Malibu California

The strawberry fields up the coast from Malibu are changing … right before our eyes. Berries coming out … hemp is going in. And last weekend … an armed confrontation on a pot growing field on Hueneme Road … just west of the Navy airfield. The Ventura County Star reports that armed security guards and […]

In what may be a taste of what is to come for Malibu … another coastal city is digging a line in the sand over how to protect property against rising sea levels. It’s Del Mar … a small city just north of La Jolla. That city has taken the position that “managed retreat” along […]

BROADCAST FRIDAY MORNING.  POSTED FRIDAY NIGHT.  =   A judge says the Broad Beach sand replenishment project is dead.. =   But the special tax district’s lawyer says they will press ahead anyway, =  Malibu will see a flood of red ink … if it bans overnight rentals.… =   But residential neighborhood advocates say […]

The daily afternoon traffic jam at the Point Dume elementary school campus was easily predicted … when the school district closed Cabrillo Elementary and sent those kids to the point. The regional assistant superintendent for the school district says handling the traffic  jam is a work in progress. Isaac Burgess. NEWSCART 75308 FERNHILL BURGESS AAA […]

BROADCAST FRIDAY MORNING. POSTED FRIDAY NIGHT.  TYPO CORRECTED SUNDAY Malibu’s city government is hooked on tax revenue from overnight rentals. That’s the message delivered by a team of outside financial consultants … delivered to a city council subcommittee meeting yesterday. A packed conference room … dozens of Malibu residents … most of them furious that […]

BROADCAST FRIDAY MORNING. POSTED FRIDAY EVENING. The Broad Beach sand replacement project has been ordered stopped by a county judge. But backers of trucking in the sand say they will not give up … and they have reminded homeowners that they still have to pay the special tax. More than 20 million dollars has already […]

= A judge says the Broad Beach sand replenishment project is dead. = But the special tax district’s lawyer says they will press ahead anyway. = Malibu will see a flood of red ink … if it bans overnight rentals .… = But residential neighborhood advocates say hooey … the financial report did not do […]

UPDATED 2:55pm WED with sheriff’s office comment. Sheriff’s deputies today said they have made an arrest regarding the Thursday incident involving a girl who reportedly had a “hit list” of targets at Malibu High School, but it is not clear who was arrested, or what the charge is. Sheriff’s Lt. Greg Minster said he could […]

=   Malibu may soon be paying more for sheriff’s patrols.  A lot more. =   L A supervisors are looking to cities like Malibu to stem the 63 million dollar budget blowout. . =  Malibu High parents meet with the sheriff’s department over the security scares last week. =   The City of LA […]

Malibu High School parents met with principals and there L A County sheriff yesterday morning. This as students and staff continue to grapple with two security incidents at the school last week. In the meeting … parents asked for more information than they had been getting. One parent told KBUU News outside that he felt […]