34.0368° N 118.7827° W
Malibu
Twenty-one miles of coastline from Topanga to Leo Carrillo. Beachfront on Carbon and Broad Beach, canyon ranches and Point Dume's bluffs.
History
How Malibu came to be.
- 1891
Frederick Rindge buys the 13,000-acre Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit.
- 1926
May Rindge opens Malibu Potteries, whose tiles decorate the Adamson House and landmarks across LA.
- 1929
The Pacific Coast Highway opens after the Rindges lose a long court fight to keep the coast private.
- 1991
Malibu incorporates as a city.
- 2025
The Palisades Fire destroys beachfront homes in eastern Malibu, following the 2018 Woolsey Fire, and rebuilding is underway.
Points of interest
Places that define Malibu
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
The first laser was built here.
Hughes Research Laboratories demonstrated the first working laser in Malibu in 1960.
A railroad to stop a railroad.
May Rindge built her own line across the ranch to keep Southern Pacific out.
The surf sounds loudly.
Malibu comes from the Chumash Humaliwo, meaning 'the surf sounds loudly.'
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