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B and Bs. Vacation rentals. A part of Malibu for decades … but exploding because of the Internet. Two sides are squaring off for a battle royale at Malibu City Hall this evening. On one side … residents in some neighborhoods who have seen their streets turn into motel parking lots. On the other … […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Extra traffic on the P C H this morning … there’s big traffic  jam on the 101 in Camarillo. =  The off again on again zoning code hearing at City Hall is off again … maybe a bit of a power play. = An arrest in a […]

Malibu is one of 89 cities large and small within L-A County … more than half of which hire Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to act as local police. That puts L-A County Sheriff Jim McDonnell in position as the Malibu police chief. And that puts him charge of handling the increase in crime … […]

There appears to be a bit of a power play going on at the city council. Or possibly … some gamesmanship between city council members. The extended trip of city council member Skylar Peak to Bali caused cancellation of one city council meeting …. and a two day delay in this week’s meeting. It also […]

THIS STROY WAS CORRECTED AT 12:15 MONDAY TO CHANGE “FIJI” TO “BALI”. The Malibu city council has not met for four weeks …. and it will not meet tonight. The regular meeting two weeks ago was cancelled … the regular meeting for tonight … postponed until Wednesday. No official reason given … but the work […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Malibu’s county supervisor defends the Edison plan to black out Malibu in high winds. =  Sheila Kuehl says the impact of a major fire … worse than the impacts of planned blackouts. =  The governor signs 28 new laws last weekend … related to fires. =  A […]

Groundbreaking was held last Friday for the new Malibu branch of the Santa Monica College. The campus will be finished in four years. One wing of the building will be a sheriff’s substation … and it will be the first time that the City of Malibu has had a police station within city limits.  The […]

CORRECTED AT 12:20 PM MON SEPT 24:  The original story said Fiji, that was an error, it has been corrected to Bali, and KBUU regrets the error.  The Malibu city council has not met for four weeks …. and it will not meet tonight. The regular meeting two weeks ago was cancelled … the regular […]

L-A County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl says turning off the electricity in high winds … is a good public policy. The supervisor says it may be difficult for Malibu residents … but shutting off electricity in Santa Anas will protect against fires. Kuehl tells KBUU news she acknowledges that blacking out traffic lights … water pumps […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: = Caltrans has ignored a landslide creeping onto PCH for 60 years … and that will cost them. = The city council sets aside time to talk about filing a lawsuit … actually … two lawsuits. = Malibu was first … now the state of California takes baby […]