HI! . . . BYE!

Think of them as friendly invitations to keep the heck out. Welcoming denials of entrance. Declarations of style mixed with distrust. They are the gates of Malibu, photographed by Times staffer Ken Hively as he crisscrossed coastline and hills in search of the grand, the garish and the downright goofy.

Leaping dolphins, rusted wagon wheels, stoic lions -- see them all in Hively’s amusing picture gallery. You’ll find it in the “Only in L.A.” category on the Home section blog, latimes.com/home.