KBUU Newswire Tues Apr 24: Malibu Buys Land – Pt Dume School Consolidation – City Sues MRCA – Delay For Dark Skies

Written by on April 24, 2018

KBUU News Headlines, Tues Apr 24:

  • = Malibu buys 42 point 5 million dollars of vacant land … now what?
  • = Increased traffic at Point Dume Elementary School … if Cabrillo closes.
  • = The city sues the MRCA over the Sycamore Park land grab.
  • = It’s lights out Malibu … but there is a delay in the dark skies.
  • = And here we go again … another record house sale price in Malibu … 110 million.

This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the   ((((  internet  ))) edition of the (((  Tuesday ))) news … from Radio Malibu  … F-M 99 point 1 K B U U.

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Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.

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Congratulations, Malibu, you just bought 29.24 acres of prime commercial land in the heart of the city … and at Point Dume.

Details:  https://www.radiomalibu.net/city-buys-3-commercial-plots/

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School officials met with parents at Juan Cabrillo Elementary School last night … to explain their thinking about ending elementary school instruction in Malibu Park … and shifting it to the Point Dume school campus.

Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/moving-cabrillo-kids-to-point-dume/

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You are listening to the latest news from Radio Malibu … F-M 99 point 1 K B U U.  ((( time  ))))

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The city of Malibu has filed a lawsuit against the outside government agency that has built a park in the middle of the city … without permission.

Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/lawsuits-fly-city-confronts-mrca/

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Lights out … Malibu.

The city has a new dark skies ordinance …. but …

Details: https://www.radiomalibu.net/lighting-ordinance-delayed/

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And Malibu sets yet another record … for yet another stratospheric house sale price.

But this time … a house on Billionaire’s Beach did not get snapped up by Larry Ellison … although he owns houses on either side.

A natural gas industry billionaire named Michael S. Smith and his wife, Iris Smith, have just paid 110 million dollars for a house on Billionaire’s beach.

That would be the most expensive home sale ever for Los Angeles County.

The seller … Peter Morton … who built the Hard Rock Cafe and Hotel empire.

The house is across the street from the Cafe De Lux … the old Thai Dishes center.

The Malibu sale is expected to close today … reports the L-A Times.

Two 85-million-dollar sales have also closed in the last year and a half.

This … as the median price of a Southern California home hit a record 519 thousand dollars last month.

The price at the midpoint of all sales in the five county region shot up 40 thousand dollars over year ago levels …  real estate data firm CoreLogic reported.

The price at the midpoint of all sales went up 8.4 percent from March 20-17 levels.

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Traffic …

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Weather for the Malibu ….

Coastal clouds and mountain fog this morning … and cloudy all day today … highs  ((((   63   )))) beaches … ((((   81    )))) mountains and canyons.

Winds will be gentle.

Downcoast winds …  (((   5 to 10   )))) miles per hour this afternoon.

Sunset tonight is at   ((((     7:33  )))).

After that … (((  mostly cloudy   )))) tonight … low ((((  53   )))) beaches …  ((((  52   )))) mountains and canyons.

Tomorrow   ((((   maybe some sun … but still cool in the beach and hot inland.  )))).

Right now … at Trancas it’s ((((     52    )))) degrees.

In upper Malibu Canyon … ((((     59    )))) .

And at Civic Center Los Angeles … ((((    53  )))).

In the ocean … it’s ((((    55   )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.

The lifeguards say the waves today are   ((((   2-3 )))) feet high ….

((((   The south swell is slowly easing … and a northwest swell-mix is coming down the coast from the west.  ))))

Those are ((((  poor to fair )))) surfing conditions …. according to the lifeguards.

(((((  Low tide is at 12:40 P-M…

High tide is at 7:23 this evening.    ))))

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The KBUU Newswire is posted midmornings … at RadioMalibu.net and at the MalibuTimes.com websites.

Remember…  breaking news always  goes first to the radio …  on F-M 99 point 1 over all of Malibu….

Our web player is simple …. you can hear Radio Malibu in your phone or stream it to your car.

Navigate to Radio Malibu dot net . … and we’re streaming in your ear anywhere in the world.

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Malibu’s Only Local Daily News – On the radio: FM 99 point 1 in all of Malibu – Streaming at www.radiomalibu.net anywhere else.

 


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