Cellphone service was proving a challenge in Malibu, where the Franklin fire was burning.

For this couple, fleeing the fire meant taking the essentials: Important documents. Bags of clothes. Three goats. A potbellied pig.

The Franklin fire in Malibu Canyon continues to grow, crossing Pacific Coast Highway and spreading to more than 1,800 acres Tuesday, burning in the hillsides near Pepperdine University.

The Franklin fire burning in Malibu is being fueled by a combination of dangerous winds, dry conditions and low humidity.

The evacuation order for the Franklin fire includes much of central Malibu, affecting about 6,000 homes.

More than 350,000 customers from Kern to San Diego counties could lose power amid the planned safety shutoffs.

Police say they reopened the case of Ronald Gaskey’s killing in recent years and arrested a suspect nearly 41 years later.

‘Honestly, they should go to jail,’ Trump said of elected officials who led the Jan. 6 investigation in a Sunday interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’

For the last two months, Orange County waters have served as Southern California’s own humpback hangout. The whales have been following massive schools of anchovies, a typical food source. They first appeared on Sept. 25.

USC is among several colleges that have issued advisories to international students ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, telling them to return to campus before he takes office.