As for Erica, wellshe and the girls were getting out of town. But, he said, I sense that I'm not the only one who's frustrated with how things have happened in terms of the fact that there had been prior incidents and not a lot of notification to the public. Having spent time on the range, Woods noted, she could identify the sound of the gun based on the shot having a slight echo. Woods obtained what she claimed was an internal sheriffs department memo, issued the same day it was announced that the campground would re-open, asking deputies to drive through when time permits, in order to help calm any concerned residents. Woods was the only local Malibu media on the ground during the Woolsey Fire and provided the most comprehensive coverage generating over a million hits across social media platforms during the most devastating wildfire in Malibu's history. In 2018, Cece broke multiple global stories including the law enforcement cover-up in the Malibu Creek State Park Shootings case, the disappearance of Matthew Weaver Jr., and provided the most comprehensive coverage during the Woolsey Fire withover a million hits across social media platforms during the most devastating wildfire in Malibus history. If the city would have done what they needed to do and at least warned their citizens, he could have made a conscious choice to go there or not. One couple, living in a particularly remote house in the hills above the ocean, arm themselves with two shotguns for the purpose of home protection; they join their neighbors at the local gun range one weekend, practicing for what may yet come. I'm a truth seeker. As they approached graduation, both of them applied to graduate school: Erica got into the medical-school program at U.C. He played the vice president. In 2020, Cece foundedThe Current Report, a regional news and politics platform and began exposing the corruption at LA Metro which has lead to national news coverage and has expanded intoco-hosting and producing on TNT Radio a global, 24/7 news talk station. Whatever the result, its not going to bring Tristan back., And yet the question lingers: Was what happened to Tristan Beaudette preventable? What the fuck is this? Two years they've been hiding this shit. On her website The Local Malibu, Woods has suggested repeatedly that the LASD was involved in a cover up of the shootings that preceded Tristans death. It would mean that all that chaos, paranoia, and terror added up to just this guy, one haunted guy, who was afraid of people. Each episode features an amateur private investigator trying to solve a case. Since 1957, GQ has inspired men to look sharper and live smarter with its unparalleled coverage of style, culture, and beyond. Tristan found a new job at a pharmaceutical company in the area. The feeling you get when someone cuts you off on the highway, or when you watch someone throw a cigarette out of the window into a bunch of weeds. Hilda Solis, a staunch critic of Sheriff [], Last week, as a result of a criminal investigation spanning three-years, warrants were served at multiple locations, including the home of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, LA Metro Headquarters and the home of Peace Over Violence CEO Patti Giggins, a close friend to Kuehl, to seize documents and evidence involved in Pay-To-play, Fraud, Waste and Abuse, among [], According to sources inside the White House, shortly after the LA County Sheriffs Department served warrants at LA Metro headquarters Wednesday morning, members of the Secret Service delivered copies of the warrant to President Biden. Cece is currently investigating the 10 year-old Mitrice Richardson case which the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is investigating as a clue-driven case under the direction Sheriff Alex Villanueva and recently completed the first installment of the investigation into Chester Benningtons death: Missing Links: The Unanswered Questions in the Death of Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington. Travis often shares pictures with his girlfriend on Facebook. No glint of specialness, of exception. She worked as a publicist and was involved in projects like the Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project, Measure R, Measure W, and more. But she didnt really recognize herself in any of them. Meanwhile, there is someone, or multiple people, in the hills around Malibu Creek State Park, breaking into unoccupied buildings, stealing food and other supplies. In January 2019, after the Wu familys wrongful death lawsuit was filed, his lawyer, Matthew McNicholas, told me, and it was confirmed internally that Lieutenant Royal had recommended a warning, retaliation began. Royal says he was transferred to a different sheriffs station, considerably farther from his home, and the department opened an internal affairs inquiry, accusing Royal of interfering with an investigation. (Citing pending litigation, the LASD declined to comment on Royal's suit. When they finally got to the top, they rode along the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains, and on one side was the Valley, spread out below, and on the other was the ocean, and they were up there with the whole view to themselves. That night, residents report again hearing gunfire. And I married a few times after that. My last pictures and video of Tristan are of him on the beach, Scott told me. And then came a small group of bikers in the other direction. I was so worried all the time, she told me. Tristan and Erica went to different schools but met their senior year, when Tristan needed a date to his winter formal. At U.C. Measure R passed with 60% of the vote. A lot of people call me, like, a May Rindge reincarnatedwhen they're not calling me a cross between Erin Brockovich and Meg Ryan. She ordered a club soda with a splash of grapefruit juice. Tristan wanted two. A month before the death of the man in the tent, a mutilated body was discovered across the street from Malibu Creek State Park, followed by a second body in July, also showing signs of violence. It was after the two families arrived at the campground and found their site. Cece is the mother of twoa daughter, Tatum Hengel, and a son, Travis Hengel. You've been in the reading three times. Their first, a daughter, was born in 2014. Shed just decided this, she told me. She posted about it, and someone she knew in the Malibu community messaged her: Just so you know, four days before, a Tesla was hit at the same time, same place, right outside Malibu Creek State Park. And I'm like, What the fuck? In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local. LA County removed 1,207,613 ineligible voters from its rolls since last year under the terms of a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit we filed in 2017, A little late, but about time! More often than not, there are no consequences. But then I never really heard back from them, he said. Three helicopters hover over the park for most of the day, before darkness falls and the manhunt is called off. She serves as the editor-in-chief, investigative reporter, brand strategist, and messaging expert of the company. I mean I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel about it. status." The matter involving suspect Anthony Rauda, who is accused of multiple . About anything, really. How to prepare herself and them for a trial of the man accused of his death? The erstwhile Cece Stein got involved in local environmental and political activism when her future ex-husband, Steve, encouraged her. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE Barely one year removed from a crash in the 300-meter hurdles in the section meet, ROCORI junior Cecelia Woods set a personal best by nearly a second to win the Class 2A state title in the event on Saturday. The city of Malibu never put out a public safety announcement, and I believe it's because they don't want to make the sheriffs look bad, Woods tells the Hollywood Reporter. But Scott and Dylan and Erica and her family: They had the actual, tangible reality of it. That feeling that I know I get of frustration and angerI had the exact same feeling about this. As a means to highlight compelling stories coming out of the world-renowned coastal town, Cece founded 90265 Magazine inand the activism-based news platform The Local Malibu. She said that once she began, the investigation took on a momentum of its own and that it consumed her all through the fall of last year. I remember I would just have conversations with Tristan: Dont you worry about this? Dont you worry about that? He was just always very satisfied with where he was and what he did. Erica was never able to let go in quite the same way. He ends up in a traffic jam, his car next to what has become a crime scene, and so he spends 20 long minutes looking over the top of his steering wheel at the two little chairs that remain upright outside the victims tent. Look at the CEOs of powerful companies that are involved in terrible tragedies. Its Malibu. It'll still be an adventure. Scott, who had been there for the end, was still reckoning with that, too. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories. The Woolsey Fire Engulfs Southern California, Malibu Residents Fear Serial Attacker in Their Scenic Enclave. The spectators in the courtroom slowly disperse. They located a house, in a suburb south of San Francisco, on which they put down a deposit, and schools nearby for the girls. Another woman reported that one night in early January 2017, she and her partner had parked their car at Malibu Creek State Park and were sleeping in the vehicle when they heard a loud bang and an echo of burning metallike a dream. Cece Woods, the local journalist in Malibu who has been skeptical since the beginning, continues to doubt the states case. And then the final surreal touch, when the chaplain at the station entered to offer comfort, and his home, not far away, for Erica and her daughters to shower and change while they waited to go back to the campground. In 2012, Cece became involved in local environmental and political activism at the urging of former husband Steve Woods, a resident for more than 4o years. Exclusion is Malibu's founding principle. I wish I could remember his name right now, but he's an actor, Erica said. We ended up getting together not long after that. Law enforcement and the parks system certainly failed to protect the public, and they gave the public no forewarning of the situation that Tristan and his two little girls were walking into, Ericas attorney, Victor George, told me. He was justsolid. He featured in a publication with a young Woods beside him. It had been a lot of years of Erica leaning on Tristan as she moved toward her professional degree. 3,186 Followers, 2,152 Following, 3,041 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cece Woods (@cecewoods) cecewoods. She founded the Malibu Global Media Group, 90265 Magazine, and The Local Malibu in 2013. One of the first grief counselors I spoke to after Tristan passed, this all came out in the first session, talking about how I grew up without my dad and now, with raising girls without Tristan, and he made some sort of comment about how there's no one else who's better equipped to be their mom right now. In 1892, Rhoda May Rindge, with her husband, a sickly, rich New Englander, bought Rancho Malibu, a former Spanish land grant that stretched from the. All rights reserved. She just misses him. A thing that could've happened to anyone happened to them. After high school, Erica went to Stanford and, after he returned from Switzerland, Tristan went to U.C. I think deep down, too, I think I know that no matter what happens, that it's not going to change anything for us. For the first couple of months, Nolan said, Id make two and then dump the second one out. Every news station was after me for an interview. In 2017 another woman, 20-year-old Elaine Park, was last seen in Calabasas before vanishing as well; a few days later, her car was found on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, abandoned, with all her possessions inside. And just realizing at a certain point that I had to move on. Whether the goal is holding government officials accountable or seeking reform in the justice system, exposing all the facts that are reported in a story is the focus on The Current platform Cece created in 2020. Jenna Cisneros Leaving WKRC: Where Is the Local 12 Anchor Going? LA County Removes 1.2 million Ineligible Voters in Judicial Watch Lawsuit Settlement But she has always sought to make her hometown of Malibu a better and safer place through her work. After that, she said, shes going to fly to Asia with her daughters. Woods is not in law enforcement, nor is she a conventional journalist by definition. In late 2014, after noticing a void in local investigative journalism with the departure of Surfside News founder Ann Sobel, Woods started The Local. Look at most politicians. But it seems like a powerful force, or a powerful trend, in our current society. It's a ten-year crime spree that could make a Hollywood movie, one detective says. Stephenie Glas says, "Hello, Cece" from the grave. She and Tristan began making plans for a move back north. In the void, people craft theories of their own. He and Scott and their kids drove north to Malibu Creek State Park. So this chaplain offered to let us come stay at his house, while we waited for word on whether we'd be able to go.. Scott was living in Brentwood at the time, and so Tristan drove up to meet him. I personally think the shooter is still out there, she says. There's no reason that we have to now live our lives looking over our shoulders, when every time a car fucking backfires, Im jumping out of my skin. She said she thought there had been an active effort by the authorities to suppress her and Rogerss accounts of what had happened. Tristan became a morning person, waking up with the girls while Erica caught up on sleep. And it didn't really get me anywhere. He took them camping and on bike trips. But they were happy there. And clearly you can't make someone into a saint in an article. In 2006, she made the journey back to Malibu permanently and the passion to preserve it was ignited. Residents speculate that perhaps this was Tristans killer. When a Malibu woman and her son mysteriously drowned, her husband was arrested for their murdersand ultimately convicted. Our mission is to inform, educate, and inspire those who are passionately curious, motivated to make an impact in society. I started 90265 Magazine in May of 2013 followed by The Local . They were kids, with no real sense of what was going to come next, except that they were both going to leave Fresno for good. There is something so incongruent about violence striking an area this beautiful and celebrity-filled that many of these stories dont make it beyond the local papers. After Tristans death, his claim alleges, Royal was made to host a town hall for residents, before which he was told to communicate the departments official position, which was that the previous shootings in the area were unrelated to Tristans death. He loved nature and chemistry and Ultimate Frisbee. Im not really sure what the point of it is., Erica admitted that at the beginning, she did try to make sense of it, try out theories, go down rabbit holes. Woods said her connection to Malibu was deep and went back to her childhood, when she moved from New York to California at the age of nine. The Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project was the first high profile environmental battle Cece was involved in. The warrants includedformer LA Metro CEO and FAA nominee Philip Washington. Just that decision felt like progress, she said. When the first State Parks guy looked at me and said, This doesn't happen hereright there, I was like, This is bullshit. Nothing was done properly. He was the type of guy who liked what he liked uncomplicatedly. Nor are they convinced that Rauda is responsible [for] the two years [sic] worth of shootings (if in fact they are the same person)., In a statement provided to GQ, a representative for California Parks and Recreation said: "The safety of our visitors and employees is a top priority. Irvine and Tristan found a job at a pharmaceutical company called Allergan. What would happen in the courts would happen in the courts. Interestingly enough, in my readings, it said, Rifle with a scope.. He was asleep in a tent, with his two daughters by his side, when, at 4:44 a.m., someone somewhere fired a gun, and a single bullet, tracing a random but ultimately fatal trajectory, found him. thorough and meticulous reporting strategy has resulted in criminal investigations at the local and federal level and continues to develop a solid network of sources, many of whom are stepping forward to fight public corruption and the injustices perpetrated by elected officials whose decision making during these unprecedented times has resulted in economic collapse. Malibu Daily News Editor in Chief Cece Woods started The Local Malibu, an activism based platform in 2014.The publication was instrumental in the success of two ballot measures, and seating three Malibu City Councilmen in 2016, and the top two vote-getters again in 2020. In 2020, Cecebegan exposing the corruption at LA Metro which has lead to national news coverage including working with officials and watchdog organizations in DC. 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