Learn about the 23,000-acre wildfire in south-central California, its impact on Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, ...

Fire personnel from the Sacramento area are being deployed to Santa Barbara County to help with the response to a rapidly ...

Fire crews from Los Padres National Forest are on scene for a 30.519-acre vegetation fire near Gifford Trailhead on ...

A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in parts of SLO and Santa Barbara counties. Residents are urged to monitor for changing ...

Evacuations have been ordered in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties near the Los Padres National Forest.

Gifford Fire initially started 3:44 p.m. Aug. 1 in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, California. Since its discovery 27 ...

A fire that broke out along Highway 166 near the Gifford Trailhead east of Santa Maria Friday was 5 percent contained as of ...

The Gifford Fire east of Santa Maria exploded overnight Friday into Saturday, nearly doubling in size and torching rugged ...

The Gifford fire burning east of Santa Maria along Highway 166 exploded to 30,519 acres Saturday and prompted orders for ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ordered for parts of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

The Gifford fire has rapidly spread after firefighters contained the Madre fire. Together, the two blazes have already burned over 100,000 acres.