Celebrity / the Edge U2 Guitarist Gets Green Light for Malibu Mansion Plans The Edge must scale down his 5-structure oceanfront project, however By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Sep 20, 2014 1:00 PM CDT Copied The Edge, left, and Bono arrive at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in May. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File) The California Coastal Commission staff has agreed to allow U2's guitarist to build a scaled-down compound in the mountains above Malibu. The staff recommended yesterday that the commission approve a smaller development than the one originally envisioned by David Evans, known better as "The Edge." Evans has been trying for eight years to build a five-mansion development that neighbors and environmentalists said would damage vegetation and create an eyesore on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A spokeswoman for the Irish musician tells the Los Angeles Times that the new plans are dramatically different and that the homes would be built into the contours of the hillside. The full commission still must approve the 150-acre project. (Click to read one critic's take on the band's PR misfire with Apple.) Report an error