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= 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 […]

= Malibu needs to ban all RV overnight parking before LAPD sweeps Venice. = That’s the word from the L A sheriff’s office … worried about an incoming tide of oversized overnight parking. = Santa Monica police blew it … and then covered up their tactical and intelligence errors … = And that’s the word […]

The city’s budget …. at 39 million dollars … is in a comfortable but uncomfortable position. City finance director Lisa Soghor says the city property tax revenues are up. Sales tax revenues are also up … And it looks like the end of the pandemic in most of the United States … plus the ban […]

One major issue …. an increase in both the amount and type of crime in Malibu. Last night …. the city Public Safety Commission took a look at recommendations for increasing the number of patrol deputies in Malibu. Malibu has 13 county deputies patrolling the city every day … at a cost of 8 million […]

= Malibu’s budget is overflowing …. with both money and worry. = City officials say tax revenues are up … costs are down … but one more disaster could drain the bank. = Adding two sheriff’s deputies overnight would cost 1 and a half million dollars. = And two city council members say it may […]

= Malibu’s new city manager makes his appearance on the Internet today. = Crime is up 59 percent over last year … but last year we were all in lockdown. = Malibu has only 16 sheriff’s deputies on patrol every day … is that enough? = Caitlyn Jenner steps from Malibu to the spotlight … […]

= Good news / bad news on the coronavirus front in Malibu. = Trancas Country market is paparazzi heaven … now that Caitlyn Jenner is running for governor. = Opponents tried but could not block Verizon from getting permits for new call antennas at the Malibu Pier. = Santa Monica’s downtown is back to pre-pandemic […]

A new city manager. Malibu city council members voted 5 to nothing … note the unanimous vote … to pick a new interim city manager last night. Steve McClary … a former city manager in Ojai … was picked by a unanimous vote. Nothing … not one specific word … was said about his background […]

KBUU NEWS 6:55 am FRI APR 31 – POSTED 7:45 am SAT MAY 1 Malibu High School is one step closer to opening a stunning new building … with a central veranda situated to take in a view up the Zuma Beach coast … in 2024. Thursday night … the Santa Monica Malibu school board […]