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L A County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is now the subject of a criminal investigation … opened by the LA County District Attorney … for filing a false police report. The D-A says it is reviewing allegations that Villanueva falsely reported a crime … This gets a bit confusing … but what basically happened is the […]

The Malibu Beach Inn has been ranked as the Number One Hotel in Southern California. The award comes from Condé Nast Traveler … in its annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Malibu Beach Inn is a 47-room boutique hotel offering breathtaking oceanic panoramas, refined design, and luxury experiences inspired by Malibu’s effortless ambiance. So says the press release. […]

Malibu has a new planning director. Or at least .. an acting  planning director. Richard Mollica has been appointed but her city manager … Reva Feldman. He will replace Bonnie Blue … who is leaving California for family reasons. Mollica has been at the City Hall for more than a a decade … and was […]

The chairman of the city Planning Commission tried hard last night to block a Malibu couple from continuing to run their business in the Civic Center. The business is a modular home … set up as a demonstration for Malibu fire victims to see what temporary housing can look like. The business owner … Lauren […]

Bank of America has been on Point Dume for 60 years. But the bank is pulling out. In a letter sent to customers yesterday … B of A says it will keep its branch at the Civic Center open. The point Dume branch has been closed. … supposedly temporarily … since the COVID lockdown began […]

CORRECTED AT 8:27AM WEDNESDAY – The agency in Santa Monica is the St. Joseph Center, not the St. Thomas Center, as first reported.  A person who has been in attendance at a line of free food for poor people … on Old Malibu Road in the Civic Center area … has tested positive for COVID-19. […]

L A County sheriff Alex Villanueva is running a sheriff’s department where some deputies  are members of a gang … the Banditos … who are hidden by a code of silence. About one-third of the Banditos work at the East L.A. station and control it “like inmates running a prison yard.” And the sheriff if […]

= No secret in Malibu … but the coroner releases the name of the man killed on PCH. = It was Michael Bennet … 58. No arrest has been made yet. = A major bank says sayonara to Point Dume after 60 years. = The planning commission chair wants a business that helps fire victims […]

= Malibu’s mayor will try try again to get a coronavirus mask ordinance through the city council. = Deadly mosquitos spotted all over Ventura County … but Malibu is banning pesticide soon = Reva Feldman’s job review is in 10 days. = Two nights of Halloween drive in movies at the Civic Center are approved. […]

With KBUU all news all morning. From F-M 99.1 … KBUU … these are the Thursday Headlines: = Classes cancelled at Oaks Christian … as one of their students was killed. = Two little boys were mowed down in a crosswalk … the driver fled with one of the kids on her car hood. = […]