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Once again ,… it appears that Malibu has lucked out. Heavy rain is causing freeway flooding and other nuisance in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Same story to the east of us .. the L-A basin is getting hammered.  But in Malibu … gentle overnight and early morning rain. Now new mudflows. No new problems. […]

This is KBUU News – Day 69 – the Headlines: =  Yesterday’s storm was a fizzle … but heavy rain in on track for tonight. =  One-and-a-half to three inches of rain … still enough to trigger mudflows … predicted for tonight. =  And there is a potential for four inches if we get hammered. […]

Yesterday’s was a fizzle … but tonight’s storm will be very different … and could be very wet. The National Weather Service says what everyone knows. Yesterday was not a big storm. Rain gauges from county line to Topanga and across the mountains … all fairly uniform … we all got about a half inch […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Evacuations begin … but only at a few addresses in Malibu West and Paradise Cove. =   4 to 6 inches of rain likely today in Malibu … this is a big one. =   Schools are closed today at the four Malibu public campuses. = […]

A group of academic researchers opening a case study on what went wrong in Malibu. Working on a grant from the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Coalition … the group is interviewing people who made the decision to stay and defend their homes. The Los Angeles emergency preparedness foundation is a non-prophet Group that works with […]

City emergency services director Susan Duenas says the City of Malibu is going to make some changes to its emergency operations plan … as a result of the Woolsey Fire. Duenas appeared before the Malibu city council meeting last night. She says the Woolsey Fire showed area that need improvement. Evacuations … roadblocks … communication […]

Are there mandatory evacuations over a broad swath of Malibu??? No. But there is widespread confusion. The sheriff’s office put out a news release … read by Malibu city manager Reva Feldman last night at the city council meeting. The news was carried live on KBUU radio. NEWSCART 06584 FELDMAN ANNOUNCE :32 QQQ: PARK AND […]

Sheriff’s deputies went door to door last night … warning about 200 Malibu residences that they were in mandatory evacuation areas effective 8 a-m this morning And this storm is bigger and a little earlier than predicted last night. The timing of the flash flood watches …. now given as midday. Overall, the intensity of […]

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ORDERED FOR PARADISE COVE, RAMIREZ CANYON, TRANCAS CANYON/MALIBU WEST LATIGO CANYON INCLUDING – OLD CHIMNEY – ESCONDIDO DR – EL NIDO NEIGHBORHOOD   7:45 UPDATE Monday night   LA county will evacuate Malibu neighborhoods Tuesday morning — as many as 200 residences. City manager Reva Feldman announced tonight that mandatory evacuations will begin […]

This is KBUU News – Day 67 – The Headlines: =   Flood Warning issued … but the heaviest rain is still offshore. =   Big concern along Trancas Creek … in Malibu West … as debris basins fill … and are emptied. =   Three occupied houses in Malibu West … and two vacant […]