Kernville News

Video footage has finally surfaced of the daytime fireball that illuminated the sky over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California back in April.

On April 22, 2012, a chunk of asteroid one or two meters across burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Six structures now have been lost in a 14,000-acre wildfire north of Phoenix. Fire information officer Dan Bastion says crews reported Monday that two more structures had been destroyed by the Gladiator Fire, up from four last week.

Bakersfield is known for its rich music history, with well known artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.

A crew battling a nearly 14,000-acre wildfire in communities north of Phoenix had a close call when they were almost trapped by flames that changed directions.

But that is the drama unfolding this week in and around the community of Lotus, along the south fork of the American River in El Dorado County.