driver carjacked at gunpoint on PCH in MarchThe L.A. County Sheriff's Department is only now publicizing a March 14 carjacking that began at PCH and Kanan Dume Road.Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Malibu traffic crashes up 33%, tickets more than doubleSheriff's deputies wrote 13,470 traffic tickets in the first three months of 2026, more than twice last year's pace.Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Two pedestrians killed in PCH crashes near Leo CarrilloTwo fatal car-versus-pedestrian crashes 16 hours apart shut down lanes of Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo Beach.Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Pedestrian killed in pre-dawn PCH crash at Leo CarrilloA person was killed just after 4:30 a.m. on a stretch of Pacific Coast Highway where other fatal crashes have occurred.Monday, May 4, 2026
Topanga Lagoon restoration accelerates after Palisades FirePlans to remove the 80-year-old PCH bridge and expand the lagoon to as much as 10 acres are moving forward with new state funding.Monday, May 4, 2026
Malibu Sues MRCA Over Ownership of Two Hiking TrailsCity claims Winding Way and Murphy Way easements transferred to Malibu at incorporation in 1993, voiding a later transfer to the parks agency.Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Trail Residents Ask City: What Took You So Long?Homeowners along Winding Way and Murphy Way say they handed Malibu legal proof of ownership more than two years ago.Wednesday, April 15, 2026
$250,000 Porsche Flies Off Saddle Peak RoadTwo men were flown to a hospital after the late-afternoon crash on Saddle Peak Road. They appear to have survived.Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Malibu sues MRCA over Escondido Falls trail ownershipCity seeks court order transferring trail interests from county and parks agency, citing pedestrian deaths and environmental damage.Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Edison nearly done burying PCH power lines — but cables stayTelecom companies aren't required to underground their thick black lines and have no incentive to do so in Malibu.Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Council to vote tonight on PCH traffic circles west of Broad BeachMalibu's city council is set to decide whether to install two traffic circles and narrow PCH for a half mile near Broad Beach.Monday, April 13, 2026
County to begin clearing Zuma Creek underpass this weekL.A. County crews will start moving gravel off the flooded roadway tomorrow, with reopening tentatively planned for next week.Monday, April 13, 2026
PCH Roundabouts Plan Returns to City Council MondayCouncil will decide whether the western Malibu road-narrowing project meets legal findings to proceed.Friday, April 10, 2026
Bohm returns to court as unlocked phone yields evidenceThe Malibu man accused of killing four Pepperdine students on PCH has another pretrial hearing today, with cellphone data potentially in play.Thursday, April 9, 2026
Triple Pacific cyclones may trigger record El NiñoA rare cluster of three tropical cyclones near the equator is pushing warm water eastward, setting up what could be the strongest El Niño in 140 years.Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Tank water ran down hill into Zuma Creek underpassHalf the dumped tank water flowed past the Malibu Equestrian Center; the rest reached the PCH underpass where the county is preparing to divert the creek.Tuesday, April 7, 2026
County reverses course, will clear Zuma Creek underpassL.A. County Beaches and Harbors will scrape rocks blocking the PCH underpass next week, after Malibu activists pressed for action.Monday, April 6, 2026
54 more apartments coming to jammed Kanan Road interchangeAgoura Hills will add a four-story, income-restricted complex next to another 278-unit project at Malibu's emergency fire exit.Friday, April 3, 2026
PCH Crashes Absent From Public Safety Commission AgendaMalibu's Public Safety Commission meets at 5 p.m. but cannot discuss the recent Westward Beach Road crashes — they aren't on the agenda.Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Malibu Wrote Thousands of Parking Tickets in FebruarySheriff's deputies issued 4,023 parking tickets last month; city officers wrote 2,725 more, most for license plate violations.Wednesday, April 1, 2026
