The Franklin fire is raging through California's Malibu coast, causing evacuations and ravaging homes, as some celebrities like Mark Hamill shelter in place and others like Dick Van Dyke are ...

The Los Angeles area is bracing for potentially “life-threatening and destructive” winds beginning later today. The Santa ...

The three-alarm blaze, being called the Franklin Fire, was first reported around 10:45 p.m. Monday near Malibu Canyon Road, near Pepperdine University, where a mandatory shelter-in-place order is ...

Pepperdine has a well-documented “shelter-in-place” protocol when wildfires threaten Malibu, given how difficult it can be to evacuate the campus quickly on narrow roads during a crisis.

Pepperdine University has asked people on campus to shelter in place. In the hills above Malibu City Hall, Bruce Silverstein was at home Monday night when he smelled smoke in the air. It was ...

Reporting from Malibu, Calif. Hours later, a thick smell of smoke still lingered, and plumes of gray emanated from parts of the hillside behind the complex. Evacuation orders were in place ...

No evacuation orders were in place as of Friday evening, and all evacuation warnings were lifted Monday morning, according to the city of Malibu. All residents can return to their homes ...

A shelter-in-place order for Pepperdine University is in effect until daylight Tuesday as a result of the Franklin Fire in ...

“We saw the flames jump over the Malibu Canyon,” said Gabrielle Salgado, a senior journalism major who was among the 3,000 people who sheltered in place as the Franklin fire pushed past the ...

Pepperdine has historically used the shelter-in-place model, according to Gash. With a "strong presence on campus" from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, students are moved to campus buildings ...