After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

California is short about 70,000 hospital beds. That’s the latest estimate from the governor. The state was also short 1 billion protective gloves and hundreds of millions of masks, the governor said. The pace of testing remains stubbornly slow in California. New York State, with half the population, has conducted twice as many tests for […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday a “soft closure” of state parks to curb the spread of coronavirus. This follows a sunny weekend when Californians flocked to beaches and hiking trails despite a government order to stay home, The governor’s action immediately closes parking lots at many state parks and beaches. But it does not completely block […]

= Gavin Newsom backtracks on his recommendations for Californians to head to the beaches. = State parks supposedly will close its beach parking lots in Malibu today. = Another student at S M C comes down with the virus … three weeks ago. = Malibu Seafood closes its doors … the owner does not want […]

This is KBUU News – Day 501 – the Monday Headlines: =  LA County finally gives in … will ban parking at their beaches. =  Malibu still furious at being overwhelmed with beachgoers during a coronavirus pandemic. =  Governor Newsom sticks to his prescription … go to the beach … but stay separate. =  Malibu […]

Malibu officials are waiting for details about the planned closure of LA County Beach parking lots… after this beachfront city was overrun by beachgoers on Saturday. This morning … LA County joined every other nearby government and closed its beach parking lots in Malibu. But the beaches remain open …as do thousands of parking places […]

News this morning from Northern California that will have an impact in Malibu. Pacific Gas & Electric announced this morning that it had agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Camp Fire. That was the fire that took out Paradise … and killed 85 people the same day that malibu ignited […]

This is KBUU News – Day 501 – the Monday Headlines = LA County bans parking in its beach lots, but but beaches and PCH parking remains open. = Action comes after LA and Santa Monica ban parking at their beaches. = Malibu City Hall not sure if that will be enough to stop beach […]

City of Malibu officials began asking for crowd control help along the coast at noon Saturday, officials said Sunday. And at midday Sunday, the National Park Service closed the gates to Solstice Canyon, a hiking location that was jammed with hikers Saturday. But clouds and cooler temperatures led to a much-quieter scene. “We need County […]

This is KBUU News – Day 498 – the Friday Headlines: =   Two cases of Covid 19 are confirmed in the Santa Monica Mountains. =   But no cases of Covid 19 in officially in Malibu … =   Yet. =   It was only a matter of time … a case reported at […]

This is KBUU News – Day 498 – the Friday Headlines: = Two cases of Covid 19 are confirmed in the Santa Monica Mountains. = But no cases of Covid 19 in officially in Malibu … = Yet. = It was only a matter of time … a case reported at Pepperdine … another at […]