And that's that, our little book store is gone.

But as the sign says, Alison Reid and John Evans, the owners of Diesel, are looking for options around Malibu, hoping they might soon set up shop somewhere new.

When you think about the businesses that have been lost here, the (real) Malibu Lumber Yard, Granita, Zuma Video, 'Bu Bayou and 'Bu Heaven, Cookes Family Market, Topps, the Pier View Diner, and the Dume Room (and that's just the ones off the top of my head, and in the last five years) it's just depressing.

But as the sign says -- onward!