Malibu California

And this note for people who lost their houses to fire …and have only two years of insurance money for replacement rental housing. State insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is seeking help from the insurance industry for victims of the North Bay Area wildfires of a year and a half ago … who are still struggling to […]

Southern California Edison power lines … their lack of maintenance and failure to control vegetation in a wildlands area are likely the cause for the Woolsey Fire. That means the power company is on the hook for one point 6 billion dollars worth of destroyed houses … not to mention the loss of three lives […]

Santa Monica Malibu school board members are scheduled to vote tonight on the new name for the school on Point Dume. This … as anger and a sense of betrayal among many Malibu residents. And a sense of bewilderment by others. Teachers and parents have voted by a large majority to rename the school to […]

61º at Trancas at 8:22 with coastal crud burning off by 11 this morning. In the headlines: This is KBUU News – Day 202 – the Thursday headlines: = Major problems on the 10 Freeway eastbound this morning. = The school board votes tonight on the new name for the school on Pint Dume … […]

This is KBUU News – Day 201 – the Wednesday Headlines: =   The city adopts a 31 million dollar budget full of cuts. =   But residents who lost their homes will probably get 100 percent of their city inspection fees waived. =   Every one of the fire damaged homes in Malibu is […]

Getting back to the Malibu budget … eight million dollars in city money was spent last winter on the Woolsey Fire and the subsequent flooding. But 6 million of that is supposed to be reimbursed by FEMA .. the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That money is now held up in Congress … along with flood […]

Two Malibu city council members say they were at that meeting of the California Contract Cities Association Convention that features a bloody brawl … two weekends ago … But they were asleep in their hotel rooms at 12:30 in the morning when the fight broke out. The embarrassing sideshow put a spotlight on the conventions […]

The pipeline is opening up for reconstruction of the 450 or so houses that were burned in the fire 201 days ago. The Malibu Planning Department has issued the second building permit for actual construction of a replacement house. It’s on Bluewater … on Point Dume. The first building permit went to a home on […]

A 31 million city budget was approved by the Malibu City Council last night. It includes a 2 point 6 million item … to enable the city to waive building review fees for homes that were burned down in the Woolsey Fire. City council members say its important for the city to everything it can […]

59º and sunny at 7:17 this morning in Trancas. A busy news night …. This is KBUU News for Day 201 – the Wednesday Headlines: = The city adopts a 31 million dollar budget full of cuts. = But residents who lost their homes will probably get 100 percent of their city inspection fees waived. […]