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An odd Santa Ana has hit Southern California. It’s blowing like heck at higher elevations … but a strong marine layer is keeping it cool and relatively windless in Malibu this afternoon. Winds have been clocked about 40 mph in the mountains at the Western and of the Santa Monica Range. But they have not […]

It appears that the second Santa Ana of the year — scheduled to arrive tomorrow — is enough to cause Southern California Edison to warn of possible blackouts for late Thursday and early Friday. The forecast peak winds at midmorning was revised upward, for peak winds of 70 mph in the mountains of Malibu and […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Karen Farrer and Mikke Pierson win seats on the Malibu city council. =  Craig Foster and the school bonds win too. =  And there may be an upset in the LA County sheriff’s race. =  Remember those power outages we had 3 weeks ago? =  A virtually […]

A moderate Santa Ana wind storm is expected to arrive in Malibu late tomorrow. Peak winds should occur Thursday night into Friday morning … We may see gusts in the 35 to 50 mph range in the canyons. Mountain peaks may see gusts to 60 mph. It will be very dry … humidities will generally […]

There my be a new sheriff in town …. and for Malibu … that means a new de facto police chief. Jim McDonnell has been ousted as top law officer in the county. And since the City of Malibu is one of 40 or so municipalities in LA County that hires the LA County Sheriff […]

In the school bond election … Measure M won overwhelming passage  … with a 70 percent yes vote. The Malibu special district school bond … needed 55 percent passage. It’s a 195 million Dollar bond issue that will add three cents per 100 dollars assessed value the houses in Malibu. The proceeds will be used […]

Karen Farrer and Mikke Pierson have won seats on the Malibu city council. The results show 100 percent of the precincts counted … but some absentee … mail in and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied. Farrer captured 30 percent of the votes cast. Pierson …. 26 percent. That was 400 votes ahead of […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Nobu is told … get your cars off P C H … or the city is going to close your business. =   Soho House also given a few weeks to come up with an acceptable parking solution. =   Election Day in Malibu … school […]

Once again … Malibu school superintendent Ben Drati is stepping up right to the limit of California law …. in campaigning for Measure M… the Malibu school bond election. The school superintendent sent out an election eve email to parents … tiptoeing right up to pitching support for Measure M. He says that if approved […]

The Malibu Planning Commission is so unhappy with the parking mess on P C H at Nobu that it is getting ready to consider yanking the restaurant’s Coastal Use Permit. The trendy waterfront restaurant was put on notice last night that it might get shut down unless it solves its parking problems. Jammed parking lots […]