Talk:Malibu, California

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Pepperdine went out of its way to avoid being included when Malibu incorporated as a city. Why should it be included here? Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Pepperdine is "adjacent" to Malibu. Will McW 22:08, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Bluffs

• In 2004, an attempt was made to demolish the Bluffs park (which was home to the Malibu Little League, which is older than Disneyland) and make a mall. The attempt was over-ruled by City Council, led by Jeff Jennings.

Can we get some confirmation for this? Is this the park across from Pepperdine? If so, I thought that it was a state park and the baseball players were eventually asked to leave as a non-complying use, or some similar reason, and that a land-swap or special lease was arranged to preserve the ball fields. Ah, in fact here it is, albeit from an involved politician:

• Little League Wins Before First Game is Played
• Part of the funding for the purchase of Soka came from a creative solution to the need of Malibu’s Little League and AYSO for permanent ballfields. For over 20 years, they have played on fields owned by the state at Bluffs Park in Malibu, but only on a temporary lease. Money was needed toward the purchase of Soka and the leagues needed a permanent home. State Parks Director Ruth Coleman put together a deal that will sell the roughly 10 acres of ball fields to the City of Malibu, and will deed restrict the other 93 acres which will be transferred to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The money from the sale of the fields to Malibu was an essential part of the purchase price of Soka. On Saturday, March 5, I was delighted to throw out the first pitch at the opening of Malibu Little League’s season. Hundreds of energetic players and their families were there, along with the entire Malibu City Council. I was ably supported in my pitch by Tommy Davis, a former star player with the Los Angeles Dodgers. This was a true win-win solution to a seemingly insoluble problem.http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a41/newsletter/AD41ENewsletterMar2005.pdf

I don't see any mention of a mall or Jeff Jennings. Let's see if we can summarize this complicated transaction intelligibly and correctly. -Will Beback 11:55, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Martin Sheen

I work for a newspaper in Malibu. I know for a fact Martin Sheen never served on the City Council. Please remove that line.

Got it, thanks. I did find several sources which said that Sheen had been appointed, probably by the Chamber of Commerce, as "honorary mayor". I've added that, but if you have further info please correct it. Cheers, -Will Beback 20:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, you got it right. The chamber used to name an honorary mayor every year prior to incorporation.

Origin of name?

Malibu doesn't seem much like the native name, where did it come from? Was it just a bastardization of the original? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.191.211.54 (talk) 21:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

From what I understand, the name is pretty close to its original Chumash name. The first syllable of "Humaliwo" isn't stressed. Note similar placenames, "Mugu", "Chismahu", "Piru". -Will Beback · † · 23:22, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I had the same question. I clarified it in the article --AW 19:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Britney Spears

I thought I'd read that Britney Spears had moved to Tennessee? I might be wrong though, but if I'm not, she should be deleted from the list of famous residents. Jeremymiles 06:35, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

The lists of notable residents for most places include former residents. Given the nature of Malibu as a film colony I'd say we could easily delete the whole list because if we tried to make it comprehensive it'd be so long that it'd overwhelm the article. -Will Beback · † · 07:31, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

grammar cleanup?

Can anybody throw light on what this sentence is meant to mean?

"areas that in the past continuously moved in landslides that may be tens of thousands of years old - rumble to life after heavy rainfall"

clean up welcomed, cheers... --mgaved 12:59, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

No idea. I deleted it and re-wrote the other contributions by the same editor. -Will Beback · † · 20:18, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

The Malibu Colony

Shouldn't there be a link to an article about this area? The article doesn't explain what it is. I'm not even sure. I think it's a gated community tho? Where all the celebrities live? 24.60.66.216 00:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)