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The COVID 19 trends in Los Angeles and Ventura counties … are deeply troubling to local health officials. The local school district has again delayed even starting talks with parents and teachers about reopening …  starting in person classes for the smallest kids. Superintendent Ben Drati says the school board decision on partial reopening… which […]

Malibu residents cannot help but wonder … how can this keep happening? For the second time this week … a warming fire at a homeless camp has apparently spread into a pretty big brushfire in eastern Malibu. This morning … the fire was much bigger than the two previous fires. Video shot by a KBUU […]

With KBUU all news all morning, the headlines: = 5 new cases of Coronavirus in Malibu … as the third wave arrives here. = The situation is also deteriorating in Ventura County. = Deputies may be able to clear a Tuna Canyon homeless encampment … near two brushfire ignition points. = Santa Monica’s city council […]

THIS STORY HAS BEEN CORRECTED, SEE BELOW Pepperdine University politics are going to spill over on the Pacific Coast Highway this morning. Students plan a protest over the lack of racial equity progress at the university. Pepperdine is owned by an organization affiliated with the Church of Christ … a very conservative Protestant congregation. And […]

If you were in the City of Los Angeles last night … your cellphone went off with a highly unusual public safety emergency alert to residents’ cellphones. “COVID-19 cases are increasing,” the emergency alert said. “Please wear a mask and social distance.” The virus is again spreading. Los Angeles County is seeing new surge. That […]

Radio station KBUU has some maintenance scheduled today. The radio station will be replacing its broadcast antennas … with new antennas that should push a stronger signal to eastern Malibu. It’s the first in several steps being taken to extend the FM signal to the east and west. This afternoon … the FM signal will […]

What to do about the Big Rock landslide? Some 327 properties at Malibu’s eastern end sit on a mesa that sits atop an underground drainage area from the surrounding mountains. In fact … the wells that used to supply malibu with much of our drinking water used to be at Big Rock Mesa. But starting […]

Two public safety items this morning: A small brushfire ignited in eastern Malibu this morning. L A County got the call at 3:36 … in la Tuna Canyon at Pacific Coast Highway. The first arriving unit found one quarter acre on a hillside on fire. County dispatchers began sending out a second alarm response … […]

Anger and demands from a newly-elected city council member last night. Bruce Silverstein will be sworn in in one month. But he’s not waiting to enter into a public fight with the city manager and city attorney. Silverstein spoke at last night’s city council call to the public.  NEWSCART 73094 SILVERSTEIN COMPS 1 “Now … […]

With KBUU all news all morning. = PCH is back open after a small brush fire early this morning. = It happened near a large homeless camp in Tuna Canyon… but there is no indication yet if that’s related. = The city demands Caltrans and Southern California Edison take immediate action on power outages and […]