KBUU Newswire Tues Sept 11 : Civic Center Way Construction Coming – Edison Asks For $582 Million For Fire Safety – AMPS Wants YOU

This is KBUU News – the Tuesday headlines:

• =  Civic Center Way construction ahead … it will mean closure of the road for a short time this winter.
• =  Edison is asking for a half billion dollars from its ratepayers … to improve fire safety.
• =  The question is … aren’t ratepayers already paying for that … to a company that makes 12 percent return on investment.
• =  The city … and FEMA … both plan emergency tests tomorrow and Thursday.
• =  And it was yet another hit and run that closed Topanga Canyon yesterday.

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.

The three million dollar project to rebuild Civic Center Way is on track to start this winter. And it will mean the road will have to be closed a bit. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/3-million-project-civic-ctr-way/

Southern California Edison is asking for a half billion dollars from its ratepayers to improve fire safety along its power poles.

582 million dollars … in rate increases … to be exact.

Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/sce-asks-528-million-in-rate-hikes/

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In other Malibu news:

It took until 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon for utility crews from Southern California Edison to replace a large power pole and restring the large number of cables in Topanga Canyon.

At 11 57 Monday night … a car smashed into a power pole at Topanga Canyon Boulevard at Entrado.

Lines and pole went onto the pavement … the driver hopped into another car and took off.

The CHP is still looking for the driver ….

Southbound lanes were reopened at around 830 yesterday morning … but the northbound Road was closed at old Topanga Road all day.

Like PCH and many of the other canyon roads … Topanga Canyon is beset by late night packs of racing cars and thrill seekers.

When crashes happen … often the drivers are scooped up by their friends.

There’s no word if that’s what happened yesterday in Topanga Canyon.

But the hit and run crash maybe a symptom a much larger problem.

Malibu residents interviewed by KBUU are noting a noticeable uptick in late night racing activity and loud exhibitions of speed on Pacific Coast Highway … and in the canyons.

A generation raised on fast and furious movies has its wheels now ….

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Tomorrow is phase 2 of the City of Malibu emergency phone test.

People who have signed up for the emergency phone notification system … and all landlines … will get the test calls and phone text messages.

This will be in the Point Dume  …. Paradise Cove … and Winding Way neighborhoods …

They will get an announcement at around noon tomorrow.

On Thursday … the federal government is going to test cell phone alerts all across the country.

You can expect your cell phone to make loud noises at around 11 o’clock in the morning Pacific Time.

KBUU will also be required to interrupt programming at 11 with a test interrupt from FEMA in Washington.

All radio television and cable channels will also carry the mandatory test … next Thursday.

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AMPS … the Advocates for Malibu Public Schools … are inviting the community to a Town Hall meeting tomorrow night.

The association is gearing up for a separate Malibu school district.

And there are other important items to be discussed .. such as the pending closure of Juan Cabrillo Elementary School and transfer of its students and teachers to Point Dume.

Measure M … the 175 million dollar bond issue to rebuild Malibu High and the junior high … is also on the agenda. 

Plus an update on the all-important negotiations between the City of Malibu and Santa Monica officials regarding splitting the district.

District superintendent Ben Drati and Santa Monica school board member Craig Foster Will moderate.

This is tomorrow …  Wednesday, September 12 at seven at the Malibu City Hall.

childcare is available.

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Weather for the Malibu ….

((((   Patchy clouds again this morning …  )))) … highs  ((((  72   )))) beaches … ((((   81   )))) mountains and canyons.

Downcoast winds …  (((   20   )))) miles per hour this afternoon.

Sunset tonight is at   ((((    707   )))).

After that … (((   cloudy  )))) tonight … low ((((  62    )))) beaches …  ((((  59   )))) mountains and canyons.

Tomorrow should be   ((((    much the same    )))).

Right now … at Trancas it’s ((((    66   )))) degrees.

Upper Malibu Canyon …  ((((    61    )))) .

And at Civic Center Los Angeles … ((((   69    )))).

In the ocean … it’s ((((       )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.

Mo says the the waves today are   ((((  3 to 5   )))) feet high …. and clean.

Good surfing conditions this morning … says Mo.

(((((   High tide is at  11:21 AM …  5.5ft High

Low tide is at 5:26 this evening.

Another high tide … 5.3 feet … is at 11:33 tonight.   ))))

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