After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

This is KBUU News – Day 60 – The Headlines: =  Roadblocks on PCH west … a mile west of Trancas … residents only there. =  And a hard closure between Neptune’s Net and Las Posas Road. =  Almost an inch and a half of rain hits some parts of Malibu. =  No pollution is […]

The MRCA reveals plans to drastically increase visitor numbers in a Malibu canyon already plagued by overuse and visitor pollution. MRCA plans to construct a new trail between Escondido Falls and Pacific Coast Highway. Except most of the trail will not be a trail at all … it will be the private road owned and […]

The Los Angeles Times has compiled a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of the Woolsey Fire. The first day … the Thursday before it flamed over the mountains and into Malibu. Among the findings … Ventura County did not send enough engines to put it out when it started .… Thursday November 8th near Chatsworth. Ventura […]

Testing on the ash that washed onto Malibu High School’s field during a major rain storm in December has been completed. And its shows no levels of pollution.  That’s good news for Malibu park residents … concerned about what’s in the dirt flowing onto roadways and through yards. District facilities director Carey Upton tells KBUU […]

This is day 57 after the fire … and this is KBUU News – The headlines: =    Minor mudflows possible tomorrow night … we may get an inch and a half of rain. =    Malibu may ban flammable landscaping. =    Damaged septic tanks can be repaired … with federal dollars. =   […]

Minor debris flows and mud on the streets and PCH. That’s the forecast for Saturday evening … as over an inch of rain … maybe two inches of rain will fall. The National Weather Service has ratcheted up its forecast on the impending storm. Moderate rain is expected to hit Malibu tomorrow afternoon. The Woolsey […]

Malibu’s municipal swimming pool reopens to the public next Monday. Actually … the pool at Malibu High School has been open for school use for three weeks. But the city was not able to get its recreation supervisors and lifeguards back to the pool until next Monday. The Christmas holidays complicated the staffing issue. Whatever […]

The Woolsey Fire has completely overshadowed the major tragedy that happened the day before the fire. We’re talking of course about the murderous shootings at the Borderline Bar … over the hill in Thousand Oaks. The Conejo Valley Victims Fund has thus far received more than $2 million in donations to be distributed to those […]

FEMA covers septic tank damage. That starting news released by the federal government yesterday. FEMA says Malibu residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the November wildfires may be able to get help paying for some household repairs not usually covered by insurance. Repair or replacement of fire-damaged septic systems and wells may be […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Rain and high surf aiming at the Malibu this weekend. =   Heroin kills a 26 year old Malibu native in Aspen Colorado. =   FEMA deadlines are approaching … as malibu residents are still signing up. =   Malibu’s Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation is buying a […]