The fire continues to burn in grass and brush on both sides of the Kern River, north of Kernville. There was very little fire activity observed overnight.

Firefighters said the perimeter is holding, and they expect to have the fire contained by Friday.

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Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly in Southern California have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of the state as hundreds of firefighters work to contain the flames.

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Smoke from the Bull wildfire near Kernville and the West wildfire near Tehachapi have impacted Eastern Kern communities from River Kern to Willow Springs. Communities in and adjacent to the Kern River Valley are expected to have smoke from the Bull wildfire at or near ground level for part of each day for the remainder of this week.

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Sheriff's deputies located a body in the Kern River Tuesday afternoon outside Kernville near the fire zone.

Fire crews say the 1,230-acre Tehachapi wildfire has destroyed at least 30 homes in Kern County and about 150 homes in the community of Old West Ranch remain threatened.

A fire that broke out Monday afternoon has prompted evacuations and claimed homes near Lake Isabella.

Rafters located a body Tuesday afternoon in Kern River several miles from Bull Fire staging area.

Between 30 and 40 homes were destroyed Tuesday afternoon in a fire that broke out near Tehachapi.

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San Joaquin Valley farmers want to send their extra water supplies to Southern California this year in exchange for more irrigation flows next summer.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says it is investigating allegations that off-duty police officers in the troubled city of Bell went door-to-door with absentee ballots last year and attempted to tell people how to vote.

Oakland has become the first city in the country to authorize large-scale industrial pot cultivation.