Malibu California

Southern California Edison officials appeared before the Malibu public safety commission yesterday … and gave the first explanation of their plans to black out the city when severe winds threaten. The utility is rolling out across southern California its new policy of switching off electrical circuits to prevent possible fires. Critics were there last night […]

https://www.radiomalibu.net/kbuu-newswire-wed-aug-1/ This is KBUU News . The headlines: Pre-emptive power blackouts…. on the agenda at city hall at 5 this afternoon. What wind speeds will trigger Malibu to be blacked out? A Malibu lawyer sues Santa Monica … and that voting rights issue might affect our Malibu school divorce. A Calabasas home invasion robbery scare. […]

There was a takeover scary robbery at a house yesterday  … over the hill in Calabasas. Two armed men broke into a house in the 5100 block of Garrett Court … in Calabasas. The victim was home at the time of the home invasion.  The two suspects stole the victim’s personal property … and ran […]

Santa Monica goes on trial today … the city of Santa Monica is defendant in a lawsuit brought by a Malibu attorney. Kevin Shenkman is suing the city of Santa Monica over alleged voting discrimination. His claim … minority representation on the city of Santa Monica city council is diluted … because the city does […]

Voting for the president at your neighborhood polling place is over … in most of California.  Beginning with the elections in 2020 … Los Angeles County will no longer open neighborhood polling places across the county on election day. In fact … there will be no election day. Instead … voters will have 11 days […]

Southern California Edison will take its plan to turn off the electric power to Malibu to City Hall this afternoon. At 5 o’clock at City Hall … the utility will unveil its so-called Public Safety Power Shut Off Program. That’s its newly approved authority to shut off electricity to entire areas … when Santa Ana […]

This is KBUU News. In the headlines: =The Malibu Beach Inn plan to expands across P C H goes to the Planning Commission in 3 weeks. = Chopping off the top of a hill will be a very expensive mistake for one Malibu landowner. = Santa Monica plans to increase beach parking on PCH at […]

A state agency has decided it’s a good idea to spray Roundup in the water supply that feeds the San Francisco Bay Area … Los Angeles … and yes Malibu. The Sacramento Bee reports that the state Division of Boating and Waterways has sprayed relatively small amounts of Roundup directly into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. […]

Gripes about summer beach crowds have been around since PCH was opened 1926. But here’s more evidence that it’s getting worse the summer. The city of Santa Monica has decided it will know longer rent out the parking lot next to the Santa Monica Pier for long-running special events. The reason: too many beach visitors. […]

Bulldozing a huge rocky formation off the top of a hill above Trancas is proving to be a very expensive mistake for one Malibu homeowner. A rocky outcropping on upper Trancas Canyon Road was removed two years ago … bulldozed away to improve ocean views from the ground floor of a two story house. A […]