After the Woolsey Fire: Community Resources

https://www.radiomalibu.net/kbuu-newswire-thu-sep-6/ This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Human bones found just off the 101 Freeway in Calabasas. =  Most wildfires are -NOT- caused by power lines … so why are the lights going to get turned off in high winds? =  City council candidates get free time on the radio. =  Tests underway […]

How risky are overhead power lines … in terms of causing wildfires? The 20 biggest wildfires in California we’re analyzed by the San Francisco Chronicle. Only two of them we’re caused by powerline failures … Power lines that did not meet state safety regulations. A third fire was caused buy power lines that met State […]

As scheduled… the City of Malibu conducted its emergency notification test yesterday at midday. Did you get yours? Here at the radio station … our FioS phones and Verizon cell phones … went off … Plus our email accounts … all got the alarms as scheduled. REVATEST :21 QQQQ: THIS IS ONLY A TEST. “This […]

Tests are still on the way … both on fish and on the water from the Malibu Lagoon … after last week’s massive fish die-off of striped mullet. A huge number of striped mullet went belly up a week ago. And it appears possible that a huge amount of healthy fish remains in the lagoon […]

https://www.radiomalibu.net/kbuu-newswire-wed-sept-5/ This is KBUU News – the headlines: = Another litter of inbred mountain lions born in the Sant Monica Mountains. = What to prevent everyone in Malibu from turning their garage into a vacation rental? = Not much … and the city planning commission doesn’t much like that. = Caltrans changes its mind a […]

A third set of stripes has been laid down on Pacific Coast Highway … between Puerco Canyon and Latigo Beach. Caltrans contractors sandblasted and scraped the road over the weekend … trying to cover up an apparent mistake in the design of a temporary realignment of the road. The state is installing a new median […]

The Malibu Planning Commission has some serious reservations about granny flats. Technically called auxiliary dwelling units … allowing add-on apartments or guesthouses are now required by the state of California at single-family residences across the state. The city is moving to adjust our Coastal Commission certified Local Coastal Plan … and its a zoning codes […]

A monthlong romance in the Santa Monica Mountains has led to a litter of kittens for two local mountain lions. Four kittens have arrived … given the  names P70, 71, 72, and 73. They are described as adorable and in good health by park service biologists. But their family situation … well … it’s complicated.  […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =  Coming soon to a street near you … granny flats with no parking. =  What are the goals for the 5 malibu city council candidates??? We go back to the debate. =  San Diego’s electric company is going to buy a fire helicopter … for power pole […]

More voices this morning from the first city council debate …. last Thursday.  All five candidates spoke for the first time in public. Lance Simmens said his attention will be focussed on PCH. NEWSCART 77803 SIMMENS GOAL :16 QQQ: ANOTHER SET OF LINES “I think we can install bike lanes on Pacific Coast Highway, which will […]