Dick Van Dyke had to evacuate. So did Mark Hammill and Cher. But some 3,000 students at Pepperdine University were told to stay put, even as wildfire flames raged toward their campus. With some 20,000 ...

Pepperdine University continues to be impacted by the Franklin Fire in Los Angeles County, Calif., early Tuesday morning, and a shelter-in-place remains in effect "until at least daylight," the ...

Pepperdine University students woke up to an alarming notification about the nearby Franklin Fire. The private Los Angeles County, California, university overlooks the Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu ...

Fire activity around Pepperdine University's Malibu campus has "greatly diminished" as students remain on campus. When the fire was reported, Pepperdine University established an on-campus command ...

About 3,000 people sheltered on the university’s campus in Malibu, Calif., overnight on Monday. Some of them watched the flames through the windows of a library. By Isabelle Taft As flames roared and ...

Frightening footage from Pepperdine University’s showed flames licking the windows of the library just feet from sheltering students as a Malibu wildfire raged across the Southern California campus ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

Pepperdine University students who’ve hunkered down with their peers on campus amid the shelter-in-place order that was issued due to the Franklin Fire say although harrowing, they understand they’re ...

When the Franklin Fire broke out in Malibu this week, students at Pepperdine University were told to stay put — even as those in neighboring communities fled for their lives. Two hours after the ...