Wind gusts topping 70 mph in the San Gabriel Mountains are providing a taste of the conditions that are expected to continue into Thursday.

City officials say residents should be prepared for potential evacuations, power outages, and hazardous roads.

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