After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

One person is dead … following a car crash and small brush fire in Malibu Canyon last night. It was the second fire of the day in Malibu Canyon. The fatality and small fire were discovered a few minutes before 9 … just across from the Hughes Research Lab near the Malibu city limit. It […]

From F-M 99.1 … KBUU News … the Monday Headlines: = A third person in Malibu dies of COVID-19. = A car over the side … a fire … and a fatality in Malibu Canyon last night . = The “Rockpool” brushfire is essentially out at 75 acres. = RV parking ban to be discussed […]

One candidate has failed to make the Malibu city council ballot, after her nominating petition came up with 19 valid voters on it, instead of the required 20. Alia Ollinkainen, a Malibu teacher, had six names rejected because they were not currently registered voters, she said last night in a Facebook posting. She was the […]

Compton and Claremont are enforcing mask rules now … with fines for not wearing masks in public. Malibu is moving slowly and cautiously towards a mask ordinance. Despite the fact that cities all around Malibu have enacted fines for failure to wear a mask in public. … Malibu is inching towards such an ordinance with […]

Parents at the four Malibu public schools have together raised 38 thousand dollars for student enrichment programs … leaving a huge gap that has been partially filled in by the Malibu Foundation. The latest data from the school district shows that the Foundation will make a one-time donation of 160 thousand dollars to the Malibu […]

It will cost developer Norm Haynie an extra 200 thousand dollars if he wants to convert an office building and abandoned gas station into a luxury hotel. And the money cannot be earmarked for the Boys and Girls Club … but will have to go to the city treasury …  and then maybe the Boys […]

= The LA County death toll crosses 5 thousand. = But Malibu is moving ever so slowly towards requiring masks. = The fundraising drive to save Malibu science and technology and teachers aids sputters to an end. = It will cost a developer an extra 200 thousand dollars if he wants to speed up city […]

Malibu Mayor Mikke Pierson says Mitch McConnell is a liar. Not that anyone in Washington will notice. Last week …. the Senate Majority leader hoisted up Malibu as an example of self-indulgent …. selfish thinking. MvConnell made fu n of malibu for supposedly requesting 500 million dollars to buy electric cars. Totally not accurate. Totally […]

One more month … on short term rentals. Having blown through the summer vacation rental period … the Malibu city council last night decided to put off its decision on what to do about short term rentals until the middle of September. That time will give the city attorney time to draw up not one […]

The Tuesday Headlines: =  An escapee from the Malibu Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station … over the hill.    =  The coronavirus data screwup in Sacramento has been fixed … supposedly. =  Not one … not two … but three short term rentals ordinances emerge at the city council. =  But no final decision until the […]