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No change overnight. PCH open. Next public briefing 10 am No houses burned- three structure defense groups are working the east side of the canyon. L A City Fire has not yet evacuated anywhere in Palisades Highlands but people on several streets were warned Sunday they may be ordered to leave. Topanga Canyon Blvd and […]

7:24 UPDATE HARD CLOSURE no traffic at all allowed into Topanga from PCH or Mulholland (includes Old Topanga Cyn Rd). Mandatory evacuations in TOPANGA CANYON only – not Malibu. Deputies and the CHP are heading people down the canyon, south to PCH. Areas affected: Zone 4 is everyone east of Topanga Canyon between the Community […]

A brush fire along a hiking trail east of Topanga Canyon appears to have been started along a trail in at least two places, and it burned 15 acres last night. Helicopter pilots were working in fog with zero winds on the blaze, which was reported at 10:30 p.m. along the Santa Ynez Trail, north […]

When Pacific Coast Highway was opened in 1926 … a long fence blocked trespassers from crossing Mae Rindge’s land to reach the ocean. A chain link fence replaced the barbed wire more than 60 years ago. And last weekend … crews hired by some anonymous person one tore out the fence at La Costa Beach […]

In exactly 20 seconds, and with exactly zero words of discussion, Steve McClary’s contract as interim city manager was approved by the city council tonight. 5-0. This is the entire audio clip … as the city hired its new chief executive. NEWSCART MCCLARY VOTE MAYOR PAUL GRISANTI: “OK, we have got a motion and a […]

= Tiny homes may fill a parking lot just east of Malibu. = Poison Free Malibu is a reality … rat poison banned in the city. = Anger … but no city action … over the removal of the fence blocking La Costa Beach. = Worries about another big loss of sand at Surfrider Beach. […]

Malibu’s Planning Commission is setting a special meeting for one week from tonight … to consider rules for ADUs … Auxiliary Dwelling Units … second housing units on existing lots. The California Legislature has legalized ADUs on virtually every lot … but importantly for Malibu … the new laws say the existing Coastal Act LCP […]

Steve McClary was appointed as Malivub’s new city manager two weeks ago, and tonight, the city council will vote on his contract.  At $14,580 a month,. it’s a little bit less than what former city manager Reva Feldman made.  And the contract gives the city council the right to let McClary go immediately … if […]

= A separate wreck in Santa Monica causes the coast highway to be closed for three hours. = Lawyers are already takling smack about that deck collapse in Malibu Saturday, = The scandal over phtos of Kobe Bryant’s body escalates … again. = Mourning 58-year-resident of Malibu West. = And it’s pizza night for Malibu […]

= Finger pointing after Saturday night’s balcony collapse in Malibu. = The homeowner says the sheriff told her it was a civil issue … when she claimed her vacation rental had been overrun with partiers. = Opposition by a Calabasas group torpedoes a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk. = Now the county fire chief […]