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A county committee Saturday refused a Santa Monica request to kill an independent Malibu school district, but afterward, officials in both cities embraced a potential settlement. The LA County Office of Education’s special committee voted 8-2 to have its staff examine the issue further, after rejecting an effort by the lone committee member from Santa […]

= Malibu may be closer to an agreement with SM for independence. = Malibu’s lawyer repeats – we will accept terms for school district independence set by Santa Monica in 2018. = The president of the Santa Monica board says that’s news to him … and if so … let’s sign the deal today. = […]

For 7 years … we are Malibu’s ONLY Local Daily News = As if there was any doubt … Malibu’s gubernatorial candidate goes down in flames. = Caitlyn Jenner gets zero point six percent of the vote … says she is afraid for California’s future. = The first big forest fire within 200 miles of […]

= Surf is macking … huge waves … 8 feet … thundering into Malibu. = Polls close at 8 tonight in California … the recall will determine of Malibu city council meetings will reopen to in-person attendance. = Camping will soon be illegal on any city street or other city property. = The city council […]

Did you notice the extra idiots on PCH last night?  Fairly predictable. This fall … because of fire danger … state and federal officials have closed roads in the Angeles National Forest.  This includes the Angeles Crest Highway … the road usually taken over by racing motorcycles and fast cars. Just like last winter … the […]

The Santa Monica school board is destroying schools in Malibu … driving parents out of the district … and the board is lying about it. That is the message from two Malibu city council members … on a video released over the weekend. More on that in just a minute … but first this important […]

Objections were raised last week on the $12 million widening of PCH shoulders in the middle of Malibu .., more on that in a minute … but first: For the second time this year … a proposed hotel on PCH near the pier went before the Malibu Planning Commission.  And a badly divided rejected requests […]

KBUU NEWS SAT SEPT 11 Zero cases of Covid 19 have been reported at Malibu High School and Malibu Middle School. Zero cases at Malibu Elementary and Webster elementary schools. Three kids at Webster are in quarantine … however … after possibly being exposed to someone else with the disease The district is doing mandatory […]

Malibu’s new ordinance on short term rental units may be in trouble at the California Coastal Commission. The commission’s regional director said yesterday that his office was not aware that Malibu has started enforcing its interim ordinance. And Steve Hudson says Coastal will investigate if the Malibu interim ordinance is lawful. Two people complained at […]

Last weekend’s Chili Cookoff was not violent … it was not out of control … and there were very few incidents of trouble. That’s the conclusion of Malibu sheriff’s liaison Lieutenant Jim Braden. Braden says he was satisfied that the level of deputies and security guards was appropriate … and that at no time was […]