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Monday, October 5, 2026

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Record heat to broil Malibu through Thursday

A 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.

Name of child driver who killed Nobu chef still withheld, Nobu family in mourning

Ryo Uchimiya, 51, was asleep in a parked car when a 16-year-old driving a heavy SUV struck it at high speed Saturday morning, two blocks east of the restaurant.

Body found off Kanan Road; sheriff releases no information

LAPD was the complaining party on the Friday discovery just south of the Malibu city limits, but homicide detectives downtown won't say what happened.

Van plunges off PCH into ocean near Deer Creek Road

The driver and two dogs were rescued Saturday at the same stretch of highway where a construction zone has no K-rail protecting a collapsed section.

City staff prepares plan for PCH pedestrian underpass that council now appears to disfavor

A proposal to split $500,000+ tab with Caltrans, for preliminary blueprints, returns to a City Council that has expressed only lukewarm support for the concept.

Planning Commission to weigh illegal Point Dume structure

Owners on Boniface Drive built a 2,500-square-foot, two-story house without permits and now want after-the-fact approval under SB 9.

SMMUSD says new Malibu school air conditioning working properly

District officials attribute last week's complaints at the Morning View Drive middle and high school buildings to a broken thermostat and a replaced damper.

Mako shark bites kayak fisherman twice off Paradise Cove

The fisherman hooked the shark, which bit him, flipped his kayak, and then came back to bite his leg a second time Sunday morning.