With Highway 178 reopened on Tuesday, it's expected to ease the burden on residents and business owners trying to move throughout the area over the past week. Read More

An accident last Wednesday in the Kern River canyon closed Highway 178 and started the destructive inferno now known as the Borel Fire. The highway remained closed as of press time. The driver, yet to ... Read More

The Borel Fire, a fast-moving wildfire that broke out on Wednesday, July 24, along Highway 178 east of Bakersfield in Kern County, California, burned more than 31,000 acres as of ... Read More

The Borel Fire, a fast-moving wildfire that broke out on Wednesday, July 24, along Highway 178 east of Bakersfield in Kern County, California, burned more than 31,000 acres as of ... Read More

A large brush fire, named the so-called "Morning Fire" in northeast Bakersfield has closed sections of Highway 178, according to California Highway Patrol's website. Kern Canyon Road is closed from ... Read More

But they now have to contend with a third fire, the Borel Fire, which started on July 24 along the south side of Highway 178 near the Democrat Fire Station in the Kern River Ranger District in Kern ... Read More

Prosecutors have filed a charge of vehicular manslaughter against a 22-year-old man they allege drove on the wrong side of Highway 178, causing a head-on collision that killed an Onyx man. Glenn ... Read More

Prosecutors have filed a charge of vehicular manslaughter against a 22-year-old man they allege drove on the wrong side of Highway 178, causing a head-on collision that killed an Onyx man. Glenn ... Read More

A portion of Highway 178 will remain closed until further notice as crews battle the 941-acre Borel Fire, which started Wednesday afternoon inside Sequoia National Forest. As of Thursday afternoon, ... Read More

The Borel Fire burning east of Bakersfield along Highway 178 grew to more than 14,500 acres Friday with evacuation orders in place for surrounding mountain communities. Fire crews have been able ... Read More

An evacuation order is in place due to the Borel Fire burning near Democrat Road. The evacuation is in order for zone KRN-403-A, along Highway 178 in the canyon. All residents in this area should ... Read More

A, along Highway 178 in the canyon. All residents in this area should leave now, according to the Genasys Protect website. Read More

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A deadly crash in the canyon and a wildfire resulted in Highway 178 being closed on Wednesday. CHP confirmed at least one person has died. Read More

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A portion of Highway 178 will remain closed until further notice as crews battle the 941-acre Borel Fire, which started Wednesday afternoon inside Sequoia National Forest. As of Thursday afternoon ... Read More

A deadly crash in the canyon and a wildfire resulted in Highway 178 being closed on Wednesday. CHP confirmed at least one person has died. Read More

A deadly crash in the canyon and a wildfire resulted in Highway 178 being closed on Wednesday. CHP confirmed at least one person has died. Read More

Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning along Highway 178 that has forced a closure of the canyon Wednesday afternoon. Read More

Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning along Highway 178 that has forced a closure of the canyon Wednesday afternoon. Read More

Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning along Highway 178 that has forced a closure of the canyon Wednesday afternoon. Read More