Malibu, California

Los Angeles County

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Malibu is a city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States. In the census of 2010, the city had a population of 12,645.

Malibu is located on the Pacific coast and is known for its sandy beaches, as Surf City USA and home to movie stars and other staff members of the film industry. Most residents live within 100 meters of the Pacific Coast Highway, which crosses the city. More or less included the city of Topanga and Pacific Palisades to the east, the Santa Monica Mountains to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the south and Ventura County to the north and west. The beaches include Malibu State Beach and Topanga State Beach and the inland there are parks like the Malibu Creek State Park and the Santa Monica Mountains National Park. An often read of Malibu is saying: " Malibu: A Way of Life " or "Where the mountains meet the sea" ( Where the mountains meet the sea ).

Malibu is home to Pepperdine University.

History

Originally Malibu was a part of the territory of the Chumash Indians. It was called the surf sounds loudly or Humaliwo.

The Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed to have invested according to records 1542 Malibu Lagoon, to get fresh fresh water for his journey to the north in the center of Malibu Creek.

In 1802, the Spanish settlers José Bartolomé Tapia settled in Malibu. He built a ranch and built a large quarry in Malibu Canyon. These facilities included a land of 13,300 acres and " Rancho Topanga Malibu Simi Sequit " soon became known under the name. After the ranch had changed hands several times, it was sold in 1892 for $ 300,000 to Frederick Hastings Rindge.

Frederick Hastings Rindge († 1905) and his widow, Rhoda May Rindge, eagerly tried their possession, they had soon expanded to 17,000 acres to protect and prevent any intrusion. They also fought against the construction of a South Pacific train route that would lead through Malibu. Nevertheless, won the state in 1929, a court case against Rhoda May Rindge, which enabled the construction of what is now known under the name of Pacific Coast Highway. May Rindge had to divide their property and began land for sale and lease. The Rindge house, known as the Adamson House, is now a part of Malibu Creek State Park and is situated between Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider Beach and adjacent to the Malibu Pier that was originally built for the family yacht.

In order to prevent the sale of land and avoid insolvency, Rhoda May Rindge in 1926 founded a small ceramic tile factory. In its best years, the Malibu Potteries employed over 100 workers, and produced decorative tiles, which are equipped with many public buildings and residences in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. 1931, the factory, half a mile east of the Malibu pier was located, destroyed by fire. Although the factory was opened in 1932, again in part, they could not recover from the effects of the contemporary world economic crisis and the drastic drop in construction projects in Southern California itself. The tiles of the Malibu Potteries are still regarded as highly sought-after collectibles. Excellent specimens of the tiles can be a property with fifty rooms, which was started in 1920 for the construction considered in the Adamson House and Serra Retreat in. It should be the home of the Rindge family and is located on a hill with a view over the lagoon. The unfinished building was sold to the Franciscan Order in 1942 and is used as a place of retreat. It burned down in 1970 and was rebuilt with the original brick again.

1991 Malibu was a separate town, after it was incorporated into the long region of Los Angeles County.

In Malibu, the J. Paul Getty Museum was founded in 1953, which moved to the newly built Getty Center in Los Angeles, 1997; since 2006 can be seen again in the erected as a replica of the Villa of the Papyri Getty Villa in Malibu the antiquities department of the museum. Although the museum is called The Getty Villa Malibu, it is located east of Malibu in Pacific Palisades district, which is still part of Los Angeles.

In January and October and November 2007 burned many celebrities mansions in Malibu down by forest fires.

Geography

United States Census Bureau According to the Malibu has an area of ​​261.5 km ², of which 51.5 km ² of land and 210 km ² water surface. The high water area fraction of about 80 % is due to the fact that the city boundaries extend three miles into the ocean.

It has always been Malibu because of its unique geographical location, the victims of natural disasters such as floods, fires or landslides.

A common misperception is that the Malibu coast runs from north to south. Malibu is, however, in the Santa Monica Bay at a point where the coast runs east -west direction, as well as the Pacific Coast Highway. The Pacific Ocean is located to the south and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north of this district.

Surfrider Beach, Broad Beach, Pirate's Cove, Zuma Beach, and Trancas are places along the coast of Malibu. Point Dume is the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay and the public park there offers a beautiful view to Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Iceland.

Panorama

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities

  • Cher, singer and actress
  • Colbie Caillat, singer
  • Cimorelli, Girl Group
  • Fran Drescher, Actress
  • Joe Flanigan, Actor
  • John C. McGinley, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and author
  • Thomas Gottschalk, German television presenter and entertainer, has his second home in Malibu.
  • Don Henley, American rock musician and lead singer of the band The Eagles
  • Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
  • Charlie Sheen, actor
  • Barbra Streisand, musician and actress
  • Joe Zawinul, jazz musician, lived for many years in Malibu
  • Johnny Knoxville, actor, known by the sending Jackass
  • Hans Zimmer, composer for film music
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