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Santa Monica’s city council will launch an independent review of their Police Department’s response to the protests and looting of May 31. Residents and business owners have criticized the police department’s approach to the disaster. More than 55 thousand people have signed an online petition demanding that SMPD Chief of Police Cynthia Renaud be fired. […]
It’s not necessarily defunding the L A sheriff’s office … but the Malibu city council wants top pay less to the LA County sheriff office for law enforcement. Malibu pays 8 point 5 million dollars to the L A County sheriff’s office this year … the biggest line item in the city budget. The cost […]
The head of the county water system that serves Malibu says the district will immediately study whether there are enough emergency power generators at the city’s water tanks. Residents of Big Rock have been kicking in … contributing their own money to add generators at the water tanks that hold water for their neighborhood. They […]
City councilman Jefferson Wagner says the L A County D-A has decided there will be no criminal charges filed against him … Wagner has been living under a cloud for several years now … The L-A County District Attorney’s Office was looking into a complaint that Wagner was not eligible to run for city council […]
Malibu’s 144 high school seniors will graduate today. It won’t be a ceremony … there won’t be speeches. Seniors will be driven into the eastern parking lot … get out of their cars … get their diplomas. A photographer will take their picture. Then the next senior. The awards and scholarship announcements this year … […]
Tens of thousands of people spilled onto the streets of Hollywood on last night. There has not yet been a let-up in the most widespread national protests in the United States in generations. Pasadena, Glendale, Pomona, Compton, other cities all saw protests. About 200 people showed up for the largest black lives matter protest in […]
A 26-year-old man from Hollywood was killed Sunday, apparently swimming in an off-limits water hole in Malibu Canyon. And thousands of people were stuck in a gargantuan traffic jam as a result of the tragedy. Ruben Malgarejo was pronounced dead at the bottom of the canyon, near Rindge Dam, by paramedics at 2:17 p.m. Sunday, […]
Santa Monica mayor Kevin McKeown is defending the decision by Santa Monica police to abandon the downtown part of the city to looters 8 days ago. The mayor says Police Chief Cynthia Renaud was faced with a “terrible dilemma” — to control an increasingly violent demonstration near the Pier or attempt to stop the looters […]
Malibu officials say the temporary skate park at Bluffs Park will be ready to use in about 2 to 3 weeks. But when it will open to the public is a whole other matter. the manufacturer of the made-to-order ramps … California Skateparks …delivered the skate equipment last week. You can view photos of the […]
With KBUU all news all morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News = A 65 mile an hour wind gust above Malibu this morning … as an unprecedented June Santa Ana hits us. = Red Flags up until 7 tonight. = A swimmer jumps into […]