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Some beach houses in imminent danger as high tide, El Niño surf pound Malibu

City Manager Joe Irvin told the council El Niño damage is hitting Malibu from end to end, council approves citywide state of emergency, feds and state looking to OK dredging Malibu Creek to prevent overflow into Cross Creek shops and Serra Retreat houses.

City races to bulldoze Malibu Creek before rains hit

Officials to meet today (Tuesday) with state agencies to finalize plans to clear Franklin Fire debris clogging the creek, but who pays remains unresolved.

Malibu Road residents plead for city help as houses hang over ocean

City Manager Joe Irvin says beachfront owners are on their own, but there are only four qualified coastal engineers in all of Southern California — and none are returning calls.

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Silverstein wants Malibu to divorce L.A. County library system

The mayor called the county's proposed two-story expansion a joke and said separating could free up roughly $5 million a year for local library services.

CORRECTION: Council approves Ioki soccer field decision

CORRECTED AT 5:40 P.M. : The first verison of this story said that a decision on building soccer fields on Civic Center Way was postponed. The reporter misheard the repeated last-minute agenda changes that the council made last night. The measure was in fact heard and approved at Monday's council session. An updarted report will be broadcast and posted Wednesday.

Downed power line closes PCH near Broad Beach

A line flashed over and fell across Pacific Coast Highway between Trancas and Broad Beach Road on Monday evening, closing lanes in both directions.

Newsom signs three fire insurance bills, vetoes two others

New laws double fines for unfair claims practices during emergencies and require 90 days notice on cancellations, but insurers won't have to pay claims within 30 days.

69 rabid bats found in L.A. County this year, nearing record

Public health officials urge residents never to touch a bat as two-thirds of cases were found in Santa Clarita Valley and some in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Pink dye to be released off Santa Monica Pier to track pollution

The Santa Monica Bay Foundation and UCLA engineers will use vegetable dye Wednesday to study why water under the pier is consistently ranked extremely polluted.

Santa Monica College to offer four-year degree in cloud computing

The new Bachelor of Science program targets a growing tech sector where median annual earnings exceed $150,000, with the four year tuition for California residents at less than $10,000 total.