A brush fire destroyed dozens of homes in a remote section of Southern California on Tuesday.
Hundreds of fire personnel appeared to be making progress against wildfires ripping across Kern County, California.
Kern County -- in southern California -- was under a state of emergency Wednesday as a result of two spreading wildfires that have destroyed more than 30 homes, caused more than 2,300 people to evacuate and burned more than 16,500 acres.
Two roaring wildfires in southern California prompted at least 2,300 evacuations and a state of emergency late Tuesday.
About 300 additional firefighters joined a battle Tuesday to contain a growing wildfire in California's Sequoia National Forest.
The nation's drug czar says Mexican drug cartels are growing marijuana in Sequoia National Forest in California.
Beyond the towering trees that have stood here for thousands of years, an intense drug war is being waged.
Thousands of residents north of Sacramento have been told to flee after erratic winds blew embers across wildfire containment lines
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