After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Malibu mayor Karen Farrer says it’s not accurate to conflate the actions of the  outside independent audit of the city – county fire – and county sheriff – may have unfairly lumped all three agencies together. Farrer points out that the outside report … from the Los Angele Emergency preparedness Foundation … seemed to indicate […]

The City of Malibu last night received its consultants plan for 53 recommendations … suggestions to improve emergency services … formulated after the Woolsey Fire. City manager Reva Feldman said most of the ideas had already been implemented … or were being implemented. The official response to the Woolsey Fire does not specifically address any […]

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Inspectors with the County Department of Regional Planning say Saddlerock Ranch is prohibited from keeping its wild animals … the giraffe, zebras and camels … for commercial reasons. The animals are popular stars of the wine safari tours … a burgeoning tourist attraction just off Kanan-Dume Road. The Los Angeles Daily News reports that zoning […]

=  It took 20 minutes for the first fire truck to get to the Woolsey Fire when it broke out. =  And the L A Times says the nearest truck … operated by the Boeing Corporation … blew out its ancient radiator. =  The city will look at 53 specific recommendations from the Woolsey Fire […]

The Los Angeles Times reports today that response to the early stages of the Woolsey Fire was significantly delayed  …. because the Boeing Corporation has a fire truck that is ancient and blew out its radiator. That caused a 20 minute delay in the arrival of the first fire truck to the flames … which […]

Malibu has a list of 53 recommendations from its consultant … for changes as a result of the Woolsey Fire. It will discuss and vote on them tonight. The city council commissioned an outside consultant … called management partners … to review city operations during the fire. That report was not drafted with any inout […]

The cash-strapped City of Malibu does not have the quarter million dollars necessary to do a hydrological study of Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider Beach. Yet. Malibu officials are being lobbied by surfers to come up with a solution to the disappearing sand at Surfrider. For years … local surfers took the situation into their hands […]

=   An arsonist tried to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Woolsey Fire. =   He was arrested Friday trying to light Woolsey Canyon on fire. =   A 17 year old girl working as a babysitter …. killed on Pacific Coast Highway. =   Malibu residents were treated with disrespect, threatened or […]

An arsonist lit a brush fire in Woolsey Canton on Friday morning … one year after power lines at the same place went down and sparked a fire that burned all the way to the ocean. Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies said yesterday that their deputies and a police dog tracked down the arson suspect on Friday. […]