Malibu California

In the school bond election … Measure M won overwhelming passage  … with a 70 percent yes vote. The Malibu special district school bond … needed 55 percent passage. It’s a 195 million Dollar bond issue that will add three cents per 100 dollars assessed value the houses in Malibu. The proceeds will be used […]

Karen Farrer and Mikke Pierson have won seats on the Malibu city council. The results show 100 percent of the precincts counted … but some absentee … mail in and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied. Farrer captured 30 percent of the votes cast. Pierson …. 26 percent. That was 400 votes ahead of […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Nobu is told … get your cars off P C H … or the city is going to close your business. =   Soho House also given a few weeks to come up with an acceptable parking solution. =   Election Day in Malibu … school […]

Once again … Malibu school superintendent Ben Drati is stepping up right to the limit of California law …. in campaigning for Measure M… the Malibu school bond election. The school superintendent sent out an election eve email to parents … tiptoeing right up to pitching support for Measure M. He says that if approved […]

The Malibu Planning Commission is so unhappy with the parking mess on P C H at Nobu that it is getting ready to consider yanking the restaurant’s Coastal Use Permit. The trendy waterfront restaurant was put on notice last night that it might get shut down unless it solves its parking problems. Jammed parking lots […]

Malibu’s congressional race has been very quiet. Incumbent Ted Lieu has been keeping a very low profile … no need to campaign as he is heavily favored to win the extremely democratic leaning Congressional District 33. Lieu is expected to again trounce Ken Wright … a dentist from the South Bay whom he defeated handily […]

The Southern California Edison company is charging that the city of Malibu is acting against Malibu’s interests … by fighting the utilities preemptive blackout plan. Edison lawyers teamed up with Pacific Gas and Electric to file a legal claim at the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco yesterday. They urge the commission to reject […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Election day is tomorrow … if you have an absentee ballot … you can drop it off today. =  Five city council candidates battle it out for two open seats. =  And one of the five school board candidates opposes a separate Malibu district. =  A shadowy […]

A shadowy group of Point Dume residents is asking the Malibu city council to disallow the repair of the Point Dume beach access stairway. The existing stairway has been there for decades … it provides access for the general public to Big Dume and Little Dume beaches. The staircase has been falling apart. State parks […]

Election day is tomorrow … but many Malibu residents have already cast their ballots by mail. Absentee ballots can be dropped off today at Malibu City Hall … or tomorrow at your neighborhood polling place. The main issue in Malibu … of course … the five city council candidates running for two empty seats. In […]