U2's The Edge can’t build six houses in Malibu

U2's The Edge's epic 12-year battle to build a development of six homes in the hills above Malibu may finally have ended in failure, unless he and his partners want to start the process all over again before a different government agency.

An appeals court in California has ruled that permits to build on a mountain ridgeline in the undeveloped "Sweetwater Mesa" area were improperly granted.