KBUU Newswire Wed Aug 29: CSUN Student Loses Wheel To Rock – Lamonte Rehab Bill To Gov – Late Overnight Traffic Jam
Written by 991KBU on August 29, 2018
This is KBUU News – the headlines:
- = A Cal State Northridge student’s car is smushed by a rock in Malibu Canyon.
- = The Malibu rehab center bill goes to the governor for signing.
- = L-A has a bigger problem than Malibu … warning residents to evacuate.
- = Malibu is going to test its emergency phone call system next month.
- = And surf’s going to be up over labor Day … maybe.
This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the Wednesday edition of the news … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
Late news this morning … a string of car and residential breakins up at the top of Busch Drive this morning.
Several residents in Malibu Park say they lost belongings from cars or garages.
We will have more details later …
A college student from Cal State Northridge is talking to the L A T-V stations …. about losing his car to a giant boulder that fell on it in Malibu Canyon. details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/student-loses-wheels-in-bu-cyn/
The crushing burden of rehab centers taking over some residential neighborhoods in Malibu may see some relief. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/lamontes-rehab-bill-on-govs-desk/
The city has put you in one of four quarters – to test its emergency system. But only 3600 people have signed up their cellphones. And LA has a bigger much problem. Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/what-quarter-of-malibu-you-in/
In other Malibu news:
L A County Beaches and Harbors is going back for another five year permit to pile up sand in front of the lifeguard headquarters … maintenance buildings … snack bar and bathrooms at Zuma Beach.
The existing five year permit has expired.
Each fall … county bulldozers scoop sand up into 10 foot high berms to protect the structures from winter storm waves.
The ocean line has been inching closer to the buildings every year.
Coastal Commission staff members are recommending that the permit be granted … with the condition that seaweed and other biological material not be removed duing construction.
That stuff is called “wrack” – and it’s an important part of the beach ecosystem.
L A County crews methodically remove wrack from Zuma Beach very morning … to tidy up the beach and remove floating plastic.
That issue … not addressed in the coastal permit.
Heavy traffic this morning on PCH.
A big traffic jam developed eastbound on the highway … near the Carbon Canyon traffic signal.
A construction crew was blocking the right lane up into the 8 o’clock hour.
Both the Edison company and LA County waterworks have been working in the area.
No official word on who was the culprit this time.
But overnight projects sometimes don’t get wrapped up on time.
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Rocks fell onto Mulholland Highway near Malibou Lake early this morning.
At least one car hit the rocks … its tires flattened … and a tow truck had to salvage it.
This was on Mulholland highway near Lake Vista … a mile east of Cornell.
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The National Weather Service predicts surf may be up over Labor Day weekend.
Southerly swell from a tropical depression should arrive at Malibu late this week and linger over Labor Day weekend.
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Traffic … in 65 seconds … first …
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Mostly sunny today )))) … highs (((( 74 )))) beaches … (((( 86 )))) mountains and canyons.
Downcoast winds … stout … ((( 20 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 7:25 )))).
After that … ((( mostly clear )))) tonight … low (((( 63 )))) beaches … (((( 61 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( much the same )))).
Right now … at Trancas it’s (((( 63 )))) degrees.
On the other side of the hill … Calabasas (((( 65 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 68 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( 72 )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.
The lifeguards say the waves today are (((( 1-2 )))) feet high ….
Those are (((( fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.
((((( High tide is at 12:01 this midday.
Low tide will be at 5:54 this evening.
The major high tide … 4.6 feet … will be at 11:51 tonight. ))))
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