California Highway Patrol conducted targeted traffic enforcement on Pacific Coast Highway on Jan. 13. CHP sent out four officers to patrol PCH, where they issued 78 citations throughout the day. "There have been eleven (11) accidents since that tragic day on October 17th, with one additional fatality," Malibu Mayor Steve Uhring wrote in a news release. "This trend is deeply … [Read more...] about CHP Hands Out 78 Traffic Citations in One Day
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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
‘Tragedy Impacts Us All’: Pepperdine Community Mourns Loss of Four Students
The memorial service for Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams will be held Oct. 22, at 2 p.m., in Firestone Fieldhouse, the University wrote in a Friday morning email to the Pepperdine community. The service will honor the four seniors killed Tuesday night in a crash on PCH. Two others were injured in the crash. The service will also be … [Read more...] about ‘Tragedy Impacts Us All’: Pepperdine Community Mourns Loss of Four Students
Pepperdine Justice Coalition Protests for Action and Acknowledgment from Administration
Photo by Ashley MowreaderThe Pepperdine Justice Coalition organized a protest outside of the Malibu campus the morning of Nov. 11 to stand with marginalized groups at Pepperdine and to call for more action and acknowledgment from administration regarding racial insensitivity on campus, specifically School of Public Policy Dean Pete Peterson's Oct. 12 email.Around 35 students, … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Justice Coalition Protests for Action and Acknowledgment from Administration
Pacific Coast Highway Captures Attention for its Scenery and its Crashes
Photo by Anastassia KostinThis past Friday, Nov. 8, Pacific Coast Highway claimed another life. Commuter students take PCH every day, unaware of the growing list of fatalities and injury accidents due to reckless driving along the iconic roadway.The highway carries about 37,000 cars near the Malibu Civic Center on an average day. In the summer, those numbers increase by 3,000 … [Read more...] about Pacific Coast Highway Captures Attention for its Scenery and its Crashes