KBUU Newswire, Monday Sept 24: Kuehl Supports Edison Plan For Blackouts – Skylar Peak Bali Trip Forces Council Vacation – Sheriff Predicts More Patrols
Written by 991KBU on September 24, 2018
This is KBUU News – the headlines:
- = Malibu’s county supervisor defends the Edison plan to black out Malibu in high winds.
- = Sheila Kuehl says the impact of a major fire … worse than the impacts of planned blackouts.
- = The governor signs 28 new laws last weekend … related to fires.
- = A Malibu city councilman’s trip to Bali causes a logjam of work at city hall.
- = the sheriff says Malibu will get more deputies on the street .. in four years.
This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the MONDAY edition of the news … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
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L-A County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl says turning off the electricity in high winds … is a good public policy. And, she says Malibu should brace for blackouts for the public good. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/supv-endorses-malibu-blackout/
The Malibu city council has not met for four weeks …. and it will not meet tonight.
The regular meeting two weeks ago was cancelled … the regular meeting for tonight … postponed until Wednesday.
Sources say … Skylar Peak’s trip to Fiji is the reason. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/council-business-bottlenecked/
Groundbreaking was held last Friday for the new Malibu branch of the Santa Monica College.
And that new building will affect the number of deputies on patrol in our city. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/sheriff-says-new-malibu-college/
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California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed 28 different bills related to wildfires … and every single one of them will affect Malibu in one way or another.
The biggest impact will be financial … it would let Southern California Edison pass on to its ratepayers some of the costs … for the 2 billion dollar Thomas Fire disaster … if Edison is found to be responsible for it.
The new laws also would require Southern California Edison to harden its power lines … so it’s less likely to cause fires.
Edison is already before the state asking to raise its rates to do exactly that .. and remember … the power company makes a guaranteed profit of around 10 percent for every dollar it collects in rates.
One part of the new laws with major impacts for Southern California is a government fund for brush clearance.
Some fire breaks in the Malibu area … on ridgetops … were built 50 years ago and haven’t been cleared in decades.
Whether Malibu and the county government scramble to take advantage of the state funding for brush clearance and mitigation is very much an open question.
It has not even been mentioned as a priority.
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Clouds burning off by midday )))) … highs (((( 75 )))) beaches … (((( 83 )))) mountains and canyons.
Downcoast winds … ((( gentle … 10 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 6:49 )))).
After that … ((( late night and early morning clouds and mountain fog )))) tonight … low (((( 59 )))) beaches … (((( 58 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( much the same )))).
Right now … at Trancas it’s (((( 62 )))) degrees.
Upper Malibu Canyon … (((( 57 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 66 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( 2-3 )))) feet high …. from the south southwest.
Those are (((( poor to fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
((((( High tide is at 9:57 in the morning.
Low tide is at 3:50 PM.
A 5 point 3 foot high tide … tonight .. at 9:53. ))))
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