A mountain lion crosses BACK into Malibu … across the 1-0-1 Freeway.

Malibu looking at charging an impact fee for new home construction.

And a Malibu local is the fifth richest man in the world.

This is Malibu’s only local daily news.

It’s the   ((((  Wednesday  ))) edition of the news … from Radio Malibu  …. 97 point 5 K B U.

Good morning Harbor View Drive.

Malibu Lures Mountain Lion Back Across 101 Freeway

A Malibu mountain lion is in the news … for making a second dash across the 1-0-1 Freeway and living through it.

P-55 was last in the news when he made it across the 1-0-1 … out of the Santa Monica Mountains and heading north in search of female mountain lions and a comfy section of mountain habitat to call his own.

But … he’s back.

P-55 thus becomes the first mountain lion to successfully cross the 1-0-1 freeway twice … in the 15 years the National Park Service has been tracking lions in the area.

There have been only four documented cases of a lion successfully crossing the freeway a single time.

And here’s the best part …

P-55 made his daring crossing right next to the big shopping mall in Thousand Oaks … just west of the Route 23 interchange.

Ranger Kate Kuykendall says P-55 is “now back to roaming the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains … likely looking to avoid other males so that he can one day establish his own territory.”

Malibu Examines Adding Impact Fee to Construction Costs

Malibu may start charging impact fees for new development …. including houses.

Mayor Skylar Peak is asking the city council to study the matter.

The traffic mitigation fee would be charged to new development …. to help fund transportation improvements to roads and sidewalks that may be impacted by additional traffic from new development projects.

The proposal comes as Malibu is looking at several new commercial projects … in the pipeline for the Civic Center area.

It’s also lining up funding to rebuild Civic Center Way.

The city points out that Santa Monica charges 78 hundred dollars per residential unit for new construction.

Santa Monica also charges 30 dollars per square foot for offices and retail.

Impact fees in Malibu … the idea goes before the city council Monday.

Judge Throws Out His Own Order Blocking Runway Reduction

Santa Monica has just won a green light to demolish each end of the runway at Santa Monica Airport.

A federal judge has reversed himself … and dropped a temporary restraining order that had blocked the project.

Aviation interests have tried over and over again to win a court order to block the shortening of the runway … which will block most business jets from landing or taking off there.

They won a temporary block by arguing that the state’s open meetings law .. of all things … had bene violated.

That was nonsense.

The judge reversed the order … Santa Monica says it will begin the deconstruction very soon.

Two Memorial Services For Malibu’s Tom Petty 

Malibu rock star Tom Petty died last week … and two sets of private funeral services have been held.

On Monday … his family had a small memorial service at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades.

That’s the temple and meditation garden off Sunset Boulevard … above P C H … where Beatles star George Harrison’s funeral was held back in 2001.

His daughter … AnnaKim Violette Petty … has posted pictures from the memorial on Instagram.

There was a second memorial … for his friends … yesterday at the Malibu Soho House.

Many of Malibu’s big entertainment names — among them Sean Penn and Lou Adler — attended.

Petty’s daughter posted pictures from that too … of the t-shirts given away to attendees.

The graphic featured a young Tom playing the guitar … and the phrase “nil desperandum,” which is Latin for “do not despair.”

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What’s An Extra $10 Million Among Friends?

The game of who has the most-expensive house for sale in Malibu is escalating.

Last week… Johnny Carson’s former house on Point Dume went on the market for 81 point 5 million dollars.

That has prompted Scott Gillen … a real estate developer … to bump up the price of his New Castle mansion above the Civic Center … to 85 million dollars … to once again be the most-expensive house for sale in Malibu.

He’s added some fancy works of art  … a Tesla charging system … and a luxury car.

The original asking price was 75 million dollars.

Malibu Local Worth $59 Billion – Yes That’s A ‘B’

Malibu local and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison ranks number five on the new Fortune 400 list of billionaires .

The software mogul is worth a whopping 59 billion dollars.

The real estate mogul has acquired a sizable portfolio of properties in Malibu’s Carbon Beach.

Aside from 12 houses in the area, Ellison also owns the Malibu Racquet Club, Nobu Ryokan Malibu Hotel, Nobu and Soho House.

It was another record year for the wealthiest people in America, as the price of admission to the country’s most exclusive club jumped nearly 18 percent.

The minimum net worth to make The Forbes 400 list of richest Americans is now a record $2 billion, up from $1.7 billion a year ago.

And the average rich guy ’s net worth rose to $6.7 billion, up from $6 billion.

Hazmat and E-Waste Roundup Saturday at City Hall

Hazmat and e-waste roundup … Saturday … at City Hall.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and electronic waste collection day is this Saturday,

from 100AM – 2PM at City Hall in the upper parking lot.

You can bring stuff like  paint, motor oil, anti-freeze, batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs and other electronics to be safely disposed of and recycled. For the complete list of acceptable materials and other information, visit

KBUU Sportswire

From the KBUU sportsline …. Malibu High School’s girls tennis team beat Carpinteria 11-7 in a Tri-Valley League matchup yesterday.

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Weather for the Malibu ….

Mostly sunny, with a high near 79 today on the beach … ((((   89   )))) in the mountains above Malibu.

Winds will be strong.

Downcoast winds will gust up to   (((   25   )))) miles per hour this afternoon.

Sunset tonight is at   ((((    6:14   )))).

After that … expect it to be (((  warm   )))) tonight … a low of  ((((  61   )))) on the beach … down to  ((((   55   )))) in the mountains.

Tomorrow should be   ((((    eight degrees cooler )))).

Right now … at Trancas it’s ((((    66    )))) degrees.

In upper Malibu Canyon … ((((     68    )))) .

And at Civic Center Los Angeles … ((((   70    )))).

In the ocean … it’s ((((    65   )))) degrees in the water at Zuma Beach.

A pretty good SSW swell peaks today.

The lifeguards say the waves today are   ((((   4 to 5  )))) feet high …. occasional 6 foot sets.

Those are ((((  favorable  )))) surfing conditions this morning … but winds this afternoon will blow it out. .

(((((   A nearly six foot high tide is at  9:02 this morning.

Low tide at 3:20 this afternoon.

A secondary high tide will be at 9:23 tonight.  ))))

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There will be one lane traffic control on Malibu Canyon Road … up near the Hughes research Lab … today from 10 to 2.

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