About 4 million residents from Malibu to Pomona depend on the department, and its firefighters and equipment are often dispatched to assist in emergencies in other parts of the state, too. In addition to several devastating fires that have happened recently, including the Woolsey fire in 2018, the department also is grappling with a lack of ...

A proposed parcel tax, which the L.A. County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider next week, would collect an estimated $130 million a year from most residents in the department’s 2,300-square-mile jurisdiction — a sprawling area that runs from Malibu to Pomona ... to records maintained by the California State Controller’s office.

Malibu City Council met on Tuesday, Nov. 12, due to the Veterans Day holiday taking place on Monday, Nov. 11. The following actions were taken at last week’s council meeting: Adopted an urgency ordinance to halt evictions prior to statewide renter’s ...

Other cities abutting wildlife corridors have jumped on the bandwagon to rid their communities of poison that sickens and kills other animals and can endanger pets and humans, but analysis by our city attorney states that not only has LA County claimed it has yet to enforce its ban on any private property; the City of Malibu is also pre-empted ...

The City of Malibu will be given $13.7 million from Southern California Edison (SCE) as part of a $360 million settlement the utility reached with 23 public entities resulting from fires and other disasters in 2017 and 2018. The announcement was made by ...

The new Los Angeles County Sheriff liaison to Malibu was introduced at Last Wednesday’s Public Safety Commission meeting. Sgt. James Braden replaces Lt. Jennifer Seetoo. Sgt. James Braden, who comes to the position with years of experience at the station ...

... are powerless to tell outside agencies what to do in Malibu. “We are at the bottom of the totem pole,” she said in an interview Tuesday. “We don’t control what the county does; we don’t control what the state does; we don’t control what (Southern California) Edison does; we don’t control what the (school) district or the fire ...

The City of Malibu will be given $13.7 million from Southern California Edison (SCE) as part of a $360 million settlement the utility reached with 23 public entities resulting from fires and other disasters in 2017 and 2018. The announcement was made by ...

Some members of the council did so only grudgingly, while voicing their frustration. More than 120 California cities and 200 school districts have had similar accusations thrust upon them — many by same Malibu attorney, Kevin Shenkman — according to city consultant National Demographics Corporation. Of the handful that fought the change in ...

The LA County Grand Jury has indicted the alleged shooter in the Malibu Creek State Park shooting of the father sleeping in a tent with his two young daughters last summer. He’s being charged with murder and numerous counts of attempted murder for the ...

First thing on Monday morning—a little before the traditional start of business—the City of Malibu sent out an alert announcing a special meeting of the Malibu City Council would be held only 26 hours later, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The closed-door meeting was called for council to discuss various existing litigation, including a suit ...

Malibu’s city council has called a special city council meeting for 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, Nov. 5. They’ll go behind closed doors to consider a letter threatening a lawsuit from a Malibu lawyer, representing "significant exposure to litigation" over Malibu's at-large elections. Milton Grimes and his law partner Kevin Shenkman have ...

CalMatters, in its most recent report on political contributions by zip code, stated that Malibu’s 90265 zip code contributed more money to Joe Biden than any other presidential candidate between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, 2019—with $37,488 going into his coffers. The numbers are based on published Federal Election Commission data, which only ...

They had to evacuate parts of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades and we’re going to see more of that. Malibu is no longer alone in being a high-fire area. The entire westside is now a high-fire area As I write this column, we’re anticipating the winds picking up tonight blowing in gusts of 60, 70 and 80 mph and it’s a very scary time.

And, stopping just short of singing Kumbaya together around the speaker’s podium, Malibu’s political leaders—often at odds with one another—seemed united in their desire to tighten up restrictions on the practice during the Monday, Oct. 28, Malibu City Council meeting. “You know it’s serious when Sharon Barovsky and John Mazza are ...

But having been stung badly by last year's Malibu blazes, some insurance firms are refusing to underwrite properties ... He only has six wildfire response staff running three trucks, but plans to expand private coverage next year. Further north in California, Don Holter's wildfire company has been running for almost three decades and has ...

A new LA County parking restriction was just approved by the California Coastal Commission to block parking overnight between Topanga Canyon Road and Coastline Drive—while there remains no restriction in place for a similar stretch in Malibu. When the ...