Dick Van Dyke had to evacuate. So did Mark Hammill and Cher. But some 3,000 students at Pepperdine University were told to stay put, even as wildfire flames raged toward their campus. With some ...

Pepperdine University was impacted by the Franklin fire in Malibu, California. See all updates from the campus. Pepperdine Cancels Classes Amid Franklin Fire: Campus Updates – Hollywood Life ...

University officials were following a well-established plan: Pepperdine’s policy of sheltering students in fire-resistant structures when wildfires threaten Malibu has been in effect since 1993.