KBUU Newswire – Day 44 – Wed Dec 19 – Multiple City Task Forces To Probe Fire Fiascos – City Will Join County Debris Effort – Council Supports Feldman
Written by 991KBU on December 19, 2018
This is KBUU News – Day 44 – The Headlines:
- = Not one … not two … but several task forces to investigate what went wrong in the fire.
- = Malibu will join the countywide debris removal program … just don’t call it free.
- = Strong support for the city manager … from the city council.
- = And America Unites argues to spend 5 million dollars on classrooms … that will soon be torn down.
This is Malibu’s only local daily news.
It’s the (((( Wednesday ))) edition of the news … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
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Two city council members will decide how to create task forces to investigate what went wrong in Malibu during the fire.
Meeting yesterday afternoon … the council decided it would be impractical to have one big task force look into all the issues raised in the fire. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/more-than-one-task-force/
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Malibu is going to join a countywide fire debris removal program … the local debris program. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/malibu-join-wreckage-clearance/
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City council members voiced strong and unanimous support yesterday for city manager Reve Feldman.
This … in the face of a petition to recall the city manager. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/council-praise-for-reva-feldman/
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Malibu’s school superintendent is defending the district in public … for asking a federal court judge for five more years to clwean up miniscule amounts of PCB sealed up in walls and floors at Malibu High School.
Ben Drati is reacting to criticism from some parents …
Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/drati-defends-request/
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And in news from just up the coast … the Thomas Fire was one year and one week ago.
It destroyed nearly 500 houses in the city of Ventura alone.
Yesterday … two ribbon cutting ceremonies were held.
The first two rebuilt houses in Ventura are finished.
The Ventura County Star reports the Clearpoint neighborhood above Ventura is a hotbed of construction activity.
Several other homes are in phases of construction.
The city of San Buenaventura has issued 165 building permits for new houses … 410 permits issued for repairs … and has 106 plans in review … with building permits pending.
The impact of all that construction just up the coast from Malibu … and the 900 houses outside Malibu also lost n the Woolsey Fire … will likely affect rebuilding here.
That part of the fire story … is only now emerging.
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Another set up big waves coming towards the Malibu.
The first long period west-northwest swell will slowly subside through Wednesday.
But another westerly swell will move into the waters tonight into tomorrow.
4 to 7 foot surf will persist through tonight.
It will build to 5 to 8 feet again tomorrow.
The high surf will begin to subside Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Sunny today )))) … highs (((( 66 )))) beaches … (((( 75 )))) mountains and canyons.
Winds will be gentle today and this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 4:50 )))).
After that … ((( clear and cold )))) tonight … low (((( 55 )))) beaches … (((( 40 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( much the same )))).
Sunny the next 6 days.
There is a slight chance of rain … Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
At 8 a.m. … at Trancas it’s (((( 53 )))) degrees.
Upper Malibu Canyon … (((( 56 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 51 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( )))) feet high ….
Those are (((( fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
((((( tide is at 6:31 AM 5.6ft High .
1:32 PM 0ft Low.
7:40 PM 3.7ft High ))))
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