After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

The Malibu-based Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation is buying a golf course in Santa Paula … and will convert the golf course into a Chumash learning center and preservation area. The 50-year-old Mountain View Golf Course yesterday …. the VENTURA COUNTY STAR reports. Wishtoyo is spending close to 3.4 million dollars for the property … about 40 […]

Deadlines are approaching for persons or businesses affected by the Woolsey Fire to register with the federal government. Loans and grants are available to persons or businesses that were affected by the fire … including companies that lost business due to the lengthy evacuation and roadblocks. Michael Hart … s spokesman for FEMA … tells […]

Police in Aspen Colorado have identified the Malibu native who died New Years Eve … in a hotel at the resort … as Jonathan Hunter Irons, 26. Irons was a Malibu native and graduate of Malibu high School … now a resident of Santa Monica. Officers responded to a ski resort hotel in downtown Aspen […]

A large rain system is heading to Southern California this weekend … with more rain due next Wednesday. Saturday night will be wet in Malibu … with about an inch of rain possible. It’s a cut off low … meaning it’s not a part of the normal jet flow of winds across North America. And […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Power lines fell on Malibu Canyon Road this morning … no fire … road is reopened. =   A 26 year old malibu man is found dead in Aspen Colorado New Years Eve. =  The Coastal Commission may cut Malibu fire victims a break on some […]

Aerial images showing the destruction left behind by the recent Malibu wildfires are available to the public on the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s website. The industry group flew airplanes over Malibu and began collecting high resolution images shortly after the Woolsey fire raged through. The images are made available to insurance companies first responders and emergency personnel […]

People who lost houses in the Woolsey Fire may be getting some restrictive rules waived by the Coastal Commission. Current rules require that emergency housing to replace fire damaged buildings can only go 90 days without a coastal development permit … but that may change quickly because of the Woolsey Fire. The California Coastal Commission […]

A mild Santa Ana wind brought down power lines … that closed Malibu Canyon Road this morning. Traffic on both directions of the Canyon Road was blocked near the Hughes Research Lab. The report came in just before 7 o’clock power lines down on the road. Malibu Canyon Road was closed between Piuma Road up above […]

A 26 year old man from Malibu was found dead New Years Eve in Aspen Colorado. Police there are not releasing any details … except to say the man was found non-responsive at 9 o’clock Monday night at the Hotel Jerome … in Aspen. Aspen Police Sgt. Rick Magnuson told the local newspaper that the […]