The Franklin Fire burning in Malibu, and near Pepperdine University, has grown to more than 4,000 acres with 7% containment. Thousand of people have been forced to evacuate.

Many residents in the area, including Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke, have evacuated as the Franklin Fire sets thousands of acres ablaze.

A raging wildfire fire fanned by strong Santa Ana winds has spread to nearly 4,000 acres in Malibu, California.

Weather conditions have improved enough in Southern California for forecasters to say that the worst of the high winds that drove a wildfire through part of Malibu have passed.

High winds posed a continuing threat to parts of Southern California hit by explosive wildfires. More than a dozen homes were destroyed or damaged, and thousands remained under evacuation orders or ...

MALIBU, Calif. (CN) — The wildfire that erupted in the canyons above Malibu late Monday grew in size overnight, but the Pepperdine University campus in the coastal Southern California enclave appears ...

A fast-moving wildfire driven by strong Santa Ana winds that broke out late Monday in Malibu has grown to nearly 4,000 acres ...

Improving weather conditions in Southern California on Wednesday raised officials’ hopes that firefighters could rein in the ...

Santa Ana winds are one of the nation's most notorious wind events and an annual weather hazard in southern California.

Some Southern California Edison customers living in high-risk fire areas may have their power turned off amid a Red Flag ...

Red Flag fire warnings are expected to remain for the Malibu area along the Southern California coast into Wednesday ...

SDG&E had cut power to more than 50,000 customers to reduce the risk of wildfire in San Diego County during the December Red Flag Warning.