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It’s sunny and 56º at Trancas this morning at 7:53. Traffic is normal and SURF IS UP. = CalFire says a prescribed burn is planned for Big Rock. = But L A County Fire is not sure what that state announcement means. = Malibu is selling Dolphin stickers to residents again … but they won’t […]

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has taken a nearly 9 million dollar hit in state funding. That’s because the LA County Office Of Education has ruled that the district is no longer entitled to money from the California budget … because its property tax revenues are so large. The Santa Monica Daily Press reports […]

A County Sheriff Alex Villanueva may have been undercut on the hiring of his close campaign aide … a sheriff’s deputy who had been fired by the county after evidence was presented that he beat up his girlfriend. The Los Angeles Times broke the story.  https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-county-lawsuit-villanueva-deputy-20190304-story.html The newspaper has learned that L A County officials […]

The Malibu Beach Inn would not be allowed to spread across Pacific Coast Highway … if last night’s decision by the city Planning Commission is upheld. They voted last night … 4 to 1 … not to allow the hotel to park cars across the P C H and down the street. Jeff Jennings … […]

A Flash Flood Watch goes into effect for Malibu at 6 pm tonight … but the main part of tonight’s approaching storm will probably hit around 9 p-m. People in the recent burn areas are warned that peak rain rates of 0.50 to 0.80 inches per hour will be possible … which is more than […]

= About 2 inches of rain heading to Malibu tonight and tomorrow. = The Malibu burn area is in a Phase One mudflow alert. = Planning Commissioners reject the Malibu Beach Inn plan to park cars across PCH. = The school district gets a nasty budget surprise from L A County … a 9 million […]

=  Malibu Canyon Road has reopened … after that car sized boulder gets chipped away. =  Malibu High’s principal is resigning … after 2 years. =   Should an extra traffic light go up on PCH for the Malibu Beach Inn? A decision tonight. =  The Coastal Commission gets Malibu’s fire emergency changes this week. […]

Malibu is going to see  a flyover of the US Air Force Thunderbirds in their signature Delta formation today. Actually two of them. The Thunderbirds will be performing over the Hollywood premiere of Capt. Marvel at 5:30 this evening. But they’ll take a practice run at about 1215. They are scheduled to fly over Pepperdine […]

Malibu’s emergency fire rule changes for fire victims goes before the California Coastal Commission Thursday. The commission appears to be rushing through the changes requested by the Malibu City Counil. Among the requested changes are several items viewed as essential to rebuild the city’s housing … The commission staff has ruled that the changes are […]