Firefighters battled a brush 50-acre brush fire that ignited near homes on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Wednesday morning. The blaze had burned about 5 acres when it was first reported in the

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.

A wind-whipped wildfire tore through parched brush in the coastal city of Malibu near Pepperdine University on Wednesday morning, closing a section of the Pacific Coast Highway, officials said. The Broad Fire ignited southwest of the Pacific Coast Highway and South Malibu Canyon Road,