Malibu California

Planners at City Hall say they are fast-tracking plans to rebuild houses that were destroyed by the Woolsey Fire. Assistant planner Richard Mollica addressed the city planning commission this week … and said progress is being made approving replacement houses that basically match what was there before the fire. MOLLICA COMM QQQ: ISSUE AN APPROVAL […]

Only 30 percent of the homeowners on Malibu … with burned-down houses … have signed up for the state fire debris removal program. And the city is officially urging all homeowners whose properties burned in the Woolsey Fire to make a decision quickly …as the deadline for a decision is one week from today. And […]

This is KBUU News – Day 67 of the fire disaster – The Headlines: =  Topanga Canyon Boulevard has reopened to traffic. =  There are no major road closures this morning in the Malibu area. =  The city plans to hire a second person in the public safety department. =  Mass demolition starts next Monday […]

The two Concert On The Bluffs events may have been huge and popular success stories. But the city is giving up on them. Volunteers largely put on the events … two outdoor concerts featuring top notch symphony and ballet performers. They cost the city $45,000 in 2016 and $88,000 in 2017. But it took a […]

Two month after the Woolsey Fire generated a firestorm of criticism of Malibu City Hall … the city manager is proposing adding a staff member to handle fire safety. This is certain to be a lightning rod … for more controversy over the city’s Public Safety Manager … Susan Duenas. During the fire aftermath … […]

Trucks making illegal U-turns in Western Malibu … another joy of driving on PCH. Malibu West got a taste of the future … in terms of the heavy truck traffic that was observed this holiday weekend in Trancas Canyon. One truck a minute was filled with debris in the basins up the canyon. County crews […]

Next Monday is the scheduled start date for the massive demolition Malibu neighborhoods that were incinerated by the Woolsey Fire. The small residential streets of Malibu Park … Point Dume … and other Malibu neighborhoods will be full of trucks and heavy equipment. Property owners who have opted in to the mass debris haul off […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   A dying whale washes up at Trancas overnight. =   The fire chief will appear before an angry city …in Malibu … in a week. =   Kanan Dume is open and clear this morning.  Malibu Canyon and Topanga Canyon … closed. =   Evacuations are […]

Tristan Beaudette should have been warned that a madman was taking shots at random people in Malibu Creek State Park. That’s the charge made in a 90 million dollar claim … filed against the Los Angeles County sheriff office … by the family of the man shot to death while camping with his two little […]

A federal judge in Northern California has made a court ruling that will echo in Malibu. U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled that the giant power company … Pacific Gas And Electric … has been negligent in failing to replace its uninsulated …. bare-wire power lines on poles with much-safer … insulated wiring. The […]