2:26 p.m.
Fire moving in both directions - just dropped to the hill above the Malibu Pier and is running uphill toward Saddle Peak.
800 firefighter now in Malibu. 1,000 more on the way. Firefighters' shift change has begun, with fresh companies relieving those who have been at work since before dawn.
1:41 p.m.
New site for fire info. Maps, updates, discussion forums, links.
1:05 p.m.
Area around Malibu Pier - which includes David Geffen's newly-remodeled Malibu Beach Inn, to say nothing of the pier's iconic neon sign, which finally works - now threatened as flames flow down the hillside.
12:41 p.m.
Plumes of smoke now seem to be moving westward. Scattered scanner talk speaks of wind shift.
12:30 p.m.
After a bit of a lull, the winds have kicked up again. Howling around the roof, slamming the house with gusts so strong, the long and lanky jacaranda in front is bent almost double.
12:10 p.m.
Press conference carried by local news stations. Local officials spend some time thanking each other by name.
Fire moving east now. Wind conditions still changeable.
Two (unnamed) businesses destroyed. Three homes destroyed. A dozen homes partially burned.
No injuries or fatalities at this time.
Fire expected to last "several days."
Firefighters referred to as "gallant." Amen to that.
11:48 a.m.
Fire now 1,200 acres.
No one - not even residents - allowed through to Malibu.
10:48 a.m.
We're listening to the scanner here in Paradise Cove. Now two fronts to the fire: west side of Malibu Canyon has burned through to PCH. East front still in the hills and now headed for the sea.
Fire in Serra Retreat. Civic Center turned into staging area.
Winds 50 mph. Gusts to 108 mph.
Copters sucking water from ponds at Pepperdine, which has been evaucated.
Officials say fire started by downed power lines.
10:25 a.m.
Our Lady of Malibu's school and Webster Elementary school now both in danger.
Three homes in flames on Malibu Road.
Fire crews at the Ralphs' shopping center, where palm trees are in flames.
All local news channels now covering the fire.
10:02 a.m.
Fire jumps PCH to Malibu Road (the Old Coast Highway) where a house is now engulfed.
9:35 a.m.
Hughes Labs on fire; Malibu Presbyterian completely burned; Malibu castle engulfed; Pacific Coast Animal Hospital threatened and all animals successfully evacuated.
Historic Adamson House threatened and tanker units sent to protect it.
PCH closed in both directions from Kanan to Topanga.
Five hundred acres burned. Two hundred homes evacuated. Evacuation center set up at Zuma Beach.
water drop over malibu canyon
