After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Newspapers across the state are writing articles about the failure of Southern California Edison to have followed the law in terms of preparing for wildfires. And the problem sits at the California Public Utilities Commission … which has ignored for two years a law that requires power companies to publicly file their plans to reduce […]

Cal Fire has released a report into the near-death of a firefighter …. in the mountains west of Malibu … when a resident drove over him. A fire strike team  made up of five fire trucks from Washington state was assigned to work in the mountains of eastern Ventura County. It was on Day Six […]

How much will it cost to get city permits to rebuild a burned out house?? And how much will it cost to place at temporary trailer on a lot during the rebuilding process? Those questions are in play as the Malibu city council goes into session at 3 o’clock this afternoon …. It’s a special […]

This is KBUU News – Day 39 of the fire …. the headlines: =   Malibu will form a task force  … to investigate what went wrong in the fire. =  And the city will need to come up with a plan … to handle hundreds of demoliton crews all working at the same time. […]

Flash floods and debris flows are going to be a constant concern when ever it rains in Malibu for the next three years. That’s the bleak assessment from the head of the Los Angeles County public works department … delivered at the  LA county meeting held yesterday … at Pepperdine … for residents to learn […]

Malibu is also going to have to decide whether to join a countywide fire debris removal program. There are several items in play here. First … the county is going around already to look for and remove hazardous material. After that … each landowner has two options for mandatory debris removal. The first … a state […]

Malibu will likely form a formal commission … a task force … to look into what went wrong during the Woolsey Fire. A special city council meeting has been called for Tuesday afternoon to renew the emergency declaration … as must be done every two weeks. And at that meeting … the city council is […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Toxic mud piled up on the fields at Malibu High. =   Air quality monitors go up … a litle dust  … but overall good readings. =   Sheila Kuehl wants an investigation into the fire response. =   Clouds yes … rain no today in […]

The California Public Utilities Commission is starting over again on the issue of PSPS …. the controversial policy of allowing public safety power shutoffs. Last summer …. with virtually no public discussion and no advance warning … the CPUC allowed Southern California Edison and other utilities to set their own rules. Yesterday … the Commission […]

Toxic fire mud on the fields at Malibu High is raising parent concerns. Black mud has oozed down from destroyed houses in Malibu Park …. onto the school’s fields. The mud is a mixture of ashes … and dirt … and it is being piled up on and near the school’s tennis courts. That has […]