After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Nearly 100 residential properties affected by the Woolsey and Hill fires have been cleared by state contractors as of yesterday. Strike teams are making rapid progress scraping away burned metal, concrete, chimneys, ash and other debris. Officials with the Debris Removal Operations Center in Calabasas say 82 properties in Los Angeles County have been cleared […]

Efforts to build a Liberty Canyon wildlife bridge over the 101 freeway continue. But fundraising for the effort is way short. The Thousand Oaks Acorn newspaper is taking a look at the status of the wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. Fundraising for the wildlife bridge over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills is still […]

About 50 people showed up last night to hear Santa Monica Mountains resident … and development advocate Don Schmitz … ask for support for his fire protection plan. Schmitz is again pushing for fire breaks to be rebuilt or extended in the mountains … and also for an ambitious system of water tanks … pipes […]

Malibu’s city planner has found enough loopholes for the Malibu Beach Inn to move its parking lot across P C H … linked by a traffic light … in downtown Malibu. In a staff report unveiled yesterday … the city planning director is recommending that the Planning Commission approve the controversial proposal Under the plan […]

=    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 […]

Marine biologists report there seems to be an increase in dolphin strandings along the Orange County coast. At least 8 dolphins have beached themselves this February … according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Remains have been medically examined to seek a cause of the strandings. A veterinarian tells the Associated Press that it could […]

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 […]