A12 The Malibu Times May 8, 2014

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County transfers $1.17 million to city for Civic Center wastewater treatment project

LA County officials plan on trans-ferring $1.17 million in unclaimed refunds to the City of Malibu, money that will help fund a controversial $41-million Civic Center wastewater treatment facility.

The nearly $1.2 mill ion in unclaimed funds accrued after a county effort to locate 1990s prop-erty owners who were forced to pay into an assessment district for a city-wide sewer project that eventually ground to a halt when activists won Malibu cityhood in the early ‘90s.

In its efforts to refund those who paid into the assessment, the county treasurer’s office issued more than 3,700 refunds totaling $4.1 million. After those refunds, they were left with $1.17 million.

“Returning the unclaimed bal-ance of funds to the City for the cur-rent wastewater treatment project is the right thing to do, and ensures that the money will be used for its original purpose of addressing the water-quality needs of the people of Malibu,” said Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.

Under a development prohibition placed on the City of Malibu in 2011 by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, the city is required to build a centralized waste-water treatment system in the Civic Center by November 2015. The city is nine months behind on that time-line.

The agreement also stipulates homeowners living within the Civic Center prohibition area must connect to the system by 2019 and phase out their septic systems.

Obama’s LA visit may cause traffic delays

President Obama will arrive for his 17th visit to Los Angeles just in time for the evening rush hour on Wednesday.

Many traffic delays are expected

on the Westside as the president will attend several events between Wednesday and Thursday. Those headed into or through Brentwood, Santa Monica and Westwood should prepare for possible traffic delays.

Obama will be raising money for the Democratic Party, and he will also receive a humanities award from film director Steven Spielberg.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are expected to attend, along with Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, as some of the hosts for the fundraisers.

Locations that Obama will visit include Alan Horn’s home, the USC Shoah Foundation and the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Wilshire in Beverly Hills for a roundtable discussion.

Webster, Point Dume Elementary Schools honored

Two of Malibu’s elementary schools, Point Dume Marine Science School and Webster Elementary School, have been named amongst the 424 public elementary schools receiving the 2014 California Distinguished School honor.

The program, which named a total of four schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District as Distinguished Schools this year, recognizes schools that, according to the state “have made progress in narrowing the academic achievement gap.”

Principals from both schools made statements in appreciation of the honor, which was bestowed by the California Department of Education.

“We are thrilled to be recognized again as a California Distinguished School,” said Point Dume Principal Rebecca Johnson. “I want to thank the students, staff and parents. It is due to their continued dedication and extraordinary effort that this acknowledgement of PDMSS was made possible.”

“Webster Elementary School is honored to be considered a California Distinguished School for a second time,” said Webster Principal, Dr. Susan Samarge-Powell. “The stu-dents, staff and parent community all

contribute to the successes found at Webster—it is a wonderful environ-ment in which to learn.”

Author Tom Robbins to appear in Malibu

Tom Robbins, author of “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” is coming to Diesel, a Bookstore in Malibu on June 19.

Diesel has decided to start up a Tom Robbins Book Group in antici-pation of his arrival. The first book is “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.” This is the story of large-thumbed Sissy Hankshaw’s wild adventures. It may be the iconic novel of ’70s American culture. The first Tom Robbins Book Group meets Wed., May 7 at 6 p.m. To sign up for the Book Group, call 310.456.9961.

The second book will be Robbins’ latest memoir “Tibetan Peach Pie: A

True Account of an Imaginative Life.” The book publishes on May 27 and the group will begin reading it as soon as it comes out.

Diesel, A Bookstore, is located at 23410 Civic Center Way.

Topanga Film Festival seeks entries

The 10th Topanga Film Festival, presented by the Topanga Film Institute, is calling for entries for the 2014 event.

The festival accepts short films (one to 25 minutes in length) that fall into any of the following genres: drama, documentary, comedy or experimental. They are also seek-ing feature documentary film, dance film, youth salon and narrative fea-ture.

For more information and to sub-mit films, visit topangafilminstitute.

com. The 2014 festival will take place July 17-20.

Grunion season hits Malibu

California Grunion have begun spawning in Malibu at rapid rates.

Between 1,600 and 3,600 eggs are made during one spawn, accord-ing to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Spawning occurs every year between March and August while peak spawning happens between late March and early June. Malibu currently is in the heart of closed season, which means these fish can only be observed late at night.

Eggs are deposited when tides are at their highest point and incu-bated when tides are at their low-est point because the waves will not disturb the eggs. After 10 days, they

hatch during the next high tide series when they are flooded by sea water and flustered by rising surf.

To protect these fish, locals are encouraged to not harass them and avoid any vehicle traffic or groom-ing on beaches in the area below the wrack line (the high tide line where kelp is deposited on the sand) because eggs may be incubating a few inches below in the sand.

If grunions are observed, the Grunion Greeters asks locals to report it on this survey.To learn more, visit grunion.org.

MHS seeks basketball coach

Malibu High School is looking for a new varsity boys basketball head coach. Any interested applicant should contact Athletic Director Chris Neier at 310.457.6801 ext. 74316 or by email at cneier@smmusd.org. Varsity coaching experience and a professional working relationship are required.

Fourth annual Open Hearts Foundation Gala to take place in Malibu

Hosted at the private Malibu home of Jane Seymour and James Keach, the fourth annual Open Hearts Foundation Gala will take place on May 10 at 6 p.m. The event features a silent auction, dinner, live auction and entertainment.

The event will be hosted by CNN’s Christi Paul and will honor actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley for her work with raising awareness of dementia, Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson for their work combating bullying, President and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks Derrick Hall for his work with prostate cancer, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills for his work assisting wounded vet-erans and their families.

Cheap Trick and Delta Rae will perform live at the gala, which is expected to have celebrity guests. The Open Hearts Foundation Gala was started to honor individuals who overcome adversity through love and service to others.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit openheartsfoundation.org/2014-gala.

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Real Estate

A fire erupted in heavy brush in Pacific Palisades on Sunday after-noon. Homes were temporarily threatened but no evacuations were ordered, according to officials.

The fire was initially estimated at 10 acres, burning in thick brush in a neighborhood on Avenida de

Santa Ynez. The road is about 2.7 miles north of the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard in a neighborhood acces-sible via Palisades Drive.

More than 100 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Several helicopters were also sent to the fire.

The fire was later downgraded to five acres and was knocked down at 4:45 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Fire crews remained on site through Sunday evening monitoring for hot spots. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Five-acre brush fire erupts in Pacific Palisades

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