LOS ANGELES – Another round of destructive Santa Ana winds battered much of the region Tuesday, fueling a massive brush fire in Malibu and raising fears of additional blazes across the Southland ...

By Tuesday night, the Franklin Fire was over 3,000 acres, spreading through the Santa Monica mountains to the Malibu coast with 0% containment, CalFire officials said.

Driven by fierce Santa Ana winds, the fire in Malibu Canyon has grown to about 2,700 acres. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) By Grace Toohey, Nathan Solis and Rong-Gong Lin II.

The Santa Ana winds are the result of a particular meteorological setup: “Usually what happens is: there’s a low-pressure [atmospheric] system that goes up over” California and into ...

Malibu is one of the most fire-prone parts of Southern California, often in the path of Santa Ana winds that drive blazes marching to the Pacific Ocean. But this time, the oceanside city appears ...

Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Monday and a red-flag warning was in place through Wednesday night. The winds are expected to grow stronger on Tuesday.

Despite the return of gusting Santa Ana winds, firefighters were able to prevent the Franklin fire in Malibu from spreading overnight, with the blaze remaining at 4,037 acres and containment ...

A dangerously windy start to 2025 may be in store for the Santa Monica area. The National Weather Service has issued both a High Wind Warning and Red Flag Warning for Santa Monica from Tuesday at ...

At least two buildings have been damaged in a Malibu brush fire that is the product of dangerous Santa Ana winds, scorching around 50 acres before being contained by fire fighters.. No injuries ...

Dubbed the Franklin fire, the blaze was moving at a fierce pace, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, and had exploded to more than 2,200 acres as of 7 a.m. with no containment, according to the ...