California Transportation Secretary visits Malibu maintenance station after wildfire; Caltrans to relocate crews to sustain Pacific Coast Highway recovery

Toxo Michakin, California's Transportation Secretary, visited the Las Flores Maintenance Station in Malibu on-site to assess damage from a recent wildfire and to outline Caltrans' immediate response. "It's taken a direct impact from the fire," Michakin said, noting the facility had been stressed by the blaze but that nearby fuel tanks "did not catch, [fire] because the situation here would have potentially been, even much worse."

Michakin identified the station as one of Caltrans' maintenance hubs in…