Brewers owner donating $2M beachfront property after alleged sand theft

Billionaire Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has agreed to restore a Malibu shoreline and dedicate a $2 million beachfront property to the public after his company, 2XMD Partners LLC, illegally used public sand to protect his beachfront property in 2024, according to a settlement unanimously approved by the California Coastal Commission Thursday.

2XMD Partners used an excavator to remove sand, cobble stones and boulders from a protected marine area to backfill a seawall in front of Attanasio's home on the 31400 block of Broad Beach Road in Malibu, according to the California Coastal Commission...