Caliente-Bodfish Road is now open, but drivers need to use caution and chain up.  Still, the route is one of the better alternatives while Highway 178 is still closed through the Kern River Canyon.  On Monday afternoon, a "chains required" sign was...

LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) -- A forest fire in the southern Sierra Nevada has grown to more than 8,100 acres, but a fierce air and ground attack helped slow its advance and put containment at 65 percent, fire officials said Thursday morning. See a...

LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire in the Lower Kern River Canyon area of the southern Sequoia National Forest has grown to 6,100 acres and prompted some evacuations. See a photo gallery >>> U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Cindy Thill says...

A cautionary evacuation advisory was given for the township of Havilah Tuesday afternoon as the Canyon Fire grew to more than 4,000 acres. See photos >>> Meyer's Canyon, meanwhile, was placed under mandatory evacuation orders. One lane of Highway...

BODFISH, Calif. -- The Canyon Fire has now blackened 3,000 acres and stands at 10 percent containment. See photos >>> Highway 178 reopened at 10 a.m. in both directions, according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Cindy Thill. No evacuations have...

Lightning strikes are being blamed for a wildfire that grew to 520 acres Friday afternoon between Bodfish and Havilah. The fire is at 35 percent containment and threatening several buildings, according to the Kern County Fire Department. The fires...