Alpine County, California: National Forest officials in eastern California announced Sunday that they were closing a 26-mile stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail as a lightning-sparked wildfire rapidly exploded nearby and critically dangerous wildfire weather and erratic winds threatened to make the situation worse. The Tamarack Fire, which began on July 4 in Alpine County, grew from 500 acres Friday night to 18,299 as of Sunday morning, with zero containment. U.S. Forest officials originally estimated that the fire had expanded to 21,000 acres but later decreased that estimate at 11 a.m. Sunday based on more refined mapping tools. Officials with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest say the rapid growth was fueled by strong winds on Saturday, coupled with critically dry forest land and low humidity.

Video: Tamarack Fire from the Mesa looking toward Diamond Valley at 8:30 pm & scene at the top of our road on hwy 89. Driving cattle out of threatened meadow.

WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT! Rapper Indian Red Boy has been killed, and the video is incredibly disturbing. Rapper was gunned down last week in Los Angeles while live streaming on Instagram. In the video, an unknown gunman fires several shots into the vehicle Red Boy (real name Zerail Dijon Rivera) was sitting in. The 21-year-old musician started gasping for air before eventually appearing to drop his phone. According to the same report, the Hawthorne Police Department told the media that they believe Red Boy might have been affiliated with gangs. No suspect has been taken into custody at this time.

Intense thunderstorms are training over the Big Bear Lake area in SoCal where radar estimates that up to 2” of rain has fallen in the last hour. Simultaneously, several cloud to ground lightning strikes have occurred outside the rain core which could spark new wildfires.

⚠️ Flash flood warning was just issued for Big Bear City and surrounding areas.