After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villanueva is changing his story on mandatory evacuations .. during brushfires. During a public open house with Topanga Canyon residents yesterday … on the computers … the sheriff said he will work with fire department officials to reopen evacuated areas faster. Previously … the sheriff had stood by the decision […]

Malibu’s proposed ordinance on short term rentals … B-and-Bs … has been issued. The planning commission will hold a Zoom meeting and vote on it in two weeks … on July 30th. Beach rentals and party houses would be regulated. The proposed changes to the zoning rules and local coastal plan is very similar to […]

Local schools will have locked doors this fall. But some parents are really unhappy … both with the decision to go to distance learning … but with the quality of how their kids were taught over the computers last spring. By a unanimous vote last night …. the school board agreed with the school superintendent […]

= Malibu schools will remain locked this fall. = Some parents are really mad about the quality of computerized lessons last spring. = A landmark shark bites the dust at Malibu High. = The L-A County sheriff changes his tune about roadblocks after fires. = The proposed B and B ordinance is released … the […]

A top aid to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been reassigned …. after making comments that seem prejudicial to the investigation into the shooting death of an 18-year-old-man in an alley. Chief of staff John Burcher is one of Villanueva’s closest advisors, will be removed as chief of staff and transferred to the […]

Caltrans is going to keep two lanes open in each direction … over the two summers that it will take to demolish the 95-year-old bridge over Trancas Creek … and build a new one. And a traffic light is going to be installed at Guernsey Avenue. Those are some of the details revealed by the […]

A top aid to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been reassigned …. after making comments that seem prejudicial to the investigation into the shooting death of an 18-year-old-man in an alley. Chief of staff John Burcher is one of Villanueva’s closest advisors, will be removed as chief of staff and transferred to the […]

= Malibu COVID cases go up again. = The L-A County sheriff has yet one more minor scandal in his command staff. = Caltrans plans to keep four lanes open as it tears down the Trancas bridge. = But no room for bikes on the road… for two years. = A notorious You Tube jerk […]

So many things happened at Monday’s city council meeting that we could not possibly squeeze them all into Monday’s newscast. Bonnie Blue, the Malibu city planning director for about 5 years, will resign and move to Florida. She wants to be with family. The issue of a new luxury Hotel in the middle of Malibu […]

In 1926 … the state Highway Department built a bridge across Trancas Lagoon. Just after World War 2 … the state widened that two lane bridge … into the structure that’s there now. The concrete is crumbling. The supports are so shallow that there are electronic sensors on the bridge … feeding data via satellite […]