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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. ... He said the area between the Santa Monica and Santa Susanna mountains is a corridor more exposed to ...
The wind whips embers from the trees as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, California, U.S., December 10, 2024.
Before sunrise on November 14, the fire flared up in rugged wilderness at the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains with winds blowing strongly. [34] The fire burned well away from populated neighborhoods, but was threatening scattered home sites. The flare-up sent a huge column of smoke over Point Mugu and out to sea. [35]
The fire, which was three times larger than the biggest fire ever before in the mountains, burned over 40% of the natural area in the Santa Monicas. [53] The fire created a challenge to native plants as black mustard with bright yellow flowers quickly established itself as a wet winter followed the fire. [ 54 ]
Susan B. Nelson helped organize "Friends of the Santa Monica Mountains, Parks and Seashore" in 1964 and was known as the mother of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. [32] In 1988 though, she was concerned about the political push to end federal land purchases encouraged by Los Angeles County developers that preferred the land ...
For years, the university nestled in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains has had a special protocol due to its unique terrain and design that calls for students to be brought to a library ...
It had been declared a Level 2 (maximum emergency) fire at 1:57 pm. As the fires spread through the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains over the next four days, a total of 230 homes were destroyed [2] in Agoura and Malibu, and in the Los Angeles community of Mandeville Canyon to the east. At least 254 other structures were also destroyed.