Malibu California

Malibu Realtor Chris Cortazzo has won the latest round in his epic battle with a former client … a court fight that has already gone up to the state Supreme Court once. The Los Angeles Daily News is reporting that a jury in Los Angeles has ruled that Cortazzo did -not- misrepresent the true size […]

There’s a High Surf Advisory … posted by the National Weather Service …  which is in effect from 6 PM Saturday through Monday morning. A westerly swell will build over the next few days. Surf will build to 5 to 7 feet across west facing beaches early Saturday evening and continue through early Monday morning. […]

A Pepperdine University professor had an up close and personal encounter with a mountain lion this week. Professor Robert Shearer was walking his dog, Maisie, after dinner outside his condo on the upper campus. It had been drizzling rain … visibility was poor . according to the account in the Pepperdine Graphic student newspaper. The […]

This is KBUU News A man twists his knee … spends three days and nights on the side of a mountain in Malibu Canyon … Who gets to close malibu’s central park to the public ?? Big issue at city hall. Malibu’s recycling ordinance hits a bump … no one wants to take the stuff. […]

Malibu’s state senator has introduced a proposed law to do away with Columbus Day as an official state holiday. And Italian Americans are angry. State Senator Henry Stern has introduced a bill to end California’s Columbus Day … and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “I’m getting heat,” Stern told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s […]

Malibu’s landmark recycling and plastic ban ordinance is hitting some bumps in the road. The new rules that ban plastic foodware  … in favor of stuff that composts … is running into the problem that the stuff doesn’t compost like old food does. Although trash companies are taking it to composting facilities … the plasticware […]

Who gets to use Bluffs park … and close it to the general public? That’s the delicate policy issue going before the Malibu City Council Monday night. Private companies occasionally rent out the entire park .. like the Cheesecake Factory … which is renting and taking over the park for a corporate picnic late this […]

A man from Los Angeles is recovering after hurting his leg on a hike Sunday … and spending three days stuck on a mountainside in Malibu Creek State Park. Marcelo Santos … age 33 … ripped apart his knee while on a hike Sunday. He fell down a mountainside and lost his backpack … and […]

And speaking of electricity … that regional energy alliance that will soon start selling electricity in Malibu is setting its rates. The Clean Power Alliance of Southern California is a cooperative … buying electricity on the wholesale market … using Edison lines for delivery … and selling it to consumers. The Clean Power Alliance is […]