Wildfires

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 in the safest place they could be.

As the Franklin Fire continues to burn in the Malibu area near the Pacific Coast Highway, it is important to stay safe on the road. 

A Malibu homeowner was facing what seemed like deja vu when the Franklin fire neared her home high above the Los Angeles County coast.

Many residents in Malibu woke up to the news that a wildfire in their neighborhood had grown overnight. 

Thousands of people were under evacuation orders due to the Franklin Fire in the hills of Malibu. See photos of the fire.

The Franklin Fire continued to tear through the hillside near Pepperdine University. Watch live coverage as it happened on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.

A homeowner and her brother describe what happened when flames neared her Malibu home. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC News on Tuesday Dec. 10, 2024.

Thousands of residents were under evacuation orders due to a wildfire in the Malibu area. See where the fire is burning on the LA County coast.

The Franklin Fire in Malibu has prompted evacuation orders, school closures and road closures.

Firefighters continue to battle the flames of a 2,200-acre wildfire that started Monday night, prompting evacuation orders, road closures and school closures in Malibu near Pepperdine University.

An evacuation warning issued Thursday after a brush fire that grew to more than 200 acres broke out in Riverside County has been lifted.

A Camarillo thanks firefighters for saving him from the Mountain Fire in Ventura County.

At least 200 structures, including homes, have been destroyed alongside an additional 90 damaged in the ongoing wind-fanned Mountain Fire in Ventura County, fire officials said Tuesday morning.