5:05 PM FRIDAY NEWS EXTRA – from KBUU News Southern California Edison plans to start low-altitude helicopter flights over populated areas of Malibu starting Monday, the utility company announced Friday. The company is doing detailed aerial inspections of its entire overhead power line system in all high fire risk districts, and has found that aerial […]

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: we were unable to publish the KBUU Newswire Thursday.  This issue includes articles broadcast by KBUU on Thursday. This is KBUU News – Day 217 – the Friday Headlines: =   Caltrans was blasted by the city manager yesterday … over the evacuation snafu. =   And the city tells the […]

Caltrans officials say they will install two traffic lights in Malibu .. whether Malibu wants them or not. The state agency has told KBUU News that signals will be installed in front of the Malibu Beach Inn … and near Malibu Seafood at Corral Beach … As for the controversial signal at Malibu Beach Inn…. […]

Aggressive cutting of trees and bushes continues in Malibu … as Southern California Edison is racing to reduce fire danger. And also … to reduce its potential liability for causing another deadly and destructive wildfire. The company is expected to complete tree trimming on Point Dume and the Paradise Cove area by July 5. SCE […]

Caltrans officials were blasted by the City of Malibu yesterday … for failing to rapidly respond to traffic lights that went out as the Woolsey Fire roared over the hill seven months ago. And the City fo Malibu’s new fire safety liaison expert publicly criticized the sheriff’s office evacuation and repopulation plans … for giving […]