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Mountain Lion Shot And Killed After It Grabs Kid, Seriously Injures Him A 5-year-old boy was grabbed out of the jaws of a mountain lion at a picnic area near Malibu Canyon Road at Piuma Road … Sunday afternoon. The boy is recovering in a hospital …  After originally being released … he was brought […]

FRIDAY 5PM UPDATE:  Malibu Speed Camera Bill Advances To Gov’s Desk On the final day of the California legislative session, the Malibu speed camera bill passed out of the California Assembly, and moves on for a decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The bill would allow Malibu to operate five remote control tickets… which issue fines […]

Caltrans Unveils PCH Possibilities: 2-Lane Traffic Circle, Partial Parking Ban, Ocean Side 2-Way Bike Lane, Lots Of New Traffic Lights Caltrans engineers last night unveiled possible changes for Pacific Coast Highway:  adding a protected two-way bike lane and removing parking or the center turn lane to accommodate it, five traffic circles … including a dual-lane […]

City Council Clips Mic Of Nobu Lawyer, Who Makes Startling Admission About Booze-Soaked Nobu Party Nobu will be hauled before the Planning Commission for a hearing possible revocation of its permits And at last night’s city council meeting … an attorney for Nobu admitted that Summer Wheaton had been at the liquor-soaked party that Fourth […]

[This newscast was broadcast Monday and posted Tuesday Aug. 27] Broad Beach Presses Ahead With Threat To Auction Off Malibu West Swimming Clubhouse Broad Beach homeowners are pressing ahead with their efforts to auction off the Malibu West Beach Clubhouse … in order to collect about 400 thousand dollars in claimed taxes assessed for a […]

Nobu Fined $100, Plus $1,600 In Costs, For Liquor-Soaked Party That Apparently Killed One The City of Malibu has issued a 100 dollar fine against Nobu for staging that illegal party on the Fourth of July … plus 16 hundred dollars in costs for the enforcement officer.  The 17 hundred dollar invoice was sent to […]

Two Men With BB Gun Arrested After Shooting At Signs From SUV On Civic Center Way Two men driving around Malibu with a BB gun … that looked just like a rifle … were arrested after shooting at roadsigns in the Civic Center area yesterday afternoon.. The men cruised around inside the Pepperdine University campus […]

Standoff With Crazed Man In VW Bus Closes PCH  For 8 Hours, After Street Racing On PCH An eight hour standoff between sheriffs deputies and a guy in a VW bus on Pacific Coast Highway ended this morning with the man being arrested. It appears that the barricades situation was not related to the large […]

Silverstein Gets Gentle Nudge From City Consultant Over Criticizing Staff In Public Malibu’s city council got a gentle … but firm guidance on how to handle themselves in public meetings yesterday. A consultant from the city’s insurance company … Gerry Preciado … gave the five city council members a two hour lesson on best practices.  […]

Malibu’s city council will get a remedial lesson in how to handle its workforce, and avoid costly lawsuits, in a special four-hour session Monday. The city’s insurance carrier may have asked for the meeting, one city source said.  It comes after city planning staff members said they were being harassed, and in some cases personally […]