{"id":321372,"date":"2026-05-18T16:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321372\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:16:17","slug":"hwy-178-through-the-canyon-closed-in-both-directions-due-to-river-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/321372\/","title":{"rendered":"HWY 178 through the canyon closed in both directions due to River Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The River Fire has prompted Highway 178 through the canyon to close in both directions, according to the California Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Fire Department responded to the vegetation fire on Kern Canyon Road around 8:20 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>Approximately 200 acres have burned as of 9 a.m., according to Watch Duty. <\/p>\n<p>There is no estimated time of reopening for Highway 178, according to CHP. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The River Fire has prompted Highway 178 through the canyon to close in both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-321372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}