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12 | July 13, 2017 | Malibu surfside news News
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No injuries reported after Malibu car fire
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Los Angeles County Fire
Department officials extinguished
a car fire July 3, in
Malibu.
No injuries were reported
in the incident, which occurred
just after 4 p.m. on
Anacapa View Drive, said
LA County Fire Inspector
Richard Licon. The fire,
which did not spread to any
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brush, was knocked down
by 4:18 p.m., Licon added.
The cause of the fire remains
under investigation.
Two stranded in Malibu helped to safety
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Local officials rescued
two stranded men several
hours apart on July 3, in
Malibu.
David Katz, operations
leader for Malibu Search
and Rescue, said the team
received a call Monday
morning that a man was
stranded on a cliff behind
Rosenthal Wine Bar & Patio
in the 18700 block of
PCH, screaming for help.
“One of our team members,
with the assistance of
the [Los Angeles County]
fire copter, was able to locate
the individual,” Katz
said.
Rescuers were able to
hike to the individual, who
was uninjured.
But rescuers would soon
return to the area.
“Several hours later, our
station got a 911 call from
someone claiming to be
stuck up on the hill near
that area for two days,”
Katz said.
Before officials could
confirm exact details, the
man’s phone disconnected,
and officials were unable to
call him back. They went
back to the location, sandwiched
by Tuna Canyon
Road and South Topanga
Canyon Boulevard, and a
second search effort began.
Officials in Los Angeles
County Fire Helicopter 16
spotted the man around
3:44 p.m., said Fire Inspector
Richard Licon.
Due to his location and
the surrounding terrain
and what Katz described
as “severe heat,” officials
opted to hoist the individual.
The uninjured man
was rescued around 4:10
p.m. and transported to a
landing zone at Topanga
Beach.
CITY OF MALIBU
Malibu SAR on record-setting
pace for 2017 calls for service
Lauren Coughlin, Editor
Proposed
ORDINANCE
Planning Commission Public Hearing
JULY 17, 6:30 PM
It’s been a wild six
months and six days for the
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department’s Malibu
Search and Rescue team.
As of Thursday, July 6,
Malibu Search and Rescue
Operations Leader David
Katz said that the Malibu
SAR team — which is made
up of reserve sheriff’s deputies
and unpaid civilian volunteers
— had received 92
service calls in 2017. That’s
a high volume when compared
to last year’s grand
total of 105 calls.
“We don’t expect that the
call volume will remain as
high, but ... it’s a record for
us,” Katz said.
Katz said the team is always
looking for firefighters,
Emergency Medical
Technicians and those in
law enforcement who live
in the greater Santa Monica
Mountains area and are interested
in volunteering.
Malibu SAR was formed
40 years ago and is based
at the Malibu/Lost Hills
Sheriff’s Station. The team
serves those in the Malibu,
Calabasas, Westlake,
Agoura Hills, Topanga and
Chatsworth areas.
The team regularly assists
on vehicle over the
side incidents as well as
incidents where hikers are
injured, stranded or lost.
Those who are interested
in volunteering are asked
to visit www.malibusar.
org or email recruiting@
malibusar.org.
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night time sky and the City’s rural environment, reduce impacts on
wildlife and natural habitats, and promote the City’s goal of conserving
energy and natural resources.
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