Fiona Apple. Daughter of former singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. She was classically trained as a pianist as a child and began composing songs when she was eight years old. She crafted a demo tape while in Los Angeles finishing High School.
The Miramichi Fire. (A View of Miramichi, 1760, oil painting by Francis Swaine) These blazes whipped up into a firestorm during a dry summer in Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick in October 1825, charring a massive 3 million acres and taking out settlements along the Miramichi River.
The Border fire, which is now 95% contained, is just one of many large fires crews have been battling in extremely hot, dry conditions. On Tuesday, authorities in Kern County announced the lifting of evacuation orders in the deadly Erskine fire â the worst wildfire to erupt in California so far this year. The blaze has raced across 46,000 acres and killed Byron McKaig, 81, and his 90-year-old wife, Gladys.