The KBUU Newswire

The changing face of Malibu’s Civic Center … tops our news this morning. Some 15 years after Legacy Park was built … the face of central Malibu is undergoing changes. And they all seem to be coming together now. First … the city took ownership yesterday of two important chunks of vacant land … plus […]

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 […]