Crews with the Kern County Fire Department are battling a fire south of Maricopa near Highway 166 Friday morning. The fire ...

Dogs Fire initially started today at 2:41 p.m. in Kern County. After being active for less than an hour, it has burned 120 ...

Lake Fire initially started 7 p.m. June 10 in Kern County. After being active for three days, it has burned 23 acres. As of ...

Firefighters from several agencies were battling a fire Friday in the Maricopa area that reached 616 acres after breaking out the night before. The Kern County Fire Department said in a news release ...

Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department are battling a 3,000 acre fire near 5 Dogs Range Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at 1:57 p.m. east of ...

A fire in Maricopa has burned over 600 acres and is 15% contained as of Friday morning.The Kern County Fire Department said ...

An evacuation order was issued for Zone KRN-606, the area east of Highway 65.Evacuation warnings were also issued for Zone ...

Firefighters will remain on the scene though the day Friday to complete containment lines around a large grass fire that ...

Those in the Kern River Valley community have their power shut off as part of the Public Safety Power Shutoff. This is due to ...

Humboldt Bay Fire held a pinning ceremony to welcome new firefighters and honor those who responded to the January 2nd fire. Fire Chief Tim Cit ...

A vegetation fire burning north of Bakersfield has grown to 3,000 acres burned so far and has caused evacuation orders and warnings.

The new hiring effort comes when the state's firefighting capabilities are being squeezed by federal actions, including Trump's re-assignment of roughly 300 National Guard fire crews to Los Angeles.