Malibu’s Planning Commission is setting a special meeting for one week from tonight … to consider rules for ADUs … Auxiliary Dwelling Units … second housing units on existing lots. The California Legislature has legalized ADUs on virtually every lot … but importantly for Malibu … the new laws say the existing Coastal Act LCP […]

Steve McClary was appointed as Malivub’s new city manager two weeks ago, and tonight, the city council will vote on his contract.  At $14,580 a month,. it’s a little bit less than what former city manager Reva Feldman made.  And the contract gives the city council the right to let McClary go immediately … if […]

= A separate wreck in Santa Monica causes the coast highway to be closed for three hours. = Lawyers are already takling smack about that deck collapse in Malibu Saturday, = The scandal over phtos of Kobe Bryant’s body escalates … again. = Mourning 58-year-resident of Malibu West. = And it’s pizza night for Malibu […]

= Finger pointing after Saturday night’s balcony collapse in Malibu. = The homeowner says the sheriff told her it was a civil issue … when she claimed her vacation rental had been overrun with partiers. = Opposition by a Calabasas group torpedoes a controlled burn to reduce wildfire risk. = Now the county fire chief […]

= Malibu needs to ban all RV overnight parking before LAPD sweeps Venice. = That’s the word from the L A sheriff’s office … worried about an incoming tide of oversized overnight parking. = Santa Monica police blew it … and then covered up their tactical and intelligence errors … = And that’s the word […]