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This is KBUU News – the headlines:
- = A 2.8 magnitude earthquake hits the western end of Malibu.
- = A very small natural gas leak some excitement at the Point Dume school.
- = Southern California Edison gets lambasted by city officials from western L-A County … over the blackout plan.
- = Edison now says the power could be cut off in 40 to 50 mile per hour winds … and Malibu gets those all the time.
- = A familiar face has been brought back to Malibu City Hall … as a retired official tries to clear the backlog of work in the planning department.
- = and a Malibu man passes away after a lifetime of athletic achievement.
This is Malibu’s only local daily news. It’s the Wednesday edition of the news … from Radio Malibu …. F-M 99 point 1 K B U U. Good morning … I’m Hans Laetz reporting.
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LA County fire says the Edison company planned its blackouts … without checking with county fire about getting water to fire hydrants. Malibu and other cities are not able to get information from the utility. Details:http://www.radiomalibu.net/county-fire-not-consulted/
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A very small earthquake struck just off western Malibu this morning.
The magnitude 2.8 earthquake bounced western Malibu at 9:17 this morning.
The epicenter … officially described as 8 miles west of the city.
Looking at the map .. It appears the epicenter was about 1 mile south of Point Sequit … at Leo Carrillo Beach.
Here at Trancas it felt like a garbage truck just put a big been down on the street.
2.8 … 9:17 this morning … west of Zuma Beach.
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A familiar face is back at City Hall as a consultant … as the city tries to hack through an accumulation of back work at the city Planning Department. Details: http://www.radiomalibu.net/consultant-contract-at-city-hall/
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A very small natural gas leak at Point Dume Elementary School brought out the fire trucks late yesterday afternoon.
Hey work crew installing a new air conditioning system at the school cafeteria pierced a natural gas supply line.
The fire department was called … the immediate work site was evacuated … and as a precaution one science class got moved to the library.
Parents were asked to avoid Greyfox and pick up their kids on the east side of school yesterday.
The school officials say no students or staff were at any point endangered.
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This reminder … the third test of the Malibu emergency alert phone system.
The city will be calling phones located … or registered … along Malibu Road from Amarillo Beach east to the Malibu Lagoon … as well as the Civic Center area and Serra Estates.
This is the third chunk of Malibu to be tested by the city as they see if their emergency phone dial-up system called Everbridge works properly.
The first test was a fail … when it became apparent that the entire city cannot be phoned at the same time.
Next Wednesday … the city will test eastern Malibu.
The first two tests seem to have gone well … according to city public safety director Susan Duenas.
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Malibu resident Don Wildman has died at the age of 83.
Wildman … a resident of the Paradise Cove area … was called the fittest man in America a few years ago by Esquire magazine.
In that article … Wildman was described as looking like “Sean Connery, if Connery had borrowed the body of a U.S. Marine.”
In his seventies … Wildman competed in the Ironman Triathlon nine times … a three-thousand-mile bike race … the Aspen downhill ski race … and the New York City and Los Angeles marathons.
Wildman was the founder of the company that became Bally’s Total Fitness … according to a Los Angeles Times profile from 8 years ago.
Social media posts say that Don Wildman died in Malibu this week.
He was 83.
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Weather for the Malibu ….
(((( Fog burning off by midday … then sunny )))) … highs (((( 73 )))) beaches … (((( 84 )))) mountains and canyons.
Downcoast winds … ((( up to 15 )))) miles per hour this afternoon.
Sunset tonight is at (((( 2 minutes before 7. )))).
After that … ((( clear )))) tonight … low (((( 61 )))) beaches … (((( 58 )))) mountains and canyons.
Tomorrow should be (((( patchy clouds and maybe some fog early )))).
No change int he weather … next 7 days.
Fall starts Saturday.
Right now … at Trancas it’s (((( 56 )))) degrees.
Upper Malibu Canyon … (((( 62 )))) .
And at Civic Center Los Angeles … (((( 61 )))).
In the ocean … it’s (((( 69 )))) degrees in the water at Surfrider … 67 at Zuma Beach.
Mo says the waves today are (((( 3 to 5 )))) feet high …. inconsistent shape … a cold morning wind.
Those are (((( poor )))) surfing conditions ….
((((( Low tide is at 12:57.
High tide at 6:37 tonight will be almost 6 feet above mean. ))))
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