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4 | January 24, 2019 | Malibu surfside news news malibusurfsidenews.com History unrepeated in latest post-fire storms Suzanne Guldimann Freelance Reporter Residents in Malibu and the surrounding areas within the Woolsey Fire burn zone braced for more disaster, as a series of back-to-back storms arrived last week. Fortunately for fire survivors, the jet stream that brought the recent week of wet weather was not as strong as it has been in other years, and the burn scar mudflows many feared did not occur. Not yet, at least. The round of storms, however, generated rock slides that injured two and shut down three major canyon roads. Topanga Canyon Boulevard remained closed when the Malibu Surfside News went to press. A California Department of Transportation District 7 crew working Thursday, Jan. 17, to clear Topanga Canyon Boulevard narrowly avoided being crushed by a fresh fall of boulders, and several of their vehicles were damaged. A motorist on Malibu Canyon Road was less fortunate. A large boulder struck the driver’s side rear door of her vehicle on Jan. 16. She reportedly was hospitalized with injuries. On Jan. 17, a walker in the Rambla Pacifico area also was struck by a falling boulder and was in critical condition. The series of storms filled creeks to overflowing and reactivated watercourses that haven’t flowed in several years, turning rivulets into streams, and streams into roaring, muddy torrents. Localized mudflows were reported in some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by the Woolsey Fire, including Malibu Park, and many of the smaller mountain roads were impacted, including Stunt Road, where a boulder shut down both lanes, and Mullolland Highway, were mud flowed across the road in several locations. The rain, however, was not intense enough to trigger a major mudslide or debris flow in any of the areas where precautionary Crews stand by at an area of concern south in the Leo Carrillo/Nicholas Canyon area on Tuesday morning. Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media evacuations took place. Author Mark Davis, in his controversial book “Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster,” described the jet stream that lines up multiple storms and sends them down the coast in succession as “sometimes producing rainfall of a ferocity unrivaled anywhere on earth, even in the tropical monsoon belts.” Malibu has experienced the kind of deluge Davis described on several occasions. In 1998, Malibu received 14 inches of rain just in the month of February; in 1983, the “Great El Niño Year,” the area received more than 34 inches of rain; and during the winter of 2004-5, a total of 37.25 inches of rain were recorded. Mudslides in the winter of 1979-80 followed the 1978 Kanan Dume fire. The infamous rockslide on Pacific Coast Highway near Big Rock grabbed headlines that winter, because the road was swamped by tons of boulders and mud and closed for months, but mudflows also happened in the burn area, spreading across PCH near Encinal Canyon, and causing localized damage in neighborhoods like Broad Beach, where many houses were destroyed by the fire just months earlier. Flash floods also tore through Topanga Canyon that winter, carrying away houses, cars, trees, boulders, a school bus, and two large sections of the canyon road. Some of the intensity of that flood was blamed on damage caused six years earlier by the 1973 Trippet Fire, which burned nearly 3,000 acres in Topanga, stripping hillsides of vegetation and leaving the area vulnerable to mudslides for years after the fire. In the winter of 1995, two years after the devastating Old Topanga Fire in 1993, heavy rains flooded Malibu Creek, seriously Please see storms, 7 Malibu Emergency Relief Fund to cease operations With fire funds nearly depleted, Boys and Girls Club shares update Staff Report The Malibu Emergency Relief Fund, founded in November and operated by the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu, is no longer accepting applications. As of Friday, Jan. 18, the club shared that it had distributed all but $279,806.31 of the funding to 480 individuals and families in need following the Woolsey Fire. The amount given to date was roughly $1.22 million out of around $1.5 million. The BGC said remaining funds would be dispersed among applicants who have already applied for relief. “We thank our beloved community for entrusting us with this duty; it’s been an honor to serve Malibu during this difficult time,” the club’s statement said. “Crisis counseling continues to be available at the Teen Center for Malibu students affected by the Woolsey Fire. We thank you for your support as we return to our regular club operations. We would also like to give a big thank you to everyone who donated to our community through monetary and in-kind donations. We could not have done this without all of your kindness!” The Malibu Emergency Relief fund was to officially cease its operations as of Tuesday, Jan. 22. “The BGCM is working with Certified Public Accountants Guzman & Gray, whom is performing ongoing audits of the fund, from inception to completion: the application and distribution process, bank accounts and assurance of the proper use of funds within the guidelines of the fund establishment,” the club’s statement said. “These audits will be shared with the public.”
malibusurfsidenews.com news Malibu surfside news | January 24, 2019 | 5 Woman, 57, hit by boulder listed in critical condition Lauren Coughlin, Editor A 57-year-old female was in critical condition Thursday, Jan. 17, after being “pummeled by a large boulder” in Malibu, according to a social media post from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station. The incident, which was called in at 9:21 a.m., occurred near Schueren Road and Rambla Pacifico Street, according to Pono Barnes, public information officer for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The woman was transported to a local trauma center. No updates were available as of press time. On Jan. 16, a boulder struck a car on Malibu Canyon Road, injuring the driver. That injury, though it occurred during the winter storms, was not included in LA County’s official incident report, which only concerned the Woolsey Fire burn area. Though rain subsided on Thursday afternoon, various agencies reminded that dangerous conditions can and would persist. “I think there’s concern that once the rain ends, people will think that the danger ends, but it doesn’t — it will go on for several days,” said David Katz, public information officer and operations leader for Malibu Search and Rescue. Throughout the past week’s storms, Malibu Search and Rescue received assistance from search and rescue teams from Sierra Madre, San Dimas, Santa Clarita, Antelope Valley and Montrose, Katz said. “We have had people out 24/7 assisting with an rescue activity — which, thankfully, there has not been any — traffic collisions, looter suppression, and basically checking areas that are possible areas for mudslides, debris flow and floods,” Katz said. For more on this and other Breaking News, visit Malibu SurfsideNews.com. Los Angeles County Fire chief to attend Malibu town hall meeting Woolsey Fire response to be discussed, questions to be taken Submitted by the City of Malibu Residents are invited to attend a town hall meeting featuring Los Angeles From Jan. 17 Officials work to clear Rambla Pacifico Street after a boulder tumbled from the mountainside and struck a 57-year-old woman who was in critical condition Thursday, Jan. 17. Photo Courtesy Malibu Search and Rescue County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Malibu City Hall. Osby will provide insight into the fire response operations during the Woolsey Fire and answer questions from the community. Osby has served as the chief since 2011 and has been with the department for more than 30 years. The meeting will take place in the Council Chambers, located on the first floor of Malibu City Hall (23825 Stuart Ranch Road). 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