Small Quake This Morning Near Malibu Pier, ‘Not Us’ Says Caltrans A small earthquake struck the malibu Lagoon area this morning at 9:33. Magnitude 3.3. It was not related to the new speed bumps on PCH in that area, according to a Caltrans spokeswoman. Caltrans, Army and Sheriff’s Dept Solve Traffic Jam Issue By Opening […]

Caltrans And Deputies Add Second Lane At Checkpoint, But Hated Speed Bumps Will Remain For General Traffic Late Tuesday, Caltrans and ther county sheriff’s office announced that two lanes will be open tomorrow to ease the traffic jam at the Malibu checkpoint, a traffic jam caused by the installation of sharp speed bumps to slow […]

Nasty Speed Bumps Installed On PCH At Checkpoints Sharp speed bumps were installed Saturday on Pacific Coast Highway at the two checkpoints …. eastbound in Malibu and westbound in Pacific Palisades. These are sharp bumps … designed to deliver an enormous jolt to anyone going more than 10 miles an hour or so.  The speed […]

BATF Conducts Small Test Fire Above Sunset In Palisades A very small fire was set last night on a burned out ridge … just east of Palisades Drive. It was the Bureau of Alcohol…. Tobacco Firearms and Explosives … trying to get a handle on fire spread and smoke dispersal at the point of origin […]

Saturday Showers Clog PCH With Mud In Closure Zone, Power Out Near Latigo and Zuma A mudslide in Saturday’s rain covered Pacific Coast Highway west of Big Rock Drive with rocks and mud.  That location had been the site of smaller debris flows before the fire, but today, it was a torrent, East of the […]

Spectacular New Malibu High Classrooms To Open In August, 4 Months Ahead Of Schedule Malibu High School’s new classroom structure will open for students in August … five months ahead of schedule. School superintendent Antonio Sheldon made the announcement last night.  MALIBU BOND DOLLARS 71235 “The planning for this building began way before the Woolsey […]

Shopping Center Makes Pitch For Performing Arts Center On City Land In Its Midst Malibu volunteers yesterday got their first look at the city owned vacant lot … at the north end of the gigantic new shopping center called Cross Creek Ranch. The vacant land is big enough to host two small theaters .. on […]

Alexis Brown May Be Latest Casualty Of Friction On Malibu City Council Yet another top city official is leaving Malibu’s city Hall.  Alexis Brown has resigned … telling KBUU radio that she enjoyed working in Malibu with a talented crew. Sources inside the government say there was friction between Brown and city council members. But […]

Only 10 House Owners Fail To Specify Which Way They Will Clear Beaches, As Homeowners Get June 1 Deadline – Army Is Not Clearing Debris In Surf, ‘There’s A Bathtub Down There Washing Around’ – Last night was the deadline for the owners of burned down houses to either sign up for the Army to […]

Governor’s 24/7 Work Order For PCH May Preclude Malibu’s Request For Weekend Road Openings On Friday … California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered 24/7 work on Pacific Coast Highway … to reopen the road by the end of May. That came on the same day that the Malibu launched the idea of allowing traffic to use […]