Planning Commission to weigh illegal Point Dume structureOwners on Boniface Drive built a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house without permits and now want after-the-fact approval under SB 9.Monday, October 5, 2026
First new Malibu subdivision in years heads to councilA vacant PCH lot west of Trancas would be split into four long, narrow parcels along Trancas Canyon Road.Monday, September 28, 2026
Council unanimously rejects ADU across from PepperdineOwner's attorney threatens to sue after city rejected a second unit at the bottom of a Malibu Country Estates lot. One councilman does not take that well.Thursday, September 24, 2026
Planning Commission rejects LADWP storage yard above Corral BeachLos Angeles utility signals it may sue Malibu, claiming immunity from local zoning as it seeks a laydown yard for Palisades fire rebuild.Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Marni Kamins elected Planning Commission chair without debateThe commission unanimously selected Kamins as chair, again passing over John Mazza — but without the political fights of past years.Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Malibu Planning Commission set to formally kill DWP storage yardCommissioners will take a final vote Monday night to deny Los Angeles DWP's request for a Corral Canyon Road equipment lay-down yard.Thursday, September 17, 2026
Malibu Middle School breaks ground on new hub buildingPhase 2 of the campus rebuild includes a new middle school hub and gymnasium, with a swimming pool set to start construction this winter.Monday, September 14, 2026
Sea Level Drive erosion forces evacuation of 31 Malibu homesA 30-foot-deep sinkhole and collapsing bluff prompted an emergency proclamation and mandatory evacuations in western Malibu.Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Farmers Market dispute has been brewing for yearsA 2023 deed-restriction warning from the city council went unheeded as Cornucopia Foundation kept renting spaces on Legacy Park land.Monday, August 24, 20261
Malibu forces Farmers Market out of Legacy Park, and up to to City HallFive sheriff's deputies and three code enforcement officers moved the market off Civic Center Way after months of permit disputes with manager Debra Bianco.Sunday, August 23, 20261
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
Planning Commission delays yogurt shop over chain-store ruleA 400-square-foot overage at the Whole Foods center held up Go Greek Yogurt, but a departing Tesla showroom may solve the problem.Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Yogurt chain seeks Malibu Planning Commission exceptionGo Greek Yogurt asks planners Monday to let it open at Whole Foods in the Park despite the city's chain-store cap.Monday, August 17, 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
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
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
Planning Commission to weigh illegal Point Dume structureOwners on Boniface Drive built a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house without permits and now want after-the-fact approval under SB 9.Monday, October 5, 2026
Council unanimously rejects ADU across from PepperdineOwner's attorney threatens to sue after city rejected a second unit at the bottom of a Malibu Country Estates lot. One councilman does not take that well.Thursday, September 24, 2026
Malibu Planning Commission set to formally kill DWP storage yardCommissioners will take a final vote Monday night to deny Los Angeles DWP's request for a Corral Canyon Road equipment lay-down yard.Thursday, September 17, 2026
Sea Level Drive erosion forces evacuation of 31 Malibu homesA 30-foot-deep sinkhole and collapsing bluff prompted an emergency proclamation and mandatory evacuations in western Malibu.Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Malibu forces Farmers Market out of Legacy Park, and up to to City HallFive sheriff's deputies and three code enforcement officers moved the market off Civic Center Way after months of permit disputes with manager Debra Bianco.Sunday, August 23, 20261
Planning Commission delays yogurt shop over chain-store ruleA 400-square-foot overage at the Whole Foods center held up Go Greek Yogurt, but a departing Tesla showroom may solve the problem.Tuesday, August 18, 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 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
First new Malibu subdivision in years heads to councilA vacant PCH lot west of Trancas would be split into four long, narrow parcels along Trancas Canyon Road.Monday, September 28, 2026
Planning Commission rejects LADWP storage yard above Corral BeachLos Angeles utility signals it may sue Malibu, claiming immunity from local zoning as it seeks a laydown yard for Palisades fire rebuild.Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Marni Kamins elected Planning Commission chair without debateThe commission unanimously selected Kamins as chair, again passing over John Mazza — but without the political fights of past years.Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Malibu Middle School breaks ground on new hub buildingPhase 2 of the campus rebuild includes a new middle school hub and gymnasium, with a swimming pool set to start construction this winter.Monday, September 14, 2026
Farmers Market dispute has been brewing for yearsA 2023 deed-restriction warning from the city council went unheeded as Cornucopia Foundation kept renting spaces on Legacy Park land.Monday, August 24, 20261
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
Yogurt chain seeks Malibu Planning Commission exceptionGo Greek Yogurt asks planners Monday to let it open at Whole Foods in the Park despite the city's chain-store cap.Monday, August 17, 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
