Malibu players might have broken in previous games this season when they faced adversity, but against Nordhoff, they only bent.

At its Monday, Jan. 13 meeting, the City Council voted 4-1, with Councilmember Skylar Peak dissenting, to adopt a resolution allowing the City to go through the process of exploring by-district voting. The council also decided that Malibu voters should decide in the November 2020 election if and how they would like to see district-based voting in Malibu.

Note for note and cut for cut, Classic Albums Live performed all of “Abbey Road,” the Beatles’ last studio-recorded album, for a standing room only audience on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Pepperdine University’s Smothers Theatre.

Just three months ago, professional baseball pitchers Max Fried and Jack Flaherty wouldn’t dare be on the same sidelines, as their teams — respectively, the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals — battled in a MLB playoff series.

The first king tides of 2020 arrived Jan. 10-12, but Malibu was spared any major damage from the high tide phenomenon.