The dying winds allowed firefighters to fully surround the Malibu blaze Tuesday afternoon with the aid of water-dropping helicopters, said Los Angeles County fire Capt. Brian Jordan.
Three homes were damaged by the blaze, which hopscotched around houses in the Santa Monica Mountains after being sparked Monday by a downed power line.
``It jumped around _ all over, boy,'' said actor Cheech Marin, who installed sprinklers to soak vegetation around his home after losing a barn and garage to a 1978 fire.
He was anticipating the second half of the city's disaster cycle: mudslides on fire-denuded slopes.
``It's always something in Malibu,'' he said.
At the fire's peak, more than 1,000 firefighters were assigned to Malibu _ a swank city that is home to many of Hollywood's elite.
The fire's perimeter extended over 2,200 acres, but only 759 acres within the fire lines actually burned, Jordan said.
No fire-related injuries were reported in Malibu, but two California Highway Patrol officers were hit by a car while directing traffic away from the blaze Monday. They were hospitalized in stable condition.
Santa Anas roared into Southern California late Sunday, blowing over trees, trucks and power poles. Thousands of people lost power.
The winds were blamed for two deaths: A San Diego woman was struck by a falling tree and a flying pickup truck cover hit a car passenger on a freeway in Riverside.
A Glendale Water and Power worker died early Tuesday after falling from a pole while repairing damage, utility spokesman Ritch Wells said.
