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Nora Moriarty is a Production Assistant at Fox News Digital. Moriarty graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University in 2025 with a B.A. in Education and Journalism.

Nestled between the Santa Monica Mountain foothills and the Pacific Ocean, Pepperdine University is known for its picturesque campus in Malibu. A Christian college where students are required to ...

Members of the Malibu community criticized the "shelter in-place" policy at Pepperdine University, which encouraged students to stay on campus as the Woolsey Fire spread. Residents at a public ...

Pepperdine has been no stranger to wildfires since the construction of its Malibu campus in 1972. The university has helped firefighters with several past fires, like the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

Pepperdine has a shelter in place policy, which was activated during the Franklin Fire, and has been around since the 1990s. This allows university officials to keep the community safe in on ...

Franklin Fire in Malibu grows to 4,000+ acres with 30% containment after homes destroyed Flames burned near Pepperdine University and forced thousands in the coastal city to evacuate.

Pepperdine University ordered 3,000 students to shelter in place as the Franklin fire neared its Malibu campus on Tuesday, and despite 20,000 evacuations in their neighbourhood. Pepperdine's 1993 ...

As the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for 18,000 residents in the Malibu area along the Southern California coast– including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and ...

A cross overlooking Pepperdine University miraculously withstood a wildfire that came dangerously close to the Malibu, California, campus and forced students to shelter in place earlier this week.

A cross sitting atop the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The original cross burned down during the Woolsey Fire in 2018.