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It’s been one year since the City of Malibu decided that the churches feeding the homeless should stop doing that … and that the feeding program should move to the courthouse complex next tp the library. That relocation has been put on hold because of the Woolsey Fire … and the need to install fire […]

The L A county fire department has scheduled  public presentation on its plan to clear brush in the local mountains with a prescribed burn. KBUU News reported last week that a 400 acre plus fire will be set to remove fuel in an area near Big Rock … in eastern Malibu. City manager Reva Feldman […]

This is KBUU News – on Day 124 after the fire – the Monday Headlines: =  More trees earmarked for chopping … more anger at Edison. =  A new fire plan for Malibu … whatever happened to the last two plans?? =  Homeless people at the Malibu library prompt a city response. =  Hard work […]

The Malibu Times Dolphin Awards banquet was Sunday … a unique Malibu event that one really needs to see to believe. Publishers Arnold York and Karen Portugal York have hosted the event for decades. Volunteers … heroes … all recognized for selfless work for the community’s behalf. This year’s nominees list is impossible to read […]

Worries about the numbers of homeless people at the Malibu Library continue. And the city council may hire another security guard down there.  Some parents say they are no longer attending programs for their kids at the Civic Center library because of the number of homeless people that they encounter in the facility. Some of […]

Malibu’s city council is going to ask for a 100 thousand dollar state grant … to pay for fire planning. This is actually the third such Malibu Community Wildfire Protection Plan. A 576 page plan was produced in the year 2010 by an nongovernment nonprofit ForEvergreen Forestry … a group that’s never been heard before […]

Anger and outrage is growing by some people in Malibu … as they discover that Southern California Edison plans to enter their property to cut down mature trees. Patt Healy … a Malibu environmental activist … says dozens of mature trees are targeted by the utility company as it plans to ostensibly reduce fire dangers. […]

This is KBUU News – the headlines: =   The California  Coastal Commission unanimously okays Malibu’s emergency fire reconstruction plan. =   A local request to make last minute changes is rejected … and the commission gets some Bu praise. =  Plans for a prescribed burn at Big rock will go before the malibu City […]

In news from down the coast … Santa Monica’s city council may get ejected from office under a ruling from a Superior Court judge. A lawsuit brought by an attorney who lives in Malibu … Kevin Shenkman … has resulted in the judge tossing out citywide voting for city council … Shenkman’s lawsuit … filed […]

Documents reviewed by The Los Angeles Times show that new L A County sheriff Alex Villanueva has not exactly told the straight story … about rehiring a fired deputy who was working as his campaign aide. The new sheriff has publicly said that the rehiring of Caren Carl Mandoyan was righting a wrong … and […]