Santa Rosa Island: Nearly a third of California island home to rare wildlife has burned amid wildfires

carved into charred ground.

Thousands under evacuation alerts from Southern California fires

On the mainland, multiple wildfires have prompted evacuations in Southern California.

In Riverside County, evacuations have been ordered for the Bain Fire, which has reached 1,456 acres and was 25% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. More than 700 people are continue reading …