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Five days after hot rodders took over and closed a section of P C H in Malibu … Malibu sheriff’s deputies are announcing a crackdown … on pedestrians and bicyclists. The sheriff’s office put out a news release this morning … publicizing a crackdown on bicyclists and pedestrians next Monday. The sheriff’s office says it […]

The CHP tells Malibu … the P C H stunt takeover will not become a regular occurrence. The city of Malibu has 150 thousand dollars in the budget for volunteer groups … and five times that amount in requests. The state wants to build a railroad overpass on the road from Malibu to Costco. And […]

This noise from Saturday was heard loud and clear by the California Highway Patrol. PCH MASSACRE  SOUND FROM SATURDAY As we’ve reported …that’s the sound from last Saturday’s blockade and takeover of Pacific Coast Highway by sideshow stunt drivers … and their fans … made a big impact at the C H P southern California […]

Malibu’s city government has set aside 150 thousand dollars this year for local community groups. This year … they have 760 thousand dollars in requests. Some of them are huge … like 300 thousand dollars requested by the Malibu Boys and Girls Club. Some of them small … like the three thousand dollars sought by […]

The Santa Monica Malibu school board wants to get kids who do not have homes … to have easier residency requirements for enrollment. The School Board on Thursday will consider a plan to allow any homeless child … or any foster child in contact with the juvenile justice system … to immediately enroll in a […]

The posh Bel-Air Bay Club has been sued by a prominent L-A family … blamed for allowing an heir to the Superior Oil company fortune to die of heat prostration. Katherine Keck says Bel Air Bay Club attendants watched as her son … William Keck the Third … fell ill … laid down on a […]

Yesterday in San Diego … Republican party activists submitted petitions for a statewide election question … on repealing the 12 cent gas tax increase. The tax is aimed at doubling the amount of money available for local transportation spending. If the repeal initiative qualifies for the November ballot … voters can expect a costly and […]

Traffic news today: one lane closed westbound PCH at the Escondido Beach landslide repair. And at Webb Way … 2 of the 4 lanes heading east at the signal are closed. No left turn from PCH up Webb Way towards Civic Center Way. —— This is KBUU News The headlines: A few traffic concerns … […]

Yet another breathless report form yet another luxury real estate analyst … about the wave of frenzied home buying has washed over Malibu’s beaches. Sales on the oceanfront have quadrupled in the first three months of the year … according to a report from Douglas Elliman. The Colony and Billionaire’s Beach areas logged 24 sales […]

A school district schism reveals itself in May fundraising drives for the local school district. Three events for school parents in one weekend … but one is being shunned. First … the Malibu High School Shark Fund is having its annual spring Fun-Raising Party … one week from Saturday. It’s Cinco de Mayo. Dinner, Cocktails, […]