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Close the Men’s Central Jail. That’s the plan approved by a 4 to 1 vote at the L A County Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday. That would mean reducing the total number of jail beds in L A county by about one third. Malibu’s L A County supervisor … Sheila Kuehl … co-authored the motion […]

= Low water pressure possible in some parts of Malibu next 3 days. = The only water pipe serving us has a big leak. = One or two lanes will be closed on PCH heading into Santa Monica … = Another car over the side on Kanan-Dume Road last night. = Law enforcement and firefighters […]

KBUU NEWS MON JUNE 21 POSTED TUES JUN 22 WITH ADDITIONS, BELOW A Malibu city planning commission was so unhappy that the city council overruled his vote on a house remodeling project … that he appealed the city council’s vote to the California Coastal Commission. Commissioner Kraig Hill’s argued against the house remodeling … for […]

= A Malibu planning commissioner disagrees with a city council decision … makes an end run to Coastal. = And the Coastal staff says the Malibu planning commissioner was wrong on all counts. = Sheriff’s deputies may or may not be vaccinated … the department doesn’t know. = The proposed luxury hotel at Billionaire’s Beach […]

= California may be reopening … but not Malibu City Hall. = Homeless people using campfires in the Malibu mountains are an immediate threat .. one expert says. = But sheriff’s homeless outreach teams are in Venice …and there are only vague plans for our area. = Bankruptcy filed by the company that runs the […]

= Heat and winds and crowds – 102 in the Malibu mountains tomorrow. = A power pole throws off sparks … a small fire … a power outage on Point Dume. = Not sure if they are all related … power is supposed to return by 9 am. = Massive traffic jam last night … […]

KBUU Malibu News – Friday Jun 11 = A summer tow away impound yard … back at Malibu High .. an agreement is reached. = 97 percent of the households in Malibu are plugged into 100 percent green power. = Sheila Kuehl says the sheriff is out of his lane .. as he wades into […]

KBUU Radio FM99.1 – MALIBU NEWS – Thursday June 10 = Malibu vaccinations stall out … the city and Malibu High both schedule free clinics. = The Venice homeless situation turns into political tit for tat … Villanueva targets his political enemies. = People in Malibu asking … why are homeless team members paid for […]

A political battle royale is forming over the L A County sheriff. Last night … the L A County Democratic Party asked Alex Villenueva to resign from office. Shootings of unarmed civilians by deputies … and the refusal of the sheriff to allow civilian review of police shootings … the major issue. But the sheriff’s […]

= Worries that the killer rabbit hepatitis discovered in Malibu may take out the weed eating bunnies. = Huge political fireworks involving the sheriff. = Sending a dozen squad cars and heavily armed deputies to take control of the homeless. = Pulling a cowboy stunt … say some Venice residents … a political stunt. = […]