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A proposal to convert an office building and an abandoned gas station at Billionaire’s Beach … into a ritzy hotel … has been in the works at City Hall for 3-1/2 years. Developer Norm Haynie has been doing the preperatory work … aimed at converting the abandoned Shell gas station and the 30-year-old office complex. […]

California’s has nearly 500 cities. They say they will collectively lose $6.7 billion over the next two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Not Malibu. Malibu’s rich property valuations and continued strong property tax collections means the COVID-19 virus will not hurt the city very badly. In fact … the city manager projects a deficit […]

With KBUU All News all morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News The Monday Headlines: = Thick fog reduces the pressure on Malibu beaches. = But some residents complain that outsiders were on sand .. while locals were ordered off. = Public health officials say … the […]

Sheriff’s officials are crediting a Malibu Volunteer on Patrol for putting out a fire and possibly averting s major injury to a homeless person. Last Monday … volunteer Bill Melcher was on routine patrol in Malibu. This ewas at 5:30 Monday evening. Melcher spotted a plume of smoke rising from a behind small fenced area, […]

A heat advisory for Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains goes into effect at 11 this morning … and remains in place until 6 tomorrow night. The National Weather Service says highs up to 97 are possible in the San Fernando Valley … 92 along the 101 freeway in Agoura Hills. As for the winds […]

On the beaches of the Southland … it’s pretty much locals only at the few beaches that are open. And Malibu is not among them. Deputies are repeatedly sweeping the so-called private beaches … like Little Dume. Elsewhere…. it’s locals only are allowed at Newport Beach. Locals only at beaches in Port Hueneme, Oxnard and Ventura. No […]

For the first time … L A County is releasing data about how many people are dying in particular nursing homes. And the data paints a grim picture in the nearest nursing homes … in Santa Monica. Six patients have died after contracting COVID 19 at the Rehabilitation Center of Santa Monica. And another three […]

With KBUU All News all morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News these are the Friday Headlines: = Nine people have been killed by the virus in two nursing homes close to Malibu. = 95 degrees in the Valley today … Malibu us beseeching people to stay […]

Getting back to tests … although Malibu has a good supply … the state has a big shortage. California Governor Gavin Newsom says California still doesn’t have enough testing capacity to lift its stay-at-home orders. Newsom said he had a “pointed, honest conversation” with President Donald Trump about the shortage yesterday morning. The president promised […]

Ventura County beaches are open … and the high temperatures today will hit 90. But not all the beaches … and parking lots are closed. No parking on PCH. And the state beaches near Point Mugu are closed by California State Parks. In Ventura … mayor Matt Levere says this is an experiment … and […]