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More whiffs of scandal from the L A sherifs headquarters. The son of sheriff Alex Villanueva has been hired as a deputy trainee … despite having a record that overseers say should raise questions. The Los Angeles Tines has a front page story on this today … it was published on the web over the […]

Malibu’s city hall has issues with the way its disaster alerting system works. It is asking companies with experience in handling direct phone call … reverse 911 and wide area cellphone activation system to submit proposals. For years … the city has used a company called Everbridge to handle phone call activations. Malibu late last […]

Cement is poured, the frame is up, and the solar panels go up today – if we can find a missing piece of metal about as big as a cat toy. Hmmm. This is KBUU News – Day 255 – the Monday Headlines: = Sheriff Alex Villanueva hires his son as a deputy … despite […]

=   You live in a city worth 17 billion dollars. =   Malibu’s favorite in the presidential race … Kamala Harris … in terms of money. =  Sheriff Alex Villanueva was in charge at the womens jail where women were strip searched in unspeakable filth. =  And county taxpayers are going to have to […]

Who is the most popular presidential candidate here in Malibu??? If you go by campaign contributions sent in … from people in the 90265 zip code … that would be California Senator Kamala Harris. The democrat has received 23 thousand 584 dollars as of the latest reporting period … according to federal elections records obtained […]

L A County’s new sheriff was a lieutenant at the woman’s county jail during the time that women were subjected to disgusting and outrageous body searches. The county taxpayers are now going to have to pay 53 million dollars to settle lawsuits filed against the sheriff’s department. Alex Villanueva — now L.A.’s Sheriff — served […]

Traffic is light and the coastal crud is thick … high only 83º in the local mountains. This is KBUU News – Day 251 – the Thursday headlines: = You live in a city worth 17 billion dollars. = Malibu’s favorite in the presidential race … Kamala Harris … in terms of money. = Sheriff […]

=     Now we know why sheriff deputies were so sure that a body found near Malibu Canyon was victim of a violent L A gang. =    Malibu lifeguards to get honored for organizing the neighbors to save Paradise Cove during the fire. =    Coastal Commission wins a big one … a […]

Last year …. in the middle of the string of shootings in Malibu Canyon … a body was discovered off Stunt Road. Sheriff’s deputies would not disclose any exact details … but immediately said this was a gang killing and not related to the Malibu shootings. Now we have the details. At a news conference […]

In Laguna Beach … a Superior Court judge had ordered a seawall protecting a house be torn down. But a one million dollar Coastal Commission fine was invalidated. The illegal seawall is on Victoria Beach. The homeowners bought it as an investment property and we’re renting it out. But the beach had eroded … in […]