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Two longtime Malibu stalwarts appear ready to cash out and move on. Variety reports that Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan have put a publicity assuring, billionaires-only price tag of $100 million on their stunning, Thai-inspired compound along Broad Beach. It’s more than an acre … the James Bond star and his moviemaker paid just […]

A garage door can act like a catcher’s mitt … catching burning embers as they fly through your neighborhood. That’s one of two major worries on the mind of Malibu fire safety coordinator Jerry Vandermuellen … as he recounted at last night’s pubic safety seminar on the coming fire season. the other major worry is […]

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva got a public slap down from the district attorney yesterday. The D-A’s office criticized the sheriff for arresting a reporter … and said the evidence shows no charges are warranted. The sheriff had personally campaigned for criminal charges to be filed against a reporter from KPCC radio  … who […]

A Malibu beachfront house owner has sued the city … because he is not allowed to put up a private beach sign on his land. The lawsuit was filed by a right wing political law foundation … on behalf of landowners Dennis and Leah Seider. They own a house on Latigo Beach … a house […]

= A new lawsuit claims that Malibu beachfront owners have been unconstitutionally prohibited from putting up private beach signs. = The owner of a Latigo Beach vacation rental says his First Amendment rights are being abridged. = A garage door can act like a catchers mitt for burning embers .… warns the city fire guy. […]

As fall Santa Ana winds may develop again as early as next Monday … Eastern Malibu … and the Santa Monica Mountains east of Malibu Canyon … are the major fire worry this fall. That’s the word from L A County fire’s expert on fire behavior … Drew Smith He was speaking at the city […]

As fall Santa Ana winds may develop again as early as next Monday … Eastern Malibu … and the Santa Monica Mountains east of Malibu Canyon … are the major fire worry this fall. That’s the word from L A County fire’s expert on fire behavior … Drew Smith He was speaking at the city […]

The Bobcat Fire … stretched from Mount Wilson to Arcadia … across the mountains to near Wrightwood and into the desert near Palmdale. It mat be cause by Southern California Edison … and that might affect Malibu homeowners who got burned out on the Woolsey Fire. In papers filed with the California Public Utilities Commission […]

Malibu officials say they are sticking with the plan to evacuate everyone when another fire arrives … and are repeating: Anyone who stays behind is on their own … and should be prepared with three weeks worth of food … water … medicine and gas. The comments came at last night’s public seminar on evacuation […]

From F-M 99.1 … KBUU News … these are the Thursday Headlines: = Malibu officials repeat … if you don’t evacuate … you are on your own for 3 weeks. = The city is not making plans to help people who stay behind to fight fires. = Southern California Edison power lines may have cause […]