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L A County has withdrawn an erroneous message that it sent out today, a message that public traffic could use a shortcut between Topanga Canyon and Malibu that could have sent traffic down a street that is so steep that the city gave it away … for fear of crashes. We’re talking about Rambla Pacifico […]
Who Gets To Use PCH? Confused Answers From Caltrans and Sheriff’s Office Confusion and unhappiness this morning … as Pacific Coast Highway is NOT reopened to traffic for the morning commute. No matter what Caltrans says. The state agency put out a news release late yesterday afternoon … a news release that erroneously proclaimed that […]
Calabasas Web Page Admits Local Dump Is Licensed For Fire Debris, But They Oppose Malibu Fire Debris Disposal Calabasas city officials appear firm in their decision to try to block Malibu fire debris from being dumped in the L A County-owned dump at Lost Hills. More trucks were turned away by picketers yesterday … and […]
The Calabasas city council is asking for a court order to prevent Malibu fire debris from being taken to the Los Angeles County regional dump … in Calabasas. The council is seeing strong political winds … residents from Calabasas and Agoura Hills vehemently opposed to the use of the county’s only westside dump for the […]
Calabasas Residents And Officials Blockade Dump Used For 50 Years For Regional Trash – Say They Will Keep Malibu Fire Debris Out Several news items this morning regarding the removal of both hazmat and the removal of general debris. First … KBUU News has learned that the hazmat debris collection … priority one in the […]
The EPA says it remains on track to complete its Phase-1 hazardous debris removal work by the end of the month. But KBUU News has learned … the EPA has given up trying to remove hazardous material at 198 fire wreckage locations in Malibu. Half of those houses are on the beach. The others are scattered […]
405 Blocked By Fatal Head-On, 3 Hour Drives To Westside This Morning There are two ways to get to Santa Monica and the westside, and the closure of PCH leaves one. This morning … that route was closed. A head-on crash on the 405 Freeway at the entrance to Sepulveda Pass completely blockaded the backup […]
State Parks OK’s EPA Collection Site At PCH/Temescal, LA City Council Member Feels Burned The EPA’s next temporary hazmat collection site will go the the big parking lot on PCH at Temescal Canyon Road. And the LA city council member who represents west LA is -very- not happy. 70922 TRACI PARKS “This obviously poses major […]
Pacific Coast Highway is open to drive between Malibu and Santa Monica? At 8 this morning … the City of Los Angeles got its act together and reopened the vital state highway. Yesterday was a day of total official confusion … as PCH opened, closed, opened, closed, and then halfway opened. LA police … the […]
KBUU thanks its team of engineers: Josh Bohn, Mike Hutchens, Diane Laetz, Mike Worrell and Jim Toten. Our producer is Diane Laetz. Some Residents Protest EPA Transfer Station At Topanga Beach Some residents from the Malibu area plan a protest at the EPA Hazardous Waste transfer station site … at the eastern gateway to Malibu. […]