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In news about SCE power poles causing fires … do you want the good news or the bad news first? California’s utility regulation agency .. the CPUC …  finally has a Widlfire Safety Division. 15 people … looking for power poles that are unsafe and could cause fire.  Now … the bad news. It’s based […]

MALIBU CASE COUNT: 71 SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS: 69 Fifty-three percent of the new COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County tested this weekend occurred in people under the age of 41 years old. Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 11 new deaths and 2,848 new cases of COVID-19. Public […]

In Malibu … like in the rest of California … people are supposed to wear masks. Supposed to  … but not required to. There is no law requiring people to wear masks in public … in Malibu. There is such an ordinance in other cities … including Calabasas. The City of Calabasas has enacted a […]

= Young adults now make up the majority of COVID 19 cases. = Malibu does not have an ordinance requiting wearing masks … but other cities do. = Do we need one??? The Malibu mayor says that’s a good question. = Black Lives Matter .. the issue … will be studied in Malibu public schools […]

There may be a break in the logjam of legal issues delaying the payout of damages to Malibu homeowners who lost property in the Woolsey Fire, as the the Ventura County Star reports that the judge in the lawsuit may order the release of parts of the state investigative report on the fire’s cause. Last […]

Los Angeles County sheriff Alex Villanueva is changing his story on mandatory evacuations .. during brushfires. During a public open house with Topanga Canyon residents yesterday … on the computers … the sheriff said he will work with fire department officials to reopen evacuated areas faster. Previously … the sheriff had stood by the decision […]

Malibu’s proposed ordinance on short term rentals … B-and-Bs … has been issued. The planning commission will hold a Zoom meeting and vote on it in two weeks … on July 30th. Beach rentals and party houses would be regulated. The proposed changes to the zoning rules and local coastal plan is very similar to […]

Local schools will have locked doors this fall. But some parents are really unhappy … both with the decision to go to distance learning … but with the quality of how their kids were taught over the computers last spring. By a unanimous vote last night …. the school board agreed with the school superintendent […]

= Malibu schools will remain locked this fall. = Some parents are really mad about the quality of computerized lessons last spring. = A landmark shark bites the dust at Malibu High. = The L-A County sheriff changes his tune about roadblocks after fires. = The proposed B and B ordinance is released … the […]

A top aid to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been reassigned …. after making comments that seem prejudicial to the investigation into the shooting death of an 18-year-old-man in an alley. Chief of staff John Burcher is one of Villanueva’s closest advisors, will be removed as chief of staff and transferred to the […]