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In news from off the coast … the New York Times reports that California’s aggressive pursuit of a carbon-free electric grid is heading offshore. The federal government has taken the first steps to enable companies to lease waters in Central and Northern California for wind projects. And it may be spreading to Southern California oceans […]

Southern California Edison officials appeared before an unhappy Malibu city council last night. And the beleaguered power company changed its story … again … over whether it issued warnings to the city that it would shut off power intentionally to the city. The company spokeswoman acknowledged that such warnings -were- issued to the city. But… […]

Malibu just took an enormous step backwards in being an environmental leader in California …  The city council last night rejected moving everyone in the city into a 100 percent renewable electric power supply. At least … a default of all-renewable electric power supply. By a 3 to 2 vote … and badly divided … […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Fire .. three acres … in Malibu Canyon near the Hughe Research Lab. It’s out. =  Red Flags are up today … wind gusts up to 36 miles an hour right now. =  The CPUC says Malibu was never put on an intentional outage last Monday … […]

Santa Monica School superintendent Ben Drati has sent a letter to all district parents … but it doesn’t endorse this fall’s Malibu school bond issue. Drati’s letter carefully avoids campaigning for the bond issue’s passage … that would be a no-no under state law. But it explains how passage of the measure would upgrade Malibu’s […]

Both the California Public Utilities Commission and Southern California Edison are pushing back on Malibu’s claims regarding last Monday’s power outages. A spokesperson for the Edison company tells KBUU News … and we quote … “Malibu was not considered or notified for a Public Safety Power Shutoff.” And a spokeswoman for the CPUC says much […]

Red Flag Warnings are up for Malibu. We’ve had gusts of 22 miles an hour here at KBUU studios in Trancas. 44 miles an hour clocked in Decker Canyon. 31 miles an hour above us … at Zuma Ridge. 36 miles an hour at Decker Canyon. 30 miles an hour at Upper Las Flores Canyon. […]

  Firefighters are still on Malibu Canyon Road … where a three acre fire broke out in heavy brush just after midnight. The steep hillside beneath Hughes Research Lab … across the road from Malibu Presybterian Church … was on fire. County firefighters were called out at 12:47. They arrived to find the hillside burning […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Las Virgenes Road is still closed in Malibu Canyon … for repair of a downed transmission line. =   Deputies search Malibu Canyon for more clues … =   The city of Malibu says Southern California Edison warned of intentional blacjouts Monday … no matter what […]

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were out in force again yesterday in Malibu Canyon … They were combing the mountains and canyons looking for clues possibly left behind by Anthony Rauda. He is the 42-year-old man described by his family as a loaner … and had been living in the mountains on the rough for […]