After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

=    Defending Malibu against rising ocean levels will cost 67 million dollars … and take two miles of seawalls. =    A new study looks at exactly what rising ocean levels means to the Malibu coast. =    City officials are making plans to take over Charmlee Park … but M R C A […]

The Woolsey Fire wiped out almost all of a program aimed at reintroducing the California red-legged frog into the Santa Monica Mountains. Hundreds of frogs perished. Their creeks have been scorched … then filled with choking mud and ash. Biologists had been very happy with the program that started five years ago In the weeks […]

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning up in Northern California. And Southern California Edison is warning some residents up in the Antelope Valley that their electricity may be turned off due to high winds today. No outages so far yet .. just the possibility. And no blackouts anywhere near Malibu. The […]

City officials are making plans to take over the Charmlee Park … in the mountains above western Malibu … The city owns the park … but had leased it in a land deal with t he Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority … the M R C  A. That deal was to gain control of vacant […]

Defending Malibu against rising seas will cost about 67 million dollars and require two miles of seawalls. That’s according to a new study that estimates that the cost of armoring the California coast would be at least $22 billion. And for the entire United States … more than $400 billion. And that’s just a “minimum […]

I do not think we are going to see the sun this afternoon on the beach … there’s 4,000 feet of fog crashing into the mountains above Pasadena. This is KBUU News – Day 224 – the Friday Headlines: = Defending Malibu against rising ocean levels will cost 67 million dollars … and take two […]

=   The sheriff’s office may not be sending enough deputies to Malibu … =   The national news media picks up on the story … U-2’s David Evans loses his request to build houses above Billionaire’s Beach. =    Two Congressman want a federal investigation into airplane noise … and the F A A […]

The national news media are picking up the story we had two weeks ago … that U-2 guitarist David Evans has lost his effort to build a compound of houses in the mountains above Billionaires Beach. The California Supreme Court has turned down the final request for reconsideration by guitarist … who goes by the […]

The cities contract with Malibu’s police agency expires in 10 days. LA County sheriffs deputies patrolled Malibu under contract … the city hires them to be the city’s police force. This is not uncommon … 42 cities in Los Angeles county higher the sheriffs office to be the local police force. Malibu sends about $8 […]

Deepest June Gloom has Malibu in its grip. Visibility is poor, the newspapers are damp, and the forecast is June well into July. This is KBUU News – Day 223 – the Thursday Headlines: = The sheriff’s office may not be sending enough deputies to Malibu … = The national news media picks up on […]