The Malibu Pier, all wood and fully flammable ... with National Guard jeeps stationed in front of it on PCH. The famed Gladstones is standing. The fancy Bel-Air Bay Club is wounded but upright.

Bob has owned the Paradise Cove Beach Cafe for decades and owned other Malibu staples like Gladstones and RJ’s the Rib Joint. His face can be spotted in many of the vintage photographs that line ...

It was once owned by merchant Thomas Gladstone, who extended and remodelled the building to create opulently decorated apartments. Gladstone attracted wealthy tenants including William Struther ...