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Malibu mayor Rick Mullen was the city’s official host when Pres. Donald Trump arrived in Malibu last week. The visit was closed to local press … Pacific Coast highway was closed to all traffic for three hours … putting a stop to relief efforts. The city’s mayor says he was brought to meet the president […]

The reopening date for Malibu High School has been pushed back … again. This time … the culprit is testing for PCB … the chemical that was used in the 1960s to glue things together. Superintendent Ben Drati announced yesterday that both Malibu High and adjacent Juan Cabrillo Elementary Will need testing for the suspected […]

Lawyers are lining up to file lawsuits against Southern California Edison. SCE has told the California Public Utility Commission that an electric substation had experienced a disturbance two minutes before the fire was first reported. The fire started at the same SCE facility where the substation is located. R. Rex Parris…  a lawyer from Lancaster […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  443 homes lost to fire in Malibu. =  The city prepares a rule change to allow mobile homes. =  Do you need to go before the planning commission to rebuild? No. =  fences can be constructed without permits. =  But don’t even think about hauling off debris […]

There are 13,000 residents in Malibu … and 13 hundred thousand compelling stories to be told. We have missed most of them. KBUU news has been off the air for nearly 2 weeks. It has taken us that long to reconstruct the technical equipment that we quickly threw into a van on Friday, November 9. […]

The National Weather Service says rain will spread across Malibu early tonight … as the LA County Department of Public Works gets ready for Malibu mud to make its appearance. There is even a slight chance for thunderstorms … and heavy rain could fall under those. We can expect a half inch of rain … […]

Malibu city councilman Jay Wagner was severely injured defending his longtime home on Old Chimney Road in the fire. He spent a week in the intensive care unit at UCLA Santa Monica. And he was at the Malibu city Council meeting yesterday … speaking in a frail voice but exhibiting strength and resolve that might […]

Malibu city officials released their first count of burned houses … and it looks like the city has lost about 10 percent of its residential buildings to the early November fire. At least 443 houses burned. And the city is releasing its rebuilding checklists for residents. Malibu city officials have held their first public briefing […]

Camarillo – 24 mph Newberry Park – 20 Decker Canyon – 45 Leo Carrillo Beach – 19 KBUU Studios Trancas – 28 Zuma Ridge – 39 Above Paradise Cove – 43 Corral Cyn – 27 Upper las Flores – 42 King Gillette Ranch – 20

Hill Fire update: The hill fire is burning southeast from the top of the Conejo Grade in Newbury Park. The front of the fire is burning towards Cal State Channel Islands, which has been evacuated. Like the Springs Fire three years ago, this fire is burning towards Pt Mugu. There is very little danger to […]