Malibu California

Both the California Public Utilities Commission and Southern California Edison are pushing back on Malibu’s claims regarding last Monday’s power outages. A spokesperson for the Edison company tells KBUU News … and we quote … “Malibu was not considered or notified for a Public Safety Power Shutoff.” And a spokeswoman for the CPUC says much […]

Red Flag Warnings are up for Malibu. We’ve had gusts of 22 miles an hour here at KBUU studios in Trancas. 44 miles an hour clocked in Decker Canyon. 31 miles an hour above us … at Zuma Ridge. 36 miles an hour at Decker Canyon. 30 miles an hour at Upper Las Flores Canyon. […]

  Firefighters are still on Malibu Canyon Road … where a three acre fire broke out in heavy brush just after midnight. The steep hillside beneath Hughes Research Lab … across the road from Malibu Presybterian Church … was on fire. County firefighters were called out at 12:47. They arrived to find the hillside burning […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   Las Virgenes Road is still closed in Malibu Canyon … for repair of a downed transmission line. =   Deputies search Malibu Canyon for more clues … =   The city of Malibu says Southern California Edison warned of intentional blacjouts Monday … no matter what […]

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were out in force again yesterday in Malibu Canyon … They were combing the mountains and canyons looking for clues possibly left behind by Anthony Rauda. He is the 42-year-old man described by his family as a loaner … and had been living in the mountains on the rough for […]

US forest service officials in California were left scratching their heads yesterday … after president Donald Trump blamed California for forest fires. The president made it impromptu comments … more like threats actually … during a photo op at a White House cabinet meeting. TRUMP FORESTS :17 QQQ THEY DONT TOUCH THEM. “California is a […]

The city of Malibu put out an unusual news release yesterday … reaffirming what the city manager told KBUU news on Monday about fires. Many Malibu residents are expressing furious reaction to the extent and duration of the power outages on Monday. Southern California Edison officials have given contradictory statements about whether power was intentionally […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  A sheriff’s inmate walks away from the jail in Calabasas. =  Malibu’s Library has 9 million dollars but no service to the center of the city. =  Coastal and the city reach a compromise over a footnote … in the beach access map. =  And the FCC […]

Before the city council next week … a compromise with the California Coastal Commission over the city’s coastal access map. Coastal has bounced back the the map to the city … over disputes at the Tivoli Cove condominiums. Those condominiums are at Latigo  Beach … and those been a long-standing legal dispute between the homeowners […]

Malibu’s public library and its future goes before the Malibu city council next week. There is $9 million or so in a LA County tax account … collected on Malibu’s behalf and designated for library services in Malibu. In a recent survey of library patrons … 41% said they seldom visit the library … and […]