Malibu California

At the Getty Fire above Pacific Palisades .… just 7 miles east of Malibu’s eastern gate… 745 acres burned but forward progress stopped … and it’s now 52 percent contained. 10 homes destroyed. 15 others damaged. The Getty Fire erupted in severe Santa Anas just 7 miles east of Malibu … and burned right at us. […]

Kids in Malibu get to go to school today for the first time in three days. Electricity has been restored to all of Malibu. The central part of Malibu … the Cuthbert Circuit … was Malibu’s first PSPS … Public Safety Power Shutoff. Southern California Edison pulled the plug at about 8:45 on Wednesday night. […]

This is KBUU News – Day 354 – the Friday Headlines: = Electricity restored to Paradise Cove last night. = Santa Ana winds are still in the Malibu mountains at sunrise. = Detailed plans for emergency evacuations on PCH go out for public comment. = Coastal Commission staffers raise objections to a proposed gate at […]

Editor’s note:  THIS STORY WAS EDITED AT 3:30 PM TO MAKE IT CLEAR VANDER HORCK WAS NOT THE SOURCE OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT SEETOO.  “Corrective action” is being taken by the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff’s station … to better warn Malibu residents of fires outside the city that are not threatening Malibu. This comes two […]

=   Power out in the Paradise Cove area … no idea from Edison when it will come back. =   Signals are out at four places on P C H … but generators are here to keep the water pressure is up. =   The peak Santa Ana winds had already come and gone […]

Southern California Edison told government officials yesterday that the Easy Fire in Simi Valley broke out in its service territory near one of its subtransmission lines. That line had not been switched off at the time of the eruption. The exact cause of the fire remains officially under investigation … but TV station chopper pictures […]

An intentional blackout hit Malibu with zero advance notice last night …. and there is no word on how long it will last. Six hours after the highest Santa Ana winds hit Malibu yesterday … Southern California Edison turned out the power to one part of the city. The first P S P S – […]

This is KBUU News – Day 353 – the Thursday Headlines: = Power out in the Paradise Cove area … no idea from Edison when it will come back. = Signals are out at four places on P C H … but generators are here to keep the water pressure is up. = The peak […]

=    Passersby just put out a fire … power lines fell and sparked the brush … on Mulholland. =    A monster Santa Ana bears down on Southern California. =    Winds will be in the 50 mile per hour range tonight on the beaches … up to 80 in the mountains. =   […]

Malibu will move to 100 percent renewable electricity. The city council last night voted to shift the default option for every electric customer in the city … to a 100 percent green electricity supply. The cost will be about 8 percent more than the current power rates. But customers will have ample opportunities to decide […]