The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

A massive wildfire scorched 52,593 acres in the southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo County as of Friday morning, forcing ...

Growth of the Madre Fire burning off Highway 166 expanded Saturday morning, now having scorched 79,936 acres by Saturday afternoon. The fire burned nearly another 10,000 acres since Friday. At just 10 ...

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

By Andrew Gillies, Alissa Orozco, Nate Loop SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Firefighters are responding to a ...

Delta bass action takes over, Randy Pringle reported. Shaver Kokanee and trout still hitting, Dick Nichols said. Pine Flat ...

Kern County Sheriff's deputies are actively investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old over the ...

Evacuation warnings for the Madre Fire have now reached into our Kern County neighborhoods. The community of Fellows is now ...

Depending on which source is your reference, Kern County covers about 8,161 square miles. This makes it the third largest county in California by land. It's larger than Connecticut and Delaware ...

Over the past two weeks, you couldn’t drive more than a mile without seeing a TNT or Phantom Fireworks stand. But go ahead ...

California's largest wildfire of 2025 has burned more than 70,000 acres in just a few days and its burning right nextdoor to ...

A local nonprofit is celebrating a milestone in its efforts to create a community hub for residents of the Kern River Valley.