KBUU Newswire Thu May 3: Voters May Decide On Pot Deliveries – Caltrans OKs Cougar Bridge – Cabrillo School Closure Decision Tonight
Written by 991KBU on May 3, 2018
- The city council’s ban on marijuana deliveries may go to voters.
- Streets are being repaved at the Civic Center… as sewer line installation is done.
- Caltrans approves the concept of a wildlife bridge over the 101 Freeway.
- Los Angeles cracks down on overnight vacation rentals ….Malibu takes a crack at the thorny issue next week.
- And the school board decides the fate of Malibu High tonight,
This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the (((( time ))) edition of the ((( day ))) news … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
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5:30 tonight … the Santa Monica Malibu school board will look at what to do with the mess at Malibu High School.
Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/530-tonight-board-to-decide/
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Petitions are being gathered in Malibu …. to overturn a city council ban on marijuana delivery.
https://www.radiomalibu.net/voters-may-override-city-council/
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Paving crews will be resurfacing streets in the Malibu Civic Center area … today and tomorrow.
City streets like Malibu Road, Malibu Canyon Road, the entrance to Bluffs Park), and Webb Way are targeted.
The streets were ripped up for installation of Malibu’s centralized sewer system.
That work is done… the temporary pavement has settled … and now its time to mend the mess.
Watch for flaggers and big trucks.
And all this is separate from the big repaving project on Pacific Coast Highway.
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You are listening to the latest news from Radio Malibu … 99 point 1 … KBUU.
It’s ((( time ))).
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Caltrans has approved early plans for that $60-million wildlife freeway crossing … above the 1-0-1 Freeway in Agoura Hills.
And the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area rangers are starting a public relations campaign to convince people not to use rat poison to kill pests.
Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/caltrans-oks-cougar-bridge
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The city of Los Angeles yesterday took the first steps to ban overnight rentals of houses or apartments … unless it is the primary residence of the owner.
Malibu’s proposed overnight rental ordinance goes to the Malibu Planning Commission next week … and it does -not- have a similar feature.
Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/some-b-and-bs-may-be-banned/
It’s a very complicated and lengthy set of rules …. we have a link to it posted on the KBUU Newswire.
Link: https://www.malibucity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/3230?fileID=4364
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In news from down the coast ,,, the Santa Monica Pier amusement park has a new operator..
Premier Parks is an Oklahoma company that runs “Wet ‘n’ Wild” water parks in Texas, California, Arizona and Hawaii.
The longtime operator of the pier .. and its iconic ferris wheel… has retired.
The Okalhoma company says it is likely to invest in upgrading the existing attractions or adding new ones.
But nothing specific to announce yet.
The amusement park, includes 12 small rides and 14 midway games, opened in 1996.
The featured attraction at the park is the Ferris wheel, which is lit by 174,000 solar-powered LED lights on 40 spokes.
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It’s been 5 years since the Springs Fire terrorized Malibu … and burned the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains.
That was the most-recent big brushfire in the Malibu area.
The 24 thousand acre fire started near the 101 Freeway at the Camarillo Grade.
There was an unusual May Santa Ana … it pushed the fire down to the ocean along PCH at Point Mugu.
Ranch houses along Deer Creek Road and Yerba Buena Road … above Neptunes Net … were surrounded by flames.
11 barns or sheds were lost … but no houses.
After the fire … experts said Malibu was very lucky … because firefighters were able to get a good line on the fire’s eastern flank before coastal winds could drive it towards Malibu.
The Springs Fire started five years ago … last night.
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Weather for the Malibu ….
It will be (((( sunny )))) today … highs (((( 65 )))) beaches … (((( 77 )))) mountains and canyons.
Winds will be strong.
Downcoast winds … ((( up to 25 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 7:40 )))).
After that … ((( mostly clear )))) tonight … low (((( 53 )))) beaches … (((( 55 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( much the same )))).
Right now … at Trancas it’s (((( 50 )))) degrees.
In upper Malibu Canyon … (((( 53 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 53 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( 56 )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( 1 to 2 )))) feet high ….
(((( Small NW energy. Light AM wind with building onshore flow anticipated for PM. ))))
Those are (((( poor to fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
((((( High tide is at 1:15 PM.
Low: 5:39 PM 2.2ft
And another high tide … 4.7 feet … just minutes before midnight .))))
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