Malibu California

Total confusion surrounds the for-profit bike race that will come thru Malibu today …tomorrow and Saturday. The organizer of a for-profit bike race through Malibu is scrambling to come up with a plan … after KBUU radio began questioning her about the race. Kathleen McCormick is the entrepreneur behind the Malibu Granfondo … and she […]

The controversial issue of Southern California Edison turning off electrical power during windy weather has blossomed into a statewide storm of controversy. You may recall …. last summer the California Public Utilities Commission quietly approved a plan to allow power companies in the state to black out circuits when they were worried about windy weather […]

Using bulldozers to cut fire breaks to stop fires is ineffective and ruins the environment … with no effect in reducing massive firestorms. That’s the conclusion of a group called “Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology.” This comes as some Malibu residents have organized an effort to carve out better fire breaks above the […]

Damages from the Woolsey Fire … and the subsequent flooding caused by debris flows … will cost the city bank account about a half million dollars. The federal government and the state will reimburse about 94 percent of that. It cost the city 9 point 2 million dollars … spent on an emergency basis after […]

“No foul play” has turned into “he was shot” for a man found dead at Corral Beach. Deputies tell KBUU that no bullet mark on the clothing or blood was visible … and it was the coroner who discovered a bullet in the man’s upper body. The coroner’s office yesterday identified the man as Miguel […]

This is KBUU News – Day 125 – the Thursday headlines: =  Winds up to 57 miles an hour .. more winds thru tomorrow. =  A surprise bike race will close Malibu roads tomorrow and Saturday. =  A stop work order slapped by Malibu against the MRCA in Puerco Canyon. =  The deadline to remove […]

A big white dog named Champion is recuperating at the Malibu Coast Animal Hospital. He was found shot with buckshot … beaten on his head … badly injured at a house in Joshua Tree .. 130 miles from Malibu last Sunday . The Hi Desert Star newspaper of Joshua tree has this story … and […]

As the Southern California Edison company cuts trees in Malibu to reduce fire dangers … Ventura County firefighters say it was power lines that arced …. and not tree branches … that caused the deadly Thomas Fire. The official report was issued yesterday … It says the fire was started by Edison wires that arced […]

Malibu building inspectors reportedly ordered MRCA workers to stop widening Puerco Canyon Road in the hills above Malibu yesterday. One residnet took pictures of trucks … bulldozers and other equiopment working on the narrow dirt road … which winds up a steep set of tight curves up a mountain in central Malibu. The M R […]

Malibu has been served up with surprise notice … that a bike race will be moving through the city on Friday and Saturday. And no one has taken out a permit … or even told the city of Malibu about it … until yesterday. And this one … the Malibu Grand Fondo … will have […]