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A 26-year-old man from Hollywood was killed Sunday, apparently swimming in an off-limits water hole in Malibu Canyon. And thousands of people were stuck in a gargantuan traffic jam as a result of the tragedy. Ruben Malgarejo was pronounced dead at the bottom of the canyon, near Rindge Dam, by paramedics at 2:17 p.m. Sunday, […]

Santa Monica mayor Kevin McKeown is defending the decision by Santa Monica police to abandon the downtown part of the city to looters 8 days ago. The mayor says Police Chief Cynthia Renaud was faced with a “terrible dilemma” — to control an increasingly violent demonstration near the Pier or attempt to stop the looters […]

Malibu officials say the temporary skate park at Bluffs Park will be ready to use in about 2 to 3 weeks. But when it will open to the public is a whole other matter. the manufacturer of the made-to-order ramps … California Skateparks …delivered the skate equipment last week. You can view photos of the […]

With KBUU all news all morning. And NPR All Things Considered all afternoon. This is F-M 99.1 … KBUU News =  A 65 mile an hour wind gust above Malibu this morning … as an unprecedented June Santa Ana hits us. =   Red Flags up until 7 tonight. =   A swimmer jumps into […]

= As if to amplify the zeitgeist in Malibu today … we may get a thunderstorm this afternoon. = Malibu teachers tell their kids … speak up. Listen. Learn. = Surfers will paddle out to support Black Lives Matter today. = And Malibu kids are selling cupcakes to raise money for the cause. = A […]

Some good news … some really good news … on the local mountain lion front. A litter of three lion kittens just discovered in the Santa Monica Mountains apparently share the same father … and the father is fresh blood … a recent arrival from outside the area. The papa … P-63 … was first radio-tagged […]

About a hundred protestors at Webb Way at Pacific Coast Highway yesterday. About a thousand protestors marched in Calabasas yesterday … from the mall to the City Hall … no violence … no looting … not much of a traffic disruption. This comes after two provocations … fears of mass invasions of Calabasas stirred up […]

Pepperdine University should be ordered to provide refunds to cover fees paid for spring and summer semester classes. A parent wants his money back … according to NBC4. A lawsuit was filed yesterday in U S District Court in Los Angeles by a man named Joseph Pinzon. He says his son’s Malibu campus was closed […]

Malibu restaurants may be freed from strict limits on now many seats they can set up outdoors … under a proposed temporary program that goes before the city council Monday. The Temporary Restaurant Recovery Program is an idea from the city manager is to support the financial recovery for food service businesses and employees … […]