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

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,

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. No injuries have been reported as of Wednesday afternoon,