Malibu California

[COLD OPEN TAKE NEWSCART 75326 IMBRENDA ONE] “We expect extreme fire behavior potential. “Right now we have critical fuel moistures in this area  “We are expecting very high winds. “We have had sustained hot temperatures for days now. “So we expect significant fire problems should we get a start out here.” That’s L A County […]

Now .. analysis of the Woolsey Fire after action report. LA County hired an outside auditor to review the fire department’s actins during Woolsey. The Woolsey Fire was 97,949 acres.  The 2003 Old Topanga Fire was 16,516 acres. – Fire of this size and speed had never been experienced or planned for. – “The expectation […]

=   More Santa Anas today and tonight. =   Tomorrow night  … we could see 60 mile per hour gusts. =   Firefighters are looking for embers in Pacific Palisades … could spark another big fire. =   A private traffic light is switched on … in central Malibu. =   The cellphone companies did not […]

With another big Santa Ana wind storm in the forecast in over the next three days … firefighters just east of Malibu are working hard to stamp out all embers and hot spots from yesterday’s brushfire. About 40 acres of very steep mountainside went up in flames yesterday midday. The fire was clearly visible from […]

Cellphone customers in northern California were cut off when massive sections of the state were blacked out for fire danger. This … after the FCC and state government have asked the cell companies what their emergency power capabilities are. Last week … huge sections of California lost emergency communications … regular communications  … data… cable […]

Caltrans has turned on the new private traffic light on P C H. The new pedestrian signal serves the Malibu Beach Inn. Of course … anyone can push the button and stop traffic on PCH. But this signal was  designed … paid for and installed by the private hotels’s owners … to benefit themselves. The […]

Longtime Malibu resident Andy Cohen has died. Cohen … a resident of western Malibu … was a member of the city Public Safety Commission. There .. he worked tirelessly behind the scenes … improving the lives of Malibu residents. Andy Cohen dug into his own checkbook to rent equipments… and spent months organizing … last […]

=   Malibu is furious that its local top cop has been yanked out … and put in a desk job. =   Jennifer Seetoo is transferred to an office job … was she too ambitious for the sheriff downtown? =   Slight shaking in Malibu … from an overnight earthquake in Compton. =   […]

There is yet another delay in the city reaction to the traffic and zoning problems at the Nobu restaurant and Soho House club. Over and over again … the popular two oceanfront businesses have been accused by city staff of violating their coastal use permits. Parking violations …. valets and delivery trucks in the street […]

The reassignment of the popular and effective sheriff’s lieutenant who headed up law enforcement for the city of Malibu has people saying they are shocked and very angry. Lieutenant Jennifer Seetoo has been transferred to a desk job. City Hall officials say they were shocked and blindsided by the move … by L A County […]