Malibu California

L A County says it needs to increase sewer bills in Malibu West by 52 percent because it hasn’t raised it rates for 11 years … while costs have spiraled up. A meeting with residents … to explain the rate hike … has been cancelled due to the pandemic. But the rate hike will still […]

Joe Edmiston gets a unanimous OK vote to make decisions without board approval by the Mountain Resource Conservation Authority.. Board members were unsuccessful in watering down the sweeping executive power, which Edmiston says is necessary due to the COVID-19 virus. “Either back me up here or fire my ass,” Edmiston said at one point. The […]

[UPDATED 11AM] – The Los Angeles county Board of Supervisors today removed the sheriff as head of emergency disaster response. The disastrous LA County response to the Woolsey Fire led to a management consultant to recommend changes. It recommended that emergency operations workers be placed in charge of the overall county response … including sheriff […]

Across California … the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed to more than 7,350. 142 dead across the state as if last night. Los Angeles County officials scrambled to contain a rash of outbreaks in nursing homes … and find space for thousands of new hospital beds/. Th Los Angeles Times reports there are 24 […]

With KBUU All News all morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News Day 508 – the Tuesday Headlines = 64 hundred cases in Los Angeles County – but not sure how many in Malibu now. = Farmers markets are too crowded in L-A … the mayor there […]

With KBUU All News All Morning.   And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News Day 507 – the Monday Headlines: =  P C H was motorized bedlam over the weekend … so much for stay at home. =  California State Parks finally closes the beaches in Ventura County. =  […]

NOTE THIS STORY WAS BROADCAST MONDAY MORNING.  IT IS NOW OUT OF DATE.  IT WILL BE UPDATED TUESDAY MORNING.  An incredible power grab by Joe Edmiston. That’s the description by some Malibu activists of an item that suddenly appeared on the agenda for the Mountain recreation conservation authority … the MRCA. The powerful parks agency […]

Los Angeles County recorded five more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, bringing the total to 37 as the virus continued to spread. The county now has 2,136 total confirmed cases, including more than 300 new cases confirmed on Sunday. The county is now reporting zero confirmed cases in the City of Malibu. And zero in Santa […]

KBUU is All News All Morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is KBUU News – Day 507 – the Monday Headlines = P C H was motorized bedlam over the weekend … so much for stay at home. = California State Parks finally closes the beaches in Ventura County. = Alarm bells […]

Zuma Beach, Surfrider Beach and other Malibu landmarks were no-mans-land, and no-womans-land, today, as deputies threatened $1,000 fines to hopeful surfers heading to the water. Sections of Zuma were cordoned off with two-foot high screens, of illustrate the COVID-19 closure boundary.  The parking lot and beachfront walk was off limits, and lone joggers running in […]