Malibu California

L A County’s new sheriff was a lieutenant at the woman’s county jail during the time that women were subjected to disgusting and outrageous body searches. The county taxpayers are now going to have to pay 53 million dollars to settle lawsuits filed against the sheriff’s department. Alex Villanueva — now L.A.’s Sheriff — served […]

Traffic is light and the coastal crud is thick … high only 83º in the local mountains. This is KBUU News – Day 251 – the Thursday headlines: = You live in a city worth 17 billion dollars. = Malibu’s favorite in the presidential race … Kamala Harris … in terms of money. = Sheriff […]

=     Now we know why sheriff deputies were so sure that a body found near Malibu Canyon was victim of a violent L A gang. =    Malibu lifeguards to get honored for organizing the neighbors to save Paradise Cove during the fire. =    Coastal Commission wins a big one … a […]

Last year …. in the middle of the string of shootings in Malibu Canyon … a body was discovered off Stunt Road. Sheriff’s deputies would not disclose any exact details … but immediately said this was a gang killing and not related to the Malibu shootings. Now we have the details. At a news conference […]

In Laguna Beach … a Superior Court judge had ordered a seawall protecting a house be torn down. But a one million dollar Coastal Commission fine was invalidated. The illegal seawall is on Victoria Beach. The homeowners bought it as an investment property and we’re renting it out. But the beach had eroded … in […]

Motorcycle down on the 101 eastbound at Parkway Calabasas, plus slow traffic heading into Malibu on PCH. Unusual traffic at 7:15 am. It’s going to be 10º cooler today in the Malibu mountains … and maybe cloudy all day at the beach. This is KBUU News – the headlines: = Now we know why sheriff […]

=   Soho House gets another chance to fix PCH traffic jams. =   But the top sheriff deputy whips out her traffic ticket book … 200 tickets in on weekend to get things moving. =  That brushfire 25 miles northwest of Malibu was caused by gun enthusiasts. =  A presidential candidate is coming to […]

Malibu developer Richard Weintraub is finally getting his Malibu Hotel. Only … it’s 12.5 miles from the beach. It’s called the Cambria Hotel Calabasas – Malibu. Upscale accommodations … the P-R guys say it’s “located a short, scenic drive from Malibu’s famous beaches and waterfront dining.” That’s nice spin for a landlocked hotel … actually […]

Sexual abuse of children sometimes happens at schools. And this week … the Santa Monica Malibu school board will consider  a new set of guidelines for its employees … to give new rules on interactions with children … an effort to prevent sexual misconduct. According to the district … the proposed policy will set new […]

The city of Malibu may be unable to fix the Soho House – Nobu traffic jam  … but the L A County sheriff’s department is whipping out its ticket books to get traffic moving. Last night … the city Planning Commission voted to again postpone substantive action on the restricting the overcrowding at the Soho […]