After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

Good news for Malibu families trying to rebuild their homes … according to the county fire and water departments. The fire chief and waterworks boss appeared before the Malibu city council last night to say that the water pipes in almost all the city are too small … but are still big enough to meet […]

This is KBUU News – Day 138 – the Monday headlines: =  Reva Feldman’s job performance is on the line tonight. =  One dead whale washes ashore in Malibu. =  Another whale .. stuck in a buoy off Channel Islands harbor. =  The Caltrans project that closed a beach is over … =  And the […]

And in news from down the coast … the Santa Monica City Council is considering a ban on tiny studio apartments. The Santa Monica Daily Press reports that one company has filed applications to build six buildings … each composed entirely comprised of tiny apartments. And we mean small. Each unit would be between 219 […]

In news from over the hill … the perennial traffic jam on Kanan Dume Road at the 101 Freeway is getting attention from the City of Agoura Hills and County of Ventura. Or at least … some lip service. The Acorn newspaper reports that Agoura Hills has hired traffic engineers to study Kanan Road north […]

The Caltrans project to install a simple curb in the middle of the Pacific Coast Highway … and that stretched into a 10-month ordeal … appears to be over. Late last week … crews repaved part of the P C H between Puerco Canyon Road and Corral Creek … near Cher’s House and Malibu Seafood. […]

Malibu’s city council will go behind closed doors this afternoon to discuss the job performance of city manager Reva Feldman. Notice was posted late last week of the one item special city council meeting … at 5:30 at City Hall. Feldman has come under furious attack by some people in the community. Her inability to […]

This is KBUU News – Day 134 – the Thursday headlines: =   The proposed new name for Point Dume’s school is yanked … and 86 the narwahl. =   The local mountain lion population stands a 1 in 4 chance of complete extinction. =   A super bloom may be coming to Malibu … […]

School Superintendent Ben Drati observes a “lack of consensus” in the selection “Marine Ocean Elementary School” as the new name for the old school on Point Dume. He is yanking the item off of tonight’s school board agenda. Also … he is withdrawing “narwhals” and blue and green as the proposed school mascot and colors. […]

Fifty years. That’s how long it could take for two populations of mountain lions in Southern California to go extinct under current conditions. New research published by U-C Davis yesterday paints a bleak picture for the local cougars. Right now .. odds are 1 in 4 that they will be extinct within 50 years. Freeways […]

Unhappiness with the City of Malibu’s first new traffic light in nearly ten years continues to simmer. At this week’s Planning Commission meeting … chairman Steve Urhring again criticized city staff for having designed the new traffic signal at Webb Way and Civic Center Way without any citizen input. Citicism on the cluster of 8 […]