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Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman has won an early skirmish in a lawsuit he has filed against the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. He claims that the District illegally requires students to purchase items needed for school — such as supplies, uniforms and field trips — in violation of California’s Education Code and Constitution. A Superior […]

Should a traffic light be installed on Pacific Coast Highway at Malibu Seafood??? Caltrans says yes … but some Malibu people are not so sure. Heavy pedestrian traffic crossing between the popular seafood shack and parking on one side of P C H … and the ocean on the other … has promoted the state […]

A pair of proposed bills that could dramatically affect Malibu are being considered by state legislators in Sacramento. First … an Orange County state senator proposes a law that would require public electric utilities to put up half of the money necessary to underground powerlines in the states most hazardous fire risk areas. Local governments […]

Ventura County homicide detectives are at Point Mugu this morning. A car was spotted driving at high speed on Pacific Coast Highway … in the predawn darkness … its headlights off … at high speed in the curves along the coast road. It smashed into Mugu Rock… possibly an intentional act. Traffic was not substantially […]

https://www.radiomalibu.net/kbuu-newswire-day-125-fri-mar15/ This is KBUU News – Day 125 – the Friday Headlines: =  Corral Beach murder story changes: he was shot. =  The city spends 9.2 million on fire and floods … but the feds will pick up 90 percent. =  Bulldozed fire lines do not stop massive fires … is the claim from one […]

Total confusion surrounds the for-profit bike race that will come thru Malibu today …tomorrow and Saturday. The organizer of a for-profit bike race through Malibu is scrambling to come up with a plan … after KBUU radio began questioning her about the race. Kathleen McCormick is the entrepreneur behind the Malibu Granfondo … and she […]

The controversial issue of Southern California Edison turning off electrical power during windy weather has blossomed into a statewide storm of controversy. You may recall …. last summer the California Public Utilities Commission quietly approved a plan to allow power companies in the state to black out circuits when they were worried about windy weather […]

Using bulldozers to cut fire breaks to stop fires is ineffective and ruins the environment … with no effect in reducing massive firestorms. That’s the conclusion of a group called “Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology.” This comes as some Malibu residents have organized an effort to carve out better fire breaks above the […]

Damages from the Woolsey Fire … and the subsequent flooding caused by debris flows … will cost the city bank account about a half million dollars. The federal government and the state will reimburse about 94 percent of that. It cost the city 9 point 2 million dollars … spent on an emergency basis after […]

“No foul play” has turned into “he was shot” for a man found dead at Corral Beach. Deputies tell KBUU that no bullet mark on the clothing or blood was visible … and it was the coroner who discovered a bullet in the man’s upper body. The coroner’s office yesterday identified the man as Miguel […]