After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Southern California Edison is being urged to bury its power lines in the Santa Monica Mountains area. Now … mayors from Malibu … four other cities and county supervisors from L A and Ventura County are urging that to happen. A letter signed by five area mayors and two county supervisors calls for utility companies […]

How big should the biggest houses be in Malibu? About one quarter less than currently allowed … according to the city council. Meeting late Monday night … policy was set for the city’s controversial neighborhood character definition. Landowners … architects … bureaucrats and decision makers have been in a state of confusion  over contradictory city […]

= Rain tonight … not much … rain this weekend … a bit more … more rain next week … maybe. = The biggest houses in Malibu may not be quite so big … under a new city policy. = Mayors from five cities urge Southern California Edison to bury their power lines. = And […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   A sailor injured in the waters at Malibu. =   Progress in the battle with LA County over unreasonable fire rules for rebuilding. =   The Farmers Market gets a new 10 year lease .,.. but needs more parking. =   And Edison promises to leave […]

Should the old fire breaks in the Santa Monica Mountains be reactivated??? First cut on the mountain tops 70 years ago … the fire breaks have not been cut clear in decades. Some Malibu-area residents are reactivating their decade old call to build a fire defense system of sorts above Malibu. To not only clear […]

More complaints last night … at the city council meeting … from residents about the grading of a grass-covered field into a gravel-covered utility company parking lot in the heart of Malibu.  The City of Malibu and Southern California Edison officials are explaining more details about the vacant lot being used by the power company. […]

The popular Cornucopia Farmers Market has lost part of its area to the construction of a new Santa Monica College branch in Malibu.  And it needs to use a city-owned vacant lot … the ChiliCook Off site … for parking. The good news … is that L A County is about to give the popular […]

City manager Reva Feldman says pressure on the County of Los Angeles is mounting …. over the issue of inadequate water service. One one hand … the county fire department has jacked up requirements for both water flow in neighborhood pipes … and water storage in nearby tanks. And on the other …. the county […]

= A sailor injured in the waters at Malibu. = Progress in the battle with LA County over unreasonable fire rules for rebuilding. = The farmers Market gets a new 10 year lease .,.. but needs more parking. = And Edison promises to leave that vacant gravel lot in better shape than it found it. […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =    Snow at Boney Mountain … falling ice everywhere else. =   Thousands of trees in Malibu going to get pruned or removed … fire dangers. =   The city has an old emergency operations plan … and a new one that may be just as bad. […]