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Gene Simmons of KISS Recovering After Car Crash

Rocker apparently fainted behind the wheel, drove into a parked vehicle

(Newser) - Rock icon Gene Simmons is on the mend at home after he apparently fainted behind the wheel and crashed his SUV on Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway, authorities say. However, the 76-year-old KISS member tells NBC News that he's fine after a brief hospital visit. The Los Angeles...

Johnny Carson's Malibu Retreat Up for Grabs
Heeeeeere's Johnny's
House Up for Sale
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 4, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

Heeeeeere's Johnny's House Up for Sale

Carson's 4-acre estate, with sweeping ocean views and an indoor arboretum, is on the market for $110M

(Newser) - One of California's most storied celebrity properties, formerly home to the "King of Late Night" Johnny Carson, is now on the market for a staggering $110 million, offering a rare glimpse into Hollywood history and coastal luxury. Carson bought the estate in the Point Dume area of...

Mountain Lion Attacks Girl, 11, Feeding Chickens

Victim is expected to recover

(Newser) - An 11-year-old California girl was attacked by a mountain lion as she fed her family's chickens outside their Malibu home Sunday evening. The girl, who is expected to recover, was hospitalized with injuries to her arm, leg, and lower back, USA Today reports. Mountain lions, also called cougars or...

Powerball Winner's Mansion Destroyed in Palisades Fire

Newish billionaire Edwin Castro loses $3.8M luxury home in Malibu

(Newser) - Edwin Castro's good-luck streak has ended. The California man—who won $2.04 billio n in a 2022 Powerball drawing, scooped up tens of millions of dollars' worth of luxury real estate, and won a lawsuit alleging he wasn't the rightful owner of the winning Powerball ticket—has...

Billionaire Malibu Neighbors in Legal Tiff Over Alleged Sand Stealing
Billionaire: Billionaire Neighbor
Stole Malibu Sand
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Aug 18, 2024 11:10 AM CDT

Billionaire: Billionaire Neighbor Stole Malibu Sand

Issue involves Broad Beach, where sand has long been dwindling

(Newser) - Sand is in short supply at Malibu's Broad Beach, where almost all the dunes are now gone thanks to sea level rise, high tides, storms, and erosion. And now Mark Attanasio, the billionaire owner of the Milwaukee Brewers, stands accused—by another billionaire—of stealing it for his own...

Malibu Driver Who Killed Students Charged With Murder

Fraser Michael Bohm, who's in custody, pleads not guilty

(Newser) - The driver whose car struck four college students last week in Malibu, killing them, has been charged with murder. Fraser Michael Bohm faces four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter as well as four counts of murder, CBS News reports. He appeared in court on Wednesday, pleading not guilty. District Attorney...

Dick Van Dyke, 97, Crashes Car
Dick Van Dyke, 97, in Car Crash
Mar 22, 2023 9:00 AM CDT

Dick Van Dyke, 97, in Car Crash

Hollywood veteran, who suffered 'minor injuries,' may require a driving test

(Newser) - Dick Van Dyke has seen better days. The 97-year-old film and TV actor got banged up last week when his vehicle skidded in wet conditions, then slammed into a gate in Malibu, California, TMZ reports. He was bleeding from the nose and mouth and was suspected of having a concussion...

Fiery Crash Kills Owner of Celebrity Hangout, Son

Kevin Gonzales, facing double murder charges, seen undergoing sobriety test

(Newser) - The owner of a celebrity hangout and his young son have died in a horrific, fiery crash in California that is being blamed on a suspected drunk driver. Kevin Gonzales, 21, is facing charges of double murder after police say he slammed his vehicle into a classic Ford Mustang carrying...

Pandora Papers Look 'Really Bad' for Jordan's King
Pandora Papers
Look 'Really Bad'
for Jordan's King
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 4, 2021 10:15 AM CDT

Pandora Papers Look 'Really Bad' for Jordan's King

King Abdullah reportedly used front companies to buy $106M in real estate while citizens struggled

(Newser) - We're learning more about the tax avoidance schemes of the uber-rich courtesy of the Pandora Papers , published Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which are putting Jordan's King Abdullah II in a particularly bad light. The longest-serving monarch in the Arab world, who's ruled Jordan...

Joe Montana, Wife Block Kidnapping Try of Grandchild

The former NFL quarterback says an unknown woman entered their Malibu home

(Newser) - Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed on Sunday. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Montana told deputies that his grandchild was sleeping in a playpen on...

2 Were Left Trapped in Kevin Hart Wreck: Cops

The actor/comedian managed to crawl out of the car

(Newser) - That Kevin Hart survived is a near-miracle—but somehow the actor/comedian emerged from a horrific car wreck early Sunday morning, TMZ reports. His classic 1970 Plymouth Barracuda plunged off Mulholland Highway in Calabasas, Calif., at about 1am, breaking through a wooden fence and plunging into a gully where the car'...

He Took His Girls Out So Wife Could Study, Was Murdered

GQ looks at the death of Tristan Beaudette in Malibu Creek State Park

(Newser) - "Malibu is a perfect city." That's not what Meliss Tatangelo thinks—she says that's the attitude of law enforcement, who she says reacted improperly after someone shot at her car as she slept in it at Malibu Creek State Park in January 2017. The Los Angeles...

Missing Woman's Car Found by Highway

Colorado's Jennifer Michelle Lorber disappeared in California

(Newser) - An intense search is on for a Colorado woman whose rented car was found on the side of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Calif. Jennifer Michelle Lorber, 30, was last heard from around 11pm Thursday after she flew to Los Angeles, rented a car, and drove to a motel...

Authorities Think They Have Answers in String of Mysterious Shootings

A man has been charged in camper's death and 10 other shootings around Malibu

(Newser) - Authorities think they finally have an answer after two years of mysterious shootings in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains, the AP reports. A 42-year-old parolee has been charged with killing a man as he camped with his daughters in a Malibu state park and shooting at 10 other campers...

Celebs Lose Houses in Cali Wildfire
Celebs Lose Houses
in Cali Wildfire
Nov 11, 2018 3:15 PM CST

Celebs Lose Houses in Cali Wildfire

Gerard Butler came home to charred ruins

(Newser) - With fires ravaging California—and the death toll reaching 23 in the Camp Fire near Sacramento—even celebrities are seeing their homes threatened or burned to the ground, People reports. Among celebs who lost homes in the 70,000-acre Woolsey Fire in Malibu are Gerard Butler, who tweeted a photo...

Smell of Smoke From Fires in Bay Area 'Overwhelming'

An unhealthy air quality alert has been issued, 40K people displaced; SoCal dealing with its own fires

(Newser) - Authorities have issued an unhealthy air quality alert for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area as smoke from a massive wildfire drifts south, polluting the air. Officials say thousands of structures in the town of Paradise, 180 miles northeast of San Francisco, were destroyed by the blaze that has...

Police May Have New Clue in String of Mysterious Shootings

Burglary suspect arrested in Malibu Creek State Park

(Newser) - Are investigators finally one step closer to solving the mysterious shootings —one fatal—that have plagued California's Malibu Creek State Park over a two-year period? Sources tell NBC News that a burglary suspect arrested Wednesday in a remote area of the park may be connected to the shootings,...

7 Other Shootings Emerge After Dad Shot in His Tent

Tristan Beaudette's killing may be linked to other Malibu incidents

(Newser) - An apparently senseless killing in a California wilderness park may help authorities to understand seven other strange incidents, CNN reports. Detectives say they have no motive in the murder of Tristan Beaudette, 35, a scientist who was shot in a tent beside his 2- and 4-year old daughters on June...

Megan Fox Thought She Was Buying 'Paradise.' She Got 'Hell'

Actress files $5M lawsuit regarding 'nightmarish' Malibu home she purchased in 2016

(Newser) - You think you're scooping up a "paradise in bucolic Malibu," but instead you end up with a "nightmarish living hell"—happens to the best of us! Actually, that doesn't usually happen to most of us, but per a $5 million lawsuit filed by Megan...

The Seedy Underside of the '60s Surf Scene
The Seedy Underside
of the '60s Surf Scene
LONGFORM
May 9, 2017 5:52 PM CDT

The Seedy Underside of the '60s Surf Scene

'Vanity Fair' peeks into life of legendary Miki Dora, and the 'lost boys' who followed him

(Newser) - Three teens featured in a 1961 Life magazine article thrust California surfing life into the spotlight, a seemingly carefree existence of surf, sand, and sun. But as Sheila Weller explores in Vanity Fair , there were darker undertones floating underneath the Malibu surfing scene, an "underground saga" that often masked...

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