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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 […]

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