Edison will cut Point Dume power, may expand shutoffSouthern California Edison says it will turn off power on Point Dume and might turn off the power everywhere else in Malibu.Thursday, October 15, 20262
First Santa Anas of the year arrive, peaking FridayEdison warned of possible Point Dume power shutoffs as wind gusts could hit 70 mph in the mountains and 55 mph in Malibu canyons.Thursday, October 15, 2026
High tides batter Malibu coast, undermine PCH east of Duke'sCaltrans estimates 50 feet of pavement is hanging over the surf east of Duke's as waves erode beaches across Malibu.Monday, October 12, 20261
Rock revetment resumes along Westward Beach RoadMalibu will pay 70 percent of the cost to extend an LA County rock wall protecting Westward Beach Road, its water lines and fire hydrants.Friday, October 9, 2026
Record heat to broil Malibu through ThursdayA distant hurricane may send rain and cooler temperatures in four or five days, but until then expect highs near 96 and a heat index up to 110.Monday, October 5, 2026
Planning Commission to weigh illegal Point Dume structureOwners on Boniface Drive built a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house without permits and now want after-the-fact approval under SB 9.Monday, October 5, 2026
Record-breaking swimmer passing Malibu on Oregon-to-Baja journeyCatherine Breed is near Point Dume on a swim she says will make her the first person to swim the length of California.Friday, October 2, 2026
Chad Lowe's 13-year-old daughter dies months after Palisades fire lossActor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter announced the death of their daughter Fiona Hepler Lowe. The family's Palisades home burned in January 2025.Thursday, October 1, 2026
Fourteen storm damage sites now stretch from Mugu Rock to Santa MonicaKBUU counts 14 active coastal repair and hazard zones, from crumbled PCH shoulders to landslides and washed-out beaches.Monday, September 28, 20261 comment
SCE admits Malibu customers lost 15,068 minutes of power last yearSouthern California Edison's reliability report shows the average Malibu customer was blacked out for more than 15,000 minutes in 2025.Friday, September 25, 2026
Ioki Park soccer field design heads to council MondayThe Chili Cook-Off site plan is part of a broader blueprint for parks, pools, a senior center and an arts center on city-owned land.Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Ridley sea turtles nest on Orange County beaches; one spotted off Point DumeLifeguards secured two clutches of eggs at Seal Beach and Huntington Beach as warm water lures the turtles far north of their Baja habitat.Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Rock wall grows at Westward Beach as Barrels surf break vanishesLA County is installing up to 500 linear feet of emergency revetment; state rules block sand replacement east of Zuma Creek but permit it west of Zuma Creek.Friday, September 18, 2026
Crews build rock revetment at Point Dume Beach entranceLA County Beaches and Harbors workers labored overnight placing rocks along Westward Beach Road as the beach continues to erode.Wednesday, September 16, 20261 comment
U S Supreme Court clears way for mail ballots in MalibuThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Postal Service cannot delay ballot delivery, allowing L.A. County to mail ballots to Malibu voters next month.Tuesday, September 15, 2026
No Secret Service. No CHP. No sheriff's office. Kamala Harris intruder intercepted inside yardA private security guard apprehended a woman inside the former vice president's yard Friday. Neither Harris nor Doug Emhoff was home.Monday, September 14, 20261 comment
Malibu hires Jesse Mays as assistant city managerMays comes from Culver City, where he managed a citywide fiber internet partnership; he will work on Malibu's community lands planning.Thursday, September 10, 2026
Major high tides threaten more Malibu beach erosionNational Weather Service predicts significant erosion from Oxnard to Long Beach as Point Dume beaches all but vanish.Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Volunteers battle invasive weeds at Point Dume preserveThe Malibu Township Council says the L.A. Conservation Corps is joining the effort, with major restoration work targeted for next spring.Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Point Dume power outage nears full restorationSouthern California Edison expects all 306 affected customers back online by 11 a.m. Monday after an overnight failure.Monday, August 24, 2026
1,100 Malibu students head back to school ThursdayWebster and Malibu elementary schools reopen, while Malibu High and Middle School students return amid ongoing campus construction.Thursday, August 20, 2026
Magnitude 2.5 quake shakes waters off TrancasThe Thursday night quake struck 8.9 miles below the ocean floor south of Broad Beach; a smaller quake hit near Encinal Canyon a day earlier.Friday, August 14, 2026
Zuma Beach Triathlon returns Sept. 19-20The scaled-back event benefits the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu, with three courses now open for registration.Friday, August 14, 2026
Malibu Education Foundation delivers $820,000 to school boardThe three-year-old foundation is ramping up fundraising as it funds academic recovery from the fires and prepares for fall events.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Malibu residents debate parks plan for three vacant city lotsAbout 40 residents told City Hall what they want built at Heathercliff, the Civic Center and Point Dume, as Malibu shapes its first parks master plan.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
L.A. County to armor Point Dume road with 4,800 tons of rockAn emergency Coastal Commission permit clears the way to extend a seawall after waves cut an 8-foot cliff beneath the only road to the beach.Saturday, August 8, 2026
County to truck in 4,800 tons of rock to save Point Dume roadEmergency Coastal Commission permit clears the way to shore up the only vehicle access to the public beach at Point Dume.Saturday, August 8, 2026
L.A. County Begins Rebuilding Point Dume Beach WashoutCrews are moving rocks and sand near Sunset Restaurant to shore up the road and its water pipe, where the beach has narrowed dramatically.Thursday, August 6, 2026
Point Dume Access Road still closed after hurricane wavesLA County Beaches and Harbors is searching for a temporary fix after last week's surf ate away sand supporting the road and 340 parking spaces.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
County scrambles to stabilize washed-out Westward Beach roadLast week's hurricane waves washed out the beach and forced closure of the road leading to Point Dume.Monday, August 3, 2026
Caltrans freeway signs falsely declared "Point Dume Closed"Only the road to the tip of Point Dume was shut. Businesses and neighborhood streets were all open.Monday, August 3, 2026
Parks Commission rejects land swap, endorses soccer fields at Chili Cookoff siteMalibu Parks and Recreation Commission backs two soccer fields at Ioki Park and rejects a proposed hotel-related land swap at the Civic Center.Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Malibu unveils parks plan — and a surprise hotel land swapThe city released conceptual plans for ballfields at Ioki Park and a rec center on Point Dume, alongside a developer's proposal to swap land for a hotel next to City Hall.Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Fire victims may be asked to pay to bury Malibu communications linesSCE's high-voltage lines are now underground, but household voltage wires and thick communications cables from Verizon, Charter and Crown Castle remain on poles.Thursday, July 16, 2026
SCE still can't explain back-to-back Malibu blackoutsSouthern California Edison says two early-morning outages that hit the same west Malibu areas 20 hours apart were unrelated, but offers no cause.Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Edison power fails again in western MalibuA second outage hit Trancas early Tuesday, a day after a power surge knocked out 2,270 customers from Point Dume to Ventura County.Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Point Dume beach lot access road closed five days next weekCrews will install a new storm drain Monday through Friday, with daytime-only closures from 8 to 3.Wednesday, May 27, 2026
SCE blames computer error for Point Dume outage confusionSeveral hundred Point Dume and Paradise Cove customers lost power for hours Monday in what Edison wrongly labeled a planned maintenance.Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Five Point Dume streets slated for repaving next yearMalibu's $300,000 share of state gas tax money would resurface streets including Grayfox, Boniface, Portshead, Wildlife, and parts of Selfridge.Friday, May 22, 2026
Air Tankers Hit Santa Rosa Island Fire as Containment GrowsA modified Boeing 737 dropped retardant on key buildings as the fire on the Channel Islands reached 26% containment.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Erickson Admits Switching License Plates, Martini Posts at TrialThe former Dodgers pitcher conceded on the stand he gave investigators the wrong car and posted Instagrams of cocktails during jury selection.Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Malibu Elementary's Word of the Year Is 'Vocabulary'New principal Sally Wennes told the school board her campus is honing in on academic and subject-specific vocabulary across every subject.Monday, May 11, 2026
Limo driver carjacked at gunpoint on PCH in MarchThe L.A. County Sheriff's Department is only now publicizing a March 14 carjacking that began at PCH and Kanan Dume Road.Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Ex-Dodger testifies in Grossman wrongful death caseRoyce Clayton told jurors he confronted Scott Erickson at a Point Dume restaurant the day after two boys were killed in a Westlake Village crosswalk.Monday, May 4, 2026
Artemis Capsule Splashes Down Off Catalina TonightOn the clearest days, the splashdown zone may be faintly visible from the highest peaks of western Malibu.Friday, April 10, 2026
Council subcommittee questions library mental health hireWith $28 million in a library set-aside account, council members ask whether a proposed outreach worker duplicates Boys and Girls Club services.Friday, April 3, 2026
Point Dume food truck sweep finds zero valid licensesA task force cited every truck checked, and operators are now playing cat and mouse with city officials.Thursday, April 2, 2026
Edison will cut Point Dume power, may expand shutoffSouthern California Edison says it will turn off power on Point Dume and might turn off the power everywhere else in Malibu.Thursday, October 15, 20262
High tides batter Malibu coast, undermine PCH east of Duke'sCaltrans estimates 50 feet of pavement is hanging over the surf east of Duke's as waves erode beaches across Malibu.Monday, October 12, 20261
Planning Commission to weigh illegal Point Dume structureOwners on Boniface Drive built a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house without permits and now want after-the-fact approval under SB 9.Monday, October 5, 2026
Chad Lowe's 13-year-old daughter dies months after Palisades fire lossActor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter announced the death of their daughter Fiona Hepler Lowe. The family's Palisades home burned in January 2025.Thursday, October 1, 2026
SCE admits Malibu customers lost 15,068 minutes of power last yearSouthern California Edison's reliability report shows the average Malibu customer was blacked out for more than 15,000 minutes in 2025.Friday, September 25, 2026
Ridley sea turtles nest on Orange County beaches; one spotted off Point DumeLifeguards secured two clutches of eggs at Seal Beach and Huntington Beach as warm water lures the turtles far north of their Baja habitat.Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Crews build rock revetment at Point Dume Beach entranceLA County Beaches and Harbors workers labored overnight placing rocks along Westward Beach Road as the beach continues to erode.Wednesday, September 16, 20261 comment
No Secret Service. No CHP. No sheriff's office. Kamala Harris intruder intercepted inside yardA private security guard apprehended a woman inside the former vice president's yard Friday. Neither Harris nor Doug Emhoff was home.Monday, September 14, 20261 comment
Volunteers battle invasive weeds at Point Dume preserveThe Malibu Township Council says the L.A. Conservation Corps is joining the effort, with major restoration work targeted for next spring.Tuesday, September 1, 2026
1,100 Malibu students head back to school ThursdayWebster and Malibu elementary schools reopen, while Malibu High and Middle School students return amid ongoing campus construction.Thursday, August 20, 2026
Zuma Beach Triathlon returns Sept. 19-20The scaled-back event benefits the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu, with three courses now open for registration.Friday, August 14, 2026
Malibu residents debate parks plan for three vacant city lotsAbout 40 residents told City Hall what they want built at Heathercliff, the Civic Center and Point Dume, as Malibu shapes its first parks master plan.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
County to truck in 4,800 tons of rock to save Point Dume roadEmergency Coastal Commission permit clears the way to shore up the only vehicle access to the public beach at Point Dume.Saturday, August 8, 2026
Point Dume Access Road still closed after hurricane wavesLA County Beaches and Harbors is searching for a temporary fix after last week's surf ate away sand supporting the road and 340 parking spaces.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Caltrans freeway signs falsely declared "Point Dume Closed"Only the road to the tip of Point Dume was shut. Businesses and neighborhood streets were all open.Monday, August 3, 2026
Malibu unveils parks plan — and a surprise hotel land swapThe city released conceptual plans for ballfields at Ioki Park and a rec center on Point Dume, alongside a developer's proposal to swap land for a hotel next to City Hall.Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Fire victims may be asked to pay to bury Malibu communications linesSCE's high-voltage lines are now underground, but household voltage wires and thick communications cables from Verizon, Charter and Crown Castle remain on poles.Thursday, July 16, 2026
Point Dume beach lot access road closed five days next weekCrews will install a new storm drain Monday through Friday, with daytime-only closures from 8 to 3.Wednesday, May 27, 2026
SCE blames computer error for Point Dume outage confusionSeveral hundred Point Dume and Paradise Cove customers lost power for hours Monday in what Edison wrongly labeled a planned maintenance.Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Air Tankers Hit Santa Rosa Island Fire as Containment GrowsA modified Boeing 737 dropped retardant on key buildings as the fire on the Channel Islands reached 26% containment.Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Malibu Elementary's Word of the Year Is 'Vocabulary'New principal Sally Wennes told the school board her campus is honing in on academic and subject-specific vocabulary across every subject.Monday, May 11, 2026
Ex-Dodger testifies in Grossman wrongful death caseRoyce Clayton told jurors he confronted Scott Erickson at a Point Dume restaurant the day after two boys were killed in a Westlake Village crosswalk.Monday, May 4, 2026
Council subcommittee questions library mental health hireWith $28 million in a library set-aside account, council members ask whether a proposed outreach worker duplicates Boys and Girls Club services.Friday, April 3, 2026
First Santa Anas of the year arrive, peaking FridayEdison warned of possible Point Dume power shutoffs as wind gusts could hit 70 mph in the mountains and 55 mph in Malibu canyons.Thursday, October 15, 2026
Rock revetment resumes along Westward Beach RoadMalibu will pay 70 percent of the cost to extend an LA County rock wall protecting Westward Beach Road, its water lines and fire hydrants.Friday, October 9, 2026
Record heat to broil Malibu through ThursdayA distant hurricane may send rain and cooler temperatures in four or five days, but until then expect highs near 96 and a heat index up to 110.Monday, October 5, 2026
Record-breaking swimmer passing Malibu on Oregon-to-Baja journeyCatherine Breed is near Point Dume on a swim she says will make her the first person to swim the length of California.Friday, October 2, 2026
Fourteen storm damage sites now stretch from Mugu Rock to Santa MonicaKBUU counts 14 active coastal repair and hazard zones, from crumbled PCH shoulders to landslides and washed-out beaches.Monday, September 28, 20261 comment
Ioki Park soccer field design heads to council MondayThe Chili Cook-Off site plan is part of a broader blueprint for parks, pools, a senior center and an arts center on city-owned land.Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Rock wall grows at Westward Beach as Barrels surf break vanishesLA County is installing up to 500 linear feet of emergency revetment; state rules block sand replacement east of Zuma Creek but permit it west of Zuma Creek.Friday, September 18, 2026
U S Supreme Court clears way for mail ballots in MalibuThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Postal Service cannot delay ballot delivery, allowing L.A. County to mail ballots to Malibu voters next month.Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Malibu hires Jesse Mays as assistant city managerMays comes from Culver City, where he managed a citywide fiber internet partnership; he will work on Malibu's community lands planning.Thursday, September 10, 2026
Major high tides threaten more Malibu beach erosionNational Weather Service predicts significant erosion from Oxnard to Long Beach as Point Dume beaches all but vanish.Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Point Dume power outage nears full restorationSouthern California Edison expects all 306 affected customers back online by 11 a.m. Monday after an overnight failure.Monday, August 24, 2026
Magnitude 2.5 quake shakes waters off TrancasThe Thursday night quake struck 8.9 miles below the ocean floor south of Broad Beach; a smaller quake hit near Encinal Canyon a day earlier.Friday, August 14, 2026
Malibu Education Foundation delivers $820,000 to school boardThe three-year-old foundation is ramping up fundraising as it funds academic recovery from the fires and prepares for fall events.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
L.A. County to armor Point Dume road with 4,800 tons of rockAn emergency Coastal Commission permit clears the way to extend a seawall after waves cut an 8-foot cliff beneath the only road to the beach.Saturday, August 8, 2026
L.A. County Begins Rebuilding Point Dume Beach WashoutCrews are moving rocks and sand near Sunset Restaurant to shore up the road and its water pipe, where the beach has narrowed dramatically.Thursday, August 6, 2026
County scrambles to stabilize washed-out Westward Beach roadLast week's hurricane waves washed out the beach and forced closure of the road leading to Point Dume.Monday, August 3, 2026
Parks Commission rejects land swap, endorses soccer fields at Chili Cookoff siteMalibu Parks and Recreation Commission backs two soccer fields at Ioki Park and rejects a proposed hotel-related land swap at the Civic Center.Wednesday, July 22, 2026
SCE still can't explain back-to-back Malibu blackoutsSouthern California Edison says two early-morning outages that hit the same west Malibu areas 20 hours apart were unrelated, but offers no cause.Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Edison power fails again in western MalibuA second outage hit Trancas early Tuesday, a day after a power surge knocked out 2,270 customers from Point Dume to Ventura County.Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Five Point Dume streets slated for repaving next yearMalibu's $300,000 share of state gas tax money would resurface streets including Grayfox, Boniface, Portshead, Wildlife, and parts of Selfridge.Friday, May 22, 2026
Erickson Admits Switching License Plates, Martini Posts at TrialThe former Dodgers pitcher conceded on the stand he gave investigators the wrong car and posted Instagrams of cocktails during jury selection.Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Limo driver carjacked at gunpoint on PCH in MarchThe L.A. County Sheriff's Department is only now publicizing a March 14 carjacking that began at PCH and Kanan Dume Road.Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Artemis Capsule Splashes Down Off Catalina TonightOn the clearest days, the splashdown zone may be faintly visible from the highest peaks of western Malibu.Friday, April 10, 2026
Point Dume food truck sweep finds zero valid licensesA task force cited every truck checked, and operators are now playing cat and mouse with city officials.Thursday, April 2, 2026
