The KBUU Newswire

A pilot program to assist people living in vehicles and to reduce the hazards associated with vehicle dwelling has been approved by the L A County Board of Supervisors. Social workers will contact people living in their cars, vans and RVs to connect them with social services. The Los Angeles Times reports that the number […]

A Texas couple makes a Latigo Canyon property dispute into a federal case. The Texans own a house on Ocean View Drive … up the hill from Latigo Canyon Road in th Malibu Bowl. They accuse their next door neighbors of building a deck … that extends onto their property. David Sacks and Deana Sacks […]

What do you get if Hurricane John merges with Tropical Storm Ileana? Big waves in Malibu: details: High surf from the latest Baja hurricane will move into Malibu tomorrow night … Friday and Saturday. Hurricane John just sucked up some more strength by sucking in Tropical Storm Ileana.  The combined storms are south of Cabo […]

“My dad was the best man I knew.” Those are words from Alexis Artes … who lost her father to a traffic crash on Pacific Coast Highway at Trancas last Friday. Rick Artes … age 60 … will be buried later this week. Alexis tells us … her dad worked with his father in a […]

This is KBUU News. The headlines: = A major fire in Orange County … could be visible across the bay from Malibu when the haze clears. = The president says California needs to water its trees … that assessment called stunningly ignorant. = A cougar takes 3 alpaca in Zuma Canyon .. the park service […]

Santa Monica College is offering free enrollment … and $400 worth of free textbooks to new, full-time students who graduated from a local high schools this year. The program is called the  “Santa Monica College Promise.” It is effective immediately for students interested in attending SMC this fall semester, which begins August 26. Or next […]

The National Park Service says they do not believe any of their currently-tracked mountain lions are responsible for the deaths of three alpacas in Zuma Canyon last week. Residents say they saw a radio collar on the mountain lion … as it tried to drag off an alpaca on Bonsall Drive. Ranger Kate Kuynendall tells […]

Politifact ,,, the L-A Times … news agencies across the country are weighing in president Trump’s pronouncement on California’s fires. In a midnight Tweet … the president blamed the blazes on the state’s environmental policies. Trump claimed that water that could be used to fight the fires was “foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean.” […]

Across Northern California … 14 thousand firefighters are battling 17 major blazes. And now … one major wildfire in Orange County. The Holy Fire broke out on the Holy Jim Trail … on Santiago Peak. That fire might be visible from Malibu if the haze burns off… look for the volcano-like mountain near Disneyland. It’s […]

This is KBUU News – The headlines: = Crash investigators are not quite finished with Friday’s horrible wreck = More closures may be necessary to reconstruct the crash.. = The M R C A is buying more land … near a different private road in Malibu. = A nasty lawsuit in Santa Monica … maybe […]