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California Transportation Secretary visits Malibu maintenance station after wildfire; Caltrans to relocate crews to sustain Pacific Coast Highway recovery
Summary
California Transportation Secretary Toxo Michakin visited the Las Flores Maintenance Station in Malibu after it took "a direct impact from the fire," praised Caltrans crews for clearing debris and managing road closures, and said crews will be temporarily relocated to continue 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 the area and thanked "the 10 crews that work out of here" for their work on Pacific Coast Highway, which he said those crews support for maintenance and emergency response. He said Caltrans teams are "clearing debris, putting up traffic signal poles, and maintaining road closures or helping to open certain roads," listing the agency's principal recovery tasks on damaged routes.
Saying the facility can no longer serve as a stable base during recovery, Michakin said officials "are gonna have to find another place for these crews to work out of to continue to support the recovery effort throughout the Los Angeles region." He credited cooperation among Caltrans districts — "District 17, District 8, all the districts who have come together to support this" — and expressed thanks for the leadership of Governor Gavin Newsom, saying the governor "has been on the ground" since the fire and has helped marshal resources.
Michakin said Caltrans is coordinating with Cal OES, CAL FIRE, the National Guard and federal partners "to get us the resources we need, to get the LA region back stronger together." He closed with a call for regional unity and gratitude to affected communities: "We can get through this, if we continue to band together as 1 LA region and 1 California."
No formal votes or policy actions were announced during the visit. Michakin said staff will relocate crews temporarily to sustain operations while recovery continues; no timeline or specific alternate locations were provided in the remarks.
