CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
November 3, 1997
Re "Malibu Votes to Give Pier Back to State," Oct. 29: The residents of Malibu have chosen to live where they do, yet do not want to take financial responsibility. After the storms of 1983 the taxpayers helped rebuild the oceanfront homes destroyed with subsidized insurance. Next were the fires, then the floods and the ongoing rockslides. Now the city wants to give the pier back to the state so once again the residents can escape financial responsibility and pass the cost on to the taxpayers.
SPORTS
May 29, 2011 | Eric Sondheimer
The first Grade I race of the Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting is scheduled for Monday. The $250,000 Gamely Stakes will be run at 11/8 miles on the turf for fillies and mares, and the improving Malibu Pier, trained by Carla Gaines, enters as the horse to beat. Malibu Pier has won consecutive Grade II races, including the Santa Barbara Handicap on April 16 at 11/4 miles on the turf when jockey Brice Blanc picked up the mount. Cozi Rose was the beaten favorite in the Santa Barbara and returns for a rematch.
NEWS
January 29, 1987
Although 30 companies expressed interest in renovating and operating the dilapidated Malibu Pier, none placed bids by last week's deadline. The state Department of Parks and Recreation, which is responsible for the pier, wanted to lease the structure for 20 years to one operator who could then sublease two restaurants, a fast-food stand and a sportfishing concession.
NEWS
February 2, 1995 | KATHLEEN KELLEHER
The beleaguered Malibu Pier, for decades an object of concern for state and local officials, has been closed seaward of Alice's Restaurant after recent storms washed away several pilings. The Jan. 4 storm swept six support pilings out to sea, prompting officials at the state Department of Parks and Recreation to temporarily brace the structure with timbers. Parks' officials then hired Moffatt & Nichol, a Long Beach engineering firm, to inspect the pier.
NEWS
July 23, 1989 | KENNETH J. GARCIA, Times Staff Writer
For being one of the leading attractions in a town filled with famous sights, the Malibu pier has never received star treatment. It is mired in a sorry state of disrepair, under siege from an angry former landlord and suffering from absentee ownership, daily battering from the sea and 86 years of constant use. Yet there remains a steady stream of people angling to control it and make money from it, each offering promises to remodel it into a top-flight tourist attraction.
NEWS
May 18, 1986
The state Park and Recreation Commission has unanimously authorized a plan to generate more money at Malibu Pier by adding a second restaurant and fast-food stand in existing structures there, and negotiating a 20-year master lease for the entire pier. The pier operator would have to upgrade the shabby, decaying structure immediately and pay the state 5% of yearly revenues for rent. A restaurant and sportfishing business are already in place at the pier; both leases will expire by 1987.