Pepperdine has a shelter in place policy, which was activated during the Franklin Fire, and has been around since the 1990s. This allows university officials to keep the community safe in on ...

Franklin Fire in Malibu grows to 4,000+ acres with 30% containment after homes destroyed Flames burned near Pepperdine University and forced thousands in the coastal city to evacuate.

Pepperdine University ordered 3,000 students to shelter in place as the Franklin fire neared its Malibu campus on Tuesday, and despite 20,000 evacuations in their neighbourhood. Pepperdine's 1993 ...

As the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for 18,000 residents in the Malibu area along the Southern California coast– including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and ...

Vegetation around the Phillips Theme Tower at Pepperdine University is scorched by the Franklin fire in Malibu on Dec. 10, 2024. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) ...

A cross sitting atop a hiking trail overlooking Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, has survived the Franklin Fire, which burned near the school earlier this week.

The Franklin Fire began around 11 p.m. PST on Monday along Malibu Canyon Road, which is in the hills north of Pepperdine University. The fire has since spread throughout 3,983 acres in Los Angeles ...

Several roads in the Malibu area near Pepperdine University remain closed Wednesday, following the Franklin Fire which has threatened thousands of structures. Local officials issued road closures ...

Pepperdine community members were alerted to the threat of fire around 1 a.m. Tuesday, in an urgent email sent by the university and spread quickly by the night-owl tendencies of college students.