Malibu California

Malibu will regulate overnight rentals … by banning overnight rentals owned by outside parties. The city council voted last night to adopt the same type of regulations that already exist in Santa Monica … with a Malibu twist. The decision came after more than two hours of testimony … mostly … criticism of the city’s […]

LA county sheriff”s officials failed to notify Malibu city officials about the Sepulveda Pass fire as it broke out in the middle of the night … and city officials say that lead to a delay in official response and notifications.  The fire broke out about 1:45 yesterday morning (Monday Oct 28). City staff were not […]

Passersby put out a small brushfire caused by Southern California Edison power lines, which fell along Mulholland Hwy east of Malibu canyon-Las Virgenes Road. At first  … more than 500 homes lost power in the central Santa Monica Mountains. That was later revised downward to 161 homes powerless at 8 this morning. The fire broke […]

=  Malibu is full of smoke from the Tick Fire in Santa Clarita. =  70 mile per hour wind gusts still blowing … just above Malibu. = No schools today in Malibu … and with another big Santa Ana on tap Sunday night … school is an open question on Monday = I f you’re […]

Tomorrow … L A County will open the mic to the public … to analyze the report on  what went wrong in the Woolsey Fire. As we’ve reproted extensively … the county has hired an outside consultant … Citygate Associates … to write a report on the county’s response to the fire … It h […]

Malibu’s public schools are closed today. And there is a slight possibility they will be closed on Monday. More on that in a second. —— One last big push of Santa Anas this morning … as fire crews battle a huge fire 40 miles away. There are no fires … no fires … burning in […]

=  Santa Anas to 65 miles an hour …blackouts possible in western malibu. =  Not quite as bad as conditions were in Woolsey … but almost … says the fire department. =   The official report is in … the fire department’s actions explained in abandoning Malibu. =  Malibu High may close tomorrow … if […]

[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 […]