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US forest service officials in California were left scratching their heads yesterday … after president Donald Trump blamed California for forest fires. The president made it impromptu comments … more like threats actually … during a photo op at a White House cabinet meeting. TRUMP FORESTS :17 QQQ THEY DONT TOUCH THEM. “California is a […]

The city of Malibu put out an unusual news release yesterday … reaffirming what the city manager told KBUU news on Monday about fires. Many Malibu residents are expressing furious reaction to the extent and duration of the power outages on Monday. Southern California Edison officials have given contradictory statements about whether power was intentionally […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  A sheriff’s inmate walks away from the jail in Calabasas. =  Malibu’s Library has 9 million dollars but no service to the center of the city. =  Coastal and the city reach a compromise over a footnote … in the beach access map. =  And the FCC […]

Before the city council next week … a compromise with the California Coastal Commission over the city’s coastal access map. Coastal has bounced back the the map to the city … over disputes at the Tivoli Cove condominiums. Those condominiums are at Latigo  Beach … and those been a long-standing legal dispute between the homeowners […]

Malibu’s public library and its future goes before the Malibu city council next week. There is $9 million or so in a LA County tax account … collected on Malibu’s behalf and designated for library services in Malibu. In a recent survey of library patrons … 41% said they seldom visit the library … and […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Santa Anas may re-generate today … gusts up to 45 miles an hour in the hills. =  4 power outages remained in Malibu last night …  all but one fixed by the morning. =  That was not a severe wind storm … so what went wrong with […]

For those of you who missed it … the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Milwaukee Brewers four to nothing last night at Dodger Stadium. Thousands of Malibu residents could not see the game … due to the blackout. Brewers outflielder Ryan Braun was a star in the game. Braun lives now in Malibu …. […]

The National Weather Service predicts Santa Anas will consolidate and return this morning … but be about 10 to 15 miles an hour less severe as yesterday’s big blow. The forecast calls for North to northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with   gusts to 45 mph. At 10 AM … winds were already gusting to […]

And now this news analysis… Power went out for much of the day in most parts of Malibu yesterday … as Southern California Edison struggled with a power system that just frankly fell apart in an ordinary, not-very-special Santa Ana windstorm Transmission lines in Malibu Canyon failed. Distribution lines in Zuma Canyon failed. One resident […]

NO POWER OUTAGES IN MALIBU AS OF 7:05 AM Edison may cut power over the hill, but Malibu is not on the list of planned power cuts this time. Peak early morning Malibu area winds: Upper Decker Canyon: 66. Zuma Ridge: 62. Above Paradise Cove: 51. Upper Las Flores Canyon: 48. Leo Carrillo Beach: 30. […]