Within hours of the Aug. 1 ignition, the Gifford Fire exploded as flames raced through tall, dry grasses and thick chaparral, blackening terrain on both ...

Firefighters with air support scrambled to control a wind-driven wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along ...

Residents of remote homes were told to evacuate as a new wildfire moved fast about 60 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

The Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has burnedover 190 square miles.The fire started on ...

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. It has burned 132,605 acres after being active for 13 days. A crew of 4,946 firefighters has been ...

Firefighters scrambled to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted Thursday morning in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los Angeles County, officials said.

San Luis Obispo County Animal Services is taking in animals that had to evacuate due to the Gifford Fire. So far, they have ...

A dramatically large and dark column of smoke dominated the sky Tuesday as the Gifford Fire continued to burn in San Luis ...

The Madre and Gifford fires have to date scorched more than 200,000 acres on the Central Coast. Why was the area so susceptible?

The last two weeks of 2025’s summer vacation on the Central Coast was overshadowed—literally in many places—by the Gifford ...

Firefighters are scrambling to control a fast-moving wildfire that erupted in hills along Interstate 5 in northwestern Los ...