Alumna Bridget Thompson ('24) starts off the press conference at the Ghost Tire Memorial on Oct. 17 by sharing heartfelt remarks about her late best friends and roommates. Thompson introduced each speaker throughout the conference. Photos by Haylie RossSpeed cameras, roundabouts and an increase of citations on Pacific Coast Highway are all a result of the advocacy that followed … [Read more...] about Press Conference Honors ‘Our Four Girls’ Second Anniversary and Reports on PCH Safety Improvements
Michel Shane
The Emily Shane Foundation Hosts Fall Fundraiser: Wings and Waves of Achievement
Pepperdine University hosted the Emily Shane Foundation's fall fundraiser: Wings and Waves of Achievement, on Oct. 20 at Alumni Park.The Emily Shane Foundation was founded by Michel and Ellen Shane in honor of their daughter Emily, whose life was taken in 2010 in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).“When we created this foundation it was in honor of our daughter Emily, … [Read more...] about The Emily Shane Foundation Hosts Fall Fundraiser: Wings and Waves of Achievement
Lawsuits Filed for PCH Crash Victims
Package ran live on NewsWaves 32 on Sept. 24.Families of the four girls and Carlos Solloa, a Pepperdine senior who was injured in the crash, filed individual lawsuits nearly one year after the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) collision that took the lives of four Pepperdine Seniors, Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams.These lawsuits were filed separately, … [Read more...] about Lawsuits Filed for PCH Crash Victims
Volunteers Place 58 Ghost Tires on PCH to Call for Awareness and Action
Cars honked as Streets Are For Everyone and Fix PCH volunteers placed 58 white ghost tires at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Stuart Ranch Road on Nov. 18.The ghost tires represent the lives lost due to traffic violence on PCH in Malibu since 2010, said Damian Kevitt, executive director and founder of Streets Are For Everyone, a road safety organization. The Ghost … [Read more...] about Volunteers Place 58 Ghost Tires on PCH to Call for Awareness and Action
Malibu Roads Pose Fatal Threat to Vulnerable Road Users
The intersection of PCH and Heathercliff Road, where Emily Shane died, now bears her name. Malibu added the sign Aug. 6, 2011, what would have been Emily Shane’s 15th birthday. Photo by Kyle McCabe On Easter weekend in 2010, Michel and Ellen Shane went about their normal Saturday morning routine. The parents of three daughters drove to the Palisades for a spin class, then … [Read more...] about Malibu Roads Pose Fatal Threat to Vulnerable Road Users
