Malibu, California

Coordinates: 34°02′06″N 118°41′42″W / 34.03500°N 118.69500°W / 34.03500; -118.69500
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Malibu, California
Aerial view of Downtown Malibu and surrounding neighborhoods
Aerial view of Downtown Malibu and surrounding neighborhoods
FIPS code
06-45246
GNIS feature IDs1668257, 2410913
Websitewww.malibucity.org

Malibu (

2020 census
, the city's population was 10,654.

Nicknamed "The 'Bu" by surfers and locals,[1][2][3] Malibu is noted for its beaches. The many parks within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area lie along the ridges above the city.

The city is bounded by the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, Topanga to the east, Solromar to the west, and the ocean to the south. Signs around the city boast of its "21 miles of scenic beauty" in reference to the incorporated city limits. In 2017, the signs were updated from the historical 27-mile (43 km) length of the Malibu coast spanning from Tuna Canyon on the southeast to Point Mugu in Ventura County on the northwest.[17] The Malibu ZIP code includes residents of the unincorporated canyon areas as it was assigned before the city incorporated. The city also has the closest commercial centers.

Etymology

Malibu is named for the Ventureño Chumash settlement of Humaliwo, which means "the surf sounds loudly". This pre-colonial village was next to Malibu Lagoon and is now part of the State Park.[18][19]

History

National Register of Historic Places
"Malibu Coast, Spring" by Granville Redmond, c. 1929

The area is within the Chumash territory, which extended from the San Joaquin Valley to San Luis Obispo to Malibu, as well as several islands off the southern coast of California. The Chumash called the settlement Humaliwo[20] or "the surf sounds loudly". The city's name derives from this, as the "Hu" syllable is not stressed.

Humaliwo was next to Malibu Lagoon and an important regional center in prehistoric times. The village, which is identified as CA-LAN-264, was occupied from approximately 2500 BCE. It was the second-largest Chumash coastal settlement by the Santa Monica Mountains, after Muwu (Point Mugu).

Humaliwo was considered an important political center, but there were additional minor settlements in the area. One village, Ta’lopop, was a few miles up

Malibu Canyon from Malibu Lagoon. Research shows that Humaliwo had ties to other pre-colonial villages, including Hipuk (in Westlake Village), Lalimanux (by Conejo Grade) and Huwam (in Bell Canyon).[21][22]

Conquistador

Southern Pacific railroad line through the ranch. Interstate Commerce Commission regulations would not support a railroad condemning property in order to build tracks that paralleled an existing line, so Frederick Rindge built his own railroad through his property first. He died, and May followed through with the plans, building the Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway. The line started at Carbon Canyon, just inside the ranch's property eastern boundary, and ran 15 miles westward, past Pt. Dume.[23][24][25][26]

Few roads even entered the area before 1929, when the state won another court case and built what is now known as the Pacific Coast Highway. By then May Rindge was forced to divide her property and begin selling and leasing lots. The Rindge house, known as the Adamson House[27] (a National Register of Historic Places site and California Historical Landmark), is now part of Malibu Creek State Park, between Malibu Lagoon State Beach[28] and Surfrider Beach, beside the Malibu Pier[29] that was used to provide transportation to/from the ranch, including construction materials for the Rindge railroad, and to tie up the family's yacht.[26][30]

In 1926, in an effort to avoid selling land to stave off insolvency, May Rindge created a small ceramic tile factory. At its height, Malibu Potteries employed over 100 workers, and produced decorative tiles that furnish many Los Angeles-area public buildings and

Beverly Hills residences. The factory, half a mile east of the pier, was ravaged by a fire in 1931.[31] It partially reopened in 1932, but could not recover from the effects of the Great Depression and a steep downturn in Southern California construction projects. A distinct hybrid of Moorish and Arts and crafts designs, Malibu tile is considered highly collectible. Fine examples of the tiles may be seen at the Adamson House and Serra Retreat, a 50-room mansion that was started in the 1920s as the main Rindge home on a hill overlooking the lagoon. The unfinished building was sold to the Franciscan Order in 1942[32] and is operated as a retreat facility,[33]
Serra Retreat. It burned in the 1970 fire and was rebuilt using many of the original tiles.

Most of the Big Rock Drive area was bought in 1936 by William Randolph Hearst, who considered building an estate on the property. In 1944, he sold the lower half of his holdings there to Art Jones, one of Malibu's prominent early realtors, starting with the initial leases of Rindge land in Malibu Colony. He also owned or partly owned the Malibu Inn, Malibu Trading Post, and the Big Rock Beach Cafe (now Moonshadows restaurant). Philiip McAnany owned 80 acres (32 ha) in the upper Big Rock area, which he purchased in 1919, and had two cabins there, one of which burned in a brush fire that swept through the area in 1959, and the other in the 1993 Malibu fire. McAnany Way is named after him.[34][35][36][37]

Malibu Colony

Malibu Colony was one of the first areas with private homes after May Rindge opened Malibu to development in 1926. Frederick Rindge paid $10 an acre in 1890. [38] One of Malibu's most famous districts,[39] it is south of Malibu Road and the Pacific Coast Highway, west of Malibu Lagoon State Beach, east of Malibu Bluffs Park (formerly a state park), and across from the Malibu Civic Center. May Rindge allowed prominent Hollywood movie stars to build vacation homes in the Colony as a defensive public relations wedge against the Southern Pacific from taking her property under eminent domain for a coastal train route. The action forced the Southern Pacific to route its northbound line inland then return to the coast in Ventura. But her long legal battle to protect the Malibu coast had been costly, and she died penniless.[40] Long known as a popular private enclave for wealthy celebrities,[41] the Malibu Colony is a gated community, with multimillion-dollar homes on small lots. It has views of the Pacific, with coastline views stretching from Santa Monica to Rancho Palos Verdes to the south (known locally as the Queen's Necklace[42]) and the bluffs of Point Dume to the north.

High technology in Malibu

The first working model of a

Hughes Research Laboratory[43] (now known as HRL Laboratories LLC). In the 1990s HRL Laboratories developed the FastScat computer code.[44] TRW built a laboratory in Solstice Canyon without any structural steel to test magnetic detectors for satellites and medical devices.[45]

Incorporation

In 1991 most of the Malibu land grant was incorporated as a city to allow local control of the area (as cities under California law, they are not subject to the same level of county government oversight). Prior to achieving municipal status, the local residents had fought several county-proposed developments, including an offshore freeway,[46] a nuclear power plant,[47] and several plans to replace septic tanks with sewer lines to protect the ocean from seepage that pollutes the marine environment. The incorporation drive gained impetus in 1986, when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved plans for a regional sewer that would have been large enough to serve 400,000 people in the western Santa Monica Mountains. Residents were incensed that they would be assessed taxes and fees to pay for the sewer project, and feared that the Pacific Coast Highway would need to be widened into a freeway to accommodate growth that they did not want. The supervisors fought the incorporation drive and prevented the residents from voting, a decision that was overturned in the courts.

The city councils in the 1990s were unable to write a Local Coastal Plan (LCP) that preserved enough public access to satisfy the

sewage plant for the Civic Center area. The city council has objected to that solution.[48] On February 2, 2007, Civic Center Stormwater Treatment Facility opened.[49][50] On June 29, 2016, City of Malibu Civic Center Wasterwater Treatment Facility, Phase 1, broke ground.[51][52][53][54][55]

Geography

The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in central Malibu
The Paradise Cove pier in Malibu
Residential developments in the mountains above Malibu coast

Malibu's eastern end borders the community of Topanga, which separates it from the city of Los Angeles.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 19.8 square miles (51 km2), over 99% of it land.

Malibu's dry brush and steep clay slopes make it prone to fires, floods, and mudslides.

Beaches on the Malibu coast include Big Rock Beach, Broad Beach,

Santa Catalina Island
.

Like all California beaches, Malibu beaches are public below the mean high tide line. Many large public beaches are easily accessible, but such access is sometimes limited for some of the smaller and remoter beaches.[62]

View from Malibu Bluffs Park, facing west toward Point Dume

The Malibu Coast lies on the fringe of an extensive chaparral and woodland wilderness area, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.[63] Various environmental elements collectively create a recipe for natural disasters: the mountainous and geologically unstable terrain; seasonal rainstorms that result in dense vegetation growth; seasonal dry Santa Ana winds; and a naturally dry topography and climate.

Wildfires

Looking down on the Corral Canyon brush fire from Latigo Canyon Road
The smoke plume from the Woolsey Fire, seen from the Pacific Coast Highway

The Malibu coast has seen dozens of wildfires:[64][65]

Mudslides

One of the most problematic side effects of the fires that periodically rage through Malibu is the destruction of vegetation, which normally provides some degree of topographical stability to the loosely packed shale and sandstone hills during periods of heavy precipitation. Rainstorms following large wildfires can thus cause mudslides, in which water-saturated earth and rock moves quickly down mountainsides, or entire slices of mountainside abruptly detach and fall downward.

After the 1993 wildfire stripped the surrounding mountains of their earth-hugging chaparral, torrential rainstorms in early 1994 caused a massive mudslide near Las Flores Canyon that closed down the Pacific Coast Highway for months. Thousands of tons of mud, rocks, and water rained down on the highway. The destruction to property and infrastructure was exacerbated by the road's narrowness at that point, with beachside houses abutting the highway with little or no frontage land as a buffer to the mudslide.[78] Another large mudslide occurred on Malibu Canyon Road, between the Pepperdine University campus and HRL Laboratories LLC, closing down Malibu Canyon for two months.[79] Yet another behemoth slide occurred on Kanan-Dume Road, about one mile (1.6 km) up the canyon from the Pacific Coast Highway. This closure lasted many months, with Kanan finally fixed by the California Department of Transportation (Cal-Trans)[80] over a year after the road collapsed.

Mudslides can occur at any time in Malibu, whether a recent fire or rainstorm has occurred or not. Pacific Coast Highway, Kanan-Dume Road, and Malibu Canyon road (as well as many other local roads) have all been prone to many subsequent mudslide-related closures. During any period of prolonged or intense rain, Caltrans snowplows patrol most canyon roads in the area, clearing mud, rocks, and other debris from the roads. Such efforts keep most roads passable, but it is nevertheless typical for one or more of the major roads leading into and out of Malibu to be temporarily closed during the rainy season.

Storms

Malibu is periodically subject to intense coastal storms. Occasionally, these unearth remnants of the Rindge railroad that was built through Malibu in the early 20th century.

On January 25, 2008, during an unusually large storm for Southern California, a tornado came ashore and struck a naval base's hangar, ripping off the roof. It was the first tornado to strike Malibu's shoreline in recorded history.[81]

Earthquakes

Malibu is within 50 miles (80 km) of the San Andreas Fault, a fault over 800 miles (1,300 km) long that can produce an earthquake over magnitude 8. Several faults are in the region, making the area prone to earthquakes.

The 1994

1971 Sylmar earthquake
(magnitudes 6.7 and 6.6, respectively) shook the area. Smaller earthquakes happen more often.

Climate

This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C). According to the

Köppen Climate Classification system, Malibu has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[82] The city's climate is influenced by the Pacific Ocean, resulting in far more moderate temperatures than locations further inland experience. Snow in Malibu is extremely rare, but flurries with higher accumulations in the nearby mountains occurred on January 17, 2007. More recently, snow fell in the city on January 25, 2021.[83] The record high temperature of 104  °F (40 °C) was observed on September 27, 2010, while the record low temperature of 26  °F (–3 °C) was observed on January 14, 2007.[84]

Climate data for Malibu, California (Point Mugu State Park, 1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 88
(31)
91
(33)
94
(34)
100
(38)
98
(37)
102
(39)
101
(38)
98
(37)
104
(40)
103
(39)
98
(37)
96
(36)
104
(40)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 66.2
(19.0)
64.7
(18.2)
65.5
(18.6)
66.6
(19.2)
67.5
(19.7)
69.9
(21.1)
72.8
(22.7)
73.7
(23.2)
73.1
(22.8)
73.1
(22.8)
70.6
(21.4)
66.0
(18.9)
69.1
(20.6)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 45.6
(7.6)
45.8
(7.7)
47.7
(8.7)
48.3
(9.1)
51.8
(11.0)
55.5
(13.1)
58.4
(14.7)
58.3
(14.6)
57.0
(13.9)
54.2
(12.3)
48.1
(8.9)
44.0
(6.7)
51.2
(10.7)
Record low °F (°C) 26
(−3)
28
(−2)
31
(−1)
31
(−1)
34
(1)
37
(3)
42
(6)
43
(6)
40
(4)
35
(2)
28
(−2)
28
(−2)
26
(−3)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.36
(60)
3.93
(100)
2.17
(55)
0.48
(12)
0.38
(9.7)
0.11
(2.8)
0.02
(0.51)
0.01
(0.25)
0.08
(2.0)
0.40
(10)
0.88
(22)
1.71
(43)
12.53
(318)
Source 1: Averages:
NOAA[85]
Source 2: Records: MSN[84]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
200012,575
201012,6450.6%
202010,654−15.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[86]

2020

The 2020 United States Census reported that Malibu had a population of only 10,654, a 15.7% decrease from the 2010 census.[87]

2010

The

Latino
origin, of any race (6.1%).

The Census reported that 12,504 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 126 (1.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 15 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 5,267 households, out of which 1,379 (26.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,571 (48.8%) were

families
(60.7% of all households); the average family size was 2.87.

There were 2,366 people (18.7%) under the age of 18, 1,060 people (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 2,291 people (18.1%) aged 25 to 44, 4,606 people (36.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,322 people (18.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

There were 6,864 housing units at an average density of 346.2 per square mile (133.7/km2), of which 3,716 (70.6%) were owner-occupied, and 1,551 (29.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.9%. 9,141 people (72.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,363 people (26.6%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Malibu had a median household income of $133,869, with 10.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[89]

2000

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.48% of the population.

There were 5,137 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the city, 19.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The

poverty line
, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.

German and English were the most common ancestries. Canada and the United Kingdom were the most common foreign places of birth.[91]

Economy

Pepperdine University campus, view to the coast

The Malibu Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1949 to provide support to local Malibu business, and has over 500 members.[92]

HRL Laboratories, the research arm of the former Hughes Aircraft Company, was established in 1960 in Malibu. Among its research accomplishments was the first working laser. Despite the aerospace industry's downsizing in the 1990s, HRL is the largest employer in Malibu.

Jakks Pacific is based in Malibu.

Established in 1937 in south-central Los Angeles, Pepperdine University moved to its Malibu campus in 1972. But when Malibu incorporated as a city, the boundaries were drawn to exclude Pepperdine, at the college's insistence.[93]

The Surfrider Foundation was formed in 1984 by a group of surfers gathered to protect 31 miles (50 km) of coastal waters from Marina Del Rey through Malibu to Ventura County, and represent the surfing community.[94]

Santa Monica
to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Following the opening of Passages Malibu in 2001, the city has become home to numerous residential drug-abuse treatment centers. As of 2013, there are 35 state-licensed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Malibu, in addition to a multiplying number of unlicensed sober-living homes.[95]

Panorama of Malibu Beach from Malibu Pier
A view of Malibu Beach

There are several shopping centers in the Malibu Civic Center area including the Malibu Country Mart. The Malibu Civic Center is known for being frequented by paparazzi and tourists looking to catch a glimpse of local celebrities.

Arts and culture

Getty Villa, an art museum that is part of the J. Paul Getty Museum, is just outside the city limits in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.[96] It is owned and operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust, which also oversees the Getty Center in West Los Angeles.[97] The Museum at the Getty Villa houses Getty's collections of antiquities, sculptures, art pieces and cultural artifacts of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.

Adamson House, the historic house and gardens of the 19th-century original owners of Malibu, the Rindge Family, is a state museum.

The Malibu Art Association, a nonprofit organization to foster the arts in Malibu, produces shows, demonstrations and workshops for its members, and offers art for public display throughout the community.[98]

The Malibu Garden Club holds an annual garden tour of private, residential gardens.[99]

Malibu High School offers musicals every spring and instrumental and vocal musical concerts every winter and spring.[100]

Smothers Theatre of Pepperdine University's Theatrical Drama Department offers concerts, plays, musicals, opera, and dance.[101]

Annual events

The Malibu Arts Festival is held annually on the last weekend in July by the Malibu Chamber of Commerce.[102]

The Malibu International Film Festival is held every year showcasing new films and filmmakers from around the world.[103]

The Malibu Chili Cookoff, held every Labor Day weekend, is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Malibu. Proceeds benefit children and youth organizations.[104]

The Malibu Nautica Triathlon is held every September. In 2007, it raised $718,000 to benefit Children's Hospital Los Angeles.[105]

The Polar Plunge (Los Angeles) is held each year in February at Zuma Beach to help raise funds for the Special Olympics in Southern California.[106]

Parks and recreation

Surfrider Beach

California State Parkland in the hills behind Malibu provides extensive horseback-riding, hiking, running, and mountain-biking options, affording many different views of the

Backbone Trail System
throughout the local canyons, as well as a variety of smaller, local trailheads.

Pacific Coast Highway
is popular with road cycling enthusiasts for its vistas. The route also has a reputation for being quite dangerous for cyclists, which inspired the creation of the Dolphin Run, an annual community event commemorating local victims of reckless driving. The Dolphin Run was held each Autumn from 1990 to 2004.

In late June 2008, the Malibu Pier reopened after $10 million in renovations.[107]

Malibu Bluffs Community Park and Malibu Bluffs Recreation Area

The former Malibu Bluffs State Park ownership changed hands in 2006 after the California Department of Parks and Recreation transferred the park's 93 acres (38 ha) control to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy,[108] They established the Malibu Bluffs Recreation Area, an Open Space Preserve of 90 acres (36 ha) on the bluffs between the Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Road, directly opposite Pepperdine University and Malibu Canyon Road. The 100-foot (30 m) bluffs rise above Amarillo Beach and Puerco Beach across Malibu Road. Five public stairways (which adjoin private property) lead down to the shoreline from the base of the bluffs. The trails begin from the spacious lawns in Malibu Bluffs Community Park

The Malibu Bluffs Recreation Area surrounds the 6-acre (2.4 ha) Malibu Bluffs Community Park, whose 10-acre (4.0 ha) parcel the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy sold to the city.[109] It consists of the Michael Landon Community Center, baseball diamonds, and soccer fields.[110] Home of the Malibu Little League[111] (MLL), Malibu AYSO,[112] are youth soccer organizations that share practice fields. For over 20 years, the State Parks planned to return the land to its native wetlands and vegetation.[113] A rider to a California state law was written specifically in the 1950s to allow baseball, with its attendant field accoutrements, to continue being played in the state park.[114] Other city parks include Las Flores Creek Park, Malibu Bluffs Park, and Trancas Canyon Park.

Malibu Legacy Park Project

Malibu Legacy Park is a restoration project undertaken by the city with broad community support.

stormwater runoff that accumulates in the park to mitigate the stormwater pollution in Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon, and Surfrider Beach.[119] The Malibu Legacy Park Project responds to critical issues, including bacteria reduction by stormwater treatment; nutrient reduction in wastewater management; restoration and development of riparian habitats; and the development of an open space area for passive recreation and environmental education. In addition, the project will be linked by a "linear park" to neighboring Surfrider Beach, Malibu Pier, Malibu Lagoon, and Malibu Bluffs Park.[120]

Ball sports are prohibited in the park along with running/jogging and other sports.[118][121] The park includes many educational features, an outdoor classroom, and other informative features which explain the different habitats.[122]

Surfrider Beach

On October 9, 2010, Surfrider Beach was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve.[123]

Across the street from the civic center of Malibu, Surfrider Beach is adjacent to the Malibu Colony and Malibu Pier. This surfing beach was featured in 1960s surf movies like Beach Party. The Surfrider point break stems from the Malibu Colony into Santa Monica Bay and carries the nickname "Third Point". Surfing at this spot is popular during the winter.[124]

Government

Municipal government

Malibu is a general law city governed with a five-member City Council including the mayor and mayor pro tem. The City Council hires a city manager to carry out policies and serve as executive officer. Every even-numbered year either two or three members are elected by the people to serve a four-year term. Usually, the City Council meets in April and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as mayor-pro-tem. In 2006, this pattern was deviated from when the council decided to have a cycle of three mayors and mayors pro-tem in the coming two years. Malibu does not have a police force. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement services to Malibu.[125]

County, state, and federal representation

In the

the 27th Senate District, represented by Democrat Henry Stern. It is in the 42nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jacqui Irwin.[126]

In the United States House of Representatives, Malibu is in California's 32nd congressional district, which is represented by Brad Sherman.

Education

Schools

The

John L. Webster Elementary School
(grades K-5, in central Malibu) and Malibu Elementary School (grades K-5, in northwestern Malibu's Pt. Dume district).

Private schools include Calmont,[127] Our Lady of Malibu (Catholic),[128] Colin McEwen High School, New Roads,[129] and St. Aidan's School.

Malibu High School (MHS) provides secondary public education for both middle school (grades 6–8) and high school (grades 9–12). MHS is in northwestern Malibu.

Santa Monica
to the south.

Library

Exterior of the Malibu branch of the LA County Library

Malibu Public Library, a 16,530-square-foot (1,536 m2) branch of the

County of Los Angeles Public Library, is in the Malibu Civic Center Complex. The branch has an adult reading area, a children's reading area, a 125-person meeting room, and free parking. The library opened in 1970. Before that, residents were served by a bookmobile.[130]

Media

Educational-access television cable TV channel 32, and was previously on channel 26.[131][132]

Broadcast radio stations licensed for Malibu include FM

KYRA, Thousand Oaks, has a booster KLSI-FM1 with a city of license of "Malibu Vista".[133]

Malibu has three local newspapers: The Malibu Times, founded in 1946, the Malibu Surfside News, and Pepperdine University's student newspaper, the Graphic.

There are also three magazines in Malibu: Malibu Arts Journal, Malibu Magazine, and Malibu Times Magazine and "Malibu Biz".

Infrastructure

Fire protection is served by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Malibu/Lost Hills Station in Calabasas, serving Malibu under contract with the city.[134][135]

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Malibu.[136] The department operates the Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica, serving Malibu.[137]

Water is provided by LA Waterworks District 29.

The United States Postal Service operates the Malibu Post Office at 23838 Pacific Coast Highway,[138] the Colony Annex at 23648 Pacific Coast Highway, adjacent to the Malibu Post Office,[139] and the La Costa Malibu Post Office at 21229 Pacific Coast Highway.[140]

Transportation

The Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) is the central route through the length of the city. PCH handles approximately 40,500 vehicles per day during peak hours in the summer.[141]

In popular culture

Point Dume State Beach
, a frequently used film location
Ambulance hulk at M*A*S*H filming site, Malibu Creek State Park, 2008

Malibu has been used as a location or setting for many films, television programs, fashion shoots and music videos.

Tony Stark's mansion in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in Iron Man
.

Malibu is the setting for the TV series

Robbie Ray Stewart (portrayed by Billy Ray Cyrus) live in Malibu on the Disney Channel Original Series Hannah Montana. In the Fox TV series The O.C., both the Cohen house and the Cooper home were actually in Malibu.[143] Malibu Shores, a teen drama that aired on NBC, was set in Malibu. Some scenes from The Even Stevens Movie were filmed on Westward Beach in Point Dume. The small hit TV show Summerland
was also filmed and set in Malibu.

In 2006,

Bravo television aired Million Dollar Listing, a real-estate related show based on million-dollar listings in Malibu, as well as Hollywood, including real-life Malibu agents such as Chris Cortazzo, Scotty Brown, Madison Hildebrand, and Lydia Simon.[144]

The MTV reality show Buzzin' starring Shwayze and Cisco Adler is mostly filmed in Malibu, at locations including Westward Beach, Malibu Courthouse, Pacific Coast Highway, Point Dume Trailer Park, Malibu Inn, and the outside of PC Greens.

There are also many music videos filmed on Malibu's beaches. In 1998, the alternative rock band

Grammy award-winning album Hasten Down the Wind. Girls Aloud filmed their video "Call the Shots" on the beach at Malibu. In 1999, Britney Spears shot the video for the song "Sometimes" directed by Nigel Dick on the pier at Paradise Cove. Also in late 1998, Madonna shot her video for "The Power of Good-Bye" near Silver Top mansion. The music videos for "Lost" by American band Maroon 5 and "Somebody to You", from British band The Vamps featuring Demi Lovato were both filmed on Malibu Beach. One Direction's video "What Makes You Beautiful " on July 11, 2011, and Watermelon Sugar filmed on January 30, 2020, by Harry Styles
.

Notable people

Sister cities

See also

References

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