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Time to Leave the Party: An Open Letter to Council Urging the Termination of the City Manager’s Contract

Editor’s Note – This is an open letter to Malibu City Council written by resident, Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker, and contributing journalist Paul Taublieb regarding the City Manager’s review taking place

November 11, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics·Woolsey Fire

Who Me Worry? The Potential PCH Catastrophes That Almost Happened During the Easy/Getty Fire Blackout

Editor’s Note: Hold the presses. Sometimes a small thing reveals something bigger. The article below is about the Citys and Sheriff’s mishandling of the recent blackout and it stands on its own.

November 7, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

Integrity of D.A. Public Integrity Division in Question

Shortly after the Letter of Intent to Recall was served upon City Council members Skylar Peak and Rick Mullen, recall organizers became aware of serious illegal conduct by City Officials. Representatives of

July 7, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics

Woolsey Fire Victims Struggle to Get Rebuild Permits, City Gives Concessions to Developers Causing Planning Commissioner to Call Out Corruption at City Hall

Edited at 6/24/2019 at 10 a.m. PST While burn-out victims are tangled in red tape going through the permit process at City Hall, who has issued little more than 5 permits to

June 23, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics·Uncategorized

Time for Citizen Budget Oversight

By Sam Hall Kaplan Some good news, that is if the neophyte City Council and concerned citizens can assert themselves in the discretionary municipal budget review now going on at a paranoid

May 9, 2019

Investigations·Politics

Proposed PCH Traffic Light Exposes City Mismanagement

By Sam Hall Kaplan So, the attorney for the over reaching Malibu Beach Inn has threatened to sue the city if it does not approve a public-be-damned proposal calling for a traffic

March 8, 2019

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Malibu Haunted by Fire and City Hall Serpents

By Sam Hall Kaplan The thought of the fire still haunts me, as I am sure it haunts many in Malibu, especially the burnouts but also persevering residents who are acutely

March 5, 2019

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Whither Malibu

When asked what one word would best describes post disaster Malibu, I offered “fractured,” then amended it to “hurting,,” then “changing,” followed by “challenged.” Actually words really don’t describe the conflicted feelings

March 1, 2019

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The Junta has Taken Control. Resistance is Futile

By Lester Tobias On Monday night, one person, one Malibu citizen, one fifth of our only elected body in Malibu decided to impose his will on every single property owner in this

March 1, 2019

Investigations·News·Uncategorized

The Fire and Our Fading Democracy

By Sam Hall Kaplan Like the residue of toxic ash from the Woolsey fire that is embedded in the soil of my Malibu, there are many aspects of that disaster that should

February 24, 2019

Investigations·News·Politics·Woolsey Fire

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