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.

I’ve not met a single rational person who denies global warming. The warming trend of the last 150 years or so is universally accepted and documented. However, climate scientists disagree on details, like when the warming began and what caused it. Contrary to public perception, global warming did not begin with the industrialization of our ...

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 ...

The toll of wildfires in California has been staggering over the last two years. Much of Paradise was destroyed last year at the same time that the Woolsey fire devoured more than 1,000 homes from Oak Park to Malibu. When the Easy fire in Simi Valley threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark ...

The toll of wildfires in California has been staggering over the last two years. Much of Paradise was destroyed last year at the same time that the Woolsey fire devoured more than 1,000 homes from Oak Park to Malibu. When the Easy fire in Simi Valley threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark ...

The toll of wildfires in California has been staggering over the last two years. Much of Paradise was destroyed last year at the same time that the Woolsey fire devoured more than 1,000 homes from Oak Park to Malibu. When the Easy fire in Simi Valley threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark ...

At least 15 California community colleges shut their doors this week due to power shutoffs ... UCLA and all schools in the Santa Monica-Malibu School District closed earlier this week, along with 16 Los Angeles Unified campuses and several Los Angeles charter schools. Many reopened Tuesday and Wednesday. For many students and educators, the ...

Olvera Street is the one-block spot where Los Angeles was born. Andreas Hub Visit California Exploring LA’s outlying areas such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Malibu without a car would be quite a feat, but there’s plenty to do within walking distance of the Sheraton Grand. The hotel is located in the BLOC, an indoor/outdoor “Lifestyl ...

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 ...

Bo Slyapich seeks what no one else wants to find. On a recent morning, he waded into grass so high and so dense his legs disappeared from view. He crouched low and then lay on his stomach as he scoured the backyard of a house above Pacific Coast Highway. The homeowner looked on from a safe distance. Luna, the family dog, barked as Slyapich ...

Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station reported the fire was "holding at 10 acres." 10:59 a.m. Caltrans reported heavy delays along the Ventura (101) Freeway in Calabasas due to the Mureau Fire Wednesday morning. Northbound traffic has been stopped. Motorists are advised to avoid the area. MOTORIST ALERT: Traffic on NB US 101 at Mureau Rd in # ...

SIMI VALLEY, CA—When the Easy fire erupted early Wednesday morning in Simi Valley ... Years earlier, the Reagan family had lost their ranch in Malibu to fire, which the president’s daughter, Maureen, mentioned to visitors. “We live in a place with unique terrain that’s continually touched by fire,” she said, “and thank God we ...

Halloween is quickly approaching. As a kid, this was always one of my favorite holidays. Carving pumpkins, dreaming up a costume (then trying to make it) and collecting pillowcases full of candy... What could be better? As an adult, however, I see the spooky side of Halloween—and I’m not talking haunted houses. No, it’s children out on ...

He just does it so nice. … Whatever he does won’t surprise me because he’s that good.” After the Breeders’ Cup, Mandella has targeted Omaha Beach for the Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita, a seven-furlong race on Dec. 26, to be followed by the 1 1/8-mile, $9-million Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 25 at Gulfstream Park. “He’s set to go to ...

"SCE notified the city that it had shut off power the Cuthbert Circuit 10/30/19 at 8:49 p.m.," an alert from the City of Malibu stated. "The Cuthbert Circuit is in the City of Malibu and incorporated areas south of Malibu Vista, covering most of Point ...

Beginning the moment the Woolsey Fire leaped over the Ventura (101) Freeway before dawn on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, Malibu came face to face with a stream of disappointments, harsh realities and bad luck—extreme weather, poor communication, failures of preparation and lack of resources chief among them. Now, those realities are being codified ...

#GettyFire Y&R star Tracey Bregman (Lauren Fenmore) lost her home in the California fires that raged in the Malibu area in 2018. She was able to get a few personal effects out of her home, including some family photos and her Daytime Emmy. Everything else ...

Had to put the cameras down for a second to help get these horses out. Rancher: "have you ever lead a horse?" In addition to the Mureau brush fire that kicked up this morning just north of Malibu, a count one in southern California’s Riverside county and another to the north in Kern County. The fire in riverside was reported at 7am ...

Two years after the library opened, the Reagan family threw a celebration there for firefighters who battled Southern California’s 1993 firestorms. “Many years ago, we lost our old ranch in Malibu to fire,” the president’s daughter Maureen Reagan said at the time. “When those winds start to blow, the same could happen to any one of us.

He delivered a half-hour speech praising the heroic efforts of the fire crews who had battled the firestorms earlier that year. Years earlier, the Reagan family had lost their ranch in Malibu to fire, which the president’s daughter, Maureen, mentioned to visitors. “We live in a place with unique terrain that’s continually touched by fire ...