KBUU Newswire – Day 45 – Thurs Dec 20: Public Pool Reopens – Yellow Tagging Progress Reported – Price Gouging Illegal
Written by 991KBU on December 20, 2018
This is KBUU News – the headlines:
- = The Malibu High pool is open … but PCH is still closed for filming.
- = Yellow tagging of hazmat houses hits the halfway point.
- = Allegations of price gouging hit the real estate market.
- = And if you run your own business … and took a hit from the fire … help is available.
This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the (((( Thursday ))) 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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In another sign of return to semi-normalcy in Malibu … the public pool at Malibu High School has reopened. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/malibu-community-pool-reopens/
County crews have gone to about half of the destroyed houses in western L-A County …. to remove hazmat materials and issue yellow placards.
L A County fire reports 650 houses have been swept so far. That leaves 536 to go. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/no-price-gouging/
Allegations of price gouging are circulating … as hundreds of Malibu families are seeking new housing after the fire. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/no-price-gouging/
The deadline has been extended for business owners … self-employed individuals or workers who have lost income due to the Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
The deadline was last week
The new deadline now is March 15th.
An explanation: https://www.radiomalibu.net/self-employed-and-company-owners/
And the state’s information page: http://www.oesnews.com/disaster-unemployment-assistance-filing-deadline-extended-to-march-15-for-those-affected-by-the-wildfires-in-butte-ventura-and-los-angeles-counties/
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The California Film Commission has maintained its ban on filming in several Malibu areas hit by the Woolsey Fire.
Due to continued clean-up and repair work along Pacific Coast Highway … no permits for filming on the highway are being issued
The city of Malibu is also not allowing film permits to be issued in most of the fire area.
But the City of Malibu -is- allowing filming east of Malibu Canyon Road.
Film permits can be issued … however … at Point Mugu State Park and El Matador, La Piedra and El Pescador beaches.
This all according to Variety dot com.
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Jefferson “Zuma Jay” Wagner, who was sworn in as Mayor on December 10, 2018, started “Meet the Mayor,” an ongoing series of open office hours together with City Manager Reva Feldman, to offer community members the chance to meet City leadership face-to-face, ask questions, voice concerns, discuss ideas and get information.
The first Meet the Mayor event takes place Thursday, December 20, 10:00 AM in the Zuma Room of Malibu City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu CA 90265). The event is open to all to attend, and any topics are open for discussion. The Mayor asks only that a civil, constructive discourse be maintained.
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A little KBUU News …. or news about KBUU.
The radio station continues to grapple with the long term loss of electric power at the transmitter.
KBUU has been running on small gas powered generators since going back on the air … 8 days after the fire.
We’ve installed a new battery system … for overnights …
This is phase one of an eventual switchover to a solar power … early next year.
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Sunny and cool )))) … highs (((( 66 )))) beaches … (((( 76 )))) mountains and canyons.
Downcoast winds … ((( 15 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 4:49 )))).
After that … ((( patches of heavy fog and cold )))) tonight … low (((( 54 )))) beaches … (((( 42 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( foggy in the morning … and cooler. )))).
A slight chance of showers … arrives Christmas Eve.
Right now … at Trancas it’s (((( 54 )))) degrees.
Upper Malibu Canyon … (((( 65 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 50 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( 58 )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach … 61 at First Point.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( 4 to 6 )))) feet high ….
The high surf will begin to subside tonight but will be elevated through Friday morning.
Those are (((( fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
((((( High tide … 6 foot … was at 7:05 this morning.
Low tide is at 2:10.
A piddly secondary high tide will be at 8:27 tonight. ))))
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The KBUU Newswire is posted midmornings … at RadioMalibu.net and at the MalibuTimes.com websites.
Remember… breaking news always goes first to the radio … on F-M 99 point 1 over all of Malibu….
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Navigate to Radio Malibu dot net . … and we’re streaming in your ear anywhere in the world.
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