Diesel is placing its Malibu location for sale after more than nine years of operation (and five months after opening another store in Larkspur, CA). Co-owner John Evans told the Malibu Times that financial constraints and a need to focus on a growing number of independent shops outside of Malibu necessitated the move. “We’re just struggling to keep the [Malibu] bookstore, to keep people coming.” Evans added he hopes a local buyer will step up: “In general, bookstores are best when local people that own the place and live in the place work in the place,” he said. “I don’t […]