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The Malibu city council said it would work with beachfront residents to fight federal flood control maps … which were apparently drawn in error. FEMA … the Federal Emergency Management Agency … has re-drawn it’s flood maps for the Malibu beaches. And at best … they did a clumsy and inaccurate job. The ctiy’s coastal […]

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Agency … the M R C A … has fired back at Malibu residents who want to prevent a park from being built on their private street. M R C A attorney Oscar Victoria appeared before the Malibu city council late Monday night … to argue that the park is […]

All this came up when the Malibu City Council on Monday considered the Sycamore Park request to be allowed to put in a gate on the private street. Malibu Mayor Rick Mullen … himself has been victorious in a similar lawsuit in Ramirez Canyon … He told the MRCA that they should work with the […]

The United States Supreme Court appears poised to consider an overturn of the California Coastal Act … in a case from the Bay Area that will have enormous ramifications in Malibu and everywhere along the state’s oceanfront. The Supreme Court has asked the Surfrider Foundation to respond to the appeal made by Silicon Valley billionaire […]

= The M R C A gives it its side of the story at Sycamore Park … = Joe Edmiston scuffles with the security guard … but no folding chairs were thrown … = as the Jerry Springer show breaks out on via Escondido. = The former mayor calls MRCA’s attorney a liar. = And […]

Lights out … Malibu. The city has a new dark skies ordinance …. but it won’t take effect until October 15th. The city council unanimously approved the new rules last night. The ordinance has been 20 years in the making. Backer Cami Winikoff heads a group that has been negotiating with local agencies for 5 […]

The city of Malibu has filed a lawsuit against the outside government agency that has built a park in the middle of the city … without permission. This … as the Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority … the M R C A …is suing individual homeowners in the Sycamore Park subdivision for 15 million dollars each […]

School officials met with parents at Juan Cabrillo Elementary School last night … to explain their thinking about ending elementary school instruction in Malibu Park … and shifting it to the Point Dume school campus. A similar meeting is tomorrow night … for the parents at Point Dume. [[[CORRECTED AT 10:32. THIS MEETING IS AT […]

Congratulations, Malibu, you just bought 29.24 acres of prime commercial land in the heart of the city … and at Point Dume. The Malibu City Council last night approved paying the market rate for three prime parcels of vacant land in Malibu … zoned commercial. City ttorney Christi Hogin says this builds up a land […]

KBUU News Headlines, Tues Apr 24: = Malibu buys 42 point 5 million dollars of vacant land … now what? = Increased traffic at Point Dume Elementary School … if Cabrillo closes. = The city sues the MRCA over the Sycamore Park land grab. = It’s lights out Malibu … but there is a delay […]