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This is KBUU News – Day 140 – the Wednesday Headlines: =   Caltrans gets an earful from Malibu residents opposed to a new signal. =   Mayor Jefferson Wagner tries to convince the state to use an underpass for pedestrian crossings. =   three days after another whale gets hung up in a crab […]

We don’t know what happened to that grey whale spotted last weekend up the coast from Malibu … with a buoy line wrapped around it. At last word from Channel Island Harbor … the coast guard and federal wildlife officials were trying to come up with a plan to cut the lines. The buoy may […]

Caltrans officials say they will consider a compromise proposal from Malibu Mayor Jefferson Wagner on pedestrian crossing at the Malibu seafood restaurant. The state has proposed putting a traffic light at the busy section of Pacific Coast Highway. Hundreds of people cross the road on foot every day … walking between parking areas and the […]

This is KBUU News – Day 139 – the Tuesday Headlines: = Malibu city manager Reva Feldman’s  performance review is continued. = Only 17 burned down houses in Malibu fail to meet county water supply requirements. = And the county says it will speed up rebuilding the water system = Homeowners may be able to […]

Malibu’s city council met behind closed doors to discuss the future of the City Manager last night. City Attorney Christi Hogin emerged with the outcome. NEWSCART 75026 HOGIN EVAL “The council discussed the item that was listed on the posted agenda, which was the city manager’s performance evaluation, and did not complete the evaluation and […]

In news from down the coast … San Diego is also faced with a flood of homeless people living in cars near the beach. And San Diego officials said Monday … they will pass a new version of the city’s vehicle habitation law … which banned living in vehicles. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports a […]

U2 guitarist “The Edge” has lost permission to build his cluster of mansions atop a ridge overlooking the Malibu Pier. The Sierra Club was handed victory at the State Court of Appeal late last week. The appeal court reversed a lower court decision … and threw out a Coastal Commission decision to allow five residences […]

Good news for Malibu families trying to rebuild their homes … according to the county fire and water departments. The fire chief and waterworks boss appeared before the Malibu city council last night to say that the water pipes in almost all the city are too small … but are still big enough to meet […]

This is KBUU News – Day 138 – the Monday headlines: =  Reva Feldman’s job performance is on the line tonight. =  One dead whale washes ashore in Malibu. =  Another whale .. stuck in a buoy off Channel Islands harbor. =  The Caltrans project that closed a beach is over … =  And the […]

And in news from down the coast … the Santa Monica City Council is considering a ban on tiny studio apartments. The Santa Monica Daily Press reports that one company has filed applications to build six buildings … each composed entirely comprised of tiny apartments. And we mean small. Each unit would be between 219 […]