Malibu California

This is KBUU News – on Day 124 after the fire – the Monday Headlines: =  More trees earmarked for chopping … more anger at Edison. =  A new fire plan for Malibu … whatever happened to the last two plans?? =  Homeless people at the Malibu library prompt a city response. =  Hard work […]

The Malibu Times Dolphin Awards banquet was Sunday … a unique Malibu event that one really needs to see to believe. Publishers Arnold York and Karen Portugal York have hosted the event for decades. Volunteers … heroes … all recognized for selfless work for the community’s behalf. This year’s nominees list is impossible to read […]

Worries about the numbers of homeless people at the Malibu Library continue. And the city council may hire another security guard down there.  Some parents say they are no longer attending programs for their kids at the Civic Center library because of the number of homeless people that they encounter in the facility. Some of […]

Malibu’s city council is going to ask for a 100 thousand dollar state grant … to pay for fire planning. This is actually the third such Malibu Community Wildfire Protection Plan. A 576 page plan was produced in the year 2010 by an nongovernment nonprofit ForEvergreen Forestry … a group that’s never been heard before […]

Anger and outrage is growing by some people in Malibu … as they discover that Southern California Edison plans to enter their property to cut down mature trees. Patt Healy … a Malibu environmental activist … says dozens of mature trees are targeted by the utility company as it plans to ostensibly reduce fire dangers. […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   The California  Coastal Commission unanimously okays Malibu’s emergency fire reconstruction plan. =   A local request to make last minute changes is rejected … and the commission gets some Bu praise. =  Plans for a prescribed burn at Big rock will go before the malibu City […]

In news from down the coast … Santa Monica’s city council may get ejected from office under a ruling from a Superior Court judge. A lawsuit brought by an attorney who lives in Malibu … Kevin Shenkman … has resulted in the judge tossing out citywide voting for city council … Shenkman’s lawsuit … filed […]

Documents reviewed by The Los Angeles Times show that new L A County sheriff Alex Villanueva has not exactly told the straight story … about rehiring a fired deputy who was working as his campaign aide. The new sheriff has publicly said that the rehiring of Caren Carl Mandoyan was righting a wrong … and […]

Los Angeles fire department officials confirm that he prescribed burn is indeed planned for the Big Rock area … and they promise take the matter before the Malibu community before plans are finalized. KBUU News first reported yesterday … that state fire officials plan a 400+ acre fire to clear brush. That was the first […]

The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved Malibu’s request for emergency changes in tis L C P  … the Local Coastal Program that overlays the city’s land use policies. Meeting in Los Angeles yesterday .. the commissioners said practically nothing … as it unanimously concurred with its staff … to approve the city council’s plan. Under […]