The KBUU Newswire

Malibu’s planning commission has sent the short term rental ordinance up to the city council … after putting some additional teeth in it. The commission is recommending that landowners be given two verified nuisance complaints … before yanking the permit for overnight rentals. But the biggest change proposed by the Planning Commission would be a […]

This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News Here are the Thursday Headlines: = COVID cases click up and up … so do deaths and new infections. = L-A may start issuing fines for not wearing masks …. but not Malibu. = Short term rentals would get 2 strikes and you’re out .. the planning commission […]

73 cases of Coronavirus still in Malibu. But the case count in the Santa Monica Mountains is up one … to 77. Sunlife Organics is reassuring its customers that an employee  … who tested positive test last week  … had not been in the Point Dume shop for one week before that. Speaking for Sunlife […]

Southern California Edison has been using helicopters to inspect its powerlines over Malibu and in many cases has really angered Malibu residents with the low-flying and hovering helicopters. Documents filed by the utility with the California Public Utilities Commission this week explain why. In recent years … SCE says it has experienced a number of […]

And this odd item …. 53 thousand dollars in federal money to destroy the Zuma Well. What is the Zuma Well?? The National Park Service says it is an existing abandoned groundwater well in Zuma Canyon. The well was never used by the park service … it was believed to have been drilled before county […]

The fall school semester hasn’t started yet, but the nearest public university to Malibu is taking the unusual step of opening up enrollment early for its spring semester 2021 Cal State Channel Islands officials say because of the coronavirus crisis, they will open the electronic registration portal  next week for online registration for their Spring […]

From F-M 99.1 … KBUU News … these are the Tuesday Headlines = Again … L-A County just avoids another stay at home order. = But two big L-A hospitals are so overwhelmed … doctors are brought in from the Air Force. = Weekend outdoor events … mostly parties … blamed for the increased sickness. […]

73 cases of Coronavirus still in Malibu. But the case count in the Santa Monica Mountains is up three … to 76. And just up the highway … at least 21 teenagers at a state correctional facility near Camarillo had tested positive for coronavirus. One adult also … and 14 additional tests are pending, according to Rigo Vargas, […]

Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villanueva has made a personal attack and sexist slur against a member of the Board of Supervisors. The sheriff said that Supervisor Hilda Solis is … and we quote … “trying to earn the title of a La Malinche” for opposing him. For those who do not speak Spanish … […]

The City of Malibu’s regulations for B and Bs … short term rentals … go up for public comment Wednesday night … and action by the Planning Commission. But the California Coastal Commission is sending a signal … that just because the ordinance is similar to an approved plan for Santa Monica … don’t necessarily […]