Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 26, a series of 26 wildfires, fed by hot Santa Ana winds, burned hundreds of homes and scorched thousands of acres in Southern California.
A firestorm that swept through brush-filled Malibu Canyon charred 200 canyon ranches and seaside mansions, burning 35,000 acres in its wake as it roared toward the sea.
The fire spared the Malibu Colony on the beachfront as well as Pepperdine University and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
All told, three people were killed, more than 165,000 acres were burned, and 1,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
