L.A. agrees to mediation with Palisades Fire victimsFormal talks with survivors of the January 2025 fire are scheduled to begin in early October, but the state has not joined.Friday, August 28, 2026
SCE customers to get $72 credits — but the money is from the stateMalibu residents will see two $72 credits on their power bills, funded by California's carbon tax, not Southern California Edison.Friday, August 28, 2026
SCE quietly drops power outage warnings after no winds materializeSouthern California Edison issued public safety power shutoff warnings Tuesday, then dropped them Wednesday without cutting any power.Thursday, August 27, 2026
Ben Allen fights utility liability caps in SacramentoMalibu's state senator warns Newsom's plan to limit wildfire lawsuit payouts by power companies will drive up insurance costs.Thursday, August 27, 2026
Sacramento may curb fire victims' right to sue utilitiesA bill being amended in the Assembly would limit lawsuits against power companies whose negligence sparks wildfires, as Edison faces up to $55 billion in Altadena claims.Tuesday, August 25, 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
Malibu delegation demands FEMA release emergency water pipeline fundsSenators Schiff and Padilla and Rep. Brownley want to know why $4.9 million for the Encinal Canyon water connection has been stalled for 18 months.Thursday, August 20, 2026
Malibu delegation demands FEMA release Encinal water pipeline grantSenators Schiff and Padilla and Rep. Brownley want to know why $4.9 million promised in December 2024 remains unspent.Wednesday, August 19, 20261 comment
Arizona threatens to sue over Colorado River water cutsMalibu gets about 7 percent of its drinking water from the shrinking river as the Trump administration orders cuts only from lower-basin states.Wednesday, August 19, 2026
State water board challenges Malibu's Big Rock drainageThe Malibu City Council will meet in closed session next week over alleged Clean Water Act violations at the Big Rock Mesa landslide drains.Monday, August 17, 2026
Lake Powell hits record low, threatening Colorado River suppliesMalibu gets about a third of its drinking water from the Colorado, but a wet California winter has cushioned the immediate impact.Monday, August 17, 2026
Verizon offers $25,000 reward after fiber vandalismCut fiber optic lines last weekend caused spotty internet and cellphone outages across Southern California.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
DA weighs homicide charges against Edison over Eaton FireAfter L.A. County Fire blamed SCE for the 19 deaths in Altadena, criminal charges could threaten the utility's access to the state wildfire fund.Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Newsom pushes secret bills to shield utilities from wildfire costsThe governor is asking lawmakers to reduce how much Southern California Edison and other profit-making utilities must pay after wildfires.Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Multiple PCH lane closures scheduled this weekCaltrans, Verizon and Southern California Edison all have crews working along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu this week.Monday, August 10, 2026
Vandalism knocks out Verizon service, silences KBUUVerizon is restoring Internet, phone and TV service in western Malibu after what the company calls vandalism — the second such outage this week.Monday, August 10, 2026
Overnight Edison shutoffs anger Calabasas residents in heat waveSCE is installing plastic-covered overhead lines to reduce fire ignition risk, but 600 homes lost power during 100-degree days.Saturday, August 8, 2026
Edison Threatens Stock Buyback Unless Legislature Shields UtilitiesSCE president Pedro Pizarro warns lawmakers that without wildfire liability protection, the company will redirect capital away from safety investments.Thursday, August 6, 20261 comment
LA County: Edison caused Eaton Fire that killed 19An unused high-voltage line left in place for 50 years energized during Santa Ana winds and ignited the Altadena firestorm, county fire officials concluded.Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Malibu Planning Commission rejects DWP storage yard on Corral CanyonCommissioners voted 3-0 against Los Angeles's plan to stage electrical equipment on a Malibu hillside for a Pacific Palisades project 10 miles away.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
SCE choppers, drones to inspect power lines in western MalibuSouthern California Edison says the flights over the next few weeks will look for hot spots that could fail and spark wildfires.Tuesday, August 4, 2026
LA DWP Seeks Seven-Year Storage Yard in Malibu HillsThe plan would send dozens of daily truck trips through PCH lane closures to serve Pacific Palisades reconstruction 10 miles away.Friday, July 24, 20262 comments
Two Malibu power outages Monday; manhole flashover on ShearwaterAbout 2,275 SCE customers in western Malibu lost power, and a flashover caused smoke inside a manhole at Zuma Bay Village.Thursday, July 16, 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 Says Both Malibu Outages Were Linked; More Cuts PossibleSouthern California Edison says a manhole flashover on Shearwater Lane caused Monday's second outage affecting 2,275 western Malibu accounts.Tuesday, July 14, 20261 comment
Malibu to press governor on undergrounding utility linesThe city says telecom and cable companies refuse to bury lines even as Edison undergrounds power lines paid for by ratepayers.Friday, July 10, 20264 comments
Malibu officials fight LADWP storage yard on Corral CanyonCity says emergency permit expired Monday for hillside graded by Los Angeles utility to store pipe for Palisades rebuild 10 miles away.Tuesday, June 23, 20261 comment
Malibu Colony beach homes may get sewer hookup; Serra Estates exemptCity Council to hear update Monday on long-delayed Phase 2 sewer expansion required by state water regulators.Thursday, June 4, 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
LA Times spotlights OceanWell desalination test off MalibuThe company plans to sink desalination pods 4.5 miles offshore, with Las Virgenes as first customer and Malibu potentially tapping in.Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Malibu spends $107,000 to study beachfront sewer assessmentCouncil moves ahead on a PCH sewer district for fire victims, even as members openly question whether the project will pencil out.Wednesday, May 27, 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
Utilities pour millions into campaign against Steyer for governorEdison, Sempra and PG&E are funding a multimillion-dollar effort to defeat billionaire Tom Steyer's bid for California governor.Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Northern California blacked out as wind patterns shiftPG&E cut power to 47,000 customers Sunday as Diablo winds raised fire danger, and SCE is preparing Southern California for the same.Monday, May 18, 2026
Lake Oroville, Malibu's main water source, is 99% fullFour years of heavy winter rains have refilled the state's second-largest reservoir despite a near-snowless year.Thursday, May 14, 2026
UCSB study: PG&E overcharging $686 million for Diablo CanyonThree professors say California ratepayers are subsidizing a profitable nuclear plant, costing the average SCE customer about $80 a year.Wednesday, April 8, 2026
