CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 21, 1988 | RONALD L. SOBLE, Times Staff Writer
State investigators have moved to revoke the liquor license of the stylish Malibu restaurant Splash--named by police as a target of a money-laundering investigation involving the scandal-ridden ZZZZ Best carpet cleaning firm.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 10, 1987 | TOM FURLONG and RONALD L. SOBLE, Times Staff Writers
Malibu real estate developer Tony Regan said Thursday that he will try to evict the operators of Splash restaurant in the wake of accusations by Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates that the chic eatery is a "front" for a drug-money laundering operation. Splash, on the beach near Point Dume in Malibu, is managed by Ron Lorenzo, whom Gates identified Wednesday as a "suspected organized crime figure." Lorenzo, who often greets diners when they enter the restaurant, declined comment.