KBUU Newswire – Day 354 – Fri Nov 1 – Malibu’s First PSPS Sparks Anger – DWP Does Not Black Out, SCE Does, Both Caused Fires – PCH Evac Plan Unveiled
Written by 991KBU on November 1, 2019
- = Electricity restored to Paradise Cove last night.
- = Santa Ana winds are still in the Malibu mountains at sunrise.
- = Detailed plans for emergency evacuations on PCH go out for public comment.
- = Coastal Commission staffers raise objections to a proposed gate at Point Dume’s parking lot.
- = And L-A doesn’t shut off the power in high winds … but Edison does. Both caused fires. What is going on?
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Kids in Malibu get to go to school today for the first time in three days. Electricity has been restored to the Cuthbert Circuit … it was Malibu’s first PSPS … Public Safety Power Shutoff. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/power-on-cuthbert-kids-back/
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LA’s DWP does not shut off electric service during a high-wind event, SCE does. Both caused major brushfires this week. Why??? Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/dwp-doesnt-cut-power-in-winds/
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Detailed traffic engineering plans for evacuating Malibu are out for public comment. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/specific-plan-for-pch-evacuations/
You can find the complete plan .. in the agenda for Wednesday’s Public Safety Commission meeting:
malibucity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062019-1413 .
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Plans for the gate to close the parking lot at the Point Dume State Nature Preserve at night have been going back and forth between the city of Malibu and the Coastal Commission for years. And the issue goes to the Planning Commission Monday. https://www.radiomalibu.net/pt-dume-parking-lot-gate-tussle/
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Sunny and windy today … but not Santa Anas.
)))) … highs (((( 75 )))) beaches … (((( 79 )))) mountains and canyons.
Santa Anas winds will end today… ((( but we’ll get winds form the southeast at up to 30 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 6:02 )))).
After that … ((( winds may switch back to over the mountains tonight … up to 15 miles per hour. Low (((( 56 )))) beaches … (((( 46 )))) mountains and canyons.
Malibu Canyon may get much colder than that … where the wind is blocked by mountains.
Tomorrow should be (((( windy but not Santa Anas … and warm )))).
Clocks fall back one hour Saturday night … we get an extra hour of sleep Sunday morning.
Sweeping down the coast …
At Leo Carrillo Beach it’s (((( )))) degrees.
KBUU Trancas … ((( ))).
Paradise Cove … ((( ))).
Big Rock … ((( ))).
In upper Malibu Canyon … ((( ))).
Calabasas … ((( ))).
And Civic Center L-A … ((( ))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( 64 )))) degrees in the water at Surfrider.
Mo say the waves today are (((( 2 to 3 )))) feet high ….
perfect shape … winds blowing out to sea and the foam is beautifully blowing off the top.
Those are (((( really nice )))) surfing conditions …. according to Mo.
((((( High tide is at 12:10 this afternoon.
Low tide is at 8:01 tonight ))))
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