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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 […]

The very nature of downtown Malibu may be at stake … as the Malibu Beach Inn proposal to move its parking lot across PCH goes to the Planning Commission tonight. The city planning department concludes that the proposal is legal … that the hotel has the legal right to move its parking across the street. […]

= 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.  = And […]

This is KBUU News – Day 113 – Thursday Feb 28 =  City staff recommends approval for the Malibu Beach Inn to move its parking lot across P C H. =  Drizzle wraps up today … one inch of rain on Saturday. =  Santa Monica Mountains residents turn out to support fire breaks … water […]

Nearly 100 residential properties affected by the Woolsey and Hill fires have been cleared by state contractors as of yesterday. Strike teams are making rapid progress scraping away burned metal, concrete, chimneys, ash and other debris. Officials with the Debris Removal Operations Center in Calabasas say 82 properties in Los Angeles County have been cleared […]

Efforts to build a Liberty Canyon wildlife bridge over the 101 freeway continue. But fundraising for the effort is way short. The Thousand Oaks Acorn newspaper is taking a look at the status of the wildlife crossing over the 101 freeway. Fundraising for the wildlife bridge over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills is still […]

About 50 people showed up last night to hear Santa Monica Mountains resident … and development advocate Don Schmitz … ask for support for his fire protection plan. Schmitz is again pushing for fire breaks to be rebuilt or extended in the mountains … and also for an ambitious system of water tanks … pipes […]

Malibu’s city planner has found enough loopholes for the Malibu Beach Inn to move its parking lot across P C H … linked by a traffic light … in downtown Malibu. In a staff report unveiled yesterday … the city planning director is recommending that the Planning Commission approve the controversial proposal Under the plan […]

=    Rain tonight … not much … rain this weekend … a bit more … more rain next week … maybe. =   The biggest houses in Malibu may not be quite so big … under a new city policy. =   Mayors from five cities urge Southern California Edison to bury their power […]

Marine biologists report there seems to be an increase in dolphin strandings along the Orange County coast. At least 8 dolphins have beached themselves this February … according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Remains have been medically examined to seek a cause of the strandings. A veterinarian tells the Associated Press that it could […]