Lake Isabella News

The Piute fire had burned more than 30,000 acres as of Tuesday morning. The fire has now burned a total of 30,747 acres, an increase of nearly 4,500 acres from overnight, according to firefighters.

Pursuant of a formal Mutual Aid Request, the Los Angeles Fire Department has assigned one Strike Team of Firefighters to assist the Kern County Fire Department, U.S. Forest Service and allied agencies in their ...

Hilary Bellue of Bakersfield caught this 62-pound yellowfin tuna June 17 on a Cedar Plug lure in waters off the southern portion of Baja California's Sea of Cortez.

With headline grabbing fires like the Basin Complex in Big Sur and the Gap Fire in Santa Barbara less "glamorous" fires like the Piute fall off the media radar.

A wildfire in the mountains southeast of Lake Isabella burning out of control since Saturday may be slowing down, which is helpful to know for the residents who didn't evacuate.

The Piute fire continues to rage Wednesday morning in the mountains above Lake Isabella.

Somewhere near the top of a nameless crest in a remote pine forest in the Piute Mountains of Kern County, Ashley Markley worked his 11th straight day fighting wildfires.

Smoke and flames are seen from Kelso Valley Road, Tuesday evening from the Piute Fire, near Lake Isabella, which has burned more than 11,000 acres The cause is still under investigation.

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Several U.S. Forest Service fire trucks loaded with firefighters are stationed in the Rite-Aid parking lot Monday morning in Lake Isabella as the Piute Incident continues to burn to the southeast.

Firefighters are making slow progress against more than 1,000 wildfires throughout Northern California as the region braces for more lightning storms.

Friday morning the Kern County Fire Department was supposed to test new Lake Isabella sirens that could warn people of an impending dam break.

The victim lived, but the pictures of her extensive injuries were "what you would see in autopsy photos," a veteran prosecutor said.

A firefighting helicopter gets ready to make a water drop on the southeast end of the Piute fire in the Piute Mountain Range Sunday afternoon above Walker Basin.

Firefighters on Sunday had battled more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout Northern California to a stalemate, but forecasters said dangerous fire conditions would not relent anytime soon.

While more than 1,000 fires burn across the northern two-thirds of California, an out-of-control blaze about 50 miles north of the Los Angeles County line has sent up a huge column of smoke, causing evacuations ...

It was supposed to be a test of the warning sirens for the Isabella Dam, in case it were to collapse.

Kern County Sheriff's Department deputies arrested four men Wednesday night suspected of growing about 5,000 marijuana plants on national forest land near Lake Isabella, officials said.

Fourth of July exuberance will be tempered this year, according to a survey that found the slow economy is putting a damper on Independence Day plans.

When the catfish come shallow to spawn at Lake Isabella, anglers can wreak havoc on their numbers simply by putting in time at the popular Kern River Valley impoundment.